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“There has never been a just [war], never an honorable one–on the part of the instigator of the war. I can see a million years ahead, and this rule will never change in so many as half a dozen instances….” – Mark Twain
How Much Would the Defense Industry Make From a Missile Strike Against Syria?
Court Case Reveals Turkey Arms Flow to Syrian Rebels
Iran Wants Nuclear Dossier Closed
SCO Glimpses a New Eurasia in Bishkek
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Former NSA Director Advocates Chinese-Style Internet
Hackers for Government Hire: A Growing and Deeply Disturbing Industry
Senior Cornyn Counsel Joins McBee Strategic
US Household Incomes: a 44-Year Perspective
The Complete BFP Select Nightly News (Subscribers Only)
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International Newsworthy
West Vows to Boost Syria Rebels, Russia Says They Should be ‘Compelled’ to Join Peace Talks
How Much Would the Defense Industry Make From a Missile Strike Against Syria?
Securing Syria’s Arms May Require US Troops
Pentagon Drafts Security Options for Syrian Disarmament
Top Democrat Says Obama Could Strike Syria without Congress Vote
Foreign Policy Magazine “Leaks” UN Report on Syrian Chemical Warfare
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Wants to Try Assad for War Crimes
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Court Case Reveals Turkey Arms Flow to Syrian Rebels
Syria’s “Rebels” Threaten UN – Will Use US Weapons
Syrian Rebels Dismiss Chemical Weapons Framework
Syrian Opposition Elects Interim Prime Minister
Qaeda Tells Syria Fighters to Shun Secularists in Sign of Deeper Rebel Rift
Syria Jihadists Claim They Killed Homs Village Alawites
Syria’s Oil Sector on Verge of Collapse
Syria’s Looming Economic Disaster
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Report: Putin to Travel to Iran for Nuclear Strategy Talks
Iran Wants Nuclear Dossier Closed
UN Official Visits Iran to Elicit More Aid for Syrians
Iran Rejects MKO Kidnap Claims as Lies
Is Ayatollah Khamenei Ready for Change?
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US to Keep 20,000 Troops in Afghanistan: Pakistani Senator
NATO Tankers Attacked in Hub
Pakistani ‘Father of Taliban’ Keeps Watch over Loyal Disciples
Dark Days in Pakistan’s City of Lights
Balochistan: Militants Torch at Least a Dozen NATO Oil Tankers in Hub
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Syria Crisis Prompts Turkey’s New Openings to Its Alevis
Politics Worsen Turkey’s Faultlines
Turkey Seizes over 10 Tonnes of Cannabis
MKO Threatens to Assassinate Iraqi, Iranian Officials
Bahrain: Security Forces Detaining Children, Says HRW
Israel Has 80 Nuclear Warheads
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Egypt: State of Emergency Stirs Controversy
Egypt Detains Turkish Citizen on Charges of Espionage
How Did Turkey Lose Egypt?
Military Court Begins Trying Egyptian Journalist
United Arab Emirates Leads Gulf Front against Egypt’s Islamists
American Jihadist Gets Eulogy from Somali Islamic Center
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The New Great Game Round-Up, September 15
Central Asia: China Flexes Political & Economic Muscle
SCO Glimpses a New Eurasia in Bishkek
China Confirms New Gas Pipeline through Tajikistan
Summit Shows SCO Can Oppose Any External Intervention in Other Countries’ Affairs
Rouhani’s Central Asia Policies in Spotlight at SCO Summit
Explosion Kills 3 Policemen in Russia’s Chechnya
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UK Bioethicists Promoting a Second Wave of Eugenics
‘Foreign Nation with Significant Means’ in Spying on Belgium Probe
Ex-CIA Officer Seeks Italian Pardon for Role in Abduction Operation
US Foreign Policy Looms Over German Election
National Newsworthy
NSA Disguised Itself as Google to Spy
NSA ‘Follow the Money’ Branch Spied on VISA Customers, SWIFT Transactions – Report
Secret Spy Court Demands Surveillance Transparency from Feds
Yahoo Fight among New NSA Court Documents to Be Made Public
Former NSA Director Advocates Chinese-Style Internet
Yes, America, You are Being Watched
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Government Seeking Inclusion of ‘Social and Behavioral’ Data in Health Records
FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack
Hackers for Government Hire: A Growing and Deeply Disturbing Industry
DARPA’s Plan to Flood the Sea with Drones, Carrying More Drones
Texas Restricts Civilian Drone Usage, Leaves Exclusive Rights to Authorities
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Disapproval of ObamaCare Reaches New High, Poll Finds
Small Lobby Shops are Giving K Street Giants a Run for Their Money
Senior Cornyn Counsel Joins McBee Strategic
In Rare Move, Pennsylvania Prosecutes Exxon Subsidiary for Fracking Pollution
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Widest Gap in Employment Rates between Rich, Poor in a Decade
US Household Incomes: a 44-Year Perspective
The Biggest Fall: Lehman Brothers, 5 Years On
Global Credit Situation Worse than Pre-Lehman
Summers Withdraws from Consideration as Next Fed Chairman
Retail Sales in US Increase Less than Forecast
Industrial Production Misses for 5th Month In A Row
Noteworthy Editorials
Glenn Greenwald: Inside the Mind of NSA Chief Gen. Keith Alexander
Eric Margolis: Putin A+. Obama F-
Paul Pillar: Putin’s Pertinent Points
Sheldon Richman: The People Say No to War
M K Bhadrakumar: Obama Invites Rouhani to Join Great Game?
Stephen Lendman: ObamaCare Rips Off Americans
The Origins of Our Police State
US Plays Monopoly, Russia Plays Chess
Moral Hypocrisy & U.S. Exceptionalism
Obama’s Almost First Act in Office: Spy on Americans for Israel!
Why Americans Love Bombardment
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
Video 1: James Corbett-Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War
Video 2: Too Big Has Failed: 3 Ways Wall Street Hurts You, In 3 Minutes
Video 3: RT-Escobar: Obama Wants to Take Credit for Syria Chem Weapons plan
BFP Podcast- De-Manufacturing Consent with Guillermo Jimenez: “The Great Game Goes On: Putin Positions the Chessboard, While Obama Says “King Me””
Podcast 1: Lew Rockwell Show: Naomi Wolf on Obama’s Satanic Rogue Empire
Podcast 2: Traces of Reality- The NSA and Israel, Unit 8200 & the Michael Hastings-Barrett Brown Connection
Podcast 3: Smells Like Human Spirit-Mexico’s Drug War
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