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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
January 28, 2009
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"The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There
is
a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks." -- Thomas Bailey
Aldrich (1836-1907) Source: Ponkapog Papers, 1903
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"Now those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they
regard
as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven
on
earth, and let me remind you they are the very ones who always create the most
hellish
tyranny." - Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) US Senator (R-Arizona) Source: Senator
Goldwater's
Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention, 1964
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"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural
liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.": - Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
British
Lord General of the Army, Lord Protector of the Realm Source: Address, First
Protectorate
Parliament, 1654
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"There is as far as I know, no example in history, of any state voluntarily
ceding
power from the centre to its constituent parts.": -- Charles Handy - 'The Age
of
Unreason'
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,307,319"
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In
America'sWar
On Iraq 4,236
http://icasualties.org/oif/
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The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$592,144,932,132
See the cost in your community
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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Israeli Troops Killed Gaza Children Carrying White Flag
By Dion Nissenbaum
The Israeli military, which Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called "the most moral
army
in the world," said it's investigating the increasing number of war crimes
allegations,
but it rejected any suggestion that its soldiers had targeted civilians.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21859.htm
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dlUV9J4skjNrbnCO56KTFqbD0zD7w7D4tKMDqM1b4MBqW]
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Abbas to Tell Visiting U.S. Envoy: Israel Does Not Want Peace
By Reuters
In his first news conference in the Palestinian territories since Israel
launched
its 22-day offensive on December 27 that killed some 1,300 people in Gaza, Abbas
also said he would back international efforts to prosecute Israel for war
crimes.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21861.htm
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-A7r3bHGIqciZC82YW6qQfsHyznBllWyooqQ1FRhl9FCO]
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Finkelstein slams Israeli 'massacre' of Gaza civilians
Video
Dr. Norman Finkelstein speaking at the University of Alberta on January 22,
2009.
His talk dealt with Israel's responsibility in the situation in Gaza and the
history
of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21860.htm
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Neither The US Nor Israel Is A "Genuine Party To Peace."
By Noam Chomsky
The most significant acts to undermine a peaceful settlement are the daily
US-backed
actions in the occupied territories, all recognized to be criminal: taking over
valuable land and resources and constructing what the leading architect of the
plan,
Ariel Sharon, called "Bantustans" for Palestinians.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21858.htm
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Let's Rethink Military Escalation in Afghanistan Before It's Too Late
By ZP Heller
Why is our government sending an additional 30,000 US soldiers to Afghanistan?
So
far, not even members of the Obama administration seem able to answer this
question.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21863.htm
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Astonishing Incongruities
Is It Time to Bail Out of the US?
By Paul Craig Roberts
How can President Obama even think about fighting wars half way around the world
while California cannot pay its bills, while Americans are being turned out of
their homes, while, as Business Week reports, retirees will work throughout
their
retirement (which assumes that there will be jobs), while careers are being
destroyed
and stores and factories shuttered.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21867.htm
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xJmeFVqXn13v5TUR97L4NeRgBNPcqLQwF6m2JS3K7mwE9]
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The Obama Spectacle
History, Hypocrisy, and Empire
By Larry Pinkney
Let us commit and re-commit ourselves to the struggle for systemic change in
this
nation, and not be duped by this latest dose of U.S. hypocrisy in the person of
Barack Obama.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21862.htm
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Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Jail
By Amy Goodman
Without thorough, aggressive, public investigations of the full spectrum of
crimes
alleged of the Bush administration, there will be no accountability, and the
complete
record of this chapter of U.S. history will never be written.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21866.htm
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The United Haters of America
By Guy Reel
Somewhere deep inside the authoritarian minds of the ultra right-wingers, the
fear,
helplessness and paranoia that have always been so evident have reached the
boiling
point. For them, Obama's election and, perhaps even more so, the sight of him
standing
on the Capitol steps and taking the oath of office, have brought home a grim
truth.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21865.htm
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My Future As An Arms Manufacturer
By Terry Jones
I've decided to start manufacturing weapons. Nothing too ambitious, just some
small
arms, a few automatic weapons, and maybe a couple of bombs. You know the sort of
thing. It's not that I'm keen on killing people. I haven't actually killed
anyone
myself yet. It's all to do with economics.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21864.htm
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Pakistan: Seven militants among 18 killed in Swat Operation:
At least 18 people, including seven militants' were killed and 11 others were
wounded
as security forces continued to pound militants' positions here on Wednesday.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?210673
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U.S. must stop drone attacks : PM Gilani:
"I want to put on record that we do not have any agreement between the
government
of the United States and the government of Pakistan," Gilani told an American
news
channel in an interview at the World Economic Forum.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?210669
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Pakistan rips U.S. missile strikes in its border area :
Pakistan on Wednesday strongly criticized the U.S. missile strikes inside its
borders,
saying the strikes were "counter-productive" to its efforts to counter
terrorism.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/28/content_10731044.htm
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Pakistan: Former minister urges downing of US drones: -
If United States aircraft continue to carry out airstrikes inside Pakistan, the
Pakistani Air Force should shoot them down, a former interior minister, Lt. Gen.
Hamid Nawaz told journalists on Wednesday.
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2959735133
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Two NATO occupation force soldiers among 7 'killed' in southern Afghanistan
region:
:
Nato said two of its troops were killed Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, where
an
official said five Taleban fighters died in another clash.
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=27834&ccid=11
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Roadside bomb kills four Afghans:
A roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying civilians in southern Afghanistan,
killing four and wounding nine, police said.
http://tinyurl.com/bkja26
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Taliban Killed Afghan Police :
The Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint, killing two frontier
policemen
in Kunar province.
http://tinyurl.com/d4sqsy
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A New Scheme by the Afghan Government to Prevent Civilian Casualties :
President Karzai has warned that he will call public vote, if foreign troops do
not make their stand clear in a month.
http://tinyurl.com/bpze8o
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Afghans want 'foreigners' out of Kabul:
Afghans living on the main motorway leading east out of Kabul have demanded that
foreign troops be withdrawn from the area.
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090128/FOREIGN/950969864/1002
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Olmert to Mitchell: No Gaza crossings deal until Shalit issue resolved:
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell Wednesday
afternoon that the border crossings into the Gaza Strip will not reopen
permanently
unless the issue of captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit is
resolved.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059406.html
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Gazan children denied treatment abroad:
Despite her urgent need for surgery, Amira has been turned away at the border
each
time, said her aunt, Mona Ghirim. "Each morning we arrived at the crossing and
the
Egyptian soldiers cursed us and told us to go away."
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090128/FOREIGN/45452235/1001
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Rightists in Israel predict dismal fate for Obama envoy's efforts:
"I fear that this mission has absolutely no chance [of success]," Army Radio
quoted
Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman as saying.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059534.html
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Abbas to Tell Visiting U.S. Envoy: Israel Does Not Want Peace:
In his first news conference in the Palestinian territories since Israel
launched
its 22-day offensive on December 27 that killed some 1,300 people in Gaza, Abbas
also said he would back international efforts to prosecute Israel for war
crimes.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21861.htm
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Clinton: Israel has right to respond to Gaza rocket attacks:
"We support Israel's right to self-defense. The [Palestinian] rocket barrages
which
are getting closer and closer to populated areas [in Israel] cannot go
unanswered,"
Clinton said in her first news conference at the State Department.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059209.html
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Cairo against Iran aid delivery to Gaza:
Cairo has officially refused to give an Iranian relief ship permission to unload
Gaza-bound humanitarian aid at an Egyptian seaport.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=83955§ionid=351020202
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Iran protests to Egypt over Gaza aid ship:
Iran lodged a protest with Egypt on Tuesday over its failure to allow an Iranian
ship to unload aid for Gaza in an Egyptian port, Iranian media reported.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=35653
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Gaza detainee treatment 'inhuman':
Palestinians seized during Israel's operation in Gaza faced "appalling"
conditions
and "inhuman" treatment, Israeli human rights groups have said
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7856372.stm
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Venezuela gov't: We're honored Israel expelled our diplomats:
Venezuela's government said Wednesday it was proud that Israel has expelled its
diplomatic envoys, calling Israel's leaders criminals
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059580.html
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France summons Israeli envoy over Gaza shots:
France has summoned Israel's ambassador to protest as French and other European
diplomats were blocked for hours on the Jewish state's border with the Gaza
Strip
and Israeli soldiers fired warning shots at their convoy.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/01/28/65204.html
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Egypt FM: Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran cooperate to provoke conflict :
Egypt's Foreign Minister said that Egypt undermined Qatar's attempts to arrange
a formal Arab summit on Gaza earlier this month, arguing that it would have
damaged
"joint Arab action."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059565.html
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Top U.S int'l official: There's no way to stop Iran's nuclear program:
The congressman, who has access to top secret information, indicated that an
attack
on Iran's nuclear facilities would be "incredibly difficult and complex."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059583.html
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Two policemen killed in attack on Iraq polling station: .
Two policemen were killed on Wednesday in an attack on a school which is to be
used
as a polling station in the country's provincial election at the weekend, a
senior
police officer told AFP.
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n168893
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wmIQShydOjIH1TBrssUSHwCA=]
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Iraqi civilian killed, three others injured in violent accidents:
An Iraqi civilian was killed and three others were injured by two seperate
violent
accidents in Kirkuk and Mosul northern Iraq, on Wednsday.
http://tinyurl.com/bxhppm
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cDkDn4sZapmBrmONZX2uGjfLoLeWz_q3jlDtSInOz2kh_2AqoMF0ObLnFCH0bu2gk87xr2uHjVuFhiTL
f3w==]
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Big turnout as Iraqis vote in first stage of election:
Several hundred thousand Iraqis voted on Wednesday in the first stage of a
landmark
provincial election, the country's first ballot since 2005, with officials
reporting
a high turnout.
http://tinyurl.com/aea54p
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rAvqdvJRw6Z_weNS7LRgM0s9q5OrBhN8H-rHe3ZVgTGPkXsyjyEHZPsLdBJtI9oiYjsHh3Rr0cMuvEAK
Vag==]
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UN finds 100 killed by rebels:
AT least 100 bodies of people killed by Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
rebels
have been discovered in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN
mission
said today.
http://tinyurl.com/bgd5e9
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4jg==]
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Director of Madagascar's main hospital says 43 killed in political violence:
Protesters set ablaze a building in the government broadcasting complex and an
oil
depot, shopping mall and private TV station linked to President Marc
Ravalomanana
after the government blocked an opposition radio station.
http://tinyurl.com/chlrxn
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BHA==]
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Yemen and Saudi al-Qaeda arms merge:
Al-Qaeda groups in Yemen and Saudi Arabia have announced they are merging their
operations, raising fears of new attacks in the region.
http://tinyurl.com/c552jp
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gw==]
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Putin calls financial crisis a 'perfect storm':
Putin refrained from blaming the United States for the crisis - but pointed out
that just a year ago at Davos American delegates emphasized the U.S. economy's
fundamental
stability.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/01/28/ap5977304.html
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===
Economic crisis to claim 51 Million jobs:
The economic downturn could result in the loss of up to 51 million jobs
worldwide
by the end of this year, a UN agency has predicted.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=83958§ionid=3510213
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Financial crisis hangs over Davos:
The World Economic Forum has got under way in Davos, Switzerland, as the
international
monetary fund slashed its economic growth forecasts, predicting the severe
financial
crisis would brake global growth to the slowest pace in six decades.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/01/20091289810432575.html
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Rioting Greeks, angry Germans and why the euro may well collapse:
The Brussels elite are pretending the question does not arise, but the financial
world knows the question is there, hanging over the entire European Union
economy:
is the single European currency going to break apart?
http://tinyurl.com/d6mqmb
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EAQ==]
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Europe's winter of discontent:
Thursday's French national strike reflects growing despair on the Continent with
the way governments are handling the recession, says Adrian Michaels.
http://tinyurl.com/bf47yu
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C_w==]
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Boeing to cut 10,000 jobs:
Plane maker announces an additional 5,500 job cuts as demand for new aircraft is
expected to remain weak.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/28/news/economy/Boeing_job_cuts/
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How top financiers paid themselves £1bn before the wheels fell off:
A dozen senior bankers whose influence has shaped the financial world gave
themselves
pay awards valued at more than £1bn before the credit crunch spectacularly
exposed
the fragility of the profits they appeared to have secured for shareholders.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/28/executive-salaries-banking1
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The War on Terror is a Hoax
By Paul Craig Roberts
According to US government propaganda, terrorist cells are spread throughout
America,
making it necessary for the government to spy on all Americans and violate most
other constitutional protections. Among President Bush's last words as he left
office
was the warning that America would soon be struck again by Muslim terrorists.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21906.htm
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LnpRn0dbfbk5_V7WdMU-4-fW7Cbpe-251lhbkIUFhgzor]
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'This Is The Worst Recession For Over 100 Years'
By Nigel Morris, Deputy Political Editor, and Sean O'Grady, Economics Editor
Ed Balls, the PM's (UK) closest ally, warns that downturn is ferocious and says
impact will last 15 years.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21965.htm
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f_9p9YrP_hqsfxDPff5Qe5ggP0d9t7DPAE8msweApLDNYSp-ta1ZUUH2SIxZgg35cKbxwSdb1vAYNiOR
8Xo4NvfTjOaNvmFq13ItWhrTluUY3Bsm0E_m4K7DApp53]
===
Capitalism's Self-inflicted Apocalypse
By Michael Parenti
If the paladins of Corporate America want to know what really threatens "our way
of life," it is their way of life, their boundless way of pilfering their own
system,
destroying the very foundation on which they stand, the very community on which
they so lavishly feed.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21957.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCT34ltBNol-Ih9VU07TE3XAGjS
y2CEhVr0OMa5kOXeUaTXY8oZIt0fZ4VLzWO2o9IGw2GAHlwYfkjYi93NIIwMJQ7P5A0G6AqPaWhNl2Rf
s5Yfq6RS-fUqelhEtJfC9MzTMtCBI0ZCX3-ymEoiAH8VB]
===
The Growing Army of Angry Men
Lives Have Been Destroyed by the Federal Government
By Mark R. Crovelli
One of the hardest things to deal with in the current economic depression is the
disgusting hypocrisy of the U.S. congress, the new president, and the members
of
the Federal Reserve System.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21963.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCSkCqyRSP8a4LZlhehGoZF-wcX
sR560jH4ioQQp_d8Fkpazd7cJwmOtD9-TISNJtPx9TkUuGsr73i-dBbI-p4HgoAmkNvh4apirsluurww
O5-IRNjnvti5uLYOc6p-1QhTiFRJqu5I03mRE6QEQd5jU]
===
All of Them Must Go
By Naomi Klein
Watching the crowds in Iceland banging pots and pans until their government fell
reminded me of a chant popular in anti-capitalist circles in 2002: "You are
Enron.
We are Argentina."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21959.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCTsVbxXZNOIVJXIC6qEz9lbIJ4
XEjqUzmpVVEbjeNXJe4NbfrzW4Wf3qumHfbXe7oMuWMKBBtXes4KeP_rOKeMXz8zQnIZjlVG65ctDAKv
Y0pO8phsY5K2RwtVPOFyaDE8ETO3ZYlEac8wyghCh592u]
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Rep. Kanjorski: $550 Billion Disappeared in "Electronic Run On the Banks"
Video
Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania explains how the Federal Reserve told
Congress
members about a "tremendous draw-down of money market accounts in the United
States,
to the tune of $550 billion dollars." According to Kanjorski, this electronic
transfer
occured over the period of an hour or two.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21964.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCS_mXV9WrNkQlwdzG0BVdtVeGX
L5vEOiRtKYJtlNEtGEjAbqrI4Z3bFk9Sg_H3WCzORQqtIIWLY27ldZqaXg68_oBMiZHC8B2SaSFjYq3t
jp6ftOLCplneCDaTEwSzFR9eea8hgcKfo8S7jX5K62Xx6]
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Gilad Shalit: The Grand Illusion
By Gilad Atzmon
A few days ago, Noam Shalit, the 'father of' slammed the Hamas for holding his
son
for no real reason. Miraculously, he managed to forget the fact that his son
Gilad
was actually a combatant soldier who served as a post guard in a concentration
camp
and was captured in a fortress bunker overlooking Gaza.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21950.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCR9JLhDVy21_yyOLsqzG4hVniL
mTp-QlL_Ge5NA5eojNf2TEAwPwgqaFxRqAyEd9xOcamTp-4EmOyTDiwUsGkIUPvicq0zNkLBxRx5N-9u
vGU9-xiTIYiQRomVWQyNKrtaulPTVNiHBn4oWhfqinWF0]
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Israeli University Welcomes "War Crimes" Colonel
By Jonathan Cook
Government officials fear that recent media revelations relating to Col
Sharvit-Baruch's
role in the Gaza operation may assist human rights groups seeking to bring
Israeli
soldiers to trial abroad.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21958.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCSDVBJZo0OECSG9AbcaCoY2rgD
ASwvJv6zTOi71yahhvBbeVHRHkSK0dIntY6DYdv3sIEp2eIsc8eoxcNES4G1O-IXJ50swKqUeraPMcdt
uXeLStv-czK46iyqc6H2S7LR_HSZLBSJNq-8GBKelWtG9]
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Why the Muslim World Can't Hear Obama
By ALAA AL ASWANY
". . . no matter how many envoys, speeches or interviews Mr. Obama offers to us,
he will not win the hearts and minds of Egyptians until he takes up the
injustice
in the Middle East. I imagine the same holds true for much of the greater Muslim
world."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21956.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCTUvDwxClIMhkfA3YjOmFtNTuz
AduYCuoxgtJ1sNvS3QWcwhdq9csDuf41dcm647g4h1BPVU32xc9TeYqd4qReY8wDJsIzyYEBybrrACoq
NmzFFDiYJH4kawr-VNaXC53_cYfvsRL7mDAG6Br35waeF]
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Welcome to Obama's "New Era of Peace"
22 Pakistanis Reportedly Killed
By Christine Smith
So much for the peace activists who supported Obama - how deluded could they be?
To have expected (or "hoped") for anything different was a daydream.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21952.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCQ5RMMmH9uMQgZQgSAjJZkIudb
WEH2PeVnHfFe6hDhPnQddEW2TLdt10SCU0NbDyu-J_SwQSz0kzjilzGIinBjTqZXGlrtuie_PN9MYqwK
jskO1ddJ1Pf5-UW15vJvNv3AkiikSgtJvY-L9lwEvkleP]
===
Pakistan Parliament Will Authorize Shooting Down U.S. Drones?
By Talha Mujaddidi
Here is a 7-point Parliament resolution authorizing Pakistan Air Force to shoot
down CIA drones coming from Afghanistan and killing innocent Pakistani citizens.
- We the people of Pakistan must demand these actions from this government and
must not fall into the disguised rhetoric of our corrupt leaders.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21951.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCT1AWNuw1sP1tQR5WV-91oWejC
QH5c3LWMMx5x5n04OBb-1BUgwR_-u1FAJF9TAArGX1SMFXbvWKjX7j_5TB_85bxT-s2nIklEuW3nA7Km
HSaGod7qeqQOAwsLqq0e-lDYJDQGYNPKVzxkbwK2d09jR]
===
Rethink Military Escalation in Afghanistan
2 Minute Video
We must rethink our policy toward Afghanistan. Congressional oversight hearings
on Afghanistan would facilitate a substantial public debate on this war. What's
more, these hearings would coincide with President Obama's effort to craft
policy
that represents the diversity in public opinion and the wide array of tools at
his
disposal.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21960.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCSBY7wxhzSSYiZoGYOedhQ5kps
C8gFwhN9hm_m-bJEpZrwMZ11NDm8QNC-3vss9pPefFlCzgwnfv0Pbka6EXZWQ5-NpJqQnY5IiT-sc_el
-KIEvP_GWtFyXBqsGA2tTD1B8FolydVejzlILT1M0K4CH]
===
American Apologies
By Mickey Z.
During His inauguration speech, President Barack Obama declared: "We will not
apologize
for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21953.htm
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The War that did not make the Headlines
Over Five Million Dead in Congo?
By Keith Harmon Snow
Behind the Numbers Redux: How Truth is Hidden, Even When it Seems to Be Told.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21962.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCQFsMBexMQha4U3W2DZbdIkueA
QcHRUMweah4M397xxv0OZXoiYuNnPy0GCyOojvv5pOBYx4_DgsF9uZ6xfysS2B_HaE3BxG7_mu9Z785N
ufhm-NdCbtmbsiU0_97LMd5NRuHuj4cDGJ9lO6E7g_6PN]
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Rageh Inside Iran
BBC Four Documentary
Rageh Omaar embarks on a unique journey inside what he describes as one of the
most
misunderstood countries in the world, looking at the country through the eyes of
people rarely heard - ordinary Iranians. It took a year of wrangling to get
permission
to film inside Iran but the result is an amazing portrayal of an energetic and
vibrant
country that is completely different to the usual images seen in the media.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21961.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCSmMBIvXXaZw0MsFzQYTettVx9
LSj1GhWhYLH3b5eteMJ8wWAdtfWfY1mhgq2HXTuGF7fBJBBIvzKQFUpKPR3SyojG3p2D3fjTDqn2uSp7
1i8ueeBwQYu3dFaQud-7SFPbdOOstay2WRTRbc8s7SMfx]
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The Right to Food in Sri Lanka
By Huda Jawad
All wars are different, and yet all wars are the same. The casualty is almost
always
the civilians, either by wounds or an agonizing slow death caused by
malnutrition
and starvation. The fighting in Sri Lanka is slightly more unique.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21954.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCS6vQc8nmhoSwhr3Ux-CSBaLan
JdJUAzdmmJ1WNxH_Dx0MJ0y-F1qPHJqm-6JjDH65SiojviGnXbo2XxcndB2hHt5WwfmYJcPWweGaudTc
6JdRsyQ9rs_sZuRXLJWfKWdi7mcbWG0Lx0o1vmLb2nwt-]
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Catastrophic Fall in 2009 Global Food Production
By: Eric_deCarbonnel
After reading about the droughts in two major agricultural countries, China and
Argentina, I decided to research the extent other food producing nations were
also
experiencing droughts. This project ended up taking a lot longer than I thought.
2009 looks to be a humanitarian disaster around much of the world.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21955.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102453092896&e=001K7ycz5wCZCSnPjtsdDB9oXcN2vIn-xzk5W1
-cr-eDVbtuQrRa5O5zeiHuEWpDNSCGDdq1A9Bexv07TDscLUOaLRcWKSHvkWWgu372XdultOdeR1Da1W
jje6VISzbofPX84gTyLGsyLIz6buFOY6nDUOKJxPWbKEq]
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In Case You Missed It
The Power of Nightmares
"Baby It's Cold Outside"
This a MUST watch video documentry
In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they
promise
to protect us from nightmares. The most frightening of these is the threat of an
international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither are
these nightmares.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1037.htm
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11 children among 26 killed in Darra shelling:
A soldier and 25 persons, including 11 children, were killed while 38 others
sustained
injuries when mortar shells hit some houses during ongoing clashes between
security
forces and militants in Qasimkhel area of Darra Adamkhel on Monday.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20212
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Anger confronts Holbrooke in Pakistan:
Holbrooke will face a surge of anti-American sentiment on clear display by
private
citizens, public officials and increasingly potent television talk shows.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/09/asia/pakistan.1-425661.php
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Call Off Drone War, Influential U.S. Adviser Says:
For months, Pakistani leaders have complained, loudly, about American drone
strikes
on their territory. Now, an influential adviser to American policymakers is
raising
his voice against the unmanned attacks, too.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/02/kilcullen-says.html
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NATO: 2 occupation force soldiers killed by bomb in Afghanistan:
The attack occurred in Khost, a province that borders Pakistan. A police
spokesman
said Tuesday's attack was carried out by a suicide bomber in a vehicle but NATO
blamed the attack on a roadside bomb.
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2009/02/10/8334626.html
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US, allies losing ground in Afghanistan:
A survey among Afghans indicates support is plummeting for the Kabul government
and the United States and European troops trying to bolster it against
insurgents,
according to a report yesterday.
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MzcxOTYwMDU2
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Obama orders Afghan-Pakistan policy review: White House:

"The president has asked Bruce Riedel to chair a policy review on U.S. policy
toward
Afghanistan and Pakistan to be completed before the NATO summit,"
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?211213
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Canada defends rising Afghan costs as crisis bites:
Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay said on Monday that the rising cost of
the
country's military mission in Afghanistan was worth the expense, even though the
economic crisis is starting to bite hard.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5187WE20090209
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Suicide bomber kills 5 in Iraq:
Four American occupation force soldiers were killed at a checkpoint in northern
Iraq on Monday when a suicide car bomber attacked their vehicle, authorities
said.
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=56552391470678
0171
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Maliki says era of US Iraq dominance is over:
His remarks were a pointed rebuke to US Vice President Joe Biden, who last week
said Washington would have to be "more aggressive" in pushing Baghdad towards
faster
political reform.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/408131/1/.html
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Iraq Troop Withdrawal Decisions Delayed:
U.S. military officials have delayed implementing Iraq troop withdrawals to give
President Barack Obama more time to consider his options, sources say.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212206843.shtml
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Rep: Punish Those Who Lie Us Into War:
U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., has introduced legislation that would impose
fines
or prison time on presidents or executive-branch officials who "knowingly and
willfully"
mislead Congress to gain authorization to use U.S. military forces.
http://tinyurl.com/cw4jkt
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p6Q==]
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Obama reviewing media ban on covering troop deaths:
"We are in the process of reviewing those policies in conversations with the
Department
of Defense," he told journalists in the East Room of the White House.
http://tinyurl.com/bh5mdg
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xgA==]
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Elections 2009 / Fatah rooting for Livni, says Netanyahu win will boost Hamas:
Senior PA officials said they are worried by the apparent strengthening of the
Israeli
right. If, as seems likely, Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu becomes prime
minister
and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu greatly increases its representation,
this
would bolster Hamas
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063024.html
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E7SWmMQR39mzN4hXmB1hNsCtBfx69sXohFw==]
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Hamas: Gaza truce depends on outcome of Israeli elections:
"If the right-wing Likud party wins, I don't think that the current government
will
be able to reach an agreement regarding a long-term truce in Gaza. If the
current
government wins, they could reach an agreement," he said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063104.html
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5NMsy5AKzqhy0yGJRsG3dRybHqFxThKFVPw==]
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Arab reporters banned from campaign meet of Lieberman's far-right party:
Israeli Arab journalists for Channel 2 television and the Israel Broadcasting
Authority
were not permitted to enter a campaign gathering held by the far-right Yisrael
Beiteinu
Party
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062998.html
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UN's Ban tells Security Council of Gaza inquiry: -
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council on Monday he was
about
to set up a commission to look into Israeli damage to U.N. premises during the
recent
Gaza conflict, diplomats said.
http://tinyurl.com/bwvaq6
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wKw==]
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Iran's president says that talks with US are 'possible':
Iran's president said Tuesday the world was "entering an era of dialogue" and
that
his country would welcome talks with its long-time adversary, the United States,
if they are based on mutual respect.
http://tinyurl.com/dne2o8
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hhg==]
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3 killed in Mogadishu rebel attack:
At least three civilians were killed yesterday when Somali insurgents attacked
African
Union forces and government troops in the capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.
http://tinyurl.com/bkrvcf
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FARC accused in slaying of 17 indigenous peasants:-

The governor of Colombia's Narino department on Tuesday accused the FARC leftist
rebel group of murdering at least 17 indigenous peasants for alleged
collaboration
with the army.
http://tinyurl.com/awrvwg
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Xcg==]
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"State Secrets" Privilege Not Gone with Bush:
President Barack Obama has cast doubt on his promise to put an end to secret
government
by allowing his Justice Department to follow a path frequently taken by his
predecessor.
http://ipsnews.net/text/news.asp?idnews=45719
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Economic stimulus bill passes crucial Senate test:
The vote late Monday was 61-36, one more than the 60 needed. The $827 billion
bill
is expected to pass the Senate on Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_go_co/congress_stimulus_261
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New Bailout May Top $1.5 Trillion:
The gravity of the financial crisis confronting the Obama administration will
come
into stark focus today when officials unveil a three-pronged rescue program that
may commit up to $1.5 trillion in public and private funds, and possibly more,
lawmakers and other officials said.
http://tinyurl.com/b4ecet
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Vkg==]
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Dollar, Yen Rise as Geithner's Plan Spurs Demand for Haven:
The dollar and yen rose versus most of their major counterparts on bets Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner's financial recovery plan will fall short of
reviving
lending, increasing demand for a haven.
http://tinyurl.com/afravn
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r6Ti-LRVMtQHsCYvf5LoKt0bP_5b_cBoqz4UoePB-_MNfc9jAjDCrWrdfy7fXJRgQBRI_Qaw-fZsw_FZ
mDg==]
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Key to success in the big bank bailout? Let 'em fail:
One need not be a threat to the global financial system or be "too big to fail"
in order to qualify for a handout. Just ask the lucky management of Flagstar
Bancorp
of Michigan, who, by sheer ineptitude in real estate deals, drove their company
to the brink of collapse and their stock price down 97 per cent, and who were
rewarded
the other day with a $267-million (U.S.) cheque from Uncle Sam.
http://tinyurl.com/crsa34
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3Oy8xvsr0IKbdMKZxVZ6CiG_PeT5dNuaLWGiKhrB3g2bRwy7QyRA1EEK2qjZcijYVB5UdbeoNrSRZj9_
1iw==]
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RBS to axe 2,300 jobs..
but still plans to pay out £1bn in bonuses to bankers
http://tinyurl.com/dxpebl
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VWupjdIyStjDy7WPA3_XRj2MI10lM3l3s2PCj0NJoVpFLpkd_z1t_9lwpG_O-rUmtOmntxccVoV3Qs26
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IBM Offers To Move Laid Off Workers To India:
The climate is warm, there's no shortage of exotic food, and the cost of living
is rock bottom. That's IBM (NYSE: IBM)'s pitch to the laid-off American workers
it's offering to place in India. The catch: Wages in the country are
pennies-on-the-dollar
compared to U.S. salaries.
http://tinyurl.com/dzxrbv
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ITxqIRI50aPsGBl7FVj7Cd8oe9PFhXL6lMV2RoOS-KkPdcvirtztaWY8XY9eahteou96SX08fEDRekaI
XeA==]
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U.S. judges seek massive California prisoner release:
Federal judges on Monday tentatively ordered California to release tens of
thousands
of inmates, up to a third of all prisoners, in the next three years to stop
dangerous
overcrowding.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090210/us_nm/us_usa_prisons_california
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uUE12-jR-0yWznOXCwgcEPEgCA0-HqfU-mZYFJinCPlN2ood5Qco4ehWDCwTuQCCn0g==]
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,311,696"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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Yq0z0W-gwZz2oGxpmjnQPL86h7ZEYRz-rJ7vQjB6BORH2]

