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Tom Feeley
Information Clearinghouse
"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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US to consult Pakistan on strikes:
Obama ruled out deploying US ground troops inside Pakistan.
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley