BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- February 7, 2013
Thursday, 7. February 2013
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“Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.” – Henry David Thoreau
International Newsworthy
U.S. Expands Sanctions on Iran
Iran Releases Video ‘Proof’ US Drone Decoded
Iranian Leader Says No Talks with U.S. Under Pressure
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Calls for Strategic Alliance with Egypt
Iran Offers Sinking Egypt a ‘Big Credit Line’
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Afghan Poll Cash Goes to Waste
Afghan War: Retreating NATO Troops to Transit through Ukraine?
‘US-Taliban Talks Underway in Qatar’
Taliban Dismiss London Peace Talks
Thirty Pakistani Religious Parties Endorse Fatwa against Terrorism
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Israel Fuels Syrian Fire-Risks Contagion
Morsi: Syrian Rebels Must Join Forces
Syria’s Kurds Try to Balance Security and Alliances
Iraq: ‘MKO Trained al-Qaeda for Iraq Attacks’
Iraqi Kurdistan Resumes Exports to Turkey-Baghdad Sees This as ‘Illegal’
Iraq’s Ports Record Highest-Ever Returns
U.S. Ambassador under Harsh Criticism of Turkish Gov’t Due to Public Remarks
Lebanese MP: Israel May Be Behind Bulgaria Bombing
‘Yemen on Brink of Political Collapse’
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Morocco: U.S. Africa Command, NATO Allies Plan Largest-Ever African War Games
France Calls on UN Help for Mali War
New Regime-Same Brutality in Egypt
Egypt’s Economy Stumbles
Britain to Announce Closer Military Co-Operation with Libya
Tunisian Govt Shake-Up: A Move Away from Hardline Islamist Rule?
Mauritania Ready to Join Fight Against Sahel Extremism * * * *
Russia Denies Intrusion into Japan’s Airspace
Moscow Seeks to Become Forex Hub to Boost Yuan Trading
Georgian Parliament Indefinitely Postpones Saakashvili Address
Azerbaijan: Opposition Leaders Are Charged With Inciting Riots
Ex-U.S. official on Increased Role of Azerbaijan, Europe’s Energy Security, Central Asia & Iran’s Nuclear Issue
Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev Brings in Young Blood
Uzbekistan: Is the Economy Going into a Tailspin?
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NATO-Trained Kosovo Army to Be Activated in June
Military Chief Tries To Scare Sweden Into NATO With Russian Threat
Bulgarian Opposition Questions Blaming of Hezbollah for Bomb
Canada Considers Revoking Citizenship over Terror
U.S. Pulls Strings to Halt Tainted Appointment of Mexico’s Next Defense Minister
National Newsworthy
US Media: An ‘Informal Arrangement’ with the Government to Not Report the News
New York Times Editor: Obama Administration ‘Continued to Object’ to Saudi Revelation
CIA Rendition Report Author: UK Could Face Rights Court
Feinstein Won’t Allow Anyone to Testify Against Brennan on Targeted Killings
Exclusive: U.N.’s Drone Investigator Backs Brennan for Top CIA Job
EFF Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider Allowing Video Surveillance in Private Homes Without a Warrant
Democrats May Sell Voters’ Political Data to Retailers & Credit Card Firms
Panetta Back at it with ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’ Fear Mongering
US Judge Throws Out Iraq Lawsuit Over UN Aid Program
Military Arrests of US Citizens in Doubt as Feds Fights Rookie Judge
DHS Purchases 21.6 Million More Rounds of Ammunition
Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have Super Weeds
Former Sen. Hutchison Joins Lobby Firm
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to Join Council on Foreign Relations
TracFone Wins another Taxpayer Funded Contract from the Government
Morgan Stanley: Currency War Likely
Productivity Falls at 2%- Most in Nearly Two Years
Noteworthy Editorials
Glenn Greenwald: US Media Yet again Conceals Newsworthy Government Secrets
Andrew Napolitano: Obama Gives Himself Permission to Kill
Tom Engelhardt: Paying the Bin Laden Tax
Jacob Hornberger: Is it PTSD or Guilt That Afflicts Iraq War Veterans?
Paul Pillar: The Endless War
Extrajudicial Killing: Official US Policy
The Secret Government
Who’s Going to Step Up? President Obama Must be Impeached
The Lasting Price of Sanctions
BFP Nightly Video-Podcast
Video 1: Gladio Revisited
Video 2: Corbett Report- New World Next Week
Video 3: Drone Spin: Killing Machine PR Swarms US Mainstream
BFP Podcast 1: The Reality Principle with Eric Draitser- “The Politics of Education” with Julie Cavanagh
BFP Podcast Presents Jesselyn Radack “Who is the New John Yoo?!”
Podcast: Russ Baker on CIA Nominee John Brennan
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