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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In
America'sWar
On Iraq 4,245
icasualties.org/oif/

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The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$597,410,549,108

See the cost in your community
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Eastern Europe Is About to Blow

By Mike Whitney

The global economy is decelerating at the fastest pace on record. 40 percent of
global wealth has been wiped out. The banking system is insolvent, unemployment
is soaring, tax revenues are falling, the markets are in shock, housing is
crashing,
deficits are soaring, and consumer confidence is at its lowest point in history.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22007.htm
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6NiSSlUmGws9KAXWG6JBMGOsIhOpbaXTmirSUk4SlXn4UBZbq2MCvOeLlVY-azJRCcmOLdmrxRbZkALN
8PoWcVt6DcOvCZAE_5BT8bcz17-DNoOVZGkPLVXHclT0_]

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Davos Debt & Denial

In an age of illusion, the guise of truth is often heresy

By Darryl Schoon

The fact that in 2008 bankers became victims in the game they created has
profound
implications for capitalism itself. Capitalism, which began in 1694 with the
issuance
of debt-based money from The Bank of England, has now over three hundred years
later
reached its last and final stage.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22000.htm
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n8ranYSN4acjfxPVJmiBPh6P0Z-q571F2yeJV6GBPRawKcgOv59ynLVWQ0DBIjsrnxA7GpBPHc3rNeQc
VLypNN-AcnwSXUcBKBM6Zzr4ItDrmqEaG5Q8efA-60OBt]

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Obama: Learn From Lincoln And Do The Right Thing

As The Economic Situation Declines, He Has To Stop Centrist Diddling

By Danny Schechter

Today, we seem to be at the beginning of a new civil war, a great economic war
with
fresh details trickling out every day about how bad it is, and how bad it may
get.
Many banks are insolvent and companies bankrupt. Millions are out of work. No
one
knows what will happen. Even as the Stimulus bill was passed, no one is
confident
it will stem the tide of economic decline.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21997.htm
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Ending the Hidden Agenda Behind Tax Cuts

By Joe Brewer

It's time to tell the truth about tax cuts. This phrase dominates political
discourse
and is coughed out every time a conservative public figure opens his mouth. It
is
treated like the basis of sound reasoning, yet no one points out what should be
obvious - that "tax relief" and "tax cuts" are just code words for destroying
the
capacity of government to serve the public.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22008.htm
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VRgpm4pWxTwwG_2_THikM2SmKv1Ki18KXoNjKFH31FP_i]

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Withholding Judgment on Obama

By Haroon Siddiqui

Klein, 38, said she welcomes the election of Barack Obama. But she has two
problems:
his refusal to insist on accountability for recent American misdemeanours abroad
and at home; and his "narrative that everything went wrong only eight years
ago"
with the election of George W. Bush.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21998.htm
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9QM_vzzIjNQJTY1LBWUOnkS1B4zBnn15ueqCm2bQcr3DL]

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A Torture Report Could Spell Big Trouble For Bush Lawyers

By Michael Isikoff

An internal Justice Department report on the conduct of senior lawyers who
approved
waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics is causing anxiety among
former
Bush administration officials.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22006.htm
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460roCD0TKRFqXQnwTbaHuRgXnrSjL1ydegRVekkd95j]

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Israel: Land of the Toxic Kingmaker

By Donald Macintyre

More substantively, Mr Lieberman resigned from Ehud Olmert's government last
year
in protest at a peace process he certainly does not believe in. This suggested
he
could still put the brakes on any Barack Obama-inspired attempt to persuade
Israel
to breathe new life into such a process.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21999.htm
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WiQxyAx16qbARSO_gD6hhHqO1whdeINi7BAwG-XqdEz2V]

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One Minute

The Truth About Palestine

Video

Click to view
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22005.htm
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Bad News From America's Top Spy

By Chris Hedges

We have a remarkable ability to create our own monsters. A few decades of
meddling
in the Middle East with our Israeli doppelgänger and we get Hezbollah, Hamas,
al-Qaida,
the Iraqi resistance movement and a resurgent Taliban.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22009.htm
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cFd_A1wSxxf98d8ck9kaRjlGcofmp_JPvWD0dPcrkr1Pn]

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The Left and Support for Anti-Imperialist Islamist Resistance

By Nadine Rosa-Rosso

From a political point of view we can say without exaggeration that the Left's
wish
(more or less openly admitted) follows the same line as the Israeli
government's:
to liquidate popular support for Hamas and Hezbollah.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22001.htm
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8V0-ZF5PrjrWGKOoxf1ZzeD_BR4tTPwHXHJwBGawBDH3_]

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US Soldiers Investigated Over 'Fraud' Bigger Than Madoff

By Patrick Cockburn in northern Iraq

The exact sum missing may never be clear, but a report by the US Special
Inspector
General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) suggests it may exceed $50bn, making it
an even bigger theft than Bernard Madoff's notorious Ponzi scheme.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22004.htm
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Former Gitmo Guard Tells All

By Scott Horton

He details their sexual abuse by medical personnel, torture by other medical
personnel,
brutal beatings out of frustration, fear, and retribution, the first hunger
strike
and its causes, torturous shackling, positional torture, interference with
religious
practices and beliefs, verbal abuse, restriction of recreation, the behavior of
mentally ill detainees, an isolation regime that was put in place for
child-detainees,
and his conversations with prisoners David Hicks and Rhuhel Ahmed. It makes for
fascinating reading.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22002.htm
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QV9cySDzcUpb41ipmI1u6HEdUHIeBmV0Fr3crCwvx9etg]

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US Kills Thirty People In Pakistan:

Many bodies were trapped under the rubble and 30 bodies have been recovered so
far.
Several people sustained injuries in the attack.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?211423
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6 Taliban killed in Bajaur operation:

Eight people, including six Taliban, were killed and four injured during an
offensive
launched by the security forces in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Sunday, a
private
TV channel reported.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009216story_16-2-2009_pg7_2
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Truce agreed in Pakistan's Swat:

A pro-Taliban armed group has agreed to a 10-day ceasefire with the Pakistani
government
in the country's northwestern Swat Valley region.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/200921514820414746.html
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Taliban declare 10-day ceasefire in Pakistan:

Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan's restive Swat Valley Sunday
announced
a 10-day ceasefire to facilitate a deal between the regional government and a
militant
group to enforce Islamic law in the district, the Geo TV reported.
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/466990/cs/1/
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Shariah law part of Pakistan cease-fire:

Provincial officials in the NWFP capital of Peshawar were set Monday to announce
the enforcement of Shariah law (the legal code of Islam) by government courts
in
the Malakand region of the Swat Valley, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported
http://tinyurl.com/b5xchv
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Pakistani president yet to sign agreement to set up Islamic courts:

The private DAWN NEWS TV channel quoted Sherry Rehman as saying that President
Asif
Ali Zardari would not sign the agreement unless the peace was restored in the
district.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/16/content_10830083.htm
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Swat a threat for all of us - U.S. envoy:

An Islamist militancy in Pakistan's Swat region is a common threat to the United
States, India and Pakistan, a special U.S. envoy said on Monday, after meeting
India's foreign minister and top security officials.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/india_nm/india380361
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High-tech US arms on sale in Peshawar:

If you want to buy an AK-56 or sophisticated American weapons or other war
equipment,
you can get them from the street markets of Peshawar.
http://tinyurl.com/btz2fy
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At least 21 killed in Afghanistan :

A NATO occupation force soldier and three Afghan construction workers were
killed
in separate incidents in eastern Afghanistan while at least 17 Taliban fighters
were killed in a clash and US military airstrike, officials said Monday.
http://tinyurl.com/asonbc
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Two occupation force soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan: -

Two soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed
on
Sunday in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan.
http://tinyurl.com/afz2cj
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US-Afghan pact to reduce deaths:

Afghan security personnel will play a greater role in the planning and
undertaking
of night time attacks, searches and operations in populated areas, particularly
in tribal regions.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/20092155283479467.html
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Danish Soldiers Negotiating With Afghan Taliban - Report:

Troops had been holding talks with the Taliban as wiping out the insurgency was
proving so difficult, a Danish officer told the Jyllands-Posten daily.
http://tinyurl.com/ca7exy
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Grave Karzai says Afghans will join war panel:

President Hamid Karzai and U. S. President Obama's special envoy said Sunday
that
Afghan officials will take part in a strategic U. S. review of the Afghanistan
war,
a hint of U. S.-Afghan cooperation in an otherwise awkward joint appearance.
http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/international/story/580996.html
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8 civilians and a soldier killed in Iraq blasts:

Eight people including Shiite pilgrims returning to Baghdad were killed in two
roadside
bombings that ripped through minibuses in the Iraqi capital on Monday, medical
and
police sources said.
http://tinyurl.com/am7o58
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O3A==]

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Roadside bomb kills US occupation force soldier in Iraq:

The statement says the Multi-National Division-Center soldier was killed Sunday
but does not provide any further details.
http://tinyurl.com/c95pj6
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wUg==]

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30 Iraqi results void due to fraud:

IRAQI officials have declared election results void in more than 30 polling
stations
across the country because of fraud.
http://news.scotsman.com/world/30-Iraqi-results-void-due.4982588.jp
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Iraq spends 5 billion dollars on US defence deals:

The US military announced on Saturday it has struck deals with Iraq that will
see
Baghdad spend five billion dollars on American-made weapons, equipment and
training.
http://tinyurl.com/cq6fxh
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Iran moves to boost its air defense capabilities:

The move is seen as part of a broader military build up by Tehran, which is
concerned
about the US military's presence in neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan and Israeli
threats to target its nuclear facilities.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3672731,00.html
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Minister: Iran, Russia to boost military cooperation:

"Tehran and Moscow are to review ways to enhance military cooperation during an
upcoming visit to Russia by Iranian defense minister," Fars said.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6593446.html
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U.S. to Russia: We'll "Stop" Missile Defense for Help With Iran:

The United States signaled a willingness on Friday to slow plans for a missile
defense
shield in eastern Europe if Russia agreed to help stop Iran from developing
nuclear
weapons.
http://tinyurl.com/ae5r5f
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iQw==]

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US proposal pops no eyes out in Russia:

Russia promises not to change its stance on Iran in spite of US efforts to reach
a compromise with the Kremlin over its missile shield.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=85750§ionid=351020101
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Sirens go off in Israel for war on Iran:

An Israeli defense strategy report for 2009 has tasked the military with making
preliminary preparations for launching a war against Iran.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=85854§ionid=351020202
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Olmert reiterates vow: No Gaza truce deal until Shalit released:

Olmert said during a meeting with Mubarak. "We will not open [Gaza] border
crossings
to Hamas as long as Shalit remains under their cruel captivity. When Gilad is
home,
we will be ready to discuss the rest of the issues."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064547.html
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ju_QuxRczjcd9ivIF7a5IdOe2kjrkYIEWrQ==]

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'Police have evidence of money laundering against Lieberman':

Police have amassed sufficient evidence to link Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor
Lieberman with money laundering charges, a former National Fraud Unit
investigator
told The Jerusalem Post
http://tinyurl.com/apb6h7
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Illegal West Bank settlement gets green light for major expansion:

Gush Etzion is one of the illegal settlement blocs that all Israeli governments
have said they want to retain under any final-status agreement with the
Palestinians.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064503.html
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Abbas holds back salaries to pay Gazans:

Thousands of civil servants in the West Bank are observing a one-day warning
strike
because their salaries are two weeks overdue.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=119257&d=16&m=2&y=2009
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Palestinians borrow to pay salaries:

The Palestinian Authority has taken bank loans to pay overdue salaries to civil
servants and end a 24-hour strike in the West Bank, a top official has said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/02/2009216142925839703.html
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Netanyahu: I'll form coalition soon, with Likud's natural partners:

"I am not going to waste time," Netanyahu told Likud members convened for a
faction
meeting. "I'll assemble as soon as possible a natrrow government with Likud's
natural
partners."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064572.html
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7 soldiers and 1 militant killed in Algeria violence:

A series of attacks in Algeria has left seven soldiers and a suspected militant
dead, security officials and local media said Monday as authorities ratcheted up
efforts to secure the country before presidential elections.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/16/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php
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Uganda: 149 LRA rebels killed in Congo since Dec:

Rights groups say the rebels have killed more than 600 civilians in that time.
The
rebels fled over the border into Congo last year after their leader failed to
sign
a peace agreement.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/16/africa/AF-Congo-Uganda-Rebels.php
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Growing number of British men joining Islamic radicals in Somalia:

A 21-year-old student from Ealing, West London has blown himself up as a suicide
bomber in the war-torn country in the first reported incident of its kind.
http://tinyurl.com/bpfuj8
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US: Lawsuit Sheds More Light on Terror War Abuses:"

Three human rights groups have released documents that they say reveal close
cooperation
between the U.S. Defence Department and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in
rendering terrorism suspects to secret prisons, creating 'ghost prisoners' by
concealing
their identities from the Red Cross, and delaying their release to counter
negative
publicity about their treatment at Guántanamo Bay.
http://ipsnews.net/wap/news.asp?idnews=45778
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Chavez 'wins' Venezuela referendum:

Exit polls in Venezuela's referendum indicate that Hugo Chavez, the president,
has
won support to scrap term limits for elected officials, including himself.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/02/200921602959722265.html
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Russia to aid Bolivia drug battle:

Moscow has agreed to supply Bolivia with helicopters to help fight drug
trafficking
in the South American country, Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has
announced.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/02/2009216141016474148.html
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Japan slump fastest in decades:

"This is the worst ever crisis in the post-war era," he told a news conference
on
Monday. "There is no doubt about it."
http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/02/200921623641653880.html
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Mini job cuts anger British unions:

BMW, the German car manufacturer, is cutting 850 jobs at its Oxford factory in
Britain,
which produces the Mini, in response to falling demand caused by the global
economic
downturn.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/02/2009216114945314775.html
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Ireland 'could default on debt':

The cost of buying insurance against Irish government bonds rose to record highs
on Friday, having almost tripled in a week. Debt-market investors now rank
Ireland
as the most troubled economy in Europe.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5733723.ece
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New York's public pensions are socking taxpayers: Costs jumped 100 percent:

In fact, last year, for every $100 a government worker spent on his or her
retirement,
taxpayers contributed about $1,000. At the same time, residents continued to see
their own private pensions shrink or disappear.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/new_yorks_public_pensions_are.htm
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Climate change 'worse than feared':

A leading climate scientist has warned that the earth is heating up faster than
previous reports had indicated.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/02/2009215103659133307.html
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy

Tom Feeley

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"Freedom of press is limited to those who own one." Henry Louis Mencken

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"Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people
in
power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving the peace,
abandon
the empire to robbers who would plunder it" : Helvetius

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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,311,696"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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cqk0-8N-DuTWFZAs3Ug_KxjZQ2sot8gags5iv_ELnWBG4]

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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In
America'sWar
On Iraq 4,245
icasualties.org/oif/

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The War in Iraq Costs
$598,017,737,250
See the cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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Finance Capitalism Hits a Wall

The Oligarchs' Escape Plan - at the Treasury's Expense

By Prof. Michael Hudson

The financial "wealth creation" game is over. Economies emerged from World War
II
relatively free of debt, but the 60-year global run-up has run its course.
Finance
capitalism is in a state of collapse, and marginal palliatives cannot revive it.
The U.S. economy cannot "inflate its way out of debt," because this would
collapse
the dollar and end its dreams of global empire by forcing foreign countries to
go
their own way.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22026.htm
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XPmNLeSk1ZsHxfkB51naVk6Ww0EnyVrMI_iFNq9Qmyw8Gyk8VOZ4LqmYZCG9GW5PUHRwzxdPx0j-4qXW
6G_G0OUNAuNy7IFncPLoka5b_VLKkuVIEX9ZaEvTmwChi]

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Strange Math

By Ignacio Merino

Right now President Obama is a new broom and the country thinks he is resolving
a problem left to him by a Republican administration. He is about to sign in a
stimulus
package that will fail to stimulate the economy. Then in three months he'll be
back
at the trough looking for more money. Six months will pass, things will get
worse,
and it will be viewed as his problem to clean up. By the end of 2009, assuming
he
follows the path laid out with the stimulus bill, he will be viewed by the
American
public as inept and the "wrong man for the job". Things will be a lot worse than
they are now.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22027.htm
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MJC-53zii6cOrQSD-CvnGizkLp6Tn3m9VNejuNIHrt89i]

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10,000 Americans Going Into Foreclosure Every Day

It's Time to Treat America's Homeowners as Well as We've Been Treating Wall
Street's
Bankers

By Arianna Huffington

Why hasn't the foreclosure crisis gotten the attention it deserves?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22032.htm
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Rahm's Rent Is Just The Tip Of The Ethics Iceberg

By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann

NEWS broke last week that Rahm Emanuel, now White House chief of staff, lived
rent-
free for years in the home of Rep. Rosa De Lauro (D-Conn.) - and failed to
disclose
the gift, as congressional ethics rules mandate. But this is only the tip of
Emanuel's
previously undislosed ethics problems.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22029.htm
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Imagine

By David Pérez

I imagine being in a room of maimed, deformed and tortured Iraqis, Afghans and
Palestinians,
accompanied by widows and orphans mourning because their entire family has been
exterminated. I imagine this roomful of walking dead sitting around while my
friends
and I discuss how "realistic" we in the U.S. must be with our electoral
politics,
how our expectations need to "practical," how peace is just so damn
"complicated."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22030.htm
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A Day of Reckoning for the USA

By Norm Lowry

We can die or live, dependent on the Mercy of those we have offended... or... we
can simply suffer the consequences of a terrible Day of Reckoning, with its
guarantee
of more destruction & death than any of us would like to see.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22031.htm
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Gaza Convoy - A Movement Of The Streets

"We Come In Peace. We Will Not Be Stopped"

By George Galloway and By Yvonne Ridley

A convoy of more than 110 vehicles has snaked its way out of London for Gaza to
deliver more than £1m worth of aid, including ambulances and a fire engine.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22028.htm
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It's Time To Rethink Zionism

By Daphna Baram

The desire for ethnic purity that drove out Palestinians and bars the way to
democracy
in Israel is the rotten fruit of an old debate.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22033.htm
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Greed and Corruption

Jailing Kids for Cash

By Amy Goodman

As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to
2,000
of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders
and
owners of private prison facilities that benefited. The two judges pleaded
guilty
in a stunning case of greed and corruption that is still unfolding.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22034.htm
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JeKeZ8ya0Bykkl3qmn6WLoSzacc19KglFrcyfsjmsMi4E]

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13 civilians killed in US-led strike:

Afghan authorities said Wednesday that at least 13 civilians, including women
and
children, were killed in a US-led air strike on militants, prompting the
military
to order an inquiry.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090218/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest
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Taliban militants kill 2 Afghan students on charge of spying:

Taliban insurgents killed two students on charge of spying for the U.S.-led
Coalition
troops in Afghanistan's Wardak province, spokesman for provincial administration
Adam Khan said Wednesday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/18/content_10843106.htm
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Afghan Civilian Deaths Rose 40 Percent in 2008:

The death toll - 2,118 civilians killed in 2008, compared with 1,523 in 2007 -
is
the highest since the Taliban government was ousted in November 2001, at the
outset
of a war with no quick end in sight.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/world/asia/18afghan.html?_r=2&ref=world
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rrA7zCF4=]

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Change? What Change?

Obama Sends 17,000 Additional Soldiers to Afghanistan :

President Barack Obama said the "war" in Afghanistan is "still winnable" as he
signed
an order increasing U.S. troops there by 17,000 combat and support personnel.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a4Z44._h7ZNY
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Italy to boost troops in Afghanistan: gov't:

Italy was also looking at deploying 200 to 250 extra troops to help safeguard an
Afghan presidential election, due in August, he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090218/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestitalydiplom
acy
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Schools blown up, eight militants killed in Pakistan: official:

Suspected Taliban fighters blew up two girls' schools on Wednesday while eight
militants
were killed in clashes with the military in northwest Pakistan, an official
said.
http://tinyurl.com/acxw9d
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US backs Sharia deal to divide Taliban "extremists":

AMERICAN officials have privately backed Pakistan's "Sharia law for peace" deal
with Taliban militants in the Swat Valley despite publicly criticising it as a
"negative
development".
http://tinyurl.com/bb6by4
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'Peace march' in Pakistan's Swat:

Maulana Sufi Mohammad negotiated a 10-day truce between Pakistani Taliban
fighters
and government soldiers in exchange for implementing Sharia, or Islamic law, in
the region. Mohammed led supporters on Wednesday through Mingora, the main town
in Swat, before meeting Pakistani Taliban leaders.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/20092189122247128.html
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Report: CIA runs secret bases in Pakistan:

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was covertly using the Shamsi airfield in
Pakistan's restive south-western province of Balochistan, The Times Online
reported.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=86029§ionid=351020401
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Soldier pleads guilty to assault in Iraq death:

Defense attorney Ed Smith says an agreement calls for prosecutors to dismiss
charges
of premeditated murder, accessory after the fact to murder and obstruction to
justice.
A military prosecutor declined to comment.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/6268981.html
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Israeli forces shoot Palestinian farmer:

A Palestinian farmer was shot by Israeli forces in an agricultural area in Khan
Younis on Wednesday , Palestinian medical sources in Gaza Strip said.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976864&Lan
guage=en
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Israeli Bombs inflict more pain on Gaza hospital:

Tareq Dardas remains haunted by the night he, three other doctors, eight nurses
and 15 patients thought might be their last.
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090218/FOREIGN/554187121/1140
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Hamas: Israel stabbed Egypt in the back over Gaza truce :

Hamas accuses Israel of sabotaging Egypt-mediated truce talks with demand of
Shalit
release
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065157.html
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Peres to decide on Israeli premier:

Under Israeli law, the task of forming a government does not automatically go to
the party that won the most votes, but the one most likely to be able to form a
majority coalition.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/02/200921813134173762.html
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Kurtzer: Netanyahu-Lieberman is 'bad combination' for U.S. :

Former U.S. ambassador to Israel: Rightist government would find it hard to
advance
peace process.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065043.html
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Challenging Zionist Indoctrination: Birthright Israel "Unplugged":

There are few international educational trips that can boast a higher
participant
rate. In just under 10 years, Birthright Israel has flown over 200, 000 young
Jews
to Israel for a 10 day adventure of touring, partying and a good dose of Zionist
indoctrination.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58914
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yPOURKdbK6_kI]

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Iran may have lined up S-300 SAM systems:

Iran is set to receive Russian S-300 (SA-10 'Grumble') surface-to-air missile
(SAM)
systems, Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar stated on 26 December
2007.
http://www.janes.com/news/defence/jmr/jmr080109_1_n.shtml
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Go0CK5NbcylO5360vEWFi67T0A_9DPFjVJ4uCLgnMzOGsmU1Ftaat64c=]

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Guatemala sorry over Bay of Pigs:

President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala has apologised to Cuba for his country's
role
in the failed US-backed invasion at the Bay of Pigs in 1961.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7896528.stm
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===

Change? What Change?

Obama's War on Terror May Resemble Bush's:

In little-noticed confirmation testimony recently, Obama nominees endorsed
continuing
the C.I.A.'s program of transferring prisoners to other countries without legal
rights, and indefinitely detaining terrorism suspects without trials even if
they
were arrested far from a war zone.
http://tinyurl.com/c9phtg
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jog==]

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Change? What Change?

Obama, not Bush, now seeking delay of Rove deposition:

In a court brief quietly filed Monday, Michael Hertz, Obama's acting assistant
attorney
general, said it was necessary to delay an effort to force Rove to be deposed in
a congressional investigation into the firing of nine US Attorneys and the
alleged
political prosecution of a former Alabama governor.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_not_Bush_now_seeking_delay_0217.html
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KKj-Hk2XRDQ8j-iB_6K3QPiGJL_WJ5dA9J9RY55jWp1DSNvc5QdLS-locyQs52dbneQ==]

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"Looking Ahead" or Overlooking Crimes Against Humanity?:

"Somewhere in Texas, former President George W. Bush is clearing brush in
perfect
peace." Former Vice President Dick Cheney is likely out duck hunting in Wyoming,
as if he has every right to be walking around free.
http://tinyurl.com/bwkldb
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udg==]

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Germany drafts bank takeover law:

Germany has approved a draft law allowing the forced nationalisations of banks,
saying it would use its new powers to take control of giant propery lender Hypo
Real Estate.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/02/200921817362186380.html
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European Union Says Cannot Support All of East Europe:

The European Union may only be able to play a limited role in financially
supporting
countries on its eastern fringes like Ukraine and Croatia, Monetary Affairs
Commissioner
Joaquin Almunia said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aM8CKyexK5o4
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G.M. To Cut 47,000 Jobs While Chrysler Will Dump 3,000 Positions:

One thing is certain about the plan top officials at GM and Chrysler have come
up
with for restructuring and staving off bankruptcy - it's going to come with a
huge
price tag both monetarily and from the workforce.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_32166.aspx
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Goodyear posts loss, plans 5,000 job cuts:

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co plans to cut 5,000 jobs worldwide in 2009, or 6.7
percent of its staff, after a prolonged downturn in vehicle demand led to a
deeper-than-expected
loss in the fourth quarter.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090218/bs_nm/us_goodyear
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Obama unveils massive mortgage plan:

Obama said the measures would help between seven to nine million middle-class
families
restructure or refinance their mortgages and avoid foreclosure.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=86032§ionid=3510203
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Homeowners' rallying cry: Produce the note:

Kathy Lovelace lost her job and was about to lose her house, too. But then she
made
a seemingly simple request of the bank: Show me the original mortgage paperwork.
http://tinyurl.com/cqspc5
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Xrg==]

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Little-known agency that insures pensions of 44 million workers braces for
recession
fallout:

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. already has an $11 billion deficit that seems
sure to grow larger as Corporate America suffers through the worst economic
crisis
since the Great Depression.
http://www.kfsm.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-pension-bailout,0,4468385.story
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Consumers Cut Food Spending Sharply:

Markets and Restaurants Feel the Pinch as People Purchase Generic Brands and
Stay
Home
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123448606475780133.html
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"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and
monetary
system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow
morning."
-- Henry Ford (1863-1947) Founder of Ford Motor Company

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"The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money
he doesn't have on things he doesn't need -- we're done for." -- Bill Bonner -
Editor of The Daily Reckoning - April 3, 2003

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"Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,311,696"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In
America'sWar
On Iraq 4,245
icasualties.org/oif/

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The War in Iraq Costs
$598,617,297,153
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

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Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu Will Form New Government: Peres

By Matti Friedman

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, in a seeming about-face, indicated she might be
willing
to come on board a Netanyahu government. But Livni, a centrist, would certainly
exact a high price: sharing the prime minister's job she so fervently sought
with
a reluctant Netanyahu.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22044.htm
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PLApJxmWe38qh-VCcBJIQrheCAT8zrXNqehTcwsBp57Qv]

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Fearing a One-State Solution, Israel's President Serves Pabulum to Washington

By Franklin Lamb

According to a CIA Study currently being shown to selected staff members on the
US Senate Intelligence Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence,
Israel's survival in its present form beyond the next 20 years is doubtful.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22049.htm
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US Empire and the Conflict in Israel/Palestine

By GRITtv

Ali Abunimah, editor and founder of The Electronic Intifada says that Palestine
matters precisely because it is the site of the last Western colonial project in
the Third World and that opposition to Israel is also opposition to US hegemony
in the region.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22048.htm
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BTvfJoxd4uzFPvi5XjwWbOXGLcDsaiP5NXn6QHyyulknw]

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Zionist Logic

Malcolm X on Zionism

By Malcolm X (Omowale Malcolm X Shabazz)

The Zionist armies that now occupy Palestine claim their ancient Jewish prophets
predicted that in the "last days of this world" their own God would raise them
up a "messiah" who would lead them to their promised land, and they would set up
their own "divine" government in this newly-gained land, this "divine"
government
would enable them to "rule all other nations with a rod of iron."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22046.htm
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BgaY73-cuHWxFj_383y9Y48LhOOLCCE_xqjV5i2Reueuf]

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From One Assault On The Constitution To Another

By Paul Craig Roberts

Will it turn out that we enjoyed more liberty under Bush than we will under
Obama?
At least the Republicans left us the Second Amendment. The Obama Democrats are
not
going to return our other purloined civil liberties, and they are already
attacking
the Second Amendment.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22045.htm
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jKvTSAahuPWOc1V_gp6aCddypyxcb2EGb1IW8-qeBQGvd]

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Investigating Bush's Crimes

By Scott Horton

Obama's problem is that a growing number of Americans are concerned about what
the
Bush administration did and are eager to press the issue. The extent of public
concern
has been reflected in several recent public opinion polls, including one in
February
by USA Today showing that nearly two-thirds of Americans support investigations
of the Bush administration's use of torture and warrantless wiretapping; roughly
40 percent support criminal investigations.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/20
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Selling Justice For War Crimes As Vengeance?

