The New Dark Age

2 May 2011 2011— Information Clearing House

Bin Laden Killed In Pakistan
By JULIE PACE
Osama bin Laden, is dead, and the U.S. is in possession of his body, a person familiar with the situation said late Sunday.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28004.htm

Why Was Bin Laden Buried At Sea So Quickly?
By: Glen Levy
One suspects that the U.S. would not have wanted there to be a physical grave site for fear of it turning into a place of worship for bin Laden’s followers.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28005.htm

Video: Inside Bin Laden’s Drone-Proof Compound
By Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman
Bloodstained mattresses and carpets. Discarded medication bottles. Clothing hanging in a dresser, never to see its owners again. That’s what remains of the compound where Osama bin Laden met his end at the hands of a U.S. raiding team.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28007.htm

Osama Bin Laden: Scary Terrorist or Boring Dinner Guest?
By Mike Whitney
The fact is, Bin Laden is just an inconsequential cog in the mighty machinery of state propaganda.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28008.htm

Osama bin Laden’s Second Death
By Paul Craig Roberts
If today were April 1 and not May 2, we could dismiss as an April fool’s joke this morning’s headline that Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight in Pakistan.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28009.htm

On Osama Bin Laden’s Death
By Chris Hedges
These groups learned to speak the language we taught them. And our response was to speak in kind. The language of violence, the language of occupation-the occupation of the Middle East, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28010.htm

Justice or Vengeance?
By Phyllis Bennis
President Obama reasserted the American exceptionalism that has been a hallmark of his recent speeches, claiming that “America can do whatever we set our mind to.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28011.htm

Gaddafi’s Son’s Killing Puts Nato in Line of Fire
By Harriet Sherwood
Russia and Venezuela join Libyan regime in accusing Nato of attempting to assassinate Muammar Gaddafi.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28001.htm

Zionists Are Automatons.
By Adri Nieuwhof
Large parts of the Jewish population don’t want to talk about the Palestinians. They cannot get out of their role of the victim. They have forgotten about Jewish ethics as laid down in the Golden Rule by Hillel, “What is hateful to you, do not do unto others.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28003.htm

US Kills 3 Afghan Children :
Sores of tribal leaders staged a protest rally to condemn the attack and to call for an end to deadly attacks on civilians.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28002.htm

Suicide bomber targets NATO convoy, one Afghan policeman killed:
A suicide bomber Monday attacked a joint patrol of NATO and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan, killing a policeman, officials said.
bit.ly/kPsqHo

Osama bin Laden’s death won’t end Afghan mission, U.S. and NATO officials say:
Afghan president said the successful strike in Pakistan shows that the fight against terrorism should focus more outside his country’s borders.
www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/05/osama_bin_ladens_death_wont_en.html

Iraq: 3 killed in Baghdad :
A roadside bomb planted near a police station in Baghdad’s Shiite bastion of Sadr City detonated and hit a passing minibus carrying passengers, killing three people and wounding 14 others, the source said on condition of anonymity.
bit.ly/mvPTIi

Protester killed in Yemen:
One Yemeni protester was killed yesterday when the army opened fire on a demonstration in the south demanding the speedy trial of security men suspected of killing a man in custody, witnesses said.
gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/protester-killed-in-yemen-1.802448

Yemen’s president refuses to sign deal:
A deal to end Yemen’s political crisis neared collapse on Sunday after the country’s embattled president refused to personally sign it, leaving a deadlock that threatens to plunge the impoverished Arab nation and key U.S. ally deeper into disorder and bloodshed.
www.onlineathens.com/stories/050211/nat_823078300.shtml

Full Text: Obama’s remarks on the killing of bin Laden: –
Text of remarks by President Barack Obama Sunday night announcing the killing of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, as transcribed by the White House.
www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_17972075?nclick_check=1

Getting Osama bin Laden: How the Mission Went Down:
Here’s how the world’s most-hunted man was vanquished, as recounted by senior administration officials:
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28006.htm

