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"If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear. " - Joanna Macy (born 1929)

"Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action." Archbishop Desmond Tutu (born 1931);

"It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue. If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives." -  John Adams

Save Us from the Liberal Hawks

By David Rieff

Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of (humanitarian) war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30535.htm

NYT: 'Scrutiny' of Iran's Nuke Sites Means Bombing Them

By Peter Hart

The media coverage of Iran is terrible, and seems to be getting worse.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30537.htm

U.S. Public Takes Strong Stance Against Iran's Nuclear Program

By Pew Research Center

58% of U.S. public supports military force - to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30536.htm

Iran Propaganda Debunked in Less Than 7 Minutes
Are you afraid of getting nuked in your jammies?

Video

There's a scary, dangerous nuclear weapons threat from Iran?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30534.htm

US Secret Armies Gear Up For Global War

By Bill Van Auken

US militarism has escalated dramatically under the Democratic president and its tide threatens to engulf the entire planet.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30539.htm

Washington's Insouciance Has No Rival

By Paul Craig Roberts

How is the world so deranged that Washington can murder innocents for years on end and still profess to be the world's defender of human rights?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30538.htm

The Imperial Way
American Decline in Perspective

By Noam Chomsky

Why exactly is Iran regarded as such a colossal threat? The question is rarely discussed, but it is not hard to find a serious answer.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30533.htm

Clinton Remains Irresistible.. And Not Just To Women

By George Galloway

A decade ago I had a boilerplate gag in my speeches, which went something like this: "I'm in favour of us having a special relationship with the United States, I just don't want us to have the kind that Miss Lewinsky had with President Clinton. One sided, undignified, immoral and with the junior partner always on their knees."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30542.htm

Troika Driving Greece Towards Violent Revolution

By Nigel Farage

Greece is being driven into the ground, and I think, frankly, when it comes to chaos, you ain't seen nothing yet!
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30540.htm

The Greek Experiment

By Michael Hudson

Greek crisis used to find out how far finance can drive down wages and privatize.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30541.htm

Honduras Prison Fire Kills Hundreds : - Video -   

Turkey: 17 killed in rebel clashes:   Two Turkish soldiers and 15 Kurdish rebels have been killed in clashes in Sirnak, in the country's south-east.
http://ind.pn/w3d5V8

Syria: Scores Killed In Aleppo Gun Fight:   At least 14 people have been killed in gun attacks between security troops and armed forces in Syria's largest city Aleppo.
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16170227

Raw Video: Syrian Army, Rebels Battle in Homs :
The Free Syrian Army is battling government forces in Homs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz56O7n0npM

Assad sets Syria vote to end near 50-year Baath rule:
Syria's embattled president has called a referendum on a new constitution, effectively ending nearly five decades of single-party rule, it emerged Wednesday.
http://bit.ly/x05yl2

Turkey backs Saudi plan for UN-backed regime change in Syria:   Saudi Arabia circulated a new draft resolution backing the Arab plan to make Assad step down for the UN General Assembly to consider
http://bit.ly/A7GfxT

Iran places indigenous fuel rods into Tehran reactor:  Iran has placed the first indigenous fuel rods into the heart of Tehran Research Reactor as President Ahmadinejad unveils the country's latest nuclear achievements.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/226810.html

Iran activates 3,000 new centrifuges:   Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran has added 3,000 new generation centrifuges to its Natanz facility, increasing the production of 3.5 percent enriched uranium by 50 percent.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/226824.html

EU's Catherine Ashton has received Iran's letter on nuclear talks:   "I can confirm High Representative Ashton received the letter from Dr. [Saeed] Jalili today," Maja Kocijancic, a spokeswoman for Ashton, told Yahoo News Wednesday. "We are carefully studying the letter and consulting with our E3+3 partners" on their response.
http://yhoo.it/wnjFUs

Japan PM to Barak: Israel must not strike Iran over nuclear program:   During visit to Japan, Ehud Barak says international community must work together to impose sanctions on Iran.
http://bit.ly/w0wnN7

SWIFT sanctions: West going to extremes to punish Iran:   US wants Iran evicted from SWIFT, an independent financial clearinghouse that is crucial to the country's oil sales. This could immediately cripple Tehran's financial lifeline, but would come with its own costs for the world economy.
http://rt.com/news/us-swift-sanctions-iran-367/

Iran cutting oil export to six European states ?:   Iran on Wednesday said it's cutting oil exports to six European countries including Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France, Greece and Portugal.
http://presstv.com/detail/226807.html

