28 June 2012 — Information Clearing House
Obama Stalling His Way To War With Iran
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
Obama is locking America into a path that is increasingly likely to result in yet another U.S.-initiated war in the Middle East during the first years of the next presidential term. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31714.htm
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Militants from Afghanistan launch attack in Pakistan, 8 killed: At least eight militants were killed when they tried to launch a third attack from Afghanistan inside Pakistan in less than a week, said officials on Thursday. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2249880&Language=en 7 Pakistan soldiers killed by blast: A roadside bomb has hit a paramilitary convoy in north-west Pakistan, killing seven soldiers, officials say. The attack happened as the convoy passed through a bazaar in Bara, a town in the Khyber tribal area. http://is.gd/tyLL26
U.S. kills at least 5 in Pakistan: A US drone strike targeting a militant compound in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal district killed at least five militants late Tuesday, security officials said. 012/06/26/u-s-drone-strike-kills-at-least-5-in-pakistan/ 3 in 4 Pakistanis now consider US an enemy as resentment grows: Approximately 4 in 10 Pakistanis believe that US military and financial aid is having a negative impact on their country; only 1 in 10 believes the impact has been positive. http://www.rt.com/news/pakistan-consider-us-enemy-940/ Taliban Attacks Kill 10 Afghan Police Officers: Two NATO occupation force soldiers killed in eastern Afghan blast: “Two International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members died following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in eastern Afghanistan yesterday,” the NATO-led ISAF said in the statement http://en.trend.az/regions/world/afghanistan/2041234.html US pays high price for Pak route cut-off: Moving supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan via Central Asia costs three times as much as routes through Pakistan, which Islamabad shut seven months ago in anger, a senior US officer said Wednesday. http://is.gd/H5lADf At least 20 killed in northern Mali fighting: “Al-Qaeda-linked” fighters have taken control of the headquarters of the local separatist rebels in the north Mali town of Gao after a bloody battle that has killed at least 20 people, residents said. http://is.gd/LBW6Wb Nigeria: 21 Killed As Gunmen, Clash in Kano: No fewer than 17 Islamist militants were killed, yesterday, in Kano after two days of sustained exchange of fire between the militants and security agents. http://allafrica.com/stories/201206280001.html Libya’s former PM Mahmoudi ‘tortured’ on forced return to Tripoli: Extradited politician had ribs broken and lung punctured, claims lawyer, but Tripoli officials dismiss allegations as naked lie. http://is.gd/GaKz8l At least 14 killed, 59 wound wounded in serial attacks in Iraq: Eight people were killed and 30 others wounded after a bomb went off in a popular Baghdad market on Thursday while another bomb blast killed two people and wounded 15 in Taji, 25 kilometers north of the capital, the officials said. 012/06/28/248377/attacks-leave-dead-iraq/ 7 killed as US-backed gunmen stage massacre at Syrian TV station: Gunmen stormed a pro-government television station in Syria Wednesday, slaughtering seven employees, wounding others and taking several people hostage. The attack came a day after President Bashar al-Assad declared Syria to be in “a real state of war.” 012/jun2012/syri-j28.shtml Kofi Annan proposes Syria ‘unity government’: Kofi Annan, the joint United Nations-Arab League envoy to Syria, has proposed setting up a transitional government that could include followers of President Bashar al-Assad and opposition members in a bid to end the country’s war, diplomats said. http://is.gd/ipN7aY Russia: No backing for any plan that calls for Syria’s Assad to step down: – Russia on Thursday said it would not endorse a call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to give up power and criticized as inappropriate claims that it had agreed to plans by international envoy Kofi Annan for a new national unity government in Syria that could include the opposition http://is.gd/g2GVjU Russian trap in Syria: Op-Ed The duty of teaching Turkey a lesson in not meddling in the Syrian crisis fell on Russia’s shoulders. Our downed military jet can be interpreted as a message from Russia that “I am now in Syrian lands.” http://is.gd/DoQa8q Syria puts double whammy on Turkey: Op-Ed: The Russian stance has perceptibly hardened in the past week in response to a recent series of provocative rhetoric by the United States and London’s stage-managed event on June 18 to smear Moscow’s stance on Syria. