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  "Place me not with those who are weak of mind and willingly give up the rights of others, for these poor ignorant souls know not that the rights they give up are their own!" -- 
Warren Friton
 

"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine

" As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."  Josh Billings:  
 
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being".  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
 
"The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity, but the one that removes awareness of other possibilities." -   Alan Bloom - (1930-1992)
 
"The people have the power, all we have to do is awaken that power in the people. The people are unaware. They're not educated to realize that they have power. The system is so geared that everyone believes the government will fix everything. We are the government." -  John Lennon

January 07, 2018
                         

 Op-Ed


Iran 'Ground Zero' for US Regime Change
By Finian Cunningham
Iran has sound reason to suspect a pernicious agenda seeking to exploit social protests. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48527.htm
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New Book Reveals Plan to Cede Control of West Bank and Gaza to Jordan and Egypt
By Amir Tibon
'Fire and Fury' also sheds light on rivalry between Kushner and Bannon on Israel policy. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48526.htm
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Trump After Saudi Palace Coup: 'We've Put Our Man on Top'
By Spencer Ackerman
Trump told friends that he and Jared had engineered a Saudi coup. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48532.htm
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Iran in 2018
By Paul Craig Roberts
If Washington succeeds in destabilizing Iran, Russia and China are next. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48528.htm
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Will Trump Use "Human Rights" to Kill the Iran Nukes Deal?
By Mike Whitney
"Forty-five US military bases encircle Iran, with over 125,000 troops in close proximity". http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48524.htm
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Trump and the Causes of the Iran Protests
By Trita Parsi
It was the Iranian government's leaked budget that enraged the public. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48529.htm
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Trump Would Do The Palestinians A Favour By Cutting Off Aid To The PA
By Abdel Bari Atwan
I pray and implore God that Trump cuts off the Palestinian Authority (PA) $300 million annual grant.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48534.htm
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What's Behind the 'Disappearance' Of 420,000 Palestinians in Lebanon?
By Franklin Lamb
Iran, according to even neighborhood Hezbollah sources, has vastly overreached in the region with its hegemonic objectives. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48523.htm
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Mapping a World From Hell
By Tom Engelhardt
76 Countries Are Now Involved in Washington's War on Terror. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48530.htm
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Are Our Leaders Really That Stupid? Or...
By John Perkins
How many of our elected officials own stock in Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics and the other merchants of death? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48531.htm
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'This Ship is Sinking' Says Former Bush Official
The Empire File
What interests are behind U.S. wars, the manipulation of intelligence and why the U.S. Empire is doomed. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48535.htm  
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No More Worshiping Of The Military
By Dave Lindorff
Time to Call out US Militarism for What It Is: The Key Threat to America's Security. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48525.htm
 


Hard News

'At least 18 killed' in explosion in Idlib city in Syria
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-idlib-attack-explosion-terrorism-isis-assad-a8146851.html

Rocket kills eight IS members planning for attacks against Iraq-Syria borders
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/rocket-kills-eight-members-planning-attacks-iraq-syria-borders/

Turkey kills 6 PKK militants in N. Iraq
https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2682047&language=en

Five people killed, injured in bomb blast near Baghdad café
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/five-people-killed-injured-bomb-blast-near/

US Plans to Recognize Kurdish Area in Syria 3x Size of Lebanon 'Soon' - Reports
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201801071060574215-us-recognition-kurdish-area-syria-reports/

'World is doomed': Erdogan denounces U.S.:
"The United States is carrying out ... a chain of plots, and these are not just legal but also economic plots," Erdogan said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-turkey/world-is-doomed-erdogan-denounces-u-s-justice-after-turkish-banker-trial-idUSKBN1EU0MC

R obert Fisk: Why is Trump's CIA's man in Iran, missing from conversations about the protests?
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-protests-donald-trump-michael-dandrea-us-opposition-hassan-rouhani-reform-violence-riots-a8141271.html

A foreign leader - Netanyahu - set Trump's agenda in Middle East, Michael Wolff book says
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/01/foreign-netanyahu-jerusalem/

Russia berates the US for calling UN Security Council meeting over protests in Iran that have left at least 21 dead
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5241401/Russia-berates-Iran-Security-Council-meeting.html

Trump administration condemns EU for not supporting Iran protesters
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rex-tillerson-eu-iran-protests-latest-rex-tillerson-european-union-brexit-a8145206.html

'Fix or cancel': Tillerson says a change to law on Iran deal could come next week
https://www.rt.com/usa/415125-tillerson-iran-deal-congress-changes/

U.S., Israeli, Saudi Policies On Iran 'Would Lead Us To War': French President

https://forward.com/fast-forward/391572/us-israeli-saudi-policies-on-iran-would-lead-us-to-war-french-president/

Tapes Reveal Egyptian Leaders' Tacit Acceptance of Jerusalem Move
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/world/middleeast/egypt-jerusalem-talk-shows.html?

Israel publishes blacklist of BDS groups to be barred from country
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-publishes-blacklist-of-bds-groups-to-be-barred-from-country/

Israel Accused Of Revoking Thousands Of Jerusalem Residency Permits From Palestinians
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/06/574678148/israel-accused-of-revoking-thousands-of-jerusalem-residency-permits-from-palesti

13 killed in Casamance, Senegal's Macky Sall orders probe
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/africa/13-killed-in-Casamance-Senegal-Macky-Sall-orders-probe--/1066-4254804-cm41gw/index.html

Eight women migrants die as 86 are plucked from a sinking smugglers' boat off the coast of Libya
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5243765/Eight-women-migrants-die-boat-sinks-near-Libya.html

20 of us were sold for 1000 dinars ($735) - Uwumarogie, Libya returnee
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/20-us-sold-1000-dinars-735-uwumarogie-libya-returnee/

9 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/9-taliban-insurgents-killed-in-afghanistan/1224735

Trump backs call for Bill to end all aid to Pakistan
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/trump-backs-senators-call-for-bill-to-end-us-aid-to-pak/articleshow/62393899.cms

Foreign Minister Asif says Pakistan alliance with US 'over'
https://www.geo.tv/latest/175668-khawaja-asif-says-considers-pakistans-alliance-with-us-over

Trump takes credit for Olympics talks between North and South Korea
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/06/trump-north-south-korea-talks-olympics

Trump 'absolutely' willing to talk to Kim Jong-un
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/trump-absolutely-talk-kim-jong-180107072125596.html

Exclusive: Dirty deal traced to three Ukrainian tycoons
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/exclusive-dirty-deal-traced-ukrainian-tycoons-171217131747631.html

UN report on human rights slams new Trump tax law
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/un-report-on-human-rights-slams-new-trump-tax-law/

Watch: WH aide: Bannon's comments 'grotesque'
https://news.google.com/news/video/KlaLNosL0fc/dWaWKJyH76XQbDMen39vESyfPq_iM?hl=en&gl=US&ned=us

Congressman Matt Gaetz 'Clinton Foundation Was A Money-Laundering Operation For Friends of Bill'...
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/949460069237821440/video/1

As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel the Sting

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/us/international-enrollment-drop.html?

Trump Administration to Roll Back Fines for Nursing Home Abuse
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trump-administration-roll-back-fines-nursing-home-abuse/

Attorney General Sessions Coming for Nation's Legalized Pot
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/01/04/not-drill-attorney-general-sessions-coming-nations-legalized-pot



Peace and Joy

Tom Feeley
 
Cost Of War
 
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"


Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,801


Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,430

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
1,807,814,404,616   
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