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"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."  - Martin Luther King, Jr.


"This is my country, that is your country, these are the conceptions of narrow souls, to the liberal minded the whole world is a family"  -  Virchand Raghavji Gandhi


"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood." - Martin Luther King, Jr.


"If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into its fold, you've got to let everyone else in, too" -  Oscar Hammerstein


"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. John Lennon

 
December 16, 2012
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Syria: The Descent into Holy War

By Patrick Cockburn

It is one of the most horrifying videos of the war in Syria. It shows two men being beheaded by Syrian rebels, one of them by a child.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33331.htm 

 

Three Scenarios for Syria's Future

Great Video Interview - Joshua Landis By Lara Setrakian

The Sunni Arab Majority and Syrian Nationalism - How the "Turkish", "Iraqi", and "Lebanon" models play out for Syria.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33326.htm 

 

British State Terrorism from Northern Ireland to Syria

By Finian Cunningham

Moreover, the use of terror gangs to inflict mayhem and sectarian bloodletting is straight out of the British military manual, as devised by General Sir Frank Kitson.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33327.htm 

 

A Day In A Fallujah Hospital's Nursery
You've Never Seen a Face as Sad as a Mother Watching her Baby Die.

By Donna Mulhearn

I saw it several times in the week I spent in Iraq's Fallujah Hospital recently, but the most heart-breaking was the round, brown face of the woman in the pink dress.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33332.htm 

 

Outrage Over Children Killed in Cold Blood

Must Watch 1 Minute Video

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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33333.htm 

 

The Torture of Bradley Manning
Report From The Courtroom

By Andrew Blake

If there's a bad time to discuss holiday shopping, it's while waiting for someone to describe being tortured.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33330.htm 

 


U.S.: Dismiss Lawsuit Over Americans Citizens Murdered By Drones

By JOSH GERSTEIN

The U.S. Government on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the killing of three American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen earlier this year:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33329.htm 

 

A Culture That Condones The Killing Of Children And Teaches Children To Kill

By Lucinda Marshall

Sandy Hook did not happen because of a lone, disturbed young man and it is not an isolated incident. It is an epidemic and we are all to blame.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33328.htm 

 

Money Laundering For Drug Cartels
Max Keiser: HSBC Too Big To Jail?

Video

Max proposes banksters walk the plank in a specially built platform in Trafalgar Square.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33334.htm 

 

An Interview With Jesus Christ

By Charles Rayner Kelly

Interviewer: Jesus. I know you're a busy man so let's get right to it. You probably know of the great income disparity in the world today. What would you tell those who call themselves 'Christians' to do about it?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33294.htm 


 
Hard News  

   

Nine dead as Taliban attack airport in North West Pakistan: -  A Taliban suicide squad staged an audacious car bomb, rocket and gun attack on the airport in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday and Pakistani security officials said at least nine people, including five attackers, were killed.
http://is.gd/UbMTFg 

 


Afghan suicide bomber kills 2 Afghans, US occupation force soldier:  A Taliban suicide car bomber killed one American soldier and two Afghan civilians Thursday near a U.S. military base shortly after the visiting U.S. defense secretary left the facility in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
http://is.gd/riLKr8 

 

Karzai call on NATO troops to leave Afghan villages:  Karzai spoke Saturday on the opening day of a conference to develop Afghanistan's foreign policy strategy for the next three years.
http://is.gd/eeBp30 

 

Two bombings kill 6 in Iraq:  Police officials said that the bloodiest attack took place when a car bomb went off in a commercial street in western Baghdad, killing four people and wounding eight others.
http://is.gd/uFIknl 

 

Engineering Consent For An Attack On Syria?
 U.S. Officials: Syria Has Prepared Several Dozen Chemical Bombs:  The number is a larger estimate than has previously been reported. The Syrians loaded the weapons with the chemical agents in the past several weeks: Unnamed U.S. and allied officials:
http://is.gd/COraSY 

 

Syrian rebels: U.S., British backed training in Jordan:  A rebel participant said men he believed were U.S. intelligence officers observed what was taking place at the training camp in Jordan. The training itself was handled by Jordanian military officers, other rebels said.
http://is.gd/04OT5i 

 

Syrian Rebel Lays Out Hostage Demands, as Case Sullies a Cause:  When Syrian rebels stopped two buses of Lebanese travelers in the spring and took 11 passengers hostage, they set off a cascade of fallout: riots at the Beirut airport, retaliation kidnappings against Syrians in Lebanon and a deepening of the sectarian character of the war.
http://is.gd/EQYAXJ 

 

UN contingency plan to deploy up to 10,000 peacekeepers in Syria - reports:  The UN is considering the deployment of 4,000 to 10,000 peacekeepers in Syria as an emergency measure, reports Russian press, citing UN sources. This comes as the US along with over 100 countries voice support for the nascent Syrian Coalition.
http://rt.com/news/un-send-peacekeepers-syria-102/ 

 

NATO accuses Syrian forces of firing Scuds near Turkey border :  NATO accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces of firing Scud missiles that landed near to the Turkish border, in explaining why it was sending anti-missile batteries and troops to the bloc's frontier.
http://is.gd/ZRJMmT 

 

Iran: Patriot missiles in Turkey risk 'world war':  Iranian military chief of staff says planned deployment of missile defense system along Syrian border poses threat to humanity.
http://is.gd/QGC8Yc 

 

Iran not to allow western intervention to oust Al-Assad - FM:  Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Saturday his country, a traditional ally of Syria, would never allow Western intervention to oust Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad by force.
http://is.gd/gTo6O7 

 

Egyptians vote on hotly contested sharia-based constitution:  The Muslim Brotherhood has said on its official English-language website,that the votes have been counted in 3804 out of the 6376 polling stations with 60.9 per cent of the voters saying "YES" and 39.1 per cent saying "NO," the Ikhwanweb site reported.
http://rt.com/news/egyptian-referendum-vote-constitution-099/ 

 

Why almost 40 percent of Israelis are thinking of emigrating:  According to a new survey, more than a third of Israelis would leave the country if they could, citing economic opportunities as the main reason. Who are the wannabe leavers, and what can be done to induce them to stay?
http://is.gd/KA5Jai 

 

What A Load of *rap:
The Innocent Prophet - English Version : Video -  Another hate filled Muslim bating movie alledegedly by Terry Jones (pastor), who gained national and international attention in 2010 for his plan to burn the holy Qur'an
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gwcuG2jb9k 

 

Yemen Reveals 100.000 Fictitious Soldiers in Elite Military Units:  There are more than 100.000 fictitious soldiers in Yemen's elite forces of the republican guard and the Special Forces commanded by the elder son of the former president Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, Alahale reported
http://is.gd/h2HsKX 

 

John Kerry set to become next US Secretary of State:  Mr Kerry, 69, has made no secret of his desire to take charge of the State Department and a growing consensus in Washington suggested that he was likely to be appointed by President Barack Obama within weeks.
http://is.gd/N9rYGr 

 

Report finds CIA torture ineffective:
The Senate intelligence committee approved a report concluding that "harsh interrogation" measures used by the CIA did not produce significant intelligence breakthroughs, officials said. The 6,000-page document, which was not released to the public, was adopted by Democrats over the objections of most of the committee's Republicans.
http://is.gd/x81eTa 

 

Obama signs Russia rights law:  President Barack Obama Friday signed legislation that sanctions alleged Russian human rights abuses, which outraged Moscow after being coupled with a bill granting it normal trade relations. The Russian foreign ministry said the move amounted to "open meddling" in its internal affairs and was "a blind and dangerous position."
http://is.gd/qVijsy 

 

Russia calls US lawmakers 'hypocritical':
Russia moved closer on Friday to adopting a law barring entry to Americans who violate human rights, the same day U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law a rights-linked trade bill Moscow finds objectionable.
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/278271.html 

 

Guantanamo inmate Shaker Aamer to sue UK for defamation:  The detainee is into his 11th year of detention at Guantanamo, even though he has been cleared for release.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20715511 

 

Grist to the mill: Study:
Wind blew deadly gas to US troops in Gulf War:  U.S. bombings of Iraqi munitions factories in January 1991 released a plume of sarin gas that traveled more than 300 miles to affect "American troops" in Saudi Arabia, although military officials claimed at the time that chemical alarms triggered by the gas were false, a study released today shows.
http://is.gd/Addu9M 

 

Grist to the mill:
US soldiers suicide numbers likely to top 2011, Army says:  As many as 12 active-duty soldiers committed suicide in November, pushing the Army above last year's record number of suicides with one month left to go in the year, officials said today.
http://is.gd/mZfB9J 

 

US massacre victims 'shot multiple times':  Each of bodies examined were shot three to 11 times, and gunman used rifle as his primary weapon, medical examiner says.
http://is.gd/WErKDy 

 

Newtown shootings: if not now, when is the time to talk about gun control?: Op-Ed :  With 28, including 20 children, shot dead in Connecticut, it's not 'politics' but basic decency to insist America have this debate
http://is.gd/UtYymi 

 

Gunmen Kill 6 in Northern Mexico:  Six men were shot dead by armed assailants in two separate attacks in this northern Mexican metropolis, capital of the state of Nuevo Leon.
http://is.gd/q8YhBE 

 

HSBC Couldn't Track $60 Trillion in Suspicious Activity?:  HSBC was able to track Eliot Spitzer's 3 deposits to a holding account for an escort service. But they couldn't track $60 trillion in suspicious activity transfers from drug cartels and al-Qaeda that benefited them? Could it be because Spitzer was investigating the banks? Cenk Uygur breaks down the financial hypocrisy.
http://is.gd/b7yoEt 


 

 

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"Let us be 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:  4,883


Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,240

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
      
 
$1,403,346,578,063                                              

 

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