Thursday 5 January 2012

‘America preparing military intervention in Syria’: Sanctions against Syria are only the beginning of Western intervention. "The key ally in this enterprise, Turkey, has been involved with the Free Syrian Army – training them, and we know there are also American advisers in those camps in Turkey,"

US Troops going to Israel: Calling it not just an “exercise”, but a “deployment”, the Jerusalem Post quotes US Lt.-Gen Frank Gorenc, Commander of the US Third Air Force based in Germany.

Ex-rebels reject new Libyan army chief: Two powerful groups of former rebels who helped oust dictator Moamer Kadhafi rejected on Wednesday the government's choice of a new army chief, raising fresh security concerns in the war-torn country.

Libya: Collapse of justice leaves at least 7,000 behind bars: . According to the UN, around 7,000 alleged Gaddafi supporters are being held there with little hope of justice or a fair trial.

Lockheed Martin goes to bat for oppressive regime: A top executive for the military contractor worked with lobbyists for Bahrain to publish Op-Ed defending the regime

Santorum Becomes Millionaire After Senate Loss: “If he’s claiming he’s not an insider, this is the thing that insiders do -- after public office they cash in,” said Kent Cooper, a campaign finance expert and former Federal Elections Commission assistant staff director.

Tea Party House Members Even Wealthier Than Other GOP Lawmakers: The median average net worth of a member of the House Tea Party Caucus was $1.8 million in 2010. It's more than 130 percent above the $774,280 average net worth of the median, non-Tea Party Caucus House Republican.

On Eve of $41 Billion MF Global Bankruptcy Filing, Jon Corzine Was Château Shopping in France: Jon Corzine, the former Goldman Sachs C.E.O. and ex-politician whose helming of MF Global resulted in a notorious $41 billion filing for bankruptcy and a $1 billion loss in firm equity.

Americans make up half of the world's richest 1%: The United States holds a disproportionate amount of the world's rich people.