Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Regime Change
British Brains, Brawn and Bombs Bolster Libyan Rebels

By RT

On Tuesday, British newspapers revealed that the UK not only detached spies and former SAS gurus to train militants, but was also providing them with ammunition for the operation, including night-vision goggles, advanced communication equipment and no less than 1,000 sets of body armor. Continue
Libya: New Information War

By Garibov Konstantin

We have encountered an explicitly mendacious group of world media, reporting facts that were never confirmed. Continue
NATO Tries to Control Libyan Revolution

By Real News

Hamid Dabashi: Neo-liberalism a greater threat to Libya than tribalism or extreme Islam. Continue
The Truth About the Situation in Libya

By Brian Becker

Cutting through the government propaganda and media lies. Continue
Wiki War
3500 Unpublished Leaks Destroyed Forever

By Asher Moses

WikiLeaks has hit back, accusing Domscheit-Berg of being in bed with US intelligence agencies and of jeopardising the leaking of “many issues of public importance". Continue
"Minimal Collateral Damage"
Israeli Video Games in Gaza

By Alison Weir

Death from a drone strike is not pretty. The small body is charred, ripped apart; internal organs are pouring out. Continue
Beck: God Is Not Neutral On Israel/ Palestinian Conflict
 Israel's Useful Idiots Gather In Caesarea

 Video

 Glenn Beck, with Pastor John Hagee, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, esteemed historian David Barton, and other religious leaders in a program at the extraordinary Roman amphitheater in Caesarea, Israel. Continue
The Media Just Doesn't Get Today's Religious Right

By Frederick Clarkson

A recent segment from CNN's Situation Room is the single most startlingly frank admission of ignorance on the part of major figures in journalism I have ever seen. Continue
'Whatever It Is, I'm Against It'

By Robert S Becker

Don't look to Barry Goldwater or Milton Friedman, even Ronald Reagan, to explain why addled fundamentalists, like zombies surfacing from the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, disparage learning, expertise, and reason. Continue
European and US Working Class Politics
Right, Left and Neutered

By James Petras

The US, in contrast to Europe, is experiencing a peaceful transition from neo-liberalism to far-right politics, where the working and middle class are passive victims rather than active combatants. Continue
Keiser Report: Bankers & Aliens

By Rt

We interview Catherine Austin Fitts about exponential fraud and the financial coup d’etat. Continue
Rebels storm Gaddafi compound in Tripoli: Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts unknown as hundreds of rebels fight their way into his fortified Bab al-Azizya compound.
Street battles continue in Tripoli: NATO aircraft are dropping bombs and shooting missiles at government troops in Tripoli, first of all, at the Bab al-Azizia district with a complex of government buildings, the British Sky News TV channel reports.
Libyan rebels face pro-Gaddafi counter-attack in Zlitan: Fierce fighting continued on Monday in Zlitan, 80 miles east of Tripoli, as forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi resisted rebel forces advancing towards the Libyan capital.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's shock return rocks confidence in Libyan rebels: Video - They said he was under arrest. But then Muammar Gaddafi's son reappeared vowing to chase the 'rats' out of Tripoli
Gadhafi to 'fight to the end' as Obama, Sarkozy agree his rule nearly over: U.S., French leaders say end of Libyan leader's rule is inevitable and close; Russian official says Gadhafi is alive and healthy and prepared to fight.
South Africa's Zuma says NATO campaign cost lives in Libya: 'Those who have the power to bomb other countries have undermined the AU's efforts and initiatives to handle the situation in Libya,' said Zuma, after talks with the visiting president of Ghana
Turkey says NATO to maintain Libya operation: - NATO will continue its military campaign in Libya until full "security" is established in the nation, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday.
U.S. has nearly doubled air attacks on Libya in past 12 days: -- As the rebels in Libya push closer to ending the regime of embattled Col. Moammar Gadhafi, U.S. warplanes have been increasing their attacks on government positions as part of the NATO campaign.
US seeks to boost aid to Libya rebel council: The United States and its global partners are trying to accelerate releasing frozen Libyan assets to help rebels meet Libya's security and humanitarian needs, a top US official said Monday.
US aims to release up to $1.5 billion Libyan assets: The United States is seeking to release between $1 billion and $1.5 billion in frozen Libyan assets to the Libyan rebels' Transitional National Council, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Tuesday.
World Bank ready to help Libya: The World Bank said Monday it has been monitoring Libya's economic situation and would be guided by member countries on resuming its activities with the country.
Contact Group diplomats to meet on Libya Thursday: US: Diplomats from the Contact Group on Libya will meet Thursday "to coordinate next steps," the State Department said Monday following the collapse of the regime of Moamer Kadhafi.
UN Security Council, "risks becoming an agency that is constantly ignored: Russia's NATO envoy: "From now on, NATO will decide when to start a war and when to finish it," the Russian envoy said.
Chavez: Venezuela supports Libya's Gadhafi, won't recognize transitional council: Chavez spoke on Tuesday as Libyan rebels blasted through the green gates of Gadhafi's compound in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, marking the effective collapse of Gadhafi's 42-year-old regime.
Glenn Greenwald: The Libya War argument: Shamelessly exploiting hatred of the latest Evil Villain to irrationally shield all sorts of policies from critical scrutiny -- the everything-is-justified-if-we-get-a-Bad-Guy mentality -- is one of the most common and destructive staples of American political discourse, and it's no better when done here.
Robert Fisk: How long before the dominoes fall?: We have spent far too much time honouring the courage of Libyan "freedom fighters" as they scurried across the desert floor, far too little time examining the nature of the beast, the glutinous Transitional National Council whose supposed leader, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, has still been unable to explain if his own chums connived in the murder of their own army commander last month
Next up for regime change? UN orders probe into Syria rights violations: Human Rights Council launches inquiry into crackdown on protesters, amid reports of 18 more deaths in past 24 hours.
Kadima Opposition Party Demands Massive Military Attack On Gaza: Officials of the Israeli Kadima opposition party, headed by Tzipi Livni, are currently demanding the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip, including a ground invasion.
In Pictures: The latest "Israeli" aggression on Gaza: WARNING Disturbing images: Collective Punishment, a warcrime. What did this baby child do?
Eight killed in fresh Afghan violence...: A policeman and four Taliban insurgents were killed overnight when militants attacked government offices in central Afghanistan, the local police chief said on Monday.
US troops may stay in Afghanistan until 2024: America and Afghanistan are close to signing a strategic pact which would allow thousands of United States troops to remain in the country until at least 2024,
U.S. kills 5 more people in Pakistan’s North Waziristan: At least five more people were killed on Monday after the latest U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, officials said on Tuesday.
No Tarp Relief for Haiti's Homeless: Individual Americans donated a total of $1.4bn after the 2010 earthquake, yet 600,000 Haitians are still living in tents. Why?
Being Elected To Congress Continues To Be A Pretty Good Wealth Maximization Strategy : Our 50 richest members of Congress had an average net worth of $32mm, and saw a weighted average growth in their net worth of 17.7% (unweighted 26%).* The S&P was up 12.8%.
Mortgage Payments One Month Late Jump as Economy Weakens: The percentage of U.S. mortgages overdue by one month rose to the highest level in a year in the second quarter as homeowners who lost jobs were unable to make their payments
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Friday, 19 August 2011

