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Tom Feeley · Post by **Tom Feeley** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:34 pm

ICH: IMF: Crisis Becoming 'Human Calamity'

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Information Clearing House Newsletter

News You Won't Find On CNN

April 27, 2009

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"I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance

and one night late it came to me this way. We could not leave (the

Philippines) to themselves--they were unfit for self-government--and they

would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was. There

was nothing left for us to do but take them all and educate the Filipinos,

and uplift and Christianize them.": President William McKinley

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Our men . . . have killed to exterminate men, women, children, prisoners and

captives, active insurgents and suspected people from lads of 10 up.... Our

soldiers have pumped salt water into men to "make them talk," and have taken

prisoners people who held up their hands and peacefully surrendered, and an

hour later. . . stood them on a bridge and shot them down one by one, to

drop into the water below and float down, as examples to those who found

their bullet-loaded corpses.": Philadelphia Ledger newspaper in

1901, from its Manila [Philippines] correspondentduring the US war

with Spain for the control of the Philippines

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American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in

this century's major wars. In the First World War 5 per cent of those killed

were civilians, in the Second World War 48 per cent, while in a Third World

War 90-95 per cent would be civilians: Colin Ward, Anarchy in Action

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What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure

toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own

liberty, and the next moment ... inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one

hour of which is fraught with more misery than ages of that which he rose in

rebellion to oppose: Thomas Jefferson

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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq

"1,320,110"

www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially

acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,278

icasualties.org/oif/

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The War in Iraq Costs

$663,825,198,382

See the cost in your community

nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

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Act Of War

Iran "Arms Ship" Bound for Gaza Downed Near Sudan

By Haaretz Service

An Iranian vessel laden with weapons bound for the Gaza Strip was torpedoed

off the coast of Sudan last week, allegedly by Israeli or American forces

operating in the area, the Egyptian newspaper El-Aosboa reported on Sunday.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22498.htm

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American Exceptionalism

Torture Whitewash from The Dark Side

By Pepe Escobar

Without accepting full responsibility for torture - and illegal, pre-emptive

wars - and without accountability, there can be no catharsis in America.

Obama is enough of a smart operator to know that if his "going forward" is

perceived like "look the other way", this whole thing will come back to

haunt and even destroy his presidency. And if it walks and talks like a

whitewash, that's because it must be ... a whitewash.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22500.htm

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From Bunker Hill to Baghdad

Pinter's Dispatch to Obama

By Mike Whitney

"The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious,

remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them. You have

to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of

power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It's a

brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis...It's a

scintillating stratagem."

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22499.htm

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Nicaragua - A Nations Right To Survive

Video - A Documentary Film By John Pilger

John Pilger's 1983 film about the small nation of Nicaragua and its right to

survive investigates the corruption in Central America. Pilger describes the

achievements of the Sandinistas and their "threat of a good example".

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15435.htm

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Obama Has Missed His Moment

By Chris Hedges

Barack Obama has squandered his presidency. He had a fleeting moment to

challenge the casino capitalism and financial recklessness of our economic

and political elite. He could have orchestrated a state socialism that would

have provided a safety net for tens of millions of Americans faced with

dislocation and misery.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22504.htm

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World Bank, IMF: Crisis Becoming 'Human Calamity'

By Veronica Smith Veronica Smith

At the end of spring meetings in Washington, the two Bretton Woods

institutions on Sunday told their 185 member countries that the worst global

slump in generations had already driven more than 50 million people into

extreme poverty.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22502.htm

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Some Might Call It Treason

By Philip Giraldi

Until the transcripts of Rep. Jane Harman's telephone conversations are made

public, if they ever are, her transgression can only be assessed secondhand.

It appears to have consisted of talking with someone who may be an Israeli

citizen regarding influencing the outcome of the ongoing trial of

ex-American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) officials Steve Rosen

and Keith Weissman.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22503.htm

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Jane's Harman Us

By Becky Akers

Few sights are as delicious as a tyrant swinging high overhead, hoist by her

own petard. The one currently dangling aloft is Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA).

She's worth half a billion dollars, making her the wealthiest thief in the

den of 'em we call Congress, with a mansion that can host "over 120" guests

for dinner.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22501.htm

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31 killed in army attack on Pakistani militants:

A local official said the troops were targeting gunmen suspected of killing

a local mayor and several police officers.

http://snipurl.com/guyya

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'Civilians flee' Pakistan fighting:

Thousands of people are flooding out of Lower Dir as the Pakistan army takes

on Taliban fighters in the district.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/04/200942761933359852.html

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16 children killed in Pakistan blasts: -

Four children and their parents were killed in a grenade blast in Pakistan's

restive northwest yesterday, a day after 12 children were killed by a bomb

hidden in a football.

