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"The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments". - Michael Parenti
"The point of public relations slogans like "Support our troops" is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about.": - Noam Chomsky
"When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic." - Dresden James.
"When we don't actively protest to prevent war, our inactivity demonstrates that we are pro war" - Tom Feeley
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Engineering Consent For An Attack On Iran?
Iran Willing to Launch US Attack: Official Warns By Julian Borger America's top intelligence official has claimed that Iran's leadership was now more willing than before to carry out an attack inside the US, and that intelligence agencies were worried about plots against US and allied interests around the world. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30401.htm Sanctions v. Negotiations on Iran By Glenn Greenwald Massive U.S. Military Buildup Reported Around Iran
Up to 100,000 Troops Ready By March By Mac Slavo Informed Westerners and Iranians Know The Way out of Nuclear Impasse
But Obama Admin Won't Take It By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett Given the extent to which Israel, the United States, and America's European partners are ratcheting up tensions over the nuclear issue, one hopes that additional talks would help the parties find a peaceful and productive way forward. But that is unlikely. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30393.htm One Million Killed By Danny Lucia Drones Over Iraq: When is a Pullout not a Pullout? By Felicity Arbuthnot With its Deadly Drones
The US is Fighting a Coward's War By George Monbiot Aggression Born of American 'Exceptionalism' By Hiroaki Sato Who is Responsible for War? By Buffy Sainte Marie Economics Lesson 1 By Paul Craig Roberts The consequences of a dead economy when the government is wasting trillions of dollars in wars of naked aggression and in bailouts of fraudulent financial institutions is a government budget that can only be financed by printing money. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30397.htm The Impending Undeclared Default Of 5 Major US Banks By Jim Sinclair Big Brother Internet By Gerald Celente Stranger Than Fiction?
Citizen Training By Digby
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Clashes in Northwest Pakistan Kill 50: Officials said Tuesday's clashes erupted when dozens of militants attacked a security post in the Kurram tribal region, near the Afghan border. The military responded by sending in helicopter gunships to the Jogi area for support. http://bit.ly/y8VQXY
Doctor who led us to bin Laden was CIA agent, says US: Imprisoned Pakistani ran fake health scheme to get DNA evidence that al-Qa'ida leader was in house. http://ind.pn/yxMjOP
U.S. kills 15 "militants" in Yemen:
U.S. drones raided a convoy (allegedly) carrying "prominent leaders" of an al Qaida wing in Yemen on Monday night. The raid was conducted by three U.S. drones in Abyan's eastern town of Lodar, said two provincial security officials on condition of anonymity. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/7715627.html
Obama defends drone strikes: President Obama is defending his use of unmanned drone attacks in Pakistan and elsewhere, saying they have been used to kill more terrorists than civilians. http://usat.ly/xcZuD7
Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Obama for Admitting Yemeni Interim President to the U.S.: Saleh has overseen countless human rights violations against his own people - kidnapping, torturing and murdering civilians, including children - and his security forces, headed by his sons and nephews, continue to retaliate against the victims' families. http://bit.ly/y3fuLG
15 killed in Syria as UN prepares for a "heated" debate: - Fifteen people were killed Tuesday as Syrian security forces continued operations against rebel forces, claiming to have made gains against the 'outlaws', whilst the United Nations Security Council prepares for a meeting on Syria. http://bit.ly/zQl9f5
Syrian "opposition" figure says Assad, family 'will be killed like Gaddafi': Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his family will meet a bloody end like former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi', as his regime falls from power, a leading member of the opposition movement has warned. http://bit.ly/xMAph1
Britain urges UN to unite behind new Syria resolution: 'It is time for all members of the UN Security Council to live up to their responsibilities instead of shielding those who have blood on their hands,' said Cameron. http://bit.ly/AmNJXT
Russian FM: Moscow will veto UN resolution on Syria: - Russia indicated on Tuesday, January 31 it will veto a draft resolution on Syria that calls on President Bashar Assad to step down and provides for "further measures" if he refuses. http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/90927/
'Syria on its knees - prelude to NATO invading Iran': "Russia absolutely must veto any UN resolution that comes at the behest of the NATO allies - Saudi Arabia and Qatar - in near the future, because it will just be an excuse for an invasion. And that will lead to a civil war so bloody, so ferocious, so murderous that it will make what happened in Libya look like a high school prom by comparison," http://rt.com/news/syria-nato-iran-russia-149/
Exclusive: "Leaked" Syria observers' report details failings of mission: "The mission...sensed the acute stress, injustice and oppression endured [by] Syrian citizens," Al-Dabbi wrote. "Yet they are convinced that the Syrian crisis must be resolved peacefully, in the Arab context, and not internationalized so that they can live in peace securely, and achieve the desired reforms and changes." http://bit.ly/yScS4q
'Israel sees narrowing window for Iran strike':
The officials said that Israel must act by the summer if it wants to effectively attack Iran's program. http://mnstr.me/wiSpF4
Saudi Arabia says it can cover any oil shortages:
Saudi Arabia could increase oil output by about 2 million bpd "almost immediately" from its current levels just under 10 million bpd. He said the kingdom could add a further 700,000 bpd, with about 90 days to reach full capacity of 12.5 million bpd. http://bit.ly/yL1fZR
CIA chief says appears Saudi oil 'ramping up': Saudi Arabia's oil production appears to be "ramping up" and can fill some of the demand shortfalls caused by sanctions on Iranian exports, CIA Director David Petraeus said on Tuesday. http://bit.ly/xALuKG
US Lawmakers Take Next Step on New Iran Sanctions: The language could give the United States the legal authority to sanction foreign companies that buy oil from the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) or have it shipped by the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), Dubowitz said in an interview. http://www.cnbc.com/id/46200666
Gold up 10% on Iran rumours:
India, China may pay in bullion for Iran oil; Dollar under attack http://bit.ly/zYfX3e
IAEA wraps up talks in Iran: media: Both sides "agreed on continuing the talks," the Fars and ISNA news agencies reported, saying a date had been set but not divulging it. http://n24.cm/AvleCD
Iraq detains 16 vice presidential guards: Iraqi security forces have detained 16 of Tareq al-Hashemi's bodyguards, the interior ministry said, in a move the fugitive vice president said Tuesday was the latest in a string of false accusations. http://yhoo.it/Acyoto
Americans take shelter in Cairo embassy: Rare move to offer diplomatic refuge comes after travel ban imposed on US citizens working with NGOs in Egypt. http://aje.me/weeTby
Pressure builds for NYPD chief to resign over anti-Muslim video: Anti-Muslim training video screened to nearly 1,500 police officers http://bit.ly/yCJ85b
The Impending Undeclared Default Of 5 Major US Banks: The following interview with Ellis Martin covers in detail the impending undeclared default of 5 major US banks this week by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. http://bit.ly/wtoS0c
US Imprisons/Deports Two Brits For Twitter Jokes: Authorities in America take threats seriously, and when it comes to Hollywood royalty nearly 50 years past their expiration date, the feds don't kid around. So when a would-be British tourist joked about digging up the body of famed Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe, US officials, to say the least, were not amused. http://rt.com/usa/news/joke-marilyn-bryan-monroe-197/
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| 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 : 2,881
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