{"id":17441,"date":"2012-12-15T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T23:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=17441"},"modified":"2012-12-15T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-15T23:17:08","slug":"antiwar-com-newsletter-december-15-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/15\/antiwar-com-newsletter-december-15-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiwar.com Newsletter | December 15, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antiwar.com Newsletter |  December 14, 2012<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>IN THIS ISSUE<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style:disc\">\nTop News<br \/>\nOpinion and analysis\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s top news:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/12\/11\/obama-us-officially-recognizes-syrian-opposition-coalition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obama: <\/p>\n<p>US Officially Recognizes \u2018Syrian Opposition Coalition\u2019<\/a>: The Coalition is supposed to be made up of Syrian<br \/>\ndissidents and opposition groups from across the spectrum. But it is<br \/>\nlargely another exile group without strong roots inside the country,<br \/>\nand vehemently rejected by the armed rebel groups fighting the Assad<br \/>\nregime on the ground in Syria.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/porter\/2012\/12\/13\/iranian-bomb-graph-appears-adapted-from-one-on-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iranian <\/p>\n<p>Bomb Graph Appears Adapted from One on Internet<\/a>: The suspect graph of a nuclear explosion reportedly<br \/>\nprovided to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as evidence<br \/>\nof Iranian computer modeling of nuclear weapons yields appears to have<br \/>\nbeen adapted from a very similar graph in a scholarly journal article<br \/>\npublished in January 2009 and available on the internet.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/12\/10\/us-sending-20-more-f-16s-to-egypt-despite-dictatorial-morsi\/\" target=\"_blank\">US <\/p>\n<p>Sending 20 More F-16s to Egypt, Despite Dictatorial Morsi<\/a>: The United States is sending more than 20 F-16<br \/>\nfighter jets to the Egyptian government as part of a $1 billion foreign<br \/>\naid package, despite the fact that mass protests have been revived following<br \/>\nsuccessive dictatorial measure by the newly elected President Mohammad<br \/>\nMorsi.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/12\/12\/north-korea-launches-satellite-into-orbit\/\" target=\"_blank\">North<br \/>\nKorea Launches Satellite into Orbit<\/a>: North Korea fired a long-range rocket and managed<br \/>\nto put a satellite into orbit on Wednesday morning, prompting the typical<br \/>\nfrenzied condemnations from the US and its allies in the Asia-Pacific<br \/>\nregion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/12\/13\/human-rights-court-cia-tortured-sodomized-german-citizen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Human <\/p>\n<p>Rights Court: CIA Tortured, Sodomized German Citizen<\/a>: The European Court of Human Rights has issued an<br \/>\nhistoric judgment on the case of Khaled el-Masri, the German citizen<br \/>\nunfortunate enough to have a similar name to a militant named Khalid<br \/>\nal-Masri.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/12\/12\/panetta-military-officials-paint-rosy-picture-of-afghan-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">Panetta, <\/p>\n<p>Military Officials \u2018Paint Rosy Picture\u2019 of Afghan War<\/a>: Painting falsely encouraging pictures of the Afghan<br \/>\nwar is a favorite pastime of top administration officials and military\u2019s<br \/>\ntop brass.<\/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<br \/>\nand Analysis<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style:disc\">\nJustin Raimondo <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/12\/09\/hes-killing-his-own-people\/\" target=\"_blank\">rebutted the Syria interventionists<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/12\/11\/destiny-and-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\">revisited the prophecies<br \/>\nof a half-forgotten poet<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/12\/13\/the-amash-rebellion\/\" target=\"_blank\">praised a rebel Republican<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley Vlahos examined <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/vlahos\/2012\/12\/10\/anatomy-of-a-mali-intervention\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Pentagon\u2019s increasing involvement <\/p>\n<p>in Mali<\/a>.<br \/>\nIvan Eland explained how <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/eland\/2012\/12\/11\/americas-wars-the-gifts-that-keep-on-giving\/\" target=\"_blank\">America\u2019s wars are the gifts <\/p>\n<p>that keep on giving<\/a>.<br \/>\nPhilip Giraldi urged us to <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/giraldi\/2012\/12\/12\/why-remember-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\">remember Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;Arial&#39;;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none\">Support<br \/>\nAntiwar.com!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Antiwar.com recently added Bitcoin to the many ways<br \/>\nyou can help support our work. 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