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ICH: IMF: Crisis Becoming 'Human Calamity'
http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001YttA7E1fOeRRBQjs_04gl9EmSr9MWgb9
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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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G545ZL3CCDkslIfDjac-96dq-b1qJY8hGhoRUI7e2nc5KxwkJe2ek]
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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.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0427/1224245446239.html
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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.
http://quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2915&Itemid=48
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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.
http://snipurl.com/guzqi
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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.
http://snipurl.com/gv02j
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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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kT8Qp31xmRw7HNl5wRjiQb3dBNh8epgLzIMlKpfZ7Kdg5Pskkmw1ugS-bA9TNr4-ZgNY2haAiVHgNRzj
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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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zaATpmRspnobU076r4N3QdJwYoNLREFnlsyS3-cDUNyLtKZqxSs4nrsTCOUZ3hnciOA_vLxV5hAvv-Bn
sGY9jLZMCFIXO58QdL4Uif6WdOZvUXsxLDx41sYWWZyFWA00aCJt9cs9G3vjJVhFgsOACMmUFqr-4n3V
1WnyVhqDZ0qu2PTMCiPFV_QuHYEutWV8M_hPG_oG_ScPStqk=]
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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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SmSX8t_y1DrlIR2hlugTYPzJmO9SLVR7b2tgX5tGnCTid47KmJLjxVV4C5z7F9ok=]
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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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102563201839&s=87455&e=001WUUhcdP00F0fDB7o7j6QnA9aygj
kK-vzzDgauTCXhoUovO9je3pBR7eGnhY3VlD6UHXZ_vlBc7Ddpo95TI6AHAk23JXr9P3KEI6hnoUbBpZ
u2WCIFV6UGPYauoCTR3f0TZxXhXp9whHCgNRcJfFbPI469mb58palHhpN58wFEDgjldNXma5lmw==]
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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
[
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102563201839&s=87455&e=001WUUhcdP00F2r5E7kax1BmwVGUqFI
ZJjdNyRivDBCoU0PAp93QjwkhJMT2B1C9tSN-U8txhb4teAJPw7IvycN6-uiql67a95yy9RQ2SrXftgz
KRNHNECdqmObSMJ_5YOK3UAUZRql9Mnhs-GlXMsm3GgOMYvbT_uEJyH_3ytyfSE=]
===
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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102563201839&s=87455&e=001WUUhcdP00F2PTG-tX9iB0ydz9zh
Wt5yMmvDpaSQlw96WGh7mXKGYLdLvvowMhUT-hx4hPa6OfSgrRWScgVO9vCfD5kujBmy_mOtM-9cPkNW
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-
fDDcVHSmSy2bH2s7x3F3ekudlOtKJUENBzatFl6ytalOyRuCbO3T_WBTZN6XBdeIL4x9qux89h5sv5q7
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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102563201839&s=87455&e=001WUUhcdP00F2V1J9U2d3fN6F8W3h
H92tlFEbw_gpz9gbdN34tfz8n-AcvqO_7KAUi3VKXn3CzMcDg0AT7ZQAppuKcCzjp4j1LPgVhA-ZD-Sd
2Q01ZKH6jpLN7g3WOAZhKfAHwaXYZn7pq7AmvMajXosDUQkYf8SbpDU3F02HtE-I=]
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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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102563201839&s=87455&e=001WUUhcdP00F1OdEoaDezKsDRvhi8
JR4rq8iLxFVqVdiP64eF-KwVDSYzzB8InhKhbCmOW_aibhJVdPiC60X5fXe4FfTaBeHNjKtr_jGYxgah
zmzLSRFHZMBM1Rg0QFdvb7M731o5ZDlTDTF2kbwOB1Sjh4XiJ7UjwSryeIoxhl1U=]
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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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CB8F7aKuZSf8YE2tljgQ_CzEki_JFFW5jVSgeLA37kPVxH9l2yaySJQ5Ad6MuuE6BjOhBB14z_8IaGZw
UBFw4]
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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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smRzLiUoPzCOUqiii_8ugGyx_ACiF2kAtY-XaZN-N0jnkk8DwwfAJnZOeGEnL1UbSl_hUyvMFMCn23S5
PoX033Y8oNw==]
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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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x5LkmpbJtIaH-gUTS7wWzz5toIRE8R5UsbmY02weO9lSAz9WDO-tM6G2MKjMlGhAEOCwnG3s_uzPM2wm
