Information Clearinghouse
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Tom Feeley
Information Clearinghouse
By Eric Margolis
Financial crisis, not armed terrorists, greatest threat to U.S. security.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22361.htm
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Resist or Become Serfs
By Chris Hedges
America is devolving into a third-world nation. And if we do not immediately
halt our elite's rapacious looting of the public treasury we will be left
with trillions in debts, which can never be repaid, and widespread human
misery which we will be helpless to ameliorate. Our anemic democracy will be
replaced with a robust national police state.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22359.htm
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US Hypocrisy on North Korea
Let's Talk About Israel's Nukes
By Jeremy Scahill
Obama used the launch in his major address in Prague, which has been
characterized as an anti-nuclear speech. "Rules must be binding," he said of
North Korea's launch. "Violations must be punished. Words must mean
something."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22357.htm
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US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats
By Barbara Crossette
The ambassador, John Gunther Dean, writes that over the years he not only
came under pressure from pro-Israeli groups and officials in Washington but
also was the target of an Israeli-inspired assassination attempt in 1980 in
Lebanon, where he had opened links to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22356.htm
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Democrats and War Escalation
By Norman Solomon
Top Democrats and many prominent supporters -- with vocal agreement,
tactical quibbles or total silence -- are assisting the escalation of the
U.S. war effort in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The predictable results will
include much more killing and destruction. Back home, on the political
front, the escalation will drive deep wedges into the Democratic Party.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22358.htm
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Bring an End to 'Triple Evils' by Abandoning War
By Kevin Martin and Leslie Cagan
Until fundamental changes are made in U.S. foreign policy -- an end to
blank-check support for Israel, an end to U.S. occupation and military bases
in Arab lands, an end to threats to Iran, an end to the chimera of the
"global war on terror" (or whatever they call it now), an end to hypocrisy
on nuclear proliferation, and concrete steps to address legitimate
grievances in the Arab and Muslim world -- whatever we do in Afghanistan or
Pakistan, short of a massive occupation that would be immoral and we can't
afford, is doomed to failure.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22362.htm
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Cowardice in the Time of Torture
By Ray McGovern
Clearly, the Cheneys and Feiths of this world are betting on Obama being cut
of the same cloth. The President will prove them right if it turns out that
his oft-repeated "No one is above the law" proves to be just rhetoric.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22355.htm
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Spain Investigates What America Should
By Marjorie Cohn
A Spanish court has initiated criminal proceedings against six former
officials of the Bush administration. John Yoo, Jay Bybee, David Addington,
Alberto Gonzales, William Haynes and Douglas Feith may face charges in Spain
for authorizing torture at Guantánamo Bay. If arrest warrants are issued,
Spain and any of the other 24 countries that are parties to European
extradition conventions could arrest these six men when they travel abroad.
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420 Tigers killed, troops seize key Sri Lankan area:
Fighting the Tamil Tigers in their last bastion, Sri Lankan troops Sunday
captured the Puthukkudiyiruppu area, killing over 420 guerrillas in three
days of fighting, the military said.
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Bombings in Baghdad Shiite areas kill 33:
Angry survivors hurled stones at Iraqi soldiers at the site of one of the
blasts in Sadr City after troops fired guns into the air to disperse crowds
of people trying to care for the injured, witnesses said.
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Senior Iraqi official shot dead in Baghdad:
A senior official from Iraq's Interior Ministry died on Sunday after gunmen
raked the car in which he and his family were travelling with bullets, a
ministry official told AFP.
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=30801&ccid=11
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Pakistan bomber leaves 24 dead:
A suicide bomber struck a Shiites' prayer place, Imambarga, killing at least
24 congregants and wounding dozens others in Chakwal, 80 kilometers from
Islamabad in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday, police said.
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Suicide bomber kills eight troops in capital:
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a base housing paramilitary troops
in the heart of Islamabad, Pakistan, yesterday, killing eight troops and
wounding several more, officials said.
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Troops kill 18 militants on Afghan border:
Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships and jets killed at least 18
militants in a restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said
yesterday.
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Thousands flee bomb attacks by US drones:
AMERICAN drone attacks on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are
causing a massive humanitarian emergency, Pakistani officials claimed after
a new attack yesterday killed 13 people.
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Taliban threaten 2 attacks per week in Pak: :
Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who had claimed responsibility
for the attack on the police academy, which killed at least 12 people, has
vowed more assaults unless the US shelves the drone-fired missiles.
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'Mehsud has pals in high places':
Baitullah Mehsud, the brazen Taliban chief based in Waziristan, has been
able to escape several attempts to kill and capture him because he has
friends in Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, according to
a Newsweek report.
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14 militants killed, IED cache destroyed in S. Afghanistan:
Afghan National Army (ANA) backed by the U.S. -led Coalition forces killed
14 militants in Qalat district of southern Afghan province of Zabul province
Saturday, said a statement issued here on Sunday.
