MECRA The Middle East Journal:(Group # 11c)-508-0089-January 28-2012-

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"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."

 - Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(U.N. Article 1.10 December 1948)

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"Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle... Perhaps an editor might begin a reformation in some such way as this. Divide his paper into four chapters, heading the 1st, Truths. 2d, Probabilities. 3d, Possibilities. 4th, Lies. The first chapter would be very short." 

- Thomas Jefferson, 1807

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• "To educate a man is to unfit him to be a slave."

• Frederick Douglass
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   Jamal A. E. Shurdom
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   "Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the opressor."

  -- Ginetta Sagan

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• "If You Can't Hear the Drums of War You Must Be Deaf"

• Dr. Henry Kissinger

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• The EU can yet seize the opportunities of the Arab spring by Eneko Landaburu..

• Practical ways Europe can harness the Arab spring.By Günter Gloser

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• Putin Says U.S. Seeks `Vassals` Not Allies

• http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/326396.html

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• Special Focus! Iran/Israeli/US Relations 

• Updated News & Perspectives!

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• Bush's CIA Director:
  We Determined Attacking Iran Was A Bad Idea  By Josh Rogin

• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30322.htm..
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• Stop the next war:

• Washington Moves The World Closer To War By  Dr Paul Craig Roberts

  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30271.htm

 

•  'Obama anti-Iran threats, propaganda'..

•  Stop the next war: OWS Should Lead Iran War Resistance  By Joe Scarry
• Extremism in ‘Defense’ of Israel By Justin Raimondo
• Contrary to Widespread Claims, There Is NO EVIDENCE that Iran Is Building a Nuclear Weapon..
• EU sanctions against Iran have many holes..
• Iran foreign trade rises despite sanctions..
• Saudi royal warns Iran nuclear program can lead to Mideast arms race..
• Not bound by U.S. and EU sanctions against Iran: India..
• Iran oil ban will up oil prices by 30%: IMF..
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• What are the experts saying about Iran?: Video..

•  http://jstreet.org/blog/what-are-the-experts-saying-about-iran/ 

• CAP, 'Israel-Firsters,' and Iran  by Daniel Luban

• Will Israel Attack Iran?: (And If It Does, Can It Really Stop Tehran's Nuclear Program?):

•  http://ti.me/wFB1uW

• 'Israel must have credible military option on Iran':

• http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=255323

• Do Israeli Leaders Really Think Iran Is an Existential Threat?  by Robert Wright

• Iran Not Isolated By Pepe Escobar
• Political Posturing and Iran: What Does It Have to Do With Us? by Bruce Ramsey

• Iran's Nuclear Scientists are not Being Assassinated. They are Being Murdered By Mehdi Hasan

  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30267.htm

  The Myth of "Isolated" Iran:Following the Money in the Iran Crisis  By Pepe Escobar

  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30269.htm

• Netanyahu cites Holocaust lesson in dealing with Iran

• http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120124/wl_nm/us_israel_iran

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• 'Senior IDF officer told cabinet Israel cannot stop Iran's nuclear program':

• http://bit.ly/yKEpto

• U.S. to deploy more warships to Gulf in March

• http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/01/26/64665940.html

• Retaliation for EU Sanctions: Iran Set to Turn Off Oil Supply to Europe:

• http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,811507,00.html#ref=rss 

• 'No one can sell oil if Iran cannot':

• http://www.presstv.ir/detail/223193.html

• Halt in Iran oil could push crude up 30%: IMF:
  http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/12096

• Israeli DM: World Must Act Against Iran Soon

• Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran

• Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb To Attack Iran

• Weapons Experts Part of UN Team Probing Iran for Alleged Nuke Work

• 'Massive' Blockade Needed to Stop Iran Threat, Israeli Finance Minister : -http://buswk.co/wC1ogB

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• Russia Sides Firmly With Assad Government in Syria

• Arab League halts Syria mission

• Designed to Reject? Israel Offers Wall as Border

• Panetta: Pakistan Govt. Knew bin Laden Location

• US Falls to 47th in Press Freedom Rankings

• Pentagon Rushing Commando 'Mothership' to Middle East

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• War and law in the 21st century: Adapting to the changing face of conflict

• by Anne-Marie Slaughter

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• President Obama's Adminstration & The Middle East

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• Obama's State of the Union--- Read the Full Speech Text

• State Of The Union 2012: LIVE VIDEO And Updates --Like
• Obama's State of the Union Address: Everybody Must Play By The Same Rules
• Full Text: Read Mitch Daniels' State Of The Union Response
• President Announces New Special Unit
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•  'Obama anti-Iran threats, propaganda'..

• Obama Using Loophole to Quietly Sell Arms to Bahrain
• Not a Peep About the President's Praise for War  by Laura Flanders
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• Baghdad Landing by US Helicopter Sparks Rumors US Troops Still in Iraq
• Pentagon Rushing Commando 'Mothership' to Middle East
• Panetta: Pakistan Govt. Knew bin Laden Location
• US Threatens to Halt Egypt Junta Aid
• US Falls to 47th in Press Freedom Rankings
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• Gilmore calls for Israel to end blockade of Gaza
• Hamas Leader Khaled Meshal Abandons Damascus Base
• Is Turkey the new home for Hamas?
• UN calls on Israel to halt Palestinian homes destruction in West Bank
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•  Updated News  Highlights