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Radical cleric breaks off talks in Pakistan's Swat: -

A radical cleric, acting as the Taliban's go-between in Pakistan's restive

Swat valley, broke off talks with the government on Monday after a military

offensive began in a neighbouring northwest region

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Taliban says peace pact with Pakistan is 'worthless':

Taliban militants said today their peace deal with the Pakistani government

was "worthless" after authorities deployed helicopters and artillery against

hide-outs of Islamist guerrillas seeking to extend their grip along the

Afghan border.

http://snipurl.com/guz8l

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Pakistan army chief hits back at US:

Pakistan's army chief has reacted angrily to US dismay that his forces have

not acted to repel a Taliban insurgency advancing on Islamabad, the

country's capital and home to some of its nuclear assets.

http://snipurl.com/guzh6

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Gordon Brown 'snubbed by Pakistan President':

Gordon Brown received an apparent snub today as he arrived in Pakistan for

talks with President Zardari only to be told that he was not available to

appear at a joint press conference afterwards.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6180016.ece

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12 killed in blast in Kandahar:

Five Afghan policemen and two civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast

in a restive southern province, where five Taliban militants were also

killed, officials said on Monday.

http://snipurl.com/guznb

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Taliban kill 1 and Kidnap 9 Cops in Stable Afghan North :

Provincial deputy governor, Azizullah Hashimi confirmed the assault on Borka

district, some 40km north-east of Pul-e Khumri city, the provincial capital.

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Fact or propaganda?

Australian soldiers kill 100 "Taliban":

AUSTRALIAN soldiers killed more than 100 "Taliban fighters" in one of the

most successful operations of the six-year Afghanistan campaign

http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/1201.html

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U.S. forces say kill 7 al Qaeda suspects in Iraq:

Seven suspected al Qaeda insurgents were killed in clashes with U.S. forces

in a largely Sunni Arab province of Iraq, the U.S. military said Monday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/27/AR2009042700261 .

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Iraqi PM brands US soldiers 'criminals':

Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki says a US raid south-east of Baghdad

was a "crime" that violated a security pact between the two countries.

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Iraq threatens to prosecute US soldiers:

IRAQI Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has denounced a pre-dawn American raid

in which two Iraqis were killed, saying his Government will prosecute US

soldiers who carried out the operation.

http://snipurl.com/guzru

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5 killed as insurgents attack AU peacekeeping bases in Somalia:

Armed fighters attacked two African Union peacekeeping bases in Somalia's

capital, and a witness said he saw the bodies of three civilians killed.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/world/6393000.html

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran and Pakistan:

Israel Must Pull a 'King David'

"Israel must act as King David did, felling the Goliath of Iran - and then

U.S. will follow suit and prevent Taliban from snatching Pakistan's nuclear

weapons." So says MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh).

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131040

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The danger of an Israeli strike on Iran:

The US needs to make it clear it will not tolerate a first strike.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0424/p09s05-coop.html

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Iran: We've arrested Israel spy ring:

Iranian authorities have arrested a group of people linked to Israel who are

suspected of planning bombings ahead of the Islamic republic's presidential

election on June 12, Reuters cited the country's intelligence minister as

saying on Sunday.

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Iran will respect a two-state solution:

THE Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says it will be "fine with us"

if the Palestinians reach a two-state peace deal with Israel, despite his

opposition to the "racist" Jewish nation.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/iran-will-respect-a-twostate-solution-20090427-akns .

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Ahmadinejad Not for Two-State Solution:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks on Sunday that he is behind

whatever decision "the Palestinians" make about their destiny does not mean

that he recognizes Israel or agrees with the "vision of two states" between

the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan,

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/164182

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Abbas: I won't recognize Israel as a Jewish state:

"I do not accept it," the Western-backed Abbas said. "It is not my job to

give a description of the state. Name yourself the Hebrew Socialist Republic

- it is none of my business."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1081534.html

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Israels Population stands at 7.4 million:

According to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday,

the Jewish population of Israel stands at 5,593,000 and the Arab population

is listed at 1,498,000, or 20.2% of the general population.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1081532.html

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Amira Hass : Gaza's separation from the West Bank is Israel's great

triumph:

The total separation of the Gaza Strip from the West Bank is one of the

greatest achievements of Israeli politics, whose overarching objective is to

prevent a solution based on international decisions and understandings and

instead dictate an arrangement based on Israel's military superiority.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=10136

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880i35ENJ2mL3kgc3yHmTbpyiiQ==]

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Israel's secret plan for West Bank expansion:

Palestinians condemn 'extremely dangerous' scheme to grow illegal

settlement.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israels-secret-plan-for-west

-bank-expansion-1674759.html

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CIA 'Whistleblower' Told Hastert About Suppression of Harman

Wiretap:

Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert says he learned from a CIA-connected

"whistleblower" in 2006 that Bush administration officials were suppressing

the existence of a wiretapped conversation between Rep. Jane Harman and a

suspected Israeli agent.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=hsnews-000003103377

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Rafael Correa: historic victory in Ecuador

" We are going to emphasize this fight for social justice; for regional

justice....we are going to continue the fight to eliminate all forms of

workplace exploitation within our socialist conviction: the supremacy of

human work over capital,"

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2009/april/lun27/Rafael-Correa.html

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Forum on Guevara just part of U.S. rebranding:

The U.S. charm offensive in Latin America took a small but provocative step

forward on Friday when the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires sponsored two

readings of a new book that explains the enduring iconic power of Ernesto

''Che'' Guevara.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1016809.html

[

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Yes, We Did Execute Japanese for Waterboarding:

It's kind of awkward to argue that waterboarding is not a crime when you

hanged someone for doing it to our troops.

