16 March 2013 — Information Clearing House
When Truth Is Suppressed Countries Die
By Paul Craig Roberts
If those who speak truth cannot be bought off or shut up, they are ignored or demonized. Almost everything Americans need to know is off limits in public discussion.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34315.htm
US and UK Drowned Iraq in Blood
Barbarian Rhapsody: Ten Years Deeper Into Hell
By Chris Floyd
I predict that in just a few years we’ll be “debating” whether the president has the right to stick the severed heads of “terrorists” on spikes outside the White House.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34326.htm
The View from Abroad
The World is not Billy Bob’s Rib Pit
By Fred Reed
The United States is the most hated country in the world. The hostility puzzles many Americans, who genuinely believe their country to be a force for good, a pillar of democracy, a defender of human rights.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34328.htm
Our People Are Oblivious
US: Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy
By James Rothenberg
So long as young men and women believe they are fighting for freedom and democracy, they will rally to the cry. And so long as they are treated as heroes, others wait to take their place.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34318.htm
“The Iran Nuclear Prevention Act”
Same Old Stuff from AIPAC
By Philip Giraldi
The real test of the Israel Lobby’s power will be played out over the next nine months or so. If we do get a war with Iran then those of us who have opposed it might as well fold our cards on “let us reason together” and begin to think of civil disobedience on a serious level.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34317.htm
US Treats Syrian “Rebels” Like Condoms: Use and Discard!
CIA Begins Sizing Up Islamic Extremists in Syria For Drone Strikes
By Ken Dilanian and Brian Bennett
The CIA has stepped up – collecting intelligence on Islamic extremists for the first time for possible lethal drone strikes, according to current and former U.S. officials.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34320.htm
The Power Of Propaganda And A Compliant Media
Americans’ Sympathy for Israel at 22-year High
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Gallup poll finds 64% of Americans sympathize more with Israel, just 12% with the Palestinians.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34323.htm
Afghanistan, Ecology and the End of War
By Dana Visalli
Our irrational behavior in Afghanistan reflects a pattern that extends well back into history. It is a little known fact for example that the genesis of the Korean War was the U.S. military occupation of the country two days after South Korea declared its independence.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34319.htm
An Orwellian America
By Gordon T Long
We have been gradually dis-empowered by a corporate state that, as Huxley foresaw, seduced and manipulated us.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34321.htm
Manufacturing Terrorists
By Michael German
How FBI sting operations make jihadists out of hapless malcontents.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34322.htm
Nowhere to Run or Hide from America’s ‘Financial Nazism’
By Max Keiser
‘Nazi Germany’ is the phrase that immediately comes to mind from the recent reports that the US is planning to allow spy agencies to monitor every citizen’s finances.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34324.htm
President Chavez: A 21st Century Renaissance Man
By James Petras
Chavez opened a new and extraordinarily original and complex path to socialism based on free elections, re-educating the military to uphold democratic and constitutional principals, and the development of mass and community media. He ended the capitalist mass media monopolies and strengthened civil society.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34316.htm
Wells Fargo CEO’s Keynote Address Interrupted by Angry Homeowners:
Must Watch Video
On Thursday, dozens of homeowners and supporters joined Betty Badro in confronting Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf at a banker’s conference on the day before her home of 19 years is scheduled to be foreclosed.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34327.htm
Scientists Predict Thousands Will Die from Earthquake Expected Anytime on US West Coast
By RT
Researchers say a massive earthquake and tsunami could soon strike the Northwest US coast, killing more than 10,000 people, flooding entire towns, and causing economic damages totaling $32 billion.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34325.htm
Pakistan government says US killed ‘at least 400 civilians’ in drone strikes:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which compiled the figures, said a further 200 of the total dead were likely to be civilians.
UN denounces US drone use in Pakistan:
Investigator says campaign in Pakistani border areas is violation of sovereignty and has destroyed tribal structures.
U.S. drone policy killing hundreds of innocents, Obama says it’s okay:
Part of the problem for the U.S. is that Pashtun culture requires vengeance for murder, so when innocent men are killed, it drives sons and those around them into terrorist hands in a quest for vengeance. In this way, the drone policy is creating more terrorists.
Parents of British man killed by US drone blame UK government:
The parents of a British-born man killed by a US drone strike after being stripped of his UK citizenship have spoken out for the first time – to say they will never forgive the British Government for his death.