Iran oil ministry denies state media reports on EU oil stop: -   "We deny this report ... If such a decision is made, it will be announced by Iran's Supreme National Security Council," a spokesman for the ministry told Reuters.
http://reut.rs/x1lUTF

Iran manipulating oil markets? :
Oil prices jump after Iran says is cutting cut flow to EU:   The price of oil in global markets hits a six-month high of nearly USD 120 a barrel as Iran says is cutting oil exports to six European countries.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/226827.html

India to step up ties with Tehran; unfazed by US sanctions:
Unfazed by US sanctions and Israel linking Tehran to the attack on an Israeli embassy car here, India is set to ramp up its energy and business ties with Iran, with a commerce ministry team heading to Tehran to explore fresh business opportunities.
http://bit.ly/yDar4I

US bid to crimp Iran oil sales stumbles:   American attempts to get major Asian importers of Iranian oil to rein in their purchases are faltering as allies South Korea and Japan give US officials a polite brushoff. Emerging giants India and China may even increase their purchases.
http://bit.ly/zpVtUt

'Bangkok bombers' were assassins not terrorists, says Thai official:   The official said the nationalities of the suspects had yet to be confirmed. "They have Iranian passports and documents, but we haven't concluded that they are in fact Iranian, which is why we are looking in detail at this case," he said.
http://bit.ly/A4Xh1i

NATO expresses regret for killing 8 Afghan children:   "The aircraft dropped two bombs on the group that we believed to be an imminent threat to our people," Boone told reporters in Kabul. "
http://wapo.st/A8B4Nx

US, Afghans near deal on post-2014 mission: Panetta:
US and Afghan officials are weeks away from clinching a security pact allowing an American military mission to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday.
http://yhoo.it/AcSVOt

Taliban says U.S. to repeat Soviet defeat in Afghanistan:   The Taliban used the 23rd anniversary of the humiliating Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan on Wednesday to taunt the United States that it would suffer the same fate as preparations to hand over security to a shaky government are underway.
http://reut.rs/wFHikn

Pak climb down over NATO routes:
NATO is being allowed to use Pakistani airspace and land routes to move food supplies to troops in Afghanistan though border crossings were closed after a cross-border air strike last year, Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said on Tuesday
http://bit.ly/xDmPSq

U.S. Bribes Pakistan?
Pakistan to receive $ 2.4 billion US "Aid"   The press release stated "$2.2 billion in assistance to strengthen "democratic and civil institutions "
http://bit.ly/AlRlAO

Can Pakistan survive without US aid?:   The question, however, is to determine first why Americans aided Pakistan and second what was the money intended for. And even more importantly, one should determine if indeed Pakistan's economic survival rests on American aid.
http://bit.ly/xPy5wP

USAID contractor case renews debate on tactics:   The U.S. Agency for International Development faces skepticism from other countries about its true purpose and warnings from critics who say it has strayed too much into the world of clandestine operations.
http://bit.ly/z9tf0X

The Story of How U.S. Special Forces Infiltrated Pakistan:   Using valid U.S. passports and posing as construction and aid workers, dozens of Central Intelligence Agency operatives and contractors flooded in without the requisite background checks from the country's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.
http://bit.ly/zO2CKo

New clashes rock Libyan desert town:   Clashes between the Zwai and the Toubu tribes in the town of Kufra broke out for a third consecutive day today after 17 people were killed in fierce fighting over the first two days.
http://bit.ly/A5SYKW

Libya: a year on:   "According to international human rights watchdogs, about 7,000 Gaddafi supporters are locked up in jails, abused and tortured. The new authorities are not in control of the whole of Libya. They are only controlling Tripoli and a stretch of land 130 km west of the city. The rest of Libya's territory is being controlled by tribes. Libya now resembles a barrel of gunpowder with a blaster fuse."
http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/02/15/66134815.html

National survey reveals Libyans would prefer one-man-rule over democracy:   Only 29 percent of those surveyed said they would prefer to live in a democracy.
http://bit.ly/yKjUtP

Wikileaks-backed Global Square activist platform due in March:   Wikileaks-backed platform will use peer-to-peer technology to avoid government controls
http://bit.ly/zMVBc1

Eurozone crisis: Greece 'can't take any more cuts':   The Greek people have been pushed to the limit by austerity measures demanded by the EU and IMF, public order minister Christos Papoutsis says. He said Greeks had made "superhuman" efforts, and "can't take any more".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17037267

Poor diet kills 2.6 million infants a year, says survey by Save the Children:   Malnutrition is the root cause of the deaths of 2.6 million children each year, and the bodies and brains of 450 million more will fail to develop properly due to inadequate diet over the next 15 years unless immediate action is taken
http://bit.ly/yPwyAY