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July 13/14, 2012
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The Syrian Opposition: Who's Doing The Talking?

Must Read - By Charlie Skelton

How US bankrolls propaganda for military intervention and regime change in Syria  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31845.htm



US Geo-political Wars May Lead to WWIII

By Press TV

The Arab League has announced plans to open talks with the Syrian opposition and cut all diplomatic ties with the Syrian government, aligning itself with the US-led effort to wage war against Damascus.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31846.htm



On The Brink Of A Bitter Fire
Turkish Threat of Invading Syria - Sheikh Imran Hosein

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The Sheikh Imran Hosein answers questions from YouTube Subscribers.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31844.htm



Why Iran Should Sue US at International Court of Justice

By Franklin Lamb

The US-led sanctions violate international humanitarian law due to the negative health effects of the sanctions on the civilian populations. This renders the sanctions illegal under international customary law.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31847.htm



Excuses for Assassination Secrecy

By Glenn Greenwald

Anyone who defends this "no acknowledgment" justification is defending the right of the President to order military action in foreign countries without the knowledge of the American people, or worse.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31843.htm



In case you missed it
Freedom Next Time

By John Pilger

"Real information, subversive information, remains the most potent power of all-and I believe that we must not fall into the trap of believing that the media speaks for the public. That wasn't true in Stalinist Czechoslovakia and it isn't true in the United States." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18046.htm



In case you missed it
The World is a Business?

Video clip from the movie "Network"

"There are no nations. There are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no Third Worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems."  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31842.htm



Chavez Is A People!

40 Second Video

Chavez is a people! Chavez are millions, You are also Chavez!.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31841.htm



One Day Like This

By Tom Feeley

Each day I cull the web in search of facts that I can share with you, so that we can better understand the world we live in and the people we share it with.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31840.htm


Hard News  
  
                     
Fact or fiction:
Over 200 reported killed in Syria: "activists":  More than 200 Syrians, mostly civilians, were massacred in a village in the rebellious Hama region when it was bombarded by helicopter gunships and tanks and then stormed by militiamen, opposition activists said. 
http://is.gd/7GyMX0 




Syrian Observers doubt motives behind General Tlass' defection:  According to certain leaders of the opposition, the childhood friend of Bashar Al-Assad played an important role leading the crackdown on protesters. http://is.gd/CrH3rM 



Russia threatens to veto Syria resolution:  Russia said on Thursday it would veto a Western-backed UNSC draft resolution threatening sanctions on Syria if it comes to a vote - "If they decide this (a vote on Thursday), knowing that for us the text is unacceptable, then we will not allow it to pass," Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told the Interfax news agency http://is.gd/dkZOvD 



Russia urges Annan to work more 'actively' with Syrian opposition:  "Unfortunately, so far we don't see any practical results from his and his team's contact with the opposition," he added. Annan is widely expected in Moscow in the next few days although details of his visit have not been announced. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/13/226069.html 



Back to square one as Turkish jet incident turns into messy mystery:  A series of public statements meant to shed light on how a Turkish jet crashed off the Syrian coast in a June 22 incident have ended up raising a barrage of questions including whether the aircraft was shot down by the Syrian forces at all, and are set to create a headache for the government. http://is.gd/JNAk7h 



War in August? US sends fourth aircraft carrier and dozens of underwater drones towards Iran:  The United States has already sent three massive aircraft carriers to the waterways outside of Iran, including the USS Enterprise, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Abraham Lincoln, and will now add the USS John C Stennis to that fleet in August http://rt.com/usa/news/war-sub-drone-iran-066/ 



MI6 admits to covert operations against Iran:  In his second public speech since he was appointed to the head of MI6, Sawers told senior civil servants in London that MI6 agents had been actively engaged in conducting covert operations against Iran. http://is.gd/xoG1WE 


Pakistan: Six killed, 10 injured in Quetta blast:  A powerful bomb went off in a busy market on the outskirts of Quetta city of southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing six people and injuring ten others, our sources reported http://is.gd/3dPXQQ 



Nato service member among three killed in Afghanistan blasts:  Two separate bombings in Afghanistan have killed a Nato service member as well as an official with the Afghan ministry of women's affairs and her husband. http://is.gd/sptFhd 



Mullah Omar can run for president:Karzai:  Afghan "President" Hamid Karzai called Thursday on Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar to give up fighting his US-backed government in return for the chance to run for president of the war-torn nation. http://is.gd/mVXYR7 



