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Fwd: ICH: Blowback From Bear-Baiting

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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
  15/08/08
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'Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people": John Adams
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Read this newsletter online http://tinyurl.com/dy6yy
 
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  "1,252,595"
 http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,143
 http://icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$544,507,752,171
 
See the cost in your community
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Blowback From Bear-Baiting
 
By Patrick J. Buchanan
 
Mikheil Saakashvili's decision to use the opening of the Olympic Games to cover Georgia's invasion of its breakaway province of South Ossetia must rank in stupidity with Gamal Abdel-Nasser's decision to close the Straits of Tiran to Israeli ships.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20522.htm
 
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All the Propaganda That's Fit to Print:
 
The New York Times, Again, Tells It Like It Ain't
 
By Sean M. Madden
 
As part of an all-out Western media campaign to bury the simple fact that Georgia invaded South Ossetia a week ago -- an act of aggression which led, subsequently, to Russia's response -- Thursday's NYT's top headline helps to further instill the lie, at home and abroad, that Bush and the U.S government are truly concerned about the welfare of Georgians and human beings generally.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20523.htm
 
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Don't Forget Yugoslavia
 
By John Pilger
 
The secrets of the crushing of Yugoslavia are emerging, telling us more about how the modern world is policed.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20525.htm
 
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Georgia: Another Neocon Farce?
 
By Sean Gabb
 
I am a citizen of a country that was a principal actor in the two big wars of the twentieth century. I believe that these wars were unnecessary for the security of my country and killed unimaginable numbers of people. They also destroyed British primacy in the world and were the means of transforming Britain from genuine liberal democracy to politically correct corporatism.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20519.htm
 
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The Daily Show Live From The White House
 
By Paul Craig Roberts
 
The Bush Regime imbeciles don't know when to stop. With the world still rolling in laughter from John McCain's claim that "in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations," the moronic US secretary of state declared: "This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten a neighbor, occupy a capital, overthrow a government and get away with it. Things have changed."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20524.htm
 
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Funding the White House campaign
 
 Video Report  - Aljazeera English
 
 The road to the seat of power in the White House is not easy, and certainly not cheap.  This year's US presidential race is on track to be the most expensive in history. Al Jazeera's senior Washington correspondent Rob Reynolds discovers there are some unconventional methods being used to finance the campaigns.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20520.htm
 
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There May Be Many Mushroom Clouds In Our Future
 
By Paul Craig Roberts
 
The success of the Bush Regime's propaganda, lies, and deception with gullible and inattentive Americans since 9/11 has made it difficult for intelligent, aware people to be optimistic about the future of the United States. For almost 8 years the US media has served as Ministry of Propaganda for a war criminal regime. Americans incapable of thinking for themselves, reading between the lines, or accessing foreign media on the Internet have been brainwashed.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20526.htm
 
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Was 9/11 an Inside Job?
 
By Mark H. Gaffney
 
Regrettably, there is considerable evidence that elements of the Bush administration were complicit in the 9/11 attack, and may even have helped stage it. Let us now examine some of what I regard as the most compelling evidence. However, the following discussion makes no claim to be comprehensive.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20521.htm
 
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460 militants, 22 troops killed near Afghan border: Pakistan:
 
More than 3,000 armed militants, most of them foreigners, are taking part in the clashes in the troubled Bajaur tribal region, said Rehman Malik, the prime minister's advisor on interior matters.
http://tinyurl.com/6zwx4q
 
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Musharraf Set to Resign in Days, Officials Assert:
 
Faced with desertions by his political supporters and the unsettling neutrality of the Pakistani military, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is expected to resign in the next few days rather than face impeachment, Pakistani politicians and Western diplomats said Thursday.
http://tinyurl.com/5wvm7l
 
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Musharraf says resignation reports are rumours:
 
Mr Musharraf's spokesman Rashid Qureshi condemned "malicious" Western media reports that he would stand down, but allies and officials from the ruling coalition both indicated that he was considering his resignation.
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/394836/cs/1/
 
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Musharraf seeks immunity:
 
 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is ready to resign rather than face impeachment but is seeking immunity from prosecution and agreement on a safe place to live, coalition government officials said on Friday.
http://tinyurl.com/6avjyj
 
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36 "Taliban" Killed: NATO:
 
Western occupation forces have killed more than 36 insurgents in a series of clashes and airstrikes in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said today. A militant attack on NATO patrol killed two alliance, loccupation troops.
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/479371
 
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4 Afghan police killed - Summary:
 
Taliban militants overran a district in southern Afghanistan Friday after four policemen were killed in a blast in the same region, officials said.
http://tinyurl.com/5zeytj
 
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Afghan blast kills 3 troops:
 
U.S. make up the majority of the occupation force
http://www.torontosun.com/News/World/2008/08/15/6457711-sun.html
 
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Taliban rebels capture district in central Afghanistan:
 
Taliban militants on Friday captured the Nawah district in central Afghanistan's Ghazni province after days surrounding, said an official.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/15/content_9342463.htm
 
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Security fears paralyze Kabul: -
 
It used to take Esmazari 15 minutes to cross town in his faded mustard-colored Corolla. But the police shutdown of nearly half of Kabul's major roadways, in response to a spate of suicide bombings that ripped across the capital city in recent months, means that today Esmazari's taxi spends a full hour to make the same trip.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JH16Df01.html
 
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Ethiopian occupation troops kill 20 Somalis:
 
Ethiopian soldiers have killed 20 Somali civilians while moving from their bases in south Mogadishu to the southwestern town of Baidoa.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=66675&sectionid=351020501
 
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Six killed as Ethiopian occupation troops fire on minibus in Somalia:
 
Six civilians were killed and four wounded when Ethiopian occupation troops opened fired on a minibus just south of this Somali capital, witnesses said Thursday.
http://tinyurl.com/6zpkhx
 
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Georgia leader signs ceasefire deal: The Georgian president said:
 
"We will never, ever surrender, give up our freedom and territory, we will definitely get rid of these invaders for good. I am totally convinced of that." Rice, also speaking at the news conference, said Russian forces should now leave Georgian territory.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/08/2008815152128983871.html
 
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Georgian President: Russian barbarians plotted invasion, occupation for months:
 
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Friday he signed a cease-fire accord that orders Russian troops to withdraw from his country, calling the Russians barbarians who had been plotting for months to invade and occupy his country's sovereign soil.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1012079.html
 
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Mikheil Saakashvili:War Criminal:
 
A politician's hubris causes untold human suffering
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=13304
 
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U.S. demands Russian troops leave Georgia?:
 
"Our most urgent task today is the immediate and orderly withdrawal of Russian armed forces and the return of those forces to Russia," Rice told reporters after talks with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. "Russian forces need to leave Georgia at once," she said. "This is no longer 1968."
http://tinyurl.com/6hdyxh
 
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US Hypocrisy : Bush accuses Russia of 'bullying':
 
The US president, speaking from the White House, said the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia must be respected.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/08/200881513335393924.html
 
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Russian reflections on Georgia conflict:
 
"I was a pro-Western guy but now I have seen the real face of Western countries toward Russia - double-standards and hypocrisy. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7563831.stm
 
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Russia tells West to 'forget' Georgian rule in enclaves:
 
 Russia positioned itself yesterday as the unequivocal victor in its brief war with Georgia, with its Foreign Minister stating that the world could "forget about" Georgian control of two separatist enclaves.
http://tinyurl.com/65kg8v
 
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US demands Russia ensures Georgian port access:
 
A senior U.S. envoy told Reuters in an interview that Moscow should end its peacekeeping role in the Caucasus after siding with separatists in Georgia's rebel regions.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LE52078.htm
 
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The Truth about Georgia gets censored again on TV?:
 
The Truth about Georgia gets censored again on TV. A reporter makes a comparison to the US reaction to 911 to Russia's reaction to Georgian attacks and the satellite feed drops off in the middle of his question. TV is censored every day and every hour but sometimes the censorship is plain to see.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=322_1218816591
 
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'US, Israel forsook Georgia amidst storm': Hassan Nasrallah: :
 
The Hezbollah leader says Georgia's failure in Ossetia is a lesson to those who go on blind adventures with the US and Israeli support.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=66653&sectionid=351020203
 
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Lavrov cancels trip to Warsaw over US missile deal:
 
Officials said the deal included a US declaration that it will aid Poland militarily in case of a threat from a third country and that it would establish a permanent US base on Polish soil in a symbolic gesture underlining the alliance.
http://tinyurl.com/5wl66g
 
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Russian general says Poland a nuclear 'target':
 
Poland has made itself a nuclear target for Russia's military by hosting elements of a US anti-missile system, a senior Russian general warned.
http://tinyurl.com/5lgf7m
 
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'Timing of missile deal betrays US intent':
 
Russia's NATO envoy told Reuters on Friday that The US has shown that Russia is the true target of its planned missile defense shield by signing a deal with Poland during an international crisis over Georgia.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=66661&sectionid=351020602
 
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Spate of Iraq bomb attacks kills 22:
 
AT least 18 Shiite pilgrims heading to the holy city of Karbala for a religious festival were among 22 people killed today as a spate of bomb blasts rocked Iraq, security officials said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24184577-38201,00.html
 
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Another 15 killed as US occupation grinds on:
 
One U.S. marine was killed by small arms-fire on Thursday just east of Fallujah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANS523860.htm
 
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Two more US occupation force soldiers killed in Iraq:
 
US military officials say over the last 24 hours in Iraq two American soldiers have died in separate incidents, including a non-combat one.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=66674&sectionid=351020201
 
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Iraq Al-Sadr Urges Followers To Sign Blood Pact resist Occupiers
 
Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Friday called on his followers to "sign with their blood" a pledge to resist occupying forces in Iraq and other Muslim countries.
http://tinyurl.com/657ccc
 
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Propaganda And Presstitute Alert AP Exclusive:
 
Hit squads training in Iran:
 
 A senior U.S. military intelligence officer in Baghdad described the information Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. He spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence.
http://tinyurl.com/5vtvbb
 
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Iraqi deputy PM reassures Iran over pact with US:
 
Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani denounced the prospective US-Iraqi security pact, saying the idea of a continued US presence was ringing alarm bells in the region.
http://tinyurl.com/6y3gvt
 
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Sanctions hurting Iran economic activity, says IMF:
 
Stepped-up international pressure and sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program are hurting its economy, making trade financing and payments difficult and discouraging foreign investment, according to an IMF report published on Thursday.
http://tinyurl.com/63af5f
 
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Nasrallah: Israel planning to kill Hezbollah leaders:
 
"We know you are planning to assassinate leaders of the resistance... but you do not frighten us," he said in the broadcast on the group's Al-Manar television station.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=27431
 
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Nasrallah: keeping arms 'secret' is intentional:
 
Hassan Nasrallah made a point of not disclosing whether his guerrillas now have anti-aircraft missile systems that could stand up to Israeli air raids.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/14/africa/ME-Lebanon-Hezbollah.php
 
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Army officer, four gunmen killed in east Algiers:
 
Five persons including an army officer were killed in two separate clashes between the Algerian security forces and gunmen in Jijel state, east of Algiers, a police source said on Friday.
http://tinyurl.com/5h8a2c
 
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Saudi Arabia wins 9/11 court battle:
 
A US court has ruled that Saudi Arabia and four of its princes are immune from legal action by victims of the September 11 attacks in the US alleging they provided material support to al-Qaeda.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/08/2008814222933412142.html
 
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Lawyer says US planted evidence:
 
The lawyer, Elizabeth Fink, also accused the Government of trying to poison the court process by leaking information about her client, Aafia Siddiqui, who was brought to the US a week earlier to face federal charges.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10527137&ref=emailfriend
 
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ECB slammed as Europe crumbles:
 
The economies of Germany, France and Italy all contracted in the first quarter and may now be in full recession, shattering assumptions that Europe would prove able to shrug off the effects of the credit crunch.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/08/15/cneuro115.xml
 
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U.S. banking giant switches billions in debt to Britain to avoid paying corporation tax for 60 years:
 
Merrill Lynch might not pay any corporation tax for the next 60 years, it emerged today. Accountants say that the move, which is set to spark anger among ordinary taxpayers, is legal but unusual.
http://tinyurl.com/6n2cqh
 
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Let us work towards Peace and Joy
 
Tom Feeley

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