The New Dark Age

19 December 2011 — Information Clearing House

New Pictures of Iraq Atrocity, With Documents and Video
By David Swanson
The Iraqi was detained and questioned then with his hands tied behind his back, SGT Rogers skinned his face.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30034.htm

The US is Blind to the Price of War
That is Still Being Borne by the Iraqi People
By Gary Younge
Every effort must be made to thwart those who seek to embellish and distort America’s lamentable legacy in Iraq.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30029.htm
 
War Without End, Amen:
The Reality of America’s Aggression Against Iraq
By Chris Floyd
This is the reality of what actually happened in Iraq: aggression, slaughter, atrocity, ruin. It is the only reality.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30038.htm

Killing Without Consequences
No Fear: Memory Adjustment Pills Get Pentagon Push
By Katie Drummond
A cutting-edge, controversial realm of treatment. One that’d see military personnel popping a pill to wipe away the fear they associate with traumatic memories.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30036.htm

US Interference In Syria Could Bring About Another Iraq
By Charles Glass
Before American (and probably British) soldiers are asked to give their lives in another Arab country, they are entitled to ask important questions.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30030.htm

Israel’s Useful Idiot
Obama : My Commitment to the Security of Israel is Unshakeable
By Natasha Mozgovaya
U.S. President speaks before Union for Reform Judaism conference, stresses that U.S. support for Israel is ‘unshakeable.’
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30031.htm

Israel’s Useful Idiot
Bachmann: Iran Would Use Nuke Against United States, Israel
By JOHN BRESNAHAN
“Because they have stated unequivocally, once they gain a nuclear weapon, they will use that weapon to wipe Israel off of the map and they will use it against the United States.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30032.htm

Israel’s Useful Idiot
Huntsman Would Commit Ground Troops To Stop Iran
Video
Jon Huntsman would commit ground troops to stop Iran’s nuclear program.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30033.htm

CIA Spy Satellite Blinded by Iran
By Dudi Cohen
European intelligence source claims Iran stuns West by ‘aiming a laser burst quite accurately’ at US satellite in never before reported incident.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30026.htm

Did You Have Any Idea?
By John Pilger
One of the things that almost never comes out of the generally appalling media coverage of Julian and Wikileaks, is the REASON for Wikileaks.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30027.htm

Bradley Manning
An Indie Film Takes Up Bradley Manning’s Plight
Video
As the army private’s hearing begins, this harrowing short imagines his detention.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30028.htm

Noam Chomsky: The Myth of the Liberal Media
The Propaganda Model of News
Video
Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky demolish one of the central tenets of our political culture, the idea of the “liberal media.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6435.htm

OutFOXed
Video
This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public’s right to know.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7798.htm

Canada/USA
The Pretext for a North American Homeland Security Perimeter
By Dana Gabriel
This could force Canada to comply with any new U.S. security measures, regardless of the dangers they may pose to civil liberties.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30037.htm 
 
Army deserters kill six Syrian troops: Syrian army defectors killed six government troops in heavy fighting yesterday in the country’s “rebellious” central region, activists said
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NTU1MDE4NzM1

Syria signs deal to let in Arab monitors: Syria agreed on Monday to let Arab League observers into the country to monitor implementation of a deal it agreed last month to pull troops from protest-hit towns, free political prisoners and start talking to dissidents.
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article550504.ece
 
Syria opposition urges Arab League to use force against Assad: Activists call Syria willingness to allow Arab monitors a ‘lie aimed at buying time,’ saying UN, Arab nations must enforce secure zones to protest Syrian civilians.
http://bit.ly/t9kaRH
 
China supports Russia’s resolution on Syria: “China supports the Russian proposal and applauds Russia’s hard work at trying to resolve the Syrian crisis, and is willing to maintain contacts with all sides on this,”
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/86991/
 
3 more protesters killed in Cairo: Egypt’s Health Ministry says at least three more protesters have been killed in clashes with army soldiers in central Cairo, bringing the four-day death toll to at least 14.
http://bit.ly/um5QKi
 
Pregnant woman killed by US forces in eastern Afghanistan: “A national security council meeting held in the presidential palace on Sunday condemned the international forces night raid on the house of the Paktia counternarcotics chief, in which a woman was killed and four others wounded,” read a statement released by Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office.
http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=284945
 
Paktia council office closed to protest NATO raid: Provincial council members on Sunday closed their office in protest against an overnight raid on the house of a senior counternarcotics official by NATO-led troops in southeastern Paktia province.
http://bit.ly/rN9ZLX
 
