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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
July 03 / 04 2011
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"All experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.  But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." - United States Declaration of Independence
 
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"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck." - Frederick Douglass
 
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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:  4,787
www.icasualties.org/oif/
 
Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan 2,564
 

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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,215,602,801,246
http://www.costofwar.com/
 
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The Sorman Massacre
 
By Thierry Meyssan
 
A story of horror and blood where NATO embodies the comeback of barbarism.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28474.htm
 

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NATO Is An Outlaw, The ICC Is Its Accomplice
 
By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
 
The International Criminal Court at The Hague is a pariah in the world of Justice and International Law; those who work for it are traitors to their cause.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28471.htm
 

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Journalism as a Weapon of War in Libya
 
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
 
It is now the responsibility of the public to look at the reports coming out of Libya from all sides with a grain of salt. Diversity of news is just one starter.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28472.htm
 

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14 Propaganda Techniques Fox "News" Uses to Brainwash Americans
 
By Dr. Cynthia Boaz
 
The more conscious you are of these techniques, the less likely they are to work on you. The bad news is that those reading this article are probably the least in need in of it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28465.htm
 

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Conspiracies
 
By Paul Craig Roberts
 
When I tell even highly educated people about Operation Northwoods, they react with disbelief--which goes to show that even US government-acknowledged conspiracies remain protected by disbelief a half century after they were hatched .
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28473.htm
 

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The Super Rich Sabotage the Arab Revolutions
 
By Shamus Cooke
 
The wealthy nations holding the purse strings are still able to influence the unfolding of events from afar, subjecting humiliating conditions on those countries undergoing profound social change.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28466.htm
 

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Greece Sells Out To Israel
Gaza Bound Audacity of Hope Detained By Greek Commandos
 
Video
 
The Audacity of Hope was stopped at sea by the Greek Coast Guard 20 minutes after leaving the port. Our captain refused to turn back irregardless of the pleas of the Coast guard captain.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28467.htm
 

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Debtocracy
 
Documentary
 
"Debtocracy" seeks the causes of the debt crisis and proposes solutions, hidden by the government and the dominant media.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28475.htm
 

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Declaration of Independence
 
Complete text of the Declaration of Independence.The original spelling and capitalization have been retained. (Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28468.htm
 

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What Became Of The 56 Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence?
 
By Author Unknown
 
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28469.htm
 

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Child Poverty in US Approaches 25%:
 
By Press TV
 
Those children would be the largest American generation to be raised in hard times since the Great Depression.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28470.htm
 

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Getting Used to Life Without Food:
Wall Street, BP, Bio-ethanol and the Death of Millions
 
By F. William Engdahl
 
The ability to manipulate the price of essential foods worldwide at will -- almost irrespective of today's physical supply and demand for grains -- is quite recent. It is also scarcely understood.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28463.htm
 

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'Food Terrorism' Next Door to the Magic Kingdom
 
By Amy Goodman
 
In the past few weeks, no less than 21 people have been arrested in Orlando, the home of Disney World, for handing out free food in a park.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28462.htm
 

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Climate of Denial
Can Science and the Truth Withstand the Merchants of Poison?
 
By Al Gore
 
Is the climate crisis real? Yes, of course it is. Pause for a moment to consider these events of just the past 12 months:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28464.htm
 

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In Case You Missed It
America Freedom to Fascism
 
Video
 
Aaron Russo's presents startling facts about our laws, raising critical issues that Americans must consider if they are to be a free people.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15399.htm
 

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103 "Taliban Militants" Killed in Kunar:
 
The operation ended on 2nd July, two Afghan National Army soldiers were killed during the operation and two others were wounded, he added.
http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/3217-103-taliban-militants-killed-in-kunar
 

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Buried bombs kill 30 Afghan civilians:
 
The latest casualties came Saturday in Zabul province, in southern Afghanistan, when a van filled with travelers struck a roadside bomb. Thirteen people were killed, including four children and four women, said a spokesman for the provincial government.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-bombs-20110703,0,3416047.story
 

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Britain to pull 800 troops from Afghanistan: paper:
 
