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Op-Ed

President Donald Trump Inauguration Speech
Video and Transcript
The Carnage Stops Right Now; From This Day Forward It Will Only Be America First ». http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46273.htm
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Regime Change Comes Home: The CIA’s Overt Threats against Trump
By Prof. James Petras
A broad ‘coalition’ has joined hands with a most violent and murderous organization (the CIA). http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46275.htm
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How the NYT Plays with History
By Robert Parry
I cringe at the self-delusion and hypocrisy. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46279.htm
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Here’s How the Trump Presidency Will Play Out
By Pepe Escobar
Divide and Rule; seduce Russia away from its strategic partnership with China, while keep harassing the weakest link, Iran. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46278.htm
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UK’s Delusional Threats to Europe over ‘Hard Brexit’
By Finian Cunningham
May issued a barely veiled warning to the EU. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46276.htm
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India – Crime of the Century – Financial Genocide
By Peter Koenig
It is a clandestine willful mass-murder, carried out by the Indian government on its own people. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46274.htm
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Mexicos Great Winter Of Discontent
By Kent Paterson
Tens of thousands have staged largely peaceful but militant protests in at least 28 of Mexico’s 32 states.. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46277.htm

Hard News

Syria: US: killed more than 100 al-Qaeda fighters :
A US air strike on Thursday targeting an al-Qaeda training camp in Syria killed more than 100 fighters, a US defence official said on Friday.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/deadly-air-strike-syria-hits-al-qaeda-camp-170120180652366.html

Syria: ‘Forty jihadists’ killed in Aleppo air strikes:
Most of those killed are said to have belonged to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which is excluded from the current ceasefire.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38689671

Five Turkish soldiers killed near Syrian border town of al-Bab.
Turkey announced that it is no longer « realistic » to exclude Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from a solution to the country’s five-year civil war.
http://tinyurl.com/gl9plut

Main task in Syrian settlement is to resume talks, involve armed opposition:
Lavrov; The main task is to resume these negotiations and involve those who represent the armed opposition in these talks, » the minister said.
http://tass.com/politics/926308

Iraqi airstrikes kill 88 Islamic State fighters northeast of Mosul:
Airstrikes by Iraqi fighter jets killed 88 Islamic State fighters in northeastern Mosul, a statement by the air force said on Friday as a few regions remain to declare the full recapture of the eastern part of the city.
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraqi-jets-kill-88-islamic-state-fighters-northeast-mosul/

Iraq: Four army soldiers killed in Islamic State attack west of Anbar;
Four army personnel were killed on Friday when Islamic State militants attacked their patrol west of Anbar.
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/four-army-soldiers-killed-islamic-state-attack-west-anbar/

Saudi-led air strikes kill 29 Yemen rebels:
The strikes hit two military camps, an ammunition depot and an arms transporter in Hodeida province, the sources said. Around 20 fighters and renegade troops were also wounded.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1309616/saudi-led-air-strikes-kill-29-yemen-rebels

China To Pour $3 Billion in Iran’s Refining Capacity:
China has already « opened the financing » for the refinery’s upgrade. Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure has suffered the results of years of neglect because of insufficient maintenance funds during the sanction years
http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/China-To-Pour-3-Billion-in-Irans-Refining-Capacity.html

Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh ‘agrees to step down’:
Incoming President Adama Barrow says outgoing leader of 22 years has finally agreed to cede and will leave the country.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/gambia-yahya-jammeh-agrees-step-170120184330091.html

Gambia army chief recognizes President Barrow as commander-in-chief;
« We are going to welcome them with flowers and make them a cup of tea, » Badjie said. « This is a political problem. It’s a misunderstanding. We are not going to fight Nigerian, Togolese or any military that comes.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gambia-politics-army-idUSKBN154269?

UN says 45,000 flee The Gambia amid political turmoil:
« It is feared that more people may continue to flee as the situation remains tense, » UNHCR said, adding that another « 800 people have crossed into Guinea-Bissau. »
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/01/20/un-says-45000-flee-gambia-amid-political-turmoil

Afghanistan attack: 16 policemen killed :
At least 16 policemen were killed as militants stormed police checkpoints in Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Friday, an official said.
http://www.newsx.com/world/53217-afghanistan-attack-16-policemen-killed-as-militants-stormed-police-checkpoints

India to Deploy Massive Tank Army Along Border With Pakistan:
The Indian Army is set to deploy over 460 new T-90SM main battle tanks (MBTs) along India’s border with Pakistan, senior Indian defense officials told IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly on January 19.
http://thediplomat.com/2017/01/india-to-deploy-massive-tank-army-along-border-with-pakistan/

Kremlin hits out at Obama, says was always ready for nuclear arms cuts;
Obama said overnight he had told President Vladimir Putin he was ready to proceed with nuclear disarmament, but that Russia didn’t want to negotiate.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-security-idUSKBN1531A5

Morales to Trump: We Want Respect, Not Submission or Blackmail:
The Bolivian president asserted that his nation has the right to have agreements with whomever they choose and warned that the Andean nation will not accept blackmail or conditioning from the United States
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Morales-to-Trump-We-Want-Respect-Not-Submission-or-Blackmail-20170120-0007.html

Chelsea Manning thanks Barack Obama for ‘giving me a chance’ ;
Obama said Manning’s sentence was « very disproportionate relative to what other leakers have received ».
http://us.pressfrom.com/news/us/-19850-chelsea-manning-thanks-barack-obama-for-giving-me-a-chance/

C.I.A. Torture Detailed in Newly Disclosed Documents:
Batches of newly disclosed documents about the Central Intelligence Agency’s defunct torture program are providing new details about its practices of slamming terrorism suspects into walls, confining them in coffinlike boxes

The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun;
At the moment the new commander in chief was sworn in, a campaign to build public support for his impeachment went live at ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org,
http://tinyurl.com/jz22onv

Republican Lawmakers in Five States Propose Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest:
In some states, nonviolent demonstrating may soon carry increased legal risks – including punishing fines and significant prison terms
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/19/republican-lawmakers-in-five-states-propose-bills-to-criminalize-peaceful-protest/

Trump’s Economic Plan: Create 25 Million Jobs, Lower Taxes For All Americans:
The statement also announced the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and that he is committed to renegotiating NAFTA
http://tinyurl.com/gvj2qxp

Protesters, police clash in Washington as Trump assumes presidency:
Black-clad activists angry about U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration smashed store car windows and blocked traffic in Washington on Friday and fought with police in riot gear who responded with tear gas and stun grenades.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/washington-braces-massive-protests-trump-becomes-u-president-062908490.html

Anti-Trump protesters are pepper-sprayed by cops :
A massive crowd of people who are against the president-elect gathered outside the National Press Club, which was holding the ‘DeploraBall’ – a celebratory event organized by Trump supporters from the ‘alt-right’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4138958/Anti-Trump-protesters-pepper-sprayed-Washington-DC.html

‘It Was Militant and It Was Dark’:
Rachel Maddow Says Trump’s Speech Was ‘Hard to Hear’
http://www.mediaite.com/online/it-was-militant-and-it-was-dark-rachel-maddow-says-trumps-speech-was-hard-to-hear/

« Let us be peace and joy »

Tom Feeley
Cost Of war

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq « 1,455,590 »

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq:
4,801

Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,858

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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
1,738,390,486,280 http://www.costofwar.com/

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