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November 14, 2011
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 Op-Ed Articles

The Police State Makes Its Move
Retaining One's Humanity in the Face of Tyranny

 

By Phil Rockstroh  U.S soldiers died protecting what and who again?   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29718.htm

 

Nuclear Pots Call Iranian Kettle Black

 

By Eric Margolis   

For the Republican right, Israel often seems to be a more important issue than the United States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29714.htm


Iran's Nuclear Program and the Legal Mandate of the IAEA

 

By Daniel Joyner   

The IAEA went outside of its legal mandate with its latest report on Iran, a move that has been viewed by some states as indicating the IAEA's shift from a technical body to a politicized one...    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29716.htm


Matthew Gould and the Plot to Attack Iran

 

By Craig Murray   

Is this not precisely the situation we were in with Blair and Iraq? Have no lessons been learnt?    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29713.htm


Iran Getting Nukes?
The Hard Sell to Send Troops to Iran

 

By L. Vincent Poupard   

I guess it is time to "liberate" another country.   

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29715.htm


"Genocidal Cynicism"

 

By Fidel Castro   

I feel the duty to convey - that all of us, with no exception, are obliged to create awareness about the risks that humankind are running in an inexorable manner, towards a final and total catastrophe.    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29717.htm


Israel's Useful Idiots
Congressmen with 'Judeo-Christian Spirit' Tour Heartland

 

By Gil Ronen   

In the face of genocidal Muslim fanaticism, leaders of the nations that have the Bible in common seek common political ground.    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29727.htm


Palestine - What Next?

 

By Alan Hart   

The first and immediate priority - the dissolution of the PA.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29724.htm


Palestinians To Ride At The Front Of The Bus
Stand with the Freedom Riders

 

By Avaaz   

Right now, history could be made in Palestine. A small number of brave Palestinians will risk attack and arrest to commit a forbidden act -- they will board a public bus.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29726.htm


Dedicated to Palestinian Youth
'We Teach Life, Sir'

 

4 Minute Video By Rafeef Ziadah   

Dedicated to Palestinian youth, who still fly kites in the face of F16 bombers.    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29712.htm


Who Said Gaddafi Had To Go?  

By Hugh Roberts    

What if anything has Libya got in exchange for all the death and destruction that have been visited on it over the past seven and a half months?   

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29718.htm 


The Police State Makes Its Move
Retaining One's Humanity in the Face of Tyranny
  

By Phil Rockstroh    

U.S soldiers died protecting what and who again?    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29718.htm


Occupy Wall Street:
Police Violence Reveals a Corrupt System
  

By Laurie Penny    

Better-off Occupy Wall Street protesters are learning something about the relationship between citizen and state.    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29721.htm


Live From Occupy Wall Street  

Video Stream    

Standoff developing between police and Occupy protesters.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29725.htm


Money Has Been Privatised By Stealth
It's time to take from the banks the power to produce money
  

By Ben Dyson

How did the power to create money fall into the hands of the same banks who caused the crisis, with such devastating consequences for millions of ordinary people?  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29728.htm


Lessons From Iceland
The People Can Have The Power
  

By Birgitta J�nsd�ttir    

As early progress in Iceland shows since the banking collapse, the 21st century will be the century of the common people, of us.    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29722.htm

 

 

Hard News

 

Sixty-nine killed in Syria on Monday: activists:   At least 69 people were killed in southern Syria on Monday, most of them in clashes between army deserters and Syrian troops   

http://yhoo.it/tDQmBk

 

Syrian Soldiers Killed in Clash With Army Deserters:   Dozens of soldiers and security forces were gunned down by suspected army defectors in southern Syria, a deadly ambush that comes as President Bashar Assad increasingly appears unable to manage the crisis, activists said Tuesday.  

 http://fxn.ws/v9o6iw

 

Syria: At least 40 dead in clash near Jordan border:   At least 40 Syrians were killed in clashes on Monday between Syrian army forces and gunmen in a town near the border with Jordan, local activists said, according to Reuters. According to them, troops killed 20 people -- army defectors, insurgents and civilians -- in a clash on Khirbet Ghazaleh . A similar number of troops were killed, they added.   

http://www.albawaba.com/news/syria-least-40-dead-clash-near-jordan-border-401002

 

Syrian opposition in Moscow for talks:
As violence continues unabated in this Arab Republic, members of the Syrian opposition are telling Russian diplomats they are against any foreign military intervention in the settlement of their country's conflict.  

 http://rt.com/politics/syria-moscow-opposition-nato-lavrov-377/

 

Syria frees 1,180 prisoners:    

On Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 34 Syrian soldiers were killed in an attack by armed groups in the southern province of Daraa. According to the observatory, 12 armed men and over 20 civilians were also killed in the clashes.   

