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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
August 22, 2011
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"History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools."-- Ambrose Bierce, American writer, 1842-1914

 

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Take The Pledge

 

"I pledge that if any U.S. troops, contractors, or mercenaries remain in Afghanistan on Thursday, October 6, 2011, as that occupation goes into its 11th year, I will commit to being in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., with others on that day or the days immediately following, for as long as I can, with the intention of making it our Tahrir Square, Cairo, our Madison, Wisconsin, where we will NONVIOLENTLY resist the corporate machine by occupying Freedom Plaza until our resources are invested in human needs and environmental protection instead of war and exploitation. We can do this together. We will be the beginning."
http://october2011.org/welcome

 


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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:  4,792 www.icasualties.org/oif/

 

Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,685

 

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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,238,756,961,286
http://www.costofwar.com/

 

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The Strange Calm Over Tripoli?

 

By Franklin Lamb

 

Looking over the skyline of Tripoli at 7:30 a.m. 8/22/11 from the 26th floor of the Corinthia Hotel it seems that it's just about over for the Qaddafi regime.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28912.htm

 


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Media Wars
Mahdi Nazemroaya Reports from Tripoli

 

Video

 

 


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Guilty Until Proven Innocent

 

By Yasmeen El Khoudary

 

As Israeli airstikes continue to be carried out in Gaza, most people there feel trapped and abandoned by the world.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28907.htm

 


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Colombia Inquiry Implicates US Aid in Abuses of Power
Funds allegedly used for spying, political activities

 

By Karen DeYoung and Claudia J. Duque

 

New revelations have implicated American aid, and possibly US officials, in egregious abuses of power and illegal actions by the Colombian government under the guise of fighting terrorism and drug smuggling.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28903.htm

 


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Ron Paul - The Revolution & The Anti-War Movement

 

Video

 

 


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Time to End Nato's War in Libya

 

By Dennis Kucinich

 

Whether Gaddafi goes or not, this costly intervention has thwarted peace talks and betrayed its 'humanitarian' mission.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28902.htm

 


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Crisis of Confidence
How Washington Lost Faith in America's Courts
By Karen J. Greenberg

 

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the unexpected extent of the damage Americans have done to themselves and their institutions is coming into better focus.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28910.htm

 


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Attorney Rejects Request To Inform On His Muslim Clients
Placed on the U.S. Government's Terrorist Watch List

 

By Nick Meyer

 

Boyle was visited by two agents from a joint FBI-CIA anti-terrorist fusion center in his office, who attempted to persuade him to become an informant on his Arab American and American Muslim clients.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28900.htm

 


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The Eurozone Crackup

 

By Mike Whitney

 

As the former European Commission chief Jacques Delors said on Thursday, "Open your eyes: the euro and Europe are on the edge of the precipice."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28913.htm

 


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Fed Secretly Loaned $1.2 Trillion in Public Money to Wall St. Firms

 

By Stephen C. Webster

 

The U.S. Federal Reserve made approximately $1.2 trillion in loans from public money to support Wall Street firms in the midst of one of the worst financial crises ever.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28911.htm

 


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Let's 'Make Them' End the Great Recession

 

By Mazher Ali

 

We can no longer allow a hopelessly unreasonable minority in a severely corrupted system to dictate the terms of our economy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28909.htm

 


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The Get Lost Generation

 

By Malcolm Harris

 

We must be suspicious of everything we do not build, of everything handed down from an empire in decline, and look to our own hands.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28908.htm

 


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Katrina Pain Index 2011: Race, Gender, Poverty

 

By Bill Quigley and Davida Finger

 

343,829. The current population of the city of New Orleans, about 110,000 less than when Katrina hit.  New Orleans is now whiter, more male and more prosperous.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28914.htm

 


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Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
9/11 Prejudice = Contempt Prior to Investigation

 

Video

 

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28906.htm

 


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Libya: 'At least 1,300 people killed in past 24 hours of combat':

 