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• As of 1/28/2012-12:03 PM
• Egyptians Gather In Tahrir Square To Mark First Anniversary Of Uprising
• US Threatens to Halt Egypt Junta Aid
• Russia Sides Firmly With Assad Government in Syria
• Bahrain confirms teen died in police custody
• http://aje.me/xtxe6u
• 'Bahraini forces attack mourners':
• http://www.presstv.ir/detail/223173.html
• Russia to promote its own Syria resolution at U.N
• http://yhoo.it/wCzydy
• Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed Fighters
• Dozens Killed in Baghdad Funeral Attack
• Sectarian clashes kill 22 in Yemen
• http://bit.ly/zjkk6I
• 20 "militants" killed in Pakistan :
  http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-149651.html
• Bomber targets NATO occupation force convoy in Afghanistan; 4 killed:
• http://bit.ly/ywis5H 
• AL Stance towards Syria Serves the West and U.S
• http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2012/01/26/396818.htm
• Deputy PM: Iraq on Verge of Sectarian War
• Hamas Quietly Quits Syria as Violence Continues
• In Libya, Rebels Still Dominate Tripoli Streets

  Rumors of US Ops in Iraq as Violence Spikes

• Sarkozy Speeds French Pullout From Afghanistan

• US 'Will Manage' After France Announces Afghan Troop Withdraw
• Will Foil Conspiracies Hatched Against Government: President Zardari
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• Twitter to Selectively 'Censor' Tweets by Country

• SOPA Stopped for Now, Anti-Censorship Activists Turn to ACTA

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• Israeli Assassinations and US Presidents By Alison Weir
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30362.htm
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• Different Political Perspectives: Highlights
• Water for All: The Case for a One-State Solution  by Ramzi El Houry
• The Human Rights "Success" In Libya By Glenn Greenwald
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30369.htm...
• Jeffersonian Exceptionalism by Paul R. Pillar
• Not a Peep About the President's Praise for War  by Laura Flanders
• Israel Needs Blockbusters  By Uri Avnery
  Israel Should Consider Assassinating Obama By John Cook
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30312.htm
  Israel's legal 'abuse' of Arab minority is undemocratic
     Musa Keilani : Why negotiations are encouraged
• More Viewpoints
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  Creating American Terrorists  By Philip Giraldi

  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30314.htm

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• Israel Should Consider Assassinating Obama

  US Newspaper Editor

  By John Cook

  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30312.htm

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   Special Videos

• What are the experts saying about Iran?: Video..

•  http://jstreet.org/blog/what-are-the-experts-saying-about-iran/ 

• Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12972.htm...
• Masked Gunmen Rule in Damascus: Video By RT...
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30365.htm

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• Mind Control: Weapon of Mass Persuasion..
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30368.htm...
• Scott Horton : Torturing Our Independence  

•  Mossad's Jundallah Terrorists- Philip Giraldi on Netanyahu's game

   Israel Backs Jundallah in Iran: Gareth Porter says is wasn't the CIA after all

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• Zbig: Israelis "bought influence" and outmaneuvered Obama

  http://bit.ly/yuSgKT

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• Related Highlights!
  Israel Should Consider Assassinating Obama By John Cook
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30312.htm

  2 US Senators Seek Sanctions on Syria

  Six Marines Killed in Afghanistan Crash Identified

  Iraq tells neighbours not to ‘intervene’

   Libya suspends transitional government members

   As region changes, Hamas movement shifts

  Extremism in ‘Defense’ of Israel

   Obama's been warned, says Justin Raimondo

  3 numbers that will determine  Obama's fate

  "It Is Clearly Unconstitutional"
  Chris Hedges Sues Obama Admin Over Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens

  Video and Transcript

  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30315.htm

  U.S. General Urges Closer Ties With Israel

  http://nyti.ms/ySNnny

  US Confirms Meeting With Haqqani Network

  Officials: French Troops Killed Over US Marines Urine Video

  Pak Secretly Helping US Drone Campaign

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• The Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
  
  Number Of Iraqis killed Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,455,590"

  www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

  Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In Iraq War : 4,801
  icasualties.org/oif/

  Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops killed In Afghanistan : 2,879
 http://www.costofwar.com/
• Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan Total Cost of Wars Since 2001-$1,296,305,159,434      
•  http://www.costofwar.com/..
• The U.S. & World Economy!
• Who Owns America? Hint: It's not China
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28670.htm
  A National Debt Of $14 Trillion? Try $211 Trillion:
  http://n.pr/q6wBM1
• -----------------Banks Weren't Meant to Be Like This By Michael Hudson
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30367.htm
  Free-Market Medicine: A Personal Account By Michael Parenti
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30366.htm
  The Shame and Pride of Joining Food Stamp Nation By Christopher D. Cook
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30370.htm
  How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the '1 Percent' By George Lakey
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30364.htm
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• For Many Americans, Jobs Crisis to Last Many Years
• http://www.cnbc.com/id/45911135
• UK 'planning for eurozone collapse':
• http://bit.ly/z1sZx0
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• Ecology and the Pathology of Capitalism By Charles Sullivan
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30304.htm 
• Citizens United ... Against Secret Corporate Campaign Cash  By Isaiah J. Poole
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30318.htm
• Corporate Rule Is Not Inevitable By Sarah van Gelder
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30320.htm
•  Hunger Is A 'Weapon of Mass Destruction', Says Jean Ziegler By Siv O'Neall
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30319.htm
• How to Create a Depression By Martin Feldstein
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30276.htm
• The US-Iran Economic War By Pepe Escobar...
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30199.htm

  Investors pay to lend to Germany, want more from France
• http://reut.rs/xoVIkl
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• The Words of Wisdom!
• "To educate a man is to unfit him to be a slave."
• Frederick Douglass
  [Frederick Baily] (1818-1895), escaped slave, Abolitionist, author, editor of the North Star and later the New National Era
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