Iran unveils new combat helicopter
• upi.comIran on the final day of naval combat exercises Wednesday announced the launch of its next generation of combat helicopters.
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Dozens killed, wounded in airstrike near Damascus
• Associated PressA Syrian warplane blasted a gas station near Damascus Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of people and igniting a huge fire in what could be one of the bloodiest attacks in weeks during the 22-month civil war.
No Relief for Palestine in New Year
Stephen LendmanPalestine
At Least 41 Killed in Pakistan Militant Attacks
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzMass Executions of Captives, Attack on Shi'ite Pilgrims
US State Dept made 'grievous mistake' over Benghazi-Senate report
• ReutersThe State Department made a "grievous mistake" in keeping the U.S. mission in Benghazi open despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat assessments in the weeks before a deadly attack by militants, a Senate committee said on Monday.
Beating Up on Iran and Syria
Stephen Lendmananti-war
The Gatekeepers: Exposing Israel's Dark Side
Stephen LendmanIsrael
Who Murdered Benazir Bhutto?
• lewrockwell.com/Eric MargolisBy the time her season's greeting card and a handwritten note arrived in my office, my old friend Benazir Bhutto was already dead. The card mailed in Pakistan days before her murder, remains on my desk to this today, a touching last link from this re
CONNECTING THE DOTS
We must leave Afghanistan and the Middle East immediately
Frosty WooldridgeFor all the wasted lives of the Afghanistan War, isn’t it about time we pick up and leave that God-forsaken Islamic crazy place? We haven’t accomplished anything in 10 years—why spend another two years wasting money, lives and resources?
Rare Israeli Justice
Stephen LendmanIsrael
America's Allies Feed Christians to the Dogs
• Lew Rockwell blogAndrei Arbashe, a young Syrian Christian, had just gotten married and his wife was about to give birth. He had his life ahead of him. But thanks to the US/Saudi/Qatari/Israeli-supported rebels that was not to be. Instead he was beheaded by Obama
Obama signs law against Iran Latin America influence
• AFPThe Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act passed calling for the State Dept. to develop a strategy to “address Iran’s growing hostile presence and activity” in the region. The strategy is confidential and only accessible to lawmakers
Pakistan reports 21 tribal policemen kidnapped, found dead
• http://www.foxnews.com, Associated PressGovernment officials say 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban have been found shot dead in northwest Pakistan.
Why Soldiers Keep Losing to Suicide
• Sarah Childress, FrontlineThe military’s suicide problem seems to be rooted partly in the strain of war. The U.S. has been fighting in Afghanistan for 11 years, most of them while also battling a protracted insurgency in Iraq. Deployments for many service members were extende
Cold War Politics Heats Up
Stephen Lendmanimperialism
Israel's Long Arm
Stephen LendmanIsrael
Ray McGovern: My Take
The Larger Question of Chuck Hagel
Ray McGovernThe up-in-the-air nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Defense Secretary has become a test of whether the Israel Lobby can still shoot down an American public servant who is deemed insufficiently passionate regarding Israel, a test that now confronts Pres
Bahraini State Terror
Stephen LendmanBahrain
Syrian conflict threatens to fracture Iraq
• Christian Science MonitorSemi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan and the central Iraqi government are on a collision course as the Kurds increasingly side with the Syrian opposition and Baghdad stands by the Assad regime.
Should We Bomb Iran to Save Money?
• The National Interest...there are substantial costs associated with a nuclear-armed Iran. Increasing tension in the region could certainly add to the security premium on Gulf oil.
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, coalition forces leader during Persian Gulf War, dies
• Fox newsTruth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn't care much for his popular "Stormin' Norman" nickname.
Israelis find 2,750-year-old temple
• http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com, By Alan BoyleArchaeologists have uncovered a 2,750-year-old temple near Jerusalem, along with pottery and clay figurines that suggest the site was the home base for a ritual cult, the Israeli Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.
Moscow Talks on Syria
Stephen LendmanSyria
CIA’s Global Response Staff emerging from shadows after incidents in Libya and Pakistan
• Washington PostThe rapid collapse of a U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya exposed the vulnerabilities of State Dept. facilities overseas. But the CIA’s ability to fend off a second attack that same night provided a glimpse of a key element in the agency’s defensive
NATO driving export of RFID, NCTC database state policy in India, abroad
• MoneyLife[India's] NPR, NATGRID, NCTC and UID are unfolding without any legal mandate. It appears UID was, and remains, an attention diversion exercise. The real work is being done by Home Ministry to establish the world’s biggest surveillance database regime
Blogger's death stirs political hornet's nest in Iran
• http://www.reuters.com, By Babak DehghanpishehThere was little about Sattar Beheshti that made him stand out in a working-class suburb south of Tehran called Robat Karim.
A First-Hand Account Of The Beginning Of A Military Coup In Mali
• http://www.mintpress.net, Joseph OdhiamboI summoned courage to finally draw back the curtains and leaned cautiously through my open window into the warm night
Netanyahu/Lieberman Coalition
Stephen LendmanIsrael
Over 45,000 killed in Syria conflict, says watchdog
• AFPMore than 45,000 people have been killed in Syria since the outbreak in March 2011 of an anti-regime revolt that became a bloody insurgency after a brutal crackdown on dissent, a watchdog said Wednesday. “In all we have documented the deaths of 45
Egypt Constitution Passes With 63.8 Percent ‘Yes’ Vote
• http://news.antiwar.com, by JasonNearly Two Years After Mubarak Resignation, Egypt Has a Constitution
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