1 December 2013 — Information Clearing House
Dollar Survival Behind US-China Tensions
By Finian Cunningham
In the imperialist, megalomaniac mindset of Washington, the “threat” to the US economy and indebted way of life is perceived as a tacit act of war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37025.htm
Obama’s Ludicrous Afghanistan Declarations
By Glen Ford
“Since when has the U.S. voluntarily left anyplace it has forcibly occupied?”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37021.htm
Iran Gets Short End of the Geneva Deal
By Eric Margolis
We have been watching the ugly spectacle of Congressmen and Senators backing the harsh criticism of their president by Israel’s Netanyahu.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37022.htm
Masters Of War
By Dr. Cesar Chelala
The deal with Iran agreed by the U.S. and its P5+1 partners (Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany) has been sharply criticized by some Democrats and many Republicans who are strong supporters of Israel.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37026.htm
George Galloway Talks to Syrian Nun, Mother Agnes
Video
She has been demonized by her detractors as a ‘pro regime stooge.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37019.htm
Selling Secrets?
Attacking Journalists, Whistleblowers and Other Messengers
By Glenn Grenwald
There are dozens of examples, one of whom is the author of a post this week at Pando.com which accuses me and Laura Poitras of having “promptly sold [the Snowden] secrets to a billionaire”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37020.htm
Lies and Dirty Politics
Canadian MP Smears Greenwald/CBC
Video
“Greenwald is a Brazilian based former porn industry executive, now assisting Edward Snowden leak national security information.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37018.htm
Iceland Defies Banks:
Advance $1.2 Billion Debt Relief Plan
By RT
Iceland’s government has announced that it will be writing off up to 24,000 euros ($32,600) of every household’s mortgage.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37023.htm
Consumption and Modern-Day Slavery
By Timothy Alexander Guzman
“Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt” -Henrik Ibsen.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37024.htm
One More Time
Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows
Video and Lyrics
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old black Joe’s still pickin cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28769.htm
North Yemen fighting kills more than 120:
Amin al-Hemyari, head of government observers monitoring a ceasefire reached last month, said the death toll among Salafis in the town of Damaj had risen to more than 120, with dozens wounded, the government-run al-Thawra newspaper said.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-yemen-fighting-20131201,0,2713559.story
Gunmen Kill Yemeni Colonel and Son in Eastern Yemen – Official:
Gunmen shot dead a Yemeni army colonel and his son on Sunday when he stopped his car at a roundabout in his hometown, a local official said, extending a string of assassinations of top armed forces figures by suspected Islamist militants.
Yemen bans motorbikes in capital to halt spate of shootings:
Yemen began enforcing a temporary ban on motorbikes in the capital yesterday to prevent “shoot and scoot” attacks as Al-Qaeda suspects on a bike elsewhere killed an army officer.
http://news.kuwaittimes.net/yemen-bans-bikes-capital-halt-spate-shootings/
Syrian aircraft pound rebel town in north, kill 50: Pro-rebel Activists say: :
Syrian government helicopters dropped barrels full of high explosives on a rebel-held town near the northern city of Aleppo, killing 50 people in two separate attacks over the weekend, activists said Sunday.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.561171
Rebels, Government force dig in their heels in battle over Aleppo: Video report: –
Rebel forces target government positions in Aleppo as Assad’s forces attack rebel-held towns around the city. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
Turkey deports 1,100 European fighters to countries of origin:
Turkey has sent a report to European countries saying that it has deported 1,100 European citizens who came to Turkey to join al-Qaeda-linked groups fighting in Syria back to their own countries amid increasing allegations that Ankara is turning a blind eye to terrorists using its territory to cross into Syria, according to the Habertürk daily.
U.S.: American fighters in Syria a security risk:
Federal officials say Americans are joining the bloody civil war in Syria, raising the chances they could become radicalized by al-Qaeda-linked militant groups and return to the U.S. as battle-hardened security risks.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/30/american-fighters-syria/3791043/
Lebanon: Tripoli death toll rises to 12 as clashes persist:
Fighting in Tripoli between opponents and supporters of Syria’s government rages overnight as the death toll rises to twelve with dozens more wounded.
Syrian chemical arms ‘to be destroyed on US Navy ship’:
The body charged with overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons has confirmed some will be “neutralised” aboard a US Navy ship. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said the US was contributing technology and financing. The chemicals will be diluted to safer levels using a process called “hydrolysis”.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25167053
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As 28 killed in Iraq :
Attacks in Iraq including a suicide bomb at a funeral killed 28 people Sunday as figures showed nearly 950 died last month in spiralling violence despite ramped up security measures.
