BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- February 19, 2013
Tuesday, 19. February 2013
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“If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” –James Madison
International Newsworthy
Israeli Officials Consider ‘Point of No Return’ With Iran
Shameless Imperialism: Iranian Dissident Group is “Viable” Opposition- Say US Congressmen
Iran’s Rampant Inflation Called Sixth-Worst in World
Iran Scolds World Powers over Gold Sanctions “Offer”
Pakistan Reaches Out to Iran on Energy & Security
Indian Pays for Iran Oil in Rupees- Turkey Route Halted
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Afghan Gov’t Bans Local Forces from Asking Foreign Troops for Air Support
US-Saudi Funded Terrorists Sowing Chaos in Pakistan
Pakistan: Gunmen Attack NATO Convoy-Kill Two
Pakistan Hands Management of Strategic Gwadar Port to China
China Set for Gwadar Port Pain
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Syrian Opposition Accuses Hezbollah of Fighting for Assad
EU Decides to Extend Sanctions against Syria for Three More Months
Washington Invites Syrian Opposition Leader
Britain Could Ramp Up Scale of Security to Syria Rebels
Iraq Foils Bid by Militants to Smuggle Arms into Syria
Russia Deploys 4 Warships Near Syria
Aleppo’s Civil Front Seeks to Prevent Islamic Rule
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Shadow Wars: Mideast’s covert ops
Saudis, Iraq Cut Oil Exports as Venezuela Shipments Surge
L3 Communications to Build Training Simulators for Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan Shifts Investment Approach
Iraqi Judicial Reforms Include Removal of Chief Justice Hundreds of Protesters Clash with Police in Turkey amid Mass Trial
Bahrain Says Arrests Eight on ‘Terror-Related’ Charges
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EU “Formally” Launches Training Mission for Mali
US Direct Military Support to Mali likely to Continue after Elections
U.S. Air Force Delivers 2 Million Pounds of Cargo for French West African War
Somalia: Requesting Assistant from U.S.A to Fight Alshabab
Egyptian Court Rules Parliamentary Election Law “Unconstitutional”
Are Turks in Somalia for the Hajj or to Sell Beads?
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China Is Boosting Its Presence in Resource-Rich Antarctica
Moscow Looking for NATO Cooperation, Missile Defense Guarantees
Three Militants Shot Dead in Russia’s Dagestan
Russia’s Challenge in Dagestan
Rosneft to Rival Gazprom in LNG Market
CENTCOM Nominee: Central Asia A Dangerous Place
Russian Military Expert: “If Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not solved in 2013, war will be inevitable”
Azerbaijan, Turkey Seek to “Deepen” Military Cooperation
Kazakhstan to Open Transit Route for Italian Troops in Afghanistan
Tajikistan Closes 2 Major Prayer Halls
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Bulgaria Probe Bursts Hezbollah “Hypothesis”
Italy’s Ex-Intel Chief Given 10-Year Sentence for Role in CIA Kidnapping
Did Aussies ‘Burn’ Israel’s Prisoner X and was he Also a British Citizen?
Israeli Officials Say Asio Knew All About Ben Zygier Case
Zygier ‘Did Not Commit Treason,’ Was Arrested Because He ‘Might’ Have Leaked Info
National Newsworthy
CIA’s Covert Drone Program May Shift Further to Pentagon
CIA “Finds” 7 More Photos of Dead Osama bin Laden
Army Manual Gives Secretary of Defense the Right to Order Drone Surveillance in U.S.
DHS Advances Plan for “Public Safety” Drones
Obama’s Biggest Fan of His Drone Assassination Policy: Dick Cheney
TSA Screeners Continue to Lie to Passengers about Legality of Recording at Checkpoints
Obama Drug Czar: We Will Go After Marijuana Distributors in WA & CO
Gitmo Trials Plunged in Discord as Faith in Court Wanes
Privacy Advocates: Cybersecurity Bill Faces Tough Odds
US Senate Showdown Raises Foreign Funding Questions
GOP Lawmakers Propose $30 Million a Year to Fund Cops in Schools Program
US is Major Recipient of Humanitarian Aid from UAE
Watchdog Groups Warn of Fundraising Scandal in Obama Second Term
Israel to Award Obama Medal of Distinction
Idaho-Arizona Schools Go Into Full Prison Mode
Obama Administration Asks Banks to Regulate Their Own Foreclosure Abuses
New Report Exposes Devastating Impact of Monsanto Practices on U.S. Farmers
Labor Dept. Halts Enrollment in Job Corps
Noteworthy Editorials
Ron Paul: The Drone Threat
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: While Left and Right Fight- Power Wins
Nat Hentoff: Goodbye? We’ve Lost Who We Are?
David Swanson: Hubris Isn’t the Half of It
Glenn Greenwald: Obama, the US and the Muslim World: The Animosity Deepens
Dr. James Petras: 21st Century Imperialism: Militarism-Collaborators & Popular Resistance
Paul Pillar: The Myth of Iranian Nuclear Coercion
Eric Margolis: From Sarajevo to the Senkakus
Most Domestic Terrorist Plots Are Manufactured by the FBI
Obama, the Puppet Master
Mr. Erdogan Goes to Shanghai
BFP Nightly Video-Podcast
Video 1: Shh! TSA Wants to Touch Your Kids
Video 2: Best Propaganda Film (OSCAR 2013 SPOILER! LEAKED CLIP!!)
Video 3: Corbett Report-Know Your Terrorists: Ayman Al-Zawahiri
Video 4: Sharia Shushed- ‘Majority of Egypt against Muslim Brotherhood’
BFP Podcast 1: BFP Podcast- The Reality Principle with Eric Draitser- “War, Peace, and the Search for Our Humanity”
BFP Podcast 2: Geopolitics w/Ryan Dawson Presents Prof. Ira Chernus Rob- “Delving into the Real John Kerry”
Podcast 1: Lew Rockwell Show-The Wacoization of Chris Dorner
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Xicha Says:
I just can’t watch that little girl getting searched by those complete idiots. It makes me so angry. What are the other people around them doing? Just watching? Yuck.
And you know, after listening to the Gladio Series, the daily news does take on new significance. There are so many stories – I have no idea how you find the time…