The New Dark Age

22 August 2011 — Information Clearing House

The Strange Calm Over Tripoli?
By Franklin Lamb
Looking over the skyline of Tripoli at 7:30 a.m. 8/22/11 from the 26th floor of the Corinthia Hotel it seems that it’s just about over for the Qaddafi regime.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28912.htm

Media Wars
Mahdi Nazemroaya Reports from Tripoli
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28915.htm

Guilty Until Proven Innocent
By Yasmeen El Khoudary
As Israeli airstikes continue to be carried out in Gaza, most people there feel trapped and abandoned by the world.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28907.htm

Colombia Inquiry Implicates US Aid in Abuses of Power
Funds allegedly used for spying, political activities
By Karen DeYoung and Claudia J. Duque
New revelations have implicated American aid, and possibly US officials, in egregious abuses of power and illegal actions by the Colombian government under the guise of fighting terrorism and drug smuggling.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28903.htm

Ron Paul – The Revolution & The Anti-War Movement
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28904.htm

Time to End Nato’s War in Libya
By Dennis Kucinich
Whether Gaddafi goes or not, this costly intervention has thwarted peace talks and betrayed its ‘humanitarian’ mission.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28902.htm

Crisis of Confidence
How Washington Lost Faith in America’s Courts
By Karen J. Greenberg
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the unexpected extent of the damage Americans have done to themselves and their institutions is coming into better focus.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28910.htm

Attorney Rejects Request To Inform On His Muslim Clients
Placed on the U.S. Government’s Terrorist Watch List
By Nick Meyer
Boyle was visited by two agents from a joint FBI-CIA anti-terrorist fusion center in his office, who attempted to persuade him to become an informant on his Arab American and American Muslim clients.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28900.htm

The Eurozone Crackup
By Mike Whitney
As the former European Commission chief Jacques Delors said on Thursday, “Open your eyes: the euro and Europe are on the edge of the precipice.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28913.htm

Fed Secretly Loaned $1.2 Trillion in Public Money to Wall St. Firms
By Stephen C. Webster
The U.S. Federal Reserve made approximately $1.2 trillion in loans from public money to support Wall Street firms in the midst of one of the worst financial crises ever.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28911.htm

Let’s ‘Make Them’ End the Great Recession
By Mazher Ali
We can no longer allow a hopelessly unreasonable minority in a severely corrupted system to dictate the terms of our economy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28909.htm

The Get Lost Generation
By Malcolm Harris
We must be suspicious of everything we do not build, of everything handed down from an empire in decline, and look to our own hands.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28908.htm

Katrina Pain Index 2011: Race, Gender, Poverty
By Bill Quigley and Davida Finger
343,829. The current population of the city of New Orleans, about 110,000 less than when Katrina hit. New Orleans is now whiter, more male and more prosperous.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28914.htm

Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
9/11 Prejudice = Contempt Prior to Investigation
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There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance – that principle is contempt prior to investigation.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28906.htm

Libya: ‘At least 1,300 people killed in past 24 hours of combat’:
Ibrahim blamed Nato for the “bloodbath” in Libya in which thousands of people are believed to have been killed since the conflict began in mid-February.
http://bit.ly/qDII5v

Gaddafi forces in Tripoli counter-offensive:
Early on Monday morning, tanks rolled out of Muammar Gaddafi’s Tripoli residence and began shelling the rebels who had gathered near the compound as sustained heavy gunfire was heard in the Libyan capital.
https://rt.com/news/rebels-gaddafi-capital-tripoli-975/

Libya news live updates: ‘Tripoli is not safe at all’:
The Post’s correspondent in Tripoli, Thomas Erdbrink, reports that the Libyan capital remains unsafe, with firefights breaking out between rebels and Gaddafi supporters.
http://wapo.st/pGYxzP

Libya: journalists trapped at hotel amid fighting:
“No one has left the hotel today,” said Missy Ryan, a correspondent for Reuters. “We all want to go downtown to report on what’s happening but it’s not safe.” Snipers were positioned outside the hotel, she added.
http://bit.ly/oQRUko

Mahdi Nazemroaya reports from Tripoli early 22 August:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPMdArruZjA&feature=player_embedded#!

Surveillance and Coordination With NATO Aided Rebels:
Officials also said that coordination between NATO and the rebels, and among the loosely organized rebel groups themselves, had become more sophisticated and lethal in recent weeks, even though NATO’s mandate has been merely to protect civilians, not to take sides in the conflict.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/world/africa/22nato.html

NATO Boots On The Ground: :
Special forces from France and the U.K. on the ground in Libya also trained and armed rebel groups, a NATO diplomat told Eric Schmitt and Steven Lee Myers of the Times.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20095356-503543.html

Allies guided rebel ‘pincer’ assault on Tripoli:
The rapid weekend advance of Libyan rebel troops into Tripoli was the result of an opposition strategy put in place two weeks ago with the advice of British, French and Qatari special forces on the ground.
http://wapo.st/qfuEc3

Wisconsin Guard Unit Helping Libyan Rebels:
“Gaddafi had such heavy armor and tanks and the rebels were poorly trained. Most of the major advances were with heavy NATO support,” said Jim Foley.
http://www.wisn.com/news/28932876/detail.html