Come On Folks!
I Really Need You To Get Behind ICH
Each One Teach One
We must support each other or be washed away in a flood of propaganda and lies told on behalf of a corrupt government,  supported by a valueless corporate culture that desires profits at any cost.
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Israels Changed Agenda?

By Adam Keller

It had been a difficult month for Prime Minister Netanyahu – truly, a very hard month. A Prime Minister under siege, caught in a bind. Continue
Need A Vacation?
AIPAC Pays For 81 US Lawmakers Vacation In Israel

By RT

While the US continues to struggle with its economic issues Congress is on vacation. Many are upset at the news reports that 81 members of Congress have chosen to spend a week relaxing in Israel. Continue
Iran Sanctions: Much Ado About Nothing

By Dr. Ismail Salami and Kourosh Ziabari

Who knows? Maybe Iran's nuclear program is only an excuse for the U.S. government to start another war in the region. Continue
Syria Left Vulnerable by State Violence

By George Galloway

Bashar al-Assad's shelling of towns and killing of citizens leaves country at risk of imperialist invasion. Continue
Libya And The End Of Western Illusions

By Thierry Meyssan

Five months into the bombing campaign, it is no longer possible to believe the initial official version of the events and the massacres attributed to the "Gaddafi regime". Continue
Tripoli on the Cusp

By Franklin Lamb

Truth be told, some foreign observers, and certainly this one, having been based in Tripoli the past nearly eight weeks, have not taken very seriously occasional media predictions that Tripoli might soon be invaded by "NATO rebels". Continue
Moody's Analyst Breaks Silence
Ratings Agency Rotten With Conflicts, Corruption, And Greed

By Henry Blodget

A former senior analyst at Moody's has gone public with his story of how one of the country's most important rating agencies is corrupted to the core. Continue
S&P and the Bilderbergers: All Part of the Plan?

By Ellen Brown

Who Drove the S&P Agenda? Continue
This Is Getting Exciting

By Bill McKibben

The climate movement's biggest civil disobedience action ever is about to take Washington by storm. Continue
Damn It Or Fear It,
The Forbidden Truth Is An Insurrection in Britain

By John Pilger

As they lined up to bay their class bigotry and hypocrisy in parliament, barely a handful of MPs spoke this truth. Continue
Why Persecute the Poor for Being Poor?

By Yolanda Pierce

Raquel Nelson's conviction for causing her own child's death by jaywalking shows America's indifference to the cost of poverty. Continue
From Civil To Savage
Buy a Gun