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/20099715/28-killed-in-iraq-bloodshed-after-deadly-month/
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As Iraq violence killed nearly 950 in November: data:
Attacks in Iraq last month killed nearly 950 people, the vast majority of them civilians,
Nine Iraqi police officers have been awarded £800,000 in compensation after British ‘SAS beat them’:
Up to 40 soldiers are under investigation for alleged brutality – Secret payout was arranged by Ministry of Defence and Iraqis’ solicitors
Turkey agrees Iraqi oil exports need Baghdad’s approval:
Baghdad and Ankara have agreed that oil exports from anywhere in Iraq need the central government’s approval, Iraq’s deputy prime minister for energy said, after a bi-lateral meeting aimed at diffusing a row over Kurdish energy resources.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/01/uk-turkey-iraq-oil-meeting-idUKBRE9B00EI20131201?
Israeli spies reportedly looking for ‘smoking gun’ on Iran deal:
Netanyahu has ordered intel agencies to find evidence that Iran is violating nuclear agreement as Obama tries to sell Geneva deal, according to the Sunday Times.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.561072
US Calls Netanyahu ‘Desperate and Weak’:
Senior officials in the White House have said that Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “is desperate and weak,” in reaction to Netanyahu’s remonstrations against the deal struck with Iran over its nuclear weapons program.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/174690
Olmert: We’ve Declared War on Obama Gov’t:
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s handling of current disagreements with the United States, regarding the deal the US negotiated with Iran over its nuclear weapons program.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/174688
Ehud Olmert: Netanyahu tried to interfere in U.S. elections:
Former prime minister criticizes his successor’s public wrangle with Obama over Iran, claims Netanyahu tried to drive wedge between Congress and U.S. president.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.561218
CNN’s Parade of Iran Hawks: The debate over Iran in elite politics is extremely limited;
Democrats are some of the most enthusiastic supporters of increasing sanctions, for instance. And that means you’re bound to see very little debate on your TV screen.
Former CIA head: U.S. has ‘accepted Iranian uranium enrichment’:
Hayden, a former director of the CIA who served in both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, expressed a less critical view of the deal than most Republican national security hawks, saying he’s willing to let this agreement “run.”
Former CIA head: U.S. has ‘accepted Iranian uranium enrichment’
‘Day of rage’: Police, protesters clash in Israel at plans to evict 40,000 Bedouins:
Hundreds gathered in Israel on Saturday to rally against the government’s plans to resettle some 40,000 Bedouins. The proposal has triggered accusations of “discrimination” and “ethnic cleansing” from activist groups, also sparking a protest in the UK.
http://rt.com/news/britain-protest-prawer-plan-511/
Egyptian forces shoot dead 3 militants in North Sinai: —
Three militants affiliated with the “al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad” Wahhabi militant group were killed Saturday evening in clashes with Egyptian forces in Sheikh Zuweid city in North Sinai district.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=652800
Egypt police fire tear gas at pro-Morsi students in Tahrir:
Police fired tear gas as more than two thousand students backing ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi entered Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demonstrate against July’s military “coup.”
Islamist says Egypt on precipice as constitution takes shape:
A hardline Islamist leader said the army had driven Egypt to the “edge of a precipice”, as a new constitution likely to ban Islamic political parties was set to be approved on Sunday by the panel that drafted it.
Libya’s army tells militias, protesters to free up oil ports:
Libya’s army told former militia fighters and protesters to end their occupations of oilfields and ports and allow crude exports to restart, saying the OPEC country risked sliding into lawlessness.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/libyas-army-tells-militias-protesters-free-oil-ports-091616461.html
Scores of inmates escape Libya prison:
Official says at least 40 escaped after a jail in the southern city of Sabha came under attack from unknown gunmen.
15 “Taliban militants” killed in joint Afghan operations:
According to a statement released by the interior ministry media office, the militants were killed during the past 24 hours in Kunduz, Wardak, Logare, Ghazni, Helmand and Nimroz provinces of Afghanistan.
Three security men killed near Pak-Afghan border:
Assailants opened fire on a convoy of Frontier Constabulary soldiers as they were transporting food to their check post in the Baizai division.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/639519/three-security-men-killed-near-pak-afghan-border/
Pakistan: Altaf urges Imran to order shooting down of US drones:
Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said if Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan was brave enough, he should order shooting down US drones, instead of creating troubles for people by blocking Nato supplies.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-128521-Altaf-urges-Imran-to-order-shooting-down-of-US-drones
Thailand: Regime Deploys Black-Clad Militants:
Several already murdered in Bangkok as regime militants confront protesters.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.mx/2013/11/thailand-as-promised-regime-deploys.html
Bangkok protesters make ‘final push’ to topple Yingluck Shinawatra:
Week of demonstrations against government turn violent, with two people killed during mass rally at university sports stadium
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/01/bangkok-protests-anti-government-yingluck-shinawatra
India mission to Mars leaves orbit:
Leaving China in its dust, the spacecraft from Delhi is scheduled to orbit Mars by Sept. 2014.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.561137
China launches its first moon rover: state TV:
China launched its first moon rover mission early Monday, state TV showed, the latest step in an ambitious space programme seen as a symbol of its rising global stature.
