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Panetta: Pentagon ‘Ready’ to Attack Iran
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzInternational Community 'Unified' on Move, Panetta Insists
UN Security Council issues statement condemning Houla Massacre
• http://www.rt.comThe UN Security Council has issued a statement condemning "in the strongest possible terms" the massacre of civilians in the Syrian village of Houla, during which more than 100 people are reported to have been killed.
No photo – no problem: NATO to ban its Afghan forces from taking war-zone pics
• http://www.rt.com,NATO forces in southwestern Afghanistan will implement a total ban on soldiers’ taking personal photos during military operations.
No photo – no problem: NATO to ban its Afghan forces from taking war-zone pics
• http://www.rt.com,NATO forces in southwestern Afghanistan will implement a total ban on soldiers’ taking personal photos during military operations.
Eight Afghan civilians said killed in NATO airstrike
• ReutersEight members of an Afghan family, including six children and two women, were killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities said on Sunday, although the NATO-led coalition said there was no evidence of any civilian casualties.
U.S. officials among the targets of Iran-linked assassination plots
• Washington PostIn November, the tide of daily cable traffic to the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan brought a chilling message for Ambassador Matthew Bryza, then the top U.S. diplomat to the small Central Asian country. A plot to kill Americans had been uncovered, the me
Syria Strongly Denies Allegations That Its Forces Killed More Than 100 People
• Huffington PostSyria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people – including women and children – in one of the deadliest days of the country's uprising, but the U.N. Security Council after an emergency session condemned government
Iran designs alternative system for SWIFT:CBI
• Press TV (Iran)Governor of the Central Bank of Iran(CBI) Mahmoud Bahmani says the country has designed and implemented a new system for conducting international transactions. Bahmani said on Saturday the new system, which has already been activated
Higher enrichment at Iranian site
• The Associated PressThe International Atomic Energy Agency has found evidence at an underground bunker in Iran that could mean the country has moved closer to producing the uranium threshold needed to arm nuclear missiles, diplomats said Friday.
US Hacks Yemeni Web Sites in Propaganda Campaign
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserSecretary of State Hillary Clinton essentially admitted to playing precisely the same dirty game al-Qaeda is playing
Amnesty criticizes U.S. for ‘unlawful’ bin Laden raid
• AFPAmnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the “unlawful” killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US commando raid in Pakistan last May.
Iran: Discovery will collapse Christianity
• WNDIran’s Basij Press is claiming a purported Gospel of Barnabas, discovered in 2000, will prove that Islam is the final and righteous religion, causing the collapse worldwide of Christianity.
Judicial Watch Obtains DOD and CIA Records Detailing Meetings with bin Laden Raid Filmmakers
• .Judicial Watch launched its investigation of Bigelow’s meetings with the Obama administration following reports suggesting the Obama administration leaked classified information to the director as source material for film.
Finally, an American Is Jailed for Actions Toward Iraq
• Lew Rockwell blogBut not an actual criminal. Presidents Reagan and H. W. Bush gave $ billions to prop up the corrupt Hussein dictatorship. Clinton imposed crippling sanctions, killing thousands — probably tens of thousands — of civilians. W. Bush tried to bomb Baghda
U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants
• Washington PostThe back-to-back drone strikes come during a difficult time in the counterterrorism alliance between the United States and Pakistan. Pakistan has publicly demanded an end to U.S. drone strikes, and the government has repeatedly found itself at odds w
Afghan girls poisoned in second anti-school attack
• ReutersMore than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blamed on Taliban in Northern Afghanistan.
GI says Muslim faith motive for Ft Hood bomb plot
• The Associated PressA Muslim U.S. soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops says he wasn't seeking vengeance but justice for people in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recording played at his federal trial Wednesday.
US unveils new tactics to tackle Al Qaeda propaganda
• http://www.rt.comHacking is a vital tool to fight extremist propaganda, US State Secretary Hillary Clinton has revealed.
Islamo-Christian violence in Minya: life imprisonment for 12 Copts, eight Muslims acquitted
• Asia NewsAn Egyptian court has sentenced 12 Coptic Christians to life imprisonment and acquitted eight Muslims, in a trial heavily criticized by human rights activists and legal experts.
Pakistani who helped US sentenced to prison
• The Associated PressA Pakistani doctor who helped the Central Intelligence Agency pin down Osama bin Laden's location under cover of a vaccination drive was convicted on Wednesday of treason and sentenced to 33 years in prison.
Congress 'Un-Declares' War with Iran
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Kate GouldAll 535 members of Congress are now on the record declaring that they have not authorized the use of military force against Iran in the latest round of legislation passed in the House and the Senate.
Iran says Western pressure at talks will be futile
• http://www.reuters.com, By Marcus GeorgeIranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday that any efforts by Western powers to put pressure on Iran at talks in Baghdad over its nuclear programme would be futile.
Egypt's first free election will be a 'lively race'
• http://www.telegraph.co.ukTelegraph correspondent Richard Spencer reports from Cairo as Egyptians cast their votes in an election that pits Islamists against men who served under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.
France has done ‘its duty’ in Afghanistan: Hollande
• AFPFrench President Francois Hollande said his country had done “more than its duty” in Afghanistan. He denied France would have to make a payback for pulling out its troops by the end of 2012 — a year earlier than planned.
Undercover Islamic Revelations
• arcleinNow, to its credit, and to the astonishment of many, Swedish television has done its own version ofUndercover Mosque. The 60 Minutes-style series Uppdrag: Granskning (Assignment: Investigation) sent two women in burkas into ten Swedish mosques. O
Shell Oil in Nigeria: A Social and Environmental Disaster
• by Friends of the Earth InternationalSEVENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE ASK OIL GIANT SHELL TO CLEAN UP ITS MESS IN NIGERIA
UN nuclear chief: Deal reached on Iran probe
• http://www.rt.comThe chief of the UN nuclear agency says he has reached a deal with Iran over probing suspected work on nuclear weapons, and adds that the agreement will be "signed quite soon."
NATO leaders agree to Afghan exit strategy
• http://www.aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera and agenciesAlliance endorses plan to withdraw troops by 2014, but fails to resolve issues such as supply routes through Pakistan.
Iraqi military to buy unmanned US drones to monitor oil fields
• The HillAmerican military drones are returning to the skies above Iraq more than five months after U.S. troops withdrew from the country. But this time, the drones will be operated by members of the Iraqi navy and will provide overwatch for the country's
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