8 September, 2011 — Information Clearing House

September May Bring The Death of the Two-state Solution – and the Jewish State
 By Carlo Strenger
 What happens when the Palestinians realize come September that UN recognition doesn’t change their lives, that the settlements continue to expand, and the occupation continues?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29075.htm

Turkey Shouldn’t Let Israel Off the Hook
By Linda S. Heard
 An occupying nuclear power is consistently painted as the victim, while the occupied people are called terrorists.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29069.htm

Hail to the True Victors of Rupert’s Revolution
 
By John Pilger
 
Nicholas Sarkozy, a Napoleonic Islamophobe whose intelligence services almost certainly set up the coup against Gaddafi.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29066.htm

The One Killing Civilians is NATO
 
By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
 
When your house is burgled and you catch the burglar inside, what do you do? Do you simply give him the keys and say OK I will not resist, it is all yours now?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29064.htm

Jihadists Take Over, As Warned
 
By Julio Godoy
 
The official euphoria with which the U.S. and European governments celebrated the fall of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya has given way to growing concern that many among the new Libyan leadership are radical Muslims with links to al-Qaeda.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29074.htm

Gaddafi Speech : Truth & Victory!
 
By Muammar Gaddafi – 09/08/11 – Video and English Translation
 
They think that NATO will stay forever in the skies; NATO will return defeated, weather it likes it or not, because it’s financial position doesn’t allow it to continue with its air bombardments.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29070.htm

Let’s Cancel 9/11
Bury the War State’s Blank Check at Sea
 
By Tom Engelhardt
 
Let’s bag it. I’m talking about the tenth anniversary ceremonies for 9/11, and everything that goes with them: the solemn reading of the names of the dead, the tolling of bells, the honoring of first responders. The works.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29072.htm

Have we Become the Enemy of Freedom?
 
By John W. Whitehead
 
Let us dismantle our military empire. Let us take care of our poor, our downtrodden. Let us push back against the surveillance state. Let us put human dignity above corporate profits. If not now, then when?.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29067.htm

Free Speech In The USA?
71-year-old Taken to the Ground for Questioning Congressman
 
Video
 
As Congressman Paul Ryan cracked a joke about him, Tom Nielsen found himself face down on the floor being handcuffed by police.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29071.htm

Wanna Bet Obama Doesn’t “Go Big” Tonight?
 
By Mike Whitney
 
Lets get something straight before President Pangloss delivers his speech tonight. Two-thirds of the $300 billion “stimulus package” he’ll be asking for (to reduce unemployment) is just an extension of programs that are already in place.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29068.htm

The Path to Real Prosperity
A new jobs plan is thinking too small. What we need is a new economy.
 
By David Korten
 
We can turn as a species from an economic system devoted to perfecting our capacity for violent exclusionary competition to one devoted to perfecting our capacity for caring, inclusive cooperation.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29073.htm

Fake Assets
 
By Keiser Report
 
Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss ‘toxic assets’ that are really ‘fake assets’.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29063.htm

US kills 10 people in Yemen :
 
A total of 10 “al-Qaida militants” were killed and dozens of others were injured on Wednesday evening when a U.S. drone struck several targets .
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/90854/7591598.html

CIA action may backfire in Yemen:
 
On Sunday, as the West remembers the thousands killed in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, a group of construction workers in the Arabian Peninsula will be hard at work on a secret CIA runway.
http://bit.ly/qsrNTD

Four Afghan soldiers killed: –
 
A truck carrying Afghan National Army soldiers struck a roadside bomb Thursday, killing four of them, an Afghan official said.
http://bit.ly/nZO5Kt

Two Nato Occupation Force Soldiers Killed in Roadside Bombing:
 
At least two Nato soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, Nato said in a statement.
http://bit.ly/odWll5

NATO says soldier killed Afghan reporter working for BBC:
 
A NATO soldier killed an Afghan reporter for the BBC in July because he mistook him for an insurgent, the NATO-led force in Afghanistan said Thursday
http://bit.ly/p2zam1

Pak soldier killed as Indian troops open fire at LoC:
 
A Pakistan Army soldier was killed when Indian troops opened indiscriminate fire at the Pakistani check post in Machal sector on the Line of Control (LoC) Tuesday night.
http://paktribune.com/news/Pak-soldier-killed-as-Indian-troops-open-fire-at-LoC-243437.html

Besieged Sirte uses rockets to defend against rebel attack:
 
Rebels have massed outside the desert town of Bani Walid for days waiting for orders to take the town, but the rocket fire marked an escalation in the standoff, which could reach a climax when a deadline for surrender negotiations runs out this weekend.
http://wapo.st/ni7Tbi

Siege of Sirte Continues: Rebels march on Sirte as NATO vows to stay:
 
The NTC has fixed a Saturday deadline for Bani Walid and other towns loyal to Libyan government, including Sirte and the southern desert oasis of Sabha, to surrender.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-09/ntc-seizes-key-objective-in-drive-on-gaddafi/2877784