http://snipurl.com/gv0pr

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II8C3RQS2wQ==]

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Reagan's DOJ Prosecuted Texas Sheriff for Waterboarding Prisoners:

Federal prosecutors secured a 10-year sentence against the sheriff and four

years in prison for the deputies. But that 1983 case - which would seem to

be directly on point for a legal analysis on waterboarding two decades later

- was never mentioned in the four Bush administration opinions released last

week.

http://www.truthout.org/042709J

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102563201839&s=87455&e=001WUUhcdP00F1dKO4gTsqiRs7Frp-

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eTN0_UFQjBa1UTeom-DcZ]

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Plan to monitor all internet use:

Communications firms are being asked to record all internet contacts between

people as part of a modernisation in UK police surveillance tactics.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8020039.stm

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Swine flu prompts EU warning on travel to US:

The top EU health official urged Europeans on Monday to postpone

nonessential travel to parts of the United States and Mexico because of the

swine flu virus, and Spanish health officials confirmed the first case

outside North America.

http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_12236723?nclick_check=1

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Britain confirms first two cases of swine flu:

Two people admitted to a Scottish hospital after travelling to Mexico have

been confirmed as the first cases of swine flu in Britain, Scottish Health

Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/425353/1/.html

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Obama's host dies from 'flu-like symptoms'

According to alarming reports from Mexico City, Felipe Solis, a

distinguished archaeologist who showed Mr Obama around the city's

anthropology museum during his visit to Mexico earlier this month, died the

next day from "flu-like symptoms".

http://snipurl.com/gv14l

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U.S. toxic-asset plan stirs fears:

The government will take on a mountain of risk while trying to create an

artificial market for the loans and debt securities. Critics worry about

possible fraud and further banking system damage.

http://snipurl.com/gv15y

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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy

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Obama's 100 Days

The Mad Men Did Well

By John Pilger

In advertising terms, Bush was a "brand collapse" whereas Obama, with his

toothpaste advertisement smile and righteous clichÃ©s, is a godsend. At a

stroke, he has seen off serious domestic dissent to war, and he brings tears

to the eyes, from Washington to Whitehall.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22514.htm

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LY3RCK7pSbzpRgBXxDUiOIaNHaeXqsxDUR3B2d2SXiPbXOPYKi0gANRgCLziNb7AhpE-lZt5_8d9Zrm5

s98PSq6hzxdMPs3DKq7dxNRFCe4ZVuDSpqmgQ7BI8N6lN_AXfEWdO]

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The Taliban's Roads to Kabul

By Patrick Cockburn

All other roads around the capital are permanently or intermittently under

Taliban control. The father of the Education Minister was recently kidnapped

when he went to attend a family funeral in his home province.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22513.htm

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Hif72GooGFxyA9yuDfnyASzk3fjZUcjhIZIlU7ILm4C323yTMVGyf_PfzTU32fV_YEvm8P1x60Z-QMxB

4U0N1tLsjjyROlTIUtYNQPQSaEowDNxK-5_h3Di1GhDB0OGUIt_bC]

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The US Should Cut Military Spending In Half

By Benjamin H. Friedman

To really keep us safe, we should slash defense spending. Americans should

prepare for fewer wars, not different ones. Far from providing our defense,

our military posture endangers us. It drags us into others' conflicts,

provokes animosity, and wastes resources.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22516.htm

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mf178TfmLqY1c02qzy

6x_CoP0bhxAqKU2q7RnXh-C8IoHHzZC0pY4_m5Fr4GKCKUsx1W2nk0ur9fF3CO8zMcsbx_0I2R2FW5p_

ZyBVGTRbsKSP3LtEjNme2rdsyZeZCXnSxSLzaHfR6D5heEQ75Hhzq]

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Face to Face with History

By Martin Jacques

The way many Arabs in Israel are treated as second-class citizens, and the

brutality and cruelty shown during the Israeli assault on Gaza early this

year, are eloquent testimony to the racism endemic in Israel.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22515.htm

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mf0RSozwDSVtpDSCgI

-Ybg0K6kFmFFS1MpWwU4pNt3i-eFzEVuOM-nkjS-5WAWopD2QuMCNIeWqmDlPKNJfd0obw3l2XQp9B5X

m_Xd2d4e252AwhBjv2I43q5AgG1-eTaPyVoy80Dhy13amih-qO8qz]

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A New Low for America

Cheney's Twisted World

By Andy Worthington

Al-Libi's story is, of course, disturbing enough as evidence of the utter

contempt with which the Bush administration's warmongers treated both the

truth and the American public.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22517.htm

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mewcKs50AswjglyKNr

9VIdjIzY84bHYKwYKcBMWS6zjWxBE3ZTSNHDaTH-nU9Bx-UCbRVYPkt9uK1HNiJj8Ss2-OXeN3Pjnkum

lL0C_ALphurOEqdFMnZM0imHb8u8mJqcUo2Q6gzauOoPAzBoJaL0E]

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Flying Pigs, Tamiflu and Factory Farms

Mexican authorities have reported that the number of deaths confirmed from

so-called Swine Flu is 7 not the 150 or more bandied in the media

By F. William Engdahl

Cases were being reported hourly from Canada to Spain and beyond. The only

thing wrong with this story is that it is largely based on lies, hype and

coverup of possible real causes of Mexican deaths.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22518.htm