Video: Clashes outside Ukraine presidential HQ, police disperse crowds with batons: Video –
Thousands of Ukrainians protesting the suspension of talks on EU integration filled the iconic Maidan in Kiev despite the ban, and the violent ejection of the rally earlier.
‘Revolution!’ Clashes as tens of thousands of pro-EU protesters rally in Kiev: Video –
Thousands of Ukrainians protesting the suspension of talks on EU integration filled the iconic Maidan in Kiev despite the ban, and the violent ejection of the rally earlier.
Ukraine protesters storm Kiev city council:
Protesters want the resignation of the government and new elections. President Viktor Yanukovych says Russian pressure was behind his decision not to sign.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25176191
Ukraine aligns with Moscow as EU summit fails:
Angela Merkel tells President Viktor Yanukovych ‘we expected more’ after he refuses to sign pact at summit in Lithuania
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/29/ukraine-yanukovych-moscow-eu-summit
Pro-EU protesters chase police from central Kiev:
Chants of ‘revolution’ resound across Independence Square in reaction to President Yanukovych’s refusal to sign EU free trade deal
Dutch intelligence agency AIVD hacks internet forums:
The Dutch intelligence service – AIVD – hacks internet web forums to collect the data of all users. The majority of these people are unknown to the intelligence services and are not specified as targets when the hacking and data-collection process starts
http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/11/30/dutch-intelligence-agency-aivd-hacks-internet-fora/
Annie Machon: : BBC World interview re UK spy accountability: Video:
BBC interview on UK Parlaiment?ary hear?ings on NSA/Snowden affair
http://anniemachon.ch/annie_machon/2013/11/bbc-world-interview-re-uk-spy-accountability.html
Who Is Watching the Watch Lists?:
The federal government’s main terrorist watch list has grown to at least 700,000 people, with little scrutiny over how the determinations are made or the impact on those marked with the terrorist label.
Leaked paper reveals UN split over war on drugs:
Latin American nations call for treatment strategy, claiming UN’s prohibition stance plays into hands of paramilitary groups
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/30/un-drugs-policy-split-leaked-paper
Fact or fiction?
Nicaraguan President Ortega’s Power Grab: Video James Henry:
Daniel Ortega accumulating power, giving tax breaks to the rich instead of addressing inequality
Haitian migrants risk Dominican deportation:
Thousands of descendants face expulsion from adopted homeland following court ruling.
Cayman Islands and Costa Rica agree to share bank account details with US:
The alleged tax havens have signed agreements with the United States to tell the IRS about funds held offshore by Americans
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/29/cayman-costa-rica-us-tax
2013: CNN’s Worst Year Ever: Video report –
Their ratings have dropped 48 percent since November of last year. And for the important demographic of viewers aged 25 to 54, these ratings have decreased 59 percent. Taking a look at their competitors, MSNBC’s rating have dropped 45 percent since November 2012
Faber: ‘We Are In a Massive Speculative Bubble’:
Faber said the markets, which have reached record highs, could still rise before the bubble bursts, if stimulus programs such as the Federal Reserve’s massive monthly bond purchases and super-low interest rates continue.
http://dev.realclear.com/admin/preview_entry.php?entry_id=4348
Washington Post Poll: Fear of Job Loss at Record Levels:
Six in 10 workers in a Washington Post-Miller Center survey said they worry about losing their jobs to the economy. This level of concern surpasses the anxiety reported in more than a dozen surveys since the 1970s, says the Post.
http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/workers-fear-job-loss-economy/2013/11/29/id/539194
Black Friday Shopping Chaos Video:
Fights, stampedes, riots and utter chaos, this latest super cut compilation shows that Black Friday is an out of control American tradition that has a way of bringing out the worst in people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xL8rE9DT4g
America ‘Dead Last’ In Education : Video report:
Extensive skills study from the OECD finds young Americans are ‘dead last’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ih9uzNLkz4
New low for Congress: Just 6 percent approve, finally lower than car salespeople:
The public’s approval rating for Congress has finally hit rock bottom: For the first time, America has a higher opinion of car salespeople.
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 : 3,397
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,493,533,766,428
The New Dark Age 
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