{"id":16774,"date":"2012-10-20T06:49:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T14:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=16774"},"modified":"2012-10-20T06:49:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T14:49:50","slug":"antiwar-com-newsletter-october-19-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/20\/antiwar-com-newsletter-october-19-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiwar.com Newsletter |  October 19, 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 19, 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 style=\"text-decoration:none\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold\">This week\u2019s top news<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/18\/cia-seeks-white-house-backing-for-more-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">CIA Seeks White House Backing for More Drones<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: With an eye on launching more strikes in more nations, the CIA is pushing for White House approval to acquire yet more attack drones to add to their inventory, saying that they need to be able to expand quickly into Northern Africa without pulling drones out of Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/17\/us-led-iran-sanctions-putting-millions-of-lives-at-risk-iranian-charity-says\/\" 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-Led Iran Sanctions Putting Millions of Lives at Risk, Iranian Charity Says<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: US-led economic sanctions are putting millions of Iranian lives are at risk by blocking the importing of medicines and hospital equipment, according to country\u2019s top medical charity. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/17\/yemeni-mp-drones-prepare-the-ground-for-al-qaeda\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">Yemeni MP: Drones \u2018Prepare the Ground for al-Qaeda\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: With public anger rising over the drone war, Yemeni politicians are sharply criticizing Hadi and US drone strikes. \u201cThese air strikes prepare the ground for al Qaeda and terrorism,\u201d said parliamentarian Ali Abd-Rabbu al-Qadi. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/16\/us-begins-talks-to-extend-troop-presence-in-afghanistan-beyond-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\">US Begins Talks to Extend Troop Presence in Afghanistan Beyond 2014<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: The US has begun negotiations with the Kabul government over the extension of troop presence past 2014, despite repeated claims by the Obama administration that the war in Afghanistan will come to an end that year.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/17\/israel-counted-minimum-calorie-needs-in-gaza-blockade-documents-reveal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">Israel Counted Minimum Calorie Needs in Gaza Blockade, Documents Reveal<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: The Israeli military meticulously and callously calculated the number of calories Gaza residents would need to consume in order not to starve, and used those calculations to inform how to impose a harsh economic blockade on the Palestinians, according to newly released documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/10\/18\/prosecutors-constitution-only-applies-to-some-detainees\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline\">Prosecutors: Constitution Only Applies to Some Detainees<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">: Guantanamo tribunal judge Col. James Pohl is being asked to issue a formal advisory opinion on whether or not the detention center at the US Naval Base really is the legal black hole that critics have often complained it is and that prosecutors, when it suits them, argue that it must be.<\/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 reviewed the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/10\/14\/the-creaming-of-paul-ryan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">vice-presidential<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/10\/16\/debate-highlight-showdown-over-benghazi\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">presidential<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\"> debates and told the odd story of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/10\/18\/trotskyites-for-romney\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">Trotskyites for Romney<\/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\">Muhammad S<\/span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">ahimi <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/muhammad-sahimi\/2012\/10\/14\/stop-supporting-separatist-groups-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">urged the U.S. government to stop supporting separatist groups in Iran<\/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\/15\/next-stop-mali\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">pondered the empire<\/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 designs on Mali<\/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\/16\/the-enemy-is-among-us\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">warned that the real enemy is among us<\/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\">Richard Silverstein <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/richard-silverstein\/2012\/10\/16\/panetta-warns-of-cyber-pearl-harbor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">responded to cyberwar fearmongering<\/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 href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/giraldi\/2012\/10\/17\/obamas-report-card\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">graded President Obama<\/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 foreign policies<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\">Support Antiwar.com!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">If you are interested in buying advertising space at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/Antiwar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline\">Antiwar.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt\">, please contact Angela Keaton at 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