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Nato allies boost Afghanistan force:
"[Obama said] that there would be 5,000 troops and trainers, 3,000 of that
will be actual combat troops, the largest contingent of that force will be
... from Britain."
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Moderate Taliban leader warns Barack Obama's plan will make
Afghanistan worse:
The warning comes from a figure considered the moderate face of the former
Taliban regime, who is expected to play a key role in paving the way for any
reconciliation efforts.
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Women choose exile as Taliban laws return:
THE first Afghan woman to appear on television after the fall of the Taliban
has fled the country, saying it is too dangerous, as her husband was shot
dead outside their house.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6036521.ece
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Blasts kill many in India's Assam:
Two bombings in India's northeast have left at least seven people dead.
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Israeli forces kill three Palestinians:
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians - two men and a woman - in two
separate clashes on Saturday in the Gaza Strip and in southern Israel.
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Abbas lays down terms for peace talks with Netanyahu:
The new Israeli government "would have to accept the creation of a
Palestinian state, stop construction in West Bank Israeli settlements and
remove army roadblocks crippling life in the West Bank so that we can resume
dialogue in order to reach a political solution," Abbas said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1076521.html
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US Senate moves to fully fund Israel aid:
The US Senate included a measure to restore full funding for foreign aid to
the budget it approved late Thursday, increasing chances that the pool of
money including assistance for Israel wouldn't be cut.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1238562906554&pagename=JPost%2FJPArti
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'To Iran, Israel is not a goal, it's a tool'
Israel is a tool that Iran uses in order to export its extremism into the
Gulf. From the days of the Shah, they wanted hegemony in the Gulf, and
Israel is a game they play. So when they want to win support among Arabs,
they start screaming about Israel; they simply play off frustrations and
fears in the Arab world. And to some degree they've succeeded ?
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1075970.html
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Change... What change?
Obama vows to build missile shield in stand-off with Iran:
The United States will continue to develop a missile defence shield until
Iran abandons its nuclear ambitions, President Barack Obama said yesterday.
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Putin: plans to use force against Iran "counterproductive":
"We believe that force has been overused on the international arena lately.
Instead of conducting unpleasant long talks, problems are too often resolved
through the use of crude force which is counterproductive," said the prime
minister.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/06/content_11140051.htm
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Background: The nuclear nations:
North Korea, along with India, Pakistan and Israel, is one of four countries
not to have signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/05/nuclear-weapons-non-proliferation
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UN divided on N Korea rocket launch:
The UN Security Council has ended a three-hour long emergency session over
North Korea's rocket launch with little more than a commitment to "continue
consultations".
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/04/20094601758486829.html
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Obama said N. Korea 'broke the rules.' Now what?:
"North Korea broke the rules once more by testing a rocket that could be
used for a long-range missile," Obama said. "This provocation underscores
the need for action - not just this afternoon at the UN Security Council,
but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0405/p06s01-woap.html
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57% want America to take military action against North Korea: Poll:
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters nationwide favor a military
response to eliminate North Korea's missile launching capability.
http://snipurl.com/fcfif
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Sarkozy warns Barack Obama:
The love-in between Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama proved short-lived
after the French President warned his US counterpart yesterday to keep his
nose out of the issue of Turkey's membership of the European Union.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6041404.ece
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Shell in court over alleged role in Nigeria executions:
In a New York federal court, Shell and one of its senior executives are to
face charges that in the early 1990s in Nigeria they were complicit in human
rights abuses, including summary execution and torture.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/apr/05/shell-saro-wiwa-execution-charges
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German and French banks got $36 billion from AIG Bailout:
We officially moved into the next stage of the crisis today. AIG, likely
under pressure from the administration, decided to come clean about where
most of the bailout money was going. In a press release with several
attachments, the struggling insurer detailed which counterparties had gotten
about $100 billion of the bailout funds.
http://snipurl.com/fcflf
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America to redirect military spending:
Mr Gates, who spent the weekend finalising his budget plans for 2010, is
expected to take aim at several major weapons conventional warfare
programmes, in favour of spending on technologies more useful to the
"asymmetrical" wars that US forces are embroiled in.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5110462/US-to-slash-m
ilitary-spending.html
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Economist: US collapse driven by 'fraud';
Geithner covering up bank insolvency: In an explosive interview on PBS' Bill
Moyers Journal, William K. Black, a professor of economics and law with the
University of Missouri, alleged that American banks and credit agencies
conspired to create a system in which so-called "liars loans" could receive
AAA ratings and zero oversight, amounting to a massive "fraud" at the
epicenter of US finance.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Economist_US_collapse_driven_by_fraud_0404.html
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$500K homes now selling for $200,000:
Mary Ann Lepley, her husband, Derrick, and their 2-year-old daughter,
Melody, have been in their 3,000 square-foot home here for about three
months. They bought it for about $250,000. Just two years ago, amid
California's housing boom, the same house sold for nearly $550,000.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/02/foreclosure.dream.homes/index.html
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley