Inside Mossad's War On Tehran
How Israel Killed Iranian Scientist

By Marie Colvin and Uzi Mahnaimi

Report reveals the step-by-step procedure behind the killing of Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan as he was on his way to the Natanz uranium enrichment.    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30254.htm

'Iran Will Respond To Nuclear Killings'

By Press TV

A senior Iranian commander has warned of a crushing response to the Israeli regime as well as the US and Britain for their role in the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists.    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30253.htm

When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?

By Alan Hart

Answer: When he or she is an Israeli Mossad agent or asset.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30252.htm

U.S. Government Funding Terrorist - Forging Documents
Upon Which the Warmongers Are Relying

By George Washington

The IAEA report being trumpted as a casus belli contains no new information, but is based on a re-hashing of old, debunked claims stemming from "laptop documents".    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30263.htm

Will Netanyahu's Provocations Backfire?

By William deB. Mills

Netanyahu's combined efforts to push the U.S. into a war on Iran as a smokescreen for his plan to absorb the West Bank and to manipulate the U.S. presidential election may open the door to an alliance of U.S. and Israeli national security officials who believe in security through peace and justice.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30266.htm

The 'Invented People' Stand Little Chance

By Robert Fisk

His statement that the Palestinians were an "invented people" marked about the lowest point in the Republican-Christian Right-Likudist/Israel relationship. So deep has this pact now become that you can deny the existence of an entire people if you want to become US president.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30257.htm

Voters Choice: Ron Paul or Bibi Netanyahu

By William A. Cook

Why invade Iran ? Ask first, why did we invade Iraq ? Why did we not object to Israel 's bombing in Syria ? Why didn't we object to Israel 's invasion of Lebanon or Gaza ?    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30256.htm

Faith - and Occasionally Israel - Play Central Role in Bible Belt

By Natasha Mozgovaya

No matter where Republicans travel across the state, 'faith', 'values', and the Jewish state become unavoidable hot-button issues.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30255.htm

Why I'm Suing Barack Obama

By Chris Hedges

If this law is not revoked we will be no different from any sordid military dictatorship. Its implementation will be a huge leap forward for the corporate oligarchs who plan to continue to plunder the nation and use state and military security to cow the population into submission.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30265.htm

For Too Many African-Americans
Prison is a Legacy Passed from Father to Son

By Gary Younge

Today is Martin Luther King Day. But with more African-American men facing jail than were enslaved in 1850, there is little to celebrate.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30264.htm

Martin Luther King: Praised in Words, Defamed in Deeds

By Tony Cartalucci

If you want to honor King and his life's work, honor it by implementing the words he uttered while alive, not by playing along with a system that resisted him until his death, and has since dishonored him.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30259.htm

Police Officer Beating 66-year-old Man Suffering from Dementia

Video

Flowers was also punched repeatedly, and another officer used a stun gun to shoot him in the face.    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30261.htm

Romney's Bain Capital Owns Media Giant Broadcasting Limbaugh, Hannity

By Alex Newman

Activists are expressing serious concerns that Mitt Romney's private equity firm Bain Capital owns one of America's largest media conglomerates, Clear Channel Communications, Inc.   

 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30260.htm

The US Government Is Bankrupt

By Doug Casey

Everyone knows that the US government is bankrupt and has been for many years. But I thought it might be instructive to see what its current cash-flow situation actually is.    

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30262.htm

11 killed by Iraqi car bombs:
Car bombs ripped through two Iraqi cities on Monday, killing at least 11 people, Iraq officials said, in the latest attacks targeting the country's Shiites a month after the U.S. military withdrawal.   

http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/11-killed-by-iraqi-car-bombs-1.1213839

Seven policemen killed in Iraq compound siege Monday:   A wave of attacks and a three-hour siege of a police compound in west Iraq left seven policemen dead  http://bit.ly/AjI0eo

Mine Explosion Kills Five In Kunduz:   Five members of a family had been killed and wounded when a mine exploded in Khanabad district of Kunduz province.  http://bit.ly/zTRNcP

Two Nato Occupation Force Soldiers Killed in Southern Afghanistan:
Two Nato soldiers died as a result of non-battle-related injuries in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, Isaf said without providing more details.  http://bit.ly/wu62L9

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud killed (AGAIN?) in U.S. drone attack: report:   Taliban official denies leader's death, says he wasn't in area of drone strike  http://nydn.us/xnfpJM

Contempt notice issued against Pakistan PM   Supreme court begins proceedings against Yousuf Raza Gilani over inaction in reopening corruption cases.   

http://bit.ly/xFZ4fy

Pakistani Prime Minister Faces Off with the Military:   The army publicly chastised Gilani for his remarks and warned of "potentially grievous consequences for the country." Gilani responded by sacking the Defense Ministry's top bureaucrat, a retired three-star general, replacing him with a trusted aide.   

http://bit.ly/xMNVaS

Rival Libyan militias clash in Tripoli; 3 killed:   Since fighting began last week in Tripoli, five people have been killed, a hospital official said.Rationalizing Savagery:   

http://bit.ly/zlHUmR

Rick Perry: Urine video Marines made 'mistake':   Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration of "over-the-top rhetoric" and "disdain for the military" in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows four Marines urinating on corpses in Afghanistan.   

http://bit.ly/Aifo7m

Robert Fisk : Pissing on the Afghan dead. This is the horror of war:   How many other abuses took place off camera? How many Hadithas? How many My Lais?   

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30258.htm

Rick Sanchez: "there is a huge problem with journalism in the United States" - Video -   Dana Loesch, a CNN contributor, made a statement on her radio show that she would "drop trou and do it too." The act she was talking about was joining US Marines to urinate on dead Afghans.   

http://bit.ly/ys2gf4

$11 million bounty on Musharraf's head:   Just days ahead of former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf's planned return to Pakistan from self-exile, a grandson of slain Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti has put a bounty worth Rs. 101 million (USD 1,118,370) on the former military ruler's head.   

http://bit.ly/yYRM5i

Six workers killed in bombing by "terrorists" in northern Syria:   A roadside bomb allegedly planted by "terrorists" went off in Syria's northern province of Idlib on Sunday, killing six workers and injuring 16 others   

http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/1980223.html

Six more killed in Syria :
Five civilians were killed in Syria and a brigadier was assassinated on Monday   

http://bit.ly/wRXRnO

Report: Syrian rebels to create military council in exile:
Leading deserters from the Syrian army are to create a supreme military council to plan operations against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported on Sunday.   

http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/1980217.html

Russia presents new Syria resolution at UN:   "It is high time for the council to have serious negotiations," said the spokesman stressing how there has been no talks among all 15 members of the council on a Syria resolution for more than three weeks.   

http://bit.ly/whGOMj

Foreign intervention in Syria dangerous - Tunisian president:   Any foreign intervention in Syria will result in an outburst in the entire Middle East, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said in his interview for the Algerian newspaper El Khabar.   

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/01/15/63903531.html

What if the Iranians start killing scientists? :   If there are assassinations on one side, it must be assumed that there will be assassination attempts on the other side too. If Iranian scientists are not immune, then neither are scientists from the countries suspected of carrying out the assassinations.   

http://bit.ly/yMl1CE

Iran warns Gulf countries not to replace its oil:   "Our Arab neighbor countries should not cooperate with these adventurers... These measures will not be perceived as friendly."   

http://bit.ly/AsZm7N

EU's Iran Oil Embargo Said Likely to Be Delayed Six Months:   A European Union embargo on imports of Iranian oil will probably be delayed for six months to let countries such as Greece, Italy and Spain find alternative supplies, two EU officials with knowledge of the talks said.   