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NF26Ak02.html Turkey sets up ‘security corridor’ on border with Syria: Turkey has sent missile batteries, tanks and troops to the border with Syria as a “security corridor”, almost a week after the Syrian downing of a Turkish military jet, media reports said Thursday. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=53105 Russia halts plans to supply S-300 missile system to Syria – reports: Russia’s main weapons producer has allegedly suspended its contract with Syria to supply S-300 long-range missile systems. Russia’s ‘Vedomosti’ daily published the report, citing unnamed sources within the military-industrial complex. http://www.rt.com/news/russia-halts-syria-s300-contract-822/ U.S. double-standards crystal clear in Bahrain: Where are the calls from the U.S. and NATO for a “humanitarian intervention” or for regime change in Bahrain, a U.S. ally that hosts a base for the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet? Nowhere http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_06_28/79635932/ Armed rebels abduct 14 Palestinian Liberation Army members in Syria: Fourteen Palestinian Liberation Army members have been kidnapped in Syria by anti-Damascus armed groups. http://is.gd/20m60o Mossad accused after Hamas member killed in Syria: The official said Ghannaja was one of the deputies of Mahmud al-Mabhuh, a senior Hamas military commander found dead in a Dubai hotel room in 2010. Investigators in the Gulf emirate have accused Mossad of that murder. http://is.gd/diHAFC Iran warns EU of ‘repercussions’ over new sanctions: Iran‘s chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, warned the EU in a letter on Thursday that new sanctions will have “repercussions” on talks over his country’s atomic activities. http://is.gd/pWH2WG Fact or fiction: Iran’s Vice President Makes “Anti-Semitic” Speech at Forum: Mr. Rahimi, second in line to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said the Talmud teaches to “destroy everyone who opposes the Jews.” The “Zionists” are in firm control of the illegal drug trade, Mr. Rahimi said, asking foreign dignitaries to research his claims. “Zionists” is Iran‘s ideological term for Jews who support the state of Israel. http://is.gd/8yipeW UK report finds IDF tortures Palestinian children: Mohamed Morsi to pick woman and Christian as Egypt’s vice-presidents: Mohamed Morsi’s first appointments as president-elect of Egypt will be a woman and a Coptic Christian, his spokesman has told the Guardian, as he moves to allay fears of the Muslim Brotherhood. http://is.gd/BSnIcJ Mexican media scandal: secretive Televisa unit promoted PRI candidate: Supreme Court upholds key Obama healthcare centerpiece: The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the centerpiece of President Barack Obama‘s signature healthcare overhaul law requiring that most Americans get insurance by 2014 or pay a financial penalty, a historic ruling that gave the White House a big win ahead of Obama‘s re-election bid in November. http://is.gd/tqfQ9f Who is Bankrolling the Fight Against “Obamacare?”: The lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the National Federation for Independent Business (NFIB), is a highly partisan front group masquerading as the “nation’s leading small business association,” http://is.gd/88QsA1 Romney’s Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas: Mitt Romney’s financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India. http://is.gd/XO3TkQ 012 High: The number of applications for unemployment benefits hovered last week near the highest level of the year, showing little improvement in the U.S. labor market. http://is.gd/7Rqqa8 Stockton, California slashes workers’ health benefits ahead of bankruptcy filing: The City Council of Stockton, a river port with nearly 300,000 residents in California’s central valley region, voted Tuesday night to file for bankruptcy protection and adopted an interim budget that slashes health benefits for both current and retired city workers. 012/jun2012/stoc-j28.shtml JPMorgan Slips on Report Trading Loss Widened to $9 Billion: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) fell more than 6 percent in New York trading after the New York Times reported the lender’s losses from credit derivatives may eventually total as much as $9 billion, exceeding the firm’s initial estimate http://is.gd/0e1Y73
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