{"id":16695,"date":"2012-10-12T19:20:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T03:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=16695"},"modified":"2012-10-12T19:20:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T03:20:17","slug":"antiwar-com-newsletter-october-12-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/12\/antiwar-com-newsletter-october-12-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiwar.com Newsletter |  October 12, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;text-decoration:none\">Antiwar.com Newsletter <\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold\">| October 12, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold\">IN THIS ISSUE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style:disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-left:0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">Top News<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">Opinion and analysis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p> DC Editor John Glaser spoke to hundreds of people at Duke University last month on how <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/50909600\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">America is sowing the seeds of blowback all over again.<\/a><br \/> \t&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"> \t<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/50909600\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #336699;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/docs5\/glaser-speak2.jpg\" style=\"border: 0;height: auto;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;display: inline;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/11\/candidates-squabble-but-fail-to-differentiate-iran-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">VP Candidates Squabble, But Fail to Differentiate Iran Policy<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan squabbled over Iran policy in the vice presidential debates on Thursday, but Ryan failed to articulate a policy different from the Obama administration\u2019s approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/11\/jordan-us-troops-helping-prepare-for-syrian-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">Jordan: US Troops Helping Prepare for Syrian Attack<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: At least 150 US troops are deployed in a base on the outskirts of Amman, spending time on the dual goals of reinforcing the Jordanian side of the border with Syria, and preparing for the possibility of a chemical weapons attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/11\/us-drone-strike-kills-16-in-pakistans-orakzai-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">US Drone Strike Kills 18 in Pakistan\u2019s Orakzai Agency<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: At least 18 people were killed and another six wounded Thursday in a US drone strike against the Orakzai Agency, with the drones firing several missiles at a compound belonging to Maulana Shakirullah, a commander loyal to the Bahadur Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/08\/afghan-government-could-collapse-after-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">Afghan Government \u2018Could Collapse\u2019 After 2014, Report Finds<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: The Afghan government could crumble and fall after NATO\u2019s expected withdrawal in 2014 and the Karzai government is predicted to run another fraudulent election that year, according to a report by the International Crisis Group (ICG).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/11\/us-embassy-security-chief-slain-in-yemeni-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">US Embassy Security Chief Slain in Yemeni Capital<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: Attackers assassinated the head of security for the United States Embassy in Yemen Thursday, targeting the man, Qassem Aqlani, in an attack near his home in the capital city of Sanaa.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/08\/us-backed-nigerian-military-kills-30-civilians\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">US-Backed Nigerian Military Kills 30 Civilians<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: US-supported Nigerian soldiers killed up to 30 civilians on Monday \u201cusing assault rifles and heavy machine guns mounted on armored personnel carriers\u201d and set fire to about 50 homes and businesses in the area. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none\">Opinion and Analysis<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style:disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-left:0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">Justin Raimondo traced the roots of the Iran <\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">crisis<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\"> in three installments: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/10\/07\/why-target-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">1<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/10\/09\/its-all-about-israel-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">2<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/10\/11\/the-israel-lobby-and-the-road-to-war\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">3<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">Grant Smith <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/smith-grant\/2012\/10\/05\/spy-crisis-launched-aipacs-think-tank\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">explained the origins of AIPAC<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">s think tank<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">Kelley Vlahos <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/vlahos\/2012\/10\/08\/romneys-pretty-little-war-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">analyzed Mitt Romney<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">s<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\"> foreign-policy address<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">Ivan Eland <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/eland\/2012\/10\/09\/ignore-syrian-rebels-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">urged Obama to ignore the Syrian rebels<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\"> threats<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:none\">Philip Giraldi <\/span><a 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