19 September 2014 — Information Clearing House
US-Syrian Accord on Air Strikes: Report
By Robert Parry
Source says Syria’s President Assad has quietly agreed to permit strikes in some parts of Syria.
John Cantlie – Lend Me Your Ears
Islamic State Release Video of British Hostage
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The Islamic State (IS) released a video on Thursday that purported to show a British hostage vowing to expose the “truth” about the group’s “systems and motivations” over the course of a “few programs”.
House Votes To Give Weapons And Training To ‘Moderate’ Syrian Rebels
By DSWright
Hopefully the 114 Democrats who supported dragging American into yet another war in the Middle East are proud of that vote because they will likely be hearing about it for awhile.
Obama’s ‘War on Terror’ Looks Set to Backfire
By Sharif Nashashibi
US President Barack Obama, having criticised his predecessor’s quagmire in Iraq, looks set to create his own.
Traces of Evil
By Robert Koehler
Hurray! God bless drones and “mission accomplished” and a million Iraqi dead and birth defects in Fallujah. God bless torture. God bless the CIA. But guess what?
A War is Not A War Unless They Call It A War
By E.F Nicholson
“This is not a war, it humanitarian mission with military elements “.
The United States Heading for a Crash in the Middle East
By Immanuel Wallerstein
“How easy it is for officials and the media to “spin the public into a panic.”
Perpetual Fear Under Empire
By Jacob G. Hornberger
Lots of Americans are extremely upset about ISIS. They’re not sleeping well, and they’re pacing the floors. They are convinced that ISIS is coming to get them, drag them from their homes, cart them away to some Arabian desert, and behead them.
The Guns of August
The Reasons Behind the Ukraine Cease-Fire
By Israel Shamir
Washington would prefer the Russians of Russia and Ukraine to fight each other to death, but it had to consider the weakness of Kiev forces.
How The NSA Enabled Israel Military Intelligence To Politically Persecute Innocent Palestinians
By Mike Masnick
Data was gathered on Palestinians’ sexual orientations, infidelities, money problems, family medical conditions and other private matters that could be used to coerce Palestinians into becoming collaborators or create divisions in their society.
Rewards and Punishments for Gaza
How the Israel Lobby Reshapes its Message
By Philip Giraldi
Israel and its powerful friends in both the US and international media as well as in government circles are energetically rewriting the story, not only regarding Gaza, to restore Israel’s status as the beleaguered little democracy in the Middle East and America’s only true friend and ally.
Irate NSA Staffer Doesn’t Like Being Filmed in Public, for Some Reason
By John Cook
In two videos you can watch Beale politely question Mr. Z. about NSA programs, and watch Mr. Z. attempt to parry those queries with blatant falsehoods.
Theodore Roosevelt and American Racism
By Margaret Kimberley
“Roosevelt made clear that he lusted for death on a mass scale.”
Over 100 People Killed in Iraq Airstrikes, Clashes:
Over 100 people were killed and 79 others wounded in Iraq Thursday in US air strikes and clashes between the Iraqi security forces and insurgent militants, including those with the Islamic State(IS), officials and security sources said.
Series of Attacks Kills at Least 15 in Iraq:
The deadliest attack struck a shopping street in the Toubachi neighborhood in northwest Baghdad, where a bomb blast killed four people and wounded 10, police said.
Hollande confirms French jets to strike IS militants in Iraq:
French fighter jets will soon strike targets against Islamic State militants in Iraq once reconnaissance missions have identified targets, President Francois Hollande said.
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-09-18/french-fighter-jets-will-soon-strike-is-militants-in-iraq/
Islamic State captures 21 villages in northern Syria as Kurds issue a call to arms:
Islamic State fighters besieged a Kurdish city in northern Syria on Thursday after seizing 21 villages in a major assault, prompting a call to arms from Kurds in neighbouring Turkey, who urged followers to go and help resist the group’s advance.
After Obama speech, Islamic State wins new recruits in Syria-monitor:
Islamic State has won new recruits in Syria since President Barack Obama signaled last week that air strikes against the group will be expanded from Iraq to its strongholds in northern and eastern Syria, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday.
US: Syrian rebel training may take 12 months:
Speaking to a small group of reporters after meeting with his French counterpart, Dempsey said it will take three or four months to begin the $500 million training program, which the House approved on Wednesday and sent to the Senate, where members of both parties predicted easy passage.