By Joseph McBrennan

Our nation is getting desperate. When will chaos rise in our streets? Continue
Bomb blast kills 53 in NW Pakistan: A powerful bomb blast ripped through a mosque in the Khyber tribal district of north-west Pakistan, killing at least 53 people and wounding more than 130 others.
US kills four people in north-west Pakistan: At least four people were killed Friday when an airstrike from a US drone struck a compound in north-western Pakistan, an intelligence official said.
10 killed as Taliban attack British complex in Kabul: At least three suicide bombers attacked the British Council offices in Kabul on Friday killing 10 people, including two foreign nationals, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on the independence day holiday.
3 Afghan Policemen Killed in Roadside Bombing: At least three Afghan policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in western Herat province on Friday morning, local officials said
Libyan rebels say 32 fighters killed in Zlitan: Thirty-two Libyan rebel fighters were killed on Friday during clashes with soldiers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Zlitan, east of the capital Tripoli, a rebel spokesman told Reuters.
Are German Soldiers Secretly Helping Fight Gadhafi?: German soldiers are more directly involved in NATO air attacks against military forces of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi than was previously known.
Syria Said to Fire on Protests in Defiance of Global Rebuke: At least 16 people were reported killed, including some soldiers who it is said disobeyed orders to shoot at protesters.
World crossing 'red line' with Syria: Violating the sovereignty of Syria at the U.N. Security Council is a red line that shouldn't be crossed, the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations said.
Robert Fisk: It's his fast-disappearing billions that will worry Assad, not words from Washington: Nearly 10 per cent of Syria's deposits went in the first four months of 2011, some ending up in Lebanese banks
Turkey not ready to call for Assad to step down: official: Turkey believes it is too soon to call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, a government official told AFP on Friday.
Iraq’s Sadr rejects US call for Assad to go: Anti-US occupation cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday rejected Western calls for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to quit, calling the embattled leader a “brother” who stood in opposition to the United States.
Turkish warplanes hit PKK bases in Iraq after ambush kills 8 soldiers: Turkey bombed bases of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq Wednesday, a PKK spokesman said, hours after the rebel group claimed an ambush that killed at least eight Turkish soldiers.
Iraq agrees to extend U.S. military role: Panetta: Iraq has agreed to keep American troops in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday.
Shia Cleric Sayyed Moqtada al-Sadr: Any US Presence beyond 2011 to be Resisted Militarily: "We will treat anyone who stays in Iraq as an oppressive occupier that should be resisted through military means," Sayyed Sadr said in a letter released by his office. "The government that agrees to their stay, even if it is for training, is a weak government."
8 dead, dozens injured in south Israel attacks: At least eight Israeli citizens have been killed and dozens injured in two shooting attacks on buses near the city of Eilat, officials said Thursday.
Israel Kills 2 Two Egyptian Soldiers: - Two Egyptian soldiers were killed Thursday in an Israeli attack on borders between Egypt and Gaza, state media reported.
Egyptians gather outside Israel embassy: Hundreds of Egyptian protesters have gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, demanding the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from the country.
Israeli attacks kill 7 in Gaza: Renewed airstrikes across the Gaza Strip late Thursday killed a Palestinian teenager and injured more than a dozen others amid an escalation in violence that left some 20 people dead throughout the day.
One dead, one injured in Israeli air attack on Gaza: A late Friday afternoon Israeli air attack on the Gaza Strip killed one Palestinian, and injured another east of Gaza City, Palestinian emergency services said.
Israel hit by Gaza rocket attack: Rockets fired into Israeli city following overnight Israeli air strikes on targets in Gaza
Gaza group denies deadly shooting attack: "We salute (the operation) and we are proud of it, but we do not claim it," Popular Resistance Committees Abu Mujahid spokesman told AFP in the Gaza city of Rafah as the faction buried five members killed in a retaliatory Israeli air strike a day earlier.
Israel tent protests called off after Eilat attacks: Organisers of campaign against high living costs cancel weekend's demonstrations to 'join the families in mourning'
Shaath: Israeli 'Insanity' Will Not Stop Statehood Bid: "The Israeli insanity will not hold back the Palestinian leadership from going to the UN; on the contrary it will give us a stronger motivation to continue our move,” the PA news agency WAFA quoted Shaath as saying following IAF airstrikes in Gaza.
Egyptians gather outside Israel embassy: Hundreds of Egyptian protesters have gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, demanding the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from the country.
Abbas: We refuse observer status at the UN: - President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian leadership rejected upgrading Palestine to observer status at the UN and would demand full membership, the official news agency Wafa reported.
Barghouthi: Veto on UN bid tantamount to 'terror': He urged Palestinians and their supporters overseas to launch massive rallies in support of the move, which is due to take place when the United Nations General Assembly meets in September..
Warplanes strike "al-Qaida" hideouts in south Yemen, 5 killed: Warplanes of the Yemeni air forces launched strikes Thursday evening targeting al-Qaida hideouts in the southern province of Abyan, leaving five members of the terrorist group killed, local army officers said.
Millions of Yemenis rally for the opposition National Council: Millions of Yemeni anti-government protesters took to the streets in several provinces Friday to support the recent formation of the opposition National Council, which aims to create a unified front for the anti-regime popular uprising.
US keeps Iran, Syria, Sudan, Cuba on terror blacklist: The United States retained Iran and its ally Syria as well as Sudan and Cuba on a list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism Thursday, after blacklisting the countries the previous year
No food in the kitchen and : U.S. Army May Start $1 Billion Helicopter Drone Project in 2012: The U.S. Army is proceeding with development of a minimum $1 billion program to buy at least 100 unmanned helicopters, an official said.
Four years in prison for Facebook message : In England two men were sentenced to jail for sharing information on Facebook about the recent riots.
Granny Can Sue U.S. for Calling Her a Terrorist: In a pro se federal lawsuit filed in October 2010, Vivian Chisholm asked the Southern District of Texas to declare "that she is not a terrorist" and remove her name from Homeland Security's terrorist watch list.
Revealed: Fake Facebook Identity Used By Military Contractors Plotting To Hack Progressive Organizations: Hunton and Williams, the law firm representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, had been immersed in talks with HBGary Federal, Palantir, and Berico to deliver on a $2 million deal to move forward with the hacking plot against the Chamber’s critics.
Fewer Youths to Be Deported in New Policy: The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would suspend deportation proceedings against many illegal immigrants who pose no threat to national security or public safety.
Wall Street firms donated $11.2 million to members of debt ‘super committee’: The bipartisan "super committee" created by the debt ceiling deal is comprised of lawmakers who have received big bucks from special interest groups, according to a report by MapLight
How to Make the Super Congress Open and Accountable: The last thing we need is an all-powerful congressional committee allowed to make crucial spending decisions without the scrutiny of an engaged citizenry and press.
Bank Of America Executive To Rick Perry: "We'll Help You Out": ZeroHedge identifies the Bank of America official offering his his company's support to Texas Governor Rick Perry's campaign as James Mahoney the Director of Public Policy for the bank.
Bank of America to cut 3,500 jobs: - Bank of America Corp., the nation's largest bank, said Friday that it plans to cut 3,500 jobs by the end of September.
Striking Verizon workers protest at CEO's NJ home: Hundreds of striking Verizon workers held a candlelight vigil outside their CEO's mansion Thursday, hoping to draw a stark contrast between the contract demands of blue-collar workers and the quality of life enjoyed by the company's executives.
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Thursday, 18 August 2011


