5 July 2012 — Information Clearing House
Straight Talking: The Syrian Cauldron
By Jeremy Salt
The government in Damascus has been deliberately locked into a cycle of violence fed from the outside by the self-styled ‘Friends of Syria‘.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31766.htm
The Obama formula for America‘s next decade of global war
By Nick Turse
Starting or fanning brushfire wars on several continents could lead to raging wildfires that spread unpredictably and prove difficult, if not impossible, to quench.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31767.htm
The Oil Sanctions Against Iran
By Gwynne Dyer
Barack Obama will go on tightening the screws, because he dares not gamble that Netanyahu is only bluffing about attacking Iran at least until he has won re-election this November.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31760.htm
Netanyahu Worked Inside Nuclear Smuggling Ring
By Grant Smith
Counterespionage debriefing reveals how Israel targeted U.S.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31763.htm
Did the Mossad Murder Arafat?
By Richard Silverstein
We should turn to speculation about who might have been able and willing to kill the Palestinian leader. There are many who fit some of those criteria but few that fit all.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31762.htm
WikiLeaks Releasing Millions of Documents Linked to Syria Regime
By Haaretz
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says in statement that the released data ‘is embarrassing to Syria, but it is also embarrassing to Syria‘s opponents.’
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31761.htm
Evidence of a US Judicial Vendetta Against WikiLeaks Activists Mounts
By Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Iceland’s government warns me not to visit the US, which tried to hack my Twitter account: Julian Assange has legitimate fears.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31758.htm
Welcome to ‘Democraship’
By Pepe Escobar
Over 10 days ago a new brand of coup d’etat took place in Paraguay against elected president Fernando Lugo. It was virtually unnoticed by global corporate media.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31764.htm
The Western Welfare State
Its Rise and Demise and the Soviet Bloc
By James Petras
The growth of ‘Homeland Security’ and the ‘War on Terror’ parallels the decline of Social Security, public health programs and the great drop in living standards for hundreds of millions.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31765.htm
Only The Poor Will Die In War?
Didn’t send your kid to war? Maybe you can send $$
By PAULINE JELINEK
If you have military-age children who have not served in this decade’s wars, then you owe a debt – meaning money – to those who did.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31759.htm
61 “insurgents” killed within 24 hours in Afghanistan: Afghan police, army, intelligence agency and the Coalition Forces launched five joint cleanup operations in Baghlan, Jawzjan, Paktika, Kandahar and Farah provinces, killing 61 armed Taliban insurgents over the past 24 hours,” the ministry said in a statement.
NATO Occupation Force Soldier Killed In Afghanistan: A NATO soldier killed in the east of Afghanistan yesterday. The soldier killed in an attack of rebels.
Afghan soldier opens fire on US troops: Five wounded in latest ‘green on blue’ attack just days after police officer shot and killed three British soldiers
U.S. Troops Become American Citizens … In Kandahar: “It’s pretty exciting; we actually have 44 candidates from 24 different countries that are going to be naturalized today and become U.S. citizens,” said Capt. Benjamin Wendland, one of the ceremony’s organizers.
Nato supply trucks cross Pakistan border after row: Trucks supplying Nato in Afghanistan crossed the border from Pakistan for the first time in seven months after Islamabad reopened transit routes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18719737
Lethal weapons won’t be allowed to be transported through Nato supplies: FO: During a media briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesman said that transportation of lethal weapons through Pakistan into Afghanistan would not be allowed.
11 killed in new attacks in Iraq: A car bombing at a market in central Iraq killed eight people on Wednesday and three others were assassinated in Baghdad, the latest in a spike in nationwide unrest ahead of Shiite rituals.
Car bomb kills three in Iraqi town: – A car bomb detonated in an Iraqi market in a mainly Shi’ite Muslim town killed three people and raised fears about a return to sectarian violence. Deborah Gembara reports.
Fact or fiction?
Facing diplomatic isolation, Syria’s Assad says he’s willing to step aside: –
After losing his most important supporters outside Syria, President Bashar al Assad said his office “doesn’t mean anything to me” and he’s willing to give up it up, though preferably after national elections.
Russia says hosting Assad in exile ‘joke’; Merkel regrets Syria meeting boycotts: Russia on Thursday confirmed that some of its Western partners had asked Moscow to offer Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asylum but said it had dismissed the idea as a joke, as Germany said expressed regret over decisions by Beijing and Moscow to boycott the “Friends of Syria” group meeting in Paris.
