The New Dark Age

9 February, 2012 — Information Clearing House

Israel Kills Iran’s Nuclear Scientists, U.S. officials
By Richard Engel and Robert Windrem
Iranian nuclear scientists are being killed by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel‘s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30478.htm

Playing on Iran‘s Home Court
The Great Strait of Hormuz Test
By Russ Winter
Iran has the capability of not only closing the Strait for some time, but creating a world of hurt for the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30482.htm

The Grand Ayatollah of Nuclear Menace.
By William Blum
Is USrael actually fearful of an attack from a nuclear-armed Iran? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30481.htm

British, Qatari Troops Already Waging Secret War in Syria?
By RT
Four centers of operation have been established in the city with the troops on the ground paving the way for an undercover Turkish military incursion into Syria. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30479.htm

US and Allies ‘Considering Plans’ for Military Aid to Syrian Rebels
By NewsCore
The Pentagon had drawn up contingency plans which could include supplying the Free Syrian Army (FSA) with weapons and establishing a humanitarian corridor to deliver aid to civilians, The Times reported today, citing a US official. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30483.htm

America and its Drone Strikes
By Saida Fazal
It is illegal and unethical on the part of the government to allow such murderous assaults on its own people. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30486.htm

Repulsive Progressive Hypocrisy
By Glenn Greenwald
Obama has used drones to kill Muslim children and innocent adults by the hundreds. He has refused to disclose his legal arguments for why he can do this or to justify the attacks in any way. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30488.htm

Banks Avoid Liability
In 49-State Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
By David Dayen
Forty-nine states, every one but Oklahoma, as well as federal regulators will participate in a foreclosure fraud settlement that will release the five biggest banks and their mortgage servicing units from liability for robo-signing and other forms of servicer abuse. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30485.htm

The Federal Reserve’s Explicit Goal: Devalue The Dollar 33%
By Charles Kadlec
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) has made it official: After its latest two day meeting, it announced its goal to devalue the dollar by 33% over the next 20 years. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30484.htm

American Drug War: The Last White Hope
Video
How money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30487.htm

Over 70 killed in Syria, most in Homs: activists said: Germany expels four Syrian diplomats
http://bit.ly/w4Zn7B

Comdr. of Syria’s al-Farouq rebels killed: Once a high-ranking officer, Talas defected from the Syrian army late last year and his so-called al-Farouq militant group is blamed for terrorist attacks against civilians and security and military forces in Syria.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225813.html

Humanitarian crisis deepens in Syrian city of Homs: Government forces are trying to crush pockets of violent resistance in Homs, the epicenter of an 11-month-old uprising http://bit.ly/wsVH7n

Homs under siege: – Video Report – The situation in the Syrian city of Homs is getting worse, as neighborhoods are surrounded and the shelling continues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMAgeCpr8t4

Death and Diplomacy: Homs on the brink : Video report – Local journalist, Diana Nemeh, says reports from Homs are difficult to verify.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqb6M00xzA

U.N.-Arab observer mission proposed for Syria: – As violence in Syria reportedly raged anew on Thursday, the United Nations and the Arab League were considering sending a joint observer mission to the war-ravaged Middle Eastern nation.
http://bit.ly/zcKgIU

In case you missed it:
Neoconservatives Planned Regime Change Throughout the Middle East and North Africa 20 Years Ago: Obama is implementing these same plans – just with a “kindler, gentler” face.
http://bit.ly/snXgnu

Libya Can’t Stop Fighters Joining Syria Rebels: Earlier this week, former Libyan rebel fighters from the city of Misurata announced the combat deaths of three Libyan comrades fighting against the Syrian regime. Many former Libyan fighters speak approvingly of heading to Syria to join an increasingly armed uprising against Mr Assad. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30480.htm

Nato Death Toll in Libya ‘Cannot be Counted’: Britain has no way of knowing how many civilians died in the Libyan conflict as a result of Nato bombing, a group of MPs has admitted. http://bit.ly/xwdRaR

Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows: A government whose authority extends no further than its offices, militias whose swagger comes from guns far too plentiful and residents whose patience fades with every volley of gunfire that cracks at night.
http://nyti.ms/AbBOs4

Tuareg rebels seize Mali border town: Ban called on the rebel groups “to immediately cease their attacks and to engage in dialogue with the government of Mali to resolve their grievances.” He offered UN support for efforts to find a peaceful solution.
http://aje.me/xrTgSo

US-led airstrike kills 8 Afghans, including 6 children: The civilians were killed while they were feeding their animals on a mountain in Giawa in Nejrab district, witnesses said.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225782.html

