The New Dark Age

2 December 2011 — Information Clearing House

Obama Lawyers: Citizens Can Be Killed By US
By MATT APUZZO
Administration officials say Obama has sole power to declare citizen’s enemies.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29870.htm

Senate Votes to Allow Indefinite Detention of Americans
By Josh Gerstein
The Senate on Thursday evening essentially blessed the indefinite detention of American citizens who join up with Al Qaeda. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29869.htm

Paul Craig Roberts: Congress is Repealing the Constitution
Republican Party = Gestapo
Must Watch – From: RTAmerica
American citizens could be detained without a court hearing anywhere in the world.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29874.htm

Nato May Reap What They Sow in Pakistan
By George Galloway
This was no misguided drone attack, nor a missile misfiring. It was the mass murder of 24 Pakistani soldiers.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29873.htm

All Eyes on Israel After Second Iranian Blast
By Sheera Frenkel
CLOUDS of smoke billowed above the city of Isfahan – evidence that the latest strike against Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program had hit its target. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29871.htm

Once Again, War is Prime Time and Journalism’s Role is Taboo
By John Pilger
The role of respectable journalism in western state crimes – from Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan to Libya – remains taboo. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29872.htm

One Bank to Rule Them All
By Mike Whitney
Take a good look: This is the future of European democracy; one country after another stuffed into a fiscal straitjacket while their public assets are privatized, their unions are crushed, and their sovereignty is surrendered to unelected bankers and eurocrats.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29876.htm

Debt and Democracy – Has the Link Been Broken?
By Michael Hudson
Turning international finance into a new mode of warfare. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29875.htm

Pakistan: 7 militants killed in cross-border clash: At least seven militants were killed and five paramilitary soldiers injured Friday in a clash on the Afghan border in a remote north-western region of Pakistan, a military spokesman said. http://bit.ly/shf7kI

Pakistan planes would have engaged NATO in attack: Army: Pakistan’s military said on Friday a communications breakdown prevented its air force from engaging NATO aircraft when they attacked two border outposts and killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. http://tribune.com.pk/story/301142/pakistan-planes-would-have-engaged-nato-in-attack-army/

Kayani declares war on ‘Nato aggressors’: The Chief of the Army Staff issued these orders on Wednesday night. According to which, the Pakistani military officer in the area will be responsible for retaliation against any aggressors in that particular area and he will be provided all kind of assistance that he will ask for. http://bit.ly/uwj9xj

Report: Syrian army deserters kill 8: – Syrian army deserters killed eight people in an attack on an intelligence building in the north of the country, an opposition group said on Friday. http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=247870

1 killed, 10 wounded in Syrian protests: At least one man was killed by security forces trying to break up protests which broke out after Friday prayers in Syria, according to anti-government activists. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4156250,00.html

Engineering Consent For Attack On Syria: Syria ‘violations’ condemned by UN Human Rights Council:
The UN Human Rights Council has strongly condemned the violence in Syria and is to appoint a special investigator on the crackdown on anti-government protesters. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15996583

Libyan in(ter)vention: False facts fatal for Gaddafi: Sanctions against Syria and looming prospects of an intervention into the country are drawing ever more parallels with the war in Libya. But as it turned out, the “facts” used to wage a “humanitarian war” on Tripoli, underwent almost no verification. http://rt.com/news/lybia-gaddafi-war-evidence-833/

Syria Would Cut Iran Military Tie, Opposition Head Says: A Syrian government run by the country’s main opposition group would cut Damascus’s military relationship to Iran and end arms supplies to Middle East militant groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, the group’s leader said, raising the prospect of a dramatic realignment of powers at the region’s core. http://on.wsj.com/usGKzh

Pres. Assad of Syria Speech Today (Friday Dec, 02, 20111) – English voice Over http://bit.ly/snV3wQ

Barak: Sanctions welcome, but won’t stop Iran: Israel is far from being paralyzed by fear,” Barak told Israel Radio. “It must act calmly and quietly – we don’t need big wars.” http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=2477766

The war against Iran’s nuclear program has already begun: Explosions, deadly computer viruses and other sorts of ‘accidents’ – someone is targeting Iran’s nuclear project: either the Western intelligence agencies, internal opposition groups, or both. http://bit.ly/siRGAl