The Case for a Truth Commission

By Senator Patrick Leahy

President Obama is right in saying that we cannot afford extreme partisanship
and
debilitating divisions. As we commemorate the Lincoln bicentennial, there is a
need,
again, "to bind up the nation's wounds." Rather than vengeance, we need an
impartial
pursuit of what actually happened and a shared understanding of the failures of
the recent past.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22053.htm
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Zb25OVInhiceciO2GGZ0YuvVcXkPzsHdl9pzLOMq5B9A0]

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Who Will Be There For Obusha, When The Floor Drops Out?

By David Michael Green

I didn't have high expectations that Obama would turn out to be Eugene Debs,
come
back from socialist heaven (Stockholm?), and so I can't say that I'm surprised
he's
not. But I am pretty shocked and disgusted at some of the decisions we've seen
so
far, including many that Dick Cheney would have little problem praising (in some
cases, because Cheney made them originally).
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22047.htm
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yWMaVTWHpA6v_0jR9vWsABFE8SqjIGhrD6Vdir2qtpaVd]

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Inside The Meltdown

Don't Miss This Video By PBS

On Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, the astonished leadership of the U.S. Congress was
told in a private session by the chairman of the Federal Reserve that the
American
economy was in grave danger of a complete meltdown within a matter of days.
"There
was literally a pause in that room where the oxygen left," says Sen. Christopher
Dodd (D-Conn.)
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22043.htm
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We Can't Make It Here Anymore

By James McMurtry - Video and Text

Will work for food
Will die for oil
Will kill for power and to us the spoils
The billionaires get to pay less tax
The working poor get to fall through the cracks
Let 'em eat jellybeans let 'em eat cake
Let 'em eat sh$%, whatever it takes
They can join the Air Force, or join the Corps
If they can't make it here anymore.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22052.htm
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NO4W_vLhWwOJDP-L5gVcCUqZjjGKIlit6Jk0aM1M843En]

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Venezuela Ends Term Limits

By Patrick Irelan

Chávez is already 54 years old. If he rules for another 20 or 30 years, "far
into
the 21st century," he'll be older than John McCain and won't remember how many
houses
he owns.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22050.htm
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Der Spiegel Exposes the Brazilian Ethanol Madness

Why the Promise of Biofuels is a Lie

By Robert Bryce

For years, the US has been inundated with claims that it should follow Brazil's
lead on biofuels. These arguments have largely been made by a small, but
influential
group of neoconservatives who claim that the US should quit using oil
altogether.
They claim that using more ethanol - produced from sugar cane, or corn, or some
other substance - will impoverish OPEC and America will once again be returned
to
prosperity.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22051.htm
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At least 31 killed in Pakistan funeral attack:

A suicide attack on the funeral procession of a Shia Muslim cleric in Pakistan
on
Friday killed at least 31 and left more than 100 injured in the northern city of
Dera Ismai, close to Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal area.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e1cdc12-ff46-11dd-b3f8-000077b07658.html?nclick_check
=1
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Taliban refuse to disarm after peace deal in Pakistan's Swat valley:

Taliban forces in Pakistan's restive valley of Swat, in talks Friday with a
cleric
who signed a peace deal with the government earlier this week, refused to disarm
until Islamic sharia is completely enforced in the region, a Taliban spokesman
said.
http://tinyurl.com/cbswg9
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Gates says he would accept truce in Afghanistan:

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that Washington could accept a
political
agreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban if the insurgents will
lay
down their arms and accept the government's terms.
http://tinyurl.com/d6nqau
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Bomb kills 3 occupation force troops in Afghanistan:

A roadside bomb killed three coalition troops Friday during a patrol in
Afghanistan's
dangerous south, the U.S. coalition said.
http://tinyurl.com/byq949
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US finds new Afghan supply route:

The US will be able to take non-military supplies bound for Afghanistan through
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, a US commander has said
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7901071.stm
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20 nations to boost Afghan commitments?:

Three countries committed to "providing a range of air assets, from cargo planes
to jet fighters', and five nations would send more helicopters and 2.5 million
euros ($A4.92 million) for a helicopter fund, he said, without naming the
nations
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5335246/20-nations-boost-afghan-commitments/
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Change? What Change?

US expands prison in Afghanistan:

The US military is about to complete a $60m expansion to its prison at the
Bagram
air base in Afghanistan, where it holds more than 600 so-called enemy
combatants.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/200922041829271189.html
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U.S. soldier convicted of murdering 4 Iraqis:

A U.S. Army medic was convicted of murder Friday for his involvement in the
execution-style
killings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees shot in the back of the
head
in the spring of 2007.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/20/america/20murder-434713.php
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Iraq's 1.6 million displaced need urgent help: agency:

Their number remains "worryingly high" and the majority are suffering from food
shortages, substandard and expensive accommodation, while work is scarce.
http://tinyurl.com/bch2yh
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Sadr sees end of US presence soon:

A prominent anti-American Shia cleric said yesterday he hopes recent provincial
elections will help unite Iraqis to push out the United States, as other
religious
leaders urged newly elected officials to put the needs of the country over their
personal interests.
http://tinyurl.com/azpdus
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Hamas: Israel picked 'most dangerous' politician to lead it :

A Hamas spokesman on Friday said Israel had picked the "most extremist and most
dangerous" to lead the country, only hours after Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu
accepted a mandate to form its next government.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065813.html
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ANALYSIS / Netanyahu's victory is starting to turn sour:

Tzipi Livni will not join a government resting on a narrow 65-person majority,
composed
of the right and the ultra-Orthodox. She might consider joining a government
with
Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu and United Torah Judaism, but nothing more than that.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065677.html
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Is Obama Ready for a Hard-Right Israel?:

Israeli politics has taken a dramatic shift to the right since the war in Gaza,
and as a whole, right-wing parties fared better in the election than did the
centrist
Kadima party - which finished first by a slim margin - and the crippled leftist
Labor party.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1880978,00.html
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Hamas 'sends Barack Obama letter':

The Palestinian group Hamas has sent a letter addressed to the US president via
a US politician visiting Gaza, a senior UN official has said
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7898801.stm
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Egypt has bad memories of Netanyahu:

Egypt's leaders will have a heavy heart when they resume dealings with Benjamin
Netanyahu, whose earlier spell as Israeli prime minister was the most
frustrating
since the two countries signed peace in 1979, analysts said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelpoliticsegypt
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Manufacturing consent for an attack on Iran :

U.S. analysts: Iran may have enough uranium for one nuke:

U.S. analysts have said an increase in Iran's reported stockpile of low-enriched
uranium means the Islamic Republic could have enough of the material to make a
nuclear bomb. An International Atomic Energy Agency report on Thursday showed an
increase in the stockpile since November to 1,010 kg.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065810.html
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_fvIvSg9kbMd3K4g1yb04o8EZfR966xtFYg==]

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Disinformation and propaganda: Manufacturing consent for an attack on Iran:

Iran in 'backroom offers' to West: Iran offered to stop attacking British troops
in Iraq to try to get the West to drop objections to Tehran's uranium
enrichment
project, a UK official says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7901101.stm
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b8qHoxYSfGsX-1usMDXogghHI7vkX8KMRAg==]

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Iran general scores Moscow trip 'success':

Iran's defense minister says he achieved the objectives of his official visit to
Russia amid reports that Tehran sought the S-300 system.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=86260§ionid=351020101
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'US no longer a military threat to Iran':

"I believe that the threat of waging war as a means to curb Iran's nuclear
activities
is no longer an option," the IAEA director general said on Friday.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=86272§ionid=351020104
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AU troops attacked in Mogadishu:

Abdullahi Sugow, a local resident who witnessed the gun battle, said: "One
civilian
was killed and two others were injured in our neighbourhood during the clashes."
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/02/200922013405505716.html
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Paris aid package calms Guadeloupe:

Hundreds of police reinforcements were deployed from mainland France after a
labour
activist was shot dead late on Tuesday near a barricade in Pointe-a-Pitre.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/02/2009220172039600676.html
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UK resident to leave Guantanamo Bay:

The United States has agreed to release Binyam Mohamed, a British resident held
at the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay for the past five years without charge,
Britain's
foreign ministry has said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/02/2009220183651182456.html
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Report: Over 100,000 deportees had children in US:

An investigation by the Homeland Security Department inspector general found
immigration
officials deported 108,434 parents with children who are U.S. citizens during
1998
to 2007. A report on the investigation was made public Friday.
http://tinyurl.com/askm5n
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xQw==]

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GM shares hit 74-year low:

General Motors Corp. shares on Friday tumbled to their lowest level in more than
70 years, pulled down by a drop in the broader markets and continued
speculation
about the future of the struggling automaker.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/GM-shares-hit-70year-apf-14426329.html
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Saab Seeks Protection From Creditors as GM Pulls Out:

Saab Automobile sought protection from creditors after parent General Motors
Corp.
said it will cut ties with the Swedish carmaker following two decades of losses.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=auG9TZP6Q3q0&refer=home
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shQCSt10=]

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US bank stocks fall to 17-year low:

US banking shares hit their lowest level since 1992 on Thursday as fears mounted
that the government would be forced to nationalise a key institution.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8a163738-fe85-11dd-b19a-000077b07658,s01=1.html?nclick
_check=1
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r9ij9L3Qo9FPcqHDDhTz6dNV8uksn]

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Fed offers bleak economic outlook:

The Federal Reserve cut its economic outlook for 2009 on Wednesday and warned
that
the United States economy would face an "unusually gradual and prolonged" period
of recovery as the country struggles to climb out of a deep global downturn
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/19/business/19fed.php
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California Prepares To Eliminate 10,000 Jobs:

Tax revenues have plunged by billions of dollars as the recession clobbers
California,
leaving the state without sufficient cash to pay its bills. The remedy offered
by
the governor and lawmakers is to reopen the budget in the middle of the fiscal
year,
enact deep cuts and tax increases, and work out a fix that will cover the
state's
spending through June 2010.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/17/california-prepares-to-el_n_167504.html

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Court's 'rocket docket' blasts through foreclosures:

As the Obama administration unveiled its plan to rescue the U.S. housing market,
officials in Lee County have come up with their own plan for dealing with the
crisis.
To clear a huge backlog of foreclosures, judges are hearing "rocket dockets" of
nearly 1,000 cases per day and calling retired colleagues back to the bench to
help
ease the workload.
http://tinyurl.com/czowvn
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adIIRnN5gvPi1kL_Pd8zNYt2Ms-O5vcLhfNXrgdPLu1QV0Cskqz5WS-tvJkREwe094dYfNspZv9NPxQF
wKQ==]

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Plan: $10 tax to file on paper:

Fee proposed for state income taxes returns not filed electronically draws
protests
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=771636&category=STATE

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AS_8ejkA=]

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J.C. Penney reports 51 percent slide in 4Q profit:

J.C. Penney Co. reported a 51 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit Friday as
customers
sharply cut spending on clothing and other items. The results beat Wall Street
expectations,
but the chain projected a wider first-quarter loss than analysts had predicte
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_penney
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IJZSITvQcYTn31jacxIhFffnfO7Mj7L8ZbtkD12WsP-NPLRh13sj197M=]

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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
February 25, 2009
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"... as all history informs us, there has been in every State
& Kingdom a constant kind of warfare between the governing & governed: the
one striving to obtain more for its support, and the other to pay less. And
this has alone occasioned great convulsions, actual civil wars, ending
either in dethroning of the Princes, or enslaving of the people. Generally
indeed the ruling power carries its point, the revenues of princes
constantly increasing, and we see that they are never satisfied, but always
in want of more. The more the people are discontented with the oppression of
taxes; the greater need the prince has of money to distribute among his
partisans and pay the troops that are to suppress all resistance, and enable
him to plunder at pleasure. There is scarce a king in a hundred who would
not, if he could, follow the example of Pharaoh, get first all the peoples
money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants
for ever ..." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) US
Founding Father - Source: before the Constitutional Convention, (June 2,
1787)
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded
Iraq "1,311,696"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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JdlqmWdotQlr7GT5sD_9IojfNNJjQ1-M4Jvk_CpUVqX_h0fpv7OQe9QPsZahFtAVEmvmyPXLsO3MPI_-
zzwnsN27jJ_7TjYVwtkRr23SagZigq0CpbnM-I13Rd1VI]
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed
(Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,251
icasualties.org/oif/
=
The War in Iraq Costs
$599,967,652,604
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
===
Where Is The Outrage?
Disappeared in the Name of US National Security
By Mohamed Farag Bashmilah
The American public needs to face what has happened to those
of us who were disappeared and mistreated in the name of their national
security.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22092.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9r1hRepGh9faHXNnmVxovQiy37
skKXEcrDTSZw9alY0xB-vdLme7J-SnpKo63wKTN4fYLvE9-s2il_ok0Yu4rnWFxpd_lp_c26hObF__iI
H3-gN6XxQt54NPHYMUoUO7-ivCflOVd33B0cd4oMi7wgj]
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The Oscar for Denial
And the winner is - The American People
By James McEnteer
"We know, deep inside us we know--[just] as the Germans who
kept their heads down and tried to lead 'normal' lives as genocide exploded
all around them, in their name, by their own government knew--that our
government has committed terrible atrocities at home and abroad. If we do
nothing to bring these crimes to light and their perpetrators to justice,
then we are as guilty and worthy of moral condemnation as the war generation
of silent Germans ..."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22095.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9ptjsZ1yozenTVIEwB8McuSbXw
F0ZsiZC2-hIPfrXF8wLvVheE8Z9hjhStEaIkj7exp7qHCHlK8m1UH0zqrya4TYfl5BqSFmL9DT0mZ5OU
0np8491rqoS5izl9fLaPMCquMadCmIbvFfxEnCkJ0iMsM]
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A Practical Proposal for Real Change
Open Letter to President Obama
By Carmen Yarrusso
Thoreau wrote, "There are a thousand hacking at the branches
of evil to one who is striking at the root." Mr. President, real change
won't happen unless we the American people strike at the root-our
intellectually dishonest political system.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22096.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9pZ7TMcIBA8bNToh8jtT5vol5_
NwiulXzcH9yUnWTF-2O04Ps4fEGeJrfNTF3mAm2ovIejKIiMgP6WUGjr-QZW9jJDH0uMAUivCEdjmzQM
GWCs-RbFUHgZU1bw6AFBptJW_Rz7Ksm6tTpq-y8PiCPQN]
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Freeing Up Resources... For More War
By Norman Solomon
In his first speech to Congress, the new president threw down
a 90-month-old gauntlet, reaffirming the notion that committing to war
halfway around the world -- in Afghanistan and now in Pakistan too -- will
make Americans safer. With drumrolls like that, the mission could outlive
all of us.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22098.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9oVxhSkZ7COrPkpjt7TOalUJOV
9mqFk_5zevqzu6YoviZ_6aAZt9GIAP-9SJqWodnSQ84D8XNVvgsurkJBEGJ005JX-oRqkN3GYcomwIxw
r5ye18od5oqr0GTnxw6Br4bGfCXOEk0go8zZtuA1cdsVp]
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Cut the Military Budget
By Barney Frank
Those organizations, editorial boards and individuals who
talk about the need for fiscal responsibility should be challenged to begin
with the area where our spending has been the most irresponsible and has
produced the least good for the dollars expended--our military budget.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22099.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9rRF_oOnHiz_Om9r3w3JdyUJwP
85E_iFfNGxZAXWutxoqnjaIzxLQRLyasj5L_xUVh1Cd2OT1obM2h_34r9izrK7AqSNBW_YLoUN1ayDOZ
BSdMm7-NILvEzBP-uviOXYXaAavHGLdb7P_RY7PoLmJyY]
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I.O.U.S.A.
Wake up, America!
Video
Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military,
increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and
debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor, America
must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic
proportions.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22100.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9oEWhp5ed9FYMLVNPfKjmv4Axs
cGtRhElvF5McigJ87d8LvnulkR4_ETosoQRwSvOAy6oB0S9cqFBGGn-PINE8j-2pf0MY6wQC48KXRglM
zbUV2MZEhT8bDJX0jZyV3uAzbQe8QECd7yFyzx2tPVx01]
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It's Time to Break up the Big Banks
By Mike Whitney
Timothy Geithner is putting the finishing touches on a plan
that will dump $1 trillion of toxic assets onto the US taxpayer.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22093.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9oC0DmGpPvvIV6DUEvSphpftsU
Z9bTrVXZ3OJJYLg-vZ9Xp74LZwcn1gri0RZ70xmv169zZedhqLkzW20erlJHFFdVbMmqvaGNMqaXfTso
HJNC10f23AZByiQkwt9OS12xSesMBGlGqzvaH1NvRJeIZ]
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Nationalization: It's Not Scary, It's All Around You
By David Sirota
Amidst the punditocracy's handwringing about the supposedly
unprecedented possibility of nationalization in America, Paul Krugman this
week reminded his New York Times readers that nationalization is "as
American as apple pie."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22097.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9p9iWeur5FHkkVItxna9KQDcYi
-EElHGGjMDSuE-GY5HtDU8RqhH4KTV0mXuGKAGjHGTvKM56jjMoYO-jTOKmwx_TZZKSoezwb_t7GAAE9
z6vEFyFikV8cZ0EBEw0t30UEFleiRQxNgSOOlPRTjsir9]
===
A Planet at the Brink
Will Economic Brushfires Prove Too Virulent to
Contain?
By Michael T. Klare
The global economic meltdown has already caused bank
failures, bankruptcies, plant closings, and foreclosures and will, in the
coming year, leave many tens of millions unemployed across the planet. But
another perilous consequence of the crash of 2008 has only recently made its
appearance: increased civil unrest and ethnic strife. Someday, perhaps, war
may follow.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22091.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9pMWIMjaidorfcowXHub9h1MzU
MFhqfKSauvA74LGJw8wyJIsyk_jZTbKb6XZ_AUNLWWv88TTAQ_cPSWIozDoKppbQynZxKhKRSPuvE7hF
CWKXKrDJ5LfWxuE4fb8xxltdNctDMEHJP6MgdeN5_MLrD]
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How Can U.S. Recover Without Manufacturing Capacity?
By Glen Ford
"You can't put people to work in American factories that
don't exist."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22101.htm
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IYTje5zdiFPYsYgmDhqpMG_OEDoIQfzvtG3EaSSlP8Iu]
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Robert Fisk on Gaza and the Media
By Stefan Christoff
"The international press allowed for their own humiliation:
Israel told the press that they couldn't go into Gaza and they didn't really
try to, so the press sat outside Gaza and pontificated from two miles away."

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22094.htm
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-DGGJhZAPUtrNVYyUmyM9EffvFPY6CkTF8F4m74DW9nJk]
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69 killed in Somalia fighting:
Islamist rebels battled African Union (AU) peacekeepers and
Somali police for a second day, taking the death toll in the worst fighting
for weeks to at least 69, witnesses and a rights group said.
http://tinyurl.com/djy7pr
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Clashes, motorbike bomb kill 32 in Afghanistan:

The authorities announced separately that the US-led
coalition and Afghan troops had killed 10 militants in the southern province
of Uruzgan Tuesday after coming under attack while on patrol.
http://tinyurl.com/c96ys4

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Afghanistan bomb kills 4 U.S. occupation troops:

A roadside bomb killed four U.S. troops in southern
Afghanistan yesterday, inflicting the year's deadliest single attack on
international forces a week after Washington set plans to send
reinforcements.
http://tinyurl.com/c3tcw4
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9pvAdt1Ik6RYqmh_Glwx5Upb2a
MvdSpSurWsmpPFboU9GfHi9Ef4sLVMlPChNxxFQUz8pThLwZrutBX_zcl0japn68_ya_ZnJPxgE-YV6X
emw==]
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Three British occupation force soldiers killed in
Afghanistan: ministry:
Three British soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan as
a result of an "enemy explosion" on Wednesday, Britain's Ministry of Defence
(MoD) said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090225/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestbritainmili
tary
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p6wVd42o=]
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Pak Paid $6Mn To Taliban For Swat Ceasefire?:

The Taliban in Pakistan's restive Swat valley was paid $6
million in compensation by the government as part of the deal for a
ceasefire with security forces for an indefinite period, media reports said
Tuesday.
http://tinyurl.com/d3gb5c
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RgA==]
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Pakistani Taliban unite against U.S:
The top Pakistani Taliban commander, Baitullah Mehsud, and
two rival Taliban chiefs, Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Maulvi Nazeer, met at an
undisclosed location recently and settled their differences to unite against
U.S. and Pakistani government operations in the region.
http://onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=141408
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102477165359&e=001kTSacsYbR9pry57FN4jlHT5e_gjthv4mcPK
nnr2qeMKdvD8HlQUQdnjTs_qNy6CalXs2FPaChFCAgML6YTvy2IMaDkVV8qGO__VrVUtWvn0Jjr8GCS8
ppJEQs25Gcyva-nQhRepW3x1sn_6lfflY7w==]
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UK: This is a recipe for creating terrorists:

New Labour's sins in the war on terror are catching up with
it, but ministers want to shift blame on to the Muslim community
http://tinyurl.com/av4hug
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cNaZ8-zPtZSzrr5pFRoljeYAKQhho4n43AcncSAsyaIWN3rs0fDwaBtc8ZuxXPv5zg7-NWhqjBaUfWrP
k2Q==]
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PA official: Peace process dead:
"Given the government that is going to lead Israel, it's
clear that there won't be any serious process and that, at the most, it will
be a process for appearances' sake only that is intended to quiet the
international community and primarily to let the Palestinians know that the
option of peace still exists," he said.
http://tinyurl.com/agxbg7
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TAzB-FfhbDDfbMYyCfK7s83IknAiF02hZzjFvxMT5r62JMtApmEbtMV47duL-w3SPfPAmxWmXTkVKsjC
kEQ==]
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Clinton warns Israel over delays in Gaza aid:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has relayed messages to
Israel in the past week expressing anger at obstacles Israel is placing to
the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066821.html
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hcSPOPRU1Ugq4svS2lmWEmMT7pO7kFXEfxg==]
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U.S. To Leave Residual Force Of 50,000 In Iraq After "Pullout"
By ANNE GEARAN
"I think a limited number of those that remain will conduct combat
operations against terrorists, assisting Iraqi security forces," Pentagon
spokesman Geoff Morrell said. "By and large you're talking about people who
we would classify as enablers, support troops."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22102.htm
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TSupcCqmcYf31NZiDUoMaaXVbNOboekuTZbUKvBKq6aLQrKpFTzJdBlRTpiJki9qDGnjkWEBrc7o-Hx0
JoEBGnQ5qPJY7APrKd0jw7Lriijvpl42dMucF-p3Xs6g]
===
"For This I Blame America"
Afghanistan: Chaos Central
By Chris Sands
Civilians are paying a heavier price. Caught between a rapidly developing
insurgency and an occupation force over-reliant on air strikes, they are
dropping like flies: according to the UN, 1,445 were killed from January to
August 2008 alone.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22104.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102479037510&e=001CV-QCl_VO8VGEU0ZTjQEl256hk8yrV_k9bc
uazm75kMFRy91jYy05oCpDC12yWjWo56ORLDeAllNAKMOzsImrO5JP70S5bI6GzRnsdPYqw2goKwzDlY
2KnYLRTrPuqbzAAyMPBrHC2BcDmTFCyVF32zud4OGg46u]
===
Most Americans Support Decision to Add Occupation Troops in Afghanistan
By The Washington Post
About two-thirds of Americans support President Obama's decision to send
approximately 17,000 additional U.S. military forces to Afghanistan, and, in
stark contrast to the sour public reception of former president George W.
Bush's "surge" of troops in Iraq, support for Obama's move crosses party
lines, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22110.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102479037510&e=001CV-QCl_VO8Uhjc1s-IpEyX1Bu55BoC65RO5
TfgQarLibAzjxIs8DPa4Je7ggXB8u4SL-rxJpx6sVwDm5NYSGWbykkU8hjtE11KMB7KDWOEzVSq1MKNr
QdBel3liMzkBA7DWg0_HjxKh4iUFLlf_hWt1a9w43i3Pu]
===
Obama's Afghan "Surge" Sows Seeds Of New Wars
By Keith Jones
The struggle against war requires the mobilization of the international
working class as an independent political force in the struggle against
capitalism and the outmoded nation-state system in which it is historically
rooted.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22106.htm
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Mi1OqtQSv5lePCa36C22_EmGQ7t0oh7BTR-gqcbhxct7LKwHZXKqXxHBEsczLjnXsimU5WSoIkUuIKvr
BynZGDlo9SKeyR-arR57QrMFa-cbUHxjxN8Y6kUl7QBW]
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Bailing Out With No Objections
How altruistic and honest about peace are nations willing to be?
By Raymond G. Wilson
Should there be any doubts in the minds of people of the earth as to the
desires of the United States for world peace with justice and fairness for
all nations, proposal of this plan by the United States government to the
United Nations would put such doubts to rest. It would renew the faith of
many Americans that their own government was not imperialistic.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22107.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102479037510&e=001CV-QCl_VO8U0zJcO8BFkX5RCEA1NDKRKBmW
E64tu0eRRU9Kq2tXntsJgYC1rQNcGazW-oKl29FZTnjddOh7aI-QIp1D8BpqKpixxquJHf_WL40bxa3Z
nucmj0gIofoSrGlUfwr2zAF2pRKJypD_y7QPG50OHSE9j]
===
Casino Capitalism.
How Credit Unions Survived the Crash
By Ralph Nader
Eighty five million Americans belong to credit unions which are
not-for-profit cooperatives owned by their members who are depositors and
borrowers. Your neighborhood or workplace credit union did not invest in
these notorious speculative derivatives nor did they offer people "teaser
rates" to sign on for a home mortgage they could not afford.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22105.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102479037510&e=001CV-QCl_VO8XTOZMpkzIt9G_8sjVxoEArn6Q
hH3O4tL1wtXo-tS7xFcF0klExTl03Mp0H_5jHzfbIJKTQQ1Wn9e5c_Tcanz6JP83OwkBvsmA3IrY9yAL
0cRvIdMTtIZYi-luJdkNrYfoJ-uZiqBGGA2ziInR-1AnP]
===
The U.S. Economy: Designed to Fail
By Richard C. Cook
Neither President Obama, nor his Democratic supporters or Republican
antagonists, should feel badly about what is happening. This is because the
system they have been given to work with was designed to fail.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22103.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102479037510&e=001CV-QCl_VO8X1ZLpwoUXoeuOMnK1vujHmOZw
OcwPq92eAlczSeX5H-wwx_XRC9VQxJq23BAA5Sq6yi5QwSLeBbHZPNdfiomO4vkbLr0EuxfvCPTcgXaJ
H-WE_nLh0UzESLA9oyeiS1lOWq5Iupbdy0iMffynnvq-w]
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The California Budget and Class War
By Ann Robertson
On February 19, the California legislature, after weeks of wrangling, passed
a special budget to address the historically high $42 billion deficit. It
represents an unadulterated washout for working people who are attacked on
almost every front by the Democratic Party, which controls a broad majority
in the legislature.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22109.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102479037510&e=001CV-QCl_VO8U0CGFwbgNH6OHUHy-oeHgLGo3
LdmzQPRwZI12Vw1fzOfqcBWo2qISqg9gUm5ipItRGEniP5RSemlkOpIkQRIl6lyBWeqi3SceBLOcOxSo
_lHzJZSXPYEOhAYpEhe9HfxvHe7QMbFjC-P6sp5KtCjxJ]
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In Case You Missed it
"As The Arabs See The Jews"
By King Abdullah - The American Magazine November, 1947
This fascinating essay, written by King Hussein's grandfather King Abdullah,
appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
King Abdullah also asks how Jews can claim a historic right to Palestine,
when Arabs have been the overwhelming majority there for nearly 1300
uninterrupted years? The essay ends on an ominous note, warning of dire
consequences if a peaceful solution cannot be found to protect the rights of
the indigenous Arabs of Palestine.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22108.htm
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ICmPNHyYdQkic4bMNZbbDGLcbMEeEe_m8bLTGmHFjQKkwyIjf0x8aJWTTEMxiE1e--qknB3WVW4yJNMw
vaj58Gm_-YG07YRF7Aw1AEPnmy5-kPvsWnxRNEzcQPG4w]
===
Civilians dead in Somalia clashes:
At least 48 civilians have been killed in two-days of fighting between
Somali rebel fighters and African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Mogadishu, the
Somali capital, a rights group said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/02/200922511163477931.html
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===
Four British troops killed by Taleban in a single day:
FOUR British servicemen died yesterday from injuries sustained during
incidents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirmed last night.
Three soldiers died when a bomb struck their Land Rover in the south of the
country. The three, who have not been named, were from 1st Battalion The
Rifles, and were on a routine escort operation in Gereshk district in
Helmand province yesterday
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Four-British-troops-killed-by.5017382.jp
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4,000 Muslim Brits Join Taliban:
THOUSANDS of British-born Muslims have joined the Taliban in Afghanistan. UK
troops say they are facing a mini civil war as more Brits head out to fight
for the enemy.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/70883/4-000-Muslim-Brits-join-Taliban/
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102479037510&e=001CV-QCl_VO8Vwt-0QhRCUprZmco2XP_olKeD
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===
Patrick Cockburn: Warning to the US: beware treating Afghanistan like Iraq:

It's a mistake to think that 'failed states' won't put up strong resistance
http://snipurl.com/cphpq
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pjQ==]
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Taliban call for peace with Afghans:
The Taliban are willing to work with all Afghan groups to achieve peace, but
the problems of Afghanistan can only be solved if foreign troops withdraw
from the country, a senior insurgent leader said.
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1331330
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===
Taliban Kill Man As "Gift To Obama" - Pakistan Police:
Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan in Pakistan's lawless tribal region
after accusing him of spying for the U.S., local police said Thursday.
http://snipurl.com/cpebs
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VQ==]
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Pakistan's Sharif urges protests:
The call came after the country's supreme court banned on Wednesday Sharif
and his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, from contesting elections - a move likely
to sow political instability.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/20092264237545442.html
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102479037510&e=001CV-QCl_VO8WjkhSW4sEKUpHjwrcfLPQBTWm
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IW-Y1kYBrC1eYollwYp0yGyeJSzi4_ROKb72jAOoQhPMS3apqHwpMlcFJsb-9muzuWrwH94pTU2L_]
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Pakistani Army colonel 'was involved' in Mumbai terror attacks:
Police in Mumbai have accused a serving officer in the Pakistan Army of
being involved in the terrorist attacks on the city that killed more than
170 people in November.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5806381.ece
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Vq5R6IBbngFA-A8lVKE0aRPywqYQfydoVna5WcfZsV-1G7yAUw-izfbDxBbuaE7qLmw==]
===
Iraq: 2 Soldiers Killed:
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and 10 people wounded, including eight
students, when a roadside bomb exploded on Thursday morning near an Iraqi
army patrol on a road to Baghdad University in southern Baghdad, police
said.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7PM9Y5?OpenDocument
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6k1DhQrlkioC8jH-sW4C_mDp64Bi1vP4W13oBIvs1sUp7wLUPRHm3DMvsZAf5527bYiY8MfezJn8_G7E
yiJlzpsL9zIAtj-Ts70TafUX4P52spMIevcSb1qyPmpQygZSwDHmvobNk9vP7Yl4w7XLRUSZ-8mvI]
===
U.S. To Leave Residual Force Of 50,000 In Iraq After "Pullout":
"I think a limited number of those that remain will conduct combat
operations against terrorists, assisting Iraqi security forces," Pentagon
spokesman Geoff Morrell said. "By and large you're talking about people who
we would classify as enablers, support troops."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22102.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102479037510&e=001CV-QCl_VO8VGkzUhG4Tuio3MDewxiIeP1CV
RTSupcCqmcYf31NZiDUoMaaXVbNOboekuTZbUKvBKq6aLQrKpFTzJdBlRTpiJki9qDGnjkWEBrc7o-Hx
0JoEBGnQ5qPJY7APrKd0jw7Lriijvpl42dMucF-p3Xs6g]
===
Obama to spend $200b on war in 2009:
President Barack Obama intends to ask the US Congress for more than USD 200
billion to cover the country's war spending.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=86838§ionid=3510203
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1rbEcLYTpkGL7OXWqLL8ZvIRyj-eIGlae3UMAT6O7qbEebbyo_WSAvWQmkkOyjxwEqt-1DDwdV-8xAvq
HmnT-pYE_q-IKT677WNr81KtcTag8N3u6d_5_LJ20Hc9LEh1shQiqW2A=]
===
Change? What Change:
Obama seeks US$663.7b for 2010 defence spending:
President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a 663.7 billion dollar defence
budget, up a modest 1.5 percent on 2009, but projected a sharp decline in
spending on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming years.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/411785/1/.html
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eheNXXvHuiz6ZsF70_beZte3ih504gB94CtZZoJV_tZWA2YAE-qr5jeLSpZdtwRghXA29js9170GaOO-
bVn9M8gsxS5NeCbNtVye9uP3FdtYcKy4VAz4OipymQ84a_OSh2g4HHGhEcBZEEmx2zSRL68Styy-j]
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'Honest' Obama budget sees huge deficit:
US President Barack Obama has unveiled his budget proposal for 2010, which
projects a deficit of $1.75 trillion for the current fiscal year.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=86870§ionid=3510203
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-P1icL55Sp2RLFxshQMT0ARCBM_8aAJPhG4SEiGcmNBcH1C6i2434S1-1Eb9Xk4NV_vnETbVf5ZF4k-M
BcRW64ih3LeWuU5QFYep1-636FU4KjG7gOIiVCPefTiB7xrovVm81NoY=]
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Pentagon allows media coverage of deceased US soldiers:
The US military will allow news media coverage of the return of the remains
of service members fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan, a reversal of George
Bush's policy of secreting the flag-draped coffins back into the country,
under a change announced at the Pentagon today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/26/pentagon-media-dead-soldiers-usa
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wptfY2T6h2IzQ3u2gFb8d-S3K0U6pHnf9dqz1dQkMH0v_3riQcTKf6iVJ6bbwQH-xqdgnbHOxeXTJ]
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Barak Says Israel will 'Stop at Nothing' to Deny Iran Nukes:
Outgoing Defense Minister Ehud Barak sounded an urgent tone regarding Iran's
development of nuclear weapons in a speech he delivered in Netanya Wednesday
evening.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130150
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US statement says it will seek to end Iran's nuclear ambitions;
Iran says it has none: Mohammad Khazee said in a statement that Iran will
never try to acquire nuclear weapons and called the allegation that the
country engages in terrorism "baseless and absurd."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-un-un-us-iran,0,6353922.s
tory
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KrD3E9UQ=]
===
Embrace commandment of war, Hesder students told:
Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau delivered a speech expressing hope
that Israel would embark on preemptive wars rather than wait for "the enemy
to come here... and see the whites of our eyes."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=123
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Palestinian factions agree on unity:
The Egyptian-brokered talks in Cairo between 12 different groups began on
Thursday and follow 18 months of disharmony between the Gaza Strip and the
West Bank.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/02/2009226164149524841.html
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Barak: We're headed toward truce with Hamas:
The Labor Party is attempting to recuperate from a humiliating election, in
which the party won a dismal 13 of the 120 Knesset seats, but the tense
atmosphere among party members caused a Labor conference held in Tel Aviv on
Thursday to end on a sour note.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067273.html
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Israel's next government will be 'more Jewish and more Zionist':
Israel's next government will be "more Jewish and more Zionist", the
confident faction leader of the right-wing National Union party declared
Thursday, following coalition talks with members of Prime Minister-designate
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067201.html
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UN radio: Dozens killed in clashes in south Sudan:
Two days of clashes between local government troops and militia in a
southern Sudan town killed at least 14 civilians and scores of fighters, a
U.N. spokesman said Thursday.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/26/africa/AF-Sudan-Southern-Clashes.php
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Britain Admits Complicity in U.S. Rendition:
In a stunning reversal, Britain's government admitted Wednesday that it
participated in the 'extraordinary rendition' to Afghanistan of two terror
suspects captured in Iraq.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45901
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FBI raids Iranian-born rocket scientist's office:
A nuclear space power institute at the University of Florida was raided
Wednesday by the FBI.
http://snipurl.com/cpi44
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Obama forecasts $1,750bn deficit:
The budget would see George W. Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest expire by
2011 and introduce new tax increases on families earning $250,000 or more to
pay for healthcare expansion.
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Grim US data show deepening downturn:
New US jobless claims unexpectedly spiked last week, reaching the highest
level since 1982 as companies continued cutting jobs.
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The worst business loss in UK history:
Royal Bank of Scotland came a step closer to full-scale nationalisation
today as the bank unveiled a record £24.1 billion loss and plans to raise up
to £25.5 billion from the taxpayer.
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UK: RBS ex-boss urged to cut pension:
Chancellor Alistair Darling told the BBC of the government's approach after
it emerged that Sir Fred is drawing a pension of £650,000 a year. Although
he is only 50, he is entitled to the payment for life, with a pension pot
worth £16m.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7911532.stm
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2 Money Managers Held in New Wall St. Fraud Case:
Their supposed investment prowess lured hundreds of millions of dollars from
public pension funds and universities and earned the two lavish trappings of
success: stately homes, a stake in the New York Islanders and, for Mr.
Greenwood, a horse farm that once belonged to Paul Newman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/business/26scam.html?_r=2&ref=business
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Housing Price Decline Accelerates:
For the fourth consecutive month, prices declined in all twenty cities in
the index
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/data-bytes/housing-market-monitor/housing-price-de
cline-accelerates/
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California's Newly Poor Push Social Services to Brink:
In California's Contra Costa County, 40,000 families are applying for just
350 affordable-housing vouchers. Church-operated pantries are running out of
food. Crisis calls have more than doubled in the city of Antioch, where the
Family Stress Center occupies the site of a former bank.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=as3PyDwmDEQY&refer=home
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McDonald's to charge more in poorer suburbs:
McDONALD'S is lifting prices in poorer suburbs where it believes consumers
are more likely to accept higher charges without complaint.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,27574,25107277-3102,00.html
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
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"Let us disappoint the men who would raise themselves upon the ruin of our
country." - -- John Adams - (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President
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"The rich will strive to establish their dominion and enslave the rest. They
always did...they always will. They will have the same effect here as
elsewhere, if we do not, by the power of government, keep them in their
proper spheres." -- Gouverneur Morris - (1752-1816) represented Pennsylvania
in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, author of large sections of the
Constitution for the United States, credited as the author of its Preamble
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"The laughter of fools has always been the reward of any man who comes up
with a new thought." Stephen Lister
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,311,696"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In
America'sWar On Iraq 4,251
icasualties.org/oif/
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The War in Iraq Costs
$600,252,605,395
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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Change? What Change?
U.S. To Leave Residual Force Of 50,000 In Iraq After "Pullout"
By ANNE GEARAN
"I think a limited number of those that remain will conduct combat
operations against terrorists, assisting Iraqi security forces," Pentagon
spokesman Geoff Morrell said. "By and large you're talking about people who
we would classify as enablers, support troops."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22102.htm
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"For This I Blame America"
Afghanistan: Chaos Central
By Chris Sands
Civilians are paying a heavier price. Caught between a rapidly developing
insurgency and an occupation force over-reliant on air strikes, they are
dropping like flies: according to the UN, 1,445 were killed from January to
August 2008 alone.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22104.htm
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Most Americans Support Decision to Add Occupation Troops in Afghanistan
By The Washington Post
About two-thirds of Americans support President Obama's decision to send
approximately 17,000 additional U.S. military forces to Afghanistan, and, in
stark contrast to the sour public reception of former president George W.
Bush's "surge" of troops in Iraq, support for Obama's move crosses party
lines, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22110.htm
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Obama's Afghan "Surge" Sows Seeds Of New Wars
By Keith Jones
The struggle against war requires the mobilization of the international
working class as an independent political force in the struggle against
capitalism and the outmoded nation-state system in which it is historically
rooted.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22106.htm
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Bailing Out With No Objections
How altruistic and honest about peace are nations willing to be?
By Raymond G. Wilson
Should there be any doubts in the minds of people of the earth as to the
desires of the United States for world peace with justice and fairness for
all nations, proposal of this plan by the United States government to the
United Nations would put such doubts to rest. It would renew the faith of
many Americans that their own government was not imperialistic.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22107.htm
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Casino Capitalism.
How Credit Unions Survived the Crash
By Ralph Nader
Eighty five million Americans belong to credit unions which are
not-for-profit cooperatives owned by their members who are depositors and
borrowers. Your neighborhood or workplace credit union did not invest in
these notorious speculative derivatives nor did they offer people "teaser
rates" to sign on for a home mortgage they could not afford.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22105.htm
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The U.S. Economy: Designed to Fail
By Richard C. Cook
Neither President Obama, nor his Democratic supporters or Republican
antagonists, should feel badly about what is happening. This is because the
system they have been given to work with was designed to fail.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22103.htm
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The California Budget and Class War
By Ann Robertson
On February 19, the California legislature, after weeks of wrangling, passed
a special budget to address the historically high $42 billion deficit. It
represents an unadulterated washout for working people who are attacked on
almost every front by the Democratic Party, which controls a broad majority
in the legislature.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22109.htm
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In Case You Missed it
"As The Arabs See The Jews"
By King Abdullah - The American Magazine November, 1947
This fascinating essay, written by King Hussein's grandfather King Abdullah,
appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
King Abdullah also asks how Jews can claim a historic right to Palestine,
when Arabs have been the overwhelming majority there for nearly 1300
uninterrupted years? The essay ends on an ominous note, warning of dire
consequences if a peaceful solution cannot be found to protect the rights of
the indigenous Arabs of Palestine.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22108.htm
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Civilians dead in Somalia clashes:
At least 48 civilians have been killed in two-days of fighting between
Somali rebel fighters and African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Mogadishu, the
Somali capital, a rights group said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/02/200922511163477931.html
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Four British troops killed by Taleban in a single day:
FOUR British servicemen died yesterday from injuries sustained during
incidents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirmed last night.
Three soldiers died when a bomb struck their Land Rover in the south of the
country. The three, who have not been named, were from 1st Battalion The
Rifles, and were on a routine escort operation in Gereshk district in
Helmand province yesterday
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Four-British-troops-killed-by.5017382.jp
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4,000 Muslim Brits Join Taliban:
THOUSANDS of British-born Muslims have joined the Taliban in Afghanistan. UK
troops say they are facing a mini civil war as more Brits head out to fight
for the enemy.
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Patrick Cockburn: Warning to the US: beware treating Afghanistan like Iraq:

It's a mistake to think that 'failed states' won't put up strong resistance
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Taliban call for peace with Afghans:
The Taliban are willing to work with all Afghan groups to achieve peace, but
the problems of Afghanistan can only be solved if foreign troops withdraw
from the country, a senior insurgent leader said.
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1331330
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Taliban Kill Man As "Gift To Obama" - Pakistan Police:
Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan in Pakistan's lawless tribal region
after accusing him of spying for the U.S., local police said Thursday.
http://snipurl.com/cpebs
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Pakistan's Sharif urges protests:
The call came after the country's supreme court banned on Wednesday Sharif
and his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, from contesting elections - a move likely
to sow political instability.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/20092264237545442.html
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Pakistani Army colonel 'was involved' in Mumbai terror attacks:
Police in Mumbai have accused a serving officer in the Pakistan Army of
being involved in the terrorist attacks on the city that killed more than
170 people in November.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5806381.ece
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Iraq: 2 Soldiers Killed:
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and 10 people wounded, including eight
students, when a roadside bomb exploded on Thursday morning near an Iraqi
army patrol on a road to Baghdad University in southern Baghdad, police
said.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7PM9Y5?OpenDocument
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U.S. To Leave Residual Force Of 50,000 In Iraq After "Pullout":
"I think a limited number of those that remain will conduct combat
operations against terrorists, assisting Iraqi security forces," Pentagon
spokesman Geoff Morrell said. "By and large you're talking about people who
we would classify as enablers, support troops."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22102.htm
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Obama to spend $200b on war in 2009:
President Barack Obama intends to ask the US Congress for more than USD 200
billion to cover the country's war spending.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=86838§ionid=3510203
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Change? What Change:
Obama seeks US$663.7b for 2010 defence spending:
President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a 663.7 billion dollar defence
budget, up a modest 1.5 percent on 2009, but projected a sharp decline in
spending on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming years.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/411785/1/.html
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'Honest' Obama budget sees huge deficit:
US President Barack Obama has unveiled his budget proposal for 2010, which
projects a deficit of $1.75 trillion for the current fiscal year.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=86870§ionid=3510203
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Pentagon allows media coverage of deceased US soldiers:
The US military will allow news media coverage of the return of the remains
of service members fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan, a reversal of George
Bush's policy of secreting the flag-draped coffins back into the country,
under a change announced at the Pentagon today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/26/pentagon-media-dead-soldiers-usa
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Barak Says Israel will 'Stop at Nothing' to Deny Iran Nukes:
Outgoing Defense Minister Ehud Barak sounded an urgent tone regarding Iran's
development of nuclear weapons in a speech he delivered in Netanya Wednesday
evening.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130150
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US statement says it will seek to end Iran's nuclear ambitions;
Iran says it has none: Mohammad Khazee said in a statement that Iran will
never try to acquire nuclear weapons and called the allegation that the
country engages in terrorism "baseless and absurd."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-un-un-us-iran,0,6353922.s
tory
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Embrace commandment of war, Hesder students told:
Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau delivered a speech expressing hope
that Israel would embark on preemptive wars rather than wait for "the enemy
to come here... and see the whites of our eyes."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=123
5410716304
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Palestinian factions agree on unity:
The Egyptian-brokered talks in Cairo between 12 different groups began on
Thursday and follow 18 months of disharmony between the Gaza Strip and the
West Bank.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/02/2009226164149524841.html
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Barak: We're headed toward truce with Hamas:
The Labor Party is attempting to recuperate from a humiliating election, in
which the party won a dismal 13 of the 120 Knesset seats, but the tense
atmosphere among party members caused a Labor conference held in Tel Aviv on
Thursday to end on a sour note.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067273.html
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Israel's next government will be 'more Jewish and more Zionist':
Israel's next government will be "more Jewish and more Zionist", the
confident faction leader of the right-wing National Union party declared
Thursday, following coalition talks with members of Prime Minister-designate
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067201.html
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UN radio: Dozens killed in clashes in south Sudan:
Two days of clashes between local government troops and militia in a
southern Sudan town killed at least 14 civilians and scores of fighters, a
U.N. spokesman said Thursday.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/26/africa/AF-Sudan-Southern-Clashes.php
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Britain Admits Complicity in U.S. Rendition:
In a stunning reversal, Britain's government admitted Wednesday that it
participated in the 'extraordinary rendition' to Afghanistan of two terror
suspects captured in Iraq.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45901
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FBI raids Iranian-born rocket scientist's office:
A nuclear space power institute at the University of Florida was raided
Wednesday by the FBI.
http://snipurl.com/cpi44
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Obama forecasts $1,750bn deficit:
The budget would see George W. Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest expire by
2011 and introduce new tax increases on families earning $250,000 or more to
pay for healthcare expansion.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6178d80e-03f7-11de-845b-000077b07658.html
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Grim US data show deepening downturn:
New US jobless claims unexpectedly spiked last week, reaching the highest
level since 1982 as companies continued cutting jobs.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b5f0a378-0418-11de-845b-000077b07658.html
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The worst business loss in UK history:
Royal Bank of Scotland came a step closer to full-scale nationalisation
today as the bank unveiled a record £24.1 billion loss and plans to raise up
to £25.5 billion from the taxpayer.
http://snipurl.com/cpi6l
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UK: RBS ex-boss urged to cut pension:
Chancellor Alistair Darling told the BBC of the government's approach after
it emerged that Sir Fred is drawing a pension of £650,000 a year. Although
he is only 50, he is entitled to the payment for life, with a pension pot
worth £16m.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7911532.stm
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2 Money Managers Held in New Wall St. Fraud Case:
Their supposed investment prowess lured hundreds of millions of dollars from
public pension funds and universities and earned the two lavish trappings of
success: stately homes, a stake in the New York Islanders and, for Mr.
Greenwood, a horse farm that once belonged to Paul Newman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/business/26scam.html?_r=2&ref=business
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Housing Price Decline Accelerates:
For the fourth consecutive month, prices declined in all twenty cities in
the index
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/data-bytes/housing-market-monitor/housing-price-de
cline-accelerates/
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California's Newly Poor Push Social Services to Brink:
In California's Contra Costa County, 40,000 families are applying for just
350 affordable-housing vouchers. Church-operated pantries are running out of
food. Crisis calls have more than doubled in the city of Antioch, where the
Family Stress Center occupies the site of a former bank.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=as3PyDwmDEQY&refer=home
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McDonald's to charge more in poorer suburbs:
McDONALD'S is lifting prices in poorer suburbs where it believes consumers
are more likely to accept higher charges without complaint.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,27574,25107277-3102,00.html
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
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Return of the War Party
By Patrick J. Buchanan
February 27, 2009 "The American Conservative"
-- -"Real men go to Tehran!" brayed the neoconservatives after the success
of their propaganda campaign to have America march on Baghdad and into an
unnecessary war that has forfeited all the fruits of our Cold War victory.
Now they are back, in pursuit of what has always been their great goal: an
American war on Iran.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22113.htm
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The Fox Guarding the Chicken Coop
Dennis Ross and Iran
By Sasan Fayazmanesh
Who is Dennis Ross, what does he advocate, how
was he positioned to become the adviser on Iran in the Obama Administration
and what will he do to Iran if he gets the chance? Let me briefly review the
case.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22111.htm
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Hegemony or Survival
America's Quest for Global Dominance
By Noam Chomsky
Chomsky indicates that America is just as much
a terrorist state as any other government or rogue organization.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22114.htm
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Exclusive: Taliban mediators, Afghan
and Western Officials in Secret Talks
Video Report By Aljazeera
The deal involves the return to Afghanistan of
Gulbbaldin Hekmatyar, the former prime minister, whose forces fight
alongside the Taliban.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22115.htm
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What About Bagram?
By William Fisher
In a brief filing in federal court last week,
lawyers from Obama's Department of Justice said they would adopt the same
position taken by the George W. Bush administration - that detainees held at
the Bagram air base in Afghanistan have no right to challenge their
detention in U.S. courts.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22112.htm
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The Geopolitical Great Game
Turkey and Russia Moving Closer
By F. William Engdahl
Despite the problems of the ruble and the weak
oil price in recent months for the Russian economy, the Russian Government
is pursuing a very active foreign policy strategy. Its elements focus on
countering the continuing NATO encirclement policy of Washington, with often
clever diplomatic initiatives on its Eurasian periphery.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22119.htm
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Officials Claim Unelected Former
General "Running The Country"
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
On Monday, Ehud Olmert, Israel's outgoing prime
minister, suspended Mr Gilad as his envoy to Egypt, responsible for
negotiating a ceasefire with Hamas, after Mr Gilad called the prime
minister's truce conditions "insane".
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22118.htm
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The Great Financial Crisis:
Interview of John Bellamy Foster
By Mike Whitney
The robbing of public funds to bailout private
capital is now on a scale probably never before seen. A politicized,
organized working class capable of understanding and reacting to that theft,
and choosing thereby to restructure society, to meet real social,
egalitarian needs is what is now to be hoped for.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22116.htm
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Ron Paul : On The Collapse Of
Capitalism
By Ron Paul
Nations will be redefined in this period.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22120.htm
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America's Two-Party System
By David Michael Green
The Republican party in America faces two grave
problems today. One is Barack Obama, probably the most skilled and
era-appropriate politician in a generation or more. - The other problem
threatening the very life of the Republican Party today is the Republican
Party
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22117.htm
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US occupation force solider killed in
Baghdad:
A US soldier assigned to the Multi-National
Force (MNF) died on Thursday due to injuries he sustained while conducting a
patrol in Baghdad, the MNF said in a statement Friday.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979087&Lan
guage=en
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Army: Enemy fire caused copter
collision in Iraq:
Enemy fire caused two U.S. Army helicopters to
collide in Iraq last month, killing four American pilots from Fort Drum,
officials at the northern New York military post said Friday.
http://www.syracuse.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-30/123574105414180.xml&st
orylist=state
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Iraq War may end, but plently of
fighting left:
The Marines based at Camp Lejeune now know when
their missions to Iraq will end, but they also know their deadly days of
fighting overseas are far from over.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/27/america/Obama-Mission-Continues.php
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Change? What change?:
Obama: 'Our combat mission in Iraq will
end' Aug. 31, 2010:
He'll keep 35,000 to 50,000 troops there in
non-combat missions.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/02/63426627/1
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Read the full speech here
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-of-President-Barack-Obama-Res
ponsibly-Ending-the-War-in-Iraq/
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Change? What change?:
McCain backs Obama Iraq pullout plan:

"Overall it is a reasonable plan and one that
can work and I support it," McCain told Reuters.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKTRE51Q3VH20090227
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Afghan: Taliban has 10,000 to 15,000
fighters: --
Afghanistan's interior minister says there may
be between 10,000 and 15,000 Taliban fighting inside his country, and the
insurgent group is operating across about 17 provinces.
http://snipurl.com/cseji
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Afghans protest alleged NATO gunshots
in mosque:
Hundreds of people blocked roads and fought
with police in southern Afghanistan on Friday over unconfirmed reports that
Polish troops fired guns in a village mosque, in a protest underscoring
Afghans' growing mistrust of international forces.
http://snipurl.com/csek5
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Change? What change?:
Drone Attacks Inside Pakistan Will
Continue, CIA Chief Says:
"Nothing has changed our efforts to go after
terrorists, and nothing will change those efforts," Panetta said in response
to questions about CIA missile attacks, launched from unmanned Predator
aircraft.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/25/AR2009022503584_
pf.html
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Israel launches campaign against UN
nuke watchdog chief:
Israel's Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
recently intensified its attacks on the director general of the
International Atomic Energy Agency, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei. The AEC, one of
the most classified bodies in Israel.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067072.html
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Olmert warns Iran over nuclear plant:

Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
shot a thinly-veiled warning at Iran on Thursday after its "arch-enemy"
announced the completion of its first nuclear power plant.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iCpL1iCM2OCmOC-4dvsx5nrBog2A
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US repeating old Iran lies at UN:

Iran's UN envoy has criticized the new US
ambassador, who accused Tehran of supporting terrorism and attempting to
develop nuclear weapons.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=86904§ionid=351020101
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Russia is "not part" of European plan
to increase sanctions on Iran - Churkin:
Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin on Friday said
his country is "not part" of the European intention to increase sanctions on
Iran following the IAEA's latest report on Tehran's nuclear activities, and
suggested to wait for the US-Iranian dialogue.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979198&Lan
guage=en
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Iran threatened with economic meltdown:

The sharp downward spiral of oil prices has
prompted economists to predict that Tehran is facing severe financial
hardship within the space of a few months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7907326.stm
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Eight policemen among 50 killed in
Somalia chaos:
The Deputy Commander of the Somali Police
Force, General Yusuf Dhumal has confirmed that 42 civilians and eight
policemen died during three days of clashes in Mogadishu this week. He also
said that 125 civilians and 11 policemen were wounded.
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/535710/-/13r85i9z/-/index.html
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50 killed in south Sudan fighting:

Fighting in the key south Sudan town of Malakal
this week has killed some 50 people and left another 100 wounded, a UN
official said yesterday.
http://snipurl.com/csep4
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Officers' bodies found after Bangladesh
mutiny ends Video:
The deadly extent of a military revolt in
Bangladesh is starting to emerge after the bodies of dozens of people were
pulled from drains and found in shallow graves in the capital, Dhaka.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs4I_BfFZU8&feature=channel_page
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Private military companies to supersede
regular armies:
They are licensed by the State Department; they
are contracting with foreign governments, training soldiers and reorganizing
militaries in Nigeria, Bulgaria, Taiwan, and Equatorial Guinea. The PMC
industry is now worth over $100 billion a year.
http://english.pravda.ru/world/europe/107146-private_military_company-0
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Argentina condemns CIA warning:

The Argentinian government has angrily
criticised Leon Panetta, the new director of the CIA, for warning of a
potential economic crisis in the country.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/02/200922702816325210.html
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Obama backs Moon return in NASA budget:
NASA will stay on track to return humans to the
Moon by 2020, according to an overview of President Obama's 2010 budget
request released on Thursday.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16676-obama-backs-moon-return-in-nasa-budg
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Arsonists Torch Berlin Porsches, BMWs
on Economic Woe :
When Berlin resident Simone Klostermann
returned from vacation and couldn't find her Mercedes SLK, she thought it
had been towed. Police told her the 35,000- euro ($45,000) car had been
torched.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=auZeM63nrgzo&refer=home
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'We're Not Paying For Your Crisis!':
Anger rises in Germany as the economy falls.
Trade unions and globalization-critical
protesters are planning demonstrations in Berlin and Frankfurt under the
banner: "We're not paying for your crisis."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,610099,00.html
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Supermarket Cashier Becomes German
Anti-Capitalist Hero:
In these times of economic crisis, even such a
measly sum as ?1.30 ($1.66) can turn a supermarket cashier into a national
hero -- and may ultimately cost a leading German politician his job.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,610083,00.html
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Thousands of Opel Workers Demonstrate
against GM:
Huge losses in Detroit threaten to doom the
German carmaker Opel, and the workers want a divorce from the parent
company.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,610159,00.html
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Warning for the West as crisis spills
onto streets:
The slump that has swept through developed
nations like the UK, the eurozone and the United States is hitting the
world's emerging economies with a speed and ferocity that has shocked even
the most pessimistic analysts.
http://snipurl.com/csevu
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Violence between repo men, car owners
on the rise:
The 67-year-old railroad retiree grabbed a gun,
walked out the back door and confronted not a thief but a repo man and two
helpers trying to tow off the Chrysler Sebring. Shots were fired, and Tanks
wound up dead, a bullet in his chest.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_re_us/repo_violence
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Citi Gets Nationalized; Don't Call It
Nationalization:
The Government has reached a deal to buy 36% of
Citigroup's common stock. The United States will now be the largest
shareholder of the troubled bank (But don't call it nationalization).
Citigroup announced another huge quarterly loss.
http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/02/citi-gets-nationalized-dont-call-it-nation
alization/
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Citigroup Stock Costs Less Than Their
ATM Fee:
The shareholders have essentially been wiped
out
http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/02/citigroup-stock-costs-less-than-their-atm-
fee/
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Problem bank list tops 250:
FDIC reports that number of troubled
institutions soared during the fourth quarter to the highest level since
1994.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/26/news/companies/fdic_banks/index.htm
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Dow Jones Industrial Average marks
worst February point drop in history:
The S&P closed at 752.44 on Nov. 20, though the
benchmark on Monday undercut that prior bear-market low.
http://snipurl.com/cseya
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Govt: 'Mass Layoffs' Soared In January:
Employers took a large ax to their payrolls in
January, the government said Wednesday, and the cuts are likely to get worse
over the next few months.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/25/govt-mass-layoffs-soared-_n_169898.html

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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq
"1,311,696"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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rmiaPi9v_QkBdMMKMQbYmI-zCa2tUfo6agkEQ-EPksHUH]
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially
acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,256
icasualties.org/oif/
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The War in Iraq Costs
$602,825,747,405
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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The Bottomless Bailout
By Ralph Nader
Does anybody in the federal government know or could know "who, what, where
and when" of the massive, complex, vertical, horizontal, global collapse of
Wall Street and its planetary tentacles in over 100 countries abroad? Step
forward if you exist! Uncle Sam needs you!
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22171.htm
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TR9Gu0GDHd1y3HF1DOg3Sdnm05SG_cWXmsuf_i8vEQxK]
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America Loses 23,000 Jobs Every Day
Output suffers biggest slump in 25 years
By Gráinne Gilmore, Economics Correspondent
In a further sign of the struggles that are facing workers in America, the
number of people forced into part-time work because their hours were cut or
they were unable to find full-time work rose by 787,000 to 8.6 million last
month. Yet despite the gloomy figures, analysts drew hope from evidence that
the pace of job losses was easing.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22170.htm
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423rwWpiTyGH6_Xq9zNja4a6WmjbXFO29dSYTmLZHWws-]
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The U.S. Financial System Is Effectively Insolvent
There is a grave risk of a global L-shaped depression.
By Nouriel Roubini
Even with the $2 trillion of government support, most of these financial
institutions are insolvent, as delinquency and charge-off rates are now
rising at a rate--given the macro outlook--that means expected credit losses
for U.S. financial firms will peak at $3.6 trillion. So, in simple words,
the U.S. financial system is effectively insolvent.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22168.htm
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p8tdSOr9okr-ZxTWo0qPZlUacgvI5l-DD3tGwFx-eatDe]
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This Is What A Financial Collapse Looks Like
Argentina's Economic Collapse
Video
Documentary on the events that led to the economic collapse of Argentina in
2001 which wiped out the middle class and raised the level of poverty to
57.5%. Central to the collapse was the implementation of neo-liberal
policies which enabled the swindle of billions of dollars by foreign banks
and corporations.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22169.htm
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o8Zpo2tx4VkupRBPuj0T6Y9WHq9yx4TdRN_SfmyhWZ9tB]
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Regression Is Not Progress
By Frank Scott
We have depended on foreigners buying our public debt in order to finance a
murderous foreign policy, while denying housing, health care and education
to millions of our people.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22173.htm
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CIA Destroyed 12 Harsh Interrogation Torture Tapes
By DEVLIN BARRETT
The CIA destroyed a dozen videotapes of harsh interrogations torture of
terror suspects, according to documents filed Friday in a lawsuit over the
government's treatment of detainees. The 12 tapes were part of a larger
collection of 92 videotapes of terror suspects that the CIA destroyed. The
extent of the tape destruction was disclosed through a suit filed by the
American Civil Liberties Union against the government.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22166.htm
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Obama's Backsliding on Torture
By Cori Crider
After the president's swift move to close Guantánamo, I thought Binyam
Mohamed would soon be free. I fear we were deceived.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22167.htm
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Why Did So Few Americans Give a Damn?
By William Pfaff
The documents currently being released by the Justice Department that
demonstrate the Bush administration's view of the president's constitutional
power in a "state of war" tell us things we suspected but didn't want to
know.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22165.htm
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Media Blackout on Single-Payer Healthcare
By FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)
Given the high level of popular support the policy enjoys, that's all the
more reason media should include it in the public debate about the future of
healthcare.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22172.htm
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Must Jews Always See Themselves As Victims?
By Antony Lerman
One leading Jewish thinker argues that until Jews shake off their
persecution complex, there can never be peace in the Middle East.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22164.htm
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3 bombings kill 15 amid political crisis in Pakistan:
In the Khyber tribal region, a suicide bomber killed four people and wounded
five at a mosque, government official Sadiq Khan said.
http://archive.gulfnews.com/world/Pakistan/10292739.html
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Pakistan militants shoot down drone: officials:
Taliban militants on Saturday shot down a suspected drone aircraft in a
Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/wl_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrest
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7 killed, 5 arrested in Afghan clashes: -
Seven Afghan militants were slain and five suspected militants were arrested
Saturday in several U.S.-led coalition operations, officials said.
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Afghans protest US raid official says killed 4:
Afghan demonstrators blocked the path of a U.S. military convoy in eastern
Afghanistan on Saturday after an overnight U.S. raid killed four Afghans and
wounded two, an official and protesters said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/07/AR2009030700214.
html
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Suicide attack kills 2 wounds 3 in W Afghanistan:
A suicide bomber blew himself up next to police department in Nimroz
province west of Afghanistan Saturday, killing two persons including one
police and wounding three others, provincial governor Ghulam Dastrigr Azad
said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/07/content_10962339.htm
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Aussie SAS men killed Afghans: Governor:
The governor of Oruzgan province in southern Afghanistan has accused
Australian SAS soldiers of killing four civilians.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=768585
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UK ex-commander says Afghanistan mission "worthless":
A former British commander in Afghanistan has described the military
operation in the south of the country as "worthless" and compared the
campaign to the start of the Vietnam war.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE52618020090307
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Iran deploys 10,000 soldiers on Pak-Iran border:
The Iranian Government has deployed these 10,000 commandoes along the
Pak-Iran border to restrict the activities of an organization namely
Jundullah, as the personnel of this organization have been found responsible
for terrorists activities in Iran and disappeared into the Pakistani areas
afterwards, an Iranian Official added.
http://snipurl.com/dcvnf
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Israeli warplanes await S-300 sale to Iran:
Russia's transfer of its S-300 air-defense systems to Iran would be the
trigger point for Israel to take Iran to war, says a US think-tank.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=87841§ionid=351020101
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US fails to derail Iran-Russia arms deal:
The Russian foreign minister disappoints US hopes by clarifying that its
military cooperation with Iran complies with international law.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=87790§ionid=351020101
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Kyrgyzstan: U.S. Allies Will Be Told to Leave Air Base:
The Kyrgyz Parliament voted 90 to 1 on Friday to end agreements with 11
allies of the United States who use the Manas Air Base as a refueling and
transport hub for the war in Afghanistan.
http://snipurl.com/dcvoz
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Russia could join missile shield: Clinton:
Russia could join a controversial US plan to deploy missile-defence systems
in Europe which has provoked outrage in Moscow, US Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Friday just hours before a meeting with her
Russian counterpart.
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14866761
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Russian FM: Make Middle East nuclear weapons-free zone:
Lavrov also called for a successor deal with the United States to their
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), saying this was a priority in
'resetting' their relations as Washington has urged.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069219.html
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Russia Lays Out Nuclear Arms Position After 'Reset' With U.S.:

Russia wants the follow-up agreement to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty, which expires in December, to limit a greater range of nuclear
weapons systems, Medvedev said in a statement read out by Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov today. A new agreement should cover warheads as well as the
land- and sea- based missiles and bombers that deliver them, Lavrov told the
United Nations in Geneva.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aq2nG_1h6IFo&refer=us
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Bomb kills 2 in Iraq: -
A roadside bomb in central Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad,
killed two civilians on Friday night, police said.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/RMOI-7PWLSB?OpenDocument
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Baghdad roadside bomb kills policeman:
A roadside bomb targeting a security patrol killed one policeman and injured
two others in a northern Baghdad suburb on Friday, police said.
http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/DesktopArticle.aspx?ArticleID=445601&Channel
Id=4
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One killed, 8 wounded in northern Iraq:
A former senior officer was killed and eight wounded in Mosul, capital of
northern Iraq's Nineveh province, provincial police said Saturday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/08/content_10965839.htm
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Study: 30% of Iraqis have witnessed shootings, bombings:
A study on Iraq reveals that about 30 percent have been exposed to shootings
or bombings, and others have witnessed killings or mutilated bodies
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3682593,00.html
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Militant dies in Gaza Strip blast:
One Palestinian militant was killed and two were wounded yesterday in an
explosion in the northern Gaza Strip as militants fired at least five
rockets into southern Israel.
http://snipurl.com/dcvsp
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Israel annexing East Jerusalem, says EU:
A confidential EU report accuses the Israeli government of using settlement
expansion, house demolitions, discriminatory housing policies and the West
Bank barrier as a way of "actively pursuing the illegal annexation" of East
Jerusalem.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/07/israel-palestine-eu-report-jerusalem

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Palestinian PM submits resignation:
Announcing the decision on Saturday, Fayyad said the resignation would take
effect after the formation of a Palestinian national unity government.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/03/200937101155197231.html
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US Affairs: Losing the lobby on the Hill?:
Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs
Middle East subcommittee, and represents heavily Jewish areas of New York's
Long Island, issued a scathing critique of Israel at his first hearing of
the session.
http://snipurl.com/dcvu1
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U.S. gov't takeover of mortgage giants good for Israeli banks:

The U.S. government's landmark takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac will also serve to boost banks in Israel, according to
banking analysts.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1018922.html
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Two killed in suicide attack on Algeria barracks:
Two people were killed and five others wounded in a suicide attack Saturday
on the barracks of Algerian security forces at Tadmait near Tizi Ouzou, east
of the capital, witnesses said.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/03/07/67946.html
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Ethiopia rebels claim killed 24 soldiers:
Ethiopia's Somali-ethnic rebellion on Saturday claimed it had killed 24
soldiers in recent fighting but the army denied being involved in clashes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/wl_africa_afp/ethiopiaunrestrebels
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Explosion kills five soldiers in Colombia:
Five soldiers were killed and eight were wounded in a booby trap explosion
while searching for rebel weapons in a remote region of central Colombia,
local media reported in Bogota on Friday.
http://snipurl.com/dcvw3
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UK: Revealed: police databank on thousands of protesters:
Films and details of campaigners and journalists may breach Human Rights Act
http://snipurl.com/dcvwp
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FBI Busts Alleged Anti-Government Group:
Four people arrested in a raid involving tax evasion and weapons charges
appeared in federal court Friday afternoon. Authoritites say the men are
suspected of being leaders of an anti-government movement called Soverign
Movement.
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=9962380
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More than One in 100 Adults are Behind Bars:
For the first time in history more than one in every 100 adults in America
are in jail or prison-a fact that significantly impacts state budgets
without delivering a clear return on public safety
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=35912
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IMF: Fifth of Britain's GDP spent so far on bailouts:
More than any other major economy, according to a grave assessment of the
world financial crisis published today by the International Monetary Fund.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/06/imf-uk-bailout-gdp
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'Run on UK' sees foreign investors pull $1 trillion out of the City:

Monies held in the UK on behalf of foreign investors - fell by $1 trillion
(£700bn) between the spring and the end of 2008, representing a huge loss of
funds and of confidence in the City of London.
http://snipurl.com/dcvyc
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Recession crime wave hits Britain:
His force, which takes the lead nationally on fraud investigations, have 615
live investigations into 689 suspects - from individual white collar cases
to multi-million pound "mini-Madoff" investment scams and massive mortgage
frauds.
http://snipurl.com/dcvyv
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Merrill Lynch probes $400m trader loss:
A Merrill Lynch currency trader has been suspended after racking up more
than $400m in undisclosed losses in recent months, raising further questions
about the financial health of the investment bank bought by Bank of America
last September.
http://snipurl.com/dcvzd
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Top U.S., European Banks Got $50 Billion in AIG Aid:
The beneficiaries of the government's bailout of American International
Group Inc. include at least two dozen U.S. and foreign financial
institutions that have been paid roughly $50 billion since the Federal
Reserve first extended aid to the insurance giant.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123638394500958141.html
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
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Dr. Shabbir
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Imagine
By Ron Paul
Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large
foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of
armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military
vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of "keeping us safe" or
"promoting democracy" or "protecting their strategic interests."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22184.htm
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Viva Palestina
George Galloway's Speaks To The People Gaza
Video
The Viva Palestina convoy drove slowly along the Salah Eddine road leading
to Gaza City taking in the atmosphere around them and savoring the moment of
history they had just created.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22182.htm
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Israeli "Settlers" Terrorise Palestinian Villagers
By Mel Frykberg
There are nearly 300,000 Israeli settlers living in the West Bank and nearly
200,000 in East Jerusalem, according to the Israeli information centre for
human rights B'Tselem. Under international law, including various UN
Security Council resolutions, the settlements are built illegally on
Palestinian land.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22185.htm
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Mr. President, Yes, You Could
By Alan Hart
Israel's political and military leaders are not interested (and never have
been) in peace on any terms the vast majority of Palestinians and most other
Arabs and Muslims everywhere could accept.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22188.htm
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US Recession Could Last Up to 36 Months: Roubini
By Jane Wells
The man who predicted the current financial crisis said the US recession
could drag on for years without drastic action. Among his solutions: fix the
housing market by breaking "every mortgage contract."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22187.htm
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Dmitry Orlov: Social Collapse Best Practices
Video and Transcript
The mid-1990s all sorts of silly things were happening. Professor Fukuyama
told us that history had ended, and so we were building a brave new world
where the Chinese made things out of plastic for us, the Indians provided
customer support when these Chinese-made things broke, and we paid for it
all just by flipping houses, pretending that they were worth a lot of money
whereas they are really just useless bits of ticky-tacky.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22183.htm
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1 in 50 children in US is homeless
By Cynthia Hubert
Homelessness is "very, very difficult on children," said Burke. "They have
lost their whole known world. They no longer have their neighborhood
friends. They may have left a pet behind. Their parents are very stressed.
They're in a new school. It's overwhelming for them."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22186.htm
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Baghdad market car bomb kills at least 40, injures 55 :
A car bomb in a Baghdad market killed 40 people and wounded 55 on Tuesday,
police said. It was one of four attacks that took place in Iraq within 24
hours.
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3 killed in Iraq attacks :
Near the northern city of Kirkuk, two policemen were reported killed by an
explosive device that went off near the convoy of Police Director Khalid
Mohammed.
http://snipurl.com/djhcp
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Pakistan troops kill 35 "militants": security official:
Pakistani security forces killed at least 35 militants in a restive
northwestern region after a two-day military operation, a senior security
official said Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090310/wl_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest
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Taliban kill three US 'spies' in South Waziristan:
Taliban shot dead three men, including two brothers, in South Waziristan
after filming them confessing to spying for the United States, officials
said
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009310story_10-3-2009_pg7_21
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Pakistan tribesmen sign peace deal:
Tribesmen in northwest Pakistan have signed a deal with the authorities
promising not to shelter anti-government fighters in the areas on the border
with Afghanistan, a local administration official has said
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/03/200939142050226772.html
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Pakistan: Bury the hatchet or bite the bullet:
Get ready for revolution: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif
asked people during a rally in Jhelum on Monday to "get ready to make
sacrifices for a revolution", urging them to "come out on the streets to
change your destiny".
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009310story_10-3-2009_pg1_1
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Eight :Taliban Fighters" Killed in Helmand :
Eight "Taliban insurgents" have been killed in the southern Helmand
Province, Afghan Ministry of Defense stated in a press release.
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Roadside Bomb Kills 4 in Afghanistan:
A roadside blast ripped through a civilian vehicle in southern Afghanistan
on Tuesday, killing four people and wounding six others, a government
spokesman said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,507984,00.html
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Attacks on Afghan Security Forces Triple in Year:
The report says attacks on Afghan police increased from 97 to 289, and that
about 56 police officers are killed in action each month.
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Biden says West "not winning" in Afghanistan:
"The deteriorating situation in the region poses a security threat not just
to the United States but to every single nation round this table," Biden
told representatives of the 26-country military pact during a visit to
Brussels.
http://snipurl.com/djhjf
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Iran says U.S. still "warmongering":
Iran's top military commander said the new U.S. administration was just as
"warmongering" as its predecessor, but that the United States could not
afford to attack Iran , an Iranian news agency reported on Tuesday.
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5381527/iran-says-warmongering/
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102498926528&e=001M86PjE0mUOpzA_xJyVTUHcohjfUHMmXFVrD
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Official: Iran doesn't have fuel for nuke warhead:
A top U.S. intelligence official says Iran does not have any highly enriched
uranium, the fuel used to power a nuclear warhead.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090310/ap_on_go_co/intelligence_threats
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102498926528&e=001M86PjE0mUOrDTV5tsbxn_y8hj3k777v7RqA
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U.S. intel chief: Israel takes `worst-case` view of Iran nukes threat:

A top U.S. intelligence official says Israel had adopted more of a
"worst-case" interpretation in concluding that Iran was further along in
nuclear weapon development, but this was based on the same facts as
Washington was working with.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070011.html
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Interpol studying Iranian request to put 25 Israelis on wanted list:

France-based Interpol said it took the unusual step of confirming the
request from a member country publicly, "as Iranian government officials
have made their request public."
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10293640.html
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Assad: Peace with Israel now impossible:
The Syrian President has ruled out the normalization of ties with Israel
unless Tel Aviv 'ends its aggression against Palestinians'.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=88036§ionid=351020206
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China has killed 'hundreds of thousands of Tibetans': Dalai Lama:

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday accused China of having
killed hundreds of thousands of his people and transforming his Himalayan
homeland into a "hell on earth."
http://snipurl.com/djhoj
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b6w==]
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China hits back in US navy row:
A US navy mapping ship that the Pentagon says was "harassed" by Chinese
ships over the weekend, was conducting illegal operations in the South China
Sea, China's foreign ministry has said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/03/200931013517425644.html
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102498926528&e=001M86PjE0mUOqhiynvVSkHlStDsuOrB7Z5HB4
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j4UyWI1M=]
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Military rule looms in Madagascar after army ultimatum:
Madagascar's army chief warned on Tuesday his troops would take control of
the Indian Ocean island if political leaders failed to resolve a worsening
crisis within 72 hours.
http://snipurl.com/djhqb
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U.S. embassy advises staff to leave Sudan:
The U.S. Embassy staff members in the Sudan have been told to leave the
country for security reasons. The optional instruction is meant for
non-essential staff of the American diplomatic center in capital Khartoum,
and their family members.
http://snipurl.com/djhrc
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Somali cabinet votes to implement sharia law:
New President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed is trying to restore stability and
security in Somalia, and experts say the move to establish sharia or Islamic
law is aimed at undermining Islamist guerrillas who have waged an insurgency
for the last two years.
http://snipurl.com/djhss
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nWA==]
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Bolivia expels U.S. diplomat for "conspiring":
The president said he needed to expel Martinez "to put an end to a foreign
conspiracy."
http://snipurl.com/djhu0
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Morales to Propose Decriminalization of Coca at UN Convention:

Bolivian President Eva Morales heads to Vienna today to ask a United Nations
commission to reverse its 48-year-old decision to qualify the coca leaf as a
narcotic, Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said
http://snipurl.com/djhv4
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Thirty-seven Colombians deported for alleged plot against Chávez:
A group of 37 Colombians, who were deported from Venezuela for allegedly
being members of a paramilitary group that attempted to assassinate
President Hugo Chávez, complained of mistreatment.
http://snipurl.com/djhwm
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t7A==]
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Venezuela: Material Girls:
Madres del Barrio, or Mothers of the Neighbourhood, is a women's inclusion
programme in Venezuela that provides family planning advice, vocational
training and loans so that mothers from the poorest communities can fight
their way out of poverty.
http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=980&catID=7
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Report: Detainees Say They Planned Sept. 11:
The five detainees at Guantánamo Bay charged with planning the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks have filed a document with the military commission
at the United States naval base there expressing pride at their
accomplishment and accepting full responsibility for the killing of nearly
3,000 people.
http://snipurl.com/djhyj
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IOg==]
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Mossad Link Found to One of Key 9-11 Hijackers:
Buried in a New York Times story on Feb. 19 was the eye-opening revelation
that a Lebanese who has been taken into custody by the Lebanon-which has
accused him of being a spy for some 25 years for Israeli intelligence-just
happens to be a cousin of one of the men alleged to have been one of the
9-11 hijackers.
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2009/03/10/216416.htm
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U.S. allies told to review role in secret renditions:
A United Nations investigator urged U.S. allies from Britain to Pakistan on
Tuesday to fully investigate whether they helped in secret renditions that
led to the illegal torture or disappearance of terror suspects.
http://news.stv.tv/world/81371-us-allies-told-to-review-role-in-secret-rendition
s/
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An interview with Andy Worthington, author of "The Guantánamo
Files":
You're correct to describe the transfer of prisoners from Afghanistan to
Guantánamo as a "rendition flight" - or, to be more accurate, many dozens of
rendition flights.
http://snipurl.com/dji1a
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Last 'enemy combatant' in US transferred to federal custody:

Ali al-Marri had been held without charge in a military brig in South
Carolina ever since president George W. Bush declared him an enemy combatant
in 2003, but late last month the Justice Department formally charged him
with providing support to Al-Qaeda .
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5381561/enemy-combatant-transferred-federal-c
ustody/
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Africa 'faces increased poverty':
Millions of Africans could be pushed back into poverty and conflict as a
result of the global financial crisis, the head of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/03/20093108392738860.html
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Evans-Pritchard: Dow 4,000 by Summer:
Global trade and economic output are collapsing at rates that outpace the
Depression of the 1930s, and "shock and awe" policies are required from the
U.S. government to revive global growth, says Daily Telegraph International
Business Editor Ambrose Evans-Pritchard.
http://snipurl.com/dji3f
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g4Q==]
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Baby Boomers Going Bust:
The report details how the collapse has left the majority of those around
retirement-age almost completely reliant on entitlements. The net worth of
median households in the 45 to 54 age bracket has dropped by more than 45
percent since 2004, to just over $80,000. Households headed by those aged 55
to 64, meanwhile, have lost 38 percent of net wealth.
http://snipurl.com/dji4l
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fiA==]
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Climate change 'worse than thought':
A group of scientists meeting in Copenhagen, the Danish capital, has called
on the public to show a "stronger sense of urgency" in tackling climate
change, warning that global warming is accelerating faster than previously
expected.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/03/200931011511996714.html
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102498926528&e=001M86PjE0mUOqnRRQ_--zWpwlu3-hNDEf0YFj
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
Wassalam,
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Dr. Shabbir
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially
acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,255
icasualties.org/oif/
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The War in Iraq Costs
$604,201,602,599
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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Exposed
Cheney Assassination Squads
By Eric Black
MSNBC reported that Seymour Hersh has uncovered evidence that Vice President
Cheney operated secret assassination squads out of the White House by using
military personnel without the knowledge of the CIA.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22194.htm
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m5UIST4WJ-UQXCo5z25FVzn-j_q6xwIuAiZsgKJdZmsm9dxpozLUl_S4J5_SAjar_TnAKy5p81awT9M1
OZZTfYk0GPLS58J6xWQTaCUZbqaLyILDIfAWrlChC4y80]
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Seven Years in Iraq
The War is Not Over
By John Ross
The first step in this charade of false closure is Obama's drawdown. The
next is to make the citizens of the occupying power forget Iraq ever
happened - a brainwashing that has been in process since the "success" of
Bush's "surge." One problem though: how do you brainwash the brain dead?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22197.htm
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5T3gWPdGF7mjd3T5qxKZ_wdcviQ3lvTVjedn6nPmIbHFY]
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Memo told Blair Aides Saddam Hussein Posed no Imminent Threat
By Paul Waugh
Intelligence experts explicitly warned Tony Blair's aides that Britain was
not in "imminent danger of attack" from Saddam Hussein, a confidential memo
revealed today.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22198.htm
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RjOadr0z2cIZllg6jWP3mTZyH7tX1ForhMtf-JS6MfgC-MiDsbuD9iaDJVsIgW90rDk-tqFI7i4kuHpe
ltCU1tDlqqt46Bgw_9UjuiEdIqLCENKykyth2jRTr94iZ]
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Gaza: Lest We Forget
By Ahmad Barqawi
It gives me shudders to think that I am living in a day & age where
rationalizing the bombing of unaided infants & children audaciously live on
T.V. is just as effortless as opening a soda can, all you have to do is
throw in broad & ambiguous justifications... -the most common one of course
being "Fighting Terrorism"- & you're automatically immune against the
slightest form of protest, condemnation or even friendly critique.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22200.htm
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iFrvXzV13H8aVNPcxAOedR4cMcouJOOSEl5DcL-jggZ_OAOjY1-lApAIVDJIe3r9IMCs78l6cMdXXigq
QOUkRFrsZzmOjYRDViyPbckCX7p59JVZyyztZpx9p5JQA]
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Clinton: U.S. Gaza Aid Tied to Recognition of Israel
By Barak Ravid
About $900 million pledged by the United States to the Palestinians will be
withdrawn if the expected Palestinian Authority coalition government between
Fatah and Hamas does not recognize Israel's right to exist, Western and
Israeli diplomats said Wednesday.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22195.htm
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C4UIZWaiTaFXPeeF8C2tXkiu_lAUzfSOvuxNf7B9as7ikw2xfMQpf74Cxfb_7AZBaaOE0LyH7YzKYQnO
u2nrLZKCTyp5xmd4385OgaP4Ny7KEw_Uc1IvW5P8aGLDy]
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Breaking the Taboo on Israel's Spying Efforts on the United States
By Christopher Ketcham
Scratch a counterintelligence officer in the U.S. government and they'll
tell you that Israel is not a friend to the United States.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22196.htm
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Timidity Derails Obama Intel Choice
By Ray McGovern
In June 1967, the Israelis learned that they could get away, literally, with
murder and still not endanger their influence in Washington. Events of the
past weeks demonstrate that they and their Lobby are equally good at
character assassination. It is embarrassingly shameful to watch President
Obama acquiesce in all this.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22193.htm
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sWcZQoBJpWW4KMLeJm-pzwr2iC_g9C5TIXddSYRh3iFvA]
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Haircut Time For Bondholders
By Mike Whitney
When George Soros recently said that the financial system had "effectively
disintegrated", it caused quite a flap. But Soros was not exaggerating. The
financial system has disintegrated. What we are experiencing now is just the
fallout from that event.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22202.htm
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wE9ynz1iFAr0NcI8CLcLU5t_s3g0txllf07nKv1pp5yyt]
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Reforming the Global Financial System
Flushing the Parasites
By Nikki Alexander
Why rob just one bank when you can rob the whole nation? And why rob just
one country when you can rob them all? Flushing the global economy of this
systemic parasite begins with understanding how its debilitating web of debt
is manufactured.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22199.htm
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5_NS8RyjqHQ0P8mAEG4bLiyUlXiKJrB2589RmuEdzU9zU]
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In case you missed it
Madoff and Company Spent Nearly $1 Million on Washington Influence
By Lindsay Renick Mayer
The man behind a $50 billion Ponzi scheme that has roiled Wall Street and
shaken up the nonprofit world was also a long-time contributor to Democrats,
the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has found.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22201.htm
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Pakistan: Security forces kill 18 "militants" in Momand:
'At least 18 "militants" were killed, including one important commander,' a
security official told AFP. He did not disclose the identity of the
commander.
http://snipurl.com/doxh5
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Pakistani police block opposition protest march:
Police detained protest leaders Thursday and stopped hundreds of marchers
from leaving Pakistan's largest city for a rally in the capital,
underscoring the government's determination to squelch the demonstration.
http://snipurl.com/doxis
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Demonizing Pakistan: Taliban operate freely from Quetta: US:

Pakistan came under immense pressure at a US Senate hearing this week, as
both officials and senators accused Islamabad of allowing terrorists to use
its soil for planning attacks on the United States.
http://snipurl.com/doxjs
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Bring tanks: Canadians to Americans headed to Kandahar:
As the U.S. prepares this spring to surge 17,000 fresh troops into
Afghanistan, they have two words of advice for their American colleagues:
Bring tanks.
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/03/11/8710421.html
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Taliban poised at the gates of Kabul:
"We are working on a security strategy for the city and if we don't get it
right, they can attack at any minute, at any hour, any time,"
says Commander Mohammed Daud Amin, in charge of securing the Kabul district
that includes the Presidential Palace and many government ministries.
http://snipurl.com/doxlc
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dzA==]
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US looks for Afghan supply routes even in Iran: Report :
US military officials are exploring alternative supply routes for NATO and
Afghan troops in Afghanistan that include Iran, the New York Times reported
Thursday.
http://snipurl.com/doxm7
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Iran to attend Afghanistan talks: spokesman:
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said Iran would attend an
upcoming conference on Afghanistan, the semi-official Fars news agency
reported Thursday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/13/content_11002106.htm
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American diplomat affirms Washington''s desire to restore ties with
Tehran:
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has conveyed a message to the Iranian
leadership from the US Administration affirming Washington's desire to
"resort to positive methods of dealing" with Tehran, the US Ambassador here
said on Thursday.
http://snipurl.com/doxnf
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Manufacturing Consent For Attacks On Iran:
Iran missile, nuclear threat 'real, dangerous' - Russian analyst:

"Iran is actively working on a missile development program. I won't say the
Iranians will be able to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles in the
near future, but they will most likely be able to threaten the whole of
Europe," said Maj. Gen. Vladimir Dvorkin, head of the Moscow-based Center
for Strategic Nuclear Forces.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090312/120537431.html
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Iran 'one or two years' from nuclear weapon: Russian expert:

"In the technical sense, what may be holding them back is the lack of enough
weapons-grade uranium," said Dvorkin, who today heads a strategic arms
research centre at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090312/wl_mideast_afp/russiairanmilitarymissile
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Iran sends nuclear letter to UN:
Iran has reacted to Western accusations leveled against the country's
uranium enrichment activities in lengthy and detailed letter.
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Three more Iraqi soldiers killed near Mosul:
Three Iraqi soldiers were killed by two roadside bombs as they patrolled
areas around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, police said.
http://snipurl.com/doxqj
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Two Iraqis killed in Baghdad violence:
Two people were killed and seven others wounded, including two senior police
officers, in Baghdad on Thursday morning, an Interior Ministry source said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/12/content_10999826.htm
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Iraq: Shoe-thrower sent to prison for 3 years:
Zaidi's sister Ruqaiya burst into tears at the verdict and shouted "Down
with Maliki, the agent of the Americans," referring to Iraq's Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki.
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/shoethrower+sent+to+prison/3027267
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Hamas condemns rocket fire on Israel:
"Regarding the report about rockets fired from Gaza, we emphasize that these
rockets have no link to any of the Palestinian resistance groups and are
being fired at the wrong time. We emphasize also that the security agencies
are investigating who is behind such acts," the Hamas-controlled Interior
Ministry said.
http://snipurl.com/doxsn
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U.S. official: Obama won't cut military aid to Israel:
The $30 billion in aid promised to Israel over the next decade will not be
harmed by the world financial crisis, the official told Israel Radio.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070318.html
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The Israel lobby's Lexington and Concord:
Chas Freeman's resignation is the first skirmish in what will be a long war
between the Obama administration and the Israel lobby
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/mar/11/chas-freeman-isra
el-lobby-obama
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Australia threatens to quit Durban 2 anti-racism meet :
Like U.S., Australia is demanding the final wording of declaration be
changed to omit anti-Israel rhetoric
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070565.html
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Lancet Report: Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory:

"Hope for improving health and quality of life of Palestinians will exist
only once people recognise that the structural and political conditions that
they endure in the occupied Palestinian territory are the key determinants
of population health", states the first report in the Series
http://www.thelancet.com/series/health-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory
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Cheney supervised 'assassination ring'?:
Seymour Hersh says an 'executive assassination ring' in the US military was
in direct contact with the Bush administration's second-in-command.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=88339§ionid=3510203
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Italian court says state secrets breached in CIA kidnap case:

The court ruled that wiretap surveillance of the Italian secret services
contravened state secrecy laws, but a lawyer for the prosecution, Alessandro
Pace, said the decision did not doom their case.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hprtgOLowZAptYd7KJExjftx07ig
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The Drug War: An Old Mission for the Pentagon:
Here is how the system works. U.S. government policy produces the conditions
for a crisis, which then is used as the excuse for military intervention,
which means ever-growing budgets for government officials.
http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2009-03-11.asp
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Terrorist watch list hits 1 million:
Without specific rules for who goes on the list, it's too bloated to be
effective, says Tim Sparapani, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties
Union.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-03-10-watchlist_N.htm
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In Congress, UN chief calls US 'deadbeat' donor:
A day after his White House meeting with President Barack Obama, U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon raised congressional hackles by calling the
United States a "deadbeat" donor to the world body.
http://snipurl.com/doxyb
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The tax haven scandal must end:
Britain's offshore tax havens are central to worldwide tax dodging. We must
clean up our financial act
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/12/tax-evasion-avoidance-jersey

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Foreclosure Filings in U.S. Jump 30%, Thwart Prevention Effort:

Foreclosure filings in the U.S. climbed 30 percent in February from a year
earlier as the worsening economy thwarted efforts by the government and
lenders to prevent homeowners from losing property, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a.r81zAhO1so&refer=us
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Federal Budget Deficit Reaches $765B In 5 Months :
Lower tax revenue and massive government spending on the bank bailout pushed
the federal deficit to $765 billion in the first five months of the budget
year, well on its way to hitting the Obama administration's projection of a
record annual imbalance of $1.75 trillion.
http://snipurl.com/doy0y
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More Companies At Risk of Failing:
Moody's, the ratings agency, recently published a list of "bottom rung"
companies most likely to default on their debt. The criteria are technical,
but the upshot is that a lot of companies are in deep trouble - and the list
is getting longer, not shorter.
http://biz.yahoo.com/usnews/090310/10_more_companies_at_risk_of_failing.html?.&.
pf=family-home
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
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"It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the
truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition to stand up
for it:" A. A. Hodge

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"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is
shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of
others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope,
and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring,
those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of
oppression and resistance". Robert F. Kennedy US Attorney
General 1961-64, assassinated in Los Angeles while campaigning

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"I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big success,
and I am for those tiny invisible molecular moral forces that work from
individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so
many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, yet which if you give them
time, will rend the hardest monuments of man's pride": William James

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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq
"1,311,696"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially
acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,259
icasualties.org/oif/

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The War in Iraq Costs
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Israel's American Chattel

By Paul Craig Roberts

How is the United States a superpower when it cannot appoint the
official who oversees the National Intelligence Estimate without the approval of
the Israeli right-wing government and its American agents?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22241.htm
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Ve5cck9a3o6tRJ5m7eYZRSl-pUH5lb2VRVeGvzZOcjkwf]

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Of Patriots and Assassins

By Pat Buchanan

"The tactics of the Israel lobby plumb the depths of dishonor
and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the
willful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods and an utter
disregard for the truth."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22240.htm
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2ClVNaXC9NKrzX6ip-5XWxzdDHorRptYxnjntCY-JEZ6m]

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How To Destroy the Government in Three Easy Steps

By Joe Brewer

Here's your very own how-to manual for getting Big Government
out of the way so you and your buddies can horde all the wealth to yourselves
and build your empire..
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22242.htm
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The Parable of the Shopping Mall

By Alexander Cockburn

The savage reverses for capitalism, the gaping wounds in its
pretensions, comprise the single most salient feature in the world today.
Whether in the collapse in the western banking system, the agonies of
post-Soviet economies like the Baltic and Eastern European Republics, the rubble
of Indian neo-liberal policies, the economic mantras of an entire generation are
going up in smoke. For the left it should be a time of unrivalled opportunity.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22239.htm
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Those Hit Hardest Get No Bailout

By Amy Goodman

Obama has surrounded himself with financial advisers who are too
cozy with Wall Street, like Summers and Geithner. It's time to direct the
stimulus to the people who need it, to those whose tax dollars are funding it.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22244.htm
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The Failed Presidency of Barack Obama

By TA Frank

How the president's timid response to the economic crisis failed
to capture America's populist outrage.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22243.htm
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Canada Hosting War Crimes Suspect George W. Bush

By John Mcnamer

The Canadian government has knowingly allowed the violation of
both Canadian domestic law and international human-rights law by failing to stop
former U.S. president George W. Bush from crossing the border for a paid
speaking engagement with a private Calgary audience.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22238.htm
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Pakistan: Five killed in attack on Malakand university:

According to an injured watchman of the University a group of
over hundred armed miscreants in the garb of Taliban entered the Varsity
premises at 12:45am after beating the gatekeeper.
http://snipurl.com/e3jtg
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U.S. Weighs Attacks Further Into Pakistan:

President Obama and his national security advisers are
considering expanding the American covert war in Pakistan far beyond the unruly
tribal areas to strike at a different center of Taliban power in Baluchistan,
where top Taliban leaders are orchestrating attacks into southern Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/world/asia/18terror.html?_r=1&hp
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Pakistan likely to see giant raise in US aid:

John Kerry, the Democratic chairman of the Senate foreign
relations committee, and Richard Lugar, the top Republican on that panel, are
expected to introduce legislation soon that would triple non-military aid to
Pakistan, to US$1.5 billion (Dh5.5bn) annually, over the next five years. They
have proposed another $7.5bn in assistance for the five years beyond that.
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090318/FOREIGN/370516782/1002
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NATO occupation force soldier killed in southern
Afghanistan:

NATO says one of its soldiers has died of wounds received in an
insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_27
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At least 4 killed in Iraq attacks:

A roadside bomb killed a man and his wife when it blew up their
car in the town of Saadiya, 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7Q9J7Y?OpenDocument
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IDF to U.S.: Israel Closing In on Taking Military Aim at
Iran:

The newspaper quoted sources that claimed Lieutenant-General
Ashkenazi told American officials that Israel is preparing for a military
attack.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130490
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Coalition deal tasks Lieberman with Iran issue:

The coalition agreement that the Likud signed with Israel
Beiteinu at 1 a.m. on Monday not only makes party leader Avigdor Lieberman
foreign minister, it also puts him in charge of Israel's strategic dialogue with
the United States on issues such as Iran, according to a draft of the deal
obtained by The Jerusalem Post.
http://snipurl.com/e3jy9
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Mr. Iran envisions 'major' war in coming months:


Amid lingering talks of war on Iran, Israel's prime
minister-designate raises the alarm about a major military conflict in the
coming months.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=88605§ionid=351020104
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Russia signs deal to supply Iran with air-defense
missiles:

Russian news agencies say a top defense official has confirmed
that Russia has signed a contract to sell S-300 air-defense missiles to Iran but
that none of the weapons have been delivered.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072007.html
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Top UN official says U.S. demonizing Iranian president:


UN General Assembly chief Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann lashed out
at the West, particularly the U.S., for demonizing the Iranian president.
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/mar/1233.html
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Israel may worsen Hamas prisoners' conditions:

Special ministerial committee appointed to examine ways to
pressure Hamas. Justice minister compares Hamas to Hitler, says 'some lines will
not be crossed'
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3687974,00.html
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Europe begins transfer of MKO terrorists: Report:


The group, comprised of 64 senior members of the Mujahedin Khalq
Organization, were transferred from Jordan to an unknown European state by two
military planes, the Tabnak website reported.
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/mar/1234.html
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Jewish fury at visit by Iran leader:

Anglican Archbishop Philip Freier is under fire from the Jewish
community for hosting a function for former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami
while he is in Melbourne this month.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/jewish-fury-at-visit-by-iran-leader-20090317-9
115.html
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'Likud lobby' stifling debate, says diplomat:

The senior diplomat who withdrew as one of Barack Obama's top
intelligence officials in a row over Israel has stepped up his attack on those
he says are stifling debate in the United States, adding that he was "deeply
insulted" to be accused of antisemitism for criticising what he described as
"the Israel lobby".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/16/chas-freeman-intelligence-israel
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'Israel to return Golan Heights':

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Tel Aviv has agreed to
return the strategic Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to Syria in return for
peace.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=89009§ionid=351020206
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National debt hits record $11 trillion:

The eye-popping national debt surpassed $11 trillion Monday, the
largest in U.S. history.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20139.html
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Madagascar court backs Rajoelina:

Madagascar's high court has backed Andry Rajoelina a day after
he was handed the presidency by the country's military.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/africa/2009/03/200931894810276979.html
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Czech delays US missile shield vote:

The Czech government has postponed a bill in its parliament that
would allow the US to build a missile defence radar station southwest of Prague,
the country's capital.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/03/2009318144631785866.html
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Shoes thrown to protest Bush:

THREE Canadians were arrested and others threw shoes in protest
against George W. Bush today when he gave his first post-presidential speech in
western Canada's oil patch.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25204128-5005961,00.html
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Cheney says U.S. can torture :

According to recently released legal memos from the Bush-Cheney
administration, the former vice president believes that the federal government
can ignore the First Amendment and suppress free speech and freedom of the press
as part of its "war on terror."
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/16/cheney.government/
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CIA Kidnap Trial to Resume in April:

An Italian judge says the trial of 26 U.S. agents and seven
Italians accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect will resume next month, after
the Constitutional Court clarifies key rulings in the case.
http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/cia-kidnap-trial-to-resume-in-april/5337/

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Veterans Groups Denounce Private Insurance Proposal:


An Obama administration proposal to bill veterans' private
insurance companies for treatment of combat-related injuries has prompted
veterans groups to condemn the idea as unethical and powerful lawmakers on
Capitol Hill to promise their opposition.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/17/AR2009031702537_
pf.html
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Russia wants to start debate on new reserve currency at
G20:

Russia is proposing that discussions into the possibility of
creating a new world reserve currency are initiated at the upcoming G20 summit
in London, a government source said on Wednesday.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090318/120627306.html
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UK: Two million jobless for the first time in 12 years:


The number of people claiming jobless benefits rose by the
largest amount on record last month, official data showed, and total
unemployment rose above two million for the first time since 1997.
http://snipurl.com/e3ktq
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Caterpillar to lay off 2,454 workers in 3 states:, -


Caterpillar Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to lay off more than
2,400 employees at five plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia as the heavy
equipment maker continues to cut costs amid the global economic downturn.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CATERPILLAR_LAYOFFS?SITE=AP
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AIG seeks 50% refund on bonuses:

The AIG boss has admitted mistakes made at the insurer and
called on the recipients of lavish bonuses to return half of the money.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=89020§ionid=3510203
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Only a free and
unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount
among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of
the government from deceiving the people: Black Hugo L.

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"Propaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some
of the facts from them.": Harold Evans

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"The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people
from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus
becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress
dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension,
the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.": Joseph Goebbelswas born in 1897
and died in 1945. Goebbels was Hitler's Minister of Propaganda

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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq
"1,320,110"
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially
acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,259
icasualties.org/oif/

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The War in Iraq Costs
$606,125,564,026
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

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Why Avigdor Lieberman is the Worst Thing That Could
Happen to the Middle East

By Robert Fisk

Only days after they were groaning with fury at the Israeli
lobby's success in hounding the outspoken Charles Freeman away from his proposed
intelligence job for President Obama, the Arabs now have to contend with an
Israeli Foreign Minister whose - let us speak frankly - racist comments about
Palestinian loyalty tests have brought into the new Netanyahu cabinet one of the
most unpleasant politicians in the Middle East.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22251.htm
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Freeman's Fight

The Israel Lobby Gets Its Man-And Tips Its Hand.

By Philip Weiss

Charles Freeman Jr.'s withdrawal of his acceptance of a
high-level intelligence position in the Obama administration was a
national-security drama more riveting than an episode of "24." The moral was
clear: even a president who owes his job to a progressive movement in American
politics could not support a longtime public servant who had made the mistake of
criticizing Israel.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22249.htm
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The "Card Check" Hullabaloo

By Mike Whitney

Big business has launched a no-holds-barred propaganda blitz
against the Employee Free Choice Act. Their goal is to scare people into
believing that if the bill passes it will trigger higher unemployment and a
deeper recession. According to opponents, there's even the threat of creeping
socialism. The truth, of course, is far less dramatic. The Employee Free Choice
Act or so called "card check" simply makes it easier for unions to organize.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22250.htm
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Was the Bailout Itself a Scam?

By Paul Craig Roberts

After Washington's trillion dollar bank bailouts and trillion
dollar gratuitous wars for the sake of the military industry's profits and
Israeli territorial expansion, there is no money for Social Security and
Medicare.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22248.htm
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Restoring our Financial Sovereignty

A New Monetary System

By Nikki Alexander

Today the nation is essentially bankrupt and hoping Barack
Obama's team of Wall Street advisors will forestall economic collapse. This
expectation is equivalent to hoping that Al Capone will make our streets safe.
Obama's economic recovery team is a Trojan horse filled with the same Wall
Street racketeers that infected the global economy with a quadrillion dollar
derivatives bubble, using deliberately deregulated mechanisms.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22247.htm
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We Have Seen the Enemy...

By Timothy V. Gatto

When did political dissent become a reason to end up grounded at
an airport because you found out at a most inconvenient time that your name had
been mysteriously added to a "no-fly list"? When did the American government
begin building FEMA camps and what exactly is their purpose? When did Congress
become the rubber stamp for policies of reading the correspondence and listening
in on the conversations of the American public?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22246.htm
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Preparing for Civil Unrest in America

Legislation to Establish Internment Camps on US Military
Bases

By Michel Chossudovsky

Obama's populist rhetoric conceals the true nature of
macro-economic policy. Acting on behalf of Wall Street, the administration's
economic package, which includes close to a trillion dollar "aid" package for
the financial services industry, coupled with massive austerity measures,
contributes to precipitating America into a bottomless crisis.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22245.htm
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10 Killed In Afghan attack:

Spokesman for the provincial government Dawood Ahmadi said the
Afghan police raided the Taliban and the ensuing fight left eight militants and
two policemen dead.
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Afghan lawmaker among 5 killed in explosion:

A prominent Afghan lawmaker and four of his bodyguards have been
killed in an explosion in the southern province of Helmand.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=89083§ionid=351020403
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Growing hostility in US to Afghanistan war occupation:


According to a new USA Today/Gallup poll, 42 percent of
Americans now view the US invasion of Afghanistan as a "mistake," and only 38
percent believe the occupation of Afghanistan "is going well."
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US spills Afghan war into Pakistan:

From available indications, the key American objective is
two-fold: optimally getting Pakistani help in the fight against terrorism and,
secondly, reducing American expectations for military victory.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KC20Df03.html
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Pakistan: 3 dead, 13 hurt as militants attack army base:


Locals said that the military base housing personnel of Pakistan
Army and Khyber Rifles came under rocket attack from three directions.
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Sunni Iraqi politician assassinated in western Baghdad:


A leading politician from the Iraqi Islamic Party, part of in
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's ruling coalition, has been assassinated west of
Baghdad, the party announced Thursday.
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Baghdad's water still undrinkable 6 years after
invasion:

The stench of human waste is enough to tell Falah abu Hasan that
his drinking water is bad. His infant daughter Fatma's continuous illnesses and
his own constant nausea confirm it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090318/wl_mcclatchy/3191674
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Rights group names 1,417 Gaza war dead; Israel disputes
number:

A Palestinian human rights group has released the names of 1,417
Gazans it says were killed in Israel's recent war on the Palestinian territory
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Israeli soldiers admit 'murdering' Gazans:

Israeli soldiers have confessed to wanton killing of Palestinian
civilians and behaving immorally during the Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.
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Israel troops admit Gaza abuses:

An Israeli military college has printed damning soldiers'
accounts of the killing of civilians and vandalism during recent operations in
Gaza.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7952603.stm
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No unity deal in Palestinian talks:

Talks between rival Palestinian factions have concluded with no
agreement on the formation of a government of national unity, Al Jazeera
reports.
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US Army Confirms Israeli Nukes:

The Army has let slip one of the worst-kept secrets in the world
-- that Israel has the bomb. Officially, the United States has a policy of
"ambiguity" regarding Israel's nuclear capability. Essentially, it has played a
game by which it neither acknowledges nor denies that Israel is a nuclear power.
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Reports: Russia confirms Iran missile contract:

Russian news agencies cited a top defense official Wednesday as
confirming that a contract to sell powerful air-defense missiles to Iran was
signed two years ago, but saying no such weapons have yet been delivered.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_iran
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Demonizing: Iran

U.S. says Iran increasing activity in Latin America:


Iran is increasing its activity in Latin America and the
Caribbean, including actions aimed at supporting the Lebanese militant group
Hezbollah, a top U.S. military commander said on Tuesday.
http://snipurl.com/e5szx
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Witnesses say 14 killed in fighting in Somalia:

At least 14 people were killed Wednesday when pro-government
militiamen and an extremist Islamic group clashed in southern Somalia, according
to witnesses.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/18/africa/AF-Somalia.php
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African Union Soldier Killed In Somalian Bomb Attacks:


An African Union peacekeeper was killed and three others injured
in twin bomb attacks in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, the AU said Thursday.
http://snipurl.com/e5t2a
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Bin Laden: Topple Somalia's leader:

Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, has called on the
people of Somalia to overthrow Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, their president.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/03/2009319114043314206.html
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France hit by new wave of nationwide protests:

Workers demand government do more to fight effects of economic
crisis
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29770133/
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support in what can only be described as very "hard times" for everyone. Peace
and Joy Tom Feeley

===

"What luck for the rulers that men do not think." : Adolf HitlerGerman Nazi
dictator,
orator, & politician (1889 - 1945)
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"Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of
all industry and commerce." - -- James A. Garfield-
(1831-1881) 20th President of the United States (1881)
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"It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing is true or not, so long as
it makes you feel good, as it is not to care how you got your money as long
as you have it." -- Edwin Way Teale(1889-1980) - Source:
Circle of the Seasons, 1953
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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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FivpdPIi1YtOua3l9V4Dg6_gU0M6OF3px1NXclDVxmI3OCE3fbTvCYLfTge-hO3Hl0QNpgbxJqFMgDAK
hEe2ZuA2v4PaiLh-2taN0_Xbi3pPchFxJoseLJvaXwXKI]
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed
(Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,259
icasualties.org/oif/
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The War in Iraq Costs
$606,798,682,313
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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A Forgotten Humanitarian Disaster
By Lieven De Cauter
The truth is that we want to forget this humanitarian disaster, because the
West is responsible. Of course, in the first and last instance the
administrations of Bush and Blair, but also the Netherlands, Denmark,
Hungary, Poland and Italy were part of the coalition and hence accessory
while Antwerp was a vital transit port for the invasion. Therefore also
Europe bears a heavy responsibility.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22267.htm
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pEz20LWix4QmP9E_lAYLDGegQ1pFt5UYlcImj8D2rqJv87oE3h_ggrjF3CPL5-U2dhPhw-ZCuIXtlMw3
hJwGnHW8ZGynJlGj6OFPwHD830L12Z30Mv0Tfzgzg9hXy]
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Israel's War Crime
By Richard Falk
For the first time since the establishment of Israel in 1948 the government
is facing serious allegations of war crimes from respected public figures
throughout the world.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22264.htm
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zUL6tikoVifhuf1kfn0B3ByFmyY93yDJiZMlzheLCNKoI]
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The Forked-Tongue Eunuchs and Israel
By Rami G. Khouri
Why is it that those in the West who celebrate and seek to export their
commitment to the rule of law find it so hard to adopt both the rhetoric and
policies that acknowledge the criminal illegality and political catastrophe
that is the modern and continuing Israeli colonial rampage? What is it that
makes giants in the West become eunuchs in the face of Israeli deeds?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22270.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102516758553&e=001Ckps5sMWH1fScm0925ZtIKV8zL6DGg_4Nld
doLVMrF2mBzTCiC9LX7-7yJcX3e32Qp9lsY2JxTXYxjwST6crKjje6oOlu-c3omIznwxEbIqWX8ecKwR
eXwkf_KL3ntpUA6MNZw28VzTczc6A4DjjgCJk9UUHOD5D]
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Didn't We All See This Coming?
By Timothy V. Gatto
This isn't the first time that capitalism has failed. Every time it fails we
use a form of temporary socialism to shore up the economy. When things start
to return to normal, we give everything back to the capitalists. Why is
that?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22263.htm
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5is92xyY176zM1novDmb2XZk4p1b44GWyhCLxnY_YoyC2NobcNzL2nH6DC83F3ITvNoT_sDQob-fuHTV
4kVxtnAlkEZ0Afn_YF9i3jG4itLnIZS0z-OFXeNQ5_ceV]
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If We Bail Out the Banks, Why Shouldn't We Own Them?
Sliding Down in Anger
By Saul Landau
"It's worse than you can imagine," a Member of Congress confided to me,
referring to the downward spiral of the economy. "We just gave all those
hundreds of billions to the bankers so they would lend it and they didn't
lend it and they still want more. The bankers don't know what they're doing
and Tim Geithner doesn't know what he's doing. We all
know this is the worst economic slump of our lifetime."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22265.htm
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XuQt9Z6AjFPojNopDfoZFvC4GjNrAXROrC3se-lWHPCJJ]
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Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" on Bank Bailout
Video
Olbermann calls for the firing of bank executives and more stringent bank
regulation.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22266.htm
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R2KuF67BLX1T0mnt-xNnxIws9sBkFf5cquNwQlgg5eFrT7utHAHH1WRWiBTIoCbOHZbrfRjV05EOz11B
vR7wCg2pOUueXRLHQXTyN2XVc-tnQRwD5OoMeUaBqiKBA]
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Launching Lifeboats Before the Ship Sinks
By Paul Craig Roberts
The New York Times reported that "the dollar plunged about 3 percent against
other major currencies" in response to the Fed's announcement.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22271.htm
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HistQB_rNzjw2COZMd1wKzr8YyjaaC5OnBW01g2vKDYqpWd8Zv1VZZZzADrmCfXEQl7W-C1IGgf-__TW
zEWCLnisHNJv80irFnFzrO7Ur5zhZuUwzY150B05bW3aJ]
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U.N. Panel Ways World Should Ditch Dollar
By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment Correspondent
A U.N. panel will next week recommend that the world ditch the dollar as its
reserve currency in favor of a shared basket of currencies, a member of the
panel said on Wednesday, adding to pressure on the dollar.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22275.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102516758553&e=001Ckps5sMWH1dZTl4qb9pjfEEJVYPdvsBFbLm
NWJZVaeivzpz-ZSFffVfiU32q7cGmV1GI2gEUBfL7zpaIMtJBhSUVWE0NhqwH-vXcP465pWkOAEOzYzm
EtFweo0iUXyrXf3PgdiR_98Qh5ZIyHNxIswm5qqASXXvh]
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Captured By The Debt Spider
By Ellen Brown
If governments everywhere are in debt, who are they in debt to? The answer
is that they are in debt to private banks. The "cruel hoax" is that
governments are in debt for money created on a computer screen, money they
could have created themselves.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22273.htm
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Xg8QzzQpY4DgY3heenHFhqQiZfBlzaFrC2Ni4QLN9EvbWTC5VBySQjkmCupilh7tT_WiUppvMptpofnB
1ywkv8e0NEQ4hiyrm0SdMd_0V0347-wvvVsp3EQGyJd8i]
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The Big Takeover
By MATT TAIBBI
The global economic crisis isn't about money - it's about power. How Wall
Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22276.htm
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YwOJVDTcnHpsLNlmdzWsh16fOWcRin7LG8IvmwdidbDycpAp4FhhehJAT4g_i7wDMDn28LTbKUx-kd4C
m7yYCKI-tgG8WSAWeuskvfNGw22gzRKyciD5uBchUMko9]
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Myth America
By Cindy Sheehan
Since this country was founded, it has been governed, or controlled by the
Robber Class. Some people call our "Lords," the Ruling Class, the Oligarchy,
the Kleptocracy, or Plutocracy. Some call our system Cronyism, a Democratic
Tyranny, Soft-core Fascist State, or if you are a member of the Robber Class
or Blinded Robbed Class, you call it a Democracy, or Republic.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22269.htm
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rnp3LPME8Ip3oydmjB5obwOcyKgdDWY9HHhC8Ee7U2ahrlDMv84jnbMDExFXGIlr1vok88vJy6GHXzjI
mqgg2wMwlRr-3f7uG2Xzv0mT7oQu1UOnNE0vzjcvLlgGR]
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Banned In Canada
George Galloway faces his accusers
The decision to ban George Galloway from Canada seems odd, but now it
emerges that the Jewish Defence League (JDL) may have pressured the Canadian
Government to so the action.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22274.htm
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9WRYyxtDw0nllT4Ne7JyLJVMc2YmeXtS_paLkIm0CLS6uqUfUoNQZuGwTm4cLF3slPJKYLNE3pF5bCAX
gy0_sd4cTsz19PSAYDYPurGU8K5Axa-IZoFYMqzAf_hp]
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Banning British MP A Clumsy, Dangerous Move
By Thomas Walkom
Galloway's apparent crime was to deliver humanitarian aid last week to
Gaza's Hamas government, which Canada deems a terrorist organization.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22268.htm
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johyTFq5__nVEwj7CnzrpbTlh40Q0_8wBfQYn2ljlHbbB]
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World Faces 'Perfect Storm' of Problems by 2030, Chief Scientist to
Warn
By Ian Sample, science correspondent
A "perfect storm" of food shortages, scarce water and insufficient energy
resources threaten to unleash public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass
migration as people flee from the worst-affected regions, the UK
government's chief scientist will warn tomorrow.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22272.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102516758553&e=001Ckps5sMWH1dP48BUfAiLcG7dE3KwcspEaS3
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-YCu-_JnaVbXu1OXP4cxKqz3W2kVcfWslbWQShAfP1Bgp]
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12 killed in Afghan border bombings:
TWO separate bombings killed 11 people in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, the
latest attacks near the country's volatile border with Pakistan. Elsewhere
in Afghanistan, a Nato soldier was killed in a "hostile incident" in the
country's south, the military alliance said yesterday.
http://snipurl.com/eb5v0
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GiA==]
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Five Nato occupation troops killed in Afghanistan:
Five Nato soldiers have been killed in Taliban-contested areas of
Afghanistan.
http://snipurl.com/eb5vm
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5gw==]
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Allies 'Out Of Troops' In Afghan South:
The military commander responsible for southern Afghanistan said yesterday
that he is "out of troops" to provide security across the troubled region
and that he expects a significant increase in violence this year as U.S.
reinforcements arrive to push into insurgent-held territory.
http://snipurl.com/eb5wb
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Envoy damns US Afghan drug effort :
US efforts to eradicate opium poppy crops in Afghanistan have been "wasteful
and ineffective", the US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan say
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7957237.stm
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IDF has long ceased being 'most moral army in the world':
The testimonies from the graduates of the Oranim pre-military course were a
bolt from the blue - accounts of soldiers butchering a woman and two of her
children, shooting and killing an elderly Palestinian woman, how they felt
when they murdered in cold blood, how they destroyed property and how there
was not even fighting in this war that was not a war.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072821.html
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Soldier says rabbis pushed "religious war" in Gaza:
Rabbis in the Israeli army told battlefield troops in January's Gaza
offensive they were fighting a "religious war" against gentiles, according
to one army commander's account published on Friday.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LK939777.htm
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Gaza war crime claims gather pace as more troops speak out:
Fresh allegations have come to light that gung-ho leadership inculcated a
culture of disregard for Palestinian casualties
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/22/israel-palestinian-territories-war-c
rimes
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Israel soldier calls order during Gaza assault 'murder':
Newspapers publish fuller recollections of what happened during the 22-day
offensive, including the killings of an elderly woman and a mother and her
two children.
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/mayfaire/latimes0208.htm
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Israel arrests Hamas negotiators :
Among those arrested are four Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative
Council and a university professor, all of whom belong to the administrative
branch of Hamas.
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=479857
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'1000% rise in Jew attacks on Arabs':
A research by an Arab human rights group shows a ten-fold increase in Jewish
attacks on the Arab population in Israel over the last year.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=89307§ionid=351020202
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Iran vows response to real US change:
In a Saturday address in Mashhad, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said a mere
change in rhetoric is not enough and the White House must demonstrate change
in practice.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=89273§ionid=351020101
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Madagascar's new leader sworn in:
Andry Rajoelina has been formally installed as Madagascar's president
orchestrating the downfall of Marc Ravalomanana from power.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/03/20093219502831389.html
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Deadly clashes in Russia's Dagestan:
At least five soldiers and several anti-government fighters have been killed
in clashes in Russia's southern Dagestan region.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/03/2009321133856975870.html
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Venezuelan army 'seizes ports':
The takeover, which was approved by the country's parliament, aims to bring
the country's major transportation hubs under federal control this year.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/03/200932123827496667.html
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AIG bonus payments higher than reported:
US insurance giant AIG has paid out $218 million in bonuses-- a figure
higher than previously reported -- after accepting bailout out cash.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=89278§ionid=3510203
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"Graveyard of Empires."
Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President
By Ray McGovern
The chickens are coming home to roost after eight years of Cheney and Bush,
but there is no sign that President Obama is listening to anyone capable of
fresh thinking on Afghanistan. Obama has apparently decided to stay in the
chicken coop. And that can be called, well, chicken.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22307.htm
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bJO6OOIxMvB0IPORIdpOZo6zjkjX-uMzjT_s-TFKdRU1LonoMTCWswpT3kCXT3XuaWhlMSfu83m5ApI8
T4aKlyM0ObwAeVo11wu79yFYI8JJqSpEHP8-ACEKn-TYjnx2lfsSJ]
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Putting A New Coat on a Failed Strategy
By Ron Jacobs
Washington and its NATO cohorts will stay in Afghanistan until the world is
safe from Al-Qaeda. Left unsaid by Obama, just like it was unsaid by George
Bush, is the reality that foreign troops killing Afghans and Pakistanis has
done very little to end the supposed threat from Al-Qaeda.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22315.htm
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lQdVPPgEVwlo8mgH-f8IGUeyUV2BjxqWIn3MQbNSDB6rx6D90XYIcEcvZ7WTtB-I5WI1pc1JCqiDW6TS
vkywxYtHGQrYoqcOUhbtBUwc_YMlUG8pqB4gHZGClUBiMhpMydWQx]
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It's a bird...It's a plane...No, it's Spitzer to the Rescue
By Mike Whitney
If Obama is serious about restoring confidence in the markets, he should
replace current SEC chief Mary Schapiro with Eliot Spitzer. That would send
a message to the world that the president is through messing around.
Schapiro is another Wall Street toady who believes that the markets can
regulate themselves.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22312.htm
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7QJtubUINYhjsO4h13VHY-WtSG52qg6HCW8v52LwgFElTC0Kb7LqsAaS8m0QS1Nb3M4VsIY22iL2-M1o
UrWJ4HjlEst9gPPES_2wUEp4HtFuJH0lNG8n6PyaaNqgs0Bvbx85p]
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Noam Chomsky on the Economy and Democracy
Video & Transcript
Chomsky: Plan is recycled Bush/Paulson. We need nationalization and steps
towards democratization.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22316.htm
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aV6fRCkPH2I7T1KMjeE8ViL-7tqQL8lU2tmewvZnE8JXLIk0Cu1m0AOiVcEiMTWPA9vLmViR_o4DmeGY
CmAxmQw5P810DNs9H7LWR1Xbs5irb9HicLnmrgaAUMToEHLP1JZ7z]
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Obama's Attack on the Middle Class
By Paul Craig Roberts
If the tax rate on a multi-million dollar annual income goes up by 5
percentage points, the cutbacks won't really affect the lifestyle.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22313.htm
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The Absurdity of Spending US Tax Dollars on Israel
By PAUL J. BALLES
Paul J. Balles argues that if enough ordinary Americans "feel the pinch and
connect the dots between their own financial losses and America's continued
unbridled support of Israel's devastating war machine, Israel could be
forced to make peace with the Palestinians".
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22314.htm
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FobATrbJ2Wzmfc_A9vwUlylmPl80IFnA0l3LbLQjNp529rEl5mZ5v]
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Gaza War Crimes Investigation:
Attacks on Medics
Video
Clancy Chassay asks why 16 medical workers were killed and more than half of
Gaza's hospitals hit during Israel's invasion of Gaza.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22310.htm
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JV_cwbGR7qB5roN2ui9ev_H2-4RH_hyVlGKrsdtO4RDIeBWwb8prDt7K7AOrEXEpQXscC2wotuAraxrQ
ZRA6vs4Aj6pUDvX17vIpkv9L4ssd4QLI34Gko6UPctvkCKD_2wjIs]
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A Brave Man Who Stood Alone.
If only the world had listened to him
By Robert Fisk
Tom Hurndall had stayed in Rafah. He was only 21 where - in his mother's
words - he lost his life through a single, selfless, human act. "Tom was
shot in the head as he carried a single Palestinian child out of the range
of an Israeli army sniper."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22317.htm
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udUabddVWS-aQsrof8LcSsjUIJEaK-PfbWwjdJ5XyddEcGvhh_KxVsfr65QfpsmIEdQRgTbgaoyqkh2d
Bv6FawJ__MaOjqkm75yjzflOnW3eZiPPrNHFYjmlsSSK8QYtfM5xA]
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The Logistical Nightmare in Iraq
283 Bases, 170,000 Pieces of Equipment, 140,000 Troops, and an Army
of Mercenaries
By Jeremy Scahill
In the latest episode of Occupation Rebranded, it was revealed that the
administration intends to reclassify some combat forces as "advisory and
assistance brigades." While Obama's administration is officially shunning
the use of the term "global war on terror," the labels du jour,
unfortunately, seem to be the biggest changes we will see for some time.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22318.htm
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KgL_N5xARnfBpEkDHM9GX6j4dn5q9BsG0QhLhtYEvKD2BOlcnyjO3F72ZcQ8VBBkEwsQDS8ezZbLv_pH
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Chill the Champagne
'Torture' Could Haunt Bush Officials
By HILARY BROWN
Spanish Judge Who Went After Pinochet Considers Charges for Gonzales,
Others.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22311.htm
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The Sycophantic Culture
By Henry Pelifian
Any society and its military is as only as good as its ability to not only
perceive the truth but also use it as its basis for action. A nation of
sheep is bred by sycophants. The sycophants are more a danger to society by
creating failure than critics who often point the way to human progress and
understanding.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22308.htm
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vIKcHnQhAlGxPT7zHpsMg7ddEhoKa6VM1tU6yQW3PIihCu67v1UwHFeG-YT3sRAXuHlCzOLCnEFlvllK
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27 Killed as Lahore police academy retaken: :
Pakistani security forces Monday regained control of a police training
centre near Lahore after an eight-hour battle with Islamist militants that
left 27 security personnel dead in one of the most audacious terror attacks
in the country.
http://snipurl.com/ewfrh
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Seven security officials killed in car bomb attack in Bannu:

Seven people, including five security personnel were killed and twelve
others sustained injuries when an security forces' convoy was hit by a
roadside car bomb on the Bannu-Miramshah road in Bannu on Monday morning
http://snipurl.com/ewft0
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Five killed in NW Pakistan:
Unidentified gunmen Sunday shot dead five people including a former district
official in northwestern Pakistan, according to local TV reports.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/30/content_11096712.htm
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US to consult Pakistan on strikes:
Obama ruled out deploying US ground troops inside Pakistan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7970935.stm
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UK backs Pakistan offensive:
Defence secretary insists Britain has to back American plans to hunt down
al-Qaida leaders across the Afghan border
http://snipurl.com/ewfvn
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WfUlZ3Zq2og==]
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Dissecting the Anti-Pakistan Psyop:
Another anomaly in the "war of [mistakes] terror" may have been solved. The
unfolding story about the anti-Pakistan psyop revolves around Britain's MI6
and the "Pakistani Taliban."
http://snipurl.com/ewfwt
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Policemen, soldiers among 17 killed in Afghan violence:
Four Afghan police were killed in a rebel ambush in western Afghanistan
Sunday, while three army commandos and 10 rebels died in other violence,
authorities said
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/mon/mar30w9.htm
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10 killed in Iraq attacks:
At least ten people were killed in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital and
around the country on Sunday, security officials said.
http://pakistantimes.net/2009/03/30/newswire5.htm
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US soldier gets 35yrs for killing four Iraqis:
Sgt Joseph Mayo took part in the execution-style killings of the men, who
were blindfolded, shot in the head and dumped in a Baghdad canal.
http://snipurl.com/ewfz7
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Betrayed in Iraq: Leila Fadel:
Leaders of Awakening Councils are arrested, tortured and killed by Iraq
government
http://snipurl.com/ewg08
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DPZ4SE94QfIZcE6W6-LCf-jamvWIeazwPSfwxvWu3xsmh24QgcyP2pa7lprWu3Ut2HlkaGQlsCvuadyI
oRPYxr1w-2Q==]
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Must Watch Video -
Gaza war crimes investigation:
Civilians, medics and investigators talk to the Guardian about allegations
of war crimes during Israel's 23-day campaign in Gaza
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22309.htm
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S_ikv1Xrw4ybxcQ4529YqgpZujNhtFr0LYLGeqGFQOzGWHmsswtA5JMkGJnYbIT1MUulAzk23NWFlctP
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EU warns Netanyahu over stalled peace process:
The European Union warned Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on
Friday that EU ties with Israel would suffer if he did not accept
Palestinian calls for statehood.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1074434.html
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6gnPubfiisna_TRXGUAc5bZ2vILUspWVFpvRsAuBFxA==]
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US: Freezing Out Hamas No Longer Viable, Say Policy Heavyweights:
The authors acknowledge what has become obvious to many in the U.S.,
Israeli, and Palestinian pro-peace crowd: that Hamas may be the last, best
hope for saving the two-state solution.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46290
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aNIqBerCPUtPv0jgvTs52oG4-4WdyGzpFw9-XK2GJQA==]
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Propaganda?
Report: Israel used unmanned drones to attack Sudan convoys:

The unmanned aerial vehicles attacked two convoys, killing at least 50
smugglers and their Iranian escorts, the newspaper reported. All the trucks
in the convoys were destroyed.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1074654.html
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W7uHRU9IEOQha7u3AiqEgC3DBpkeE_cLlemCb3eoSbg==]
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
Iran nuke a 'a couple of years' away:
Petraeus: Iran is still "a couple of years" away from having enough highly
enriched uranium to make a nuclear weapon, the commander of US forces in the
Middle East said on Sunday.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=169867
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US envoy: Don't expect warmer relations with Iran:
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Iranian diplomats will be
together at The Hague, in the Netherlands, for a U.N.-sponsored meeting
Tuesday on Afghanistan.
http://snipurl.com/ewg7q
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IDF ends Gaza probe, says misconduct claims are 'rumors':
In a press release issued Monday the army said that the preliminary Military
Police investigation into the testimonies revealed that they "were based on
hearsay and not first-hand experience."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1074981.html
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Gaza probe / Either troops are liars, or the IDF is pure as snow: .

The investigation is based solely on one side of the equation - the Israeli
side. An Associated Press reporter who was in Gaza last week interviewed
Palestinians about the incidents in question. Their recollections to some
extent corroborate the descriptions of the alleged shootings as initially
recalled by the soldiers.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1075001.html
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British MP George Galloway, loses bid to enter Canada:
The Federal Court decision prevents Mr. Galloway from appearing in person at
an event in Toronto this evening, the first of four scheduled events in
Canada - but he will deliver comments by video. The federal government has
told Mr. Galloway he could not enter Canada because he allegedly engaged in
terrorist activities - a claim the British MP denies.
http://snipurl.com/ewgaf
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EQxYShQuVu0rGWrlUn0hRG31p4R-u5DXT8K3KtHOpLDJUxNhatAfMFCckxddh6nwKUvdhioNdjs_V1LX
Ruzwob2iUSQ==]
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They banned the wrong George:
IT SEEMS that the Canadian government, and the immigration ministry in
particular, has gotten their Georges confused. Though how you could confuse
a bumbling idiot with a Texas drawl for an erudite Scotsman with an oratory
of the first degree, is hard to imagine.
http://socialistworker.org/2009/03/27/they-banned-the-wrong-george
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WmLvESI_iE0HacyDQGdAtPwrP2hrzDBgWpImgnydkpnovKMjWTTj6GTYJtR8Ka-dyr3Py2ThJRA==]
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Sentenced to life in the USA:
Spanish Court Weighing Indictments of Bush-era War Criminals:

"some American experts said that even if warrants were issued their
significance could be more symbolic than practical, and that it was a near
certainty that the warrants would not lead to arrests if the officials did
not leave the United States."
http://snipurl.com/ewgct
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TwDiaeStOrdsKNlHHw_LPtF6I4hP-k58mXKW0w4AK7uzLJHRzHCRm8kC8Lc0YriW3vXO0-yjqN2BO_0B
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
April 03, 2009
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"The ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle, home life, and perhaps
the trade unions or local politics, he feels himself master of his fate. But
otherwise he simply lies down and lets things happen to him." - George
Orwell[Eric
Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author
Source: Inside the Whale, 1940
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"If once become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I,
and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves.
It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual
exceptions." -- Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, 1787
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"In the general course of human nature, a power over man's substance amounts
to a power over his will." -- Alexander Hamilton
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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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tTR-VvSxnoxprSWFAOne2Q9xc6wlxOkNK90I_ibxGiExzQqp-2r5AwFAQC_NP-HfWpkZkDiNDCox1xUA
f0Jsp5wEejoGbst4t4HaU31i7R6RhkKe3WKsSWQaYLbrlKF1HoHL4]
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially
acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,263
icasualties.org/oif/
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The War in Iraq Costs
$610,088,191,911
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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Fake Faith and Epic Crimes
These are extraordinary times.
By John Pilger
With the United States and Britain on the verge of bankruptcy and committing
to an endless colonial war, pressure is building for their crimes to be
prosecuted at a tribunal similar to that which tried the Nazis at Nuremberg.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22336.htm
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lnOubC4GwHJU0NKU6bImPVV22UtAxfCyVnldFapeuokTMsNCdvoqV8X_lI3U1eWz-EYeeAfQRjGZa0py
rzund9_8TqM6tJB6c46C_5uugkGyzn2cnJYVP7EeH_6oJNQ_c54fw]
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The Rise and Rise of the Neo-Taliban
By Syed Saleem Shahzad
"The next thing that is going to happen is the breaking up of the Swat peace
deal and the opening up of a war theater. This will shatter the entire
American plans in the region and Pakistan will be left with no choice but to
surrender to the will of the mujahideen."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22337.htm
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Ho-hum - The Collapse of the Dollar
By Joseph Farah
The death of the dollar is near. If you want to avoid a total catastrophe in
this country - one that will affect not only you but your children and
grandchildren - it's time to get out in the streets and stop the madness.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22338.htm
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G20 Leaders Begin Talks to Bury 'Free' Markets
By News Team International/Pool/PA
G20 leaders and ministers sat down to hammer out new rules for world
financial markets today after a warning from France and Germany that a
London summit should declare an end to the unfettered capitalism that has
plunged the global economy into recession.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22340.htm
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U.S. Debtor Meets G20 Creditors at the Dollar's Funeral
By Jim Willie CB
The quintessential problem, plainly stated, is the United States Govt
leaders and officials insist on sitting apart from the debtor nations. They
must join the debtors, and be treated in similar fashion. They must accept
terms dictated to them. They must accept and endure a much lower standard of
living. They must institute policies to rebuild the industrial base of the
US Economy.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22339.htm
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PoZBPx3MlP1NxRzOttsE8ujowzqLqBVXIqS5bh_G1G8MhfeX7_3t]
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Foreclosure Crisis Hits Warp Speed:
6 Million Families Face Losing Their Homes in the Next Three Years
By Nan Mooney
What would you do if someone foreclosed on your home? If suddenly you and
all your possessions were out on the street with a bank account depleted
from trying to make mammoth mortgage payments, where would you go?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22335.htm
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US Air strike kills 20 militants in Afghanistan:
A military air strike killed 20 militants in Afghanistan's southern Helmand
province following ground clashes between rebels and troops, a spokesman for
the US-led force said on Thursday.
http://www.apakistannews.com/us-air-strike-kills-20-militants-in-afghanistan-113
069
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Afghan-Pakistan situation dire; more troops may be needed:
The situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan is "increasingly dire," top
defense officials told Congress Wednesday, and they said that President
Barack Obama may have to send another 10,000 troops beyond the 21,500 he's
announced since taking office.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/65299.html
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US Military Wants More Occupation Troops for Afghan "War":
Gen. David H. Petraeus disclosed yesterday that American commanders have
requested the deployment of an additional 10,000 U.S. occupation troops to
Afghanistan next year, but he said the request awaits a final decision by
President Obama this fall.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/01/AR2009040102652.
html
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Afghanistan: A surge towards disaster:
"The very first outcome of the surge for Afghan people will be increase in
the number of civilian casualties ..."
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bushisamoonie/gGxgcn
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US reconciliation offer lunatic idea, say Taliban:
The 21,000 extra US troops ordered by Obama to join the 70,000 foreign
soldiers now fighting insurgents in Afghanistan showed the United States
wanted the war to continue, Mujahid said, and the Taliban would keep
fighting till they left. "There is no other way. We want our freedom and
respect for our independence," Mujahid said.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=21296
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KfrT-2z_UpqW4gHWQFVLscuPFMcrSCI_N9HTezqRNDfvp1ZCrfTIh]
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US drone kills 17 in Pakistan:
A suspected US missile strike killed 12 Taliban militants on Wednesday in
Pakistan's restive tribal region, while suspected terrorists ambushed a
police patrol, killing five police personnel in the northwest, officials
said.
http://snipurl.com/f3uut
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jaFrPrA02Hg==]
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Pentagon seeks $3B for Pakistan military:
Defense officials say the Pentagon is seeking as much as $3 billion over the
next five years to improve Pakistan's ability to fight insurgents in the
mountainous Afghan border region.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/AP/Search/World/Default.aspx?id=473964
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pthJo03FTllOWePIYINQaT19oUqPK5poK5LsUeFQgxf80eV3QOpDr80D5l9iJFx7DJIng0YlOzWssupR
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Reason Why Baitullah Mehsud Attacking Pakistan:
What has happened that Baitullah Mehsud is carrying out successive
horrendous attacks in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Bannu and Lahore and is
threatening for more such attacks?
http://www.pakspectator.com/reason-why-baitullah-mehsud-attacking-pakistan/
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YI9h4]
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Iraqi officer, gunman killed in clash in Baghdad:
The clash erupted when two gunmen were about to hurl a hand grenade at a
passing Iraqi Army vehicle near al-Rwwad intersection in Mansour district,
prompting the soldiers to trade fire with the attackers, the source told
Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/02/content_11121800.htm
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Abbas says Netanyahu 'does not believe in peace':
"We have to tell the world that this man does not believe in peace, so how
should we deal with him? Let's put the ball in the world's court so that it
puts pressure on him and assumes its responsibilities."
http://snipurl.com/f3uy7
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Syria offers Israel chance to avoid war:
"All Israeli governments are the same: Ariel Sharon carried out a massacre
in Palestine, and [Ehud] Barak aided the war in Gaza in that there is no
difference between the right and the left in Israel," he explained. "This
enemy does not want peace."
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=90273§ionid=351020206
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Obama tells Netanyahu: U.S. committed to Israel's security:
U.S. President Barack Obama called newly sworn in Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu on Wednesday to congratulate him on his new position, and to
reaffirm steadfast U.S. commitment to Israel and its security.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1075528.html
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Amnesty: US Arms Delivery to Israel Threatens "Mideast Peace":

The delivery of munitions in the Zionist entity from the US earlier this
month has thrown President Barack Obama's commitment to maintaining peaceful
relations between Israel and Palestine into question, according to Amnesty
International.
http://www.almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=80057&language=en
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Spanish judge asked to suspend Israel probe:
Ynetnews.com reports that Spanish prosecutors have asked a Madrid judge to
suspend an investigation of seven Israeli officials over a 2002 bombing in
Gaza that killed Hamas commander Salah Shehada and 14 others, including nine
children. In a writ issued Thursday, prosecutors at the National Court asked
Judge Fernando Andreu to hold off because they said Israel is investigating
the attack.
http://snipurl.com/f3v22
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Israel's war crimes:
Israel blamed its earlier wars on the threat to its security, even that
against Lebanon in 1982. However, its assault on Gaza was not justified and
there are international calls for an investigation. But is there the
political will to make Israel account for its war crimes?
http://www.caiaweb.org/node/1279
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Israel Launches New 'Soft War':
This 'soft war' or intensive public relations campaign was meant to try and
undo some of the damage done to Israel's reputation abroad as an
international chorus of condemnation expressed disgust at the indiscriminate
attacks on Gaza's mostly civilian population, which was trapped with nowhere
to run.
http://www.metimes.com/International/2009/03/11/israel_launches_new_soft_war/460
4/
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War is Coming to Iran and Israel:
The primary imperative for the United States and President Barack Obama is
to put an end to Iran's nuclear race, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said
before his swearing-in Tuesday, adding that if the US failed to do so Israel
might be forced to resort to a military strike on the Islamic Republic's
nuclear installations.
http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/war-is-coming-to-iran-and-israel/
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Israeli FM questioned over graft:
Israeli police said that Lieberman had been placed under caution on Thursday
and questioned for more than seven hours at the national fraud squad
headquarters in central Israel, as part of an ongoing investigation.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/04/200942145820429387.html
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Cheney has moles in Obama Administration, reporter says:
Speaking with NPR's Terri Gross, Hersh revealed that the former Vice
President -- who he characterized as "really smart" -- has individuals that
report back to him from key positions in government. He called these
individuals "stay-behinds," an intelligence term generally applied to
insiders left behind in foreign governments after the occupying power is
driven out.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Hersh_Cheney_has_moles_in_Obama_0401.html
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f5NywNymxmaNewvOhdvq81LmTNVKA-vknhBC4VwC6CrrB4fpFzG-lDGge9WqQZqqvi5E6s3mO7g==]
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Chavez sees little hope for better US ties:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday that he has little hope
of better relations with Washington under President Barack Obama, saying the
United States is still acting like an "empire" in his eyes.
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10300711.html
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Russia, China cooperate on new currency proposals:
Russia and China are coordinating proposals on a new global currency that
could replace the US dollar as a reserve currency to prevent a repeat of the
global economic crisis, the Kremlin said on Monday.
http://snipurl.com/f3v97
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Argentine media hails Argentina-China currency swap deal:
Local media on Monday hailed the recently signed China-Argentina currency
swap agreement, insisting that Argentina is able to pay for imported
products from China in RMB.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/31/content_11106499.htm
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China to Boost Yuan Swaps, Payments on Dollar Concern:
China's leaders, increasingly concerned about the nation's $740 billion of
U.S. Treasuries, are making it easier for trading partners and consumers to
do business in yuan.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awowbC9RbZiQ&refer=home
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L_TrIqvv7xKg7AGc=]
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G20: Will China make this the G1?:
Alone among the big economies, China is still in the ascendancy. It may well
hold the swing vote at the G20
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/02/g20-china-hu-brown
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G20 pledges $1 trillion in funds:
World leaders at the G20 summit in London have announced they are to triple
the finances of the International Monetary Fund to help fight the worst
economic crisis since the 1930s and will impose new curbs on financial
markets.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/04/200942143554840312.html
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Next stop in the crisis could be the collapse of the euro:
Ireland and the other economic sick men of Europe could presage the most
violent international currency crisis in decades; the break-up of the euro.
Alarmist? Certainly. Impossible? Certainly not.
http://snipurl.com/f3vce
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Weimar 1923 may have more lessons than US 1932:
Are we heading for another Great Depression?
http://snipurl.com/f3ve1
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yEYFRlfNxGZAHIxn9gwfKMHkdyWmJ4N-5iyWEn98SL3J1H1amslMJ6kjR6S85h5eJ0juR2wZMKZd3Zvs
c7cus8stzqw==]
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US jobless claims surge to new high:
The number of US workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits has
surged to its highest level for more than 26 years, according to a
government report.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/200942171611522763.html
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102537362861&s=87455&e=0012hS3VRoX53CfhCGgNf6flSgVK2e
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iJ2PF]
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U.S. home prices in free fall:
"It's getting harder and harder to find some new way to say it's really grim
and dismal." All 20 metropolitan regions tracked by the index showed price
declines compared with January 2008, while 13 of them clocked record annual
declines.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/04/01/BUU716QBOE.DTL
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102537362861&s=87455&e=0012hS3VRoX53DGpGcLULHcVarTW0n
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ts4JzmDNNIGXancqGpECmUSaIag==]
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Commercial real estate loan defaults skyrocket: -
With loan defaults rising, analysts say the struggling commercial real
estate industry is poised to fall into the worst crisis since the last great
property bust of the early 1990s.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Commercial-real-estate-loan-apf-14760215.html
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102537362861&s=87455&e=0012hS3VRoX53DB-aNtsO25kUXntHy
ZqdhDI0848Ek6I4zfoAwMH-z_6drutc0Xl86nWxcuRk0B3ZxT4NP_uerGf19rIi4D2c39QcoeIGeb9uV
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IZgv5]
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
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Taliban says it was behind US attack:
Pakistan's top Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud has claimed responsibility
for the shootings at an US immigration services centre in New York state
that killed 13 people.
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5476588/taliban-says-attack/
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-ANXAPFQHN78pAmMm0kmaGvLj_yzE--EoSOloqiWR9PQSnRw3reUeu-fsWbuLQrtcnTx72JLhQ==]
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Pakistan 'helps US drone attacks':
AMERICA and Pakistan have begun a joint operation to kill the head of the
Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud.
http://snipurl.com/f8kb1
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102539911116&s=87455&e=001nJWGiK1TmmMVFuLA7cYCmUMAdhA
sjBjion7PHwE5K4SMzgeGrGNeVmcC50N3YYFa0zNbisPzlVMWNK9prswTdZ6Qj9m1IBipXL-aNjmQanK
LwApOL_QI1A==]
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Taliban Commander Baitullah Mehsud:
Baitullah Mehsud is a natural leader: cagey, dogged and charismatic, with an
apparent knack for uniting disparate factions around a common cause. But
instead of channeling those talents toward building an empire, Mehsud is
trying to bring one to its knees.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1889286,00.html?xid=rss-world
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102539911116&s=87455&e=001nJWGiK1TmmMJzA1M_PJXyu_oBk8
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fwX6zC4f2TEtkBfI=]
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Pakistans North West Frontier Province (NWFP) 'at war', governance
becoming difficult:
Hoti said the NWFP was suffering from insurgency, terrorism, internal
displacement, shortage of food and decline in the efficiency of the law
enforcement agencies.
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200943story_3-4-2009_pg1_4
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102539911116&s=87455&e=001nJWGiK1TmmNMupmBs7gXfUwB9vB
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Iz1V-y66Lk-zhCqo=]
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$3bn US plan to train Pakistan military:
The funds would pay for helicopters, night-vision goggles and other
equipment and counterinsurgency training for Pakistan's special operations
forces and Frontier Corps paramilitary troops, the New York Times said.
http://snipurl.com/f8kda
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Gy6bfbZn2_Q==]
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Video Showing Beating Of Girl Shakes Pakistan Peace Accord (VIDEO):

Pakistani authorities ordered inquiries Friday into a video showing the
public flogging of a screaming woman in a northwestern valley where
officials have yielded to Taliban demands for Islamic law.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/03/video-showing-beating-of-_n_183084.html

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Pakistan: Flogging video 'an attempt to undermine Swat peace deal':

The release of a video showing a 17-year-old girl being brutally flogged in
public is a deliberate attempt to sabotage the peace deal signed with the
Taliban in Pakistan's troubled northwestern Swat valley, according to North
West Frontier Province's information minister, Mian Iftikhar.
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3175747742
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102539911116&s=87455&e=001nJWGiK1TmmOh4RzIxi--wUsqK3D
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Do not fear the enemy, for
your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media,
for they will steal your Honor. That awful power, the public opinion of a
nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons
who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way
to the poorhouse: Mark Twain.

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"In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection
it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to
serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the
press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the
Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of
government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can
effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the
responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the
government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to
die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell." Justice Black.
NYT v. US. 403 US 713

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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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Number Of Iraqis
Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,320,110"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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w8uTOG-NRIr70NVgMr7Oh3xSUYFgWio_GDi1NCPDd5wbuqINrldbK]

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Number of U.S.
Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On
Iraq4,273
icasualties.org/oif/

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The War in Iraq Costs
$660,259,530,503
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

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US Has Won a Huge
Victory

US Aircraft and
Elite Navy SEALs Defeat Three Somalis in a Lifeboat

By Glen Ford

What a weekend for
American foreign policy! The United States Navy, backed up by warships from 20
other nations, knocked off three Somali guys crouching with rifles in a lifeboat
tied by a rope to a U.S. destroyer. To hear the U.S. corporate media tell it,
the Americans had won a huge victory over the forces of evil.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22424.htm
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ygVByb8kxIMACADMfctzwuzvzt9x3j1ov1KGlJwD53k06etxg5CPvhF089a0DIF1TEtGcf1zh2VyQZSV
V2tC8L7CLr6ALEGmuaBYeRfVdzV7znspiFeNFjUnVOgJj0BVO6Cdl]

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Enough Dead Pirate
Porn:

The Press is
Relishing the Killing of Three Teenage Pirates With Disturbing Zeal

By Chris Nolan,
Majikthise.

