InformationClearingHouse.info June 17 2009 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ -------- = A Civil War - Obama's Gift to Pakistan By Ali Khan. For all practical purposes, the Pashtuns are now subsumed under the title of the Taliban. The caricature is simple and compelling: It highlights the Taliban as the paramount enemy without ever mentioning the Pashtun resistance to the eight-year old occupation of Afghanistan. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22854.htm === Shame / War Crimes The 'Anti-War' Democrats Who Sold Out By Jeremy Scahill In a historic vote, only 30 of 256 Democrats stood against $100 billion for more war. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22853.htm === Obama a Very Smooth Liar By John R. MacArthur Obama has been lying on a pretty impressive scale. You just have to get past his grandiloquent rhetoric - usually empty of substance - to get a handle on it. I offer a short, incomplete list, which I'm sure others could easily enlarge. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22854.htm === Elections The "Coup" in Iran? By Daniel Larison The readiness with which almost everyone in the West seems to be accepting the "coup" explanation is rather worrisome. It is similar to the lockstep consensus on the "Iraqi threat" six years ago that made war all but inevitable, and it is similar to our political class' certainty last year that Georgia was merely an innocent victim of "Russian aggression," which has been found again and again to be false. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22851.htm === Iran Faces Greater Risks Than It Knows By Paul Craig Roberts The US media serves as a propaganda device, not as a purveyor of truth. Election fraud is certainly a possibility--it happens even in America--and signs of fraud have appeared. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22856.htm === In Case You Missed It Americas Third World War By John Stockwell - Video and Text John Stockwell, former CIA Station Chief in Angola in 1976, working for then Director of the CIA, George Bush. He spent 13 years in the agency. He gives a short history of CIA covert operations. He is a very compelling speaker and the highest level CIA officer to testify to the Congress about his actions. He estimates that over 6 million people have died in CIA covert actions, and this was in the late 1980's. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4068.htm === War on Democracy The School of Americas Clip From A Documentary Film By John Pilger "The weaker they are the greater the threat. People who can free themselves against all the odds are sure to inspire others" http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22850.htm = The Century of the Self Must Watch Video How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate mass-consumer society. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12642.htm ====== YouTube Video May Show Gunman Killing Protesters in Iran: In the clip, likely shot from a cell phone, a blue-shirted gunman fires an AK-47 into a courtyard from a second-story window. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22852.htm === Iranian bloggers upload clash video: This amateur video posted on Wednesday (June 17) purports to show members of the Basij militia firing at a crowd of demonstrators from the roof of their building on Monday . http://snipurl.com/kblas === Young Iranians use video to tell story : With traditional forms of communication blocked, Iranians are using technology to keep the world informed about events. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8102676.stm === Iranian opposition leader calls for mass rally: Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued a direct challenge Wednesday to the country's supreme leader and cleric-led system, calling for a mass rally to protest disputed election results and violence against his followers. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-17-iran-election_N.htm?csp=34 === Iran rallies planned amid clampdown: Supporters of candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called on Wednesday for a rally to go ahead at 5pm local time (13:30 GMT), despite the authorities imposing a ban on the opposition gatherings. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200961781159912955.html === Robert Fisk in Iran: Extraordinary scenes: 'The authorities are losing control of what's happening on the streets and that's very dangerous and damaging to them' http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/17/2600571.htm === US sees both Iran rivals as hostile: "It's important to understand that although there is amazing ferment taking place in Iran, the difference between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi in terms of their actual policies may not be as great as has been advertised," Obama told CNBC news. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/2009616235841279404.html === US confirms it asked Twitter to stay open to help Iran protesters: The Obama administration, while insisting it is not meddling in Iran, yesterday confirmed it had asked Twitter to remain open to help anti-government protesters. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/17/obama-iran-twitter === Iran accuses US of meddling after disputed vote: Iran accused the United States on Wednesday of "intolerable" meddling in its internal affairs, alleging for the first time that Washington has fueled a bitter postelection dispute. Opposition supporters marched in Tehran's streets for a third straight day to protest the outcome of the balloting. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_ELECTION?SITE=AP === Don't Assume Ahmadinejad Really Lost: Former CIA Officer: The truth is, Ahmadinejad may be the President the Iranians want, and we may have to live with an Iran to Iranians' liking and not to ours. http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090616/wl_time/08599190495300 === Deepak Chopra: Feeling better about Iran: If you have been tempted to buy into the portrayal of Iran as a reckless, terrifying country, please take the following quiz. Each item requires a Yes or No answer: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/06/15/chopra061509.DTL === U.S. could yield on settlement freeze, says government source: The Americans will apparently not demand a full freeze on construction, but will agree that projects now underway can be completed, Israeli officials say. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1093219.html === Carter wants Hamas off US terror list: Former US President Jimmy Carter has advised the Obama administration against keeping the Hamas resistance movement on its list of terror organizations. http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=98331§ionid=351020202 === Israeli court rules to free Hamas parliament speaker: - An Israeli military court decided Wednesday to release the speaker of the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council, who has been held in an Israeli jail for 34 months. http://snipurl.com/kbliu === N Korea empties foreign accounts: report: North Korea is rushing to withdraw money from its overseas bank accounts after the United Nations imposed financial and other sanctions for its latest nuclear test, a report said on Wednesday. http://snipurl.com/kblk1 === North Korea Vows 'Thousand-Fold' Military Retaliation If Provoked : In a commentary carried in a government-run newspaper, the communist regime vows a "one thousand-fold retaliation" and a "merciless military strike" if the U.S. and its allies "infringe upon" North Korea's sovereignty "even a bit." http://www.kake.com/national/headlines/48250217.html === E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in Congress: A former N.S.A. analyst who, described being trained in 2005 for a program in which the agency routinely examined large volumes of Americans' e-mail messages without court warrants. Two intelligence officials confirmed that the program was still in operation. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/us/17nsa.html?_r=1 === CIA Fights Full Release Of Detainee Report: The CIA is urging the suppression of passages describing in graphic detail how the agency handled its detainees, arguing that the material could damage ongoing counterterrorism operations by laying bare sensitive intelligence procedures and methods. http://snipurl.com/kblm6 === more here: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ ---- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
