World-News

Sonali Kolhatkar, Truthout: While the US and Afghan governments fail to reach a deal on the future of foreign troops in Afghanistan, no one expects anything but continuing US occupation of the impoverished country, along with its toll of civilian deaths and vanishing rights for women.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/20744-obama-pursues-occupation-lite-in-afghanistan

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*Bride and Boom!*

By Tom Engelhardt

We Are Number One...In Obliterating Wedding Parties.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37177.htm



Afghanistan is a Calamity and our Leaders Must be Held to Account

By Seumas Milne

British troops haven t accomplished a single one of their missions in Afghanistan. Like Iraq and Libya, it s a disaster.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37185.htm



This Is What Winning Looks Like

Video Documentary

A disturbing new documentary about the ineptitude, drug abuse, sexual misconduct, and corruption of the Afghan security forces as well as the reduced role of US Marines due to the troop withdrawal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37216.htm



US drone kills two in eastern Afghanistan

At least two people including a child have been killed in the latest US assassination drone attack in eastern Afghanistan, Press TV reports.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/01/10/344790/us-drone-kills-two-in-eastern-afghanistan/



Afghanistan: US murders 7 children and one woman in airstrike

President says: As a result of bombardment by American forces last night, which was conducted...in Siahgird district of Parwan province, one woman and seven children were martyred and one civilian injured,* a statement from his office said.

http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-president-accuses-us-killing-8-civilians-airstrike-163231353.html



US airstrike killed 13 Afghan civilians in Parwan: Official

An Afghan fact-finding mission has found that a recent US airstrike has killed at least 13 civilians in the country s northeastern province of Parwan.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/01/17/346133/us-airstrike-killed-13-afghan-civilians/



Afghanistan: US airstrike killed at least 14 civilians, including women and children

A delegation of the Afghan officials including parliament members, who were assigned by president Karzai to investigate the US airstrike in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan, has revealed at least 14 civilians were killed in the air raid.

http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2014/01/17/us-airstrike-killed-at-least-14-civilians-including-women-and-children.html



US Kills 9 people in Afghanistan

An Afghan police officer claimed on Saturday that five Pakistanis were among nine armed opponents who were killed in a US drone strike in the Kamdesh area of the eastern Nuristan province.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-28031-Afghan-police-claim-five-Pakistani-militants-killed--in-drone-strike



Hamid Karzai: 'I Saw No Good' With America s Presence In Afghanistan

By Harriet Alexander

*This whole 12 years was one of constant pleading with America to treat the lives of our civilians as lives of people,* he said, adding that he had not spoken to Mr Obama since June.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37532.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Our Afghanistan Failure Was Led by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/03-3

Doctors Blame US War as Afghan Child Hunger Crisis Worsens
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/06

US Marines Shoot and Kill Four-Year-Old Afghan Boy
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/10

US Accused of Killing Woman, Seven Children in Afghanistan Airstrike
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/16-2

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Why the US wants to stay in Afghanistan

Antiwar.com
by Jack A. Smith

01/08/14

The U.S. is supposed to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by the end of this new year. But despite public opinion polls to the contrary, President Obama is seeking to leave several thousand Special Forces troops, military trainers, CIA personnel, 'contractors' and surveillance listening posts for 10 more years in Afghanistan until the end of 2024...

http://tinyurl.com/lms957o


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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How occupation is waged in Afghanistan
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-is-a-racket-1/how-occupation-is-waged-in-afghanistan-.html



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On Thursday Sir Peter Gibson published the findings of his aborted inquiry into the complicity of British intelligence agencies in torture. It found agents were reluctant to raise issues about the way detainees were being treated because they feared jeopardising relations with their international counterparts.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/19/torture-britain-shocking-rendition_n_4472453.html



Senators: CIA 'Misleading' Public Over Secret Torture Report

U.S. senators openly castigated the Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday for delaying the release of a long-awaited report on torture and secret prisons during the Bush era.

