Friday, 15 June 2012

{الفكر القومي العربي} ICH: Congress Pushes for War with Iran



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Congress Pushes for War with Iran
 
By Stephen Zunes
 
A huge bipartisan majority of Congress has essentially told the president that nothing short of war or the threat of war is an acceptable policy.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31577.htm
 
 
 
Syria: NATO Plans New Sykes-Picot, Middle East Chaos
 
By M.D. Nalapat
 
On May 16, 1916, in the middle of World War I, Paris and London approved a secret agreement to dismember the Ottoman Empire and divide the Middle East between themselves.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31586.htm
 
 
 
Let's Admit It: The US Is at War in Yemen, Too
 
By Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman
 
The latest drone attack happened early Wednesday in the Yemeni town of Azzan, killing nine people. It's the 23rd strike in Yemen so far this year, according to the Long War Journal. In Pakistan, there have been only 22.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31579.htm
 
 
 
"Indirect Rule"
The Imperial Agenda Of The US's 'Africa Command' Marches On
 
By Dan Glazebrook
 
With mission accomplished in Libya, Africom now has few obstacles to its military ambitions on the continent.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31581.htm
 
 
 
The New Obama Doctrine, A Six-Point Plan for Global War
 
By Nick Turse
 
Special Ops, Drones, Spy Games, Civilian Soldiers, Proxy Fighters, and Cyber Warfare.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31583.htm
 
 
 
In Case You Missed it
Blueprint of the PNAC Plan for U.S. Global Hegemony
 
By Bette Stockbauer
 
Some people have compared it to Hitler's publication of Mein Kampf, which was ignored until after the war was over. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3249.htm
 
 
 
A Third Intifada
The Warnings We Should Be Hearing
 
By Amira Hass
 
The eyes of a non-Mideast expert can see at least five structural occupation-induced ills, which separately and together could lead to a popular uprising.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31580.htm
 
 
 
Sheldon Adelson's Pro-Romney Donations Will Be 'Limitless,' Could Top $100M
 
By Steven Bertoni
 
Adelson, who has built Las Vegas Sands into an global casino empire, will do "whatever it takes" to defeat Obama.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31584.htm
 
 
 
Imposing a President
Mexico's 30-day Lesson in Democracy
 
By Marta Molina
 
Peña Nieto is a candidate invented by Mexico's media duopoly (Televisa and TV Azteca), along with other media outlets, to win the presidential elections this July 1.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31578.htm
 
 
 
World Bank President Says President Hugo Chavez's "Days Are Numbered"
 
By Paul Dobson
 
Without a trace of irony he talked of how the US could make Latin America "a place of democracy, development and dignity" rather than one of "coups, caudillos and cocaine."  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31585.htm
 
 
 
In The Land Of No Opportunity
This Next Generation Will Be Left Behind
 
By Salvatore Babones
 
The United States has some of the lowest rates of entrepreneurship in the world. Even at the top of the boom in 2005-2007, only two countries (Belgium and Norway) had lower levels of new business formation than the United States.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31582.htm
 
 
 
New York to Repeat Chicago's Parking Privatization Catastrophe
 
By Matt Taibbi
 
Chicago is leasing 75 years of its parking meter revenue to a coterie of private investors, some of them from the Middle East.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31575.htm
 
 
 
Tony Blair Avoids Attempted Citizen's Arrest in Hong Kong
 
By Peter Walker
 
British activist interrupts former prime minister's speech with accusations of war crimes.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31587.htm

 
Hard News  
  
       
72 killed in wave of Iraq bombings: -  A wave of apparently coordinated bombings and shootings rocked Iraq during a major Shia commemoration on Wednesday, killing at least 72 people and wounding more than 250, many of them pilgrims. http://is.gd/i670A1 
 
 
 
At least 16 killed in Yemen's Al-Qaeda clashes:  A military official said six civilians, "three women, two children and one man, were killed in a Yemeni air raid on the town of Shuqra," one of the last remaining Al-Qaeda bastions in Abyan. http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/111942/ 
 
 
 
Fourteen killed in Libya militia clashes:
Rival Libyan militias armed with heavy weapons clashed for the third straight day on Wednesday in fighting that has killed 14 people, underscoring the country's volatility months after Muammar Gaddafi's overthrow. 
http://is.gd/UArnwq 
 
 
 
U.S. expands secret intelligence operations in Africa:  At the heart of the surveillance operations are small, unarmed turboprop aircraft disguised as private planes. Equipped with hidden sensors that can record full-motion video, track infrared heat patterns, and vacuum up radio and cellphone signals, the planes refuel on isolated airstrips favored by African bush pilots, extending their effective flight range by thousands of miles. http://is.gd/o6YmvI 
 
 
 
Egypt court orders to dissolve parliament, requiring new election:  Egypt's highest court says recent election was unconstitutional; court also allows Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafik to run for presidency. http://is.gd/Wppvxk 
 
 
 
US attack kills 4 in Pakistan: :  At least four people were killed Thursday in a US drone strike in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, media reports said. http://is.gd/92bzAY 
 
 
 
