10 March 2012— Information Clearing House
The Bloody Road to Damascus
The Triple Alliance’s War on a Sovereign State
By James Petras
There is clear and overwhelming evidence that the uprising to overthrow President Assad of Syria is a violent, power grab led by foreign-supported fighters.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30769.htm
10 Myths about Iran Driving the Insane Push for War And Why They’re Dead Wrong
By Jasmin Ramsey
Israeli officials and GOP candidates spout nonsense about Iran. Here’s the truth. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30772.htm
America Gone Stupid Over Iran
Making The Same “Mistake” Twice
By Lawrence Davidson
The politicians appear to be out for blood. One wonders how many dead and maimed bodies will satisfy them? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30768.htm
No Apocalypse Yet
Will Putin do what the oligarchs fear?
By ISRAEL SHAMIR
If he wants to survive politically, he will have to implement the national agenda, confront the oligarchs, curb the creative class, provide support to those who supported him. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30776.htm
Don’t Look Away from Bahrain’s Revolution
By Ala’a Shehabi
Over the past year, as cameras turned away, the Bahraini regime carried out some of the worst atrocities in its history. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30773.htm
Weapons Financed By US Kill Unarmed Palestinians and U.S. Citizens.
By David Elkins
“U.S. weapons provided to Israel at taxpayer expense make the U.S. complicit in Israel’s human rights abuses of Palestinians living under Israel’s 44-year military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30767.htm
Stratfor: Blood On Their Hands
And it gets worse.
By Khadija Sharife
With their emails, Stratfor appears to advocate for a world where polluters and murderers, circumvent accountability by obtaining information to pre-empt – and in the process destroy – their opposition. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30777.htm
The Crime of Truth:
Obama’s Persecution of the Peacemaker
By Chris Floyd
Bradley Manning will spend the rest of his life in a federal prison for the unforgiveable crime of telling the truth to people who don’t want to hear it. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30771.htm
The Dirty War on WikiLeaks
By John Pilger
Media smears suggest Swedish complicity in a Washington-driven push to punish Julian Assange. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30770.htm
Stop the Machine!!!!!
Must Watch Short Video
A brief and crucial history of the United States. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30620.htm
Obama Signs Anti-protest Trespass Bill
By RT
US President Barack Obama signed his name to H.R. 347 on Thursday, officially making it a federal offense to cause a disturbance at certain political events – essentially criminalizing protest in the States. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30774.htm
‘War on Terror is War on Liberty’
Farage demands that the UK break treaty with US
By Nigel Farage: EU MP
“No British court has ever been allowed to examine the evidence against Mr Tappin and I believe this Treaty, signed in the wake of the September 11 attacks, needs to be amended and the British government needs to stand up for its own people. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30764.htm
Britons Fund Own Orwellian Future?
By RT
The British government is pushing through an anti-terror law that will enable it to monitor all private electronic communication, including social media. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30766.htm
Drugmakers Have Paid $8 Billion in Fraud Fines
By Kelly Kennedy
The nation’s largest drugmakers have paid at least $8 billion in fines for repeatedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid over the past decade, but they remain in business. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30775.htm
Life in America on Two Dollars a Day
Or Why American Poverty Will Soon Match That of the Third World
By CanSpeccy
The latest poverty statistics that show the number of American families with an income of less than two dollars per person per day more than doubled between 1996 and 201. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30765.htm
From The Archives
Mystery: How Wealth Creates Poverty in the World
By Michael Parenti
Isn’t it time that liberal critics stop thinking that the people who own so much of the world—and want to own it all—are “incompetent” or “misguided” or “failing to see the unintended consequences of their policies”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17102.htm
U.S. Kills 33 People In Yemen: At least 33 people have died and 55 injured in two US air raids on Al-Qaeda strongholds in the Al-Bayda mountains. The area is south of the capital Sana’a, in Abyane Province in Southern Yemen. http://bit.ly/yEAkmH
Pentagon plans to restart military aid to Yemen: While no agreements have been cemented, U.S. defense officials said as much as $75 million in military assistance could begin to flow later this year. The officials said the Pentagon and State Department are putting together a letter to send to Congress to request the aid be restarted. http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/98111/
US kills 13 people in Pakistan:
A US drone killed at least eight “militants” yesterday when it fired two missiles on a vehicle in Pakistan‘s tribal area near the Afghan border, security officials said. http://bit.ly/xcDXks
Seven troops ‘killed in Taliban ambush’ in Pakistan: Taliban militants armed with guns and rockets ambushed a Pakistani military convoy Friday, killing seven soldiers in the militant stronghold of North Waziristan, officials said. http://bit.ly/A97sIC
Vladimir Putin to visit Pakistan in Sept: This will be the first-ever trip to Islamabad by any Russian head of state. http://bit.ly/yN643C
US-led airstrike leaves 4 Afghan civilians dead: At least four civilians have been killed and two others injured in a US-led airstrike in the northeastern Kapisa province in Afghanistan, Press TV reports. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/230925.html
Israel kills at least 14 people in Gaza:
Militants retaliate with fierce rocket attack on Israel’s southern border communities http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/10/israeli-air-strikes-gaza-strip
