The New Dark Age

012 — Information Clearing House

Another Foiled False Flag

By Stephen Lendman

Pretexts are needed for militarism, imperial wars, and homeland repression. If and when people learn they were duped, it’s too late to matter.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31281.htm

Satire

World Powers Rush to Plunge Syria Into War

By Pepe Escobar

We are in a race against time to promote full-scale civil war – “death on a potentially massive scale,” officials guaranteed. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31279.htm

 

In preparation for war against Iran,

U.S. Set to Give Israel Largest Grant of Military Aid Ever

By News Sources

Israel will receive a record $4 billion in military aid in 2013. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31280.htm

 

Are American Jews Falling Out Of Love With Israel?

Norman Finkelstein – Video – BBC HARDtalk

That’s what the Jewish American academic Norman Finkelstein claims is happening.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31285.htm

 

Did Obama Really Kill Osama?

By Ralph Cinque

We just passed the one-year anniversary of the (alleged) execution of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. But, did he really live until 2011?  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31284.htm

 

The Everyday Evil of America’s Torture State

By William N. Grigg

If a dog had been subjected to treatment similar to the abuse inflicted on Daniel Chong, those responsible would face felony charges.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31277.htm

 

The Countdown To The Break Up Of The Euro Has Officially Begun

By Michael Snyder

Most analysts will tell you that they think that it is inconceivable that Germany could leave the euro. But stranger things have happened.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31283.htm

 

Capitalism in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

From the “Golden” to the Dark Ages of Capitalism

By James Petras

Capitalist rule in the West is based on a reversal of seventy years of social gains. The reality of growing immiseration replaces the idea of social progress.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31278.htm

 

TSA Agent Whacks Congressman in the Testicles

Video

The guy goes up close to my groin and when you get pat there it hurts! And there’s a very human reaction when it hurts there.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31282.htm

 

21 “Taliban” Killed In Paktika:  Security forces had killed 21 Taliban militants mostly Pakistani Nationals during operation in Naka district of Paktika province the other day, spokesman for provincial administration Mukhlis Afghan said. http://bit.ly/JfRmEH

 

Afghan ambushes kill nine: officials:  Five Afghan policemen and four bodyguards assigned to protect an education chief have been killed in two ambushes blamed on Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. http://bit.ly/KR6W7B

 

NATO Admits Killing Afghan Mother, 5 Children in Air Strike:

NATO has admitted it mistakenly killed an Afghan mother and five of her children in an air strike last week. Meanwhile, there are reports that as many as 14 civilians were killed in another incident in northwestern Badghis province http://www.democracynow.org/2012/5/8/headlines

 

U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize Afghan Insurgents:  Year after year, the American public was spoon-fed government reports that lacked honesty about why our top-down security and development programs were constantly failing. http://bit.ly/IApGJF

 

Majority of Americans reject new US-Afghan security pact: poll:  By a margin of 63 percent disapproval to 33 percent approval, respondents rejected a description of the deal that will include a US troop presence and billions of dollars in monetary support for Afghan forces in the decade after 2014 http://bit.ly/Jbo9eb

 

US commandos looted gold, cash from Osama’s house:  Osama bin Laden’s wives who said “get lost” to the CIA interrogators when approached for investigation, told Pakistani authorities that the raiding US soldiers also took away 21 gold biscuits and cash with them on May 2 from the Abbottabad compound, reveals a document. http://bit.ly/LI60I9

 

Syria rebels kill 7, bomb explodes near U.N. monitors:

Syrian rebels killed at least seven pro-government militiamen in a Damascus suburb on Wednesday, activists said, and an explosion wounded eight soldiers escorting U.N. ceasefire observers in the southern province of Deraa. http://yhoo.it/LQqBKp

 

Syria border shooting kills Lebanese:  Syrian security forces have killed an elderly Lebanese woman and wounded her daughter in a cross-border shooting, a Lebanese official said on Wednesday. http://bit.ly/IQRrjJ

 

Free Syrian Army amassing weapons:  Free Syrian Army is using a relative lull in fighting to regroup, according to Al Jazeera journalists inside the country. http://bit.ly/IWQ1jm

 

Despite Annan efforts, US hell-bent on regime change in Syria:  A few hours after Annan briefed the UN Security Council (UNSC) by videoconference from Geneva on Tuesday on his efforts to end the year-plus-long unrest in Syria, US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice reiterated Washington’s call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/240260.html

 

Turkish Security Forces Kill 5, Detain 28 Rebels:  Five Kurdish rebels were killed in a clash with security forces in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast. The clash took place near the town of Tatvan in Bitlis province. http://bit.ly/JWYA1M

 

Five killed in attack on home of Iraqi government worker:  Gunmen broke into the house of Interior Ministry worker Tariq Mohammed in the city of Baqouba and shot him dead, along with his 18-year-old son. Minutes later, a bomb planted by the gunmen exploded as neighbours rushed to the scene of the shooting. The blast killed three people and injured five others. http://bit.ly/K35dgD

 

Turkey ‘refuses to extradite’ fugitive Iraqi vice president:  Turkey refuses to extradite fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who is being tried in abstentia on charges of running a death squad, Turkey’s deputy PM was quoted as saying Wednesday, a day after Interpol issued an alert for his arrest. http://f24.my/IUAoye

