Protesters in Egypt call on military to leave power
• www.breitbart.comSeveral thousand protesters in Cairo called on the ruling military on Friday to promptly transfer power to a civilian government and exclude old regime figures from politics.
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Israeli prisoner swap may be prelude to attack on Iran
• Washington TimesPrime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to execute a 1,000-for-1 prisoner exchange despite his voiced opposition to such lopsided deals is seen as an effort to “clear the deck” before possibly undertaking an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
U.S. troops to begin leaving Kandahar
• Washington PostThe U.S. military is planning to start withdrawing troops from this volatile southern city, shifting them to neighboring rural areas even as the Taliban shows it is capable of penetrating the city to attack, according to U.S. and Afghan military offi
Assassinating Children
• www.fff.org - by Jacob G. HornbergerThe extraordinary power of the U.S. government to assassinate people has, once again, been manifested in the assassination of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki...... the 16-year-old son of Anwar al-Awlaki.
On Those Syrian 'Protestors' and Turkey: War Is Coming Soon
• Lew RockwellHundreds of Syrian army and police forces have been killed by the much-vaunted "unarmed democracy protestors," a fact almost completely ignored by the US press. Instead, US media outlets, even some alternative and antiwar sites, focus exclusively on
In Slap at Syria, Turkey Shelters Anti-Assad Fighters
• NY TimesOnce one of Syria’s closest allies, Turkey is hosting an armed opposition group waging an insurgency against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, providing shelter to the commander and dozens of members of the group, the Free Syrian Army, and
Reaping what we have sown
• TheEconomicCollapse.ComWhat Have We Gotten For The Trillion Dollars We Have Spent On Wars In Afghanistan, Iraq And Libya?
The Big Gangsters and the Superpower Vicious Cycle - by Michael S. Rozeff
• Lew RockwellThe big gangsters who run the big gangs (including Obama, Cameron, Merkel, Sarkozy, and others in NATO) have shown that they can sometimes replace the little gangsters who run the little gangs, like Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi.
Iran’s supreme leader floats proposal to abolish presidency
• Washington PostA proposal by Iran’s supreme leader to radically alter the country’s constitution and abolish the presidency is drawing praise from his supporters but criticism from influential politicians. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was appointed supreme leader
The Sun Never Sets on the US Military
• AntiWar.comOnce again, President Obama has ordered U.S. soldiers into harm’s way unnecessarily. Last week, he quietly told the U.S. Congress that he had sent 100 U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers into Uganda to help governments in central Africa fight a rebel a
U.S. pulls ambassador out of Syria, citing threats
• Washington PostThe Obama administration said it had called home the US ambassador to Syria over concerns about his personal safety, prompting Damascus to pull its ambassador from Washington in a dramatic deterioration in the tense US-Syrian relationship.
2nd explosion goes off in Nairobi; at least 1 dead
• APAn explosion went off near a crowded bus stop Monday evening as people sought rides home, killing at least one person and wounding eight. The evening blast was the second of the day in Kenya's capital, twin assaults that came two days after the U.S.
7.2 quake in Turkey kills 138, collapses buildings
• APCries of panic and horror filled the air as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 138 people as buildings pancaked and crumpled into rubble. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the rubble and re
Iraq rejects US request to maintain bases after troop withdrawal
• The GuardianThe US suffered a major diplomatic and military rebuff when Iraq finally rejected its pleas to maintain bases in the country beyond this year. The Iraqi decision is a boost to Iran, which has been battling against permanent American bases.
Afghanistan to back Pakistan if wars with U.S.: Karzai
• ReutersAfghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday.
Saudi crown prince dies, leaving succession uncertain
• Christian Science MonitorThe younger brother of King Abdullah was in his 80s, and there is no formal method to name a replacement from the sprawling royal family.
Iraq PM: Immunity issue scuttled US troop deal
• APIraq's prime minister said US troops are leaving Iraq after 9 years because Baghdad rejected American demands that any US military forces to stay would have to be shielded from prosecution or lawsuits. It was Iraq who refused to let the US remain und
Clinton says U.S. officials have met with Haqqanis
• ReutersSecretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that the United States had held a preliminary meeting with representatives of the Haqqani network, a group of militants Washington has blamed for a series of attacks in Afghanistan. The revelation cam
Turkey keeps up bombing of rebel bases in Iraq
• AFPTurkish jets kept up bombing raids on Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq overnight, as the rebels confirmed that some Turkish troops crossed into Iraq, officials and media reports said on Friday. Turkish war planes continued to take off from Diy
Obama Announces Complete Drawdown of US Troops in Iraq to Zero By 2011
• APPresident Obama today announced that the United States will pull all its troop from Iraq by the end of the year. “The rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year,” the president said. “After nine years, America’s war in Iraq w
Kenya, Uganda snared in Battle for Africa
• www.upi.comBut so is securing the emerging energy boom in West and East Africa, along with other minerals in what is becoming a strategic contest between the United States and China, widely seen as the Americans' paramount rival in the years ahead.
In Egypt, corruption cases had an American government root
• Washington PostBeginning two decades ago, the United States government bankrolled an Egyptian think tank dedicated to economic reform. A different outcome is only now becoming visible in the fallout from Egypt’s Arab Spring. Formed with a $10 million endowment f
Is Israel its Own Worst Enemy?
• arcleinAnd now, after two intifadas and thousands of qasam rockets and thousands of Israelis and Palestinians dead and thousands more wounded or maimed for life, Abbas goes to the UN and tells the world that getting his state will not end the conflict. Ins
U.S. and Afghan Troops Battle to Control Key Route
• NY TimesAmerican and Afghan troops have killed at least 115 insurgents as part of a tough fight to gain control of a critical corridor and resupply route to a key American base in northeastern Afghanistan, according to Afghan and American military officers.
Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners: UN
• AFPIran's authoritarian regime has been secretly executing hundreds of prisoners, according to a new UN report detailing growing rights abuses in the Islamic republic. The mysterious executions at Vakilabad prison in Mashhad in eastern Iran were high
Ahmadinejad Says He Doesn’t Expect War Between Iran and U.S.
• www.prisonplanet.comIranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he doesn’t expect a war with the U.S. despite the “wish” of some in the U.S. government.
Israeli Soldier Freed in Swap for 1,000 Prisoners
• APLooking thin, weary and dazed, an Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners whose joyful families greeted them with massive celebrations. Gilad
US Begins Huge Military Maneuvers Aimed at Iran
• www.prisonplanet.comThe United States will this week commence huge military maneuvers aimed at Iran, with a massive air fleet patrolling middle eastern skies ready to land at any time, in response to Iran’s involvement in an alleged assassination plot that experts have
Iran and the Hollywood Script: A Collaborative Effort
• Lew RockwellAccording to FBI director Robert Muller, the latest FBI-created-and-miraculously-defeated terror threat — this time straight out of Iran and straight from the top — was something "straight out of a Hollywood script." Take him at his word
Petraeus’s CIA Fuels Iran Murder Plot
• ConsortiumNews.ComDavid Ignatius, in his accustomed role as unofficial surrogate CIA spokesman, has thrown light on how the CIA under its new director, David Petraeus, helped craft the screenplay for this week’s White House spy feature: the Iranian-American-used-car-s
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