Ibrahim blamed Nato for the "bloodbath" in Libya in which thousands of people are believed to have been killed since the conflict began in mid-February.
http://bit.ly/qDII5v

 


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Gaddafi forces in Tripoli counter-offensive:

 

Early on Monday morning, tanks rolled out of Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli residence and began shelling the rebels who had gathered near the compound as sustained heavy gunfire was heard in the Libyan capital.
https://rt.com/news/rebels-gaddafi-capital-tripoli-975/

 


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Libya news live updates: 'Tripoli is not safe at all':

 

The Post's correspondent in Tripoli, Thomas Erdbrink, reports that the Libyan capital remains unsafe, with firefights breaking out between rebels and Gaddafi supporters.
http://wapo.st/pGYxzP

 


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Libya: journalists trapped at hotel amid fighting:

 

"No one has left the hotel today," said Missy Ryan, a correspondent for Reuters. "We all want to go downtown to report on what's happening but it's not safe." Snipers were positioned outside the hotel, she added.
http://bit.ly/oQRUko

 


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Mahdi Nazemroaya reports from Tripoli early 22 August:

 

 


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Surveillance and Coordination With NATO Aided Rebels:

 

Officials also said that coordination between NATO and the rebels, and among the loosely organized rebel groups themselves, had become more sophisticated and lethal in recent weeks, even though NATO's mandate has been merely to protect civilians, not to take sides in the conflict.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/world/africa/22nato.html

 


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NATO Boots On The Ground: :

 

Special forces from France and the U.K. on the ground in Libya also trained and armed rebel groups, a NATO diplomat told Eric Schmitt and Steven Lee Myers of the Times.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20095356-503543.html

 


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Allies guided rebel 'pincer' assault on Tripoli:

 

The rapid weekend advance of Libyan rebel troops into Tripoli was the result of an opposition strategy put in place two weeks ago with the advice of British, French and Qatari special forces on the ground.
http://wapo.st/qfuEc3

 


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Wisconsin Guard Unit Helping Libyan Rebels:

 

"Gaddafi had such heavy armor and tanks and the rebels were poorly trained. Most of the major advances were with heavy NATO support," said Jim Foley.
http://www.wisn.com/news/28932876/detail.html

 


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Tenuous security situation in Libyan capital:

 

While Gaddafi's forces have withdrawn from most areas, sleeper cells have not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AWt315CO6g&feature=player_embedded

 


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3 of Gaddafi's Sons Now in NTC Custody:

 

According to Al Arabiyah news channel another one of Gaddafi's sons, Al-Mutassim, is inside Bab Al-Azizya compound in Tripoli coordinating the remaining resistance from the regime.
http://bit.ly/nOGmba

 


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Gaddafi's son reportedly flees rebel house arrest:

 

Mohammed Gaddafi, one of three sons of the Libyan leader captured by rebels during the takeover of Tripoli, has escaped house arrest with the help of loyalist fighters, Reuters reported, citing Al Jazeera.
http://rt.com/news/gaddafi-sons-rebels-detain-557/

 


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Chavez denounces West over Libya:

 

"Today we are seeing images of the democratic governments of Europe, along with the supposedly democratic Government of the United States destroying Tripoli with their bombs," Chavez said on Sunday.
http://bit.ly/pvQIe4

 


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EU, NATO Set for Major Libya Role:

 

"There is a second phase of NATO involvement." Just because Col. Gadhafi "is on his heels, it doesn't mean that the potential for ongoing instability isn't very high."
http://on.wsj.com/plnDSl

 


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Berlin mulls troops for post-Qaddafi Libya:

 

As the regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi teetered on the brink Monday, German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizi�re said Bundeswehr troops could soon help secure the peace in the North African nation.
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20110822-37113.html

 


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New Libyan authorities will thank NATO during contracts distribution - Kosachyov:

 

The future Libyan government, which gained support from the NATO members, "will now be very grateful to them, and in distributing contracts to rebuild the Libyan economy, will give priority to the NATO countries," he said.
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=267542