Americans erupt in joy at Osama bin Laden’s death:
Waving US flags, thousands flooded to the White House in spontaneous celebrations early Monday after the death of Osama bin Laden, as the surprise news was welcomed by Americans across the country.
www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/05/02/11/americans-erupt-joy-bin-laden-death

Osama Bin Laden’s body ‘identified by sister’s brain’:
When his sister, who has not been named, died from brain cancer several years ago in Boston the FBI immediately subpoenaed her body so that it could later be used to identify the al-Qaeda leader if he was caught, it was claimed.
bit.ly/kJtHqp

U.S. used ‘multiple methods’ to ID bin Laden’s body:
The body was photographed before being buried at sea, although no images have been released by the Obama administration.
www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20110502/bin-laden-id-methods-110502/

‘Osama bin Laden dead’ photo deemed a fake:
A photo purporting to show Osama bin Laden after he was killed by US special forces (above right), which has been circulating online today and used by some newspapers and TV stations, is most likely a fake, according to American security officials. They have warned the media that it is a hoax.
bit.ly/lySLEW

U.S. Team’s Mission Was To Kill, Not Capture :
 ”This was a kill operation,” the official said, making clear there was no desire to try to capture bin Laden alive in Pakistan.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-dead-kill_n_856211.html

Taliban vow revenge for bin Laden’s death:
“Now Pakistani rulers, president Zardari and the army will be our first targets. America will be our second target,” Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Taliban Movement of Pakistan, said from an undisclosed location
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/02/3205828.htm

Musharraf condemns Bin Laden kill operation:
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf denounced the US led operation which killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, arguing America violated Pakistan’s sovereignty.
rt.com/usa/news/musharraf-osama-bin-laden-operation-pakistan/

Wikileaks says US knew of Abbottabad lair from 2008:
The United States probably knew by 2008 about Osama bin Laden’s lair in Abbottabad, according to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks on Monday, quoting from a leaked US cable, dpa reported.
en.trend.az/regions/world/usa/1870094.html

Bin Laden Killed for Fear of Intelligence Leakage: –
The US has killed the Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, in a bid to prevent any possible leakage of intelligence and information about the US-Al-Qaeda joint terrorist operations, a senior Iranian legislator underscored on Monday.
english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=9002121340

Libya loyalists demand revenge after Gadhafi’s son killed in NATO strike :
Revenge, revenge for you Libya, shouted the crowd around the coffin, which was draped in the green Libyan flag and was topped with a wreath of flowers that were wilting in the heat. We demand revenge for our martyrs.
bit.ly/mdwVFp

Panic in Misurata as rebels impose curfew:
Panic spread in Libya’s western city of Misurata on Monday amid reports that up to 5,000 of leader Moamer Gaddafi’s troops had amassed in a nearby town.
en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/1869909.html

‘Israeli jets prepare in Iraq to strike Iran’:
Israeli jet fighters have reportedly conducted drills at a military base in Iraq in order to strike targets inside Iran
www.presstv.ir/detail/177824.html

Hamas leader Meshaal in Cairo to sign unity deal:
Egypt-brokered agreement will end rift between two largest Palestinian factions, Fatah, who control the West Bank, and Hamas, who rule the Gaza Strip.
bit.ly/iLEXRM

Egypt urges US to recognize Palestine state:
Hamas has vowed that the reconciliation deal will stay in place despite all the pressure from the US and Israel, which have been campaigning to prevent the recognition of a
Palestinian state that includes the resistance movement.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13256587

Security forces arrest hundreds across Syria :
Syrian security forces going house to house rounded up more people in a clampdown on pro-democracy unrest across the country on Monday, rights activists said, after taking
control of Deraa, cradle of the uprising.
uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110502/tts-uk-syria-ca02f96.html

Syria offers amnesty:
All Syrians coerced into acting out against the state will be given amnesty until May 15 if they turn themselves in, the government said.
www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/05/02/Syria-offers-amnesty-arrests-up/UPI-99971304357201/

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,455,590"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq: 4,770
icasualties.org/oif/
 
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,441

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,188,539,516,316
www.costofwar.com/