Eight Israelis wounded in retaliatory Palestinian rocket attacks: Reports say eight Israelis were wounded, with one in critical condition, after 60 homemade rockets from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israeli towns and communities early Saturday morning. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/230894.html
16 rebels, four soldiers killed in Syria’s Idlib: NGO: Sixteen rebels and four regular army troops were killed on Saturday in clashes in Idlib province of northwest Syria, bordering Turkey, a “monitoring group” said. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16-rebels-killed-syria-ambush-ngo-140348446.html
Kofi Annan’s calls for talks spark anger: Syrian opposition activists have angrily rejected calls by Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, for dialogue with the government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17312040
Assad Tells Kofi Annan He’s Open To ‘Honest Effort To Find Solution’: Assad warned the envoy that dialogue was unlikely to succeed while “armed terrorist groups” remained. http://huff.to/ypeN6y
Russia not taking sides in Syrian conflict – Lavrov: “We should not be involved in the discussion on who to blame. Right now it is more important to secure a ceasefire and humanitarian aid.” http://rt.com/politics/lavrov-syria-arab-league-271/
Russia threatens to veto U.S. resolution on Syria: Russia will not support a new U.S.-drafted resolution on Syria because it fails to urge both the government and the rebels to halt violence, said a top Russian diplomat. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2978397.ece
Russia sees “chance” for new U.N. resolution on Syria: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Arab ministers on Saturday that a new U.N. Security Council resolution had a “chance” to be approved if it was not driven by a desire to ensure armed rebels took control of Syria’s streets. http://thesent.nl/wFenqs
No military solution in Syria: EU ministers: As Qatar called in Cairo for the dispatch of Arab and international peacekeeping troops to Syria, Juppe joined his counterparts in saying that for the EU “military action is not on the agenda.” http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/syria-politics.fml
US officials: Loyal army, inner circle back Assad: Despite the Obama administration’s predictions that the Syrian government’s days are numbered, recent U.S. intelligence reports suggest President Bashar Assad commands a formidable army that is unlikely to turn on him, an inner circle that has stayed loyal and an elite class that still supports his rule. http://bit.ly/A6CDBZ
Controversy surrounds CNN footage from Syrian activist: Video footage broadcast by CNN purporting to depict Syrian government violence was staged by the journalist reporting on camera, recent reports have claimed. http://bit.ly/y7i07p
War Criminal:
Netanyahu Hints Iran Attack Just Months Away: In television interviews, PM says the date of an attack “is not a matter of days or weeks” but “it is not a matter of years.” http://bit.ly/ywoY0p
Time’s Iran Nuke Assumptions: The most important issue to understand is that there is no evidence that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon. Since this is the basis for the current “crisis” narrative, it’s important for journalism to try to clearly differentiate what is known and what is speculation. http://www.fair.org/blog/2012/03/09/times-iran-nuke-assumptions/
If Iran attacked it will launch 11,000 missiles at Israel, US: envoy:
Tehran’s ambassador to Lebanon says Iran has prepared itself to launch about 11,000 missiles at Israel and U.S. bases in the region if they do a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Lebanese media reported. http://www.mehrnews.com/en/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1556104
Bahraini forces kill 21-year-old protester in capital Manama: Activists say the protester, named Fadhel Mirza, was killed on Saturday when regime forces attacked a group of demonstrators struggling to reach Pearl Square. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/230916.html
East Libya ‘Semi-Autonomy’ is Irreversible – Leader: The semi-autonomy declared by Eastern Libya Tuesday is irreversible, said Friday Ahmed Al-Zubair al-Senussi, a local clan leader appointed to manage the affairs of the region. http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=137391
Libya rallies denounce Cyrenaica autonomy calls: Thousands of Libyans have rallied in the country’s two main cities to denounce moves by leaders in the east to create a semi-autonomous territory. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17322429
Moscow protest against Putin sees drop in support: Between 10,000 and 20,000 people lined an avenue near the Kremlin, compared to crowds of 100,000 in December. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17323565
China to export yuan to BRICS: China is reportedly to begin extending loans in yuan to BRICS countries in another step towards internationalizing the national currency and diversifying from the US dollar. http://rt.com/business/news/china-us-dollar-currency-129/
China Has Biggest Trade Shortfall Since 1989 on Europe Turmoil: Europe’s sovereign-debt turmoil damped exports and imports rebounded after a weeklong holiday. The shortfall was $31.5 billion, the customs bureau said yesterday. Imports rose 39.6 percent from a year earlier, after a 15.3 percent slump in January, while exports increased 18.4 percent, the bureau said. http://bloom.bg/y1gzB8
Greece Defaulted: Moody’s: Moody’s had downgraded Greece’s sovereign rating to C froM Ca on 2 March 2012 further to the announcement of the debt exchange proposals. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/09/idUSWNA217120120309
Greek Credit Event In Unanimous Decesion: :
That will lead to payouts of credit default swaps-essentially, insurance contracts on holdings of Greek bonds under Greek law-that investors purchased to hedge against the risk of holding Greek sovereign debt. http://read.bi/yUkG0g
Iceland calls its former PM to account for financial crash: Geir Haarde, whose trial began this week, could face up to two years in jail if convicted over country’s 2008 economic collapse http://bit.ly/wCE746
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Set to Default on $5.27 Million GO Bond Payments: The city, carrying a debt load of more than five times its general-fund budget, will miss $5.27 million in bond payments due March 15 on $51.5 million of bonds issued in 1997. http://bloom.bg/zDDAB8
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 : 2,915
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,310,588,498,075
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