Iranian Elections: The ‘Stolen Elections’ Hoax
There is hardly any election, in which the White House has a significant stake, where the electoral defeat of the pro-US candidate is not denounced as illegitimate by the entire political and mass media elite.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22868.htm
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The Waning Power of Truth
By Paul Craig Roberts
Until 1978 the US ruled Iran through the Shah. The US intends to again rule Iran through puppets. The only two remaining independent governments in the region are Iran and Syria. If the US doesn’t first bankrupt itself, both countries will fall to US black ops destabilization.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22867.htm
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To Rid the World of Bogeymen
By Stephen Gowans
Invoking a bogeyman is a very effective way for governments to induce their populations to fall into line; impending danger strikes a deep, primitive, and visceral chord.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22867.htm
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How Obama Will Outspend Reagan on Defense
The Pentagon Spigot is Wide Open
By Winslow T. Wheeler
If we add in the costs for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon budget for the current fiscal year – 2009 – exceeds any year since the end of World War II, including the spending peaks for the Korean and Vietnam wars.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22869.htm
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Gaza: Bombs, Missiles, Tanks And Bulldozers
By Jimmy Carter
Transcript of former US President Jimmy Carter’s Address to the United Nations Relief Works Agency’s Human Rights Graduation in Gaza, June 16, 2009.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22871.htm
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Why Aren’t Jews Outraged by Israeli Occupation?
By Antony Loewenstein
I recently attended the Salute to Israel parade in New York ? picture 100,000 American Jews marching to celebrate the state, waving flags in praise of the IDF. It was a thoroughly depressing affair.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22870.htm
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CIA Declassifies Report on Israel’s Nukes
By Walter Pincus
The 1960 report defends Israel’s nuclear ambitions, offers guidance on handling today’s nuclear-hopefuls.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22872.htm
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The Obama Financial Reforms
Road To Change Or Perdition?
By Danny Schechter
Stabilizing A Flawed System is Not The Same As Restructuring Or Remaking It .
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22873.htm
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Helping Afghan Refugees as US Bombs Continue to Fall:
Since 2001, the US Air Force has dropped nearly 31 million pounds (14,049 metric tons) of bombs on Afghanistan. The UN estimates that US airstrikes alone accounted for 64 percent of the 828 Afghan civilians killed last year.
http://snipurl.com/kh4ux
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Army offensive threatens Pakistan itself: Imran Khan:
“When the true horrors of the collateral damage are known … the Taliban will have won” through new recruits, Khan said.
http://snipurl.com/kh536
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‘The competition was transparent’:
Video
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8108704.stm
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President Obama “Very Concerned” At Ayatollah’s Comments:
President Obama said he is “very concerned” with the thrust of the statements made today by Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supporting the country’s disputed election results.
http://snipurl.com/kh58n
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UN, Aid Agencies Call For End To Israel’s Two-Year Blockade Of Gaza:
A group of nearly 40 United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today called for an end to Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has now been in force for two years and has left the population of 1.5 million almost totally dependent on international aid.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0906/S00262.htm
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US, Israel in plot to divide region: Nasrallah:
The leader of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, charged yesterday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent speech contained the seeds of an Israeli-US “scheme” being plotted against the Mideast region.
http://snipurl.com/kh5eo
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Israeli troops humiliate Palestinians – and put it on YouTube:
This clip, which has been viewed more than 2,800 times, shows the unknown Palestinian standing in a desert setting while a disembodied voice orders him in Hebrew to hit himself: “Yallah, start, do it hard!”
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094242.html
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Demonizing N. Korea:
Gates Orders Measures to Protect Hawaii From North Korea Missile:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he has ordered the U.S. military to take defensive measures should North Korea attempt to fire a ballistic missile toward Hawaii.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aDfBurSIZ74Y
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Act of war?
US Military To Intercept N.Korean Ship:
The USS John McCain, a navy destroyer, will intercept the ship Kang Nam as soon as it leaves the vicinity off the coast of China, according to a senior U.S. defense official.
http://snipurl.com/kh5i3
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World Hunger Reaches the 1 Billion People Mark::
More than a billion people – a sixth of the world’s population – are now hungry, a historic high due largely to the global economic crisis and stubbornly high food prices, a U.N. agency said Friday.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7879289
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The United States is Committing Economic Suicide:
Foreign entities will very soon own everything of value in the U.S. and they will become the major (or only) source of employment for U.S. citizens.
http://www.economyincrisis.org/articles/show/3026
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Treasury to Auction $104 Billion In Debt Next Week, a Record:
The Treasury announced Thursday a record $104 billion worth of bond auctions for next week, part of its herculean efforts to finance a rescue of the world’s largest economy.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/31429270
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California Rating Placed On Downgrade Watch By Moody’s:
California’s chances of borrowing in capital markets grew slimmer Friday as Moody’s Investors Service warned that it could downgrade the economically and fiscally beleaguered state’s bond ratings.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090619-708789.html