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mfGZXPRLzGNCKQeW9J

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Pakistan says 50 Taliban killed in Buner operation:

Pakistani security forces have killed 50 Taliban and lost one soldier in an

operation to drive the militants out of the strategic valley 100 km (60

miles) northwest of Islamabad, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.

http://snipurl.com/h0ohb

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tSvM-2yWh-A==]

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Taliban Militants Kidnap More Than 50 Pakistani Security Forces:

Pakistani airstrikes killed dozens of Taliban fighters in a fierce struggle

to drive them from a district near the capital, while the militants took

over police stations and kidnapped more than 50 security forces, the army

said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518364,00.html

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U.S. attack kills 8 in Pakistan:

According to initial reports reaching here, American unmanned aircraft fired

two missiles at a house situated in Kanigoram area of South Waziristan,

killing at least eight people.

http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=214280

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US occupation forces claims killing of 42 Taliban in Afghanistan

A coalition airstrike killed 23 suspected Taliban militants Wednesday in the

Langar area of Tarin Kot, the provincial capital of the southern province of

Uruzgan, after the militants attacked an Afghan and US-led coalition patrol

in the area, the US military said in a statement.

http://snipurl.com/h0ol0

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-PDqbtVVINg==]

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Occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan to be named:

The soldier was killed instantly while he was on a foot patrol alongside the

Afghan army near Forward Operating Base Keenan, northeast of Gereshk, the

Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090429/wl_uk_afp/afghanistanunrestbritaintoll

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R8pMe]

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Taliban announce new Afghan 'operation':

'Operation Nasrat' (Victory), to be launched on Tuesday, would also target

Afghan officials and international diplomats with a wave of suicide bombings

and attacks, claimed a statement from the extremist militia.

http://snipurl.com/h0ond

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US 'losing control' in Afghanistan:

Richard Armitage, a former US deputy secretary of state, has told Al Jazeera

that the conflict in Afghanistan may be "spinning out of control".

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/200942903158769529.html

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1meKX_c8GnFlaHuhLIx

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LyQu-]

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Baghdad car bombings kill at least 41: -

Two almost simultaneous car bombs today in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood

killed at least 41 people and wounded 68, contributing to rising concerns

that a new wave of violence in Iraq

http://snipurl.com/h0opq

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1melbVhtkeFe92rVx_e

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Soldier said he wanted to shoot civilians, jury told: -

A former Army soldier accused of raping an Iraqi girl and killing her and

three members of her family told a superior that the rules of combat were

unfair and that he wanted to shoot civilians, one of his commanding officers

testified yesterday.

http://snipurl.com/h0gj9

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mdTTCdXgpmptkmIZj7

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KFm3DL93XIw==]

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10 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks:

A roadside bomb killed nine Turkish soldiers in an armored personnel carrier

Wednesday in southeastern Turkey, making it the deadliest attack by

suspected Kurdish rebels in six months, officials said.

http://www.adn.com/nation/story/776778.html

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mcZUo3OVKsj1c0qL2J

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Iran says reports of attack on Iran's vessel "psychological

warfare":

The report is "false" and it is the "product of a propaganda machine against

the Tehran government," the local Satellite Press TV quoted the official in

a similar report.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/29/content_11283527.htm

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1megz3gYkouAhjTPw1q

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===

AIPAC pushing for new Iran sanctions bill?:

Influential Israeli lobby group in the US, AIPAC is to push for a newly

crafted resolution designed to choke off Iranian gas imports.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=92854§ionid=3510203

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mfB0wWO-hmFrp_REn_

ZEgFKZW0zG3XJ178SL29vCLu8Gy0ICwc2FGQV6VBBQhMT-TafnrHuhxBe821drf8Z_kOQ93HsMOvelX5

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===

Act of war? US Senators Move To Wring Gasoline Out of Iran:

The US Senate has added its voice to the US House of Representatives in a

newly-crafted resolution designed to choke off Iranian gas imports.

http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=1676

[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mfx-G2LNq4QliSt74g

4MmN-e5RQCligGJ-LFpyCm3x_cbkZU9vZRCLG9ml13Yzk5jhOZ-zKvJYFVE-61zuSSQHuBbZgB_A45-B

GNVhxBK0BZhQIKcJjjORBI60qDByhI1YSe0O5bOgdD2JCra85dcVn]

===

Obama congratulates Israel on turning 61 :

U.S. president says bond with Israel 'unshakeable as ever'

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1081816.html

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If Only They Could See:

Mohammed Al-Sheikh Yousef could save his eyesight if only he could cross the

border out of Gaza. He was denied a permit by Israel; he got one from Egypt,

but not for someone to accompany him. And he can't go on his own because he

cannot see very well.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46645

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Malaysia massacre 'under review':

The UK government is to review evidence about a 1948 massacre of unarmed

Malaysian villagers by British troops, the BBC learns.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/default.stm

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Osama Bin Laden Believed Dead By Pak Intel:

Zardari: Pakistan's president said Monday his intelligence agencies believe

Osama bin Laden may be dead, but he added there is no proof.

