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ICH 6 February 2013: Obama Grants Himself License To Kill
6 February 2013 — Information Clearing House The Mali Blowback: More to Come? By Stephen Zunes U.S.-trained Army Captain Amadou Sanogo and other officers staged a coup and called for U.S. intervention along the lines of Afghanistan and the “war on terror.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33858.htm Continue reading
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Where Are They Now? The Reporters Who Got Iraq So Wrong By Peter Hart
Ten years ago today, Colin Powell made the Bush administration’s case for going to war against Iraq. Much of what he said about Iraq’s threats to the United States was false. But the media coverage gave the opposite impression, and most of the pundits and journalists who promoted the justifications for the war paid no… Continue reading
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ICH 6 February 2013: US Presidential Campaign Cost $7 Billion
6 February 213 — Information Clearing House Syria: Golden Days of Disinformation The Houla Massacre and the Battle of Taldou By Adam Larson This campaign has been enabled by a “world community” – the United Nations and several world governments, the bulk of the mainstream media, human rights groups, etc. – accepting of any rebel explanation Continue reading
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ICH 4-5 February 2013: Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, Paul Craig Roberts, Glenn Greenwald and Many More
5 February 2013 — Information Clearing House Israel Plans Attack To Create And Occupy 10 Mile “Buffer Zone” Inside Syria Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv The plan envisages two Israeli infantry brigades and a tank battalion being based at outposts in Syrian territory. The current border, which is not internationally recognised, was redrawn after the 1973 Continue reading
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WikiLeaks accuses Oxford Union of “censorship” By Xin Fan
WikiLeaks has accused the Oxford Union of “censor[ing]” footage of Julian Assange’s address to the debating society in January. It alleged on Twitter that the Union had replaced the backdrop of the video, which was personally selected by Assange, with a plain still of the Oxford Union logo Continue reading
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ICH 3 February 2013: Americans Are Living in an Orwellian State
3 February 2013 — Information Clearing House Turkish FM Slams Assad for not Responding to Israeli Strike By Yoel Goldman Ahmet Davutoglu says his government will not stand by as Israel attacks a Muslim country. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33824.htm Continue reading
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Wars That Aren’t Meant to Be Won By David Swanson
I looked at pretended and real reasons for wars and found some of the real reasons to be quite irrational. It should not shock us then to discover that the primary goal in fighting a war is not always to win it. Continue reading
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ICH 1-2 February 2013 Weekend Edition
2 February 2013 — Information Clearing House All That Pivots is Gold By Pepe Escobar What Beijing actually wants is to get rid of the US dollar peg. For that to happen, it needs vast gold reserves. So here’s Beijing pivoting from the US dollar to the yuan – and trying to sway vast swathes of the Continue reading
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New at SCF 27 January – 2 February 2013: Israel / EU / Venezuela / Syria-UK / Iraq / Big Brother / Serbia / China
2 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Yair Lapid: The New Star on the Israeli Political Scene 02.02.2013 | 00:00 | Dmitry MININ The main surprise of Israel’s latest elections for the19th Knesset was the Yesh Atid party («There is a future»), established less than a year ago it came in second with 19 seats, and Continue reading
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Illegal Invasions, “Rogue States”, Forgotten Victims and a Shaming Plea By Felicity Arbuthnot
The usual suspects have embarked on another mass butchery – sorry “training exercise” – in mega-resource-rich Mali, and are meddling, with lethality, in Algeria. The UK, ever keen to kill, has gone from the Prime Minister’s “no boots on the ground” assurances, to “Operation Creep” in barely over a week. Continue reading
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ICH 31 January 2013: Israel Must Remove All Settlers – UN Inquiry
31 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Syria Warns Israel of ‘Surprise’ Retaliation By Al Jazeera Syria has threatened to retaliate for an Israeli air attack while its ally Iran says there will be repercussions for Israel over the attack. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33785.htm Continue reading
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ICH 30 January 2013: Israel attacks Syria
30 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Western Push to Oust Syrian Regime Escalates By Oliver Campbell Israel‘s vice prime minister Silvan Shalom suggested that Israel could launch an attack on Syria, using the pretext of preventing Syrian chemical weapons coming into the hands of Hezbollah, or Al Qaeda-linked organisations. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33779.htm Continue reading
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Britamgate: Staging False Flag Attacks in Syria By Andrey FOMIN (Russia)
On January 22 a telling leak cropped up in the Internet. British defense contractor’s BRITAM server was hacked and megabytes of classified internal files of the firm were released to the public. Now the case is acquiring a Britamgate scale due to the publication on Prison Planet. What is the story behind the leakage? Why… Continue reading
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Raddatz Misreports Raddatz on Syrian Weapons By Peter Hart
The implication…is that Syria has loaded chemical weapons at the ready, and that it would take a matter of hours for the Assad government to use them. But that’s not what Panetta told…well, Raddatz herself. Continue reading
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ICH 29 January 2013: The World Doesn’t Need Killer Mothers
29 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Mali: Here We Go Again What’s going on in Mali that requires U.S. meddling? Sheldon Richman Obama‘s inauguration speech drops hints at further overseas involvement. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33765.htm Continue reading
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The 2006 Mass Murder of Iraqi Civilians by US Forces. Evidence of Unspeakable War Crimes By By Mayyasa Abduljabbar & Dirk Adriaensens
We bring to the attention of our readers this study on the 2006 Al Ishaqi massacre in Iraq, where eleven innocent civilians including five children were massacred by US occupation forces. The Pentagon immediately proceeded in portraying the massacre as part of an operation directed against Al Qaeda militants. Continue reading
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ICH 28 January 2013: Revolution in Saudi Arabia?
28 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Hollande is Afraid of His Armies By Thierry Meyssan The trust has been broken between the military chiefs and the soldiers who are in the army to defend the homeland. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33744.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 26 January 2013: The intimidation, dispossession and destruction of al-Maleh
26 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Invades Several Areas Near JeninIMEMC – Saturday at dawn, January 26; Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the northern West Bank district on Jenin, and detained two Palestinians. … Continue reading
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ICH Weekend Edition – January 26-27 2013: US-Led Sanctions Contribute To The Destruction Of Syria’s Millenary History
26 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Jordan’s King Abdullah: “The New Taliban Are In Syria” By Christopher Dickey Speaking at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, King Abdullah warned of Al Qaeda’s presence in Syria and said that it could take years for peace to return to the war-torn country. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33725.htm Continue reading
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