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News Link Iran
Senate Votes Unanimously Toward War Against Iran
05-22-2013
Lew Rockwell blog
Most alarming, however, is that this resolution contains among the clearest legislative language to date promising that should Israel decide to attack Iran, the US would back Israel militarily. It is breathtakingly foolhardy for the US Senate
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News Link Iraq
Over 400 Killed in a Week of Iraqi Violence
05-22-2013
antiwar.com
Is Sectarian Civil War Up and Running Again?
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News Link Central Intelligence Agency
Petraeuss role in drafting Benghazi talking points raises questions
05-21-2013
Washington Post
A close reading of recently released government e-mails sent during the editing process, and interviews with senior officials from several government agencies, reveal Petraeuss early role and ambitions in going well beyond the committees request,
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News Link Syria
Spain backs sending defensive arms to Syria rebels
05-21-2013
AP
Spain favors a partial lifting of sanctions against Syria that would allow the delivery of defense material to rebel groups to help protect the population, its foreign minister said Tuesday.
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News Link Police State
Court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret
05-21-2013
Reuters
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.
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News Link Syria
Syria Endgame Approaching Fast
05-21-2013
http://www.counterpunch.org, by SHAMUS COOKE
The Fate of the Middle East in the Balance
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News Link Transportation: Air Travel
Saudi with pressure cooker in baggage seeks bond
05-20-2013
AP
A Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after allegedly lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker asked to be released on bond.
Hussain Al Khawahir, 33, was arrested May 11 by federal agents at the airport in Romulus, Mic
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News Link Criminal Justice System
Bin Laden son-in-law: Warning issued by NY judge
05-17-2013
Christian Science Monitor
Bin Laden son-in-law warning: A N.Y. judge gave Osama bin Laden's son-in-law a warning that he may have chosen the wrong lawyer to represent him. The judge told Sulaiman Abu Ghaith that his Jewish lawyer may be facing jail time.
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News Link Syria
Sectarianism in Iraq stoked by Syrian war
05-16-2013
Washington Post
A recent tide of sectarian tensions that erupted into the worst violence seen in Iraq in five years is testing the government of Prime Minister al-Maliki, whose ability to contain the crisis could hinge on a conflict raging beyond his control in Syri
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News Link Economy - International
The Experiment Begins: Cashless Society Arrives in Africa Biometric Natl Identity Smart Card
05-16-2013
www.dailypaul.com
"As part of the program, in its first phase, Nigerians 16 years and older, and all residents in the country for more than two years, will get the new multipurpose identity card which has 13 applications including MasterCards prepaid payment technolo
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News Link Obama Administration
Will Benghazi furor keep Susan Rice out of the White House?
05-16-2013
The Cable.ForeignPolicy.Com
Rice Poised for Promotion, Despite Benghazi...
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News Link Libya
Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points
05-16-2013
MyFoxDC.Com
Petraeus apparently was displeased by the removal of so much of the material his analysts initially had proposed for release. The talking points were sent to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to prepare her for an appearance on news shows on Sunday, Sept. 1
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News Link Libya
Benghazi Emails Directly Contradict White House Claims
05-16-2013
The Weekly Standard
The White House on Wednesday released 94 pages of emails between top administration and intelligence officials who helped shape the talking points about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that the CIA would provide to policymakers in both the legislativ
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News Link Israel - Palestine
Watchdog: Israel trying to legalize settlements
05-16-2013
Associated Press
An Israeli watchdog group is accusing the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. secretary of state is set to arrive on a new peace mission.
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News Link Libya
Benghazi e-mails released by White House
05-15-2013
Washington Post
The Obama administration released 100 pages of emails Wednesday that reveal differences between intelligence analysts and State Department officials over how to describe the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. post in Benghazi, Libya.
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News Link Israel
Israel-related groups also pointed to IRS scrutiny
05-15-2013
Politico
The same Internal Revenue Service office that singled out Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny also challenged Israel-related organizations, at least one of which filed suit over the agencys handling of its application for tax-exempt status.
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News Link Palestine -- Israel
Glenn Greenwald and the Islamists
05-13-2013
The Jerusalem Post
If you are keeping up with news and views about Israel, you will likely know that the very popular and very opinionated blogger Glenn Greenwald has a well-deserved reputation for his intense dislike of Israel and its supporters.
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News Link Transportation: Air Travel
Saudi Man Traveling With Pressure Cooker Arrested
05-13-2013
voanews.com
A Saudi man was arrested at the international airport in Detroit after authorities said he made a false statement about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker.
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News Link Syria
Syria Not Worth a Crisis With Russia
05-13-2013
Lewrockwell.com
The vicious Syrian civil war has put the worlds two biggest nuclear powers on a collision course over a small Levantine nation of no strategic interest to Washington. This cannot be allowed to go on.
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News Link Ron Paul Says...
What No One Wants to Hear About Benghazi - by Ron Paul
05-13-2013
Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
Republicans smell a political opportunity....Are we are supposed to be shocked by such behavior? Are we supposed to forget that this kind of whitewashing of facts is standard operating procedure when it comes to the US government?
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News Link Torture
Afghans Claim to Have Video of U.S. Special Forces Guy Torturing Civilians
05-13-2013
Wired.com
Afghan officials say theyve got video of a man overseeing the torture of Afghan civilians. Exactly who ordered the man to torture is a matter of fierce dispute and also helps explain this years erosion of trust between Washington and Kabul.
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News Link Syria
Syrian rebel bites heart of dead soldier: video
05-13-2013
Reuters
A video of a Syrian rebel commander cutting the heart out of a soldier and biting into is emblematic of a civil war that has rapidly descended into sectarian hatred and revenge killings, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
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News Link WAR
Judge: Soldier premeditated Iraq killings
05-13-2013
AP
The shooting was one of the worst instances of soldier-on-soldier violence in the Iraq war and raised questions about the mental health problems for soldiers caused by repeated tours of duty.
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News Link Positive News
Bangladesh building collapse: woman rescued after 17 days speaks of ordeal
05-13-2013
youtube
A woman found alive in the rubble of Dhaka's Rana Plaza after 17 days tells of how she got rescuers' attention with a stick as she heard voices above her. Workers were astounded when they found the woman alive so long after the accident, which now ha
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News Link Media: Television
Glenn Greenwald Takes Down Bill Maher
05-12-2013
Lew Rockwell blog
Bill Maher is taken apart by Glenn Greenwald for trying to absolve the US from any responsibility for the mass slaughter and destruction in Muslim countries, blaming it on Islamic fundamentalism, as if the Afghanistan and Iraq wars never happened,
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News Link Iran
Two divisive candidates enter Iran's presidential race
05-12-2013
New York Times
Iran's presidential campaign took an unexpected turn Saturday, when two game-changing politicians, both opposed to many of the government's leaders, entered the race in the final minutes of a five-day registration period.
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News Link Syria
Another Syrian Insurgent Provocation?
05-12-2013
Lew Rockwell blog
2 powerful car bombs have gone off in a Turkish town. It is a dangerous turn of events particularly as Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has dug a deep hole for himself through support for the Syrian insurgents and as his strategy has collapsed,
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News Link Afghanistan
Karzai: US Can Keep Nine Bases in Afghanistan
05-11-2013
http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
US Dismisses Comments as 'Premature'
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News Link Iran
Scientific Journals Must Not Touch Anything Related to Iran
05-11-2013
antiwar.com
Must Keep Americans From Touching Anything Related to Iran
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News Link Obama Administration
Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference
05-10-2013
ABC News (video)
When it became clear last fall that the CIA's now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence community, but White House documents
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