http://snipurl.com/h0qx4

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Seven Colombian soldiers killed in clash with leftist rebels:

Seven Colombian soldiers were killed Wednesday in a clash with leftist

rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the

northeastern Perija mountains, on the Venezuelan border.

http://snipurl.com/h0qyr

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iXhztjKVFLQ==]

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US Exports Fall By 30% :

The US economy continued to contract in the first quarter of 2009, led by

the biggest fall in exports for 40 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8024839.stm

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U.S. Economy Shrank at 6.1% Rate in First Quarter:

The 6.1% drop was much bigger than Wall Street expected and hardly different

than a 6.3% plunge in the fourth quarter, when the recession that began in

December 2007 deepened.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124100763955368325.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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GM to Eliminate More Than 1,000 Underperforming Dealers:

The Detroit-based automaker told dealers it plans to eliminate 1,000 to

1,200 underperforming dealers and to cut 450 stores with the elimination of

the Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and Saab brands, Susan Garontakos, a GM

spokeswoman, said in an interview

http://snipurl.com/h0rhg

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Guess Who's Buying Chrylser and GM?:

It looks like the government is close to reaching a deal with Chrysler's

creditors, under which they'd write down most of the company's debt. With a

deadline for restructuring just days away, that'd clear the way for a merger

with Fiat and, possibly, keep the company out of bankruptcy court.

http://snipurl.com/h0rj3

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U.S. Home Prices Continued to Decline in February:

Phoenix has achieved the unwelcome distinction of becoming the first major

American city where home prices have fallen by half since the middle of the

decade, according to data released Tuesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/business/economy/29econ.html?em

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sgBul]

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Credit Card Companies Snatch Social Security Payments:

Debt collectors for credit card companies and other creditors are now going

after Social Security payments, which are supposed to be exempt from

garnishment in such situations. Their tactics include freezing the bank

accounts into which a beneficiary's Social Security checks are

direct-deposited.

http://snipurl.com/h0rlm

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z1WKEWUU2XA==]

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Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Declined :

Compared with a month earlier, home prices fell 2.2 percent in February,

after a 2.8 percent decline in January, today's report showed.

http://snipurl.com/h0rnf

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VRDD8ADN5Zg==]

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Only 7 swine flu deaths, not 152, says WHO:

A member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has dismissed claims that

more than 150 people have died from swine flu, saying it has officially

recorded only seven deaths around the world.

http://snipurl.com/h0rpu

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qZ0ExHC9DQg==]

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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy

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Tom Feeley · Post by **Tom Feeley** » Sun May 10, 2009 8:53 pm

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq

"1,320,110"

www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially

acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,287

icasualties.org/oif/

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The War in Iraq Costs

$667,446,348,183

See the cost in your community

nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

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After US Strikes, Afghans Describe

"Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies"

By Jeremy Scahill

As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130

people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant

Obama moves ahead with troop increase.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22578.htm

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Obama Aide Puts Israel's Nukes in the Diplomatic Mix

Analysis by Helena Cobban

That would end a 40-year period in which Washington colluded with Israel in

maintaining the fiction that Israel's nuclear weapons capabilities were

unknown, and anyway should never be openly discussed.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22576.htm

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93_y0OA3T0Ts4TP5KzjbDZ4-S8Q4YZEXkrRkkhzRNpYxR_bSLuvOK]

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Law's Unintended Consequences

By Paul Craig Roberts

Demands that Israel be held accountable for war crimes committed in Gaza,

the West Bank, Lebanon, or elsewhere become acts of the hate crime of

anti-semitism.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22579.htm

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21xIo-jDwg_yQSGE7irU1XuYM39BLrm_SvDfI8Cxk9rHLYqWWikDp]

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Past Masters at Torture

By Iftekhar A. Khan

American propensity for using innocuous acronyms to cover heinous crimes is

unsurpassed. Bagram (Afghanistan) torture centre renamed Bagram Theatre

Internment Facility (BTIF) reportedly is to extend by investing $60 million.

So torture as US state policy will continue and BTIF will be the ultimate

hellhole.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22583.htm

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iWKCyi8eVEnHse9wa5j6aaL8TpGiJF4ckRkXa7QevhYtx20f_Jbh9]

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Complicity -- and Accountability -- on Torture

By Dan Froomkin

There is anger from the left - and not just the left - about an inexcusable

Bush policy. There are demons in the closet, and shutting the door on them

won't make them go away. Better to deal with it now, when a new president's

idealism is still fresh. It will take idealism to face the torture issue.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22582.htm

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CqmRp8audm7PV0ElP7UWzao6T2toEnPWeeMXXkc-NTSJU_c8-dd80]

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Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve?

U.S. Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailout Programs

By Mark Pittman and Bob Ivry

The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the

government's commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion,

enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation's home mortgages.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22581.htm

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UJPY4JVRjRVbKaLmDlb8ik62gVn9kflotuKyYmuNBfzLAIj5uhrG6]

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Depressionus Interruptus

Did Bernanke pull the economy back from the brink?

By Mike Whitney

The stock market surge doesn't help working people who get paid by the hour

and don't have the extra money to bet on equities. They can't move numbers

from one ledger to another and magically show a profit. They have to balance

their check books, show up on time, and play by the rules. For these

people--the bulk of working Americans--the future has never been grimmer and

less certain.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22580.htm

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The Patriotic Retirement Plan

"How Would You Fix the Economy?"

