18 August 2013 — Information Clearing House
Syria: Politics Not Theology
By Robin Yassin-Kassab
“I’m a Muslim, but my first religion is humanity. I don’t care about the religion of the president. But I’ll fight to the death to not be ruled by a murderer.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35896.htm
Egypt On The Brink Of A New Dark Age, As The Generals Close In For The Kill
By Patrick Cockburn
Just how far General Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi and the Egyptian army and security forces deliberately planned a massacre in order to rule out any future compromise is not clear.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35897.htm
A Model of American Opacity
How Obama’s drone war echoes Egypt’s military crackdown.
BY ROSA BROOKS
To Egypt’s military government, American officials condemning the killings are nothing but hypocrites. After all, is there any significant difference between what Egypt is doing in its own streets and what the United States is doing in the streets of other states?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35893.htm
Stating The Obvious – Facing The Facts
Politicians Lie
By Mazin Qumsiyeh
Politicians lie. That includes Japanese, American, Egyptian, Israeli, and Palestinian politicians! Is there something more common sense than that?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35900.htm
In Search of Palestine – Edward Said’s Return Home
Video
Made back in 1998. The film was, as far as I know, never showed on U.S. television.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35899.htm
Detaining My Partner: A Failed Attempt At Intimidation
By Glenn Greenwald
The detention of my partner, David Miranda, by UK authorities will have the opposite effect of the one intended.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35901.htm
4 Cases of the U.S. Sheltering Vicious Criminals that Reveal Total Hypocrisy on Snowden
By Alex Kane
From a CIA agent to a Cuban terrorist, the U.S. shelters people who are accused of heinous crimes.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35894.htm
Gore Vidal’s – American Presidency
Video Documentary
Gore Vidal at his acerbic best, offering his views of past American presidents, from George Washington through Bill Clinton.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35895.htm
A Little Good News-Ann Murray
Video
Nobody was assassinated in the whole Third World today
And in the streets of Ireland all the children had to do was play
And everybody loves everybody in the good old USA
We sure could use a little good news today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35898.htm
24 “Taliban militants” killed in Afghanistan:
Two dozen Taliban militants have been killed and 18 wounded in “clean-up” operations in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said Sunday.
17 killed at Afghan construction camp by insurgents:
“The Taliban attacked their camp along the Herat-Badghis road while they were asleep last,” Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, provincial police spokesman, told AFP. The workers were employed by a government-owned road construction company, he said.
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=215613
7 soldiers, 4 police officers killed in attacks in Afghanistan:
A statement from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense on Sunday said that two soldiers were killed in the southern Kandahar province, three soldiers in Logar province, and two in Paktiya province, Khaama Press reported.
2 security personnel killed in check-post attack in SW Pakistan:
At least two security personnel were killed Sunday evening when some unknown gunmen opened fire at a security check-post in Pakistan’s southwestern provincial capital of Quetta, local media reported.
36 Muslim Brotherhood prisoners killed in Egypt:
At least 36 people Muslim Brotherhood supporters have been killed in Egypt while attempting to escape from a prison convoy.
Major Cairo march called off over safety fear:
Protesters allege snipers had been placed along routes of anti-military marches planned for capital.
Defiant protesters march in Egypt capital:
Anti-coup demonstrators break curfew but heavy security blocks progress to Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo.
Egyptian Media Silences Protests:
Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi accuse the local media – both state-run and private – of ignoring pro-Morsi demonstrations and covering up massive rights abuses.
Catholic spokesman defends Egyptian army crackdown against protesters:
“This is a problem not just for Christians but also for moderate Muslims. We are facing a group of terrorists who seek to set the whole country ablaze, and we have to cooperate together against this,” he said.
Egypt army chief vows to use full force:
The Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said he will no longer restrain his forces from confronting “attackers who want to destroy Egypt”, in his first public comments since a security crackdown on anti-coup protesters that left an estimated 600 people dead.
U.S., allies were near a deal for peaceful end to Egypt crisis:
Two weeks before the bloody crackdown in Cairo, the Obama administration, working with European and Persian Gulf allies, believed it was close to a deal to have Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi disband street encampments in return for a pledge of nonviolence from Egypt’s interim authorities.
Tamarod movement calls on Egyptian government to cancel Camp David peace treaty:
Tamarod, who played a major role in the ousting of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, demand the Egyptian regime to hold a referendum on banning US aid, cancel the peace agreement with Israel, and reword security-related treaties to allow Egypt to revive its national sovereignty.
U.S. military needs Egypt for access to critical area:
The U.S. military is heavily dependent on Egypt to move personnel and equipment to Afghanistan and around volatile parts of the Middle East, complicating U.S. efforts to place pressure on the Egyptian military in the wake of its violent crackdown on protesters.
