BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- October 23, 2012
Tuesday, 23. October 2012
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“The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal – that you can gather votes like box tops – is… the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.” –Adlai Stevenson
International Newsworthy
Iran Threatens to Stop Oil Exports, Considers Anti-Europe Sanctions
Egypt Backs Iran’s Nuclear Program
Israeli PM to Visit France to Discuss Iran’s “Nuclear Issue”
Afghanistan: NATO Kills Four Children in Afghan East
Army’s Giant Spy Blimp Plan for Afghanistan Set Adrift
UK to Double Number of Drones in Afghanistan
Pakistan Rejects Indian Accusation of Terrorists’ Infiltration
Pakistani Troops Kill Child in Shelling of North Waziristan
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Lawmaker Claims Syrian Kurds Trained in Iraqi KurdistanIraq Ambassador Wants US to Pressure Exxon on Kurdistan
Baghdad Anti-Shia Attacks Kill at least seven
Six Killed in Yemen Weapons Depot Blast
Watchdog Says 76 Journalists Imprisoned in Turkey
U.S. Commander Visits Turkey to Discuss Fight against PKK
Palestinian Killed as Israel Shells Gaza
Israel Bans Even Marriage Ties Between West Bank and Gaza* * * *
US blocks Russia’s Draft Statement in UN on Peaceful Resolution of Bani Walid Violence
Civilians Flee Besieged Former Gaddafi Stronghold in Libya
France Sends Spy Drones to Northern Mali
Germany Could Assist in Mali Training Mission
Egypt’s Case on Constitutional Assembly Referred to Constitutional Court
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Demands Election Delay
Nigeria Seizes Arms-Laden Ship
Nigeria: A Spotlight on Oil Theft in Nigeria
Sudan’s Southern Kordofan Capital Shelled
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Asian Countries Abandon U.S. Dollar for Chinese Yuan
Russian Government to Finalize Large-Scale Oil Deal
Car Bomb kills 1-Injures 4 Policemen in Russia’s N.Caucasus
Armenia: Labor Migration Program Causing Yerevan-Moscow Friction
Britain’s New Drone Squadron
National Newsworthy
CIA Whistleblower who Revealed Torture Sentenced to Prison
FBI Must Pay $470K for Journalist’s Legal Fees
The Top 20 Airports for TSA Theft
International Observers to Monitor U.S. Election for Voter Suppression
ACLU Fights the Good Fight to Stop Gov’t Surveillance of Citizens
Earthquake-Causing Fracking to Be Allowed within 500 Feet of Nuclear Plants
Shadow Money Group Discloses Adelson Donation
Foreign Debt Now $47,495 per Household
Talk Rises about Sovereign Debt Cancellation
Ben Bernanke Wants to Resign
Cryptome: US National Spy Budget FY2013: $52.6 Billion
Noteworthy Editorials
Andy Worthington: The 9/11 Trial-Torturing Justice
Chris Hedges: McGovern- He Never Sold His Soul
Tom Engelhardt: The Supersizing of American Politics
Doug Bandow: Washington’s Endless War
Tom Woods: Expect Conservatives To Defend Obamacare
Stephen Lendman: Israel Wages War on Human Rights
Lobbying through the Silver Screen
Obama and Romney concur on War, Assassination & Reaction
BFP Nightly Video-Podcast
Video 1: BFP EyeOpener Video Report-Psyops 101: An introduction to psychological operations
Video 2: Alert ~ We Are Building Killers
Video 3: Libya Limbo: No water, food or shelter in Bani Walid
Podcast: Corbett Report- The Art of Debunking
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