15 February 2013 — Information Clearing House
Obama, The US And The Muslim World: The Animosity Deepens
By Glenn Greenwald
Although it seemed impossible to achieve, Obama has presided over an America that, in many respects, is now even more unpopular in the Muslim world than it was under George Bush and Dick Cheney.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33951.htm
What the U.S. Bombing of Cambodia Tells Us About Obama’s Drone Campaign
By Henry Grabar
Between 1965 and 1973, the U.S. dropped 2.7 million tons of explosives — more than the Allies dropped in the entirety of World War II — on Cambodia, whose population was then smaller than New York City’s.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33952.htm
Iraq at the Brink: A Decade after the Invasion
By Ramzy Baroud
The proud nation of impressive human potential and remarkable economic prospects has been torn to shreds.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33953.htm
Henry Kissinger: “If You Can’t Hear the Drums of War You Must Be Deaf”
By Alfred Heinz
“Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33963.htm
Weighing a Possible War on Iran
By Paul R. Pillar
As neocons mount a last-ditch offensive to stop Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary – partly because he isn’t hawkish enough on Iran – the war drums are beating again across Official Washington.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33956.htm
Your Not Doing It In My Name
3 Minute Video
If humanity could speak, humanity would cry!
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33957.htm
Israeli “Peace” Process = Expansion Process
Video
Look at the map.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33954.htm
Israeli Deceit and Insanity
By Jamal Kanj
The Palestinian Authority must start acting like a recognized nation and not as an observer. Palestinians can’t afford to give Netanyahu more time to disintegrate what remains of Palestine.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33955.htm
“Friends of Hamas”
The Scary-Sounding Pro-Hagel Group That Doesn’t Actually Exist
By David Weigel
Mike Huckabee, on tour in Israel last week, got asked about “Friends of Hamas” at a press conference. “If it proves true the rumors of Chuck Hagel’s having received funds from Friends of Hamas,” said the Fox News host, “if that’s true then on its face that would disqualify him.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33950.htm
FBI Celebrates Duping Another Mentally Ill Man Into Fake Terror Plot
By Alex Newman
Burst of fantastical headlines about “foiled” so-called “terror plots” helps to keep paranoia alive among gullible citizens while ensuring that the taxpayer money continues flowing.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33959.htm
Homeland Security Approves Their Right To Search and Seize Your Electronics Without Suspicion
By Tarun Wadhwa
The officer ordered her to turn her phone on, and then proceeded to read her e-mails, texts, and Facebook messages without her permission. She was shocked.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33962.htm
Why Ecuador Loves Rafael Correa
By Mark Weisbrot
Unemployment fell to 4.1% by the end of last year – a record low for at least 25 years. Poverty has fallen by 27% since 2006. Public spending on education has more than doubled, in real (inflation-adjusted) terms.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33964.htm
Another Giveaway to the Banksters
Obama, Housing and the Next Big Heist
By Mike Whitney
Whenever you hear a politician talk about “streamlining the process”, run for cover. The term is a right-wing formulation that means “remove all the rules which inhibit profitmaking”.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33961.htm
30 Major U.S. Companies Spent More on Lobbying than Taxes
By Eamon Murphy
All of the companies were profitable at the time. In spite of this, and the massive federal budget deficit, 29 out of the 30 companies featured in the study managed through various legal tax-dodging measures to pay no federal income taxes at all from 2008 through 2010.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33960.htm
Who Tells Us What To Think?
Does The Mainstream Media = The Matrix?
By Michael Snyder
Do you believe that you really think for yourself? Did you come up with your attitudes, opinions and beliefs on your own, or are they continually being shaped and molded by someone else? Continue
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33958.htm
HWhat does this say about us as a nation and as a people?
Pakistan: US killed 894 people in North Waziristan: Around 894 persons, including 48 foreigners, 35 women and 24 children, were killed in the US drone attacks in North Waziristan
Pakistani Disapproval of US Highest Ever, Contra Brennan Fantasy That Drones Are ‘Welcomed’:
According to a new Gallup poll, more than nine out of ten Pakistanis (92%) disapprove of US leadership. Only 4% approve, “the lowest approval rating Pakistanis have ever given.”