NATO defiant on Afghan night raids: NATO said Monday that US-led forces in Afghanistan will continue night raids, despite renewed objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai after a pregnant woman was killed during an operation.
http://news.yahoo.com/nato-defiant-afghan-night-raids-102924278.html

‘We’re not leaving,’ say U.S. officials in Afghanistan: – Top American officials in Afghanistan say the U.S. military intends to maintain a troop presence here beyond a 2014 deadline for Afghan troops to take over.
http://usat.ly/vPNaqs
 
Afghans negotiating long-term US presence: Karzai: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that his government is negotiating the terms of a long-term US presence in his country that could involve US troops.
http://yhoo.it/rQLJsY
 
Huge rally in support of Pakistan’s military: About 30,000 people staged a protest on Sunday to condemn the United States and show support for Pakistan’s military, which has reasserted itself after a cross-border NATO attack and a controversial memo that has weakened the civilian government.
http://arabnews.com/world/article550142.ece
 
Israel lobbying for Iran oil embargo: A senior Israeli official has called on the US to impose sanctions on Iran’s oil sector in a meeting with a number of American foreign and defense ministry officials.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/216590.html
 
Pakistan ignores US threats on Iran: Pakistan has brushed aside US “threats of sanctions” if it does not abandon the gas pipeline project with Iran, expressing eagerness to finish the venture as soon as possible.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/216599.html
 
‘Israel to export natural gas to India’: Plans for a major India-Iran gas deal soured following a recent Indian condemnation of the Iranian nuclear program at the UN. A planned gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan was also scrapped due to security considerations.
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=250025
 
Shameful Iraq pullout: – America has replaced a disobedient former head of state and his regime with a system of its own design
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2011-12/19/c_131314579.htm
 
Iraq vice president barred from overseas travel: Iraqi judges barred Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi from travelling overseas, officials said on Monday, the latest development in a political crisis shortly after US troops completed a pullout.
http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-vp-barred-overseas-travel-100135416.html
 
Iraq VP escorted off plane as guards detained: Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and several of his bodyguards were escorted off a plane at Baghdad airport on Sunday because two of the guards were wanted on “terrorism charges,” officials said
http://bit.ly/sEXNLi
 
Maliki gives VP two days to prove he is not involved in parliament attack or face trial: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has given an Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi a period of two days to prove his innocence, after he was accused of financing armed actions, or face arrest and trial.
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/279020/
 
NATO admits it killed Libyan civilians: “From what you have gathered on the ground, it appears that innocent civilians may have been killed or injured, despite all the care and precision,” said Oana Lungescu, a spokeswoman for NATO headquarters in Brussels. “We deeply regret any loss of life.”
http://bit.ly/tpsFoB
 
In Strikes on Libya by NATO, an Unspoken Civilian Toll: NATO’s seven-month air campaign in Libya, hailed by the alliance and many Libyans for blunting a lethal crackdown by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and helping to push him from power, came with an unrecognized toll: scores of civilian casualties the alliance has long refused to acknowledge or investigate.
http://nyti.ms/sQPNrI
 
Libyan commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj to sue UK government: A Libyan military commander has started legal action against the UK government, which he claims was complicit in his illegal rendition and torture.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16244210
 
New Somalia in Arab Peninsula: Yemen crisis to hit millions: Nearly four million people will be affected by Yemen’s crisis in 2012, UN agencies said in Dubai on Sunday, warning that the restive Arabian Peninsula country is on its way to becoming another Somalia.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=49567
 
Israel plans to build more than 1,000 (Illegal) homes in West Bank, East Jerusalem: Housing Ministry publishes tenders for construction across Green Line as part of plan to build 6,000 housing units throughout Israel.
http://bit.ly/tL6DJW
 
“Settlers” attack carol singers near Nablus: “A rock smashed through the window, and glass shattered everywhere inside,” chorister Saleem Anfous told Ma’an, adding that none of the 25 carol singers was injured.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=445857
 
Israeli woman refuses ultra-Orthodox dictate to move to back of bus: A woman passenger on a public bus from Ashdod to Jerusalem Friday was told by an ultra-Orthodox male passenger to move to the back of the bus.
http://bit.ly/rBsvfk
 
Will the SOPA bill kill the Internet?: Bills now pending in Congress to thwart online piracy would violate free speech, destroy the technological underpinnings of the Web and hinder the user-generated innovation like the next YouTube or Twitter.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70554.html