Shadow Warriors: Movin’ On Up

By Conn Hallinan

The U.S. is embarking on a military sea change that will replace massive deployments, like Iraq and Afghanistan, with stealthy night raids, secret assassinations, and death-dealing drones. Its implications for civilian control of foreign policy promises to be profound. Continue
Drones Direct Hit Upon Rule of Law

By Rep. Dennis Kucinich

The legal justification for their use in Pakistan can and will be used to justify their use in other countries. Under this legal framework, the battlefield could be stretched to include anywhere in the world. Continue
Those Huge Demonstrations In Syria

By Moon Of Alabama

The Western media have diffused an edited reality, corrected by a single source which nobody has deemed it necessary, it seems, to question. Continue
War Criminal Calls For More Prisons

By Robin Beste

What price justice when war criminal Jack Straw is free to call for more prisons to be built so young people caught stealing a £3.50 case of water can be jailed for six months? Continue
Welcome to the Terrordome
British Regime Jealous of America’s Savage Police

By Glen Ford

The United States is the Great Gulag Nation, the planetary prison dungeon, home to 25 percent of its prison inmates. One out of every eight imprisoned persons in the world is a Black American. Continue
Crimogenic UK

By Max Keiser

This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at how quantitative easing is good for the rich, bad for the poor and how sterling is offering no refuge. Continue
Debt Crisis in West is Just a 'Prelude to War'

By K. Selim

The American dream no longer exists. The U.S. establishment, Democratic or Republican, is not prepared to cash in its last major comparative advantage - military supremacy. Continue
Notes on the Social Crisis in America

By Naomi Spencer

Deteriorating social conditions found expression this week in a mass lineup for dental care in Georgia and a crackdown on a growing New Jersey tent city. Continue
Capitalism Is The Crisis
"We Don't Live in a Functioning Democracy"

Must Watch Documentary

Capitalism Is The Crisis, examines the ideological roots of the "austerity" agenda and proposes revolutionary paths out of the current crisis. Continue
Suspect Everyone

30 Secone Homeland Securtiy Video

The Drop Off - If You See Something, Say Something . Click to view
26 killed in Afghanistan: At least 26 people were killed in a series of violent attacks on Thursday in eastern and western Afghanistan, officials said.
Unconfirmed reports: 'Huge Afghan blast kills 27 US soldiers': Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, saying the huge explosion left at least 27 American troops killed and 34 others wounded, a Press TV correspondent reported.
3 Afghan Policemen Killed in Shootout With Army: A shootout between Afghan police officers and soldiers in a district near this southern city on Wednesday evening left three policemen dead and at least five civilians wounded in the crossfire
Violence in Pakistani city kills 39 in 2 days: Victims tortured, shot, stuffed in sacks: The gangs are allegedly affiliated with the city's main political parties and have been blamed for a surge in killings in recent months.
Gaddafi troops fight to maintain positions in strategic city of Zawiyah: Libyan rebels launched an assault on the only functioning oil refinery in Zawiyah on Wednesday, with reports of heavy clashes in the key city, which is only 30 miles from the capital, Tripoli.
No, you will NOT re-arm the Libyan rebels: Let us examine international law governing this issue and let it be clear that any attempt to arm the terrorists in Libya against the Government and any attempt to place boots on the ground is illegal.
Libyan Deaths, Media Silence: Were Dozens Killed in Majer NATO Airstrikes?: Allegations of Libyan civilian deaths as a result of NATO bombing have often been covered in the corporate media as an opportunity to scoff at the Gadhafi regime's unconvincing propaganda .
Fighting reported between Syrian army and defectors in Homs: - Clashes erupted between defectors from the Syrian army and military forces in the central city of Homs, opposition activists said Thursday.
US, EU say Assad must go; Syria faces curbs: President Barack Obama ordered Syrian government assets in the US frozen, banned US citizens from operating or investing in Syria and banned US import of Syria petroleum.
Seven killed in series of attacks in southern Israel: Gunmen fired on bus traveling near Eilat, close to Egypt border; IDF trades fire with gunmen; mortars are fired from Egyptian border; IDF kills several terrorists.
Israeli attack kills six in Gaza: At least six people, including a child, were killed .The attack targeted a group of "gunmen" from the Palestinian militant group Popular Resistance Committees. Media reports said
Fact or fiction? PA to soften UN statehood bid?: According to the proposed version, the PLO's status within UN institutes will be significantly upgraded but without an official declaration of independence
Turkey plans diplomatic assault on Israel after its refusal to apologize for Gaza flotilla raid: Turkey now intends to implement "Plan B", which will include an anti-Israel campaign in UN institutions, with an emphasis on the International Court of Justice. Turkey also plans to encourage the families of the raid's victims to file suits against senior Israeli figures in European courts. .
Israel PM snubs Clinton over Turkey apology: Israel’s two main radio stations said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday with a direct request that he make an apology — but he turned her down.
Gideon Levy: Israel's swinish Zionism ought to be stopped: Swine are insatiable, it is thought. They eat everything that comes their way and gorge themselves until they die. So do capitalism and Zionism.
Video survey: Racism rampant among Israeli youth: The questions we asked pertained to a number of sensitive political topics and the idea was to get people to talk long enough to detect if there was any racism at play in their answers.
Obama hires former National Jewish Democratic Council chief in bid to secure Jewish votes: Forman worked for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in the late 1970s
Venezuela Plans to Move Reserve Funds: Venezuela plans to transfer billions of dollars in cash reserves from abroad to banks in Russia, China and Brazil and tons of gold from European banks to its central bank vaults, according to documents reviewed Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal.
Chavez Preparing Government Takeover of Venezuela’s Gold Mining Industry: Chavez, who has said he wants to eliminate the “dictatorship” of the U.S. dollar, has called on Venezuela’s central bank to diversify its $28.7 billion in reserves away from U.S. institutions.
APNewsBreak: Oil sheen in Gulf, source unknown: A new oil sheen has been found in the Gulf of Mexico, although oil giant BP said Thursday the discovery had nothing to do with its operations and was far from the site of its disaster-hit Macondo well.
National Outcry Builds Against Deportations: When 20-year-old Isaura Garcia called the 911 emergency hotline while being physically abused by her partner, she never imagined that her plea to U.S. legal authorities would lead to imprisonment and possible deportation.
US bond yields hit record low on recession fears: US Treasury bond yields plunged Thursday, with the 10-year yield hitting a record low as worries about a new recession in the United States and Europe battered stock markets.
Five charts that show the world's markets are about to nosedive: RBS chartists have gazed into their crystal ball and seen signs that UK, US, Japan and European equities may be about to shed more of their value, in some cases up to 10%
Tensions Explode On CNBC: "You Told People To Buy Bear Stearns!" : A debate between CNBC anchors Jim Cramer and Simon Hobbs went out of control this morning amid the European bank rout.
Payback is a *itch: U.S. Inquiry Is Said to Focus on S.&P. Ratings: The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis
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Wednesday, 17 August 2011

