World-News: 09 Januar 2012

''My responsibility is to encourage the right degree of planning [for if Iran tries to build a nuclear bomb], to understand the risks associated with any kind of military option. in some cases to position assets, to provide those options in a timely fashion,'' General Martin Dempsey said on Face the Nation today. ''And all those activities are going on,'' he added.

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Beijing rejects sanctions on Iranian oil

''The normal trade relations and energy cooperation between China and Iran have nothing to do with the nuclear issue,'' Cui said. ''We should not mix issues of different natures, and China s legitimate concerns and demands should be respected.''

http://wapo.st/xex4du

China slams US military adventurism

China says the accusations leveled against the country in the new United States defense strategy are ''groundless'' and aim to counter the Asian country's growing power.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/220142.html

After Iran, Venezuela?

By Mike Whitney

As soon as Obama is finished ''liberating'' Tehran, it ll be on to Venezuela. You can bet on it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30209.htm

'Iran war to deteriorate world economy'

A senior Chinese diplomat says, ''Everyone knows that 40 percent of the oil shipped daily to every part of the world goes through the Strait of Hormuz, so once war starts in this region not only will the relevant nations be affected and attacked, it would also ... bring disaster to a world economy deep in crisis," Chen Xiaodong warned on Tuesday.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/220299.html

'US builds hospitals in Georgia, readies for war with Iran'

A big war between the US and Iran is beginning in the Persian Gulf. $5 billion was allocated for the construction of these 20-bed military hospitals," Javelidze said in an interview with Georgian paper Kviris Kronika (News of the Week), as cited by Newsgeorgia website.

http://rt.com/politics/us-georgia-iran-war-441/

War Plan Iran

By Finian Cunningham

''Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No.'' http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30214.htm

Iran says Fordo uranium enrichment site runs under IAEA watch

Iran s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said all of the country s nuclear activities, including those at Fordo enrichment site, are under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-01/10/c_131352662.htm

Obama Ready to Use Military Force to Stop Nuclear Iran, Ex-Adviser Says

The administration considers the risks of permitting a nuclear-armed Iran to be greater than the risks of military action, said Ross, who last month rejoined the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a research group.

http://bloom.bg/znASfV

Iran Interest Rates Raised To 20% To Fight Hyperinflation

As a result of a financial embargo enacted on by the US on New Year s Day, Iran's economy had promptly entered freefall mode and is now experiencing hyperinflation as the currency implodes.

http://bit.ly/AoK08H

Thousands Of US Troops To Arrive In Israel This Week

Accompanied by a US aircraft carrier, 9,000 US troops including airmen, missile interceptor teams, marines, technicians and intelligence officers are scheduled to land in Israel in the coming weeks. Many will stay up to the end of the year as part of the US-Israeli Army deployment in readiness for a military engagement with Iran, aiming at a synchronized military front against Iran.

http://www.imemc.org/article/62803

From Information Clearing House

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NYT Responds on Iran Alarmism
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/01/10-5

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China planning military base in Pakistan, Indian report says

''China and Pakistan pledged to strengthen military ties and bring existing cooperation to a new level,'' Xinhua quoted China s Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie as saying.

http://bit.ly/wVEFGz

From Information Clearing House

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Nigeria: Oil disasters are met by silence

The global media have had little to say on Nigeria s latest oil spill and the hundreds of others that have destroyed so many lives.

http://bit.ly/yKy4Al

From Information Clearing House

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Iraq: A Country in Shambles

By Dahr Jamail

The state of the economy in Iraq is a disaster. Yet this irony is highlighted by the fact that Iraq has proven oil reserves third only behind Saudi Arabia and Iran, hence one would expect it to be one of the wealthiest countries in the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30188.htm

Squad mate testifies in Marine s Iraq massacre trial

A former squad mate of a Marine implicated in the deaths of 19 Iraqis in 2005 has told a court-martial that after a roadside bombing the group raced to nearby homes, firing rounds and tossing grenades, even though he heard no gunfire and saw no weapons or Iraqis fleeing.

http://bit.ly/yD35Xp

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What happened to the idea of saving money?

Starmail - 9. Jan, 22:12

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A New Reserve Currency to Challenge the Dollar?

What s Really Going on in The Straits of Hormuz.

By David Malone

The stand off is as much with China and its allies as it is specifically with Iran.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30190.htm

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2012 werden sich die Proteste drastisch verschärfen

''Weltweit ähneln sich die Maßnahmen gegen Demokratiebewegungen. Ob die Welt demokratischer wird oder immer mehr wie China aussieht, wird sich bald zeigen?'' Artikel von Naomi Wolf in Die Welt online vom 05.01.2012

http://www.welt.de/debatte/die-welt-in-worten/article13798494/2012-werden-sich-die-Proteste-drastisch-verschaerfen.html

Empören, Okkupieren, Verweigern

''Warum ist es, vor allem in Deutschland, so ruhig? Wo bleiben die Proteste? Jahrelang staunten Linke, SoziologInnen und auch PolitikerInnen über die erstaunliche Akzeptanz der Krisenfolgen und Sparpakete. Lange Zeit galten neidische Blicke der Gewerkschaftslinken zum westlichen Nachbarn: ''Französisch lernen!''. Eher autonome Herzen ließen die griechischen Krisen-Proteste höher schlagen. Und immer wieder die frustrierte Frage: Warum nicht bei uns? Geht es ''uns'' (noch) zu gut?...?

Artikel von Mag Wompel in der graswurzelrevolution vom Januar 2012 http://www.graswurzel.net/365/sabotage.shtml

Aus: LabourNet, 9. Januar 2012

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Afghan Commission Accuses U.S. of Detainee Abuse

An Afghan investigative commission accused the American military Saturday of abuse at its main prison in the country, repeating President Hamid Karzai s demand that the U.S. turn over all detainees to Afghan custody and saying anyone held without evidence should be freed.

http://on.wsj.com/ADb7n3

Afghanistan: 'Slave-like' conditions at Swedish army base revealed

Kitchen staff at Sweden s military base in Afghanistan have been working in ''slave-like conditions,'' a Swedish newspaper has revealed.

http://www.thelocal.se/38380/20120107/

From Information Clearing House

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Western oil firms remain as US exits Iraq

The end of the US military occupation does not mean Iraqis have full control of their oil.

http://bit.ly/zNYA1g

Perry: ''I would send troops back into Iraq''

''The idea that we allow the Iranians to come back into Iraq and take over that country, with all of the treasures, both in blood and money, that we have spent in Iraq, because this president wants to kowtow to his liberal leftist base, and move out those men and women.

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Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO

A scandal unfolding in Denmark over the transfer of Iraqi prisoners by Danish forces to Iraq authorities, even as they knew they would be tortured, threatens to implicate the current Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen, formerly prime minister of Denmark from 2001-2009.

http://bit.ly/ztm14D

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