U.S. House votes to arm Syrian rebels, but questions remain:
The amendment does not include $500 million the White House says it needs to arm and train the rebels, who have been waging a three-year-long battle against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It was written to quickly provide the authority Obama wanted while avoiding a debate on the money.
CIA Privately Skeptical About New Syria Strategy, Sources Say:
At a recent closed-door congressional briefing on the administration’s new strategy to combat the Islamic State, a top CIA official left little doubt among those in the room about the agency’s attitude toward the project.
Top US general says half of Iraq’s army unsuitable to partner with US against Islamic State:
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former wartime commander of U.S. training programs in Iraq, said a renewed U.S. training effort might revive the issue of gaining legal immunity from Iraqi prosecution for those U.S. troops who are training the Iraqis.
Fact or fiction:
Australia; Tony Abbott confirms police believed terrorists planned ‘demonstration killings’:
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says intelligence indicates people in Australia were allegedly planning a public beheading to be carried out in the name of militant group Islamic State.
Yemen Army, Houthi Rebel Clashes Move Toward Center of Sana’a:
Fighting between Yemen’s army and Houthi-Shiite rebels moved closer to the center of the capital as a deal to end the violence evades the government of President Abdurabu Mansur Hadi.
24 militants killed during Afghan army operations, MoD says:
Taliban militantsAt least 24 Taliban militants were killed following military operations by Afghan national army (ANA) forces in the past 24 hours. Defense ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi said the operations were conducted in three different provinces.
40 more militants killed in Pakistan air strikes:
Fighter jets carried out air strikes early on Wednesday against suspected militant hideouts in Datakhel tehsil of North Waziristan Agency, killing scores of militants and destroying their hideouts.
Afghan President seeks US help to break poll deadlock:
President Karzai said, “The international community should not make Afghanistan a battle-field for its covert polices,” adding that US should play its role in resolving the ongoing electoral crisis.
Ukraine leader appeals to US for lethal aid:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appealed to the US Congress to give his soldiers lethal military equipment for their fight against pro-Russian separatists, saying that one cannot win the war or keep the peace with blankets and night vision goggles.
Russia has no plans to punish West with retaliatory sanctions – Putin:
“First of all, we are thinking about our own interests and development goals,” Russian President Vladimir Putin says
UN says 5 peacekeepers killed, 3 wounded in Mali blast:
The United Nations mission in Mali said five of its Chadian peacekeepers were killed and another three wounded when their vehicle was hit by an explosive device in the north of the country on Thursday.
Assassination of Libya ex-air force chief in Benghazi:
A former Libyan air force chief was shot dead overnight in the country’s violence-ridden second city of Benghazi, medical and army sources said on Thursday.
Libya army chief calls for jihad:
Libyan army chief General Abdel-Razzaq al-Nazouri on Thursday called for “jihad” against “outlaws” amid clashes between Islamist militias and their rivals, including some army units.
Libya’s civil war focuses on control of central bank assets:
Possibility of two rival central banks emerges in Libya as bank chief sacked by House of Representatives
Libya’s elected parliament rejects PM’s new cabinet as oil sector takes hit: –
Libya’s elected parliament has rejected the new cabinet of Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni, dealing a fresh blow to the acting premier whose government was forced to flee the capital Tripoli last month after it was taken over by militants.
Leaked dossier shows Egypt’s links to Libya:
A leaked document obtained by Al Jazeera this week demonstrates the extent to which the country has turned into a proxy battleground for larger regional rivalries.
Madrid conference seeks end to Libya crisis:
Representatives from Libya’s armed groups are not attending the conference, which opened on Wednesday and is being attended by representative from 16 nations, the UN and the Arab League. Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker, reporting from Madrid, said the conference may not reconcile the warring sides.
Scottish independence campaign – live:
The news, video and comment as Scotland votes in an independence referendum
UK Archbishop unsure of God’s existence:
Britain’s’ most senior clergyman has said that thinking about global injustices has made him question the existence of God.
Air Force dumps ‘so help me God’ from enlistment oath:
Members of the U.S. Air Force will no longer be required to say “so help me God” during their enlistment oath. A legal review of rules that required the phrase occurred after the American Humanist Association threatened to sue on behalf of an atheist airman.
House passes bill to audit Federal Reserve:
Passed 333-92, the bill would require the comptroller general to conduct an audit of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors and banks within one year and submit a report to Congress on the findings. A total of 106 Democrats joined all but one Republican in support of the measure.
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 :3,474
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
1,566,003,906,306
The New Dark Age 
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