BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- June 12, 2012
Tuesday, 12. June 2012
BFP Nightly Quote
“As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: You liberate a city by destroying it. Words are used to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.” – Gore Vidal
International Newsworthy
Iran: The Dangers of Stalled Nuclear Talks in Moscow
Iran to Send Humanitarian Aid to North Korea
China’s Iranian Crude Imports Remain in US Firing Line
US Exempts 7 Economies from Iran Oil Sanctions
Iran Designing Nuclear Submarine
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China’s Afghan Oil Deal on the Skids
Pakistan: Supply Route Talks with US on Hold
Pakistan Commission’s Report Says Haqqani Behind Controversial Memo
India to Greenlight State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks
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Syria: Violence Invites Further Foreign Intervention
Syrian Rebels’ Arsenal Includes Remote-Controlled Truck Bombs
Russia Prepares Army for Syria Deployment?
China: ‘Syria Should Not be on Agenda at G20′
Damascus Puts Squeeze on Militants amid Accusations of Extreme Cruelty
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Iraq Rise will Upset OPEC Power Balance
Turkey: Hasankeyf Damn Can Drown Kurds’ Hideaways
Israel Begins Rounding Up African Migrants
Israel: Tel Aviv ‘Exodus’ Planned in Event of Missile Strike
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US to Deploy More than 3000 Troops to Africa
Somalia: Al-Shebaab Fighters Retake Town of Elbur
Libya: British Diplomat Convoy Attacked- at Least One Injured
Libya Splitting into Militia Zones
Egypt’s Youth Movement Endorses Muslim Brotherhood Candidate
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Russia: Tens of Thousands March against Putin
What Washington Wants in the Caucasus
Uzbek Thorns on SCO’s Path to Kabul
Kyrgyzstan: Could Microfinance Bubble Burst?
Macedonia: New Mosque Causes Ethnic Rift in Southwest
National Newsworthy
Police State: US Cities Embrace Software to Automatically Detect “Suspicious” Behavior
Supreme Court OKs Torture on US Soil & Elsewhere
Stuxnet: The Worm that Turned on the US
Flame & Stuxnet: Two Cyber Weapons Unleashed by Same Master
EX-Diplomat: US Thinks Israeli Spy Pollard was not Acting Alone
Israel’s Peres to Present Obama with Signed Petition for Pollard’s Release
Border Agency Overextended on Drone Program
GOP Lawmakers Bash ‘Unconscionable’ Cuts to Afghan War Funding
Noteworthy Editorials
Paul Craig Roberts: Hubris as the Evil Force in History
Chris Floyd: The Liberals’ Clumsy Dance across Obama’s Killing Floor
Glenn Greenwald: Leon Panetta: Macho Renaissance Man
Jacob Hornberger: The Pentagon-The Troublemaker
Obama’s Virus Wars: Mutually Assured Cyber-Destruction
Guilty Till Proven Innocent: Wire Transfer=Terrorist?
BFP Nightly Video-Audio
Video 1: BFP EyeOpener Video Report: “Silicon Spies: The US government and the tech revolution”
Video 2: A Few Words on Military Budget Cuts
Video 3: New York Wants to Ban Online Anonymity
Podcast: Corbett Report- Critical Thinking with Marc Ressl
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gogetem Says:
Chris Floyd’s essay is excellent.