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Dina Rasor, Truthout: ''Sometimes history and circumstances offer us solutions to centuries-old problems and tensions within our long-lasting government. Even though we feel like a young nation, our Constitution is one of the oldest in history. One of the most original parts of our Constitution is that we made the president the chief of the executive branch, commander of chief of the military. Ultimate civilian control over the military has the goal of keeping the military from running the government, taking control through a coup or pushing us into wars that should not be fought.''

http://www.truth-out.org/reclaiming-civilian-control-how-keep-generals-warriors-not-politicians/1328805616



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Greg Palast, Truthout: ''The Plan is working. Mitt Romney s biggest backer didn t want him to win. We know that Paul 'The Vulture' Singer, Romney s Daddy Warbucks, organized the 'grassroots' campaign to replace Romney with Gov. Chris Christie back in September. That flopped, so Singer and the billionaire boys' club that courted Christie moved over to Romney.''

http://www.truth-out.org/billionaires-brokered-convention/1328809810



Who Owns the GOP Candidates?

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: ''Have you heard of William Dore, Foster Friess, Sheldon Adelson, Harold Simmons, Peter Thiel, or Bruce Kovner? If not, let me introduce them to you. They are running for the Republican nomination for president. I know, I know. You think Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Mitt Romney are running. They are, but only because the people listed in the first paragraph have given them huge sums of money to do so.''

http://www.truth-out.org/gops-big-investors/1329919572

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The Trouble With Chris Christie

By Chris Hedges

The most retrograde billionaires and corporate capitalists have pinned their hopes, as well as their money, on the New Jersey governor for the next presidential race.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37358.htm



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''Im Jahr 2010 waren 23% der Bevölkerung von Armut oder sozialer Ausgrenzung bedroht ?und 27% der Kinder unter 18 Jahren..'' Eurostat-Pressemitteilung vom 8. Februar 2012 (pdf), dokumentiert bei attac http://www.attac.de/fileadmin/user_upload/bundesebene/Pressegruppe/STAT-12-21_DE.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 9. Februar 2012



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In the heart of central Athens, a stone s throw from the city s glorious ancient sites, another face of today s Greece is on show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16878756


From Information Clearing House



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The CIA is expected to maintain a large clandestine presence in Iraq and Afghanistan long after the departure of conventional U.S. troops as part of a plan by the Obama administration.

http://wapo.st/vYXSW8


From Information Clearing House



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Diplomats stationed in Israel request gas masks, prepare contingency plans in case of missile attacks; envoys fear that thousands of dual-citizenship Israelis will seek evacuation.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4186799,00.html


From Information Clearing House

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Israel vs. Iran: The Truth Slips Out
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/09-1



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With the benefit of more than a decade of hindsight, America may have misjudged the true threat posed by al-Qaeda in the immediate aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks, a top Pentagon official said Tuesday.

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Saudi Arabia May Be Tied to 9/11, 2 Ex-Senators Say

By ERIC LICHTBLAU

In sworn statements that seem likely to reignite the debate, two former senators who were privy to top secret information on the Saudis' activities say they believe that the Saudi government might have played a direct role in the terrorist attacks.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30688.htm


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US Will Continue to Arm Anti-government Rebels in Syria After Veto
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/02/08

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Intervention in Syria will Escalate Not Stop the Killing

By Seumas Milne

For the US, Britain and their allies to indulge in moral posturing over Syria or pose as friends of its people is preposterous.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30472.htm



US preparing military options in Syria

The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command have begun a preliminary internal review of U.S. military capabilities in order to prepare options in the event that President Obama calls for them.

http://bit.ly/xms1Oz



Russia s Putin warns against outside interference

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the world faced a growing "cult of violence" and Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be repeated in Russia, issuing a warning to the West against interference.

http://reut.rs/xP2L2o



British, Qatari Troops Already Waging Secret War in Syria?

By RT

Four centers of operation have been established in the city with the troops on the ground paving the way for an undercover Turkish military incursion into Syria.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30479.htm



Homs under siege

Video Report

The situation in the Syrian city of Homs is getting worse, as neighborhoods are surrounded and the shelling continues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMAgeCpr8t4



Death and Diplomacy: Homs on the brink

Video report - Local journalist, Diana Nemeh, says reports from Homs are difficult to verify.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqb6M00xzA


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Our bloodstained hands

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

02/08/12

One by one, the Muslim nations of the Middle East are being targeted, and taken down: but Iran is not likely to go quite as easily as the rest. Nor is Syria going to be a 'cakewalk,' as the neocons predicted the Iraq war would turn out. And there is another factor to consider: before the regime-changers can complete their mission, they must prepare the American people for the coming conflict...

http://bit.ly/yPNzE4


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Juan Cole argues against intervention in Syria
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Fukushima, Green-Lights First New Reactors in 34 Years

Gregg Levine, Capitoilette: ''The NRC approved the license over the objections of its chairman, Gregory Jaczko, who wanted the license to stipulate that the units would meet new standards recommended by the agency's Fukushima Near-Term Task Force (NTTF) report.''

http://www.truth-out.org/nuclear-regulatory-commission-ignores-fukushima-green-lights-first-new-reactors-34-years/1328886423



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The Rise of Super PACs and the 2012 Election

Super PACs represent much of what is wrong with American democracy rolled neatly into one package. They are tools that powerful special interests and a tiny privileged minority can use to work their will by drowning out the voices of ordinary Americans in a sea of (sometimes secret) cash.

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From Information Clearing House

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The .0000063 Percent Election: How the Politics of the Super Rich Became American Politics

Ari Berman, TomDispatch: ''Electoral politics and the 2012 presidential election have become almost exclusively defined by the 1%. Or, to be more precise, the .0000063%. Those are the 196 individual donors who have provided nearly 80% of the money raised by super PACs in 2011 by giving $100,000 or more each. If 2008 was the year of the small donor ... then 2012 is 'the year of the big donor,' when a candidate is only as good as the amount of money in his super PAC.''

http://www.truth-out.org/0000063-election-how-politics-super-rich-became-american-politics/1329418282



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