Tenuous security situation in Libyan capital:
While Gaddafi’s forces have withdrawn from most areas, sleeper cells have not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AWt315CO6g&feature=player_embedded

3 of Gaddafi’s Sons Now in NTC Custody:
According to Al Arabiyah news channel another one of Gaddafi’s sons, Al-Mutassim, is inside Bab Al-Azizya compound in Tripoli coordinating the remaining resistance from the regime.
http://bit.ly/nOGmba

Gaddafi’s son reportedly flees rebel house arrest:
Mohammed Gaddafi, one of three sons of the Libyan leader captured by rebels during the takeover of Tripoli, has escaped house arrest with the help of loyalist fighters, Reuters reported, citing Al Jazeera.
http://rt.com/news/gaddafi-sons-rebels-detain-557/

Chavez denounces West over Libya:
“Today we are seeing images of the democratic governments of Europe, along with the supposedly democratic Government of the United States destroying Tripoli with their bombs,” Chavez said on Sunday.
http://bit.ly/pvQIe4

EU, NATO Set for Major Libya Role:
“There is a second phase of NATO involvement.” Just because Col. Gadhafi “is on his heels, it doesn’t mean that the potential for ongoing instability isn’t very high.”
http://on.wsj.com/plnDSl

Berlin mulls troops for post-Qaddafi Libya:
As the regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi teetered on the brink Monday, German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière said Bundeswehr troops could soon help secure the peace in the North African nation.
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20110822-37113.html

New Libyan authorities will thank NATO during contracts distribution – Kosachyov:
The future Libyan government, which gained support from the NATO members, “will now be very grateful to them, and in distributing contracts to rebuild the Libyan economy, will give priority to the NATO countries,” he said.
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=267542

Italy: Oil company Eni ‘has returned to Libya and will regain prominent role’: –
Eni, the largest foreign oil company operating in Libya before civil war broke out, has returned to that country to restart wells as Muammar Gaddafi’s government Monday appeared on the brink of collapse after rebels captured large parts of the capital,Tripoli, Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini said.
http://bit.ly/nQ3H6m

Trump on Libya: ‘Why won’t we take over the oil?’:
“We are NATO,” Trump said. “We back NATO in terms of money and weapons, what do we get out of it? We have all of these rebels running around, beautiful name ‘rebels,’ are they from Iran, who is going to take over Libya, who’s going to take over the oil?”
http://bit.ly/rc78Qu

11 killed in Yemen suicide attacks: –
Eleven Yemeni tribesmen were killed overnight in two suicide attacks in the southern province of Abyan, sources told AFP on Sunday
http://bit.ly/pnRcQW

Turkey Kills 7 Civilians In Iraq:
Warplanes kill seven civilians in strike against suspected Kurdish separatist targets in northern Iraq, officials say.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/2011821192223816952.html

Assad Receives Message from Iraqi President Stressing his Country’s Support to Syria :
President Bashar al-Assad on Monday received a message from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stressing Iraq’s support to Syria in face of the schemes targeting the stability and security of Syria.
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/08/22/365410.htm

2 Syrians killed as pro-regime gunmen open fire: –
Activists say Syrian pro-regime gunmen shooting in celebration after televised comments by President Bashar Assad killed two people overnight.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/i/1107/08-22-2011/20110822035001_15.html

Five civilians killed in Afghan explosion:
On Sunday, police killed a Taliban deputy commander on the outskirts of nearby Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, it said.
http://bit.ly/oCGjRf

Australian occupation force soldier killed on patrol in Afghanistan:
Defense officials say an Australian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, bringing Australia’s death toll from the conflict to 29.
http://apne.ws/mOT3Kq

US kills 4 people in NW Pakistan:
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed four alleged insurgents Monday in a militant stronghold near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110822/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

US soldiers enter Peshawar forcefully: –
In another blatant violation of Pakistani law, the US military officials in two vehicles entered the provincial capital without any no objection certificate (NOC) and broke police blockade on motorway toll plaza here on Sunday.
http://bit.ly/o8BjET

Hamas says Gaza ceasefire agreed:
Hamas says both sides have agreed to informal ceasefire, while Israeli police report more rocket attacks overnight.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/201182283611929131.html

Young Americans flock to Israel to join army :
Hundreds of new immigrants from the U.S. landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Tuesday. An unprecedented 104 of the 360 new arrivals, came to enlist in the Israeli army.
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=828961

CIA Disputes Secrecy Oaths in Drug Experimentation Case: –
The CIA fortified its efforts to toss a lawsuit alleging that the government used U.S. veterans as human guinea pigs in Cold War-era drug experiments. It says the case hinges on “secrecy oaths” the soldiers say they were forced to take.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/19/39136.htm

UK: Home finances ‘fell for 40% of households in August’:
Almost 40% of households saw their finances deteriorate between July and August, according to a survey by the financial information company, Markit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14608763

Biden reassures China U.S. is solvent:
“And very sincerely, I want to make clear that you have nothing to worry about.”
http://bit.ly/pPGXJR

Guess Where Coca-Cola Is Investing $4 Billion:
Atlanta based Coca-Cola (KO) plans to invest $4 billion in China, the company’s CEO Muhtar Kent told reporters in Shanghai this week.
http://news.yahoo.com/guess-where-coca-cola-investing-4-billion-015616584.html