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September 11, 2001: The Crimes of War Committed “In the Name of 9/11? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
September 11 2001 opens up an era of crisis, upheaval and militarization of American society. The post September 11, 2001 era is marked by the outright criminalization of the US State, including its judicial, foreign policy, national security and intelligence apparatus. Continue reading
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ICH 16 November 2012: Uri Avnery: “Operation Short Memory”
16 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Egypt PM Says Gaza is ‘A Disaster’ By UPI “What I am witnessing in Gaza is a disaster and I can’t keep quiet. The Israeli aggression must stop,” he said. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33054.htm Continue reading
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Media Lens: Gaza Blitz – Turmoil And Tragicomedy At The BBC By David Cromwell and David Edwards
Newsnight’s journalistic failures on child abuse are bad enough, rightly heaping pressure on the broadcaster. But there was no comparable pressure for senior staff to ‘step aside’ over the BBC’s truly catastrophic failure to challenge US-UK propaganda on Iraq’s non-existent weapons of mass destruction and the country’s supposed ‘threat’ to the West. Continue reading
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West Conjures Fake “Syrian” Government By Tony Cartalucci
Predictably, the Western arranged confab in Doha, Qatar has seen the selection and approval by the US and its allies of a “new opposition coalition” to serve as the face of militants fighting inside Syria. This was in response to overwhelming international condemnation to what has become an open proxy war fought against Syria by… Continue reading
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ICH 15 November 2012: Excuse Me While I Vomit
15 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Netanyahu Speaks On Israeli Morality Video – – Warning – Video contains images depicting the reality of Israel’s attack on Gaza. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33044.htm Continue reading
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Anonymous warns Israel: ‘No one cuts Gaza internet on our watch!’
The hacktivist group Anonymous is angry at Israel, and not just for launching deadly airstrikes on Gaza. Members say the Israeli government “crossed a line in the sand” when it threatened to sever internet and other telecommunications in Gaza. Continue reading
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ICH 14 November 2012: Mayhem in Gaza – Live Updates
14 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Israeli Attack Kills Hamas Military Chief And 8 Other People In Gaza Israeli assassination of Jabari has ‘opened the gates of hell’ By BBC Hamas spokesman Taher Anunu told BBC Arabic: “This was a heinous crime that will have repercussions. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33028.htm Continue reading
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“Sandy”: Obama’s “Good Storm” By Felicity Arbuthnot
Cathy Breen from Voices for Non Violence was late to hear of Hurricane Sandy and of its impact on the Manhatten community where she lives. She was in Najav, in southern Iraq, where, as the rest of the country, the electricity is intermittent to non-existent, nearly ten years after the invasion which wrought its final… Continue reading
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Attacks on first responders transform criminality of drone strikes to sadism
Those of us on the left who came of age during the Vietnam War, as well as the period when CIA meddling in foreign affairs to deadly effect was at its peak, may have thought we’d lost our capacity to be shocked at what the United States has shown itself capable. But attacking those coming… Continue reading
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Beyond Bayonets and Battleships: Space Warfare and the Future of U.S. Global Power By Alfred W. McCoy
It’s 2025 and an American “triple canopy” of advanced surveillance and armed drones fills the heavens from the lower- to the exo-atmosphere. A wonder of the modern age, it can deliver its weaponry anywhere on the planet with staggering speed, knock out an enemy’s satellite communications system, or follow individuals biometrically for great distances. Along… Continue reading
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ICH 12 November 2012: Video: Survivors of Israeli Attack on Gaza Say Bombs Continued as Civilians Raised White Flags
12 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Israel Launches Missile Strike Against Syria By Niall Green The decision by the IDF to launch a strike now indicates that Washington and its allies are entering into a new phase of their conflict with the government of President Bashar al-Assad. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33008.htm Continue reading
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Syria the Bleeding and Spreading Wound (II) By Najmuddin A. SHAIKH
Syria as my last article showed is bleeding but its neighbours too are badly affected. As Lakdar Brahimi, while in Beirut canvassing support for his proposal for an Eid Festival ceasefire in Syria warned «This crisis cannot remain confined within Syrian territory»… «Either it is solved, or it gets worse… and sets [the region] ablaze». Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 10 November 2012: Army Kills Five Palestinians In Gaza Saturday; Dozens Injured
10 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Several Residents Injured By Army Fire Near HebronIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that several residents were injured Saturday as Israeli soldiers attacked a funeral in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city… Continue reading
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ICH 11 November 2012: Israeli Insanity: Only ‘The Nuclear Option’ Can Work Against Iran
11 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Israeli Insanity Only ‘The Nuclear Option’ Can Work Against Iran, Former IDF Chief Says By Aaron Kalman “The only way to finish off Iran‘s nuclear program is by using the nuclear option,” said IDF Chief of General Staff Dan Halutz. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32998.htm Continue reading
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ICH 10 November 2012: Dead Enough: The Reality of the “Lesser Evil”
10 November 2012 — — Information Clearing House Petraeus Caught With Pants Down?How Was Petraeus’ Affair Uncovered and Did he Really Have To Resign? By Daniel Politi “Petraeus took the samurai route and insisted that he had done a dishonorable thing and now had to try to balance it by doing the honorable thing and stepping… Continue reading
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ICH November 8, 2012: US Says Iran Fired on US Drone Over Gulf
8 November 2012 — Information Clearing House US Says Iran Fired on US Drone Over Gulf By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Little said the U.S. informed the Iranians that it would continue to conduct such surveillance flights in international airspace. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32978.htm Continue reading
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ICH November 7, 2012: Gulf States: British Arms Deals – Quick Death, Fast Profits
7 November 2012 — Information Clearing House To Humiliate and Degrade Impressions of Gaza By Noam Chomsky Where a million and a half people, in the most densely populated area of the world, are constantly subject to random and often savage terror and arbitrary punishment. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32968.htm Continue reading
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ICH November 6, 2012: George Carlin – “I Don’t Vote” Humor for a dark day
6 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Netanyahu Vows to stop Iran, Even in Defiance of the United States By Times of Israel staff Asked in an interview whether, if reelected in January, he would “pledge that Iran won’t have a nuclear program by the end of your next term,” Netanyahu said simply, “Yes.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32955.htm Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Sworn Enemies’? A Response To George Monbiot
Above all, we’re trying to stimulate debate and participation. Engaging with journalists is certainly part of that, but we have few illusions about influencing media employees who often have little room for manoeuvre and who are deeply dependent on the corporate system. Continue reading
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ICH November 5, 2012: British Have Invaded Nine Out of Ten Countries
5 November 2012 — Information Clearing House British Have Invaded Nine Out of Ten Countries By Jasper Copping Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world in its long and colourful history, new research has found. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32946.htm Continue reading
The New Dark Age 