By St. Petersburg Times

The St. Petersburg Times Newspaper, Business Section asked readers for ideas

on "How Would You Fix the Economy?" This guy nailed it!

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22585.htm

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Populism is Not a Style

It's a People's Rebellion Against Corporate Power

By Jim Hightower

A majority of folks today hold within them the live spark of populism--which

is an innate distrust of corporate tycoons and Wall Street titans and an

instinct to rebel against them. The moment can come again. As Goodwyn tells

us, "the triumph of Populism...was the belief in possibility it injected

into American political consciousness."

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22584.htm

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DQRdq_siZvAnBzk1SBOOIvbJ3r09KijPhlezajJ80Rw9LCxQgQD4b]

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Seeds Of Truth

By Sheila Samples

Once you opt to buy Monsanto seeds, you are no longer a farmer, you're a

"grower" -- a serf

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22577.htm

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55 Taliban killed in fresh Pakistan ops:

Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships killed at least 55 Taliban in

the troubled Swat valley on Saturday as the government said the military

offensive, crucial for the "survival of the country", will continue till

terrorists are eliminated.

http://snipurl.com/hpaq6

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__wRxs4PA3A==]

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Swat residents flee as UN warns of humanitarian crisis:

UN officials repeated warnings that the flood of people was swelling into

one of the world's largest humanitarian crises.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/08/pakistan-offensive-swat-valley

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Taliban vow to 'eliminate' Pakistan's top leadership:

Angered by Pakistan government's decision to launch an all out war against

them, the Taliban has vowed to "eliminate" country's top leadership

including President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani

and their close family members.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22576.htm

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Pakistan's timing of attack on Taleban is no coincidence:

Behind the scenes, they US also threatened to launch missile attacks on Swat

and to withhold - or at least attach strict conditions to - billions of

dollars in military and civilian aid.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6251886.ece

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20 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

Twenty Taliban militants were killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan

Saturday, officials said.

http://snipurl.com/hpase

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gL7lzD5sD1w==]

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US Attack Kills 9 People In Pakistan:

Nine people - five of them militants - have reportedly been killed in a

suspected US missile attack in northwestern Pakistan.

http://snipurl.com/hpasz

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Ej1DDzBzAmLzWkvC7iZQ7-FQQzc8a8i6Ij6sxXJSzUrslbghxYKba1BUvSRsdD70za5aeY4QOsfI4WRu

GjBJzEt8IUA==]

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Afghan leader demands air strikes end:

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday demanded an end to US air strikes,

which he said killed as many as 130 civilians and were infuriating the

public.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090508/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestuscivilians

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Afghan villagers list 147 killed by US air strikes:

Residents of two villages hit earlier this week by US air strikes have

prepared lists with the names of 147 people killed in the attacks, the

deputy governor of the province where the strikes took place said.

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=174789

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4Q9Nb]

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Only 12 civilians killed in Afghan strike: -

Pentagon officials believe that about 12 civilians were killed in U.S.

airstrikes earlier this week in Afghanistan, far fewer than numbers cited by

provincial officials and the International Red Cross.

http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/hc-tc-nw-afghanistan-0509.artmay09,0,603

4180.story

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Venezuela's Chavez slams Obama for Afghan attacksy.

"President Obama... take apart the forces of imperialism and end the abuse

of innocent peoples of the world," he said during a televised speech.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3712992,00.html

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U.S. occupation force soldiers kill a 12-year-old Iraqi boy:

American soldiers opened fire and killed a 12-year old boy after a grenade

hit their convoy in Mosul on Thursday.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/67862.html

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Netanyahu: Israel will never withdraw from Golan:

A week-and-a-half out from Netanyahu's scheduled visit to Washington, the

prime minister stressed that he is ready to stand up to U.S. President

Barack Obama and that he would not give up on matters that in his opinion

are critical to Israel's security.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1084194.html

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Hamas: We won't accept two-state solution:

Meshal said that Hamas rejects the two-state solution but could still be

part of a national unity government if a Palestinian state is established

based on 1967 borders.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1084227.html

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Democrats were routinely briefed on Bush 'torture' techniques,

document shows:

The CIA has released a devastating document detailing the dates and explicit

details of secret Congressional briefings in which members of Congress were

told of the Bush administration's torture techniques and when they had been

used.

http://snipurl.com/hpb78

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UK's income gap widest since 60s:

Britain under Gordon Brown is a more unequal country than at any time since

modern records began in the early 1960s, after the incomes of the poor fell

and those of the rich rose in the three years after the 2005 general

election.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/may/08/poverty-equality-britain-incomes-p

oor

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Bank of England braced for third wave of financial crisis:

This week both banks again warned of sharp increases in bad loans to British

business customers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/08/bank-england-recession-economy

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Recovery? What Recovery?:

Why entrepreneurs aren't so optimistic about the economy.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/196007

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"Liberty cannot be

preserved without a general knowledge among the people" - John Adams- Second

President

- 1797 - 1801

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The principal power in Washington is no longer the government or the people it

represents. It is the Money Power. Under the deceptive cloak of campaign

contributions, access and influence, votes and amendments are bought and sold.

