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Russian President, Saudi Spy Chief Discussed Syria, Egypt August 25, 2013 " Information Clearing House -   A diplomatic report about the “stormy meeting” in July between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan concluded that the region stretching from North Africa to Chechnya and from Iran to Syria — in other words, the entire Middle East — has come under the influence of an open US-Russian face-off and that “it is not unlikely that things [will] take a dramatic turn in Lebanon, in both the political and security senses, in light of the major Saudi decision to respond to Hezbollah’s involvement in the Syrian crisis.”

A Time to Break Silence: By Rev. Martin Luther King

“This return is permanent” — refugees’ grandchildren defy Israel with Galilee camp Young people with family connections to  Iqrit , an ethnically-cleansed village in the Galilee , assembled recently for a week-long “camp of return.”

Chemical Missile Launched from Rebel-controlled Eastern Suburbs August 21, 2013 " Information Clearing House  - " VOR "    The missile with a chemical poison gas sarine was launched by Syrian rebels and targeted the eastern suburbs of Damascus. This is according to the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.

Gaza rejoices in prisoner release but 5,000 Palestinians remain in Israeli jails

The Power of Edward Snowden The Power of Edward Snowden By Philip Weiss August 10, 2013 " Information Clearing House -   Consider the power of Edward Snowden.  Six weeks after Obama declared , "I'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker," he's canceled a summit because of him. Obama won't be meeting with Vladimir Putin because Putin extended temporary asylum to Edward Snowden. Some news accounts say it's a new Cold War.

Saudi Rulers Pour Money Into Arming Militants in Region   August 11, 2013 " Information Clearing House -  If Saudi rulers had more brains, they might be formidably dangerous. Even with lackluster intelligence assets, they are already causing enough havoc and bloodshed across the Middle East and North Africa regions, pouring millions-of-dollars-worth of weaponry into Al Qaeda and other Takfiri networks that are destroying once proud civilizations in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Libya through nihilistic sectarianism.