 


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Italy: Oil company Eni 'has returned to Libya and will regain prominent role': -

 

Eni, the largest foreign oil company operating in Libya before civil war broke out, has returned to that country to restart wells as Muammar Gaddafi's government Monday appeared on the brink of collapse after rebels captured large parts of the capital,Tripoli, Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini said.
http://bit.ly/nQ3H6m

 


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Trump on Libya: 'Why won't we take over the oil?':

 

"We are NATO," Trump said. "We back NATO in terms of money and weapons, what do we get out of it? We have all of these rebels running around, beautiful name 'rebels,' are they from Iran, who is going to take over Libya, who's going to take over the oil?"
http://bit.ly/rc78Qu

 


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11 killed in Yemen suicide attacks: -

 

Eleven Yemeni tribesmen were killed overnight in two suicide attacks in the southern province of Abyan, sources told AFP on Sunday
http://bit.ly/pnRcQW

 


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Turkey Kills 7 Civilins In Iraq:

 

Warplanes kill seven civilians in strike against suspected Kurdish separatist targets in northern Iraq, officials say.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/2011821192223816952.html

 


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Assad Receives Message from Iraqi President Stressing his Country's Support to Syria :

 

President Bashar al-Assad on Monday received a message from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stressing Iraq's support to Syria in face of the schemes targeting the stability and security of Syria.
http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/08/22/365410.htm

 


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2 Syrians killed as pro-regime gunmen open fire: -

 

Activists say Syrian pro-regime gunmen shooting in celebration after televised comments by President Bashar Assad killed two people overnight.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/i/1107/08-22-2011/20110822035001_15.html

 


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Five civilians killed in Afghan explosion:

 

On Sunday, police killed a Taliban deputy commander on the outskirts of nearby Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, it said.
http://bit.ly/oCGjRf

 


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Australian occupation force soldier killed on patrol in Afghanistan:

 

Defense officials say an Australian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, bringing Australia's death toll from the conflict to 29.
http://apne.ws/mOT3Kq

 


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US kills 4 people in NW Pakistan:

 

A suspected U.S. missile strike killed four alleged insurgents Monday in a militant stronghold near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110822/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

 


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US soldiers enter Peshawar forcefully: -

 

In another blatant violation of Pakistani law, the US military officials in two vehicles entered the provincial capital without any no objection certificate (NOC) and broke police blockade on motorway toll plaza here on Sunday.
http://bit.ly/o8BjET

 


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Hamas says Gaza ceasefire agreed:

 

Hamas says both sides have agreed to informal ceasefire, while Israeli police report more rocket attacks overnight.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/201182283611929131.html

 


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Young Americans flock to Israel to join army :

 

Hundreds of new immigrants from the U.S. landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Tuesday. An unprecedented 104 of the 360 new arrivals, came to enlist in the Israeli army.
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=828961

 


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CIA Disputes Secrecy Oaths in Drug Experimentation Case: -

 

The CIA fortified its efforts to toss a lawsuit alleging that the government used U.S. veterans as human guinea pigs in Cold War-era drug experiments. It says the case hinges on "secrecy oaths" the soldiers say they were forced to take.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/19/39136.htm

 


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UK: Home finances 'fell for 40% of households in August':

 

Almost 40% of households saw their finances deteriorate between July and August, according to a survey by the financial information company, Markit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14608763

 


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Biden reassures China U.S. is solvent:

 

"And very sincerely, I want to make clear that you have nothing to worry about."
http://bit.ly/pPGXJR

 


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Guess Where Coca-Cola Is Investing $4 Billion:

 

Atlanta based Coca-Cola (KO) plans to invest $4 billion in China, the company's CEO Muhtar Kent told reporters in Shanghai this week.
http://news.yahoo.com/guess-where-coca-cola-investing-4-billion-015616584.html

 


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"Let us be peace and joy"

 

Tom Feeley

 

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