Pakistani soldier killed in clash with India in Kashmir:
A Pakistani soldier was killed after crossing into the Indian side of Kashmir, officials on both sides said on Friday, February 15 but their competing accounts indicated that tension remains high a month after the worst outbreak of violence in years in the disputed region, Reuters said.
Afghanistan: Ex-district spy chief among 2 killed in Kunar explosion:
According to local authorities in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, at least two people were killed and another individual was injured following an explosion in Sarkano district.
India kills Pakistani soldier:
The Indian army say the soldier was killed in a gun battle on Thursday. Pakistan disputes this, saying the soldier had identified himself before being killed. ast month several deadly cross-border attacks plunged the neighbours into the worst crisis in relations in years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21469446
4 killed in Bangladesh war crimes protest:
Clashes between Bangladeshi police and hardline Islamists killed four people yesterday during a fresh round of protests over war crimes trials as the unrest spread to the country’s main tourist resort.
Syrian activists estimate 150 killed in 2 days of fighting near Aleppo: –
Heavy fighting for control of the international airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and a major military air base nearby has killed some 150 rebels and government soldiers over the past two days, activists said Friday.
Syrian civilians’ plight ‘catastrophic’:
The plight of civilians in conflict-ravaged Syria has now reached catastrophic levels, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday, adding that it was having trouble reaching those in need.
Christians Squeezed Out by Violent Struggle in North Syria:
One mother told of the abduction of a neighbor’s child, held for ransom by rebel fighters in her hometown of Al-Hasakah, which prompted her family to seek safety for their three young sons across the border in Turkey.
Agencies warn Congress not to use humanitarian aid as tool against Syria’s Assad: –
Humanitarian groups are lobbying hard against a proposal by several U.S. senators that would turn over the delivery of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to a Syrian opposition council that’s criticized as too weak and too political to handle the responsibility.
Funeral for Iranian senior Revolutionary Guard leader:
Gen Hassan Shateri was killed on Wednesday while travelling from Syria to Lebanon, the semi-official news agency Fars.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21466851
Iran rejects West’s accusations as baseless:
Iranian Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaei dismissed West’s accusations about Tehran’s dispatching of weapons to Yemen and Somalia as baseless and politically motivated propaganda, IRNA reports.
http://en.trend.az/news/politics/2119824.html
Iraq: Seven killed in fresh wave of terrorist attacks:
Shootings and bomb attacks continue to claim lives across Iraq
http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=391077
Iraq’s Sunnis rally in major cities to protest against Shiite-led government:
Government security forces blocked roads leading from Sunni-dominated provinces and sealed off all Sunni neighborhoods.
Police officer killed in clashes with protesters: Bahrain:
A Bahraini police officer died after being hit by an incendiary device thrown during clashes with protesters in a Shiite village overnight, the interior ministry said Friday.
‘Go on, shoot me!’ Grief-stricken protester confronts Bahraini riot police (VIDEO):
The death of a 16-year-old boy during the violent second anniversary of Bahrain’s popular uprising drove one enraged protester to face down riot police in a dramatic scene caught on film.
http://rt.com/news/bahrain-protester-confronts-police-332/
Israeli troops clash with Palestinians protesters in occupiied West Bank:
Some 4,800 Palestinian prisoners are serving time in Israeli jail. Many of them are being held without trial and dozens are on hunger strike, demanding better conditions including increased family visitation rights and an end to solitary confinement.
Rabbi Aviner: I was sent by Mossad to Iran:
Rumors surrounding Rabbi Shlomo Aviner’s ties to Mossad have been circulating for years, and on Thursday he admitted for the first time that he was sent by the Israeli intelligence agency to Iran, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4345371,00.html
Bulgaria expels visiting Hamas delegation: organiser:
Bulgarian security service agents “entered the hotel rooms of the three deputies early on Friday morning and drove them to the airport,” said Mohd Abuasi of the Centre for Middle East Studies.
