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The American Civil Liberties Union is warning the US public against being bogged down in too much debt. The group has revealed figures showing a rising number of people who fail to pay their debts and fines end up behind bars without a court verdict. The practice is being criticized as unconstitutional, but it s alive and kicking in the State of Ohio.

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Poverty in America: Why Can t We End It?

RONALD REAGAN famously said, ''We fought a war on poverty and poverty won.'' With 46 million Americans, 15 percent of the population, now counted as poor, it s tempting to think he may have been right.

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Another Crisis Coming, Worse Than the Last: Roche

The bond markets will crash once global central banks stop buying debt, triggering a financial crisis much worse than the one seen in 2008, strategist David Roche told CNBC.

http://is.gd/B5bCEM


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The Strait of Hormuz is the busiest passageway for oil tankers in the world, with over 17 million barrels (or 20% of the total world supply) moving through the narrow stretch of water each day.

http://is.gd/AmC5Bn



Lethality Beyond the Pale

By Nick Turse

An Israeli attack on the Iranian capital of Tehran using five 500-kiloton weapons would, the study estimates, kill seven million people, 86% of the population, and leave close to 800,000 wounded.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34918.htm



Consequences of Western Intransigence in Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran

By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett

As long as Washington refuses to recognise Iran s right to enrich, no substantial agreement will be possible.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34920.htm



Israel Fights America s Battles?

By Jordan Chandler Hirsch and Sam Kleiner

The Pentagon, at the very least, appears to be embracing the idea of Israel fighting America s battles in the Middle East in exchange for high-end weapons systems.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34931.htm



Israel Hints at New Strikes, Warning Syria Not to Hit Back

''If Syrian President Assad reacts by attacking Israel, or tries to strike Israel through his terrorist proxies,'' the official said, ''he will risk forfeiting his regime.''

http://is.gd/KXs3xr


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Nuclear Terror in the Middle East
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Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned yesterday that deepening US military involvement in Syria s civil war would be a ''mistake,'' warning the outcome would be unpredictable and messy.

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Russia s Mediterranean Task Force to Include Nuclear Subs: Navy Chief

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu earlier said a decision to deploy a permanent task force in the Mediterranean to defend Russia s interests in the area had been made. The Russian navy commander also said nuclear submarines could be deployed in the Mediterranean, if necessary.

http://is.gd/f2hzPQ



Syria Endgame Approaching Fast

By Shamus Cooke

Syrian government forces have scored significant battlefield victories over the rebels, and this has provoked a mixture of war provocations and peace offers from the U.S. and its anti-Assad allies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34922.htm



Syrian City Ruled by Gangs of Extremists

By Richard Spencer, and David Rose

The black flag of al-Qaeda flies high over Raqqa s main square in front of the smart new governor s palace. Their fighters, clad also in black, patrol the streets.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34925.htm



Putin Warns Netanyahu, Against Aggravating Syria Crisis

The remark appeared intended as a warning against foreign military intervention or arming the rebels fighting against Syrian forces.

http://is.gd/UMC7Hb



Austria says UK push to arm Syrian rebels would violate international law

Forceful Austrian position signals deep EU divisions on Syria ahead of this month s embargo decision.

http://is.gd/14pKKd



The Real Benghazi Story

US Smuggling Weapons to Syrian Rebels

By Daya Gamage

The 'real show' is that the United States, Ambassador Steven playing a major role, was in the process of shipping arms to Syrian rebels to topple Basher el-Assad s regime.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34974.htm



Syria Rebels Threaten to Wipe Out Shiite, Alawite Towns

By Dana El Baltaji

Communities inhabited by Shiite Muslims and President Bashar al-Assad s Alawite minority will be ''wiped off the map'' if the strategic city of Al-Qusair in central Syria falls to government troops, rebel forces said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35044.htm



Britain, France to drum up support to arm Syrian rebels

French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday said they would seek European support for their proposal to arm the "rebels" to fight Syrian government forces.

http://is.gd/FZUlyd



Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria now best-equipped of the group

Al Qaeda s affiliate inside Syria is now the best-equipped arm of the terror group in existence today, according to informal assessments by U.S. and Middle East intelligence agencies.

http://is.gd/IMgXlC


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Israel, Syria and the United States

Stephen Zunes, Truthout: As America fears the possibility of chemical warfare in Syria, Stephen Zunes reflects on the past decade of political relations between Israel, Syria and the United States, a period filled with misinformation, spin and one too many thwarted attempts at peace.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16341-israel-syria-and-the-united-states

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No intervention in Syria

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

05/10/13

If after the debacles in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya (dare I say Vietnam?) some people still want the U.S. government to intervene, further, in the war inside Syria (but fueled by outsiders), we must conclude, not that they can t learn the lessons of recent history, but that they won t because doing so would be contrary to their assorted political, ideological, and material interests...

http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/tgif-no-intervention-in-syria/


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By Paul Craig Roberts

I know from my own media experience that an independent print and TV media no longer exists in the West. The American media is a tightly controlled disinformation ministry.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34911.htm



How Elite Economic Hucksters Drive America s Biggest Fraud Epidemics

By William K. Black

The work of Alan Greenspan and other unethical economists has cost us trillions of dollars, millions of jobs and endless suffering.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35179.htm

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President Obama Uses a Sledgehammer Against Dissent
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/31

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Alan Greenspan, Doing His Best to Make Things Worse

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Alan Greenspan isn t just being a bad economist; he s being a bad person, refusing to accept responsibility for his errors in and out of office. And he s still out there, doing his best to make the world a worse place.

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By Clive Stafford Smith

The Peshawar high court has delivered a damning verdict on the strikes. Pakistan must now move towards protecting the security of its citizens.

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US must take Pakistan drone concerns seriously: Nawaz Sharif

''Drones are indeed a challenge to our sovereignty. Of course we have taken this matter up very seriously and also spoken to the Americans during our meetings,'' he said.

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Pakistani Court Accuses U.S. of War Crimes for Drone Strikes

Could the U.S., who perennial accuses its enemies of war crimes soon face those accusations itself before the UN? That possibility appears increasingly likely following a landmark Pakistani court ruling.

http://is.gd/vAYnkd


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US Navy Makes Historic Drone Launch
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Drone Warfare
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