Former Mossad chief briefed comptroller about Iran strike plans: In the interview to Dayan last night he castigated Barak’s statement last month about Israel having a time window of less than a year for a military move to stop the nuclearization. http://bit.ly/vGZexM

Iranians ‘stage new anti-British rally’: After attending Friday prayers in Tehran University, worshippers flocked to central Enqelab (Revolution) Square, chanting “Death to Britain” and “(We) support the seizure of the second den of spies (the British embassy),” said IRNA. http://bit.ly/tsRYNq

Israel paving road to link East Jerusalem neighborhoods to city center: Plan is illegal use of occupied land, endangers two-state solution. http://bit.ly/t0sc4S

U.S. Jewish groups furious over campaign to bring expat Israelis back home: Israeli absorption ministry releases campaign warning Israelis living abroad against assimilation; ADL calls videos demeaning to American Jewry. http://bit.ly/vOz9L9

Israel pulls ‘don’t marry a U.S. Jew’ campaign after backlash: The Israeli government withdrew an ad campaign Friday after a rare backlash from major U.S. Jewish groups for appearing to urge expatriates not to marry American Jews or raise children in the United States. http://bit.ly/vbIw5x

Historic 62 percent turnout in Egypt elections:
There are only three official winners so far in Egypt’s elections as many districts ready for runoffs. http://bit.ly/u1TzVe

Egypt’s Brotherhood for national unity government: On Thursday, the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) issued a statement that denied that it had struck an alliance with the ultra-conservative Al Nour coalition, comprising mainly of activists of a Salafi ideological persuasion. The Salafists wish to work for the remaking of society based on principles traced to pristine Islam. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2681745.ece

U.S.-China: arms race in the Pacific: The Chinese Foreign Ministry described the U.S. growing military presence in the Pacific “a return to the Cold War strategy”. The announcement came following an agreement signed between Washington and Canberra to station up to 2,500 U.S. marines in Australia’s northern city of Darwin. http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/12/02/61376749.html

Republican Jewish Coalition Bars Ron Paul From Presidential Debate:
Paul was not invited to attend the RJC’s candidates forum because the organization – as it has stated numerous times in the past – “rejects his misguided and extreme views,” said [RJC Executive Director Matt] Brooks. http://reason.com/blog/2011/12/01/republican-jewish-coalition-bars-ron-pau

Senate Moves to Limit Right to Trial: According to the Act, the military is allowed to hold any person suspected of aiding al-Qaeda, the Taliban or an associated force without trial until the hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force, enacted just after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are declared over. http://bit.ly/rqfXMX

White House renews veto threat on defense bill: National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said Friday that the Senate ignored national security officials who say the bill would restrict the administration’s ability to fight al-Qaida. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/12/02/1857196/white-house-renews-veto-threat.html

Spying scandal: FBI surveilling Muslims:
According to recent documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the FBI has misused its outreach program by running background checks on people at Muslim-related events, The Washington Post reported. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/213449.html

WikiLeaks: The Spy Files: Mass interception of entire populations is not only a reality, it is a secret new industry spanning 25 countries http://wikileaks.org/the-spyfiles.html

Iceland’s special prosecutor arrests former Glitnir Bank CEO: Glitnir Bank was the first of Iceland’s top three commercial banks to collapse three years ago, imploding under the weight of huge debts racked up during years of aggressive expansion. http://reut.rs/u8QsH4

MF Global customer: My entire account is missing:
As investigators search for an estimated $1.2 billion missing from MF Global customer accounts, one customer says his entire account has vanished and blames the trustee liquidating the firm. http://reut.rs/ruM0i3

“26 TRILLION Dollars In Bank Bailouts! That’s Not Including TARP!” – Video – Keith Olbermann interviews Alan Grayson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP362CWj2fo&feature=player_embedded

Jobs Mirage: 315,000 Drop Out Of Workforce, Driving Unemployment Rate To Three-Year Low: Rroughly half of the decline in the unemployment rate came from the 315,000 Americans who dropped out of the labor market last month, in part a reflection of the slow pace of the recovery, economists said. http://huff.to/tUSWbV
 
Americans fall through the safety net as slump lingers: Only 48 per cent of the US jobless are receiving cheques, while 75 per cent were receiving benefits early last year. http://bit.ly/tm4t4h