F_7-IUEyevQ==]
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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 clichés, 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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mdD0z6_ENzgUNvZES4
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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1me7xR25A6dqDgCJtwf
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
RZHN3lYa-7dyuNGMr3VPnh499Pl2CxBlxNL881jBShOivAIUlNCzg_fernoYUyXShVTGitVGhdj_PGmC
4-Cop--c_O7vtWiOpvCNFpHZZ9qF1viTUrc9k4SugL8z4EPVPFB1Y]
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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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mdWjP8XSjB-fmz6oU0
tjB-WgGuo7qD0e3hiXjHTXDDn9IGrNLBCPrCFIa9gpm89DVLbXSY9xHkRYabaHAPNgdQTbcomVi3-c0n
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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mfc3yzYhSKSZaKk_nn
qrjdqaO1TBFdmY9iFLEENtJf613HuIq_Jwr89OOJYvnTxMP3o7MJc0wUmjEFsX7hY4TsaYikSk9oPj4s
aYEZSzELKd-sWOEiaW8lZo7E94qDAUhuviXPRdkhatqr8vopJ9I2L]
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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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mdiQMtQIwNdDUxQxmv
2siPzgH9CIPsXXm0-d2nH6KQmFU2PtiNiFhI-vEpHQ3icWI8bdP7w1vjBL4iJv4OWNSbNWQlH4SeBSZB
PCskid-b43EGufSThbHJ4iklGiUd8h2tyuIj1VPWlAQ==]
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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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WnNU_K1BzlZJd1TQ-85PAHX5W5pLU0QbWtpvM-LBAw6phxpTPVt_BsjN5Ok0mBS_0u8-PFrhXxj4OBu6
-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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mfevg3zqDCccIqVPE9
N2a7fGZg_f8v_5iHOqNXKlsKgVAc2d3iNBzlYEYbZd6840C299ZFDxeTiYf85pw86sLiR4G9FtWxx7bv
TvqR1VT7GzbcPyhH87ls3JCIrNdZCveu5OzU3vg5ka-NOtrSw-knBIWG-EWlwYNm2bikE5nAe4tGBZd9
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
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102565702245&s=87455&e=0011CwsVPyr1mcULWFiXyf9FxdzHSu
660vpzBRTMzbWyK7gvyXFFHi0_8nTsKXuS4YguQ7AwnyQHiFo-D630QVPtfuMt5IaV4tj5W6FjT71m43
nuAVu90lZhw==]
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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
2bp89TSK0Li-wvIkSuAgXvIxe9B2feODtZmlN04Jk_3fzv2e-2fzu6dxD1ztXUpV-xIsY_7o6IpXfFF7
xXfESLs08G6nA6VZ5xcjDKDp-DyppE2iD-gzc7OHaKaTnNbTsiKUm8TFXV8jTod63L4wHGZF_jnsrgct
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
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APxeu4I7qle5VgOV7CiQhNBsVj9E-iylqrOw8BV5V422PvERITo7VSqDYTalSN00wxuSwjTPEMs4zioU
4uxieH7DTHQ==]
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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
OQnxGD8uQnWvlyEbUtnTzcAvdjO2swGfhPGH43QDIZqChw9MZ6Bwf6JjUR9UY2hahZMSUpAPzZC4p0F2
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
306Z_FEJZ9ByvtneObrdhgd4jUZJS1bS9RQYKb4r2HGmVrysHkcyg5kVLNPumNY6K4orsHbio4bn4AdY
Vi9uOxRCl1q_qdA7kMU_zLdlZsrWcohP8-MOkdeik-A==]
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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
8m_7wXwAOI5AxFk38CgO-PwZ6I9Mg2UhQzvlLCTmN8bkB1hiVeWS20xjEM2wQEEgfYXHSo7GNCZdoAPE
Z_F9QKvKey9p_VIDnq7GnOL1aAbhZT1Ah52rjHDaf44rwswmnXnY1s8cs8yF2sjT0D4BsqdtT9g==]
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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
_kTU7yj_Rt9RXgfA31MEgOhcMsO7cLMd2We6O3pcanJia9zgJn8e0whCqFGuFt9l9ZyDJFKrxEw==]
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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]
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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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E0HFUHhA-Ibid03KwXM5DWF5uDnUCEy3Ynn_07doxDLTsy18wnkRAjZwaKyzIvfjBOYDT96IJ5BFUvyW
g28pjuFw37g59rRHVbTfKXUBq2RsedJJABfkFVVZETA==]
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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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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
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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.
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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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Information Clearinghouse
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq
"1,320,110"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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wJ4OZH3Wvvm4afzZn7imTLclq3_Iglyo-uC5GfMnxLItxlfERN71]
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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
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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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bboVgYPNq4fBeYEvzsK6n6t2Kf1B37eR-C1dEtt511VPxDzz6pbU]
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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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R5VEvtAjpfknk32aOmU8UNkAt2zCZIOWqr4uzBB6AJfQaRrILkJnZgH6cc-CtSiz62SOXEpqBWf5agWl
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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OpbkzrupqG8BNjabwPxUKowHbqMXWwSBOhspr7DBuP7IFo5eyytC-SHDWBLDH98ngboUbAstKSW92BsE
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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pZT07AJjgJY6Ty-iX_VMJSlI4mcAOLCqFEZ7Y4M2dtcx6lPPW1QK-gNIokNLqA_Apjg34qaqtTlsWTcX
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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M12FazIP0YeSpXBsuKkfH7OZtbA==]
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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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KEZYDoPITij2KfFI=]
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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
=
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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vB6jfGLqHsGk-MXFyFWl0kZa6ZZGCUTXXGA_UZPF1da0rB0b-dy_8eBYjBv9NDi3yoBVcj9FPuq-Ah2o
6NbKMSHJI21BpPATJ6U6b08YaG5xXyGcBvgOKZ94dug4Wmb9HTSqa]
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Number of U.S.
Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq
4,296
icasualties.org/oif/
=
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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wIv5ZNrT3yHHVfKFn64qUoTQaIy6-SQYjOf_5FBAlWX5jiAg6k8POZV1e2nuSLuGVjl7M6Yq5rAI1DRp
SVwOnOfO7Z-CDNmBqxFcPqmuU1L3nISWF6-TVcPde03EpjpQkcI1W]
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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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L3Q4sDVLccNGS4dJxJZ_B0z8-2PiiOUorRw_RP7hUliFj423csJEosW4FaCiN7wc8sbmy2X861a2VAcK
6VhVTDJmd9pXXrCZPvAKBy2Mn8xOY1Yx3EbaSSiKCEJlxtITv6t0_]
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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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DmIxqxCTZs5dZ30azTdDRrrIDPLf2Grr0NYsh4F6CfOSqwWdyuPsFLqKnmcZa7NEMK2FK0xNvIe6HE5j
L8Ste3ST5XJ7WM0R4PoEmhDaM9lCBjJXgF-dEqeb-SOo0-Hix1Sel]
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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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go3Iudltso6JSk1ZECcngvrTgU-BcFz5AedsK3DRpo_iYRIT9vW3hAWcECqic_7Moi28aU-1jr-ocgS4
-vyIkVXaG7bFVYa0hOJfxnEDxzqxoMMztvZt3VVt9FxPFxX5FMYhh]
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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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QvXKFyt6PTjj-UXU7_SzF_dq3hZVD0lFjYL36aIdQqP0nLPjoRa3LLKygx5ZmERrVaHbs6312F8sTVnV
vGsA5IpYQEBNPAe082CvovzfvgWNMevhrG-8FiZg0bLiJGQZtjdJK]
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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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xMT675ChP0Od_iwUrCJaVMKJpIjaPF8_xHwED_powb6FF-8FaQcglI0rP5QIEmkkLwlDLJ8aUs92-1c6
QX_zwvo2dGX4YbwSeudymZnaU4u8rBHvmWEbl4mJZlhZ6ecVQSyoW]
===
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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VXNVdz_LAPqv7sKjAvQJwQ3w94d6XeDb6g__-LhSTon52O8GkfHKL_BdQLFaa2psZcomWt-OEJ7i6YXt
TSKzfp2JDC0QsqKmavjLZCb8f5Zh1YLL9uTK20WR7mvOgRC5h4bk7]
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"We Are Escalating
War - We Are Less Safe"
5 Minute Video By
Ron Paul
Click to view
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22638.htm
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gxI2MQKmVd9pvY3r7XwBdxkP1dBdnRvBDZH5GiexDuV6M5eMY5plT]
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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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FMHwiLtHreCRjhAUmNVKPpd2a_ut68SisaceFdiEWEhjLh4_N0L6_-cZuz-Jq6RVzhJ3kZwIh68nzEgD
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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_mJSEeRasBrt2lNa8FGUxPQAr-QCu-LNCI0WHjK59yFOW_iH8WMrt8XOr21Ovd85QnDBwHFCXZ24XV5Q
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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bQK-hIx5W31TIAnxsQpYLOK1SxQDxaFJq2HjvLq3PeAzehzACZwg8Mdm0tdvG8r0AdBORklhBZ7GCumN
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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JktwjR3GMTaEzoQ2gQEYllMzu3lzC95TNsD3c1-qtvo4Y9WgkxZH0nk9pWEDuS0nKC9FShn3SIHJ4wlD
IbQDbhJUqoGYUhE2sfYrdiaX8e1aDNBP71Ikfh8Yqm2GGpqqvsNrEOlIo1f0ssS_h5h98lOj6ECU3nBY
Vrh4W]
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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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_exLczyEt8qymYbEYYttM2-14qVqi8LnuZaGICzNxi3C_INY4OBZ_65rLtLtAmwqav3pQbl5MuVgRG-z
KIXkENesrCpwyw0czYAo7sqOIvfORDgo3biRmWPpMtFpjVFcoky8YwYPFCtzNgEaJ0jlIFuelMeWP7Oh
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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_-msIzrDSa7FMBIIrN-GfqVH1g3lpiMyKJFBe6hVJcd1bA5o16cDEV5rJMtbIIJrgzChTA5TmRSvS29X
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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54P9IRDjm2S9ITtMpVIdcQCkiMzt2XMFFf8OL2d7g7_NjcYSnh1yZ6M5aV1x-C5Ae5VqduxpiUoSjEsc
U-9aK9gO-0QlsbxqXNxTXefgjw==]
===
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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Q2m67-q3SVn45BMUsBGy6MQ7c-nmsBCJWpz4r2OsIETnt-tuh0M0VJsVuiDBdt4uvJQv3Ag5ll9GlL1s
0e9JXLBKAog==]
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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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DeEEO_vehBqg_JgZfyirtW4P4JwqEIubysgdGTbW39GgdI0fy-d9pPpozzYhh63jLH5OZ2mK8B6FEfuQ
s7YIJlEc7Yw==]
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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.
http://snipurl.com/i816k
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Y4a_AbhmsJg5TWqElJZAG9t8UTazlgH3UGG3avUuvT386HiYbILWOgyItV6grvqL3KDYqtHG489mMwnF
ya5daDBPS4Q==]
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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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ouBNWL15-cgvXgWCdIwwTRaN3SojN1mah2GxxMQ2966cutckzPVSe5J3RtBeU86O1T_Y0mmzGZetvYmW
BW2bR6UgZcw==]
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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.
http://snipurl.com/i818h
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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.
http://snipurl.com/i81e8
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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 Vásquez, 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.
http://snipurl.com/i81gp
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Let Us Work
Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley