ICH: Weekend Update – November 3, 2012: Flooding Syria With Foreign Arms

3 November 2012 — Information Clearing House


US and the Chalabi-ization of Syria

By Daniel McAdams

Concerned that US/Saudi/Israeli/Qatari-supported al-Qaeda rebels in Syria look too much like, well, al-Qaeda members, the US has announced that it prefers to create a whole new opposition in Syria.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32928.htm

 

Flooding Syria With Foreign Arms

By Franklin Lamb

The intervention in Syria by more than three dozen countries supplying weapons must be stopped.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32929.htm

 

Hamas Realignment Leaves ‘Resistance Axis’ Reeling

By Hugh Naylor

It has been called the “Axis of Resistance”, but the anti-US alliance of Iran, Syria and Hizbollah and Hamas is disintegrating.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32926.htm

 

An MI5 Whistle Blower’s Story

From MI6 Al Qaeda Plot to Kill Gaddafi to Spying on Domestic Dissent

Must Watch – Video and Transcript

Annie Machon is a former intelligence officer for MI5, the UK Security Service, who resigned in 1996 to blow the whistle on the spies’ incompetence and crimes.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32923.htm

 

Who is the Worst Civil Liberties President in US History?

By Glenn Greenwald

The one common strain running through these historic civil liberties assaults is war. War almost always erodes political liberties.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32924.htm

 

Dr. Michael Parenti: The 1% Ecology And The Myth of Capitalism:

Video

“Modern capitalist societies avoid telling the truth about themselves”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32933.htm

 

US Elections:

From the “Lesser to the Greater Evil” and the Demise of Critical Liberalism

By James Petras

The support of the progressives will be accepted -but hardly acknowledged- but they will have no influence on future Obama policy after the election: they will be discarded like used condoms.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32931.htm

 

Two Party Dictatorship: Ralph Nader:

Video

Both Parties, Two Heads of Same Corporate Beast.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32927.htm

 

How Mormon Doctrine Shapes Romney’s World View

By Kirk Robinson

According to Mormon eschatology, we are now in the “last days” of our earthly estate.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32930.htm

 

Chris Rock – Message for White Voters

Video

Jimmy Kimmel Live – Chris Rock.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32925.htm

 

A Surrender of Sorts

Relaxing in the Handbaket

By Fred Reed

The genius of the American political system is that it is not necessary to suppress inconvenient information, but only to keep it off television. So few people will encounter it as not to matter.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32932.htm

 

30 people shot dead in Nigeria, rights group says:

More than 30 people have been shot dead in Nigeria, only a day after the rights group accused Nigerian security forces of committing serious abuses in their efforts to crack down on the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the region.

http://is.gd/QTVgZA

 

Report: Nigerian troops killed dozens: –

The Nigerian military is accused of killing dozens of young men in a northern city in an apparent search for members of the extremist group Boko Haram.

http://is.gd/aWoGQh

 

4 Helmand Police Killed in Insider Attack:

The incident took place at a police outpost. The four police were killed by five other officers who had arrived as reinforcements, the district police chief Mohammad Toryali said Friday.

http://is.gd/w9d9m2

 

Police chief killed in Afghan roadside bomb:

A roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed a district police chief, officials said.

http://is.gd/rbQqti

 

Politician among 6 killed in Pakistan suicide attack:

An anti-Taliban Awami National Party (ANP) leader was among six people killed when a motorcycle-borne suicide bomber blew himself up near his car in Buner district of Pakistan’s restive northwest on Saturday.

http://is.gd/vFhXTI

 

Iraqi officials: Insurgents shoot dead 3 soldiers at checkpoint north of Baghdad:

Police officials said that the early Saturday shooting took place in Taji, 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Baghdad, and two other soldiers were wounded.

http://is.gd/6y7uTf

 

US court orders KBR to pay $85 million to 12 armymen for chemical exposure:

An Oregon jury awarded 12 Army National Guardsmen $85 million in damages from defence contractor KBR Inc. on Friday after finding that the company failed to protect them from exposure to cancer-causing chemicals when they served in Iraq.

http://is.gd/hLMDrK

 

Suspected militants kill three policemen in Egypt’s Sinai:

The gunmen pulled in front of a police vehicle in an unmarked truck and opened fire

http://is.gd/QtPAu3

 

3 killed in Turkey clashes with Kurd rebels: security sourcesy:

One soldier and two Kurdish rebels were killed Friday in Turkey’s southeast in clashes that erupted after the rebels attacked a military post, security sources told AFP.

http://is.gd/kg3p3b

 

Syria rebels kill woman Kurd militia leader:

Syrian rebels have killed a Kurdish woman militia leader in the northern city of Aleppo, highlighting growing tensions between anti-regime fighters and the Kurds, a monitoring group said Friday.

http://is.gd/cBu6fy

 

Violent Syria video footage: UN warns of possible rebel war crimes (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

Video footage has emerged from Syria allegedly showing rebel fighters beating and kicking surrendered soldiers before shooting them dead. The UN says that if the killings are confirmed, the acts constitute a war crime.

https://rt.com/news/syria-rebel-video-crime-874/

 

West backs Qatari plan to unify Syrian opposition:

Britain and US behind drive to create council to represent Syrian rebels, but Russia and main exile opposition group oppose it

http://is.gd/cXkZ0B

 

Syrian opposition says received $40 million in aid:

The main opposition Syrian National Council said on Thursday that it has received $40.4 million (31.1 million euros) in international aid since it was set up a year ago, half of which came from Libya. Libya has contributed $20.4 million, followed by $15 million from Qatar and $5 million from the United Arab Emirates.

http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=453111

 

Extortion, sectarianism rife in northern Syria:

The Syrian governments loss of control over northern areas has created a power vacuum that feeds extortion and sectarianism, exposing civilians to criminals and extremists, residents and activists say.

http://is.gd/t8mh0v

 

Israel: Syria tanks enter Golan DMZ:

Three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights on Saturday, prompting Israel to complain to U.N. peacekeepers, a military spokesman said. The foray would be the first such violation in 40 years and hikes concerns that violence from Syria’s civil war could heat up a long-quiet frontier.

http://is.gd/BWKEhi

 

Israeli Ministry of Tourism map annexes over 60% of the West Bank:

Is Israel preparing to annex Area C, as a growing number of analysts have recently been speculating?

http://is.gd/It1ROs

 

Hamas PM blasts Palestinian leader over TV remarks:

Ismail Haniyeh said Friday that Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks, aired on Israel’s Channel 2, were “extremely dangerous.”

http://is.gd/fRWNqK

 

Abbas ‘refugee’ comments wow Israel, enrage Gaza:

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday saluted as “courageous” remarks by Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas widely seen as relinquishing Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their former homes in what is now Israel.

http://is.gd/iK91zV

 

Turkish Leader Says He Plans a Trip to Gaza Soon:

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said on Friday that he planned to visit the Gaza Strip soon, a move that would significantly enhance the legitimacy of the Hamas-controlled Gaza government and antagonize the Palestinian Authority, Israel and the West.

http://is.gd/nLfLkO

 

U.S. reiterates opposition to Palestine’s UN bid:

The United States and Israel oppose the Palestinians’ UN bid, and have called on Palestine to gain statehood through peace negotiations.

http://en.trend.az/regions/world/usa/2083608.html?

 

Israeli Newspaper Endorses Obama: : Obama is good for Israel :

For Americans in general, and American Jews in particular, the United States’ attitude toward Israel is just one of many factors to consider – among internal and foreign affairs, the economy and defense – when casting their vote.

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/obama-is-good-for-israel-1.473888

 

Somalia: Two Suicide Explosions Kill Four in Mogadishu:

At least four people have been killed and many others injured in double suicide explosions at a hotel in Somali capital Mogadishu, police and Witnesses said.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201211030580.html

 

Thousands of Ethiopian migrants kidnapped, tortured, raped in Yemen-report:

 Migrants travelling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in search of a better life are regularly kidnapped, tortured and raped, according to a new report by the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat (RMMS).

http://is.gd/Y4XwYZ

 

Libya: Benghazi protesters demand autonomy:

Protesters demonstrated in Libya’s second city Benghazi, calling for more autonomy for the eastern part of the country and the reintroduction of the constitution of 1951 to establish a federal system.

http://is.gd/gPuG0c

 

Juan Cole: Republicans Tip world off to covert CIA Role in Libya: Op-Ed –

The politicization by the Republican Party of the tragic attack on the US consulate in Benghazi has been a security disaster for the United States. A document dump by Congressman Darrell Issa outed the identities of Libyans working with the US.

http://is.gd/Cq8J5H

 

4 on Japan nuclear safety team took utility money:

Four members of a Japanese government team that sets atomic reactor safety standards received funding from utility companies or nuclear manufacturers, raising questions about their neutrality in the wake of last year’s tsunami-triggered disaster.

http://is.gd/us0Ysf

 

Unemployment in Europe: get the figures for every country:

The eurozone unemployment rate has hit a record high at 11.6% with 18.5m people out of jobs according to Eurostat. Get the figures for every country

http://is.gd/B55lV2

 

A Prepping Manual: Preparing for the Worst:

Are you prepared for a collapse of the grid and the banking system, along with the just-in-time delivery system?

http://is.gd/EkhaaL

 

‘Wall St. favors Romney due to anger over Obama ‘fat cats’ remark’:

Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney get money from Wall Street, however, most big bankers support Romney. Even though Obama bailed them out, they remember the president’s “fat cat” remarks

http://rt.com/usa/news/katrina-vanden-heuvel-interview-850/

 

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 : 3,220

 

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan

Total Cost of Wars Since 2001

 

$1,389,358,763,334

http://www.costofwar.com/




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