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Obama's Second Term: Following Angela Merkel in the Oval Office? By Ingo Schmidt
In order to keep discussions of budget policy out of the campaign, the Republicans and the Democrats agreed on a pact earlier this year, which increased the debt ceiling of the federal government to the point that drastic spending cuts or tax increases could be postponed until after the election. Continue reading
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Humanitarian Coverup: Why is Obama Silent Over the New Congo War? By Shamus Cooke
The last Congo war that ended in 2003 killed 5.4 million people, the worst humanitarian disaster since World War II. The killing was directly enabled by international silence over the issue; the war was ignored and the causes obscured because governments were backing groups involved in the fighting. Now a new Congo war has begun… Continue reading
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ICH 25 November 2012: Why Israel Didn’t Win
25 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Why Israel Didn’t Win By Adam Shatz The ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas in Cairo after eight days of fighting is merely a pause in the Israel-Palestine conflict. – The Palestinians understand that they are no longer facing Israel on their own: Israel, not Hamas, is the… Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 25 November 2012: Criminal Wars in the Middle East
25 November 2012 — Global Research Abbas: Collaborating with the Enemy, Stephen Lendman, November 25, 2012 Continue reading
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Egypt's Morsi: Biting the bullet By Eric Walberg
At last Egyptian politics is moving. President Mohamed Morsi is slowly building on his summer ‘coup’, when he stared down Egypt’s generals and put his men in the top army and defence positions, following terrorist attacks in Sinai which the army, so old and bumbling, so involved in Egyptian internal politics, failed to prevent. Continue reading
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Gaza Ceasefire: An Early Assessment By Richard Falk
The Gaza Ceasefire, unlike a similar ceasefire achieved after Operation Cast Lead four years ago, is an event that has a likely significance far beyond ending the violence after eight days of murderous attacks. It is just possible that it will be looked back upon as a turning point in the long struggle between Israel… Continue reading
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Drones Create Hatred of the U.S., Which Is Their Real Purpose By John Spritzler
Pundits are perplexed. Why, they ask, does Obama carry out the drone attacks on Muslims in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen when he surely knows that the main thing they accomplish is to make more people hate the United States government and lean towards joining groups like Al Qaeda? Continue reading
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Gaza Ceasefire: Palestine Holds Strong in the Face of U.S.-Backed Israeli Terror By Richard Becker
Clinton made an emergency trip to the Middle East with the aim of brokering a truce, a clear sign of the Obama administration’s fears that the continuation of the brutal Israeli assault on Gaza was endangering U.S. imperialist interests in the region. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 18-24 November 2012: USA / Israel / Syria / Gaza / Obama
24 November 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation The American Gulag as the latest form of capitalism (II) 24.11.2012 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV The American example of the use of prison labor in the interests of private capital was contagious. Private prisons also appeared in a number of other states – the UK, Sweden, Estonia, Australia, and… Continue reading
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ICH 23/24 November 2012: Obama To Send Troops To Egypt/Sinai: Report
23 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Netanyahu Agreed to Ceasefire after Obama Promised US troops in Sinai Next Week? By RT US troops are expected in Egypt early next week. Meanwhile, American forces have all but surrounded Iran and are stationed in countless bases across the Middle East. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33133.htm Continue reading
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No Wonder China is Nervous as Obama Pivots By William Engdahl
To read the mainstream Western media, one would conclude that China has become an economic giant now intent on flexing its military muscle and making a massive arms buildup to do so. Continue reading
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The US-Israeli Attack on Gaza By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
There is evidence that Operation “Pillar of Cloud” was implemented in close liaison with Washington in the context of the broader process of allied military planning. Senior US military officials were on location in Israel working with their IDF counterparts in the days leading up to the attack. Continue reading
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Susan Rice: Being Attacked For All Of The Wrong Reasons By Sean Fenley
Susan Rice is, unequivocally, irascible, mean-spirited and a very disagreeable person. This has not previously been an impediment, though, to one becoming a US Secretary of State. We can probably all recall the fiendish relish that Hillary Clinton took in the illicit and barbarian slaughter of Col. Muammar Qaddafi. Seemingly possessed and gleefully uttering, “We… Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 18 November 2012: The Invasion of Gaza
18 November 2012 — Global Research News Israel Calls Up 75,000 Troops as Bombing Continues in Gaza, Bill Van Auken, November 18, 2012 Continue reading
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ICH 17/18 November 2012: Targeting Civilians: Israel’s Specialty
18 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Targeting Civilians: Israel’s Specialty By Steve Lendman Another potential holocaust looms. Civilians always suffer most. Israel and America willfully target them. It part of the imperial strategy of both countries. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33063.htm Continue reading
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New at SCF 10-17 November 2012: Japan-China-Korea / Syria / Obama / Myanmar / Russia / DEA / USA / Bahrain
17 November 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation Once again on the territorial dispute between Japan and China and Korea (II) 17.11.2012 | 10:11 | Alexander VORONTSOV Almost simultaneously with the aggravation of the territorial dispute between China and Japan, a long-standing dispute has sharply escalated between Japan and South Korea over ownership of the Dokdo Islands… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 15 November 2012: Friday; Israel Carried Out 30 Air Strikes Against Gaza In Less Than 30 Minutes
16 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Fighter Dies Of Serious Injures; 30 Palestinians killed Since WednesdayIMEMC – List Of Names of Slain Palestinians included Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Ayman Salim, died of serious injuries suffered on Thursday by Israeli military shells targeting Gaza. The number of Palestinians… Continue reading
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