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“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?” –Mahatma Gandhi
International Newsworthy
Shanghai Cooperation Organization to Adopt Common Position on Syria
Russia Urges Syria Hand over Chemical Weapons to Intl Control to Avoid Strike
U.S. Strike on Syria Risks Emboldening Terrorists: Russia
Putin Pleased with Lack of Consensus on Syria at G20
Digest: U.S. Syria War to Repeat 1999 War on Yugoslavia: Russian MP
Russia Sends Plane to Evacuate Citizens from Syria
Cyprus Dismisses Reports about Confrontation of British, Syrian Planes
Iranian Official to Visit Russia to Discuss Syria Crisis
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Syria’s Assad: ‘Expect Every Action’ in Response to a US Strike
Doubts Grow That Assad Ordered Chemical Attack
German Intel: Assad May Not Have Approved Chemical Attacks
Internal Syrian Opposition Group Rejects US Strike
Syria and the Oil Market Vultures
Syria’s Rebels and Soldiers Agree: Military Strikes Will Change Nothing
Syrian Kurdish Party Struggles with Dissent, Exodus
Political Quarrels and the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Kurdistan
Alawites Escape Jihadists in Syria, Take Shelter in Turkey
Syria Conflict Attracts Canadian Jihadis to Fight on Front Line
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Direct Link between Assad and Gas Attack Elusive for US
US Plans to Bomb Syria for Three Days – Report
Obama Bets Big on Attacking Syria
Obama Deploys Visceral Videos of Alleged Chemical Attack Victims to Manipulate & Grow Support for Syria War
Obama Is Going on a Furious Media Push to Sell Syria Strikes
Arab Press Pans President Obama on Syria
Homeland Security Panel Chief Claims Obama Trying to Save Face on Syria
Rice: United Nations Backing in Syria ‘Just Not Going to Happen’…
Congress Was Denied the “Secret Details” Regarding the Alleged Chemical Weapons Attack
AIPAC to Deploy Hundreds of Lobbyists to Push for Syria Action
AFL-CIO Chief Hints at Support for Syria War
White House Chief of Staff Confident of Vote on Syria Strikes
Petraeus Calls on Congress to Back White House on Syria
Sens. Feinstein, Boxer Buck Constituents on Syria Strike
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UK Government Admits It Allowed 2 Firms to Sell ‘Poison Gas’-Making Chemicals to Syria
MPs Meet to Discuss Why Britain Allowed Nerve Gas Ingredients to Be Exported to Syria
Syria Chemical Weapons Attack Not Ordered by Assad, Says German Press
Germany’s Merkel Hails United EU Stance on Syria
German Islamists Increasingly Going to Syria
French Oppose Syria Action by Two-Thirds Margin: Poll
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Turkey Starts to Build New Military Base Near Syria
Former Turkish FM: Turkey Moving Away From Solution without Assad
Military Strike on Syria May Put Turkey at Risk
600 Royal Marines from 30 and 42 Commando Units Deploy to Jordan
‘Iran Will Continue Supporting Syria’
Iraq Not to be Launch Pad for Strikes on Syria
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World Powers to Lay Off Iran at IAEA
EU Court Rejects Bans on Iranian Firm
US Exempts 11 Countries from Iran Oil Sanctions
Deadly Clash Erupts At Iranian Consulate in Afghanistan
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NATO Airstrike Kills 15, Including Women and Children
Karzai Condemns Civilian Deaths in NATO Airstrike
Pakistan: Overcoming the Energy Crisis
Pakistan Militants Prepare for War in Afghanistan
Four Dead, 11 Injured in Balochistan Violence
More US Boots on Philippine Soil
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Erdogan Criticizes Opposition Leader for Visits to Iraq-Egypt
Iraqi Militant Group Threatens Kuwait over Border Agreement
Iraqi Oil Pipeline Blown Up
Iraq Finds Mass Grave in Kurdistan
EU Funding Ban Proposal Angers Israel
Kerry Urges EU to Postpone Funding Ban in Israeli-Occupied Territories
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The New Great Game Round-Up, September 8
Russia, China Close In On Multi-Billion Dollar Gas Deal
West, Allies Focus On North Caucasus to Destabilize All of Russia: Putin
Russian Envoy Assassinated in Abkhazia
Russia’s Opposition Gains Ground
On Kazakhstan Visit, Chinese President Bags Lucrative Energy Deals
China’s CNPC Inks Deal For $5 Billion Stake In Kazakhstan Caspian Shelf
Kazakhstan Activists Demand Closure of Russian Military Facilities
Uzbekistan: More Energy Deals as China’s President Tours Central Asia
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GCHQ HUMINT Operation Teams: British Intelligence Placed Undercover Operatives in Tech Companies
UK, Saudi Arabia Begin Joint Air Drills
More Than 160 Anti-Islamist and Rival Protesters Arrested in London
German Spy Software Is Popular Abroad
Trouble in Italy? Cabinet in Danger over Berlusconi’s Possible Eviction from Senate
National Newsworthy
U.S. Tapped into Networks of Google, Petrobras & Others
Privacy Scandal: NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data
NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry
The NSA Never Takes ‘No’ for an Answer
Obama Says He Learns What NSA Is Doing From the Press, Then Goes to NSA for Details
A Cryptographic Engineer Looks at the Latest NSA Reports
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BFP ProPublica Expose- Part 3: Wall Street Men Set Up Alternative News Shop & Collect Wall Street Salaries
Internet Regulation at Stake in Verizon Case against FCC
Appeals Court Judges Voice Skepticism of FCC Net-Neutrality Rules
25 Years Later, Senators who Helped Create Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Say It Now Does Opposite of Intended Purpose
Americans Lining Up to Shoot Down Drones
Air Marshal Whistleblower Wins a Court Round 7 Years after Losing Job for Leaking Non-Classified Info about TSA
EPA Exec’s Purported Double Life as a CIA Spy was Cover for Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme
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Unions Push Back against Labor’s Ties to Progressive Groups
IBM Moves Retirees to Insurance Exchange as Costs Rise
Households on Foodstamps Rise to New Record High: More Americans Live in Poverty than the Population of Spain
The Number of Private Sector Jobs Fell by 278,000 Last Month but the Economy is Getting Better?
US Shop of State is Sinking, it’s a Derelict Vessel
Noteworthy Editorials
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: The West Dethroned
Pepe Escobar: The (Farcical) Emperor is Naked
Eric Margolis: Ruins and Mourning
Tony Cartalucci: Depravity Redefined-Selling US Slaughter in Syria
David Swanson: This War Too Is a Lie
Dennis Kucinich: Top 10 Unproven Claims for War against Syria
Norman Solomon: The Repetition Compulsion for War
Washington’s Blog: 4 Questions for Supporters of a Strike Against Syria
The Rise of the Antiwar Libertarians
Wacko Birds vs. Angry Birds: This Time It’s War
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
Video 1: Corbett Report- New World Next Week
Video 2: RT- Syria Welcomes Russia’s Call to Hand over Chemical Weapons
BFP Podcast: De-Manufacturing Consent with Guillermo Jimenez: “Drugs & Terror: US Imperialism in Latin America”
Podcast 1: Traces of Reality- Philip Giraldi on the U.S. Fighting Another War for Israel
Podcast 2: Corbett Report- Sibel Edmonds on the Three Musketeers of State Dept Terrorism
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