You Are Not Alone
Each One Teach One
"We need to take our country back from the avaricious corporatocracy that feeds on the War Economy. The War Machine has our leadership , our Media and our very lives in its pocket. Everywhere health care, education, and fundamental human rights have suffered . We , as Americans and as members of the human race , must place Peace as our primary raison d'etre and begin the movement into an Age where violence is no more." —  Barton Boyce
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Donors Help Keep Palestinians In Cages

By Charlotte Silver

“Israel besieges us, puts us in cantons — in cages — and the international community is feeding us in these cages.Continue
Neither Ink Nor Air
Did Tenet Hide Key 9/11 Info?

By Ray McGovern

Lying by senior officials is bad enough, and there is now plenty of evidence that former CIA Director George Tenet and his closest agency associates are serial offenders. Continue
How The War is Spun
Mass Killings Mean ‘Progress,’ Military Says

By Kevin Baron

Pentagon officials often spin mass casualty terrorist bombing attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan into signs of progress. After multiple bombings killed more than 80 people across the warzones Sunday and Monday, here’s an example of how the war is spun. Continue
Lessons Of Two Wars
We Will Lose in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Stephen M. Walt

One of the things that gets in the way of conducting good national security policy is a reluctance to call things by their right names and state plainly what is really happening. Continue
Manufacturing Opposition
How America Supports Our So-called Enemies

By Madison Ruppert

To some people, the concept of “full spectrum dominance” is completely foreign. To the upper echelons of the government of the United States, it is a tactic utilized on a regular basis. Continue
Gadhafi Support Soars Amid NATO Bombing

By SCOTT TAYLOR

On a fact-finding trip into Tripoli last week, I saw first-hand that Gadhafi has solidified his control over the capital and most of western Libya. Continue
Obama Looking Like Mussolini

By Sherwood Ross

Obama's plan is not a peace plan. It is a war plan. Ditto for his attacks on Libya, Pakistan and Yemen. Continue
Looting With The Lights On

By Naomi Klein

We keep hearing England's riots weren't political – but looters know that their elites have been committing daylight robbery. Continue
Police State USA
Police Chief Confirms Detaining Photographers

By Greggory Moore

Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed that detaining photographers for taking pictures "with no apparent esthetic value" is within Long Beach Police Department  policy. Continue
Welcome To The USA
Kid Dressed as Spiderman Gets Patted Down by TSA

Video

Molestation by TSA at the Austin Airport Continue
Pretending Ron Paul Doesen't Exist

By Jon Stewart -

Outstanding video clip that tells the truth about Paul's massive success in Iowa and beyond, and skewers the corporate media for ignoring the truth. Continue
The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas

By Robert Scheer

It is unfathomable that yet another Texas blowhard governor has emerged as a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. Continue
What America Needs Most
Rick Perry Promises Universal Hair Care