Islamists rally for Egypt’s Mursi in Cairo:
Thousands of Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday in support of Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood president who has been the target of protester rage in weeks of violent demonstrations, Reuters reported.
http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/2120322.html
Libya: Militia linked to U.S. ambassador’s death back in Benghazi:
Ansar al-Sharia, widely blamed for the murder of ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in a chaotic assault on the diplomatic mission on Sept. 11, has now taken control of the key western entrance to Libya’s second city – including the highway to the capital, Tripoli.
Libyan-style “democracy”: two years without Gaddafi;
Mass protests are sweeping across Libya as the country marks the second anniversary of the beginning of a civil war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. Two years after the fall of the Gaddafi regime, no new constitution has been drafted.
In Mali town, rebels tie down French:
“It’s very much going to be an insurgency on the ground like we’ve seen in Iraq and like we’ve seen in Afghanistan,” Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird said on Tuesday, explaining why Canada was not likely to send troops to support the French.
Mali says to hold presidential election on July 7:
The holding of “credible elections” is a key demand of Western governments which have backed France’s intervention in its former Sahel colony as a blow against al Qaeda-allied jihadists seeking to carry out attacks in the region and in the West.
Bruce Cumings on “Operational Control” of the South Korean Military:
Most Americans are unaware of the role the U.S. Military has played in Korea since World War II. But, ever since then, the U.S. Military has had “operational control” of the Korean army that continues to this day.
Meteorite crash in Russian Urals (VIDEO):
An aerial meteorite explosion has wreaked havoc in Russia’s Urals. The blast caused widespread panic, damaged buildings, blew out thousands of windows and lead hundreds to seek medical attention for minor injuries.
Pope has immunity in abuse trials: Vatican: (Reuters) –
Pope Benedict, accused by victims’ lawyers of being ultimately responsible for an alleged cover-up of sexual abuse of children by priests, cannot be called to testify at any trial because he has immunity as a head of state, a top Vatican legal official said on Thursday.
Hugo Chavez Photos Show Venezuelan President Smiling, Reading Newspaper (PHOTOS) :
Venezuela published the first photos of cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez since his surgery in Cuba more than two months ago, showing him smiling while lying in bed reading a newspaper, flanked by his two daughters.
Canadian Police Abused Aboriginal Women And Failed To Help Them:
Human Rights Watch: The rights group also said that police raped one woman and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident.
Black men get longer prison sentences :
Prison sentences of black men were nearly 20% longer than those of white men for similar crimes in recent years, an analysis by the U.S. Sentencing Commission found.
Second French jobless man sets himself on fire after losing unemployment benefits:
A jobless man has set himself on fire in Paris after losing unemployment benefits, two days after another man died in a similar incident in the country’s west.
Hollande Tiptoes Toward Raid on Pensions With EU Pressure:
Facing European Union pressure to reach budget targets, the Socialist president is risking the wrath of his core supporters to shrink the pension system, which had a deficit of 14 billion euros ($19 billion) in 2011.
19 Year Old Sets Himself On Fire At Rome Airport:
The series of tragic European self-immolations continues, this time from Rome airport in front of hundreds of people, where moments ago Sky News reports, a 19-year-old man from the Ivory Coast, due for deportation, set himself on fire.
Why is the Department of Homeland Security buying so many bullets?:
The Homeland Security Department wants to buy more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition in the next four or five years. It says it needs them — roughly the equivalent of five bullets for every person in the United States — for law enforcement agents in training and on duty.
Democrats’ Plan Keeps Divide on U.S. Taxes as Cuts Near:
The plan announced yesterday would postpone the scheduled March 1 start of more than $1 trillion in cuts until 2014. The automatic reductions, known as sequestration, would be replaced with defense spending cuts, a halt in direct payments to farmers and a tax increase imposing a minimum 30 percent rate on top earn
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 : 3,257
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,423,812,860,317
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