How Drones Help Al Qaeda:  When a U.S. drone missile kills a child in Yemen, the father will go to war with you, guaranteed. Nothing to do with Al Qaeda," a Yemeni lawyer warned on Twitter last month. President Obama should keep this message in mind before ordering more drone strikes like Wednesday's, which local officials say killed 27 people, or the May 15 strike that killed at least eight Yemeni civilians. http://is.gd/PMBbL4 
 
 
 
Lawmakers want legal justification for drone strikes:  A group of more than two dozen anti-war lawmakers wants the White House to explain the legal justification for "signature" drone strikes, in which drone attacks can be launched when the identity of those killed is not known. http://is.gd/vIEPyA 
 
 
 
British occupation force soldier killed in grenade blast in Afghanistan;  The soldier, who has not yet been named, was on a patrol to disrupt insurgent activity in the north of Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand Province when he was caught in the blast from an enemy grenade yesterday. http://is.gd/r9XXTM 
 
 
 
Are U.S. military leaders lying about Afghanistan?:  Senior military officials are lying to the American public about conditions on the ground in Afghanistan. http://is.gd/W4M3aT 
 
 
 
Car bomb damages major Shiite shrine in Syria:  A suicide bomber detonated his van packed with explosives in a Damascus suburb on Thursday, wounding 14 people and damaging one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines, according to Syria's state-run news agency and witnesses. http://is.gd/oApxI5 
 
 
 
Syrian "Rebels" Now Using EFPs in Bombs, Bane of US in Iraq:  "Rebels" in central Syria are constructing bigger and more effective bombs, and a steady flow of money from the militants' leadership in Turkey has allowed them to purchase sufficient amounts of small arms. http://is.gd/e7U4Ef 
 
 
 
How the U.S. Is Using Technology to Aid Syria's Rebels:  Syria's regime may have overwhelming firepower, but the rebels are winning in another arena- with U.S. help http://is.gd/OLXkIK 
 
 
 
Israel may use military force 'to secure' Syria's alleged chemical arsenal:  Israeli Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh, the country's deputy military chief, warned that Syria could pose a threat to Israel with its chemical weapons. He declared Syria has "the largest chemical warfare stockpiles in the world," http://is.gd/Y0h4np 
 
 
 
A closer look at Russian arms sales to Syria:  Some Russian military analysts said the helicopters mentioned by Clinton could be some of the older Soviet-supplied ones that are being sent back to Syria after maintenance in Russia. http://is.gd/DS2YcI 
 
 
 
Iran arrests suspects over nuclear scientists' assassination:  Iran intelligence ministry claims detained suspects are linked to assassinations of nuclear scientists and have ties with Israel http://is.gd/eklckF 
 
 
 
Japan to pass bill to insure Iran oil imports -report:  Japan's lower house is set to pass a special bill on Friday to allow it to provide insurance for continuing Iranian crude imports, making it the first country to attempt to initiate sovereign cover once EU sanctions on Iran are expected to start in July, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Thursday. http://is.gd/NyuGMX 
 
 
 
Gaza water too contaminated to drink, say charities:  The charities Save the Children and Medical Aid for Palestinians say the number of children being treated for diarrhoea has doubled in five years. They say Israel's five-year blockade of the territory is preventing crucial sanitation equipment from getting in. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18436602 
 
 
 
Obama honors Israeli criminal with Medal of Freedom:  US President Barack Obama has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Israeli President Shimon Peres, the man who has overseen the killing of Palestinian women and children by Israeli forces in the occupied territories for decades. http://is.gd/1Nvofc 
 
 
 
Israel's Dublin embassy planned to smear Palestine activists as sexual deviants and Mossad agents:  Israel's deputy ambassador in Dublin proposed to her superiors a plan to personally smear Palestine solidarity activists - especially Israelis - to "humiliate and shame them" as suffering from psychological and sexual problems and imply that they work for Israel's spy agency Mossad. http://is.gd/Osjate 
 
 
 
Chavez says Venezuela has started making drones, assembling Kalashnikov rifles:  Venezuela has spent billions of dollars for Russian arms and military aircraft since 2005, including 24 Sukhoi fighter jets, dozens of attack helicopters and 100,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles."We are a free and independent country," Chavez said. http://is.gd/DCDGMU 
 
 
 
World's Richest Man Calls For Increasing Retirement Age To 70:  Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim, who is the world's richest manwith a fortune of $65 billion, believes that struggling countries need to raise their retirement age to 70 in order to help fix their finances: http://is.gd/gMWLWZ 
 
 
 
Greeks pull money from banks ahead of poll:  People stocking up on non-perishable food amid fears Sunday's election result will see Greece ultimately exit the euro. http://is.gd/En5jTQ 
 
 
 
Obama scapegoats Euro for miserable US economy Video -  Michael Hudson, economics professor for the University of Missouri, joins us with more. http://is.gd/xxCBoh 
 
 
 
Robert Reich: Why Taxes Have to Be Raised on the Rich : 2 minute video - Video http://is.gd/DawUhc 
 
 
 
Murder cases in Chicago hit record high at 228 murders in 6 months:  The number of murders in the city is reportedly twice as many as the number of Americans lost on the battlefields of Afghanistan over the past six months. http://is.gd/SW4snk 
                      
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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:  4,807


Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,047

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
 
  $1,342,317,292,141                

 
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