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The Israeli-Sunni Coalition against Iran
Just Who Has Been Killing Iran’s Nuclear Scientists?
Killing of Iranian Cyberwarfare Expert Sparks Rumors of Assassination
Netanyahu Urges UN to Hold Sanctions on Iran
Obama: Iran a Year or More from Nuke Capability
Iran Arrests 4 Men in ‘Nuclear Facilities Sabotage’ Plot
Tajikistan’s Big Spender Admits He Helped Iran Launder Oil Money
Iran’s Foreign Minister Suggests Parliamentary, Scholarly Ties with US
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Syria’s Assad Refuses to Negotiate with “Terrorists”
Preview of Spiegel Interview With President Assad: ‘West Is More Confident in al-Qaeda than Me’
Intl Chemical Team ‘Starts’ Destroying Syria Arsenal, Machinery
Russia, US Agree Geneva-2 Conference on Syria Should Begin Mid-November – Lavrov
Syrian Border: NATO Military Committee Chief Visits Jordan
‘British Extremists Use Syria as Training Ground Before Returning Home’
Turkish Parliament’s Permit to Intervene in Syria Misguided
Syria War Spillover Reported in Australia
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Afghan Mineral Wealth Offers Security or Conflict
Gunman Who Killed NATO Soldier May Have Been Contract Security Guard
Ex-Al Qaeda Ally Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf to Run Afghan President
Afghan Children Killed in NATO Airstrike
Pakistan Says Evidence of Balochistan Interference Shared with India
Retiring Army chief Set to Extend Power
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Turkey Suspects Turkish Students Who Visited Iran of Espionage
Turkish Shias in Fear of Life on the Edge
Suicide Bomber Kills 12 in Iraq Cafe; Gunmen Shoot 2 Journalists Dead
Bahrain to Try Opposition Leader for Inciting Terrorism
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U.S. Special Forces Involved in Somalia Operation
US Raids in Libya & Somalia to Inflame Anxieties about National Sovereignty
Pentagon Tight-Lipped Over Aspects of Libya and Somalia Raids
Failed Navy SEALs Raid on Somali Target Could Bolster Al Shabab
Kerry Says US Raid in Libya was ‘Legal’, Vows Such Operations Will Go On
Get to Know Egypt’s Islamists
Police Openly Beat Brotherhood Sympathizers in Cairo
Tunisia Rivals Agree to Form Govt of Independents
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The New Great Game Round-Up, October 6, 2013
Putin Seeks to Boost Trade with China to New Record $100bn
Medvedev Opposes Ethnic Enclaves in Russian Cities
Russia Planning ‘Near-Total Surveillance’ of Visitors, Athletes at Sochi Winter Olympics
As Russian Base Deal Approaches Ratification in Tajikistan, Murmurs of Dissent
Russia Starts Talks on Tajikistan’s Ayni Air Base
Georgia: Saakashvili Re-Elected As UNM Chairman
Georgia PM Meets Muslim Community Leaders
French Court Dismisses Illegal Donations Charges against Sarkozy
Mediterranean: NATO Naval Exercises “in High Gear”
National Newsworthy
Privacy & Cybersecurity Illusions Have to Go!
How a Telecom Helped the Govt Spy on Me
NSA Chief Admits “Only One or Perhaps Two” Terror Plots Stopped by Spy Program
NSA Director Alexander Uses Weasel Words to Avoid Details of Cell Phone Tracking Program
Surveillance Review Panel Sent Home Amid Govt Shutdown
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Homeland Security Requests Lid on Drone Data after Internal Documents Reveal 500 US Flights
ATF Tries to Block Whistleblowing Agent’s Fast & Furious Book
Human Rights Groups Say Obama Has Failed on Guantanamo
Now Mastercard Wants Your Fingerprints
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Governor Brown Signs California Industrial Hemp Farming Act
Hot-Button Issues on Supreme Court Docket
Super-Rich Campaign Donors Look Forward to “Citizens United 2” Supreme Court Case
Lobbyists Denounce Push to Limit Their Access in Shutdown * * * *
Treasury Was Open for Business on 3rd Day of ‘Shutdown:’ Issued $106B in New Debt
Gold Befuddles Bernanke as Central Banks’ Losses at $545 Billion
Banks’ Lending Stance Stalls Retail Sales
This is What Keeps Retailers Up at Night
Systems are Breaking in Treasury Bond Market
Noteworthy Editorials
BFP Book Review by Mark Mondalek- “A Secrets, Spies and 7/7 by Tom Secker”
Dr. James Petras: US- Venezuela Relations: A Case Study of Imperialism & Anti-Imperialism
Pepe Escobar: China- We Don’t Do Shutdowns
Noam Chomsky: The Obama Doctrine
EFF: The NSA Is Making Us All Less Safe
Stephen Lendman: Police in America- “Licensed to Kill”
We Love You As We Kill You
When Federal Contracts Turn Into Corporate Welfare
America’s Greatest Enemy is Itself
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
Video 1: Corbett Report- New World Next Week
Video 2: RT-Extreme Elections: Warlords, Militia among Afghan Presidential Nominees
BFP Podcast- Empire-Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- “The Very Visible Hand of Financial Markets Today”
Podcast 1: Corbett Report-Make Your Own Media
Podcast 2: Traces of Reality-Guy Evans on the DC Shooting, False Narratives & Silk Road’s “Heisenberg”
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