Britain will announce this week that it is to withdraw up to 800 troops by the end of next year, according to a report in the Sunday Times newspaper.
http://arabnews.com/world/article466114.ece
 

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Germany aims to reduce Afghan force by 500 this year:
 
Germany will reduce its troop levels in Afghanistan by about 500 from the current force of 4,800 at the end of the year, the chief of staff of Germany armed forces Volker Wieker said in an interview, cited by Reuters.
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n253595
 

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US seeks alternatives to Pak's supply routes to Afghanistan:
 
The American military is rapidly expanding its aerial and Central Asian supply routes to the war in Afghanistan, fearing that Pakistan could cut off the lines used for providing US and NATO forces with fuel, food and equipment.
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-19916.html
 

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China refused US request to open supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan: Cables :
 
China rebuffed an American offer to open a major supply route on its soil for US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, diplomatic cables unveiled by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks have revealed.
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-19942.html
 

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Three policemen killed in Taliban attack on Pakistan check post:
 
Around two dozen armed Taliban insurgents attacked a police check post at Shangla in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-19978.html
 

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America's air base refusal a 'slap in the face', Pakistan chief minister says:
 
US using Balochistan facility despite being asked by Islamabad to leave
http://bit.ly/l8qM5d
 

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Four Yemeni soldiers killed in Taiz ambush:
 
Four presidential guard personnel were killed and 12 others injured in an ambush targeted their chief in the central Taiz governorate, local security sources revealed.
http://bit.ly/kgbYFj
 

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South Yemen air strikes 'kill two civilians':
 
Yemeni air strikes targeting suspected Al-Qaeda militants near Jaar killed two civilians and wounded three, an official from the militant-held southern town said on Sunday.
http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail=47199
 

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50 Yemeni troops missing in lawless south:
 
Dozens of Yemeni troops went missing after a battle with al-Qaida-linked militants at a sports stadium
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43616802/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/
 

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5 Iraqi policemen killed in Anbar:
 
Officials say gunmen wearing police uniforms have kidnapped and killed five Iraqi policemen in a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad.
http://bit.ly/j5WPpy
 

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Three US occupation force soldiers killed in Iraq :
 
Post officials released Saturday the names of three 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldiers who were killed in Badrah, Iraq.
http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=57802
 

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US envoy says Iraq critical to global energy needs:
 
The US ambassador in Baghdad said on Saturday that the State Department has asked for a $6.2 billion budget for Iraq in 2012, underscoring that its oil and gas reserves were critical for the world's future energy needs.
http://bit.ly/k1QJp6
 

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U.S. envoy: Troop extension in Iraq is possible:
 
Iraq's top political leaders are expected to meet again this week to consider asking the United States to keep forces here into next year. Jeffrey would not say Saturday how many troops would be likely to remain.
http://wapo.st/inrtC7
 

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Its all Irans fault: Iran Funnels New Weapons to Iraq and Afghanistan:
 
Iran's elite military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has transferred lethal new munitions to its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent months, according to senior U.S. officials, in a bid to accelerate the U.S. withdrawals from these countries.
http://on.wsj.com/jWGjNn
 

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Iran Denies Smuggling Weapons To Iraq, Afghanistan:
 
The semi-official Fars news agency quotes Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying "the ridiculous and repeated lies of the Americans are aimed at justifying their own errors."
http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_denies_smuggling_weapons_to_iraq_afghanistan/24253554.html
 

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Rebels: If Gaddafi quits, we will let him stay in Libya:
 
Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live out his retirement inside Libya as long as he gives up all power, Libya's rebel chief told Reuters on Sunday in the clearest concession the rebels have so far offered.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/03/rebels-if-gaddafi-quits-we-will-let-him-stay-in-libya/
 

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Anti-Libyan Forces Reject African Union Peace Talks:
 
"It doesn't include the departure of Qaddafi from power," Ghoga said in the interview, which was broadcast on the network early today. Ghoga denied reports that the plan had earlier been welcomed by the council.
http://bloom.bg/kYhyWI
 

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Turkey Recognizes Libyan Rebels, Offers Another $200 Million in Aid:
 
Davutoglu also said the Turkish government will provide another $200 million in aid to the TNC, in addition to a $100 million fund for the rebels, announced in June.
http://bit.ly/kynFlY
 

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US millions fund world's newest army, South Sudan's, despite worries of abuses:
 
The U.S. is investing tens of millions of dollars into this fledgling military, one that is massing troops on the internal north-south border as tensions - and violence - with the north rise.
http://wapo.st/iwcj1J
 
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We need more wars?
Warnings sounded over precipitous defense cuts:
 
Cuts in defense spending as part of President Barack Obama's bid to trim the $1.4 trillion U.S. budget deficit could hurt the economy or imperil security unless undertaken as part of a careful review of military needs, an industry representative and a key lawmaker said.
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110701/pl_nm/us_usa_defense_budget
 

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Israel hits $7.2 billion in arms exports:
 
That put the "Jewish state" among the world's top four arms exporters
http://bit.ly/lNV6rK
 

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Saving face over sell out to Israel:
Greece arrests captain of US Gaza-bound boat:
 
Officers detain captain of US ship bound for Gaza over ship's "seaworthiness" and for jeopardising passengers' safety.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/07/201172143643709749.html
 

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Gaza flotilla activist: Ray McGovern : Video:
 
Ray McGovern, former CIA officer, speaks to the situation on board the US flotilla ship, the Audacity of Hope, which activists hoped to bring to Gaza. On Friday, they were turned around by the Greek coast guard, and forced back into a port in Athens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0U5wrvyQPY&feature=player_embedded#at=18
 

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Getting in bed with Israel has now made Greece morally bankrupt too:
 
Greece has been brought to its knees because of the global economic recession which arguably hit it harder than any other country in Europe, but its new found friends will do little to help it stand back on its feet.
http://bit.ly/md1Hb7
 

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Israel has become a society of force and violence:
 
What will Israelis think about when they are spoon-fed scary stories about the flotilla, if not about the use of force? Those activists want to kill IDF soldiers? We'll arise and kill them first.
http://bit.ly/kMa4yB
 

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Israel threatens to kill Assad :
 
Israel has threatened Syrian President Bashar Al Assad with death following deployment of Syrian troops close to the border of the Jewish state, reported Arabic daily Al Jarida of Kuwait.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=309130
 

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5,000 Syrian refugees return home from Turkey:
 
According to a statement released by the Turkish Prime Ministry Disaster & Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD), a total of 15,228 Syrian nationals have fled to Turkey and 5,001 of them have returned to their country until today.
http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/1900100.html
 

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Palestinian Authority faces cash shortage:
 
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad says Palestinian Authority can only pay half of salaries until foreign donations come.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/07/20117317120860777.html
 

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Noam Chomsky denounces old friend Hugo Chávez for 'assault' on democracy:
 
Renowned American intellectual accuses the Venezuelan leader of concentrating too much power in his own hands
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/03/noam-chomsky-hugo-chavez-democracy
 

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'I had to psychologically dislocate a detainee':
 
Former CIA agent reveals 'torture' methods and secret prison in memoir
http://bit.ly/ij1kkx
 

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'Some Will Call Me a Torturer':
 
 

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Enough of this Greek farce: everyone knows default is coming:
 
No one seriously thinks that the measures adopted by the Greek parliament will end the crisis. In Brussels and in Athens, officials are conniving at an official suspension of disbelief.
http://tgr.ph/iiCV4p
 

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Weak economy may force second bailout of Ireland:
 
An Irish household debt level of 129 percent of GDP, the highest in the industrialised world according to IMF data, also makes investors queasy.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/30/uk-ireland-economy-idUKTRE75T4N720110630
 

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Stranger than fiction:
Pandit's Payouts Climb Toward $200 Million as Top Bailout Recipient Slips:
 
Citigroup Inc. (C) Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit, who took a $1 salary after his bank received the most taxpayer assistance of any U.S. lender, is poised to collect $80 million from other payments and awards that may eventually total more than $200 million.
http://bloom.bg/lf84BV
 
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"Let us be peace and joy"
 
Tom Feeley
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