Yankee-go-home:
Massive Afghan rally demands US troops withdrawal from Wardak province (VIDEO):
Hundreds of Afghans have marched to the parliament complex in Kabul demanding the withdrawal of US special troops from the eastern province of Wardak. The demonstrators were infuriated by reports of civilians being tortured and killed.
Afghan clerics warn US to heed Karzai demands:
Afghanistan‘s leading religious body today warned the presence of US troops in the country would soon be treated as an “occupation” unless the United States hands over detainees.
UK: Ministry of Defence admits campaign in Afghanistan is ‘an unwinnable war’ :
British soldiers fighting in Afghanistan are part of a campaign that attempted to “impose an ideology foreign to the Afghan people” and was “unwinnable in military terms”, according to a damning report by the Ministry of Defence.
Five Militants Killed on Chechen-Ingush Border:
Five militants have been killed in a special operation on the border between two Russian North Caucasus republics, Chechnya and Ingushetia, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said on Saturday.
At least 17 killed in fighting in northern, eastern Syria:
Rebels set off a powerful car bomb near a high-rise in Deir el-Zour and forces loyal to Assad retaliate as conflict enters its third year
Syrian rebel leader confronted with video of his men killing prisoners: Video –
Cases like this are becoming more and more common, and part of the reason is that you now have large parts of the country where government forces have been pushed back, and where there is essentially no semblance of law and order.
U.S.-trained Syrian rebels returning to fight: senior rebel source:
Most of the first contingent of Syrian rebels taught by U.S. army and intelligence officers in Jordan to use anti-tank and anti-aircraft weaponry have finished their training and are now returning to Syria to fight, a senior rebel said on Thursday.
CIA Expands Iraq Role to “Fight” Syria Islamists:
U.S. intelligence agencies believe the al-Qaida group is providing a steady stream of fighters to battle for Syria‘s al-Nusra Front, also called Jabhat al-Nusra, an opposition militant group that has attacked Assad regime installations and controls parts of northern Syria, the Journal said.
Gunmen kill 8 Iraqi police recruits – police:
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Sunni Muslim insurgents have been redoubling their efforts to undermine Iraq‘s Shi’ite-led government and foment inter-communal conflict this year.
53% of Britons think Iraq invasion was wrong, poll shows:
More than half of Britons believe Tony Blair was wrong to invade Iraq, while 22% tell YouGov he should be tried as a war criminal
Iranian military commander tells Obama ‘all options on table’:
A top Iranian military commander on Saturday told US President Barack Obama that Tehran also had all of its “options on the table,” echoing a warning to the Islamic republic by the American leader.
War Pimp Alert –
Iran is ‘dead scared of Israel,’ says ex-Mossad chief:
Islamist regime ‘won’t make it’ to the bomb, Efraim Halevy tells UK Zionist Federation; former MI6 head compares Iran to ‘dangerous adolescent’
‘World turns a blind eye to Israeli Apartheid’:
Israel has brought Apartheid back to life, with US backing preventing Tel Aviv from prosecution at the International Criminal Court, former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights John Dugard told RT in an exclusive interview.
North Korea tells South to leave islands:
A North Korean propaganda website has warned of strikes against Southern islands and advised residents to leave. The Uriminzokkiri website, linked to the regime, mentioned targets including Yeonpyeong island, which was attacked by Northern forces in 2010.
$1 Billion to Fight Non-existent Threat:
US to beef up missile defense against N Korea:
The Pentagon announced Friday it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to an Alaska-based missile defense system, responding to what it called faster-than-anticipated North Korean progress on nuclear weapons and missiles.
North Korea says US ‘behind hack attack’:
North Korea has accused the US and its allies of attacks on its internet servers, amid tension on the peninsula. KCNA news agency said the “intensive and persistent” attacks coincided with US–South Korea military drills.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21797087
Sudan army says scores of rebels, troops killed or injured in Darfur:
Scores of rebels and Sudanese troops were killed or wounded in battles in the south of Sudan’s troubled western Darfur region, a military spokesman said on Saturday.
Libyan Embassy in Cairo suspends work amid protest:
The Libyan Embassy in Cairo says it has suspended work indefinitely after demonstrators burned a Libyan flag at its gate this week to protest the death of an Egyptian Christian imprisoned there.
