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"What is a rebel? A man who says no" - Albert Camus
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"Men
seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel
against anything that does not deserve rebelling against." - Thomas Carlyle - Source: Essays--Goethe's Works
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"As
long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man
objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever." - Clarence Darrow
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,745icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,262
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No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted
By Chris Hedges
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My Life With The Taliban:
By Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef
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Demonizing Iran-Venezuela
Israeli Deputy FM: Iran-Venezuela Ties Threaten U.S., Entire World
By Haaretz Service
"Venezuela
is Iran's advance outpost on the Latin American continent. The two
countries have joined together to create an axis of conventional and
nuclear terror [that threatens] not only the Middle East, but also the
continent of America, and the United States in particular," Ayalon told
a group of some two dozen journalists from Latin American countries. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27056.htm
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Tears of Gaza
2 Minute Video
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In the Mideast, The US is a Helpless Giant
By Eric Margolis
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Truth is the Greatest Enemy of the State.
By Paul Craig Roberts
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Post Mortem for the world's "Reserve Currency"
By Mike Whitney
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15 dead in Somali battles: -
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Six dead in Iraq attacks as police make sweeping arrests :
At
least six people were killed Monday in separate incidents in Iraq,
while security forces announced they had arrested 89 people suspected
of planning attacks or other acts of terrorism.http://bit.ly/ebQ0Fq
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Tribesman sues Islamabad CIA chief:
"That
drone attack killed my son, my brother and a local man. We are not
terrorists, we are common citizens," Khan told a news conference in
Islamabad.http://presstv.ir/detail/155296.html
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Pakistan encouraging Hamid Karzai in coalition with militants:
Pakistan's
military is championing a power-sharing plan that would force Afghan
president Hamid Karzai into coalition with some of the most deadly
Taliban factions in return for peace.http://bit.ly/g7wKb7
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Hunger and Anger in Afghanistan:
In
Afghanistan, a nation where 850 children die every day, about a
quarter of the population goes hungry. The UN says that 7.4 million
Afghans live with hunger and fear of starvation, while millions more
rely on food help, and one in five children die before the age of five.http://www.progressive.org/kelly121010.html
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King Abdullah announces support for Iran's nuclear rights:
Jordan's
King Abdullah said here on Monday that his country recognizes Iran's
nuclear rights, adding enjoying access to peaceful nuclear energy is
the right of the Iranian nation, IRNA reported.http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/1796665.html
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Soldiers kidnapped as anger flares in Yemen:
Those
behind these kidnappings are armed citizens who are angry at the
detention of their children and relatives in state prisons, among them
the man sentenced to death on Saturday for the bombing of the sports
club in Aden," Nasser Al-Khubaggi, a leading member of the Southern
Movement, told Reuters by phone.http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTE3MjYwMjQ4NQ==
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US supplied 'illegal' arms to Saudi for war against Houthis:
The
US supplied arms and intelligence to Saudi Arabia in their war against
Yemen's northern Houthi rebels, according to leaked diplomatic cables.
An act the United States' own counterterrorism chief said was illegal.http://www.yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=35219
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'Europe will recognize Palestinian state when appropriate' :
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Netanyahu hails U.S. retreat on settlement freeze demands:
PM
to meet with U.S. envoy George Mitchell on Monday evening in
Jerusalem; Obama administration wants Israel to take a position on core
issues, with an emphasis on borders.http://bit.ly/fuelOg
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Israel: Jerusalem Won't Be Shared:
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Barak tells Gates: Hezbollah and Syria must not gain weapons edge over Israel:
Defense
Minister meets U.S. counterpart at the Pentagon to discuss
Washington's continuing support of Israel's defense efforts.http://bit.ly/haqBkj
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Public invited to inform on those renting to Arabs:
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Kuwait shuts down al-Jazeera for covering opposition protest meeting:
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Assange attorney: Secret grand jury meeting in Virginia on WikiLeaks:
"it
does seem to me that what we have here is nothing more than a holding
charge." The United States just wants Assange detained, he said, so
"ultimately they can get their mitts on him."http://bit.ly/esgVVu
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Media chiefs throw support behind WikiLeaks:
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Rudd prepared to intervene for Assange:
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Why did I back Julian Assange? It's about justice and fairness:
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Health Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional:
A
federal district judge in Virginia ruled on Monday that the keystone
provision in the Obama health care law is unconstitutional, becoming
the first court in the country to invalidate any part of the sprawling
act and ensuring that appellate courts will receive contradictory
opinions from below.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/health/policy/14health.html?_r=1
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Bank of America admits fraud in US antitrust case:
US
banking giant Bank of America has admitted it committed fraud in the
municipal bond derivatives market and will pay 137.3 million dollars in
damages, the government said Tuesday.http://bit.ly/dFD8Rf
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
