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"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." Horace Mann (1796 - 1859)
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"Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear." - Alan Corenk
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,754 icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,324
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Mubarak Refuses to Stand Down
By Al Jazeera
Egyptian president vows he will stay in office until September, and will not bow down to 'foreign pressure'
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The Egyptian Revolt is Coming Home
By John Pilger
The uprising in Egypt has discredited every Western media
stereotype about the Arabs. The courage, determination, eloquence and
grace of those in Liberation Square contrast with "our" specious
fear-mongering with its al-Qaeda and Iran bogeys and iron-clad
assumptions, bereft of irony, of the "moral leadership of the West". http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27446.htm
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The Middle East Does Not Need Stability
By Gideon Levy
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Al Jazeera English Live From Egypt
Video Live Stream
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Who's Next?
Contagious Revolution Sweeping in Arab World
Video By Press TV
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US Cables: FBI Trained Egypt's State Security 'Torturers'
By Daniel Tencer
Egypt's secret police, long accused of torturing suspects and
intimidating political opponents of President Hosni Mubarak, received
training at the FBI's facility in Quantico, Virginia, even as US
diplomats compiled allegations of brutality against them, according to
US State Department cables. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27447.htm
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Bomber Names Ex-CIA Operative in Cuba Bombings
By AP
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QE2 Sets Off Inflation Alarms
By Mike Whitney
The stimulus that's pushing liquidity into the markets, is not
being transmitted to the real economy. It's stuck in financial La-la
land where it can't do any good. The problem is not that Bernanke is
dropping money out of helicopters. The problem is that his helicopter
never stops circling Wall Street. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27450.htm
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31 soldiers killed as schoolboy bomber strikes at army centre:
In one of the deadliest strikes on the Pakistan army, a schoolboy
suicide bomber sneaked into a heavily-guarded Pakistani army training
centre in the country's north-west today and blew himself up in the
midst of a parade, killing 31 soldiers and leaving 40 more wounded. http://bit.ly/i0lxSB
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Pakistan: Former spymaster warns against handing over US murder suspect:
Former army officers will take action against the Pakistani
government if it releases a US diplomat who is suspected of murder and
espionage, ex-intelligence services chief and general Hamid Gul warned
on Wednesday. http://bit.ly/i53JI7
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Video reveals US diplomat's Pakistan police encounter:
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Afghan district chief among 7 killed in suicide attack:
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Occupation force troops "accidentally killed" two Afghan civilians and injured one :
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Officials estimate up to 35,000 Afghan resistance members active:
Up to 35,000 Taliban-led rebels are thought to be active in
Afghanistan's ten-year old insurgency, a government spokesman said
Wednesday. http://bit.ly/fAPr4a
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16 Killed as South Sudan ceasefire broken:
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Car bomb kills 8 pilgrims on way to Iraqi shrine:
Women and children were among those killed in a group of pilgrims
headed to the shrine in Samarra for Friday ceremonies marking the death
of Shiite Islam's 11th imam, a ninth-century successor to the Prophet
Muhammad. http://wapo.st/gS6gtY
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Egypt's Information Minister Anas el Fekky told Reuters "the
president is definitely not going to step down", shortly before Hosni
Mubarak's address to the nation was to be broadcast.
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Egypt's Mubarak to step down:
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Egypt protests: Hosni Mubarak 'may be stepping down':
A senior member of Egypt's governing party has told the BBC he
"hopes" that President Hosni Mubarak will transfer power to
Vice-President Omar Suleiman. Hossan Badrawi, secretary general of the
National Democratic Party (NDP), said Mr Mubarak would "most probably"
speak to the nation soon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12421000
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Army discusses Mubarak's future:
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'Nearly one million protesters descend on Cairo square':
Number of demonstrators climbing steadily, Al Jazeera reports,
despite Egypt FM's warning that military could be forced into action if
demonstrations continue; protesters have called for a second
'1-million-strong rally' on Friday. http://bit.ly/h54LaD
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Al Jazeera:Live blog Feb 10 - Egypt protests:
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'Saudi king told Obama he'd fund Mubarak if U.S. halted Egypt aid':
Abdullah warned U.S. president that withdrawing $1.5 billion in
annual aid would humiliate Mubarak, according to Britain's The Times. http://bit.ly/gt7Fz9
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WikiLeaks: Suleiman told Israel he would 'cleanse' Sinai of arms runners to Gaza:
Omar Suleiman, the new vice-president of Egypt, told the Israelis
he wanted to start "cleansing the Sinai" of Palestinian arms smugglers,
according to leaked cables. http://bit.ly/ga3JC0
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Israel urges U.S. to reaffirm support in light of Egypt unrest:
U.S. officials meeting Barak stress administration's 'unshakeable'
commitment; Israeli envoy: Foreign aid to Israel can't be taken for
granted. http://bit.ly/foyttj
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Israel rejects William Hague's 'belligerent' claim:
Israel dismissed comments by Foreign Secretary William Hague that
its belligerent stance on unrest in the Middle East was harming peace
efforts as a misreading of its position that security must be its prime
concern at a time of instability. http://bit.ly/h5k2Sy
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Arab leaders pin hopes on subsidies to allay anger:
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Gaddafi ready for Libya's "Day of Rage": -
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has dealt with the calls
being issued by the National Conference for the Libyan Opposition
[NCLO] and Libyan [political] activists for a Libyan "Day of Rage" to
take place on 17 February, modeled on similar events in Tunisia and
Egypt, by issuing an unprecedented warnings against any attempts to
create chaos and instability in Libya. http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=&id=24095
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Ex-prosecutor blasts Sweden on Assange:
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Julian Assange statement outside court - video:
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Bin Laden cook Qosi sentenced to two years in prison:
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Cuba welcomes new internet cable link with Venezuela:
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Deficits add pressure to cut defense spending:
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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