Tear gas in Kenya as prime minister files suit:
Police in Kenya lobbed tear gas Saturday on crowds supporting the prime minister as he filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to void the presidential election, a vote the prime minister says was neither free nor fair.
Thousands of Tunisians call for Islamist government to quit:
Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of the capital Tunis on Saturday to call for an end to an Islamist government they blame for the assassination of a leading secular politician 40 days earlier.
Thousands protest unemployment in Algeria:
Estimated 10,000 gather in Sahara town to protest lack of employment opportunities and corruption in oil-rich region.
Boondoggle:
Former Congressional Ethics Chair: My $16,000 African Safari Was to Research Al Qaeda:
The estate the lawmakers visited is owned by the trust of a secretive French American family under investigation by French authorities for tax evasion and other misdeeds.
Teargas fired at anti-Morsi protesters in Upper Egypt:
Hundreds of anti-government protesters chanted against Morsi during his visit to Sohag
UN body adopts women’s rights declaration:
Religious and liberal nations agree, after two-week debate, on document urging end to violence against women and girls.
Seriously?
Muslim Brotherhood Statement Denouncing UN Women Declaration for Violating Sharia Principles:
This declaration, if ratified, would lead to complete disintegration of society, and would certainly be the final step in the intellectual and cultural invasion of Muslim countries, eliminating the moral specificity that helps preserve cohesion of Islamic societies.
South Sudan: Exchanging Daughters for Livestock:
“You will marry this old man whether you like it or not,” Aguet’s uncles told her. Aguet, from South Sudan, was forced at age 15 to marry a 75-year-old man. Her family received 80 cows as dowry in exchange.
HIV rampant among South African schoolgirls:
As many as 28 percent of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive, because older men are exploiting them, according to the country’s health minister.
Swiss tourist brutally gang-raped in front of husband in central India:
A Swiss tourist’s Indian vacation took a horrific turn Friday night after she was brutally gang-raped by a group of eight people in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Around 15 people have been detained by police, the Times of India reported.
The Invisible War: Video –
A female U.S. soldier in a combat zone is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. In fact, The Department of Defense estimates that in 2010 alone, there were more than 19,000 violent sex crimes in the U.S. military.
The CIA has attempted to assassinate 50 foreign leaders including Chavez – William Blum:
And given the great motivation that the US Government and the persons in the CIA has put for killing a man like Hugo Chavez, I’m pretty sure that the CIA played a role in this.
The Emperor has no food taster?
Obama couldn’t eat at Hill meeting without food ‘taster’ [AUDIO]:
Following President Obama‘s lunch meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins described the food served and said the president was not able to eat since his “taster” was not present.
From the Folks Who Brought You NAFTA: Op-Ed:
The U.S. is currently in negotiations with nine APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) countries on what could become the biggest, most ambitious, most comprehensive FTA (free trade agreement) in history.
Monster earthquake would devastate Pacific Northwest:
When it hits, the report says, there will be devastation and death from Northern California to British Columbia.
Amazon Indians unite against Canadian oil giant :
Amazon Indians from Peru and Brazil have joined together to stop a Canadian oil company destroying their land and threatening the lives of uncontacted tribes.
http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/9023
Ottawa still blocking UN Indigenous peoples rapporteur from landing in Canada on official visit:”
James Anaya, the special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, says the federal government continues to ignore his year-old request to visit Canada to investigate the “human rights situation of Indigenous peoples,”
Montreal Anti-Police Brutality Protest Declared Illegal:
On Friday, police massed platoons of officers around their downtown headquarters – which was the target of the annual rally against police brutality – and had made their first arrest before the march even began.
Environmental threats could push billions into extreme poverty, warns UN:
UN‘s 2013 human development report urges action on climate change, deforestation and pollution before it is too late.
FBI surveillance tool is ruled unconstitutional:
A federal court in California has ruled that a surveillance tool widely used by the FBI to obtain information on Americans without court oversight is unconstitutional because the gag order that accompanies it violates the First Amendment.
JPMorgan bullied bank regulators, report says:
At one point, the top brass at the prestigious bank ambushed a junior bank examiner, becoming “loud and combative” when he disclosed disputed results of an exam.
US senators grill JPMorgan over hidden losses- Video
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 : 3,269
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,433,380,846,879
The New Dark Age 
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