Libyan missiles looted:
 
A potent stash of Russian-made surface-to-air missiles is missing from a huge Tripoli weapons warehouse amid reports of weapons looting across war-torn Libya.
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/07/exclusive-libyan-missiles-looted/

While US war criminals sell books and walk free the ICC prosecutor requests Interpol red notice for Gaddafi:
 
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday asked Interpol for help in arresting fugitive Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi.
http://bit.ly/p0aZbN

Fact or fiction?
NATO troops replaced by Mujahideen from Afghanistan and Pakistan:
 
 “The withdrawal of foreign regular special forces recently compensated for a constant influx of militias, mainly from Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
http://bit.ly/n30aTw

Russia talks with both sides in Syria conflict:
 
Margelov meets Syrian opposition figures in Moscow on Friday and has talks with Bouthaina Shaaban, an adviser to Assad, on Monday before starting a tour of the Middle East and North Africa next week that will include discussions on Syria.
http://bit.ly/n1106T

Ahmadinejad urges Syria talks:
 
“There should be talks” between the Syrian government and its opponents, Ahmadinejad told Portuguese broadcaster Radiotelevisao Portuguesa late on Wednesday.
“A military solution is never the right solution,” he said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/09/20119814058609374.html

CIA Plans Well Advanced?
Iran revolution “matter of time” – U.S. “defence” chief:
 
Revolution in Iran appears to be a matter of time, U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta predicted on Tuesday, saying the Iranian reform movement was learning from revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-revolution-matter-time-u-defence-chief-044952741.html

Iran warns Turkey against deploying NATO missile defense system:
 
Turkey plans to deploy radar station aimed at protecting NATO members from the “threat of Iranian missiles”.
http://bit.ly/qWRaLW

Erdogan: Turkey warships will escort any future Gaza aid flotilla:
 
Turkish PM also says that his country had taken steps to stop Israel from unilaterally exploiting natural resources from the eastern Mediterranean.
http://bit.ly/mRLsGJ

Palestinians launch statehood campaign:
 
Scores of Palestinian officials and activists gathered at the UN building on Thursday, saying they would stage peaceful events ahead of the UN General Assembly’s annual meeting later this month, the Associated Press reported.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/198095.html

State Department official says U.S. would veto Palestinian UN bid:
 
Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman expresses concern regarding possibility of UN declaration in the General Assembly, expresses the need for direct negotiations.
http://bit.ly/oIBxjv

Israeli “Settlers” building twice rate of Israel: NGO:
 
“Settlers” are building homes in the West Bank at almost twice the pace that they are being constructed inside Israel.
http://news.yahoo.com/settlers-building-twice-rate-israel-ngo-143714876.html

US scientist guilty of spying for Israel:
 
A LEADING US space scientist has pleaded guilty to attempted espionage for selling classified material to a US undercover agent he thought was an Israeli spy, the Justice Department said.
http://bit.ly/qENn2h

In case you missed it: Israel Is Spying In And On The U.S.?:
 
Fox News has learned some U.S. investigators believe that there are Israelis again very much engaged in spying in and on the U.S., who may have known things they didn’t tell us before September 11
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7545.htm

Egyptians to rally against military rule:
 
Egypt’s protest organizers have called for a massive march against the military rule in their country as the trial of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak and his top associates continuesPress TV reports.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/198091.html

Police Say Iraqi Reporter Who Criticized Government Shot Dead:
 
Hadi al-Mehdi had a weekly program on a Baghdad radio channel on which he called on the government to provide better water, electricity and other public services to Iraqis. He also used Facebook to organize demonstrations every Friday in Baghdad.
http://fxn.ws/pPA4sI

Iraq prisoner death ‘great stain’ on UK army – inquiry:
 
British soldiers beat to death an Iraqi civilian in an act of “unjustified and brutal violence” that left a “very great stain” on Britain’s armed forces, an inquiry concluded on Thursday.
http://arabnews.com/world/article499211.ece

Man killed by South Dakota trooper was war veteran:
 
A man shot and killed by a South Dakota Highway Patrol officer after allegedly going on a rampage with a pickup truck and a handgun in the western South Dakota tourist town of Custer was a Marine who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_18851008

Euro Zone Done? ‘Collapse closer as politicians bargain’:
 
The incoming European Central Bank head says the eurozone should be more financially integrated. And the outgoing chief Jean-Claude Trichet thought a “federation” with a central finance ministry for Europe was the only solution to the debt crisis.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/1/vnBuOnhFPiY

Workers Launch New Wave of Strikes:
 
Taxi drivers, tax collectors, doctors and garbage collectors in Greece all signaled a new round of strike action on Wednesday in response to government pledges for the swifter enforcement of austerity measures.
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2011/09/08/workers-launch-new-wave-of-strikes/