Money established priorities of action, holds down federal revenues, revises

federal legislation, shifts income from the middle class to the very rich. Money

restrains the enforcement of laws written to protect the country from abuses of

wealth--laws that mandate environmental protection, antitrust laws, laws to

protect the consumer against fraud, laws that safeguard the securities markets,

and many more: Richard N. Goodwin- Speechwriter for John F.

Kennedy

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Big money and big business, corporations and commerce, are again the undisputed

overlords of politics and government. The White House, the Congress and,

increasingly, the judiciary, reflect their interests. We appear to have a

government run by remote control from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National

Association of Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute. To hell with

everyone else: Bill Moyers - PBS Commentator

=

Money becomes evil not when it is used to buy goods but when it is used to buy

power... economic inequalities become evil when they are translated into

political inequalities: Samuel Huntington - Political Scientist

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Number Of Iraqis

Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq"1,320,110"

www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

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Number of U.S.

Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq

4,296

icasualties.org/oif/

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The War in Iraq Costs

$669,806,153,553

See the cost in your community

nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

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U.S. Stirs a

Hornet's Nest in Pakistan

By ERIC MARGOLIS

If this continues, at some

point patriotic Pakistani soldiers may rebel and shoot the corrupt generals and

politicians on Washington's payroll. Equally ominous, a poor people's uprising

spreading across Pakistan -- also mislabelled "Taliban" -- threatens a radical

national rebellion reminiscent of India's Naxalite rebels.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22633.htm

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U.S. Attack Killed

140 Villagers - Afghan Probe

By Hamid Shalizi

and Peter Graff

A copy of the government's

list of the names, ages and father's names of each of the 140 dead was obtained

by Reuters earlier this week. It shows that 93 of those killed were children --

the youngest eight days old -- and only 22 were adult males.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22635.htm

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Obama Takes Over

Where Bush Left Off

By Mike Whitney

Barack Obama is

aggressively stepping up the war in Afghanistan. He's intensified the

cross-border bombing of Pakistan and he is doubling the number of U.S. troops to

68,000 by 2010. He's also a strong proponent of pilotless drones even though

hundreds of civilians have been killed in bombing raid blunders.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22637.htm

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Changing Obama's

Mindset

By Howard Zinn

Where progress has been

made, wherever any kind of injustice has been overturned, it's been because

people acted as citizens, and not as politicians. They didn't just moan. They

worked, they acted, they organized, they rioted if necessary to bring their

situation to the attention of people in power. And that's what we have to do

today.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22639.htm

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Rumsfeld's

Renegade Unit Blamed for Afghan Deaths

By Jerome Starkey

in Kabul

Special Forces group

implicated in three incidents that claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent

civilians / MarSOC was set up by former defence secretary despite opposition

from within the Marine Corps.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22634.htm

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In Case You Missed It

Turkey Shoot At

Abu Ghraib

Tales of Murder

and Torture

Video

I wanted to find out what

had turned ordinary American soldiers into the apparent monsters revealed in the

photographs.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12258.htm

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Aipac's Hidden

Persuaders

By Richard

Silverstein

The Israel lobby is aiming

to soften up US public opinion for an attack on Iran. Americans should resist

its propaganda.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22636.htm

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TSKzfp2JDC0QsqKmavjLZCb8f5Zh1YLL9uTK20WR7mvOgRC5h4bk7]

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"We Are Escalating

War - We Are Less Safe"

5 Minute Video By

Ron Paul

Click to view

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Pakistan:

Offensive kills 1,000 alleged militants:

Security forces were

facing off with militants in "intense fire engagements" on the outskirts of

Swat's main town, Mingora, where many of the estimated 4,000 Taliban fighters in

the valley are believed to be holed up, the statement said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30791770/

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QmP6U10oLiJpPVNPvMBbNcOgCCjo61Jg=]

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US attack kills 29

in Pakistan:

Twenty-nine people were

killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a residential compound in the

Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan tribal region.

http://snipurl.com/i80x7

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WDyV5I57j1Q==]

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40 "militants"

killed in US drone attacks:

Soon after the attack,

other militants staying at the building arrived and started rescue work. "They

were recovering bodies of the slain militants when the drone fired two more

missiles, almost 12 minutes after the first attack. It was terrible as almost

all the Taliban involved in rescue work were targeted," stated a local militant

commander based in Mirali.

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22177

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wA70oUdbIXFECcOQiPuVWoeXlnsn0U9qmT5ih8DMFqbTi4AZS16pn]

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11 persons killed

in two blasts in Peshawar:

At least 11 people,

including two women and two children, were killed and another 31 injured when a

powerful car bomb ripped through a congested locality in Peshawar

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=5/17/2009#4

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70 killed as Sri

Lanka rebels 'concede defeat':

The rebel declaration on

Sunday came shortly after the army said that at least 70 Tamil Tigers had been

killed as they tried to flee the conflict zone.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/200951711256325722.html

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Ra2Gc]

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Twenty, including

12 policemen, killed in Afghan violence:

A dozen policemen and an

army soldier were killed in separate Taliban attacks in Afghanistan on Sunday,

while Afghan and international forces killed seven militants in operations,

officials said.

