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"There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own
Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own
ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free
from the law itself." - Daniel K. Inouye
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"In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the
Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential,
inherent in covert media operations, for manipulating or incidentally
misleading the American public." - Frank Church
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"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." - William Colby
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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 : 2,341
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Tripoli - A City in the Shadow of Death
By Robert Fisk
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Why Europe Fears the North African Uprisings
The Spectre of a Black Europe
By Behzad Yahmaian
The loss of Europe's hired gun in the fight against irregular
migration will lead to a more open confrontation between the EU armed
guards and the African migrants in high seas. How far will Europe go to
stop the African from reaching its frontiers? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27556.htm
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The CIA's Killing Spree in Lahore
By Mike Whitney
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The Push of Conscience and Secretary Clinton
By Ray McGovern
Hillary Clinton - both as a U.S. senator and as Secretary of State -
has demonstrated a nonchalant readiness to unleash the vast
destructiveness of American military power. The charitable explanation,
I suppose, is that she knows nothing of war from direct personal
experience. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27557.htm
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Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
By Michael Hastings
The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in
"psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators
into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has
learned - and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was
railroaded by military investigators. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27560.htm
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My Tortured Journey With Former Guantanamo Detainee David Hicks
By Jason Leopold
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50 dead in clashes across Somalia: witnesses:
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UN: 57 Somalis Drown in Waters Near Yemen:
The agency reported Thursday that 54 of those who died were refugees and three were smugglers. http://bit.ly/eRd0RX
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Report: 23 killed in clashes in north-western Libya :
At least 23 people have died in clashes between protesters and
security forces in the north-western city of al-Zawiya, the Libyan news
website Quryna reported. http://bit.ly/fGfVTk
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Gaddafi blames unrest on al-Qaeda:
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Qaddafi Loyalists Hold Tripoli as Lines Harden With Opponents:
"Gunfire starts at sunset and lasts all night in Tripoli," said
Mohamed Hassan, a carpenter. Yasser al-Badry, also a carpenter, said
live bullets were "all over the ground" after one crackdown against
protesters in the capital. http://bloom.bg/hItS2Q
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Mass Burial - Tripoli, Libya
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Live Blog - Libya Feb 24 :
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Official: U.S. Military options for Libya being planned:
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Chomsky: US supports stable dictators:
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EU urged to share asylum burden:
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Suicide bomber kills at least 11 in Iraq:
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Over 10,000 protesters gathered in Sulaimaniya, Iraq:
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PM urges Iraqis not to attend Friday's protests:
Thousands of Iraqis are expected to take to the streets on Friday
to protest against poor basic services in a wave of demonstrations
inspired by anti-government uprisings that have rattled the Arab world. http://reut.rs/ejql7W
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Extrajudicial Killing::
US Kills 6 People In Pakistan:
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Five security officials killed in attack on Khyber check post:
Separately, in Khyber's Bara area, three people were killed in clashes between armed militants from two banned organisations. http://bit.ly/fueV9Y
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Pakistan's intelligence ready to split with CIA:
Pakistan's ISI spy agency is ready to split with the CIA because of
frustration over what it calls heavy-handed pressure and its anger
over what it believes is a covert U.S. operation involving hundreds of
contract spies, according to an internal document obtained by The
Associated Press and interviews with U.S. and Pakistani officials. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/ap_on_re_us/us_pakistan_feuding_spies
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US-Pak military hold secret meeting:
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Did Davis double-cross US as recruitment point man for Taliban?:
American official Raymond Davis, arrested for double murder, had
"close links" with Taliban and was "instrumental" in recruiting youths
for it, the media here claimed on Tuesday, close on the heels of
reports in the US that he was a CIA agent tracking movements of terror
groups like LeT. http://bit.ly/dEebVg
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One protester killed in Yemen:
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Yemen: Unrest in Sanaa, bloodshed in Aden :
The fatalities - one named Yassin Askar, the other unidentified -
were among three people taken to Naqib hospital in Aden, where
demonstrators hurled stones at police, set tyres and vehicles on fire
and stormed a municipal building where heavy gunfire was heard. http://www.mmorning.com/ArticleC.asp?Article=8894&CategoryID=6
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Yemeni lawmakers resign: -
Eight members of Yemen's ruling party resigned in part to protest
the government's violent response to anti-government protesters, media
reports said. http://bit.ly/gS9obp
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Muslim Brotherhood calls for mass protest against new Egyptian cabinet:
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called to hold a mass rally next Friday
in Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand a new government. The Al Quds Al
Arabi newspaper said the movement, which was banned during the rule of
president Hosni Mubarak, is demanding a government without any figure
who served under Mubarak. http://bit.ly/dWszs1
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Egypt detains minister, TV boss :
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'Bahrain govt. must resign Thursday':
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Judge approves Assange extradition:
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Assange extradition order 'gang rape': mother:
The mother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday
condemned a court order for his extradition to Sweden as "political and
legal gang rape", the Australian Associated Press reported. http://bit.ly/e51DUl
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Saudi held on Texas terror charge:
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In case you missed it:
WMD Plot Uncovered In East Texas:
Three people linked to white supremacist and anti-government groups
are in custody. At least one weapon of mass destruction - a sodium
cyanide bomb capable of delivering a deadly gas cloud - has been seized
in the Tyler area. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5350.htm
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S&P downgrades Ireland's debt rating:
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'I won't pay' movement spreads across Greece:
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Providence plans to pink slip all teachers:
The school district plans to send out dismissal notices to every
one of its 1,926 teachers, an unprecedented move that has union leaders
up in arms. http://bit.ly/geCOUP
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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