 

Two killed as rebels attack Libyan PM’s compound :  Former Libyan rebels attacked the interim government’s headquarters in Tripoli yesterday, killing at least two people and wounding several others, an interior ministry official said. http://bit.ly/ILmr5V

 

In Libya, the Captors Have Become the Captive:  The country’s oil is being pumped again, but there are still no lawmakers, no provincial governors, no unions and almost no police. http://nyti.ms/LO8N2u

 

Two of Mass Palestinian Prisoner’s Hunger Strike “On Verge of Death” :  Over 1600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jail hold mass hunger strike, two of the arrested pass 70 days without food http://bit.ly/Jf4uKs

 

Act now for starving political prisoners:  Emergency statement by Jews for Justice for Palestinians http://jfjfp.com/?p=30416

 

Historic Hunger Strikes: Lightning in the Skies of Palestine:  There is ongoing militant expression of Palestinian resistance to the abuses of Israel‘s 45 years of occupation and de facto annexation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and five year blockade of Gaza taking the form of a series of hunger strikes. http://bit.ly/K0Au3L

 

Rivals back Benjamin Netanyahu in deal that could mandate attack on Iran:  Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel‘s Prime Minister, has cancelled snap elections and formed a national unity government with the largest opposition party in a dramatic deal that would give the hawkish premier a commanding mandate should he choose to strike against Iran http://ind.pn/JsDmZS

 

Persian Gulf states join US-Israel plot by agreeing to missile shield: Iran cmdr.:  Ali Razmjou warned the regional countries that cooperating with the US in the missile shield plan would amount to joining the “operational phase of a US-Israeli plot” for the region. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/240307.html

 

Thousand of Saud Shia protesters hold fresh anti-regime demo in Qatif:  Saudi Arabia’s Eastern province has been hit by yet another anti-government protest rally in which demonstrators have condemned the long-time rule of Al Saud for its suppression of protests. http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&Id=313904

 

U.S. drone attacks in Yemen cause political strain:

U.S. drone attacks, which have often killed civilians in the past, are resented by Yemenis, even the many who abhor al Qaeda. Suspicions that feuding generals and politicians, from Saleh down, are not averse to using the militants to advance their own ends also complicate efforts to combat them. http://reut.rs/J0gNHv

 

Pentagon sending military trainers back into Yemen:  The Pentagon said Tuesday it is sending military trainers back to Yemen for “routine” counterterrorism cooperation with Yemeni security forces amid an intensified battle against an offshoot of the al Qaeda terror network. http://bit.ly/KR7D0M

 

Believe It Or Not!:

Yemen underwear bomber was ‘Saudi double agent’:

Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency placed the operative inside al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, with the goal of convincing his handlers to give him a new type of non-metallic bomb for the mission, the Los Angeles Times reported. http://ind.pn/J072JB

 

Undressing the Underwear Bomb Plot:  The government has an incentive to mislead the press in various ways with its anonymously offered statements, so best to reserve judgment on what precisely happened and how much credit the C.I.A. should get. http://bit.ly/KQjegD

 

Australia offers military jobs to US troops :  The Australian government is recruiting experienced U.S. enlisted personnel and officers to fill a range of positions – from submariners to doctors – in its military, according to a posting on the Australian Defence Force website. http://1.usa.gov/IUvlbB

 

Top Republican Urges Deeper Engagement in Latin America:  “The best defense against an expansion of Iranian influence in Latin America – and against the destructive aspirations of international criminals in the region – is for the United States to double down on a policy of direct engagement,” U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said at the State Department. http://nyti.ms/IDftft

 

Local Republican Party Newsletter Suggests ‘Armed Revolution’ If President Obama Is Reelected:  The Republican Party of Greene County in Virginia published their monthly newsletter in March and in it, the editor suggested an “armed revolution” will be necessary if President Obama is reelected in November: http://bit.ly/JsGjcM

 

NATO hosts red-faced over ‘Red Zone’ militarization plan:  The image of federal agents on downtown streets far from McCormick Place – in battle gear, weapons slung – three weeks before the summit is certain to have a chilling effect on those who live and work in the Loop. http://bit.ly/IcMgIZ

 

Greece sinks in deeper crisis amid rescue deal doubts:  Greece could be forced to leave the eurozone if it fails to abide by EU and IMF loan commitments, a government economic advisor warned Wednesday as Athens raised prospects of renegotiating a bailout deal. http://bit.ly/IYFLxI

 

A Lesson from Iceland:  In Iceland, the people has made the government resign, the primary banks have been nationalized, it was decided to not pay the debt that these created with Great Britain and Holland due to their bad financial politics and a public assembly has been created to rewrite the constitution. http://bit.ly/J9vCel

 

Protests mark Bank of America meeting; 4 arrested:

Four people were arrested Wednesday as they tried to force their way into the annual Bank of America shareholders’ meeting in Charlotte. Police used a new ordinance to declare the gathering an extraordinary event subject to special restrictions. http://bit.ly/JVvqvD 

    

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:  4,807

 

Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,996

 

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan

Total Cost of Wars Since 2001

 $1,330,411,911,860   http://www.costofwar.com/