http://snipurl.com/i813i

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aYS3zELrzog==]

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U.S. military

probes Blackwater Kabul killing:

The U.S. military is

investigating a shooting incident in which four contractors from the re-named

firm formerly called Blackwater are accused of killing an Afghan man after a

traffic accident, a spokesman said on Sunday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051700107.

html

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U-9aK9gO-0QlsbxqXNxTXefgjw==]

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Villagers in

Afghanistan Describe Chaos of U.S. Strikes:

Villagers, including two

girls recovering from burn wounds, described devastation that officials and

human rights workers are calling the worst episode of civilian casualties in

eight years of war in Afghanistan.

http://snipurl.com/i814o

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Record bombs

dropped in Afghanistan in April:

In the past month,

warplanes released 438 bombs, the most ever. April also marked the fourth

consecutive month that the number of bombs dropped rose, after a decline

starting last July.

http://snipurl.com/i815x

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Four Iraqis killed

in Mosul car bomb: -

Four people, including one

policeman, were killed by a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on

Sunday, police said.

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Two policemen

killed in Iraq attacks:

Two Iraqi policemen were

killed and three others were wounded on Sunday in two separate attacks,

including a car bombing, in the volatile northern city of Mosul, police said.

http://snipurl.com/i8174

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U.S. occupation

force soldier killed in combat in Iraq:

A U.S. occupation force

soldier was killed in a combat action in southern Iraq on Saturday, the U.S.

military said.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/17/content_11386941.htm

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Critics Call

Obama's Tribunals "Bush Lite":

In an apparent reversal,

President Barack Obama is reviving the Bush administration's much-criticized

military tribunals for Guantanamo Bay detainees, shocking those who expected the

president to end them completely.

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Panetta to CIA

employees: We told Pelosi the truth:

CIA Director Leon Panetta

just sent a stern message to his employees defending the agency against Speaker

Nancy Pelosi's criticisms. His message: We didn't mislead Congress; stay focused

on your job.

http://snipurl.com/i819s

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Lifting the Hood:

Must Watch Video -

As the 'hooded man' in the

infamous Abu Ghraib pictures, Haj Ali became an icon of everything that was

wrong with the US occupation. He tells his story and we hear from other

prisoners

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ0x5ZLbeqQ&feature=fvsr

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Amira Hass /

Israel bans books, music and clothes from entering Gaza:

Israel allows only food,

medicine and detergent into the Gaza Strip. Thousands of items, including vital

products for everyday activity, are forbidden.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086045.html

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Arabs see Israel -

not Iran - as nuclear threat:

Arab League chief says

Israel's nuclear bombs arsenal poses 'real danger' in troubled Middle East.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=32091

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Obama says Iran

war not off the table:

President Barack Obama

says the US has not taken military action against Iran over its nuclear program

off the table ahead of the Israeli premier's trip to Washington.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=95022§ionid=351020101

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ElBaradei: Israel

strike on Iran would be 'insane':

"It would be completely

insane to attack Iran," ElBaradei told Germany's Der Spiegel magazine. "That

would turn the region into one big fireball, and the Iranians would immediately

start building the bomb - and they could count on the support of the entire

Islamic world."

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1085872.html

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Congressional

leaders inadvertently expose Israeli lobbyists behind letter to Obama:

The email to

congressmembers seeking their support said they hoped they'd sign onto "the

attached letter to President Obama regarding the Middle East peace process,"

which argued that the US "must be both a trusted mediator and a devoted friend

to Israel" and added, "Israel will be taking the greatest risks in any peace

agreement."

http://snipurl.com/i81ca

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The U.S. to Raise

Military Aid to Israel:

The budget proposed to

Congress for 2010 includes $2.775 billion in aid to Israel, compared to $2.5

billon budgeted for 2009. This is more than a 10% increase in total U.S. aid to

Israel.

http://www.alternativenews.org/english/1915-the-us-to-raise-military-aid-to-isra

el.html

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US Nuclear Weapons

Spending Topped $52 Billion Last Year:

According to a new report

by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, spending on US nuclear

weapons infrastructure and related programs surpassed $52 billion in 2008.

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Fifty-Two Violent

Deaths a Day, and No Respite in Sight:

On the day a report was

released ranking Venezuela as one of the most violent countries in the world, a

local anti-drugs prosecutor was murdered, a mob lynched a suspected criminal in

the capital, and gunmen fired 20 shots, killing another suspect.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42484

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Shootings of

Unionists Continue Unabated:

Two shots to the head,

fired from a van, put a sudden end to the life of Argenis VÃ¡squez, the

organising secretary of the Toyota assembly plant workers' union. - The day

before, on May 4, 29-year-old Keller Maneiro, a delegate of the Union of

Construction and Lumber Workers in Ciudad Guayana, 500 kilometres southeast of

Caracas, was murdered in the parking lot of a supermarket.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46867

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Thousands march to

demand Guatemalan leader resign:

Thousands of Guatemalans

gathered for a march to the National Palace on Sunday to demand the president

resign over accusations that he ordered a lawyer killed, a scandal threatening

the rule of the country's first leftist leader more than 50 years.

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Let Us Work

Towards Peace And Joy

Tom Feeley