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“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.” — General Smedley Butler
International Newsworthy
UN Debate Stalls US Attack on Syria
Syria Brotherhood Leader: US Position on Syria ‘Negative’
Citing Russian Logjam, US Says It Will Attack Syria without UN Green Light
Legal Conditions Met for Action against Syria: Britain
Moscow “Urged” to Back Syria Motion
Russia Tells Britain its Syria Resolution is Premature
Russia Sending Warships to the Mediterranean: Report
Russia Evacuating Tartus Staff
French Military “in Position” to Go to Syria: Defense Ministry
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Obama Administration Copies Bush’s Sidelining of Weapons Inspectors in Iraq
US Sends 5th Warship to Mediterranean
Only 9% of Americans Favor Syria Intervention as Obama Considers Military Options
US Doesn’t Know Who Ordered Chemical Strike
U.S.: Al Qaeda-linked Group behind Benghazi Attack Trains Jihadists for Syrian Rebel Groups
US Intelligence Committees Say They’re Not Properly Consulted on Syria
Administration to Brief Lawmakers on “Secret” Syria Intelligence
Antiwar Left Stays Quiet on Syria
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Former UN Weapons Inspector: West has ‘No Authority’ in Syria
Israel Calls Up Reservists amid Possible U.S. Strike on Syria
Maliki Says Intervention is “Dead End,” Iraq on Alert
Syria Asks UN to Immediately Investigate Three New ‘Chemical Attacks’ by Rebels
Syria’s Kurds Formally Join Opposition Coalition
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Iran, IAEA will Hold Talks in September: IAEA
Iran Expands Uranium Enrichment Capacity, Slows Down Controversial Nuclear Stockpile: IAEA
Iran Puts West in ‘Check’ with Omani Gas Deal
Report on Larijani Attack Reveals Factional Divide in Iran
Bombing in Afghanistan Kills Six
Pakistan to Start Iran Gas Import by 2015
‘Pak-Iran Gas Project Will Be Completed in Time’
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‘Baghdad Belt’ Deals With New Sectarian Tensions
80 Iraqis Killed Mostly in Shia Districts
Iraqi Kurdistan Elections Could Be Turning Point
Looming Attacks Grip Lebanon
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Hagel: No US Plans to Cut Off Egypt Military Aid Yet
Egypt Arrests 12, Including American, for Sinai Attack
Egypt PM Rolls Back Muslim Brotherhood Ban
Nigeria: Boko Haram Fighters Kill 20 Vigilante Members
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Moscow Mayoral Underdogs Ponder Pacts to Force Runoff
CSTO Working Out Plans to Strengthen Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border
Azerbaijan Looking For Weapons in South Korea?
Belarus Targets Russian Billionaire, Russia Cuts Oil Supplies
Belarus Army Stops Using Russian Su-27 Fighter Jets
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Thousands from Chechnya Seek Refuge in Germany
UK: Chilcot Report into Iraq Conflict Will Not Be Released Until 2014
Directly from the Tap: Australian Spies in Global Deal to Tap Undersea Cables
Hackers Threaten to Reveal Secrets of New Zealand MPs behind Snooping Bill
National Newsworthy
Obama Urges Court to Reject Reporter’s First Amendment Protection in Criminal Case
NSA Has Been Spying On Members of Congress for a Long Time
Snowden Proves We Will Never Know How Many Abuses Took Place at the NSA
Watchdog Group Suit Seeks Rationale Disclosure on Drones and Surveillance
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Revolving Door is Alive and Well with ObamaCare, but Takes a Rest at SEC
US Copyright Czar Resigns from White House for Job at Anti-Piracy Firm
ObamaCare’s Architects Reap Windfall as Washington Lobbyists
America’s Private Prison Companies have Expanded Across the Globe
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Bank CEO Admits to Using Bailout Money to Buy A Luxury Condo in Florida
U.S. Seeking $6 Billion from JPMorgan to Settle Mortgage Claims
The Leveraged Buyout of America
August US Equity Trading Volume Plunges to Lowest in 16 Years
US Banks Earn Record $42.2 Billion in 2nd Quarter
The Periphery is Failing
Noteworthy Editorials
Pepe Escobar: Operation Tomahawk with Cheese
Norman Solomon: The Assault on Whistleblowers and Spinning the War on Syria
Thomas DiLorenzo: The Liefare-Warfare State
Paul Pillar: America’s Syria Folly
Stephen Lendman: John Kerry’s Colin Powell Moment
M K Bhadrakumar: Rouhani’s Overture to Putin
Philip Weiss: AP and Time Magazine Annex the West Bank to Israel
Let’s Make the NSA’s Data Available for Public Use!
Bombing Syria: War as Therapy
Erdogan, Egypt’s Coup and the Israeli Connection
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
BFP EyeOpener Video Report-Chemical Hypocrisy: Lies & Disinformation on the Road to War
BFP EyeOpener Video Report (Preview)- Chemical Hypocrisy: Lies & Disinformation on the Road to War
Video: RT-Moral Obscenity: Toxic Background to US Chemical ‘Highground’
BFP Podcast: Empire-Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- “Syria: World War Crazy”
Podcast 1: Corbett Report-Mother Agnes Mariam on the Syrian Crisis
Podcast 2: Traces of Reality- Cele Castillo on CIA’s Fingerprints in Mexico’s “Drug War”
Podcast 3: Lew Rockwell Show-Did the Secret Service Help Kill JFK?
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