The American public is
relishing the deaths of the pirates to a degree that's downright unseemly.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22426.htm
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thY_zBgjmxfAUhvan63YVd3bo7tRujiGpoMjlbmlC48BZnSBMGg9mwcjsn8Gd64Bfwg5gFdrFexkNcin
x5WUAFbwjn7SRGSepNisfW4Jlk9yXMJgsWoIbeSAlNxvyLVrj6D1b]

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Toxic Waste'
Behind Somali Piracy

By Najad Abdullahi

Somali pirates have
accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and are
demanding an $8m ransom for the return of a Ukranian ship they captured, saying
the money will go towards cleaning up the waste.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22428.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102552066866&s=87455&e=001Tnai0OwU29gXIFZ_hrXbnepgpRi
JwCFnHq7ou7mVWhMXz0a4nKrijeeKjdrN4Bbwkc3dBQ_2CsPRkbmpKLkDZ84_QigDUtHu6gbvtLzcqGC
ZqW6Zwsu5fHXU1WI0pDpaz-cTRZ4sP6PO5Jice8S8tOZLhlIOaUFV]

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Anatomy of Bush's
Torture 'Paradigm'

By Ray McGovern

The prose of the recently
leaked report of the International Committee of the Red Cross on torture seems
colorless. It is at the same time obscene - almost pornographic.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22422.htm
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M_Vnf7SuKcbZar5JgBMT-O1-H8VUlfqgsi3jGmLMw-70p6oY1er-KM4yZpkFh0UumZNUsGi991aqMAKm
RpxnXWoRm9pj3LL_PAsmw8zKCfW9GfZZO16gbRyyuXTKkC1TVkryn]

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Can Spain Really
Prosecute George W. Bush Aides Over Torture?

By Johanna Neuman

Spain argues that
it has jurisdiction inthe case because five Spanish prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay allege they were tortured. And human rights organizations in the
United States agree.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22420.htm
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F3unGeznlyPe6O-KX4lQoDh1PJJFrxaPrSvwgeWziNnJTscO9ZjFXNha1Xxi7efGgkZTCsvwFXwLOdjJ
pkEuSntGjcbC5DEhC4M7NMfsU5V25SMhVjgbL60pQhx1YV3_FLh5d]

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Lessons from Latin
America

Peru's Shining
Example

By James McEnteer

Peru's Supreme Court
sentenced former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori to twenty-five years in
prison last week for creating death squads during his presidency - from 1990 to
2000 - which murdered dozens of people.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22423.htm
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GSCCL6qBihaFyT-SqzTBVt-ldIh9qXz97g9z8n0MXw9x3c4SecpbAZM0d1Cgx8mF8KWoaZPr-fKTQMzn
imp5N8KU9m3LVe5-TxoTxYJnpcb8bsBXZom-XoQSHkCI6S3fFxHss]

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94 Years of
Serfdom

By Paul Craig
Roberts

The only free Americans
today are those who can work off the books or who can live on public welfare.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22421.htm
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BwklnQPGFxMwpJIywhdUpone08-AD7SySS_m-aKjLgi3U2LHpVSluzp10M28R8AxIqoSLGmkmf6sgUhF
DQaFN2eI-ALlMOcQ_sc2q7p68zjZPZfYBM27GsGMSX_o7jmWJswjs]

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Is America the New
Russia?

By Martin Wolf

Is the US Russia? The
question seems provocative, if not outrageous. Yet the person asking it is Simon
Johnson, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and a
professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22429.htm
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0jJi15lZEXEvFWwsk_xKBEzrpAom9B_qDZCG3lQ3a1Edh38eQE7ck]

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Welcome to the New
"New World Order"

Video

Pepe Escobar: There will
be class war, there will be blood.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22419.htm
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Fj6QLYu1h0MkFrQJhz2kChdDDu7cO0sVx9UryQCdj51oyEZ7QBW-Q1vWmr49x3poiRw5k948IPuEvN1L
dliBDxR6RCYEOjMVptBfJGvSKHt6_rmIhz9b-WpgbXjK60IQjkpcF]

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Wall Street Sharks
Circle the UAW

By John R.
MacArthur

Barack Obama's commitment
to helping labor has always been suspect, but handing over the American car
business to the investment banker Steven Rattner might well turn the president
into the last great union buster.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22430.htm
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75238xN7mU6yYORrSJ8rDWUc0gDk7qtpOl5at3OJvCpm4WKNLNd3V]

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Defending the
Indefensible

Israel, Gaza, and
Idolatry

By Thaddeus J.
Kozinsi

For an Israeli to defend
its nation's actions "right or wrong" can be chalked up to fanatical
nationalism, but why would Americans do so, and American Christians for that
matter!
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22427.htm
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102552066866&s=87455&e=001Tnai0OwU29gX-s-WPUFUfk6KeH-
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YGZfpyZ8efOYmmiR5EtErQHyDQAVMbr3HtWKjuEe1JzIpqAcn-aCI]

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Avoiding World
Conference on Racism Shows Obama's Disrespect For Blacks

By Glen Ford

"Blacks get nothing from
Obama's White House except permission to worship him as the ultimate role
model."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22425.htm
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E7bJ48FrwZ9ECajF7Fr3wiaIzs0ySgrDsiNxOQvXxnqyZqezy2efD3gA25J-nTdoGfoqRaLvmLS1S8kc
UA6XcXN2UPEfFS8f42bhAIzWTuvmlaEHjoEJbo8Epet0ZkCZt18Ao]

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16 killed in
Pakistan suicide bombing: :

At least 16 people,
including 10 policemen, were killed and several injured Wednesday in a suicide
bombing in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, officials said.
http://snipurl.com/fyriw
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ivlzepE662K3mIOQlsuKxffISE0XtvBHHWRWvuIZz-fCWtCiF2sS2UlJZlHF7z1XHgdd8-NR5Yi1ntS2
plqVcyOcHSA==]

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Errant Drone
Attacks Spur Militants in Pakistan:

The U.S. programme of
drone aircraft strikes against higher-ranking officials of al Qaeda and allied
militant organisations, which has been touted by proponents as having eliminated
nine of the 20 top al Qaeda leaders, is actually weakening Pakistan's defence
against the insurgency of the Islamic militants there by killing large numbers
of civilians based on faulty intelligence and discrediting the Pakistani
military, according to data from the Pakistani government and interviews with
senior analysts.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46511
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pfhg1CVqSodMPjCAg2xWUiUX9Fi0j2oPvWS98MaGLNw==]

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U.S. Criticizes
Pakistan's Deal On Islamic Law:

The Obama administration
said Pakistan's imposition of Islamic law in a northwest valley to quell a
Taliban insurgency undermines human rights, while a visiting U.S. senator urged
the country to "ratchet up" its urgency in the terror fight.
http://snipurl.com/fyrlm
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lST2KJTofTbbMHDIc2Kc2x0IKAamuQk6BMQkObIvI5QVtmAF_dDn2sa5ik9M3QeHiZSKdFTPiFIMqZa6
HQoFnLITARw==]

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At least 11 killed
in oil-rich Kirkuk:

"The policemen were
travelling home on a bus when they were targeted by a suicide car bomber,"
Lieutenant-Colonel Ghazi Mohammad Rashid, a police spokesman, said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/04/2009415144720105851.html
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rQ5oLBnxMgBt3KBC3ki2uEinYnxCaDyEMwKUMVH64Erlhvyxk5_cVfaSxcVpNR3rzfkD3q3uaCKAV_vs
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Iraq war: Gordon
Brown aims to delay inquiry report until after election:

Ministers have decided
that the inquiry should be wide-ranging, possibly dating back to Margaret
Thatcher's tacit support for Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war in the
1980s. Its main focus will be on the conduct of the 2003 war and the breakdown
of law and order afterwards
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/14/iraq-war-inquiry-brown-hussein
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y5HUMkcb8_oI9zVQ=]

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Iran offers deal
on nuclear dispute:

Iran's president has said
that Tehran will offer a new package to world powers for negotiations aimed at
resolving the standoff over its nuclear programme.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/04/200941513273061690.html
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Gh0EJ]

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Israel will not
cooperate with UN Gaza inquiry: -

Israel does not plan to
cooperate with a U.N. agency's investigation into alleged war crimes by Israeli
troops and Hamas militants during fighting in Gaza, an Israeli government
official said on Wednesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSLF401659._CH_.2400
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Aid Rots Outside
Gaza:

Hundreds of thousands of
tonnes of aid intended for the Gaza Strip is piling up in cities across Egypt's
North Sinai region, despite recent calls from the United Nations to ease aid
flow restrictions to the embattled territory in the wake of Operation Cast Lead.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46504
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Hezbollah alleges
Egypt vendetta:

Cairo's claims are
"fabricated" to "sully Hezbollah's image", Sheikh Naim Qassem told AFP news
agency.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8000427.stm
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dO0AAYG9w-1nafWYmDk80N7za7dwa1wcO_pdHvz17WxGeH62jxCg7]

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Rabbi-in-chief:
Barack Obama's Jewish connection:

Rabbi Capers Funnye is in
a tiny minority in the US: he's an African-American Jew. He's also Michelle
Obama's cousin and has the ear of the US president. Zev Chafets meets the
charismatic leader who wants mainstream Judaism to accept that Israelites don't
have to be white.
http://snipurl.com/fyrrs
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82JsETfY07g==]

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'1,500 farmers
commit mass suicide in India:

"Farmers' suicides are
increasing due to a vicious circle created by money lenders. They lure farmers
to take money but when the crops fail, they are left with no option other than
death."
http://snipurl.com/fyrt2
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XwMYiuPgjZQ==]

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Report: U.N. spent
U.S. funds on shoddy projects:

Federal prosecutors in New
York City were forced to drop criminal and civil cases because the U.N.
officials have immunity, according to the report. USAID has scaled back its
dealings with the U.N. and hired a collection agency to seek $7.6 million back,
Deputy Administrator James Bever said. The aid agency hasn't heeded its
inspector general's request to sever all ties.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-04-14-un-probe_N.htm
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===

Guantanamo
Detainee Claims Abuse:

Mohammad al-Qurani, a
Chadian national, said in a phone call to Al Jazeera that the alleged
ill-treatment "started about 20 days" before Barack Obama became US president
and "since then I've been subjected to it almost every day".
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/2009414233431153300.html
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9XKay]

===

Obama Tilts to CIA
on Memos:

Top Officials at Odds Over
Whether to Withhold Some Details on Interrogation Tactics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123975168816518691.html
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bMlLgIh80gibicQPJimFHA1MkDUQ85x0CvChiVDEm1XNdn-OHAoxJ]

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ACLU fears Obama
Administration may destroy evidence at CIA 'black sites':

The Bush Administration's
legacy of torture interrogation may dip further into obscurity if the Obama
Administration's vow to decommission overseas detention black sites means
evidence of torture would be destroyed.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Detainee_seeks_torture_evidence_0414.html
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Obama
administration issues warning over right-wing extremists:

Leaked homeland security
memo says radicals may recruit Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/15/homeland-security-memo-right-wing-ra
dicals
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UK: Racist escapes
terror charge after threat to behead and bomb Muslims:

MacGregor, 35, has
admitted threatening to blow up Scotland's biggest mosque and to behead one
Muslim a week until every mosque was shut down.
http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/Racist-escapes--terror-charge.5169939.jp
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qWZL-]

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Internet privacy:
Britain in the dock:

'Big Brother' state comes
under fire as European Commission launches inquiry into secret surveillance of
web users
http://snipurl.com/fyrz4
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ksowatNhq4A==]

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New wave of job
losses feared across Europe:

In Switzerland the
country's biggest bank, UBS, is reportedly planning to axe up to 10,000 more
jobs as early as next week as it struggles to regain profitability - and
credibility.
http://snipurl.com/fys09
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bph0Zj9woPA==]

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Foreclosures Soar
in March, Up 44 Percent Over February's High: -

Completed foreclosures hit
another monthly record in March as 175,199 homes were lost to foreclosure, up 44
percent from February's record high, according to the latest U.S. Foreclosure
Index released today by ForeclosureS.com, a leading real estate information
provider.
http://snipurl.com/fys1k
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XTS1SQzEvkA==]

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US economy goes
back to 1955 as deflation returns:

The US economy has begun
to deflate for the first time in more than half a century as a slump in demand
pushes energy and food costs lower.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/apr/15/us-economy-deflation-recession
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l2o5G4Mm-br6i-Pg=]

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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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-NxLE8UQD5YhsY-6VIz9r8FU25SDuoNQlWeom87jyQhoW5IJZI9PG]
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially
acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,274
icasualties.org/oif/
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The War in Iraq Costs
$662,357,709,947
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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Pentagon to Release Photos of Detainee Abuse
By Ann Scott Tyson
"This shows that the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib was not aberrational
but was systemic and widespread," said Amrit Singh, an ACLU staff attorney
involved with the 2004 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that led to the
promise to release the photographs. "This will underscore calls for
accountability for that abuse." Singh called for an independent
investigation into torture and prisoner abuse and said it should be
followed, if warranted, by criminal prosecutions.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22484.htm
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TgmUSUAljLL5IlEqSTvDCk--R8_kPwxXBUuIW-N6ZTqSBEeEEbK-xLbsL1av7N0aFuG9VRxqXe2-Z7wd
AGlIwzL0ipVRPTKBem5NW30Pkl5e0FL4YJOm29LXfGNK6A6JPgFT3]
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Obama Rejects Truth Panel
Commission Would Have Investigated Abuses in Terrorism Fight
By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane
Obama appeared to back away from a statement earlier this week that
suggested he could support an independent commission to examine possible
abuses, according to several attendees.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22483.htm
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22RPjofT_CYWPK079HEPxH-8Dx-wi0PuNF2aQjXQBSnBkca1KXsI9ZaUp0xFaJ8yp-RJ3YMfTtBlfVnb
wPWdaqsWlMHH5lvnTFN3lRMU__LKDDhqFARLSZteJXspq9ku0KBtg]
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Reclaiming America's Soul
By Paul Krugman
Never before have our leaders so utterly betrayed everything our nation
stands for. "This government does not torture people," declared former
President Bush, but it did, and all the world knows it.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22489.htm
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BO1ZuforOseTMeghGD2DM830jCfGh6vNVfYQN2ZfhdNGdHGcOx_KCwq0KBKBFUzwgQmVoJ51INAu3zpe
HmhqQDFAJyZYjCZKjk21z52N7-KW_4tR6CK4iMMCScYJ_BqsBUDGI]
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Gaza, Remember?
By Gideon Levy
The world once again has to clean up Israel's mess. But Israel is setting
more and more political conditions for providing emergency humanitarian aid
? empty excuses to leave Gaza in ruins and not offer aid that Gaza deserves
and desperately needs.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22487.htm
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Harman's Wiretap Woes and the AIPAC Cabal
By Marcy Winograd
Who else has AIPAC colluded with on the Hill? If the tapes are out there,
Harman got caught, but isn't this a much larger story than just one woman
bedazzled by men with money in their pockets and nuclear warheads in their
backyards. It is time AIPAC register as a foreign lobbyist.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22486.htm
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Why Did The Harman Case Break Now?
By Philip Weiss
The lobby has won through White House access of the sort Harman allegedly
boasted of in the wiretapped call; and those who are critical of a Jewish
state or its policies have been excluded and smeared, as antisemites.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22488.htm
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Freedom.... What Freedom?
US Jails Man over Hezbollah Channel
By Al Jazeera
A Pakistani man has been jailed by a US court for broadcasting Hezbollah's
television channel and selling it to customers in the US.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22485.htm
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On Torture, the Pressure Builds
By Ray McGovern
Until now, Bush has managed to escape blame for his outrageous inactivity
before 9/11 because his subordinates - first and foremost, Tenet - have
covered up for him. Faustian bargain? Call it mutual blackmail, if you
prefer the vernacular.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22479.htm
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Ag3dTg0OaIKh1cvOWWTqrDDzpCUuvLpgCbR0Bq1ivtcHstjFQeMpP]
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The Cancerous Rot at the Center of the Empire
By Jacob G. Hornberger
My question is: Why limit torture to suspected terrorists? Why not expand it
to suspected murderers, drug dealers, robbers, and kidnappers? After all,
can't those types of people commit just as heinous an act as terrorists?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22480.htm
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Why Does America Have a Drug War?
By Jacob G. Hornberger
Given that most people agree that the drug war has failed to achieve its
supposed purpose after decades of warfare, an important question arises: Why
is the drug war still being waged, especially when we consider all the
collateral damage that this federal program has produced? Hasn't the time
arrived for Americans to demand an immediate end to the war on drugs?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22482.htm
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IhFVv7P2wr1JDm5lM32iF-G8U5ZgMBB0PNuua4ZP5VqD573DMVBbo]
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What You Believe
"It's An Illusion"
By John Harris
Filmed at the "Lawful Rebellion" Conference, The British Constitution Group,
Stoke-on-Trent, 24th January 2009 by BBC5.tv.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22481.htm
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rjmtblzkDtviD4i88GdREc1tT-ehpVbYbmFM4JPCgvFCfyZNfMi5g]
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Blasts Kill More Than135 in Two Days in Iraq:
Two suicide bombers killed at least 75 people on Friday outside a revered
Shiite shrine in northern Baghdad, igniting fears that the Iraqi capital
could again descend into a cycle of sectarian violence.
http://snipurl.com/gn77j
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Iranians banned to cross border to Iraq for pilgrimage visits:
Moussavi said the decision has been made following terrorist bombings in
Iraqi holy cities since Thursday and killing or injuring of a number of
Iranian pilgrims there as a result.
http://www.payvand.com/news/09/apr/1269.html
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Rape, beatings and bribery: Iraqi police out of control:
In this vast and largely unaccountable security apparatus, with almost a
million people in uniform, corruption is rife. One of the most common ploys
is to arrest innocent people and then charge hundreds or even thousands of
dollars for them to be released.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6157590.ece
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46 militants killed in Pakistan operation:
Forty six "militants" have been killed and 26 injured in the four-day
military operation in the Orakzai Agency, tribal and official sources said
on Thursday.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=214060
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Pakistan Taliban in pullout:
The Pakistani Taliban has pulled back up to 500 of its fighters from Buner,
just 100km away from the capital Islamabad, less than 24 hours after they
entered the strategic district. The apparent withdrawal came a day after the
Taliban clashed with regional forces, leaving one policemen dead.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/04/200942475627350333.html
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Clinton: Pakistan a 'moral threat':
Speaking to US lawmakers, Clinton said the Pakistani government had to
provide basic services to its people or risk seeing the Taliban, and other
extremists, fill the vacuum.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-04/24/content_7711306.htm
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Hillary Clinton admits US role in prevailing situation of Pakistan:

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday said that the US was also
partly responsible for the present conditions in Pakistan as it virtually
abandoned country after the Soviets left Afghanistan.
http://snipurl.com/gn7b2
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Afghan officials: clash kills least 12 "Taliban":
International and Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents in heavy
fighting that left at least 12 "militants" dead in central Afghanistan on
Friday, officials said.
http://snipurl.com/gn7c2
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14 "insurgents" killed in S. Afghanistan:
Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) backed by the U.S.-led Coalition
forces killed 14 insurgents in southern Afghan province of Helmand on
Thursday, said a Coalition statement issued here on Friday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/25/content_11252455.htm
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CIA death squads killing with "impunity" in Afghanistan:
A United Nations investigator released a preliminary report last week citing
widespread civilian deaths in Afghanistan, often at the hands of
unaccountable units led by the CIA or other foreign intelligence agencies.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/afgh-m19.shtml
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India presses for Sri Lanka truce as casualties rise:
Indian envoys met Sri Lanka's president on Friday after New Delhi demanded a
truce in the closing phase of a 25-year war which U.N. data says may have
killed almost 6,500 people in the last three months.
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINCOL31851920090424?rpc=401
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un_u-]&
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Sri Lankan envoy rejects calls for humanitarian pause:
"We are demonstrating against genocide and racial discrimination in Sri
Lanka, We want an immediate ceasefire. We want the UN to intervene to stop
the genocide," she said, as she joined demonstrators carrying the Tamil
Tiger flag.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7REME2?OpenDocument
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EC-bP]
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Sri Lanka must end its civilians' ordeal:
The government must shoulder the bulk of the blame for the carnage. It
initiated the latest and grimmest round of this long war by throwing the
internationally brokered peace process aside, unilaterally ending the
four-year ceasefire last year and insisting there could be a military
solution to a political conflict.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/24/sri-lanka-tamil-tigers
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TUwt-]
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Israeli army Gaza "probe" lacks credibility : Amnesty:
There is a strikingly large gap between the "very small number" of mistakes
referred to in the IDF's briefing paper and the killing by Israeli forces of
some 300 Palestinian children and hundreds of other unarmed civilians.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090424001&lang=e
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
Israeli foreign minister sees Iran as obstacle to Mideast peace:

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman sees Iran as the biggest obstacle
to peace in the Middle East, he told the newspaper Jerusalem Post on Friday.
He said it would not be possible to resolve a single problem in the region
without first settling the issue of Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
http://snipurl.com/gn7gq
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AQOkmKKPyiA==]
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Clinton: 'Israel may lose Arab support on Iran':
Clinton said Arab nations had conditioned helping Israel counter Iran on
Jerusalem's commitment to the peace process.
http://snipurl.com/gn7ht
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r8wm2oI6Tiw==]
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Harman Wiretap Highlights Suspicions:
Intel Concerns of Dual Loyalty 'Rooted Deep in the System'
http://www.forward.com/articles/105045/
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Rwanda rebels kill 7, burn down houses in DR Congo:
The Secretary-General's Special Representative Alan Doss was told that 5
children were among the dead and 255 houses torched in Luofu, North Kivu
province, by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), said
a report released on the U.N. website.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/24/content_11249299.htm
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Two killed in Madagascar protests:
Eyewitnesses say one of them was a woman who was shot in the head.
http://snipurl.com/gn7k2
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x6KehgRWmjw==]
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The tortured Iraq-al-Qaida connection:
The Bush administration used torture, not to defuse ticking time bombs, but
to generate a false justification for the Iraq war
http://snipurl.com/gn7kv
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no7Ckm_a_Ew==]
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Rice 'approved torture methods':
A US senate intelligence committee report said on Wednesday that Rice, then
national security adviser, verbally gave the green light to the CIA in July
2002 to use waterboarding on Abu Zubaydah, an al-Qaeda suspect held in
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/2009423145748353446.html
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Dpv33]
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Right wing threatens Obama over torture charges:
Denouncing Obama's half-hearted criticism of the Bush administration's
torture policy as "Presidential Poison," the leading right-wing voice of the
American financial aristocracy warns, "His invitation to indict Bush
officials will haunt Obama's Presidency.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/apr2009/pers-a24.shtml
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The Consequences of Torture:
With this week's myriad revelations on torture, the prospective targets of
prosecution and impeachment have suddenly grown from the so-called Bush 6 to
potentially dozens of officials, lawyers, and interrogators who brought us
waterboarding, sleep deprivation, stress positions, and "walling," Here's a
look at the odds each group involved, from President Bush himself to
mid-level lawyers, face of court proceedings.
http://snipurl.com/gn7nh
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fpaOkd2wUXg==]
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Obama legal team wants to limit defendants' rights:
Supreme Court case is stark example of the White House seeking to limit
rights.
http://snipurl.com/gn7p5
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x6VkK_mrP3Q==]
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Canada 'must press US over Khadr':
A Canadian federal court has ordered the government to press the US for the
return of a young Canadian being held at the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay
in Cuba.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/200942319176319436.html
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Morales reveals 'plot' images:
Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, has shown Al Jazeera pictures of armed
men he alleges were part of a plot to kill him. Morales has been criticised
by the leaders of Hungary, Ireland and Croatia after three men linked to
those countries were killed and two detained by Bolivian police last week in
the regional opposition stronghold of Santa Cruz.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/2009/04/200942322227906306.html
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h12xqzLOFRzgjJ0A=]
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IMF predicts world recession will deepen:
The International Monetary Fund has slashed growth forecasts for every major
country and urged governments to take forceful action to ensure the world
economy's recovery from a severe recession.
http://snipurl.com/gn7rw
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GM eyes factory closures as Chapter 11 looms:
General Motors is preparing to shut the majority of its US factories for
nine weeks over the summer as its chief financial officer (CFO) admitted a
bankruptcy filing is "probable
http://snipurl.com/gn7so
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U.S. Said to Seek a Chrysler Plan for Bankruptcy:
The Treasury Department is directing Chrysler to prepare a Chapter 11
bankruptcy filing as soon as next week, people with direct knowledge of the
talks said Thursday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/business/24chrysler.html?_r=2&hp
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Microsoft sales fall for first time in 23 years:
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that declining PC sales hurt revenue, as the
software giant reported quarterly sales that fell for the first time in its
23-year history as a public company.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/23/technology/microsoft_earnings/index.htm
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Bank of America 'forced to conceal'
Merrill rescue facts: Pressure from Fed and Treasury chiefs to complete
purchase of Merrill Lynch despite 'staggering' losses
http://snipurl.com/gn7vk
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April 23, 2009
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At least 75 dead in two Iraq suicide bombings:
Two suicide bombers killed a total of at least 75 people in two separate
attacks in Iraq Thursday, police said. A man killed 33 people and himself
when he detonated explosives strapped to his body in a crowd queuing up for
humanitarian aid in central Baghdad. At least 57 people were wounded in that
attack, police told the German Press Agency dpa.
http://snipurl.com/gn7yv
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LHa-RORHc1g==]
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Pakistani forces kill 38 militants in an operation:
Pakistani security forces Thursday said that about 38 militants have been
killed in a military operation in a tribal agency near Afghan border. The
speech was criticised widely at the time as hopelessly idealistic and even
dangerous.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1992777&Lan
guage=en
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2 Pak policemen killed in attack in Taliban-infiltrated Buner:

Pakistani security forces in the Taliban-infiltrated Buner region, located
just 100 kms from Islamabad, were targeted by militants who killed two
policemen amid reports that armed extremists had moved into yet another
northwestern district near restive Swat valley.
http://snipurl.com/gn81a
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Policeman, seven Taliban killed in clash: -
A policeman and seven Taliban militants were killed in a clash in western
Afghanistan, local officials said.
http://snipurl.com/gn835
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Iranian officer shot dead by Afghan guards':
Afghan border guards said Thursday they had shot dead an Iranian sergeant in
an exchange of gunfire sparked when he allegedly entered Afghan territory
without authorisation.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090423/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestiran
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Afghan Taliban say claim of talks is "propaganda":
Afghanistan's Taliban denied on Wednesday that they were holding peace talks
with the government, saying such claims were propaganda aimed at creating a
schism among the militants.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE53L30020090422
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War criminal says:
Force must be an option - Blair:
Tony Blair has said the case for using military force to topple oppressive
regimes is as strong as it ever was - despite events in Iraq and Afghanistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8013827.stm
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Tony Blair Calls on World to Wage War on Militant Islam:
Mr Blair was speaking almost ten years to the day since he gave an address
in Chicago at the height of the Kosovo crisis when he set out what he
described as a "doctrine of international community" that sought to justify
intervention, including military intervention, not only when a nation's
interests are directly engaged but also where there exists a humanitarian
crisis or gross oppression of a civilian population.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6153607.ece
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Israel defies US and destroys Palestinian home:
Brushing aside international criticism, Israel demolished a Palestinian
house in East Jerusalem in the latest in a series of actions that critics
say is racheting up tensions in the city, harming chances for a two-state
solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
http://snipurl.com/gn88q
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Norwegian lawyers file complaint accusing 10 Israelis of Gaza war
crimes:
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and
opposition leader Tzipi Livni were among those named in the complaint, the
lawyers said.
http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-norway-israel-gaza-complaint,0
,3819943.story
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Pelosi knew Harman was overheard on wiretap:
She said that when a member of Congress is recorded as part of a wiretapped
conversation, intelligence officials inform congressional leaders.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321210/
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CIA first proposed waterboarding in May 2002:
The document released Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee
provides the most detailed timeline yet for how the CIA's harsh
interrogation program was conceived and approved.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042202666.
html
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Document: Cheney, Rice signed off on interrogation techniques:

A newly declassified narrative of the Bush administration's advice to the
CIA on harsh interrogations shows that the small group of Justice Department
lawyers who wrote memos authorizing harsh interrogation techniques were
operating not on their own but with direction from top administration
officials, including then-Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security
Adviser Condoleezza Rice.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/66727.html
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US senators urge no prosecutions for 'torture' memo writers:

"In the interest of national security, it is the future, rather than the
past, on which we believe America?s gaze must be fixed," said Republicans
John McCain and Lindsey Graham, as well as Joseph Lieberman
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090422/pl_afp/usattacksmilitaryjusticecongresslett
er
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Netherlands Wants US 'Hague Invasion Act' Scrapped:
The Netherlands wants the US to abolish the act that legitimises the use of
force to free Americans if they should fall into the hands of the
International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
http://www.nisnews.nl/public/230409_3.htm
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Weekly jobless claims up more than expected:
The Labor Department said Thursday that initial claims for unemployment
compensation rose to a seasonally adjusted 640,000, up from a revised
613,000 the previous week. That was slightly above analysts' expectations of
635,000.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30364714
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley
Wassalam,
SA
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