Shia Strength: [MahdiUniteMuslims] Fear is the Key to Obedience

The Terror Card:

Fear is the Key to Obedience

By Rev. Richard Skaff

Fear is conducive to regressive behaviors by responsible adults, where people become dependent on an illusory parent figure like the government or a corporation per example, in order to protect them from the evildoers.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24539.htm

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An Ugly Week For The Human Race And Other Living Things

By David Michael Green

Obama's peculiar sin is that he - unlike Reagan or Clinton or the pathetic Bush family goobers - is stuck presiding over the national decline at the moment it has slipped into fourth gear, and at a time after which all those other clowns have more or less exhausted the suite of remotely plausible diversionary tactics.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24543.htm

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The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont

By Christopher Ketcham / Montpelier

On Jan. 15, in the state capital of Montpelier, nine candidates for statewide office gathered in a tiny room at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, to announce they wanted a divorce from the United States of America.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24541.htm

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Hans Blix: Blair's blind faith in intelligence:

A month before the war, I told Tony Blair it would be absurd if 250,000 troops were to invade Iraq and find no WMD. So it was
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/28/hans-blix-tony-blair-iraq

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Brown marginalised on Iraq decision, says Short:

Gordon Brown was "marginalised" by Tony Blair in the build-up to the Iraq war, former International Development Secretary Clare Short has said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8489797.stm

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Obama approved secret operations in Yemen: report:

President Barack Obama approved secret joint U.S. military and intelligence operations with Yemeni troops that began six weeks ago and killed six regional al Qaeda leaders, The Washington Post reported.
http://snipurl.com/u8k8n

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CIA chief holds secret talks with Egypt, Israel: Report: :

Panetta met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and intelligence minister, Gen. Omar Suleiman to ask them to dispatch forces to Yemen to help the US troops.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=117431§ionid=351020206

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Report: U.S. accelerates missile defenses in Persian Gulf:

U.S. President Barack Obama recently decided to speed up the deployment of defense systems, placing special ships off the Persian Gulf and missile defense systems in Arab states such as Qatar, the U.A.E., Bahrain, and Kuwait.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146200.html

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US raises stakes on Iran by sending in ships and missiles:

Pentagon says Patriot shield will deter strike on American allies in the Gulf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/31/iran-nuclear-us-missiles-gulf

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U.S. steps up arms sales to Persian Gulf allies:

The Obama administration is quietly working with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies to speed up arms sales and rapidly upgrade defenses for oil terminals and other key infrastructure in a bid to thwart future military attacks by Iran, according to former and current U.S. and Middle Eastern government officials.
http://snipurl.com/u8k04

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Obama adviser: U.S. and Israel working very closely on Iran:

Israel and the United States are closely conferring about the Iranian nuclear program, U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said in an interview published on Sunday, calling Israel's conduct "responsible".
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146427.html

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War criminal:

Blair warns that world faces decision to halt Iran's nuclear programme:

World leaders might have to go to war to stop Iran developing its weapons programme, Tony Blair suggested yesterday.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7008985.ece

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Is Iran Next?:

Does Iran pose a "clear and present danger" to US or global interests? What would be the basis for a military strike and what would be the consequences?
http://english.cri.cn/7146/2010/01/28/481s546118.htm

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U.S. official: Hezbollah arms flow may signal plans for war with Israel:

Feltman, who serves as Assistant Secretary of U.S. State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, told the daily that the U.S. had no evidence of any Israeli plan to attack its northern neighbor.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146410.html

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Israel urged to widen any future Lebanon conflict to Syria:

"The logic of confrontation in Lebanon suggests that Syria may find it hard to avoid direct engagement in a future Israel-Hizbullah clash," Spyer said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=111263

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Q&A: ''Hamas Accepts Existence of Israel Within 1967 Borders'':

We have already stated repeatedly that we accept the existence of Israel within the 1967 borders as a political reality even if we do not approve its moral legitimacy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24538.htm

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Israeli Confessions:

If one wants to know why and how the conflict started in Palestine more than 60 years ago, the "confessions" of Israeli and Zionist leaders should make it very clear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6edg7OjLyw

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Israel salutes death of a Hamas leader:

"Israel wants to change the rules of the game and to open the international field for battles- so it will be responsible for this," Mr. Zahar said.
http://snipurl.com/u8jqf

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Dubai police hint Mossad may be behind assassination:

Head of Dubai's law enforcement refuses to rule out that the Israeli intelligence apparatus, Mossad, may have been behind the recent assassination of a senior Hamas commander.
http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=117521§ionid=351020205

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Israel's history of state-sponsored assassination:

Israel's spy agency Mossad and the country's special forces have carried out a number of assassinations of Palestinian militants in the past and have also been blamed for killings which the Jewish state has never publicly taken responsibility for.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7008004.ece

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China suspends military ties with US:

China suspends military exchanges with the US and threatens to impose sanctions on US arms companies over a Washington decision to sell weapons to Taiwan.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=117442§ionid=351020404

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China renews US arms-sale warning:

"China is resolved not to yield or compromise on this issue. China's army will be determined in fighting against any conduct that threatens China's sovereignty, integrity and national security."
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/01/201013172334633535.html

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Scenarios: How could China hit back at U.S.?:

Beijing has not said how it may retaliate. Here are some of the steps it could take.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60T0IK20100130

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Thousands in Tokyo Protest Against US Troops in Japan:

On Saturday, labor unionists, pacifists, environmentalists and students marched through central Tokyo, yelling slogans and calling for an end to the U.S. troop presence.
http://snipurl.com/u8k9j

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Yemen says 24 rebels killed in Saada clashes:

Yemeni security forces killed 24 Shiite rebels in clashes on Sunday in the northern province of Saada, one day after the rebel leader said they are ready to accept the government's conditions for a ceasefire after it stops fighting against them.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-01/31/content_9404114.htm

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Yemen rebels accept terms for war's end:

The leader of the Shia rebels in north Yemen said yesterday in a message released on the Internet that he will accept the government's conditions to end the war if attacks against them cease.
http://snipurl.com/u8k7j

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Yemen rejects ceasefire; bloodshed continues:

Yemen rejected a ceasefire offer from Shia rebels on Sunday and said fighting was continuing, as neighbouring Saudi Arabia accused the insurgents of mounting sniper attacks inside its territory.
http://snipurl.com/u8k7m

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16 people killed in suicide bombing as northwest Pakistan:

A suicide bomber killed 16 people yesterday at a police checkpoint in a northwest Pakistani tribal area where the military declared victory over the Taliban and al-Qaeda last year, highlighting the difficulty Islamabad has in holding regions once the battle phase of its army offensives end.
http://snipurl.com/u8jmw

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Fighters pound NW Pakistan; two soldiers killed :

Fighter jets and helicopters yesterday pounded a district in northwest Pakistan where a suicide bomber killed 17 people a day earlier, in a response described by authorities as "severe".
http://snipurl.com/u8k7q

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At least six killed in fresh Karachi clashes:

Violence continues in Karachi where in Orangi Town, at least six people have been killed in clashes between rival political groups. On Saturday 12 people died in exchange of fire between the rival groups.
http://snipurl.com/u8jms

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Taliban kill two US 'spies' in Miranshah:

Suspected Taliban killed two people for "spying for the US" in North Waziristan on Saturday. Sources said the bullet-ridden bodies were dumped on the Datta Khel-Miranshah Road in Degaan area
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\31\story_31-1-2010_pg1_3

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Pakistani Taliban leader 'dead':

Pakistani state TV said on Sunday he was killed in a US air raid two weeks ago, a claim quickly denied by the Tehrik-e-Taliban, the group Mehsud heads.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/01/20101319854488392.html

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Pakistan Taliban deny leader killed:

"It is a total lie," a spokesman for the group told Reuters by telephone from northwest Pakistan, referring to a report on Pakistani state television.
http://snipurl.com/u8k81

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Occupation force soldiers kill baby, 4 others in Afghan attack:

Nato has said a baby was killed during a night raid targeting militants in central Afghanistan. It said four suspected insurgents were also killed.
http://snipurl.com/u8k84

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Nato force blamed for 4 Afghan deaths:

Four Afghan soldiers have been killed and another six wounded after Nato troops clashed with them and called in air attacks, Afghan provincial officials say.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/01/2010130102632120814.html

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Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan:

An interpreter in Afghanistan shot dead two US soldiers, a military official said today, adding that the attacker appeared to be a disgruntled employee rather than a militant.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0130/breaking19.htm

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Afghan 'geological reserves worth a trillion dollars':

Afghanistan, one of the world's poorest countries, is sitting on mineral and petroleum reserves worth an estimated one trillion dollars, President Hamid Karzai said Sunday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100131/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistaneconomyenergyminerals

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Iraq: Police: Suicide bomber kills 2 at Baghdad restaurant:

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Saturday at a restaurant popular with Iraqi security forces in a city that was once a flash point for sectarian slaughter, killing at least two people, authorities said.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10031/1032409-82.stm

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Honduras, U.S. normalize diplomatic ties:

Honduras and the United States normalized on Friday their diplomatic ties which were affected by the political crisis caused by the coup against then president Manuel Zelaya in June last year, Xinhua News Agency informed.
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n208448

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