The New Dark Age

15 November 2012 — Information Clearing House

 

Netanyahu Speaks On Israeli Morality

Video –

– Warning – Video contains images depicting the reality of Israel’s attack on Gaza.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33044.htm

 

Israel Would Have Us Believe That These People Are Terrorists

In Pictures

Images Of Children Killed and Injured By Israeli Attack On Gaza November 14, 2012

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33036.htm

 

The Story Behind the Photo:

Journalist’s 11-month-old Son Killed in Gaza Strikes

By Max Fisher

A BBC Arabic journalist who lives in Gaza, carries the body of his 11-month old son, Omar, through al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33037.htm

 

Excuse Me While I Vomit

By Alan Hart

The Mossad’s motto is “By way of deception, thou shall do war.”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33043.htm

 

Norman Finkelstein Says Netanyahu Is “A Maniac”

Video

Attack on Gaza is Israeli Attempt to Restore Arab Fear of Israel’s Military Might.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33046.htm

 

How Israel Shattered Gaza Truce: A Timeline

By Ali Abunimah

Where there was calm and an effective truce, Israel chose to shatter it, bringing about the current deadly escalation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33038.htm

 

Israel Ignores Intl Law With Gaza Bombing, Enjoys US, UK Support

By RT

The unwavering support by the US and the UK is astounding, considering Israel has yet to comply with to any of the resolutions passed (see list) by the United Nations in relation to the Middle East conflict.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33039.htm

 

Israel Ranked As Most Militarized Nation

By Jim Lobe

Israel, which has carried out a 45-year occupation of Palestinian lands and Syrian territory, has topped the list for almost all of the last 20 years.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33040.htm

 

We Are Complicit

Obama’s Kill List Policy Compels US Support for Israeli Attacks on Gaza

By Glenn Greenwald

Israeli aggression is possible only due to the unstinting financial, military and diplomatic support of the US.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33045.htm

 

How Sexy is Benghazi?

By Pepe Escobar

With frenemies like the US, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, Syria certainly does not need enemies. As for blowback, brace yourselves; what happened in Benghazi is just the hors d’oeuvres.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33041.htm

 

A Palace Revolution

By Justin Raimondo

First Petraeus, then Allen – who’s next?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33047.htm

 

Ron Paul: ‘Our Constitution Has Failed’

Ron Paul’s Farewell to Congress

By Chris Good

“The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33042.htm 

 

19 Iraqis killed: A spate of apparently coordinated attacks across Iraq on the eve of a festival marking the Islamic New Year killed 19 people and wounded more than 150 others on Wednesday, officials said.

http://is.gd/d9b09U 

 

Deaths of civilians raise Gaza death toll to 15: The death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to 15 on Thursday as a Palestinian child succumbed to wounds sustained earlier and a man’s body was found buried in the rubble of an Israeli airstrike.

http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=537864 

 

3 Israelis Killed by Gaza Rocket: The three Israelis – two women and a man – died when a rocket hit the top floor of the building in Kiryat Malachi, about 25km (15 miles) north of Gaza.

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=145154 

 

Rockets strike Tel Aviv area; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for rocket that hit Tel Aviv. (Reuters)

http://is.gd/g5z2WH 

 

Israel’s Iron Dome system fails to stop Palestinian rockets: Israeli report: More than 130 Palestinian rockets have been fired towards Israel over the past 24 hours, revealing the inefficiency of Israel’s Iron Dome missile system which has intercepted merely 27 of them.

http://is.gd/nzrj7p 

 

Israel won’t halt Gaza operation until Hamas begs for truce, say officials: Netanyahu, Barak instruct IDF to complete preparations for ground attack on Gaza.

http://is.gd/NioXMp 

 

Massed Israeli troops poised for invasion of Gaza : Israeli troops massed on the Gaza border last night, poised for a possible ground invasion as Israel launched a major military operation it said was designed “to severely impair the command and control chain of the Hamas leadership, as well as its terrorist infrastructure.”

http://is.gd/flSTWb 

 

Russia condemns ‘disproportionate’ strikes on Gaza:

Russia on Thursday condemned Israel’s “disproportionate” use of force in air strikes on the Gaza Strip while calling on Palestinian militants to halt firing rockets at the Jewish state.

http://is.gd/8rK34I 

 

Egypt’s president Morsi recalls ambassador from Israel: In a televised statement, presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali said that Morsi has also summoned the Israeli ambassador in Cairo to convey Egypt‘s rejection of continued Israeli attacks on gaza.

http://is.gd/9sXFrC 

 

Egyptian prime minister to visit Gaza Friday: Hisham Kandil will head a high-ranking delegation in support of the Palestinians.

http://is.gd/SOW6yI 

 

Egypt asks US to stop Israel’s Gaza offensive: Egypt asked the United States to push Israel to stop its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, warning that the violence could “escalate out of control,” the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

http://is.gd/vmOdtq 

 

