http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40942.htm

The More The West Sees The Ukraine Crisis As Another Cold War The Worse It Will Get

By Mary Dejevsky

The talk – especially coming out of the US – is increasingly disturbing.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40945.htm

WPost Is Lost in Neocon Fantasyland

By Paul R. Pillar

The neocons now control the editorial pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post, a dangerous development for the American people and the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40946.htm

The Terror We Give Is the Terror We Get

By Chris Hedges

Both ISIS and the West revel in brutality that feeds the fever for war. The line that separates us from our enemies is technological, not moral. We are those we fight.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40941.htm

Burying Vietnam, Launching Perpetual War

How Thanking the Veteran Meant Ignoring What Happened

By Christian Appy

From the Vietnam War, the Pentagon and its apologists learned fundamental lessons about how to burnish, bend, and bury the truth. The results have been devastating.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40943.htm

Mending ‘Axis of Resistance’: Hamas Goes Back To Square One

By Ramzy Baroud

The Islamic Resistance Movement is once again facing difficult choices, and it seems to be choosing a cautious return to its old camp of Iran and Hezbollah. The manoeuvre this time is particularly risky.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40947.htm

A Truth Most Jews Don’t Want To Know About Anti-Semitism

By Alan Hart

“Some politicians around the world deny that what is happening in Europe is anti-Semitism.”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40948.htm

Freed CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Says

“I Would Do It All Again” to Expose Torture

Video

John Kiriakou became the first CIA official to publicly confirm and detail the Bush administration’s use of waterboarding.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40940.htm

Who Owns Stephen Harper?

By Linda McQuaig

More than $2 million was donated to the Prime Minister’s two leadership bids, but the identities of his major backers have never been publicly disclosed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40950.htm

5 Facts That Show Half of USA Lives In Poverty

By Paul Buchheit

The media celebrates “economic growth,” while new data shows most Americans are barely surviving.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40944.htm

The Lie We Live

Must Watch Short Video

Exposing the truth about our corrupt world and what humanity has become.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40949.htm

Iraq: Suicide attack, bombing kill at least 22 in Baghdad:

Attacks in Baghdad killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens on Monday, just days after the government lifted a nighttime curfew that had been in place in the Iraqi capital for over a decade.

http://indianexpress.com/article/world/middle-east-africa/iraq-suicide-attack-bombing-kill-at-least-22-in-baghdad/

Iraq to launch major ground offensive against IS group:

“There will be a major counter offensive on the ground in Iraq,” John Allen, the chief envoy for the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group, said in an interview with Jordan’s official Petra news agency.

http://www.france24.com/en/20150209-iraq-ground-offensive-islamic-state-group-bomb-attack/

US to establish military base in Erbil:

The U.S. is to establish a military base in the Kurdish regional government region to provide logistical assistance to warplanes targeting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions, Kurdish officials have said, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.

http://en.apa.az/xeber_us_to_establish_military_base_in_erbil_222851.html

‘Execution of Saddam Hussein wasn’t about justice, but about US profits ‘:

The way the execution of Saddam Hussein was carried out, in a way that was meant to foment sectarian violence

http://rt.com/op-edge/230579-saddam-hussein-execution-rope-auction/

15 killed in Syria airstrikes:

As many as 15 people were killed and dozens wounded Monday in government airstrikes on a rebel-held area east of the capital Damascus, a monitoring group reported.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/15-killed-in-syria-airstrikes_1544005.html

Former Syrian Rebel Group Allies with Assad to Fight Islamists near Damascus:

Former rebel militiamen who have switched sides and joined Syria’s pro-government forces are engaged in a fierce battle against Islamist insurgents near Damascus, sources said on Sunday.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23676

Syria rejects foreign ground troops to fight ISIS:

Syria will not allow foreign ground troops on its territory to fight the Islamic State group, Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said on Monday, according to Agence France-Presse.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/02/09/Syria-rejects-foreign-ground-troops-to-fight-ISIS-.html

IS hostage John Cantlie appears in new video from Syria’s Aleppo:

The Islamic State (IS) group on Monday circulated a video featuring John Cantlie, their British journalist hostage, touring the Syrian city of Aleppo and interviewing IS fighters.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hostage-john-cantlie-appears-new-video-syrias-aleppo-1125534015

2,000 UK troops, RAF spy plane bound for Jordan to combat ISIS:

“We will shortly be in a position to deploy as many as 2,000 troops mainly in a training capacity,” one source said. “Though a proportion will be ready for force protection purposes if that decision is taken.”

http://rt.com/uk/230571-uk-jordan-military-support/

Pro-Israel lobby threteans Democrats who plan to skip Netanyahu speech:

Benjamin Netanyahu’s well-funded Jewish conservative backers say they may use their funds to draw attention in the districts and states of any Democratic lawmaker who is not at the US Capitol to listen to Netanyahu on March 3.

http://presstv.com/Detail/2015/02/09/396864/Israel-lobby-threatens-US-Democrats

Vicar faces social media ban over Facebook post linking 9/11 to Israel:

A Church of England vicar has been banned from using social media after he posted a link to an internet article blaming Israel for the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. The Rev Stephen Sizer used Facebook to promote the article entitled “9/11 Israel did it” and reportedly wrote: “Is this antisemitic?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/09/vicar-faces-social-media-ban-over-facebook-post-linking-911-to-Israel

Afghanistan drone strike ‘kills IS commander Abdul Rauf’:

Tribal elders in northern Helmand say a car carrying up to six people was destroyed while crossing the desert.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31290147

5 killed by bomb in Niger town after army repels Boko Haram:

At least five people were killed when a bomber struck a market in the town of Diffa in southeastern Niger on Sunday, after the army repelled an attack by Nigerian militant group Boko Haram on the border settlement.