Cost of war at least $3.7 trillion and counting:  The final bill will run at least $3.7 trillion and could reach as high as $4.4 trillion, according to the research project "Costs of War" by Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies. (www.costsofwar.orghttp://is.gd/fXH9SD 



When reality outstripped satire at the Tony Blair mad-hatters banquet: Op-Ed -
The Iraq war will follow Blair wherever he goes. He lied, bullied, manoeuvred and deceived in order to get his way. But some now say that's in the long past and we should "get over it". 
http://is.gd/ofxRpQ 



Romney's Fundraiser With Cheney Highlights His Embrace Of A Bush-Era Foreign Policy:  Romney and Cheney already share controversial positions on matters like ending the Iraq war and whether the U.S. should torture terror suspects. Here's a quick rundown of their positions on some top issues: http://is.gd/jXowNM 



Israeli strike kills alledged Palestinian resistance member in Gaza Strip:  One "militant" has been killed and four people injured in two Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, Palestinians say. Three more people were hurt when a tank shell hit their vehicle near the city just hours earlier. http://is.gd/iLNKjv 



Stateless Palestinians face indefinite detention in Cairo airport after being deported from US:  The brothers, originally from Gaza, were taken by ICE and the U.S. Air Marshalls from their children in Texas and sent to Egypt. http://is.gd/Z1byxc 



Israeli organ trafficker sentenced to jail in US:  A New York-based Israeli is sentenced to prison for buying kidneys from vulnerable people in the Occupied Territories and selling them to patients in the US, while making USD millions in the process. http://is.gd/BlmtqO 



New Zealand signs new defence agreement with US:  The New Zealand government sealed a comprehensive defence treaty with the United States last month, further upgrading military ties between the two countries. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jul2012/nzus-j13.shtml 



Sir John Sawers: US spies 'got so obsessed' with right answer they resorted to torture:
The head of the Secret Intelligence Service also admitted that some of the activity of British agents when questioning alleged terrorists was "close to the line". 
http://is.gd/cVNDBk 



Bradley Manning treated more harshly than a "terrorist", lawyer argues:  Defence lawyer files motion that 'aiding the enemy' charge is stricter against US soldiers than it would be against terrorists http://is.gd/ox9g3T 



WikiLeaks scores big win against Visa:/ Mastercard:  WikiLeaks declared victory Thursday in the first round of its campaign against the financial blockade imposed by Visa and MasterCard after an Icelandic court ordered their local partner to resume processing credit card donations to the secret-spilling site http://is.gd/afIHel 



Runner-up in Mexico poll says it was rigged:
Claiming that the elections were not "free and fair", Lopez Obrador will ask for election results to be tossed out. 
http://is.gd/BTIh6A 



Analysts Warn That HSBC's Money-Laundering Fine In U.S. Could Amount To $1 Billion:  Even if that amount exceeds HSBC's rake from illegal drug-peddling activities, the bank isn't troubled in the least, since it can easily cover the fine with the $3.5 billion backdoor bailout it received as an AIG counterparty. http://is.gd/5qskZo 



Dear Bankers....: Are you proud of yourselves?  Does it give you pleasure to see the less well off citizens suffering to pay your gambling debts, for that is what they are. http://freeireland.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/dear-bankers/ 



The Battle for Healthcare Has Just Begun :  President Romney would strip healthcare access from up to 28 million Americans currently insured. http://www.thenation.com/article/168844/battle-healthcare-has-just-begun#



Mitt Romney's offer of government of billionaires, for billionaires, by billionaires:
In the Romney candidacy, the Republican party has found the apotheosis of the fact that it now represents solely the super-rich 
http://is.gd/NVzUqt 



George Zornick: Ten Top Romney Donors Hold Billions Offshore:  Romney won't disclose what money he may be hiding overseas, but we do know where his donors put their billions. http://is.gd/NrFDlO 



Exposing How Donald Trump Really Made His Fortune:  Inheritance from Dad and the Government's Protection Mostly Did the Trick http://is.gd/2gYpbH 



Federal Reserve predicts new economic crisis:  A recent meeting of the US Federal Reserve revealed that members of America's central bank are not very optimistic about the future of the country's economy. http://rt.com/usa/news/economic-meeting-fed-members-048/

 "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:  4,883

Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan :3,084
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001

    $1,351,762,739,418     

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