Israel’s ‘election attack’ triggers Gaza war spiral: Israeli strikes have led to a spiraling escalation of conflict, with Hamas already saying it is now in a state of “open war” with Israel and threatening to send in suicide bombers.

https://rt.com/news/israel-gaza-strike-election-758/ 

 

Syrian lives shattered under daily air raids : Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports on the devastating impact of the bombings on civilians in Al Bab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmqX9bpreK4 

 

France opens possibility of lifting EU arms embargo to get “defensive” weapons to Syrian rebels: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the EU‘s arms embargo is preventing Syrian rebels from fully defending themselves.

http://www.startribune.com/world/179462731.html?refer=y 

 

Russia warns against supplying weapons to Syria insurgents: “Promises are being made from a number of capitals of massive supplies of modern weapons,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters on Thursday.

http://is.gd/yUlikh 

 

Turkey urges Muslim states to recognize Syria opposition: Speaking at an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ministerial meeting in Djibouti, Davutoglu hailed the formation of the new opposition grouping as an “important achievement” and said President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was on its last legs.

http://is.gd/uCJOmg 

 

Navy Rushes Robotic Tools to Clear Mines to Persian Gulf: The United States Navy is rushing more of the newest unmanned mine-clearing technology to the Persian Gulf while creating two new sets of crews to operate minesweepers in the region, Navy officials said Wednesday.

http://is.gd/bZn02Z 

 

5 “militants” killed, 28 held: Officials: Five armed opponents were killed and 28 more held during separate operations in various parts of the country

http://paktribune.com/news/5-militants-killed-28-held-Officials-254936.html 

 

Blast at ISAF base kills NATO occupation force soldier: An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed in an explosion on an ISAF camp in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday (November 13), the US-led military alliance said.

http://is.gd/AV18hs 

 

Over 1000 German troops to leave Afghanistan in 2013: Germany’s foreign minister says his country is planning to reduce its troop contingent in Afghanistan by about a quarter over the next year as it moves to bring all combat soldiers home by the end of 2014.

http://is.gd/iwjLAQ 

 

Candidate for CIA Chief Jane Harman Advocated Ethnic Breakup of Iran: CNN lists former California representative Jane Harman, now head of the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., as a potential successor to Gen. David Petraeus as head of the Central Intelligence Agency.

http://is.gd/JOVoZO 

 

Two women in Petraeus sex scandal lose security clearance: The military has suspended U.S. Army security clearance for former CIA director David Petraeus’ mistress as well as the Air Force base pass of the Tampa socialite who sparked the ongoing sex scandal that led to his resignation.

http://is.gd/7od4J3 

 

Broadwell Defended Petraeus’ Village Destruction Policy: Paula Broadwell, whose affair with Gen. David Petraeus brought his career to a sudden end last week, had sought to help defend his decision in 2010 to allow village destruction in Afghanistan that not only violated his own previous guidance but the international laws of war.

http://is.gd/DjRuFH 

 

Tony Blair jeered by UCL students: Students and campaigners from Stop the War Coalition repeat call for former prime minister to be tried for war crimes

http://is.gd/eQsY4N 

 

ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Mandatory Immigration Lock-up: Nearly eight months ago, when federal agents put him in handcuffs at his home, he learned that the government was trying to deport him based on an alleged attempted drug sale offense that happened more than 17 years ago.

http://is.gd/vuwHZ6 

 

Shocking! Florida police taser man for trying to protect home from raging fire: Daniel Jensen says he was simply spraying his home with water trying to protect it from a nearby fire when police tased him to the ground.

http://is.gd/nOkHUd 

 

BP to Admit Crimes and Pay $4.5 Billion in Gulf Settlement: BP, the British oil company, said Thursday that it would pay $4.5 billion in fines and other payments to the government and plead guilty to 14 criminal charges in connection with the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago.

http://is.gd/VGdJqr 

 

We have no future!’ EU anger unites millions in protest (PHOTOS, VIDEO): Massive anti-austerity strikes and protests swept across Europe as millions took to the streets to express their frustration over rising unemployment and dire economic prospects. Many rallies ended with violent clashes with police.

https://rt.com/news/austerity-protests-eu-solidarity-727/ 

 

Spain moves to curb evictions of most vulnerable: The Spanish government on Thursday passed a decree suspending evictions of the most vulnerable homeowners unable to pay their mortgage, a bid to ease a trend that has seen hundreds of thousands of people lose their homes because of the brutal economic crisis.

http://is.gd/ssI9XR 

 

Huge rally in Ireland to protest death of Indian woman who was denied abortion: Thousands of people rallied outside Ireland’s parliament on Wednesday to demand strict abortion rules be eased after a pregnant Indian woman repeatedly denied a termination died in an Irish hospital.

http://is.gd/j12ki5

 

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 : 3,227

 

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan

Total Cost of Wars Since 2001

 

$1,393,314,927,780

http://www.costofwar.com/