http://buswk.co/AmqfRq

U.S.-Israel delaying joint exercise for (6 Months) 'optimal' conditions:   "Austere Challenge 12" will be conducted in the second half of this year after being scheduled to take place in late spring, the Pentagon spokesman, Capt. John Kirby, said in a statement. The change comes, he said, following close consultation between the U.S. European Command, or EUCOM, and the Israel Defense Forces.   

http://bit.ly/xBUSb3

France Said to Seek Faster Execution of EU's Iran Oil Embargo: --   Nations including Germany and the U.K. also favored the shortest delay, while nations most exposed to imports from Iran pressed for an exemption of as long as 12 months, the EU diplomat said   

http://buswk.co/xnVGgC

'Israel and U.S. postpone massive defense drill in fear of escalation with Iran':   Israeli defense officials tell Channel 2 that Washington wants to avoid causing further tensions in region after various foreign reports of U.S. and Israeli preparations for strike on Iran.   

http://bit.ly/y9KY9W

Leiberman: Sanctions on Iranian Central Bank will 'suffocate' nuclear ambitions:   Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called for tough sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and its oil and gas industry to "suffocate" Tehran's nuclear ambitions, but did not rule out military action.   

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4176451,00.html

UN chief urges end to Israeli occupation:   "Settlements, new and old, are illegal. They work against the emergence of a viable Palestinian state," said the UN secretary general.   

http://yhoo.it/zKBpio

Israeli settlement construction is 'vandalism':   Britain's Deputy Prime Minister: Nick Clegg makes statement during press conference with PA President Mahmoud Abbas, who begins a three country European tour to consult the stalled peace talks.   

http://bit.ly/zhNGdD

One U.S. family is responsible for half of Netanyahu's donations:   Owners of Duty Free America, a large chain of duty-free shops that operates in 13 airports, pledged half of NIS 330,000 Netanyahu raised.  http://bit.ly/wb53EI

Al Qaeda captures Yemeni town with little resistance:   A police source and witnesses said the militants met little resistance from a small police force when they entered the town of Radda in Al Baydah province, 170 kilometres from Sanaa, on Saturday night, seizing an ancient citadel and mosque.   

http://bit.ly/yU13Ef

Global crisis is systemic - Putin:   He said the world is entering a turbulent period.   

http://en.rian.ru/society/20120116/170772999.html

Perez sworn in as Guatemala's president:   Otto Perez Molina has been sworn in as Guatemala's president, calling on the US and Mexico to help him fight a wave of drug trafficking and violence that has overwhelmed the Central American country.   

http://bit.ly/zxGuUL

The Mexico drug war: Bodies for billions:   Over the past five years, nearly 48,000 people have been killed in suspected drug-related violence in Mexico, the country's federal attorney general announced this month. In the first three quarters of 2011, almost 13,000 people died.   

http://bit.ly/xB4KPQ

Spanish judge reopens Guantanamo torture probe:
A Spanish judge on Friday re-launched an investigation into the alleged torture of detainees held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, one day after a British authorities launched a probe into CIA renditions to Libya.   

http://bit.ly/zeXgC9

When Romney ran Bain Capital, his word was not his bond:   "The Real Romney," by Boston Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman, have shed light on the strategies that Mitt Romney's old private-equity firm, Bain Capital, used to generate outsize returns for its investors.   

http://wapo.st/zjGYJs

Wall Street, Washington and Gingrich:   Newt Gingrich and his consulting companies helped financial-services giant Credit Suisse Group gather exclusive Washington information and analysis, showing that the Republican presidential candidate benefited from a practice that has come under fire from lawmakers.   

http://on.wsj.com/zxERAe

Santorum charity for the poor spent most of its money on management, political friends:
Homeless families and troubled children were not the biggest beneficiaries of Operation Good Neighbor. Instead, the foundation spent most of its money to run itself, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees for fundraising, administration and office rental paid to Santorum's political allies.  http://wapo.st/xvgUtS