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/05/224662.html
Turkey supports terrorists killing Syrians: President Assad: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Turkey supports terrorists who commit atrocities against the people in Syria, urging Ankara to stop meddling in his country’s internal affairs.
Russian source: Assad has “10% to survive”: China on Tuesday demanded that the “spirit” of the Agreement on Syria concluded Saturday in Geneva would be applied as quickly as possible, calling on the regime and the opposition to agree on the formation of a transitional government.
Russia monitoring situation in Syria to assist compatriots: Following a visit to the embattled Arab country, the Russian Public Chamber said it is closely watching the situation in Syria to evacuate Russians if necessary.
http://rt.com/politics/russia-syria-uprising-arab-spring-411/
Russia says no talks with US about Assad exile: “The situation with the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not being discussed with the United States,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Interfax news agency.
China says will not attend ‘Friends of Syria’ meeting in Paris: The government of China has announced that it has no plan to take part in the so-called “Friends of Syria” conference which is scheduled to be held in the French capital, Paris, on Friday.
Bodies of Turkish Pilots of Downed Plane Found: The bodies of two Turkish pilots of a jet downed by Syria in the Mediterranean Sea were found on Wednesday, the Hurriyet daily reported
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20120704/174402239.html
Yemen air raid kills 3 militants; police chief escapes assassination bid: “Three Al-Qaeda militants were killed and seven others wounded in an air strike that targeted one of their positions in the town of Mahfad,” said Yaslam Al Anburi.
Israeli military chief: Iran won’t build a nuclear bomb: – Israel’s military chief said in an interview published Wednesday that he believes that Iran will choose not to build a nuclear bomb, an assessment that contrasted with the gloomier statements of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pointed to differences over the Iran issue at the top levels of Israeli leadership.
We’ll put your boats to the bottom of the Gulf, America warns Tehran: The Pentagon disclosed that it has for the first time sent an amphibious vessel, the USS Ponce, into the region that could be used to transport a landing force. It has a capacity of about 900 troops.
Iran to use mines, missiles to shut Hormuz: Tehran has a range of other weapons it can use to close down the vital oil artery. These include the hard-to-detect Chinese EM-52 “rocket mine” that’s triggered by the distinctive magnetic our acoustic signature of a ship, such as a U.S. aircraft carrier, and then launches a propelled 600-popund warhead at the target.
Iran missiles can hit all US bases in region: Cmdr.: A senior Iranian commander says the country’s missiles can obliterate the US military bases in regional countries within minutes of an attack on Iran.
NATO warships move into Mediterranean Sea: Report: The group consists of Turkey’s TCG Gediz, France’s Courbet and Germany’s Bayern warships and the three frigates have a total of 545 crew members on board, with Germany leading the mission.
Benjamin Netanyahu involved in smuggling nuclear triggers: Report: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was involved in smuggling nuclear triggers out of the United States carried out by a network of front companies, a report says.
Palestinian Authority agrees to exhume Arafat’s body over new poison claims: Move comes after new allegations that Arafat was poisoned with the radioactive element polonium-210 in 2004.
Libyan armed militias ‘have stranglehold on country’: Hundreds of armed militias have taken a stranglehold on Libya as it heads for its first election of the post-Gaddafi era, a report warned on Wednesday.
San Diego man stranded in Bahrain after being told name appears on no-fly list: A U.S. citizen of Somali descent who has been stranded in Bahrain for two weeks after being told his name appears on the U.S. government’s no-fly list said Tuesday that he does not understand why he has been tagged as a suspected terrorist and is talking to U.S. lawyers.
Japan says Fukushima disaster was ‘man-made’:
The nuclear accident at Fukushima last year was a “man-made disaster” and not only due to the tsunami, a Japanese parliamentary panel said in its final report on the catastrophe.
Election recount begins at more than half of Mexico polls: Ballots from more than 54% of polling places will be recounted within 72 hours, the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) said. The figure marks a huge increase over the 9% of ballots that were recounted in the long and contentious aftermath of the disputed 2006 election.
Mexico’s president-elect shrugs off claims of vast vote-buying, coercion in election:
Leftist runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has refused to concede and demanded a new tally, alleging vote-buying and coercion by the PRI, whose seven decades of rule until it lost power in 2000 were marked by widespread allegations of vote-rigging.
UK MPs question former Barclays executive: Ex-CEO Bob Diamond admits “reprehensible behaviour” at bank over interest-rate rigging during testimony to parliament.
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 : 3,072
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,349,230,443,835
The New Dark Age 
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