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/more-world-stories/story/5-killed-bomb-niger-town-after-army-repels-boko-haram-20150208

At least two killed in militant attack in Somalia :

At least two people were killed when Somali militants al Shabaab attacked the house of a senior police official in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, police said on Sunday.

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000151004&story_title=Kenya-at-least-two-killed-in-militant-attack-in-Somalia

Somalia lawmaker shot dead in Mogadishu:

Shooting is the latest in a string of assassinations of politicians in the war-torn country.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/somalia-lawmaker-shot-dead-mogadishu-150209075629929.html

Boko Haram ‘kidnaps bus passengers’:

Suspected militants from Nigerian group Boko Haram hijack a bus in Cameroon and kidnap at least 20 people, residents say.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31313590

25 migrants found dead off Italy’s Lampedusa:

A total of 25 migrants were found dead by the Italian coastal guard onboard a packed ship off Lampedusa island, between Libya and Sicily, local media said on Monday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

http://en.apa.az/-_222849.html

Kiev forces cause explosion at chemical factory in Donetsk:

A powerful explosion has occurred at a chemical factory in the city of Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine as a result of artillery shelling by Kiev forces, Ukrainian officials have informed on their social network accounts, APA reports citing Ukrainian media.

http://en.apa.az/xeber_kiev_forces_cause_explosion_at_chemical__222813.html

Obama ‘may supply arms to Ukraine’:

President Barack Obama says the US is considering sending lethal arms to Ukraine if diplomacy fails to end the crisis, lambasting “Russian aggression”. Mrs Merkel met the US president in Washington on Monday to update him on German-Franco plans to restart peace talks.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31279621

Kremlin: Don’t Issue Ultimatums To Putin:

Vladimir Putin will not be spoken to in the language of ultimatums, a Russian radio station has quoted the Kremlin as saying. Reports suggest German Chancellor Angela Merkel had given him until Wednesday to agree a peace plan over Ukraine or face new sanctions.

http://news.sky.com/story/1424105/kremlin-dont-issue-ultimatums-to-putin

Russia’s Putin says will not wage war on anyone:

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday Russia did not plan to wage war on anyone although a world order where one leader tells others what they can do would not suit Moscow.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/07/us-ukraine-crisis-putin-idUSKBN0LB0KG20150207

American military expert to Ukraine:

“Donbass is lost, you have no army, you will get no weapons!”: The Ukrainian army is unfit for combat, it has no coordination with the volunteer battalions – they do not fight as a unified force. It has many structural problems, that weapons will not solve, even if we sent our best tanks, and put rockets and grenade launchers on top of them.

http://fortruss.blogspot.mx/2015/02/american-military-expert-to-ukraine.html

EU agrees to widen Ukraine sanctions but waits on implementation:

EU foreignf ministers approved on Monday putting visa bans and asset freezes on more Ukrainian separatists and Russians but will wait until Feb. 16 to implement the measures to give peace efforts more time, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/09/ukraine-crisis-eu-fabius-idUSL5N0VJ19N20150209

Russia’s Newest Military Base In Europe Will Be Just 40km From NATO Facilities In Cyprus:

“We want to avoid further deterioration in relations between Russia and Europe,” explained Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades upon reportedly signing an agreement to offer Russia military facilities on its soil

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-09/russias-newest-military-base-europe-will-be-just-40km-nato-facilities-Cyprus

Cyprus denies ‘Russia deal on military bases’:

“There is no question of Russian air or naval military bases on the soil of Cyprus,” said Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides. Russian government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta said Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades would make the offer on an official visit to Moscow on 25 February.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31293330

Payback time? Greek PM seeks reparations over Nazi occupation & war-time loan:

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, referring to Nazi Germany’s four-year occupation of Greece and a forced war-time loan during World War II that saddled the Greek economy in huge debt, wants Berlin to pay reparations.

http://rt.com/news/230479-greece-tsipras-germany-nazi/

Germany rejects Greek claim for World War Two reparations:

Germany said on Monday there was “zero” chance of it paying World War Two reparations to Athens, following a renewed demand from Greece’s new leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

http://www.todayonline.com/world/germany-rejects-greek-claim-world-war-two-reparations

France: Marseille Police Attacked By Gunmen Carrying Kalashnikovs;

Attacks Reportedly Linked To Drug Gangs

http://www.ibtimes.com/marseille-police-attacked-gunmen-carrying-kalashnikovs-attacks-reportedly-linked-drug-1809690

HSBC files show how Swiss bank helped clients dodge taxes and hide millions:

Data in massive cache of leaked secret bank account files lift lid on questionable practices at subsidiary of one of world’s biggest financial institutions

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/08/hsbc-files-expose-swiss-bank-clients-dodge-taxes-hide-millions

Your Samsung SmartTV Is Spying on You, Basically:

You may be loving your new Internet-connected television and its convenient voice-command feature-but did you know it’s recording everything you say and sending it to a third party?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/05/your-samsung-smarttv-is-spying-on-you-basically.html

Cops Shoot Unarmed Man in Bed:

Theoharis didn’t have any weapons, but both the Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Corrections ruled the shooting justified and in compliance with policy.

http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/11/cops-shoot-man-in-bed-shooting-ruled-jus

Alan Greenspan: “I’m afraid (the US is) going to run into some form of political crisis”:

Audio: Mark Mardell speaks to Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jmyh5

“Let us be peace and joy”

Tom Feeley

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 

1,602,526,140,797

http://www.costofwar.com/