Putin Is the New Global Shah of Oil
Marin KatusaHow much energy-sector power can Russian President Vladimir Putin attain?
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Obama moves to make the War on Terror permanent
• http://www.guardian.co.uk, Glenn GreenwaldComplete with a newly coined, creepy Orwellian euphemism – 'disposition matrix' – the administration institutionalizes the most extremist powers a government can claim
Game-Changer: Netanyahu-Lieberman Pact Turns Israeli Politics Upside-Down
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzNew Likud-Beiteinu Bloc Could Be All-or-Nothing Proposition
The Afghan War: Just the Facts
• http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff ReportA suicide bomber targeted worshippers who had gathered at a mosque in north Afghanistan for prayers to mark Eid al-Adha, killing at least 41 people.
Britain Rejects US Request to Use Bases in Attacking Iran
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzBritish Lawyers Warn Attack Would Violate International Law
Afghan Policeman Kills Two US Troops in Insider Attack
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzOfficials Offer Few Details on Uruzgan Province Killings
Afghanistan mosque suicide bomb attack kills at least 41
• http://www.bbc.co.ukA suicide bomber targeted worshippers who had gathered at a mosque in north Afghanistan for prayers to mark Eid al-Adha, killing at least 41 people.
British Court Considers Inquiry into UK Involvement in CIA Drone War
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserNoor Khan's father was killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan along with 40 other people last year
Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Craig WhitlockAround the clock, about 16 times a day, drones take off or land at a U.S. military base here, the combat hub for the Obama administration’s counterterrorism wars in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East.
Romney Right on Iran With Hayden
• arclein“not very hopeful” that negotiations with the Iranians will dissuade them from developing nuclear weapons. And he predicts that a President Romney would “review” Obama’s exemption of some of Iran’s major trading partners from imposing sanctions on t
Genocide in Bani Walid
Stephen Lendmangenocide
Remote U.S. base at core of secret operations
• Washington PostSome of the unmanned aircraft are bound for Somalia, the collapsed state whose border lies just 10 miles to the southeast. Most of the armed drones, however, veer north across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen, another unstable country where they are being u
Army Suicides This Year Exceed 2012 Combat Deaths in Afghanistan
• http://cnsnews.com, By Patrick BurkeThe number of suicides among U.S. Army active duty and reserve personnel in 2012 is higher than the total combined military fatalities from Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan over the same timeframe.
Sudan Accuses Israel Of Bombing Military Factory
• businessinsider.com, Abdelmoneim Abu Edris AliSudan on Wednesday accused Israel of carrying out missile strikes against a military factory that killed two people in Khartoum overnight and threatened to retaliate.
REPORT: Iran Is Bypassing Sanctions And Redefining International Trade With Gold
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Tyler DurdenIn recent months there has been a lot of incorrect speculation that because Iran has been shut off from the petrodollar, SWIFT-mediated regime, its economy will implode as the country has no access to the all important greenback and can thus not cond
Activists Challenge Israeli Lawlessness
Stephen LendmanIsrael
US State Dept. Demands Lebanon Form New Govt.
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzSays New Govt. Needed to 'Counter Syria'
America’s Drone Terrorism
• http://www.fff.org, by Sheldon RichmanIn the United States, the dominant narrative about the use of drones in Pakistan is of a surgically precise and effective tool that makes the U.S. safer by enabling “targeted killing” of terrorists, with minimal downsides or collateral impacts.
Romney Adviser: We'll Have Ahmadinejad Arrested
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Benjy Sarlin,For a candidate who frequently accuses President Obama of kowtowing to the international community, Mitt Romney’s aides sure have an optimistic view of the global justice system.
Lessons of History - Iranian Coup of 1953
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by GBAmericaLessons of History - Coup of 1953
How Iran Evades The Western Blockade: The Turkey-Dubai-Iran PetroGold Triangle
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenIn recent months there has been a lot of incorrect speculation that because Iran has been shut off from the petrodollar, SWIFT-mediated regime, its economy will implode as the country has no access to the all important greenback and can thus not cond
White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails
• ReutersOfficials at the White House and State Department were advised 2 hours after attackers assaulted the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group claimed credit for the attack, official emails show.
Russia: Syria rebels have US-made shoulder fired missiles
• BBC NewsA senior Russian general has said Syrian rebels have anti-aircraft weapons, including US-made Stingers. Gen Nikolai Makarov was quoted by the Interfax news service as saying the origin of the surface-to-air missiles should be "cleared up".
Ship to Gaza Activists Brutalized
Stephen LendmanIsrael
NYPD paid informant to ‘bait’ Muslims and spy on mosques
• RawstoryAn American of Bengali descent says the NYPD paid him to spy on mosques and “bait” Muslims into talking about jihad and terrorism. He agreed facing several misdemeanor arrests for marijuana would result in serious legal consequences..
US Blasts Syrian Govt. Because Rebels Attacked Jordanian Troops
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzWith sectarian spillover from the Syrian Civil War continuing to boil over in Lebanon over the weekend, Syrian rebel fighters attacked a group of Jordanian troops along the border, killing one and suggesting that yet another nation bordering Syria is
Philip Giraldi Discusses The Upcoming Session On Christian Zionism And Islamophobia
• http://scotthorton.org, Philip GiraldiPhilip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the upcoming session on Christian Zionism and Islamophobia in Washington D.C. on October 24th
Israel Wages War on Human Rights
Stephen LendmanIsrael
Direct US/Iran Nuclear Talks
Stephen LendmanIran
Israeli Commandos Electro-Torture Ship to Gaza Activists
Stephen LendmanGaza
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