Tiny fraction of Afghan forces self-sufficient, US says: – Only 1 percent of Afghan police and soldiers are capable of operating independently, a top U.S. commander said on Wednesday, raising further doubts about whether Afghan forces will be able to take on a still-potent insurgency as the West withdraws. http://bit.ly/wpngBR

US Kills Another Four People in Pakistan: A US drone strike in Pakistan‘s Waziristan tribal region killed four suspected militants on Thursday, Reuters reported. This comes as a US drone strike on Wednesday killed at least ten (alledged) “Taliban insurgents” in North Waziristan region. http://bit.ly/yGwIUO

Legal framework required to stop CIA drone carnage: CIA drones are attacking funeral processions and civilian and Taliban rescue teams in Pakistan. A staggering report exposing the practice has outraged NGOs and legal experts, who are demanding international laws to govern drone warfare.
http://rt.com/news/legal-cia-drone-report-795/

Five killed as Turkish forces clash with PKK militants: Kurdish militants launched an attack on Turkish security forces near the Iraqi border in southeast Turkey early on Thursday, triggering clashes in which one soldier and four Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters were killed, security sources said.
http://bit.ly/yQFOof

Saudi crackdown kills one, injures 14: Saudi regime forces have opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the kingdom’s Eastern Province, killing one person and wounding at least 14 others.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225825.html

U.S. arms sale to Bahrain raises eyebrows: Little noticed as President Barack Obama denounced the “unspeakable assault” by Syria‘s ruthless regime against pro-democracy protestors and demanded Bashar al-Assad to “step aside and allow a democratic transition to proceed immediately” was the resumption of American arms sales to Bahrain.
http://bit.ly/A411zI

Moscow warns against Israel’s stance on Iran: – Israel‘s hard-line approach to speculation that Iran is seeking to develop a nuclear weapon could have “catastrophic consequences”, a senior Russian foreign ministry official warned Thursday.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=50531

Israel’s useful idiot: Gingrich Warns of Iranian Nuclear Attack: Newt Gingrich asserted on Wednesday that an Iranian nuclear attack on the United States was “a real danger” and that it could kill and wound hundreds of thousands of Americans.
http://nyti.ms/yPgTga

Support grows for Palestinian hunger striker: Khader Adnan’s “life is in danger” after more than 50 days without food in protest against his detention without charge.
http://aje.me/wUoDDc

IDF submarine fleet bans dual citizenship: The IDF now demands that new candidates for service in Israel‘s submarine fleet waive their foreign citizenship in order to join the elite unit. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4187233,00.html

General strike enters second day in Israel: Israel‘s banks, ports and stock market have remained closed for a second day as half a million workers continued a general strike while the government and the country’s main labour union held talks on the status of contract workers.
http://aje.me/zVQ8Xi

Greece’s unions to hold two-day strike over cuts: The unions, General confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) and Civil Servants Supreme Administrative Council (ADEDY), announced on Thursday that their members will go on a two-day strike from Friday in protest at the controversial decision.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225785.html

Drones over U.S. get OK by Congress: Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s … a drone, and it’s watching you. That’s what privacy advocates fear from a bill Congress passed this week to make it easier for the government to fly unmanned spy planes in U.S. airspace. http://bit.ly/zHEnun

US: Government Uses Anti-Terror Laws to Crush Dissent : On January 31, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security’s Behavioral Science Division pointed to the following as indicators of potential terrorism
http://bit.ly/zclpok

Wall Street Firms Spy On Protesters In Tax-Funded Center: Wall Street firms, serially charged with corruption, get to sit alongside the New York Police Department and spy on law abiding citizens. http://bit.ly/wONBOJ

Police officer ‘chased himself’ after being mistaken for burglar: An undercover police officer “chased himself round the streets” for 20 minutes after a CCTV operator mistook him for suspect.
http://tgr.ph/wt39qb

012 Election: Super PACs represent much of what is wrong with American democracy rolled neatly into one package. They are tools that powerful special interests and a tiny privileged minority can use to work their will by drowning out the voices of ordinary Americans in a sea of (sometimes secret) cash.
http://bit.ly/znRROR

Some legislators send millions to groups connected to their relatives:
 Some members of Congress send tax dollars to companies, colleges and community groups where their spouses, children and parents work as salaried employees, lobbyists or board members, according to an examination of federal disclosure forms and local public records by The Washington Post.
http://wapo.st/wyU9Gx

Cost Of war

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq “1,455,590”
 
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America‘s War On Iraq:
4,801

Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,883

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
 $1,300,645,264,563 http://www.costofwar.com/