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/17/senators_cia_misleading_public_over_secret_torture_report



How the Washington Post is Backed by the CIA

Video

The potential conflict of interest between the new Washington Post owner, Jeff Bezos and a recent $600 million CIA contract with his other company, Amazon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdTyQDCBFMs&feature=youtu.be



Bush, aides made 935 false statements in run-up to war

President Bush and his top aides publicly made 935 false statements about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two years following September 11, 2001, according to a study released Tuesday by two nonprofit journalism groups.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/23/bush.iraq/



UK: Peers call for proper scrutiny of American military bases in UK used for drone strikes and mass spying

Scrutiny of American military bases in Britain could be increased dramatically for the first time in more than 60 years under cross-party proposals provoked by evidence that the installations are being used for drone strikes and mass spying activities.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/exclusive-peers-call-for-proper-scrutiny-of-american-military-bases-in-uk-used-for-drone-strikes-and-mass-spying-9084126.html


From Information Clearing House

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Torture Victims Have ?Well-Founded Claim? That UK Complicit In Their Abuse, Says High Court
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/12/20-0

Aging Political Prisoners Suffer From Illness, Decades in Solitary Confinement
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/12/23-0

'The Only Thing We Have to Fear...' is the CIA
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/23

CIA Lawyer: Stopping Torture 'Would Have Been Easy,' But I Approved It Anyway
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/06-1



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Why Soldiers Commit Suicide?

Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja

"We should be saddened but not shocked when we see the broken men and women return from battles overseas. We should be angry with those who send them to suffer and die in unnecessary wars.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37170.htm



Invest in People, Not War

By Ralph Nader

As millions of Americans struggle with inadequate health care, low wages, deteriorating public services, billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars are pouring into the coffers of the Department of Defense every year.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37169.htm



Manipulations Rule The Markets

By Paul Craig Roberts

US capital markets are so manipulated, and now by the authorities themselves, that manipulation cannot stop without a crash.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37181.htm



West, Saudi Arabia Relieved at Death of Al-Majed

By Finian Cunningham

The so-called *war on terror* is just part of the deception to hide the real involvement of these governments in waging state terrorism for their geopolitical ends by using the very same groups they are supposed to be fighting against.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37308.htm



What Century Are We Living In? What Millennium? What World?

By William Blum

It would, be difficult to name a single brutal dictatorship of the second half of the 20th Century that was not supported by the United States; not only supported, but often put into power.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37340.htm



Saudi Arabia: A Retrograde Rentier Dictatorship and Global Terrorism

By James Petras

The mastermind of the Saudi terror network is Bandar bin Sultan, who has longstanding and deep ties to high level US political, military and intelligence officials.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37353.htm



The Empire Feeds Off Of The Republic

Audio and Transcript

What the military industrial complex in the US learned from Yugoslavia was that they could fight an entire war and not lose a single soldier.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37477.htm



70 Years of Foreign Troops in UK? We Should Close The Bases

By Seumas Milne

US forces in Britain aren t defending the country but lock it into an empire in decline. It s past time for some independence.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37473.htm

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The USG Colossus Is a Double-Edged Sword
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/12/chris-rossini/the-usg-colossus-is-a-double-edged-sword/

War, Empire, and the Military
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/laurence-m-vance/war-empire-military/

Oppose the Saudi-Israeli Cabal
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/patrick-j-buchanan/oppose-the-saudi-israeli-cabal/

Thoughts on Economics, Empires and Their Sophists
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/ira-katz/economics-and-empires/

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Saudi influence downplayed or omitted to help manufacture consent
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11795/



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/12/19-7

Sea Shepherd Captures Video of 'Illegal' Japanese Whale Slaughter
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/06-5



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/19-1

There s an Alarming Number of Deaths in US Jails
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/27-3

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The Incredible, Shrinking Presidency of Barack Obama

By Mike Whitney

Barack Obama now ranks among the least popular presidents in the last century. In fact, his approval rating is lower than Bush s was in his fifth year in office.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37178.htm



The Race War of Drug Prohibition

Video Interview

Noam Chomsky speaks about the race war of drug prohibition, the prison-industrial complex, the erosion of civil liberties under Barack Obama, moral inconsistencies within government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37225.htm

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In America, Innocent Until Proven Guilty? Not for Most People Who Are Stuck in Jail

April M. Short, AlterNet: Most people in jail in the U.S. have not been convicted of any crime. That is unless poverty can be considered an automatic-lockup offense.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/20914-in-america-innocent-until-proven-guilty-not-for-most-people-who-are-stuck-in-jail

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Obama vs. the Constitution

Heartland Institute
by Edmund Contoski

12/27/13

'If you like your health plan, you can keep it,' is the Lie of the Year, according to PolitiFact. But Barack Obama has been operating under an even more momentous lie for his entire presidency, from the day he took the oath of office. With that oath, he swore to 'faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.' The Constitution states the president 'shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.' This is a duty, not a discretionary power...

http://blog.heartland.org/2013/12/obama-vs-the-constitution


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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