World-News

Amy Dean, Truthout: ''Since most of the original Occupy encampments were evicted by wintertime, the question now is, what s next for activists? One of the most popular suggestions is 'Occupy Our Homes,' a campaign in which occupiers around the country would do actions at foreclosed houses or at bailed-out banks that are throwing people out of their homes.''

http://www.truth-out.org/how-occupy-our-homes-can-win/1328034041

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Banks Avoid Liability

In 49-State Foreclosure Fraud Settlement

By David Dayen

Forty-nine states, every one but Oklahoma, as well as federal regulators will participate in a foreclosure fraud settlement that will release the five biggest banks and their mortgage servicing units from liability for robo-signing and other forms of servicer abuse.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30485.htm

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Bank Bailout 2: Obama Lets Mortgage Abusers Off the Hook
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/09-5



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Josh Israel, ThinkProgress: ''Between the Kochs and the Adelsons, voters around the country should expect to see what voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida have seen in recent weeks: a seemingly unending stream of dishonest attack ads, paid for by billionaire-funded super PACs and tax-exempt organizations.''

http://www.truth-out.org/billionaire-buddies-adelsons-join-forces-koch-brothers-take-down-obama/1328208923



Secrecy Shrouds ''Super PAC'' Funds in Latest Filings

Nicholas Confessore and Michael Luo, The New York Times News Service: ''Newly disclosed details of the millions of dollars flowing into political groups are highlighting not just the scale of donations from corporation and unions but also the secrecy surrounding 'super PACs' seeking to influence the presidential race.''

http://www.truth-out.org/secrecy-shrouds-super-pac-funds-latest-filings/1328192323



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Pakistan Foreign Minister: ''No unilateral action at any level, of any type. Like Abbottabad. Like what happened in Salala,'' The News quoted Khar, as saying.

http://bit.ly/wDX2EW


From Information Clearing House

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Spies in the sky

CounterPunch
by Christopher Brauchli

02/04/12

Permitting the United States to fly drones wherever it wants is the price a country may have to pay for friendship with the United States. Some countries may think that price too high...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/03/spies-in-the-sky/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Video

Today there are more than 7,000 drones and 12,000 ground robots in use by all branches of the military. These systems mean less ''American'' deaths and also less political risk for the US when it takes acts of lethal force, often outside of official war zones.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30418.htm



Obama: Not Cool, Just Cold-Blooded

By Glen Ford

''When the U.S. president arrogates to himself the right to bomb and kill at will, he makes himself an outlaw.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30425.htm



US to expand network of secret bases

THE Pentagon plans to expand its global network of drones and special-operations bases in a fundamental military realignment designed to project US power even as it cuts back conventional forces.

http://bit.ly/ws4OUZ



ACLU sues to force release of drone attack records

The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court Wednesday to force the Obama administration to release legal and intelligence records related to the killing of three U.S. citizens in drone attacks in Yemen last year.

http://wapo.st/y1mu9O


From Information Clearing House



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By Canadian Veterans Advocacy Operations

This practice invites Taliban attacks on Afghans and NGOs.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30420.htm



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By Ray McGovern

You will almost never see in a major U.S. newspaper the assessment, backed by the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, that Iran is NOT building nuclear weapons.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30419.htm



Iran: This Is What Propaganda Looks Like

By Peter Hart

For sheer propaganda value, ABC World News' January 31 broadcast would be tough to top.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30422.htm



US, Britain, France up for war

The United States, Britain and France have begun to deploy troops in the Gulf in a move which experts say suggests preparations for a war with Iran. The first strikes could be carried out at the beginning of the summer.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/02/02/65163021.html



Israel s military leaders warn against Iran attack

Almost the entire senior hierarchy of Israel s military and security establishment is worried about a premature attack on Iran and apprehensive about the possible repercussions, a former chief of the country s defence forces told The Independent yesterday.

http://ind.pn/zRDgO6


From Information Clearing House



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''Allein von 2009 auf 2010 sind die Rüstungsexporte global um 72 % auf 2.119 Milliarden Euro gestiegen. Deutschland hält bei dieser Liste des Todes den (west-)europäischen Spitzenplatz und hat seinen Weltmarktanteil seit 2004 fast verdoppelt?'' Ein Referatskonzept zum ''Rüstungsexport'' von Walter Listl in Vorbereitung der Protestaktionen gegen die ''Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz'' beim isw (pdf) http://www.isw-muenchen.de/download/ruestung-exp-wl-201201.pdf

Aus: LabourNet, 2. Februar 2012

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Händler des Todes

Die Bundesrepublik gehört zu den weltweit größten Rüstungsexporteuren. Verkauft wird dabei auch an Länder, die in bewaffnete Konflikte involviert sind. Artikel von Lühr Henken in der jungen Welt vom 25.02.2012, gespiegelt auf der Seite der Informationsstelle Militarisierung http://www.imi-online.de/2012/02/24/handler-des-todes/


Aus: LabourNet, 27. Februar 2012



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John LaForge, Truthout: ''The 'International Journal of Cancer' has published a scientific study establishing a correlation between childhood leukemia and proximity to nuclear power stations. This report promises to do for France what a set of 2008 reports did for Germany, which recently legislated a total phase-out of all its power reactors by 2022 ... When the US public owns up to the dangers of nuclear power, we, too, can get around to its replacement and phase out.''

http://www.truth-out.org/french-scientists-childhood-leukemia-spikes-near-nuclear-reactors/1328036956



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Scott Keyes, ThinkProgress: ''Eight in 10 Americans believe that there is too much money in American politics, and only 17 percent agree with the Supreme Court that corporations should be allowed to spend unlimited money to try to influence elections. Yet top Republicans are coalescing around the idea that current campaign finance laws, which still prohibit corporations and wealthy individuals from giving unlimited money directly to campaigns, are actually too restrictive.''

http://www.truth-out.org/republicans-start-unite-around-call-allow-billionaires-and-corporations-directly-fund-campaigns/1328



Grand, Old Psychos

Steve King, Truthout: ''I used to love Republican politics. I have always admired the Republican primary process for the way its leaders and frontrunners, unlike the Democratic primary candidates, seem to draw energy, support and money by being less politically correct than the next guy?. However, over the last several years, Republican political rhetoric has mutated into a kind of trickle-down insanity that has more and more translated itself in random acts of violence.''

http://www.truth-out.org/grand-old-psychos/1328197593



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By John Pilger

Washington s enemy is not ''terrorism'' but the principle of free speech and voices of conscience within its militarist state.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30410.htm



Group Says FBI Snoops on Wikileaks Supporters

A nonprofit government watchdog claims the FBI refuses to release information on ''the government s identification and surveillance of individuals who have demonstrated support for or interest in WikiLeaks.''

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/01/31/43485.htm



You May Already Be an FBI Terror Suspect: 85 Things Not to Do

By Allan MacDonell

The FBI and DOJ have launched the ''Communities Against Terrorism'' program. The campaign seeks assistance from workers in 25 industries to spy on their fellow citizens ferret out the terrorists among us.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30579.htm


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/02/01-3

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Nobel peace prize jury under investigation

USA Today

02/01/12

Nobel Peace Prize officials were facing a formal inquiry over accusations they have drifted away from the prize s original selection criteria by choosing such winners as President Barack Obama, as the nomination deadline for the 2012 awards closed Wednesday. The investigation comes after persistent complaints by a Norwegian peace researcher that the original purpose of the prize was to diminish the role of military power in international relations...

http://tinyurl.com/88w5wg7


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/01-5



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff375.html

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US Keeps Up Sabre-rattling Show For Iran

News from Washington proves that the US is serious about its plan to carry out a military operation against Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30413.htm



Destination Persian Gulf? US nuclear sub and destroyer enter Red Sea

Two ships of the US Navy, the nuclear submarine USS Annapolis and the destroyer USS Momsen have passed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. Although their destination is confidential, they are now getting dangerously close to the Persian Gulf.

http://rt.com/news/us-submarine-passes-suez-115/



Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran

February 4, 2012

NO war, NO sanctions, NO intervention, NO assassinations.
http://bit.ly/zd95Tq



Petrodollar Pumping US Policy on Iran, Backfire Looms

By Michael T. Winter

Any rhetoric regarding Iran s nuclear program and the insistence on crippling it is nothing more than a US attempt to force regime change for one more receptive to maintaining the hegemony of the petrodollar.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30409.htm



Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won t Join Their War on Iran

By Gareth Porter

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30417.htm


From Information Clearing House

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'Bipartisan' group lays out war plan against Iran
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10857/



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By William Loren Katz

This February 2nd stands as the 500th anniversary of the death of Hatuey, an Indigenous American fighter for independence from colonialism not mentioned in the same breath as Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30416.htm
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Eine wesentliche Ursache der in den letzten Jahrzehnten immer häufiger auftretenden Finanzkrisen liegt in der unkontrollierten Geldschöpfung der privaten Banken aus dem Nichts. Die sogenannte ''Vollgeldreform'' könnte das ändern.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36329/1.html



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In Großbritannien herrscht Angst vor neuen Unruhen, besonders während der Zeit der Olympischen Spiele, die auch Tausende von Soldaten sichern sollen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36330/1.html

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Schuldenbemse: Beobachter warnen vor einer Gefahr für die Demokratie.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36334/1.html
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