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Syrian Rebel Alliance Openly Threatens Ethnic Cleansing Syrian Rebel Alliance Openly Threatens Ethnic Cleansing By Alex Newman May 30, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -  A spokesman for the primary rebel alliance in Syria, known as the “Free Syrian Army,” threatened that opposition forces could start implementing a broad ethnic-cleansing program aimed at Shia Muslims and especially the Islamic Alawite sect to which dictator Bashar al-Assad belongs. As Obama administration-led Western powers and a coalition of Sunni Arab dictators continue to fuel the increasingly ruthless conflict, the rebel FSA spokesperson said in a TV interview that minority communities would be “wiped off the map” if the regime’s forces managed to capture the city of Al-Qusair. The genocide announcement came shortly after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blasted his Senate Foreign Relations Committee colleagues for voting to arm the r...

Mubarak-era cruelty continues at Rafah crossing Since 2006 — when Hamas unexpectedly won Palestinian parliamentary elections — the situation at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been a source of extraordinary confusion.

'Obama Must be Taken Before ICC for the War on Terror' - Noam Chomsky May 23, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -" RT " - The US war on terror is in fact the most massive terror campaign ever, and the invasion of Iraq was the worst crime in recent history, prominent liberal thinker Noam Chomsky told RT, adding that he wants to see Bush, Blair and Obama tried at the ICC.

Killing Americans: Jeremy Scahill on Obama Admin's Admission 4 U.S. Citizens Died in Drone Strikes The Obama administration has admitted for the first time to killing four U.S. citizens in drone strikes overseas. Three died in Yemen: the Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and Samir Khan. A fourth, Jude Kenan Mohammed -- whose death was not previously reported -- was killed in Pakistan.   In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder suggested that all but the attack on the elder al-Awlaki were accidental, saying the other three "were not specifically targeted." The admission came on the eve of a major address in which President Obama is expected to defend the secret targeted killing program and announce modified guidelines for carrying it out. We're joined by Jeremy Scahill, author of the new book, "Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield," and co-producer of the upcoming documentary film by the same name. http...

Gangster State America May 14, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -   There are many signs of gangster state America. One is the collusion between federal authorities and banksters in a criminal conspiracy to rig the markets for gold and silver. My explanation that the sudden appearance of an unprecedented 400 ton short sale of gold on the COMEX in April was a manipulation designed to protect the dollar from the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing policy has found acceptance among gold investors and hedge fund managers.  The sale was a naked short. The seller had no gold to sell. COMEX reported having gold only equal to about half of the short sale in its vaults, and not all of that was available for delivery. 

Life "no longer bearable" in Syria, says Palestinian refugee One of the most distressing scenes that Redwan Amayra witnessed in  Syria  was of a woman being shot as she carried some bread. After warplanes hit  Yarmouk , a Palestinian refugee camp near  Damascus , last November, Amayra decided to flee. A 60-year-old teacher employed with the  UN agency for Palestine refugees  (UNRWA), Amayra had just registered with the  Palestinian Authority’s  embassy in  Cairo . It is not the first time that his family has been uprooted: they were forced to leave  Safed , a town in the  Galilee  region of historic Palestine, when it was attacked by Zionist forces in 1948.

Ríos Montt Guilty of Genocide: Are Guatemalan President Pérez Molina, U.S. Officials Next? Ríos Montt Guilty of Genocide: Are Guatemalan President Pérez Molina, U.S. Officials Next? By Democracy Now!  - Video and Transcript May 13, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -" Democracy Now! " - In a historic verdict, former U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt has been sentenced to 80 years in prison after being found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. Ríos Montt was convicted of overseeing the slaughter of more than 1,700 people in Guatemala’s Ixil region after seizing power in 1982. The ruling marks the first time a former head of state had been found guilty of genocide in his own country. .....