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210319.html

 

Israeli secret service the Mossad linked to Iran military blast:    

Israeli media report claims the Mossad was behind 'huge blast' at Bid Ganeh base that killed leading Iranian missile researcher
http://bit.ly/s0r4PN   

 

Iran students form chain to defend nuclear site:    

Hundreds of Iranian students on Tuesday formed a human chain around one of the Islamic republic's nuclear sites, vowing to strongly respond to any strike by arch-foe Israel, Fars news agency reported.   

http://bit.ly/te34LE


US kills 17 people in Somalia:    

The attack occurred in a civilian region near the town of Dhobley in southern Somalia on Tuesday.  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210237.html

 

US Drones Moving From Iraq to Turkey:   

 "In line with the U.S. plan to pull out of Iraq, Predators will fly for the last time from Iraq on Nov. 22; from then onwards the four predators currently based in Turkey will be taking over surveillance missions," said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu according to the Anatolia news agency.   

http://mnstr.me/u6q3OD

 

US occupation force soldier killed in central Iraq: military: :   A member of the US military has been killed in an attack in Iraq, the second to be killed since Washington announced its forces would depart by year's end, the US military said on Tuesday.  http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail=51915

 

Pakistan: 'Sixteen suspected militants' killed in operation: -    

Pakistan's military on Tuesday killed 16 suspected insurgents during an offensive in the northwest Orakzai tribal region, according to a local official.   

http://bit.ly/vbmguT

 


US kills 7 people in Pakistan :    

A suspected US drone fired missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border early Tuesday morning, killing seven alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.   

http://arabnews.com/world/article533953.ece

 


5 "Insurgents" Killed in Afghan Offensive:
At least 5 insurgents were killed in Afghan security forces' operations in the past 24 hours in several provinces, Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday.   

http://tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/4426-5-insurgents-killed-in-afghan-offensive

 


One killed, 17 wounded in northern Afghanistan bombing: -    

An Afghan police officer was killed and 17 civilians wounded when a bomb strapped onto a donkey went off Tuesday in northern Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said.   

http://bit.ly/uYwgBB

 


NATO Countries May Face War Crimes Inquiry:    

Alliance blamed for civilian deaths: Some NATO members are worried that their organization may be investigated by the International Criminal Court after its prosecutor said allegations of crimes committed by NATO in Libya would be examined "impartially and independently,"   

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29720.htm

 


Fatah, Hamas agree to establish caretaker government without Palestinian PM Fayyad:    

Rival factions to hold elections on unity government in May; Fatah-Hamas dispute posed major obstacle to UN Security Council decision on Palestinian membership.   

http://bit.ly/u27GWa

 


Obama visits Australia to announce expanded U.S. military presence: -   President Obama will touch down on Australian soil for the first time Wednesday morning for a whirlwind two-day visit that the administration will use to unveil an expanded military presence that is part of its shifting focus on security in the Asian Pacific region.   

http://wapo.st/smnLF5

 


Clinton to Philippines in US Asia drive:    

Amid concern in several Asian countries about China's growing clout, Clinton said the United States was "updating" relationships with its five treaty-bound regional allies -- Australia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand.   

http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/clinton-philippines-us-asia-drive

 


Fukushima fallout fears over Japan farms:
New research has found that radioactive material in parts of north-eastern Japan exceeds levels considered safe for farming   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15691571

 


Frozen Planet won't be shown in the U.S. as viewers don't believe in global warming:    

An episode of the BBC's Frozen Planet documentary series that looks at climate change has been scrapped in the U.S., where many are hostile to the idea of global warming.   

http://bit.ly/vDoq9T

 


Court order allows Occupy Wall St. protesters back: -    

Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided Zuccotti Park early Tuesday, evicting dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters from what has become the epicenter of the worldwide movement protesting corporate greed and economic inequality.   

http://bit.ly/v7gZa5

 


Police Clear Occupy Oakland Encampment, but Protesters Return:  Protesters returned to a downtown plaza Monday evening, after hundreds of police officers raided the Occupy Oakland encampment there early Monday, arresting 33 people and flattening tents.   

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/us/police-raid-occupy-oakland-camp.html

 


"Let us be peace and joy"

Tom Feeley
Cost Of war

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: 
4,801


Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,803

 

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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
 $1,278,257,540,297
http://www.costofwar.com/

 

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