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By Andrew Murray

As the US and UK gear up for another senseless war in the Middle East, one thing is certain, it will end in disaster.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30438.htm



The Growing Iranian Military Behemoth?

By Glenn Greenwald

American political officials and commentators feel free to insist, with a straight face, that Iran is an aggressor nation posing a serious threat to the U.S.: such a serious threat, in fact, that war may be necessary to stop it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30441.htm



Lawmakers, ''Experts'' Spin Tales of Iranian Terror in Latin America

By Charles Davis

Through its ties with Venezuela and other nations in Latin America, Iran is building an anti-U.S. alliance in the Western Hemisphere that poses a direct, imminent threat to the United States, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said Thursday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30439.htm



An attack on Tehran would be madness

So don t rule it out: After invading Iraq over weapons of mass destruction, we plan to clap as Israel bombs Iran.

http://ind.pn/wLVHTQ



Collect intelligence at mosques

The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Iranian terrorists, according to interviews and a newly obtained secret police document.

http://bit.ly/yra7Bv



A War Anniversary that U.S. Wishes to Forget

By Emil Guillermo

Feb. 4 marks the anniversary of a war America won, but doesn t care to crow about. When the memory only produces shame and regret, you can understand why.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30445.htm



Documents expose NYPD 'mosque crawlers'

New documents expose breadth of controversial New York surveillance programme targeting Muslims across state lines.

http://aje.me/wBMLSh


From Information Clearing House

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NYPD Muslim Spy Scandal Grows With Newly Revealed Plan to Target Shiite Mosques

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Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales, Democracy NOW!: ''New revelations have emerged about the New York City Police Department's secret program to spy on Muslim communities. The Associated Press has just uncovered a confidential NYPD plan from 2006 to engage in targeted surveillance of Shiite mosques following increased tensions between the U.S. and Iran; the latest revelation on its secret intelligence operations focused on Muslim neighborhoods.''

http://www.truth-out.org/nypd-muslim-spy-scandal-grows-newly-revealed-plan-target-shiite-mosques/1328544457

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ACLU Call For Investigation into NYPD Profiling of Muslims and Ethnic Groups
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/02/22-7



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