EU calls emergency summit over Egypt crisis as European leaders consider sanctions:
David Cameron was engaged in frantic discussions with European leaders last night to find a joint response to the crisis in Egypt as governments worldwide put ties with the military-backed government under review.
Illegal weapons shipment heading to Egypt “seized”:
The Egyptian Coast Guard is reported to have arrested a cargo vessel yesterday loaded with weapons from Libya. It is said to have set sail from Misrata two days ago.
Israel’s message on Egypt: Keep Cairo from falling, then worry about democracy:
Functioning state priority before resuming democratic process; says army is only actor that can assert authority, if it is dismissed, Egypt would go “the way of Syria, Tunisia, and Libya”.
Israel denies “close ties” with Egypt’s military leaders:
The denial followed a report published Friday in the New York Times which quoted an unidentified Israeli official as saying that Jerusalem was leveraging its influence to convince Washington not to cut its military and economic aid to Egypt.
Syrian rebels kill 11, mainly Christians, in checkpoint attack:
Most of those killed were Christians, activists and residents said. Some were from the National Defence Army, a militia which fights alongside President Bashar al-Assad’s soldiers, and others were civilians, they said.
Aleppo: A city where snipers shoot children:
Everybody reacts differently to the sound of the sniper’s bullet. When shots ring out, the sea of people in the marketplace parts as most people press themselves against the walls of the buildings – as if, somehow, that will save them.
Israel attacks Syrian army post following mortar shells falling on Golan:
The IDF fired a Tamuz surface-to-surface missile at a Syrian army post on Saturday, after several Syrian mortar shells exploded in the Golan Heights. The Tamuz – a guided missile – accurately struck its target.
Assad hails Syrian ‘unity,’ says Israel benefits from Arab unrest:
President says he welcomes all constructive diplomatic efforts to end two-and-a-half-year-long civil war
Iraq backs Egypt crackdown on Morsi supporters:
“We stand strongly with the Egyptian government in its steps to impose the rule of law and install security and peace across all of Egypt,” the Iraqi prime minister said in a statement on his website.
Eight killed in Iraq violence:
Attacks in Iraq killed at least eight people including an anti-Al-Qaeda militia leader on Sunday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence plaguing the country.
Why an Iraqi Single Mom Is Suing George W. Bush for War Crimes :
Saleh is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit targeting six key members of the Bush Administration: George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, and Paul Wolfowitz. In Saleh v. Bush, she alleges that the Iraq War was not conducted in self-defense, did not have the appropriate authorization by the United Nations, and therefore constituted a “crime of aggression” under international law
Call to kill Western envoys:
AN American al-Qaida militant has called for more attacks on Western diplomats in the Arab world, praising the killers of the US ambassador to Libya on September 11 last year, a US-based monitoring group said yesterday.
Interior minister of lawless Libya submits resignation:
Al-Sharif al-Wafi, a member of the Libyan General National Congress, told Reuters that Sheikh submitted his resignation to the cabinet and to parliament in protest against what he said was interference in his work by the government and parliament.
Glenn Greenwald’s partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours:
The partner of the Guardian journalist who has written a series of stories revealing mass surveillance programmes by the US National Security Agency was held for almost nine hours on Sunday by UK authorities as he passed through London’s Heathrow airport on his way home to Rio de Janeiro.
Feds Threaten To Arrest Lavabit Founder For Shutting Down His Service:
The saga of Lavabit founder Ladar Levison is getting even more ridiculous, as he explains that the government has threatened him with criminal charges for his decision to shut down the business, rather than agree to some mysterious court order.
Assassination TIME: Sr. journalist ‘can’t wait’ to justify drone strike that will kill Assange:
WikiLeaks tweeted that they have sent a letter to the publication demanding Grunwald’s resignation. They have said that the magazine must show that journalists calling for the murder of other journalists is “never acceptable.”
Britain is fast turning into a Banana Republic, wilfully blind to corruption:
You may remember that, back in November 2010, it emerged that a “cocky” Prince Andrew appeared to welcome and endorse bribery and corruption – or at least that he abhors those who would seek to get in its way
40% Of Americans Now Make Less Than 1968 Minimum Wage:
The minimum wage would be $16.50 an hour – $33,000 a year – if it had kept up with the growth of productivity since 1968. To put the effect of this a different way, 40% of Americans now make less than the 1968 minimum wage, had the minimum wage kept pace with productivity gains.
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 : 3,258
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,465,324,933,421
The New Dark Age 
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