By Andy Borowitz

Would Establish Cabinet-level ‘Hair Club for America’ Continue
UK: 400k Somali children to die without more aid: - A British government minister says up to 400,000 Somali children could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken.
Eight Turkish troops killed in Kurdish ambush: minister: Kurdish rebels killed eight Turkish soldiers on Wednesday in an ambush in the southeast of the country, Turkey’s defence minister said.
Iran says killed dozens in push on Kurdish rebels: - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had killed dozens of Kurdish rebels in a military campaign that critics say has endangered civilians across the border in Iraq.
Syrian troops 'withdraw' from key cities: Convoys of army vehicles were seen leaving Deir ez-Zor after the military cleared the area of "armed terrorist gangs," SANA, the state-run news agency, reported. Footage showed pictures of crowds chanting and cheering as the soldiers left. But on Wednesday, Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish Foreign Minister said Syrian troops were still in the city.
US calls on Turkey to press Bashar al-Assad to step down: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Turkey and Saudi Arabia to press Bashar al-Assad to step down. Attending the event together with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Hillary Clinton called US’ policy toward Libya and Syria “smart power”.
Foreign players mustn't interfere in dialog in Middle East, North Africa - : Salehi agreed with Lavrov. "We reject all attempts of non-regional interference and we condemn all instances of interference in the affairs of those countries," he said.
Russia maintains arms supplies to Syria: weapons chief: Russia is continuing to supply weapons to Syria despite international pressure to cease trading, the head of the arms export agency told journalists on Wednesday.
Pepe Escobar : Blood on the Iraqi-Syrian tracks: What's next? Turkey invades Syria with help from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
NATO pledges 5000 troops to Afghanistan: President Barack Obama won a pledge from NATO allies Saturday to send 5,000 more troops to help in Afghanistan, calling it a “strong down payment” to securing coming national elections and the entire country.
$360M lost to insurgents, criminals in Afghanistan: After examining hundreds of combat support and reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, the U.S military estimates $360 million in U.S. tax dollars has ended up in the hands of people the American-led coalition has spent nearly a decade battling: the Taliban, criminals and power brokers with ties to both.
US firm slammed over Afghan police training: Audit finds contractor DynCorps failed to provide nearly 60 per cent of the instructors needed to train Afghan police.
Afghanistan: The Worst Place to be a Mother: After 10 years of occupation by the United States, Afghanistan's maternal mortality and female life expectancy indicators are the worst in the world.
US to lose its base in Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan is not going to prolong its agreement with Washington, which entitles the US to use Manas Transit Center to supply its forces in Afghanistan, after it expires in 2014, the republic's Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev has said.
Why Pakistani Military Demands a Veto on Drone Strikes: Such veto power over the conduct of the drone war is a central element in a new Pakistani demand for a formal government-to-government agreement on the terms under which the United States and Pakistan will cooperate against insurgents in Pakistan.
Suspension of military aid to Pak to continue: US: US had put on hold military aid to Pakistan worth USD 800 million following Islamabad's request for a "significant cutback" of American military trainers on its soil.
Rebels battle Libyan forces for Zawiya refinery: Rebels battled Moammar Gadhafi loyalists for control over Libya's only functioning oil refinery in the western city of Zawiya on Wednesday,
Libyan Forces Liberates Key Towns: Is Gadhaffi losing? Au contraire. In total contradiction to the propaganda push on CNN, sources inside Libya say Gadhaffi soldiers have retaken a number of key towns.
Gadaffi supporters 'retake Misrata': Mr Ibrahim claimed on Monday night that soldiers had fought their way into the centre of the town, which is the third largest in Libya after Tripoli and Benghazi, and were mopping up isolated pockets of insurgents.
Libya: Tripoli celebrates the liberation of Misratah: Video
Venezuela Makes A Huge Transfer Of Gold From Switzerland To Banks In China, Russia, And Brazil: Documents released by Venezuala's foreign minister also mention "the powers of the North" have "pillaged" Libya's European held reserves and notes a plan should be made to avoid a similar fate.
Israel kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza: The Israeli military killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, one in an airstrike and another as he approached the Gaza "border", Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
UN condemns Israel’s housing plans in occupied Palestinian territory: Voicing great concern at Israel’s recent announcements to advance planning for new housing in Ariel and East Jerusalem in occupied Palestinian territory, the United Nations and its partners in the search for Middle East peace today called the action contrary to international law.
Quartet alarmed by Israel's settlement plans: Israel approved on Monday the building of almost 300 new homes in Ariel, a settlement inside the occupied West Bank, taking the total to more than 2,700 new settler homes approved in the past two weeks.
Sleiman tells Abbas Lebanon will back Palestinian statehood: “Lebanon is committed to the issue of recognizing the state of Palestine at the United Nations and is ready to deploy its potentials to serve it,” President Sleiman said
Hezbollah suspects to be tried over Rafik Hariri: A UN-backed tribunal has published charges against four suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and says it has enough evidence to try them. The four, all connected to Hezbollah, were linked to the killing by circumstantial evidence from phone records, an indictment says.
Israel tells US it won't apologize to Turkey over Mavi Marmara raid: “We're firm on not apologizing,” an Israeli official was separately quoted as saying by Reuters.
Second Tibetan Monk Burns Himself to Death in Protest: A Tibetan Buddhist monk protesting Chinese policies immolated himself publicly in a Tibetan area of Sichuan Province in southwest China on Monday
Youths attack police in Sweden overnight: Swedish police say unrest erupted overnight in Goteborg, the country's second largest city, as several officers were attacked by youths hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails.
Murdoch: Phone hacking: News of the World reporter's letter reveals cover-up: Disgraced royal correspondent Clive Goodman's letter says phone hacking was 'widely discussed' at NoW meetings
Computer Hacking May Be News Corp.’s ‘Next Scandal,’ U.K. Lawmaker Says: Revelations that U.K. tabloid journalists may have graduated to hacking computers in addition to mobile phones may form the next scandal facing Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., a U.K. lawmaker investigating privacy violations by the now-defunct News of the World said.
The stench of a police state: The events of the last 12 days are a warning to the working class in Britain and internationally. The state repression and right-wing hysteria unleashed in response to youth rioting in London and other cities reveal the preparations of the ruling class for police-state forms of rule.
US moral authority undercut by war on terror: With indefinite detentions, military trials and targeted killings of terror suspects, the Obama team has "actually entrenched the global war framework," Shamsi said.
Privacy issues hover over police drone use: The drone technology that has revolutionized warfare in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan is entering the national airspace:
White House: Need to monitor online 'extremism': A White House terrorism strategy released today says Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks aid in "advancing violent extremist narratives" and should be monitored by the government.
Use of surveillance cameras on the rise: At City Hall in Daytona Beach last month, Police Chief Mike Chitwood showed off the new "state-of-the art" video surveillance system.
OUTRAGE OF THE DAY: Do You Realize That The Government Is Still Paying Banks Not To Lend...?: And it's doing that while screwing average Americans who have been responsible and lived within their means. Huh?
Land of the Free, Home of the Poor: Financial gains over the last decade in the United States have been mostly made at the "tippy-top" of the economic food chain as more people fall out of the middle class. The top 20 percent of Americans now holds 84 percent of U.S. wealth, as Paul Solman found out as part of a Making Sen$e series on economic inequality.
92% of Foreclosures in New York Lack Proper Documents -- Banks Booting People Without Proof?
A watershed moment for Obama on climate change: More than a thousand people have signed up to be arrested over two weeks beginning Aug. 20 — the biggest display of civil disobedience in the environmental movement in decades and one of the largest nonviolent direct actions since the World Trade Organization demonstrations in Seattle
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Libyan Forces Liberate Misratah
Clearing up the latest media rubbish on Libya

