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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
September 30, 2009
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"One of the world's greatest problems is the impossibilty of
any person searching for the truth on any subject when they believe they
already have it." --Dave Wilbur
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"It's not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of
what is perceived to be true." --Henry Kissinger
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"Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man
have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact,
was false." - Bertrand Russell
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The Lying Game
By John Pilger
Iran's crime is its independence. Having thrown out America's
favourite tyrant, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Iran remains the only resource-rich Muslim
state beyond US control.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23597.htm
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U.S. Story on Iran Nuke Facility Doesn't Add Up
By Analysis by Gareth Porter
The story line that dominated media coverage of the second
Iranian uranium enrichment facility last week was the official assertion that
U.S. intelligence had caught Iran trying to conceal a "secret" nuclear facility.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23594.htm
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Ridding The World of the Sickness of Pacifism
By William Blum
NATO (aka the United States) can take satisfaction in the fact
that the Germans have put their silly pacifism aside and acted like real men,
trained military killers.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23598.htm
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"In China, At Least I Would Have a Trial"
By Jacob G. Hornberger
When you were growing up, did you ever think you would see the
day where people would be complaining that America's criminal-justice system
was worse than that of the communists? The sooner we rid our nation of the
shameful "judicial" scourge being operated by the feds at Guantanamo, the
better off we Americans will be.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23596.htm
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Gore Vidal: 'We'll Have a Dictatorship Soon in the US'
An Interview With Gore Vidal
The grand old man of letters Gore Vidal claims America is
'rotting away' - and don't expect Barack Obama to save it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23595.htm
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Exorcising America's Diplomatic Demons
By Robert Scheer
According to the demonology that has long driven U.S. foreign
policy, no country has ever cast a larger shadow as evil incarnate than
Communist China. All communists in the Cold War era, like all Islamic radicals
today, were assumed to be part of a unified internationalist movement bent on
world conquest.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23600.htm
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Michael Moore Asks
Where Is The Democrats' Spine?
By Diana Sweet
"You know, you gotta admire Republicans, they have the courage
of their convictions. They just put it right out there. When they want to do
something they just do it. They don't go, 'I don't know if we should invade
Iraq, people might not like that.' They don't care. They just go ahead and do
it."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23599.htm
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McCain urges Obama to stay in Afghanistan:
McCain urged President Barack Obama Wednesday to approve,
without delay, a call by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander
in Afghanistan, for 40,000 more combat troops.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/09/30/mccain-obama-afghanistan030.html
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Somalia Executes Two Suspected CIA Spies:
Islamists in southern Somalia executed two people by firing
squad on Monday, on suspicion of spying for the American Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA).
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=26623
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
Iran 'has secret nuclear arms plan':
Britain's intelligence services say that Iran has been secretly
designing a nuclear warhead "since late 2004 or early 2005", an assessment that
suggests Tehran has embarked on the final steps towards acquiring nuclear
weapons capability.
http://snipurl.com/s8nrb
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
US military could strike Iran, but at what cost?:
The United States has refused to rule out military action
against Iran if diplomacy fails, but analysts and officials say bombing nuclear
sites would carry high risks while setting back Tehran's program by only a few
years.
http://snipurl.com/s8nv0
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Sneh: Take the Opportunity on Iran:
In an interview, former deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh
said that Israel must not rely on anyone else in its dealings with Iran,
especially in light of the discovery of the new enrichment plant in Qom. "To
rely on the world to do the job for us is a wish we cannot submit to," he said.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/171714
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
Gaffney: Iran on Brink of Having Nuclear Bomb, Using It:
Leading national security expert Frank Gaffney tells Newsmax we
could be in the "last days" before Iran obtains nuclear weapons - and he warns
that, if it does, it absolutely will use them.
http://snipurl.com/s8nvl
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
Cries of 'hold me back' may lead Israel to strike Iran:
Those who favor bombing liken Barack Obama to Neville
Chamberlain for the U.S. president's efforts to try to appease an Iranian
Hitler.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1117741.html
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Why China is unlikely to back Iran sanctions:
China is showing no appetite for the tougher sanctions that
Western leaders have been threatening against Iran over its nuclear program,
and would likely veto any United Nations effort to impose a stiffer embargo
even if Thursday's talks between US Security Council members and Iran go badly.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0930/p06s12-woap.html
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Juan Cole: Is the media exaggerating the Iranian nuke threat?:
Here's something you won't read in major American newspapers or
see on American television.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/cole/
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Israel gets two more German submarines:
The submarines, called U212s, can launch cruise missiles
carrying nuclear warheads, although when it confirmed the sale in 2006 the
German government said the two vessels were not equipped to carry nuclear
weapons.
http://snipurl.com/s8nwq
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EU report: Georgian attack started war with Russia:
Georgia's attack on its breakaway South Ossetia region marked
the start of last year's war with Russia, which retaliated with excessive
force, an EU-commissioned report said Wednesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090930/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_georgia
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Obama Adm. Held Secret Talks with Cuba:
Three State Department officials say a senior American diplomat
has held unannounced, high-level talks in Havana with the Cuban government. The
officials tell The Associated Press that the talks were the first of their kind
in years between representatives of the two countries.
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us_us_cuba/2009/09/29/266232.html
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Venezuela asks Interpol to capture former president :
Prosecutors will ask Interpol to issue a "red alert" for the
capture of 85-year-old Perez, who lives in Miami, Attorney General Luisa Ortega
told Venezuelan state television on Tuesday. She said his capture is necessary
as part of investigations into the riots, known as the "Caracazo" - a play on
the name of the capital that also means forceful blow.
http://snipurl.com/s8nz8
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Plain Talk: Banks too big to fail? Break 'em up:
After being rescued by the federal government, they now want
the government to keep its nose out of their business - as if we can ever trust
these guys again.
http://snipurl.com/s8nzo
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
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