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“When the government’s boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence.” – Gary Lloyd
International Newsworthy
US Military Recommends Sending Training Teams to Lebanon, Iraq on Syria, al-Qaida Concerns
US Spooks Stockpile Arms for Syrian Rebels in Jordan for August Onslaught – Report
Are Al-Qaeda’s Lebanese Affiliates Opening a Lebanese Front in the Syrian War?
Lebanon Slipping Into the Syrian Fire?
Henry Kissinger: Balkanized and Broken-Up Syria “Best Possible Outcome”
Rep. Scott DesJarlais Introduces Bill to Ban U.S. Arming of Syrian Rebel Groups
Kuwaitis Campaign Privately to Arm Syrian Rebels
Iraqi Army Controls Area Used by Terrorists as Passage to Smuggle Weapons into Syria
Iran Urges Qatar’s New Emir to Revise Syria Policy
Syria Rebels Lose Border Town
Syria’s Oilfields Create Surreal Battle Lines amid Chaos and Tribal Loyalties
Damascus Old City ‘Hit by Suicide Attack’
Tal Kalakh: Syria’s Rebel Town That Forged Its Own Peace Deal
Report Paints a Grim Picture for the Future of Christians in Syria
Syrian Government Deals with Currency Collapse
Syrians Add to Yemen Refugee Crisis
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Gezi Park Has Brought Down Illusion of Turkish Democracy
Foreign Journalists Called Conspirators in Turkish Protests
‘Half of Turks Disapprove of Leaders’
Erdogan’s Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Protests a Loser
Facebook Denies Sharing User Information with Turkish Government
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New Dynamic in Iran’s European Ties
Japan’s Oil Imports from Iran Double
Afghanistan: New UN Report Says Afghanistan Remains Top Opium Producer
Afghan Party Slams US Military Base Plan
Pakistan: Sharif Drops Plan to Prosecute Musharraf for 1999 Pakistan Coup in Apparent Nod to Military
HRW Says India Must Stop Misuse Of Counterterrorism Laws
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Citigroup Opens in Iraq to Tap $1 Trillion of Oil Spending
UNSC Votes to Lift Sanctions against Iraq
Kurdish List Wins Largest Bloc in Ninevah
Lebanon’s Assir Gone, but Problems Remain
Palestinians Look to Anti-Apartheid Tactics
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Egypt on the Precipice? Moving Beyond the Crisis
Report: 4 ‘Mossad Men’ in Egypt Charged With Espionage
Morsi: Divisions Threaten to Paralyze Egypt
Morsi Proposes Constitutional Reform Ahead of Mass Protests
Clashes Erupt in Libya’s Tripoli, Blast Kills Officer in Benghazi
Minorities Harnessing the Arab Spring
South Sudan Moves Closer to New Oil Pipeline
Nigeria to Slap Hezbollah Men with Terror Charge
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27 Die in Fresh Xinjiang Violence
Russia to Build 100 New Military Bases & Airfields
Beyond the Russian Reset
Dagestan: 2 Militants Killed, 4 Police Wounded in Dagestan Village Shootout
Georgia: NATO Chief Harshly Criticizes Russia over South Ossetia
U.S. Congress: Georgia Military Aid Imperiled By Human Rights Concerns
The ‘Big Game’ in Central Asia is Long Over
US Loses Lone Base in Central Asia
Uzbekistan: US Senators Make Unusual Case for Political Prisoners
Tajikistan: Intelligentsia Feud Flares in Dushanbe
Kyrgyz President Meets Chinese Defense Minister on Military Exchanges
Nabucco Loses Key Azerbaijan Gas Supplier
Gas from Azerbaijan will Use Tap Pipeline
Azerbaijani Defense Minister Receives U.S. Colonels
U.S. Praises Turkmenistan’s Contribution to “Regional Projects”
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Energy Companies Pull a Blackwater; Entering War on Terror
Germany Charges Dual-Citizen with Membership of Terror Group
Germany Probes UK Spy Program Revealed by CIA Whistleblower
National Newsworthy
NSA Collected Email Records in Bulk Under OBAMA Administration
OBAMA Anti-Whistleblower Program Requires Federal Employees to Report Suspicions of other Employees or Risk Punishment
Leaked: CIA Aims Crackdown on Leaks Inside OBAMA’s CIA
72% Say NSA May Have Monitored Congress, Military Leaders, Judges
NSA Deletes Fact Sheet on NSA Spying After Senate Points Out It’s Actually NSA Lying
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With Snowden Gone, Hong Kong Focuses on US Surveillance
Obama Says US Won’t Barter For Snowden
Ecuador Minister Says Statement on Snowden Imminent
The Propaganda & Yellow Journalism Which Undermines Snowden’s Whistleblowing
EFF Sues NSA, DoJ Over Secret Surveillance Program
Obama: US Won’t ‘Wheel and Deal’ Over Snowden
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CIA Rebuffs Congress on ‘Torture’ Findings
GOP Rep. Threatens to Impeach Obama over Syria if Americans Die
House Votes Unanimously to Ban Funding for UN Gun Grab
New York City ‘Now Flooded With Drones’
License-Plate Readers Let Police Collect Millions of Records on Drivers
FBI Reports Drop in Crime in Denver…Because Crime Statistics Were Left Out
Medicare Pays $31 Million per Year for Unauthorized Prescription Drugs
Painkillers, Profits & Politics
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US First-Quarter GDP Gets a Haircut, Rises 1.8%
The Single Largest Driver of the US Economy is about to Collapse
Risk of 1937 Relapse as Fed Gives Up fight against Deflation
Unprecedented Carnage Happening in the Bond Market?
Noteworthy Editorials
William Blum: The Leading Whistleblower of All Time- Philip Agee
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya: The Tale of a Turkish Summer
Glenn Greenwald: The Personal Side of Taking on the NSA: Emerging Smears
Andrew Napolitano: Government Criminals vs. a Truth-Teller
Washington’s Blog: Why Didn’t Snowden Go through “Proper Channels” to Blow the Whistle?
Paul Pillar: The Other Israelis
Stephen Lendman: Challenging US Lawlessness
When the Official Default is to Lie: In Us We Have to Trust
On NSA Leaks, It’s the Government Versus the People
Snowden in the U.S.-Russian ‘SpyWar’
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
BFP EyeOpener Report- How the National Security State Blackmails the Government
Video 1: Corbett Report- New World Next Week
Video 2: Funnies- NSA Agent Caught SNOOPING on Video
Video 3: Funnies- Funny Commercial about the Imperial Navy
BFP Podcast 1: The Reality Principle with Eric Draitser- Top NATO Export Rozoff on-“Syria, NATO & the Global Empire”
BFP Podcast 2: Empire-Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- “A Crisis of Empire”
Podcast 1: Corbett Report- Nile Bowie on the Trans-Pacific Partnership & Cyberwar
Podcast 2: Voice of Russia: For U.S. & NATO Self-Defense is Act of War
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