By Lizzie Phelan

While the journalists suffering from cabin fever in Tripoli’s Rixos hotel, publish their dreams that imperialism’s lackies (the rebels/rats) have taken Zawiya, Ghuriyan and Sorman, they are ignoring a decisive moment in the crisis. Continue
Libya: NATO Getting Desperate

By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

It is by now patently obvious that NATO serves as the military wing of the invisible lobbies controlling the banking, energy, telecommunications, drugs and weapons lobbies which in fact dictate the policies of the majority of western states and all of its member states' foreign policies. Continue
Not the Left
Who Will Save Libya From Its Western Saviours

By Jean Bricmont and Diana Johnstone

The European left has missed its opportunity to come back to life by opposing one of the most blatantly inexcusable wars in history. Europe itself will suffer from this moral bankruptcy. Continue
Libya War Not A War?

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Vladimir Putin has called the UN resolution authorising action in Libya "flawed", saying it resembles medieval calls for a Crusade. Continue
Why the Afghanistan War Won't End Soon

By Richard Falk

The American insensitivity towards civilian deaths over the years seems to be having a strong backlash. Continue
U.S. Senator seeks to cut aid to elite IDF units

By Barak Ravid

Senator Patrick Leahy claims Shayetet 13 unit, undercover Duvdevan unit, and the Israel Air Force Shaldag unit involved in human rights violations in occupied territories. Continue
Apartheid on Steroids

By Stephen Robert

It is my love for Israel and for the Jewish people that drives me to speak out at this treacherous time. Continue
Reality and a Whopper on Iran
Iran, Damned Lies and US Congressman Allen West

By Paul R. Pillar

Whatever else you may think about Paul and his candidacy, there is no refuting three truths he stated regarding the hysteria-inducing subject of Iran and its nuclear program. Continue
True Cost of Afghan, Iraq Wars is Anyone's Guess

By NANCY A. YOUSSEF

According to a recent Brown University study, the wars and their ripple effects have cost the United States $3.7 trillion, or more than $12,000 per American. Continue
Three Cheers for Decline
What good has being the world's policeman done for Americans?

BY CHARLES KENNY

Look on the bright side, America: Downgrading your global ambitions could make you a healthier and happier nation. Continue
Is Capitalism Doomed?
Advanced Economies On The Brink Of A Double-dip Recession

By Nouriel Roubini

We need to return to the right balance between markets and provision of public goods. Continue
USA: The Top 1%

By Aljazeera

Inequality in the US is more extreme than it's been in almost a century — and the gap between the super rich and the poor and middle class people has widened drastically over the last 30 years. Continue
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich

By Warren E. Buffett

Our leaders have asked for "shared sacrifice." But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched. Continue
23 killed as clashes rage on in Yemen: Fierce clashes overnight between tribesmen and troops loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh left 23 tribesmen dead, a tribal source said today.
Yemen's Saleh vows to return soon: Yemen's wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh has vowed to return home "soon" and lashed out at his opponents, in answer to speculation he is poised to step down following 10 weeks of recovery abroad.
"Qaeda" attacks mosque in Baghdad, seven worshippers killed: A police source told KUNA militants broke into the mosque dressed in Iraqi Army uniforms, and took out seven worshippers from the crowd and shot them dead outside.
Wasted lives - wasted $: Threat Resurges in Deadliest Day of Year for Iraq: The 42 apparently coordinated attacks underscored the reality that few places in Iraq are safe. After hundreds of billions of dollars spent since the United States invasion in 2003, and hundreds of thousands of lives destroyed, insurgents remain a potent and perhaps resurging threat to Iraqis and the American troops still in the country
Sadr Movement Blames US for Unrests in Iraq: "The US is seeking to make Iraq insecure though its elements in the country," Salah al-Abidi said on Monday, adding that the US is guiding and sponsoring terrorist attacks to create a rift among the Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq to attain its occupation goals in the country.
White House: U.S. would ‘consider’ staying in Iraq past 2011: The White House said Monday it would "consider" any Iraqi request for a US troop presence past 2011 as the war-torn country mourned the bloodiest violence in more than a year.
U.S. troops’ presence solves none of Iraq’s issues, vice-president says: The presence of U.S. occupation troops in Iraq has destabilized the country and unnerved its neighbors, according to Tareq al-Hashemi, a vice-president.
US army suicide rate hits new high: Last month’s total - averaging more than one suicide a day - included 22 active-duty troops and 10 reservists. It eclipsed the prior record of 31 set in June 2010.
Female Afghan Government Worker, Four Security Guards Killed In Kandahar: Police said three suicide bombers attacked a private security company on August 15, killing four Afghan security guards and injuring eight.
Supplies to NATO forces suspended after attacks in Pakistan: Supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan through Pakistan were suspended on Tuesday a day after nearly 10 NATO oil tankers were attacked and torched, local media reported.
US kills four people in Pakistan: Four people were killed and two others were injured in a US drone attack early Tuesday morning in northwest Pakistan.
Investigation : U.S. Attacks In Pakistan Every Four Days, Murdering 775 Civilians Since 2004: A new report from a team of British and Pakistani journalists finds one U.S. drone strike occurs every four days in Pakistan. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan have killed as many as 775 civilians, including 168 children, since 2004.
Former US intel chief calls drone strikes futile: “Drone strikes are no longer the most effective strategy for eliminating al Qaeda’s ability to attack us,” Dennis Blair, who was director of national intelligence from 2009 to 2010, wrote in The New York Times.
Pakistan Refutes Claims It Shared U.S. Stealth Technology With China: The Pakistani military has moved quickly to refute allegations that Chinese military experts were allowed to examine and take samples from a top-secret U.S. helicopter destroyed in the early May raid that "killed Osama bin Laden".
U.S. refuses Taiwan request for new jets: report: The United States has refused Taiwan's request for 66 new Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fighter jets which China had warned Washington would risk inflaming tensions between the two big powers, Defense News reported, citing a Taiwan defense official.
Syria military assault's 4-day toll said to be 35: Heavy machine-gun fire broke out across the besieged Syrian city of Latakia on Tuesday as the death toll rose to 35 from a military assault now in its fourth day, "residents and activists" said.
Syrian forces begin withdrawing from Deir al-Zor: - Syrian forces have begun pulling out of the eastern city of Deir al-Zor after crushing armed opposition groups, the official Syrian state news agency said on Tuesday.
'Rebels want no talks with govt in Syria' : Many experts who took part in the conference agreed that armed gangs now active in Syria are not interested in dialogue with the authorities.
Turkey: Bloodshed in Syria must immediately stop: Turkey's foreign minister has urged Syria to immediately end its deadly suppression of the nation's 5-month-old uprising, threatening it with unspecified "steps" if it fails to do so.
Iran foreign ministry warns against Syria intervention: "The events in Syria are its internal affair and there is no justification for any foreign intervention as it can only create many problems," Mehmanparast said during his weekly press briefing.
Turkish state company sends more fuel to Libya as rebels advance: Turkey is ramping up shipments of diesel to Libyan rebels, effectively joining Qatar and trader Vitol in fuelling the uprising against leader Muammar Gaddafi.
In Benghazi, a Nostalgia for Gaddafi as Libya's Rebels Fail to Keep the Peace: The security unrest has made many worry about what will happen if the rebels finally overthrow Gaddafi.
Evidence of war crimes? Videos of NATO Bombings in Libya
US Accused of Blast that Killed 2 in Yemen: The rebels accused US intelligence agents of planning the “criminal attack aimed against the Yemeni revolt”, adding the blast intended to “provoke sectarian divisions between Yemenis.”
Five wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza: Israeli warplanes carried out five raids on the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday, wounding five people, Palestinian medics said.
Israel stokes Lebanon conflict fears: Former Mossad chief Danny Yatom confirms that, “We can anticipate, unfortunately, deterioration in the situation to a much bigger war.”
Israel will use Palestinian UN bid to restore status quo: To be honest, what's the difference between the potential UN declaration in September 2011 and the Palestinian declaration of independence in Tunis 22 years ago?
Anonymous protests close San Francisco underground stations: Bart rail stations targeted after police shoot man dead and shut down parts of mobile phone network
World Bank head warns of danger ahead: Zoellick says loss of market confidence in economic leadership of key countries has pushed markets into a danger zone.
Moody's revises US forecast downward: On Monday the international rating agency Moody's revised its forecast downward for the U.S. with regard to the real GDP growth in the second half of 2011.
Texas Governor Rick Perry, threatens Bernanke Perry appeared to suggest a violent response would be warranted should Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke “print more money” between now and the election.
Seniors Fighting to Keep Social Security, Medicare from Budget Chopping Block: The money working people depend on in Medicare and Social Security belongs to those who contributed to the programs, not to politicians in Washington who want to use it as a piggy bank
A factory in rural Georgia sells chopsticks to China: Jae Lee, a former scrap-metal exporter, saw an opportunity and began turning out chopsticks for the Chinese market late last year
Verizon Strike: As Billions Roll In, Workers Walk Out: At Verizon locations throughout the Northeast, 45,000 workers started walking picket lines Sunday.
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