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"The
human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving
adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience,
the task of surviving prosperity." - Alan Gregg
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"I
wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea
that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're
licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no
matter what." Atticus Finch (Harper Lee)
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"Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change
the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead
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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 : 2,286
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The Culture of the Occupation
By Layla Anwar
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US Cable Reveals
Israel Deliberately Choked Gaza
By AFP
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Any Respect For International Law Left In The US Congress?
By Franklin Lamb
The
US administration, as revealed in a State Department cable posted by
Wikileaks, has been working overtime with Israel to parry further
condemnation of Israeli crimes documented in the Richard Goldstone and
Richard Falk Reports, among others.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27197.htm
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The Paris Four
In the Land of Double Standards
By Lawrence Davidson
These
four stalwart defenders of the homeland from terrorism were lending
material support to a designated terrorist organization through speech
that was coordinated to enhance the cause of that group. As Giuliani
put it, "The United States should not just be on your [the MEK's] side.
It should be enthusiastically on your side. You want the same things
we want."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27200.htm
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Putin Prepares For War
By Mike Whitney
Putin:
"One state and, of course, first and foremost the United States, has
overstepped its national borders in every way. This is visible in the
economic, political, cultural and educational policies it imposes on
other nations. Well, who likes this? Who is happy about this?"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27199.htm
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States Turning to Laws to Curb Labor Unions
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
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Nader to the Times: 'There Is Too a Left!'
By Ruth Conniff
How
can it be that in such dark economic times, most of the political
energy in the country is focused on dismantling unions, undoing
President Obama's modest effort at health care reform, and giving even
more power and even larger tax breaks to the rich and big business?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27202.htm
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Foreign occupation troops kill 3 civilians :
Afghan residents Wednesday accused US-led troops of killing three civilians in an overnight raid in Afghanistan's restive south
http://bit.ly/hHhFi5
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Bombs kill three civilians:
The
three civilians were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb
in Uruzgan province, provincial deputy governor Khodai Rahim said.
http://bit.ly/e60f6A
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Two NATO Occupation Force Soldiers, UN Worker Killed In Afghanistan:
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'US killed 938 Pakistanis in 2010':
The
Islamabad-based NGO, Conflict Monitoring Center, revealed the details
of the deaths by US drone attacks in its annual report. The report gives
detailed accounts on how the CIA killed innocent people merely on the
suspicion of being militants.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/158578.html
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Rose petals for Taseer killer in court:
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Muqtada Sadr, anti-U.S. occupation cleric, returns to Iraq:
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Pentagon in $9.1bn fraud case in Iraq:
Iraq's
Supreme Audit Court says the US Ministry of Defense has failed to
account for the USD 9.1 billion misspent discretionary funds during
Iraq's occupation.: According to Iraqi newspaper al-Bayanat al-Jadidah,
this recent release follows the 2010 finding of USD 8.7 billion in
Iraq funds not accounted for.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/158612.html
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Egypt halts full aid delivery to Gaza:
Egyptian
authorities have prevented some convoy members, including Iranians and
some Jordanians, from crossing into the besieged Palestinian territory
and have refused to allow the convoy, which is worth some 1 million
dollars of aid, to be delivered to Gaza through the Rafah border
crossing.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/158808.html
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Former U.S. attorney general visit Gaza on solidarity mission:
Ramsey
Clark kicked off a three-day visit to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on
Wednesday, for a solidarity mission that places him at odds with
American foreign policy. Clark met with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail
Haniyeh. He was also scheduled to meet with human rights activists and
visit relatives of people killed during Israel's attack on Gaza two
years ago.
http://bit.ly/hvxF8z
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Israeli lawmakers approve 'McCarthy-esque' panel to probe 'left-wing' groups:
Israeli
left-wing organizations warned that the legislatures approval of a
commission to investigate certain non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
would "destroy democracy" in the nation.
http://bit.ly/gRprn4
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Fox News allows guest to promote 'holy war' on Muslims:
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What About Pfc. Bradley Manning?:
While
Julian Assange, the head of Wikileaks, conducts international media
interviews from a manor house in the English countryside, Pfc. Bradley
Manning, the soldier the military reportedly believes is responsible
for providing Wikileaks' information, languishes in solitary
confinement in a Marine brig.
http://bit.ly/htYb4H
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Opposing war and occupation is not a crime:
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression.
http://bit.ly/dIBPU2
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World food prices enter 'danger territory' to reach record high:
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Dramatic spike in gas prices forecast: Demand for oil keeps increasing:
The
former head of Shell Oil has warned that gas prices could hit $5 a
gallon by 2012 because of fast-growing demand in emerging countries such
as China and India, where more and more people are buying cars,
combined with restraints on drilling in the U.S. in the wake of last
year's disastrous Gulf oil spill.
http://bit.ly/eBthrS
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Medical Neglect Stalks Georgia Prisons:
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Budget cuts send prisoners to solitary confinement:
Court
upholds solitude for state's death-row inmates: A Department of
Corrections decision to return a condemned prisoner to solitary
confinement from a unit that gave him more freedoms but fell victim to
budget cuts, did not violate the prisoner's rights, the state Supreme
Court ruled Thursday.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013808999_gentry31m.html
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A note from Joe Bagent:
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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