1 November 2012 — Information Clearing House
How the U.S. Is Helping to Kill Peace in Syria
By Nicolas J.S. Davies
It’s no coincidence that the main “outside” players in Syria‘s civil war are the same countries that led and supplied the “NATO rebels” in Libya in 2011.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32909.htm
US Withdraws Support for Syria‘s Opposition Leadership
By AP
The Obama administration has said it would push for a major shake-up in Syria‘s opposition leadership, dismissing the Syrian National Council.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32904.htm
Iran vs the Empire: Fighting Dollarization
By Eric Walberg
In past cases, such as Chile, Nicaragua and Zimbabwe, the message was: your socialist policies are unacceptable. In Iran‘s case, the message is: take dollars for your oil.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32902.htm
Economic Sanctions Are An Act of War
By Chris Bassil
One does not have to look far for evidence of the economic illiteracy behind the policies of men like Obama and Romney.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32910.htm
The Fall Guy
Fake Iranian Terror Plot Wouldn’t Convince a Child
By Justin Raimondo
It was the FBI’s idea to blow up the Café Milano, not Arbabsiar’s. There never was any murder plot: the FBI was manipulating Arbabsiar from the start – not a hard task to accomplish, given his mental state.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32912.htm
A Proxy For Empire
Remi Kanazi – Normalize This!
3 Minute Video
Zionism is a real demographic threat, Infecting the minds of millions with racism.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32901.htm
Survival and Dignity in an Afghan Winter
By Kathy Kelly
With an estimated 400 Afghan people displaced every day by a U.S.-initiated war, the desire for warm blankets and warm clothing will certainly be greater than the supply.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32908.htm
US Drone Wars – Murder, Inc.
By Stephen Lendman
Imagine living in a country run by officials who think war is good.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32903.htm
Texas Police Guns Down Immigrants From Helicopter
By Lynn Brezosky and Jason Buch
Two men from Guatemala were killed Thursday when a Department of Public Safety helicopter opened fire on a red pickup suspected of smuggling immigrants.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32911.htm
Sandy Forces Climate Change on US Election Despite Fossil Fuel Lobby
By Bill McKibben
Such is Big Energy’s hold on DC, neither Obama nor Romney talk about climate change. But Americans are joining the dots.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32905.htm
Disaster Capitalism
If Mitt was President (During Hurricane Sandy)
By Mike Whitney
He would have required that victims produce a valid ID, proof of insurance and FICO scores before providing them with first aid or medication.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32900.htm
Romney Campaign Staged Donations At Storm Relief Event
By Aviva Shen
Just to be safe, campaign aides reportedly spent $5,000 at a local Wal-Mart on supplies that could be put on display.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32906.htm
Why Chavez Won Again
By Danny Glover
Although media coverage of Venezuelan politics might have led one to think otherwise, these presidential elections were about much more than Chavez, as significant as he may be as torch-bearer of the poor and marginalized.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32907.htm
At least 120 dead in Syrian fighting; airstrikes near Damascus:
At least another 120 people were killed in fighting across Syria on Thursday, opposition groups, including at least 53 soldiers killed in rebel attacks on military checkpoints, reported dpa.
Syrian rebels kill 28 soldiers, several executed:
Video shows rebels rounding up men, shooting them: Anti-government rebels killed 28 soldiers on Thursday in attacks on three army checkpoints around Saraqeb, a town on Syria‘s main north-south highway, a monitoring group said.
Syrian rebels arm Palestinians against Assad:
Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they had begun arming sympathetic Palestinians to fight a pro-Assad faction in a Palestinian enclave in Damascus – a move which could fuel spiraling intra-Palestinian violence.
Obama administration works to launch new Syrian opposition council:
Syrian opposition leaders of all stripes will convene in Qatar next week to form a new leadership body to subsume the opposition Syrian National Council, which is widely viewed as ineffective, consumed by infighting, and little respected on the ground
Syrian opposition reacts to US attempt to form an alternative opposition: ,
Dr.Radwan Ziadeh, the executive director of the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies, said that “no county around the world can impose a leader on the Syrian opposition” and went on to say that the initiative to form an opposition “belongs to Syrians only.”
Russia warns of more bloodshed if West insists on Assad ouster:
“If the position of our partners remains the departure of this leader who they do not like, the bloodbath will continue,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius.
China Presents Plan to End Syrian Conflict:
A new proposal to end the conflict in Syria was presented on Thursday by China, one of the Syrian government’s few foreign defenders, which calls for a phased-in truce, the establishment of a transitional authority and an intensified international response to the humanitarian crisis afflicting millions of Syrians.
17 killed in series of roadside bombings in Afghanistan:
A series of roadside bombs in restive southern Afghanistan on Wednesday killed a total of 17 people, among them women and children, in a bloody week for civilians.
Propaganda:
Taliban can ‘contest’ Afghan presidential election:
The Taliban could stand as candidates in Afgha-nistan’s next presidential election in 2014, the country’s top poll official said Wednesday,
We must ban use of drone weapons: Op-Ed
Thou shalt not kill is a pretty fundamental rule in most societies. But murder and maiming of innocent bystanders frequently occurs as a result of the use of stealth bombers or drone missiles in Afghanistan.
Living on death:
San Diego’s drone industry doubles in size:
The industry, which is centered in North County, generated at least $1.3 billion locally in 2011 and directly and indirectly supported 7,135 jobs. The report says the true impact could be far higher due to classified programs that are not included in public records.
Nine anti-drone protesters cited for blocking Beale AFB gates:
Four women and one man, who remained standing in front of a Beale Air Force Base gate after authorities asked them to move their protest off federal property were cited Tuesday and sang “We Shall Overcome.
Israel confirms killing Arafat deputy in 1988:
Lifting a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy, Israel acknowledged Thursday that it killed the deputy of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a 1988 seaborne raid on Tunisia.
Fact or fiction:
US warns Israel off pre-emptive strike on Iran:
Arab spring has left US-friendly rulers in region nervous about possible impact of an Israeli strike on Iran‘s nuclear programme
Iran’s sick feel pain of sanctions:
Difficulties in importing medicine and equipment having adverse affect on health of up to six million patients.
Fighters angry at cabinet besiege Libya assembly:
Nearly 100 Libyan fighters backed by artillery have circled and occupied the national assembly in protest over the new prime minister’s cabinet lineup, an AFP journalist said on Thursday.
Fugitive Iraq VP sentenced to death on second charge:
An Iraqi court sentenced fugitive Vice-President Tareq al Hashemi to death for a second time yesterday on a charge of involvement in a plot to assassinate an interior ministry official, a judicial spokesman said.
http://main.omanobserver.om/node/120602
How Tony Blair and friends help arms dealers get into bed with Britain’s universities:
Mike Higgs describes how the arms industry is embedded in Britain’s universities, with the help of Tony Blair and his acolytes, such as former UK defence minister John Reid.
On the Horizon, a Dreaded Wave of Locusts:
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warns that large swarms of locusts are forming in Africa’s Sahel region and are likely to push northward to Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania once they take flight.
Mexico study: US legalization cuts cartel profits:
A study released Wednesday by a respected Mexican think tank asserts that proposals to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado, Oregon and Washington could cut Mexican drug cartels’ earnings from traffic to the U.S. by as much as 30 percent.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10509029
In case you missed it:
“Murder City” Charles Bowden author of Murder City:
Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein charged with trespassing in Keystone XL protest:
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested Wednesday morning in east Texas while attempting to bring food and Halloween candy to protesters camping out in trees to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, according to anti-pipeline activists.
The Battle Against Big Energy’s Rush to Ruin Our Planet:
The energy industry tries to sell us ‘ethical oil’, ‘clean coal’ and ‘natural gas’, but this extreme weather is mobilising people to act.
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: 4,883
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,216
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,388,655,681,204
The New Dark Age 
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