Tuesday, August 7, 2012

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"First Afghanistan, now Iraq. So who's next? Syria? North Korea? Iran? Where will it all end?' If these illegal interventions are permitted to continue, the implication seems to be, pretty soon, horror of horrors, no murderously repressive regimes might remain."Daniel Kofman, A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq


"My number one priority continues to be the security of the United States, but also the security of Israel"Barack Obama - 2012


"If I am president, I will begin by imposing a new round of far tougher economic sanctions on Iran. I will do this together with the world if we can, unilaterally if we must." - Mitt Romney


"My sons are all adults and they've made decisions about their careers and they've chosen not to serve in the military and active duty and I respect their decision in that regard. One of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping me get elected because they think I'd be a great president." - Mitt Romney


"Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript oƒ a divine letter.
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look inside yourself;
everything that you want,
you are already that." 
- Rumi - September 1207 - December 1273 - Persia Poet





By Jacob Heilbrunn

A devastating strike would create an upsurge of patriotism in America and fully neutralize Mitt Romney's contention that Obama is a foreign-policy wimp. It could allow Obama to sweep to victory in November.



Propaganda Wars?
Is Saudi Arabia on the Edge?

By David Ignatius

The Saudis have been struggling to contain Shiite protests in Al-Qatif, in the kingdom's oil-rich eastern province. Those protests, which the Saudis believe are Iran-inspired.




The Untold History of The Project for the New American Century

Video

This documentary demonstrates how the first film theaters in the US were used over a hundred years ago to broadcast propaganda to rile the American people into the Spanish-American War. The film exposes how every major war in US history was based on a complete fraud .


The Science of Genocide

By Chris Hedges

On this day in 1945 the United States demonstrated that it was as morally bankrupt as the Nazi machine it had recently vanquished and the Soviet regime with which it was allied.



The Two Faces of a Police State:
Sheltering Tax Evaders, Financial Swindlers and Money Launderers while Policing the Citizens

By James Petras

Never in the history of the United States have we witnessed crimes committed on the scale and scope of the present day by both private and state elites.



Almost a Billion Go Hungry Worldwide

By Sarah Morrison

For the first time in recent history, humanitarian organisations have had to respond to three serious food crises - in West Africa, Yemen and East Africa - in the past 12 months.



7 Killed at Sikh Temple in Wisconsin Shooting
U.S. Officials Believe 'White Supremacist' Behind 'Domestic Terrorism'

By COLLEEN CURRY, MICHAEL S. JAMES, RICHARD ESPOSITO and JACK DATE

The apparent gunman was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with the wounded police officer outside the temple and was one of the seven dead.


Architects of Control : Mass Control and Future of Mankind

Video

Will the "perfect" human be a dumbed down, regimented inhabitant of a cyber purgatory created by unseen powers? Will the children of tomorrow be smiling depressives of a technocratic dystopia?



Hard News  
  
 
Yemen: suicide bomber kills 45 people at funeral wake:
The bomber appeared to have been targeting the head of a group of tribal fighters that sided with the Yemeni army during an offensive that drove al-Qaeda-linked militants from their strongholds in the southern province of Abyan.



15 soldiers killed in checkpoint attack in Egypt's Sinai:
The attack happened immediately after sunset prayer during Iftar when the troops were suddenly attacked by masked gunmen. After exchanging fire, the attackers escaped and the security forces were still pursuing them.



Egyptian village purged of Christians after riot:
Dahshour's entire Christian community - as many as 100 families some estimate - fled to nearby towns in the violence earlier this week. The flock's priest, cloaked in a white sheet to hide him, was taken out in a police van. At least 16 homes and properties of Christians were pillaged and some torched and a church damaged.



3 policemen among 4 killed in Iraq attacks:
Attacks mainly targeting Iraqi security forces killed four people, among them three policemen, and wounded nine on Sunday, security and medical officials said.


Turkey says 115 Kurdish 'rebels" killed in offensive:
Turkey's security forces have killed as many as 115 Kurdish rebels during a major security offensive over the past two weeks, the country's interior minister said Sunday.


Turkey denies reports that Syria has arrested its general:
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has categorically denied reports that a Turkish army general was arrested while assisting the Syrian rebels in Aleppo today.



2 occupation force soldiers killed in Afghan attack:
 Two New Zealand soldiers have been killed and six wounded in a battle in central Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Key said on Sunday, while ruling out the possibility of an accelerated troop pull out.



Karzai accepts dismissal of top security ministers:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai accepted on Sunday a vote by the country's parliament to dismiss his two top security ministers, but ordered both to remain in their jobs pending replacement, a move aimed at safeguarding fragile stability.



Free Syrian Army forced to 'strategically retreat' in Aleppo
- Video



Horrors of war: Mass grave discovered in Damascus:
As the Syrian Army expelled rebel forces out of the capital of Damascus, soldiers discovered a mass grave of 20 corpses buried under rocks and other debris.



Let Syrians kill each other:
Arm Syrian rebels: 3 US Senators:
Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham said in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post they were aware of the risks associated with deepening US involvement in the conflict in Syria. "But inaction carries even greater risks for the United States -- in lives lost, strategic opportunities squandered and values compromised," they argued.



Syrian premier sacked:
President Bashar al-Assad appointed Riyad Hijab, a former agriculture minister, as prime minister only in June following a parliamentary election



Free Syrian Army kidnapped Iranian pilgrims near Damascus, report says:
Iranian semi-official Fars news agency quotes Syrian official as identifying the assailants in the reported attack on a bus near Damascus as being members of the main opposition faction.



Iran to host its own regional summit on Syria violence:
Islamic Republic will invite countries with 'realistic stances' on Syria in order to find 'way out of current crisis;' Iranian currency sinks 5 percent in trading against U.S. dollar.



Engineering Consent For An Attack On Iran :
Netanyahu: Khamenei 'Not a Rational Leader':
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu explains in closed conversations why he is seriously considering attacking Iran's nuclear facilities.


Fact or fiction? King Abdullah invites Iran to OIC summit `
"King" Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders to be held this month in the holy city of Makkah, state news agency SPA reported Sunday.



Is Saudi Arabia on the Edge?:
The Saudis have been struggling to contain Shiite protests in Al-Qatif, in the kingdom's oil-rich eastern province. Those protests, which the Saudis believe are Iran-inspired.



Who pays the piper calls the tune:
Report: Adelson asked Romney to publicly demand release of Jonathan Pollard:
Adelson, reportedly also asked Romney to state that the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are a waste of time because the Palestinians are unwilling to make peace, and also to make a firm commitment to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.



Anemia drugs made billions, but at what cost?:
For several years, Epogen ranked as the single costliest medicine under Medicare: U.S. taxpayers put up as much as $3 billion a year for the drugs.
http://is.gd/ip2pkj


..............................keep fighting the good fight, with your minds as weapons....
..................kosmicdebris........................

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