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"We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace
the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace." -
William Ewart Gladstone
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In the name of peace
They waged the wars
Ain't they got no shame
- Nikki Giovanni
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"Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war." - John Andrew Holmes, Wisdom in Small Doses
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,759www.icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,379
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Libya Rebels: Gaddafi Could be Right About al-Qaeda
Two documents suggest northeast Libya, centre of rebellion, is an al-Qaeda hotspot
By Alexander Cockburn
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The CIA's Libya Rebels:
2007 West Point Study Shows Benghazi-Darnah-Tobruk Area was a World Leader in Al Qaeda Suicide Bomber Recruitment
By Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D.
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Libyan Civilians Injured in US Pilot Rescue
Channel 4 Video Report
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Libya, Obama, and the Five-Second Rule
Special Comment By Keith Olbermann
Mr. President. We are not clear why we are fighting, who exactly we
are fighting with, who the 'rebels' are that we're fighting for, what a
No-Fly Zone accomplishes with a dictator who has ground troops, how
long we are to be there, to whom we are to "hand-off," and http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27767.htm
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Obama and Libya
By Butler Shaffer
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Saudi Arabia Abandons Yemen's Saleh, Calls for Transition
By: David Dayen
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The Pentagon's Pro-War Sock Puppets
By Anthony Gregory
In the next years, if you find someone online defending the warfare
state, it just might be a government propagandist. The web persona
might be a complete fake, even the product of a computer program
concocted by the US military. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27764.htm
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Billionaires Flourish, Inequalities Deepen as Economies "Recover"
By James Petras
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Rights Are Curtailed for Terror Suspects
By EVAN PEREZ
New rules allow investigators to hold domestic-terror suspects
longer than others without giving them a Miranda warning, significantly
expanding exceptions to the instructions that have governed the
handling of criminal suspects for more than four decades. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27758.htm
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Welcome To America
Power To Strip Search Passengers Claimed by Feds
By Bob Barr
In a breathtaking statement delivered in an official court
proceeding, the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims
authority to strip search every airline passenger; and to begin such a
practice without even soliciting comment from the public. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27765.htm
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Syria: At least 25 killed:
Around 20,000 people have lined the streets of Deraa for the
funerals of protesters killed in clashes with security forces. A Syrian
journalist tells Channel 4 News the situation "is out of control". http://bit.ly/h7zdu5
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Syria: Protesters Killed and Scores Detained Including Children:
At least 21 people went missing after Wednesday's protest and
another 33 people could face up to fifteen years in prison for taking
part in the protests. http://bit.ly/h4UDa2
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Pakistan: Eight militants killed in Orakzai:
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5 Killed as police targeted in Pakistan suicide attack:
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331 US officials may leave Pak under secret deal over Davis:
A total of 331 US officials in Pakistan, most of them suspected of
engaging in espionage under diplomatic cover, have been "identified to
leave the country" under a secret deal between the two sides for
release of American national Raymond Davis, a media report said on
Thursday. http://bit.ly/g78K3c
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NATO occupation force kills 2 civilians in Kabul:
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Two British occupation force troops killed in Afghan bombing: ministry:
Two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in southern
Afghanistan just six days before they were due to return home, the
defence ministry said Thursday. http://bit.ly/fNzxSf
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US Soldier Gets "24 Years" for Murders of 3 Afghans:
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Outrage over horrific racist taunts against locals by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan:
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Gadhafi forces hold on Misrata undeterred by Western air strikes:
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi seized control of
Misrata's port on Wednesday, stranding thousands of Egyptian and
sub-Saharan African migrant workers, who were seeking evacuation by
sea, the resident said. http://bit.ly/hhluPy
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US and French act as rebel airforce?
Libya rebels coordinating with West on air assault:
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Allies Move from Defense to Offense in Libya:
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Libyan rebels appear to take leaf from Kadafi's playbook:
For a month, gangs of young gunmen have roamed the city, rousting
Libyan blacks and immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa from their homes
and holding them for interrogation as suspected mercenaries or
government spies. http://lat.ms/e8HDva
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Libya TV Airs Images of Tripoli Bombing Aftermath, Said-to-be Civilian Victims:
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There's nothing moral about Nato's intervention in Libya:
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Policeman killed in south Yemen capital, seven others wounded:
A policeman was killed and seven others were wounded when their
patrol was ambushed in southern Yemen's main city of Aden on Thursday, a
security official told AFP. http://bit.ly/hbiioY
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Pro-Saleh forces clash with Yemen army units:
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Yemeni opposition says No to Saleh's new offer:
Yemen's opposition stepped up efforts to remove President Ali
Abdullah Saleh on Thursday, dismissing his offer to stand down after a
presidential election at the end of the year. http://bit.ly/geVhZB
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Saudis prepare to abandon troublesome Yemen:
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British citizens should leave Yemen 'without delay':
Foreign secretary makes statement to House of Commons warning that security situation in country is deteriorating rapidly http://bit.ly/ghVDjU
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Yemen shuts down Al-Jazeera:
The Doha-based television, in a strapline on screen, said its
offices in Sanaa were closed and press accreditation withdrawn of its
staff in Yemen, which has heavily criticised the channel's coverage of
the unrest. http://bit.ly/fqLYkk
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Israeli air strikes draw Gaza rocket fire:
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Israeli airstrikes across Gaza:
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Egypt honors agreements, holds Israel responsible for Gaza - FM:
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Russians still intend to go through with Syria missile sale:
The Russian sale of Yakhnot anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria is a
"done deal," and Moscow has no intention of scuttling it, the Kremlin
told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Thursday in Moscow Thursday,
according to a senior Israeli diplomatic source. http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=213710
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Netanyahu plays up Iran threat in Russia:
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UN creates human rights investigator on Iran:
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More of the same? Egypt's military law criminalizes protests, strikes:
Egyptians who risked their lives trying to depose a ruler who ran a
police state and never lifted emergency for more than three decades,
are fuming under the bizarre policy of the new dispensation. http://bit.ly/eeU89T
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EGYPT: Rights group alleges military forced captured female protesters into taking 'virginity tests':
Salwa Hosseini, 20, who was taken by soldiers to a military prison
on the outskirts of Cairo, told Amnesty International that she and
fellow female detainees were strip searched, photographed while naked
and subjected to electric shocks. http://lat.ms/hymLtT
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Former Mubarak minister charged over deaths:
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Half a Million Bahrains to Hold 'Day of Rage' on Friday: -
Hundreds of Thousands Bahraini people planned a huge demonstration
across the country on Friday, March 25. - Bahraini People announced
plans for another "Day of Rage" on Friday in defiance of the martial
law imposed since last week. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=233055
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Clashes in Algeria over housing row:
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3 nuke workers hospitalized in Japan:
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WikiLeaks: Colombia began using U.S. drones for counterterrorism in 2006:
The Colombian military began using U.S.-supplied surveillance
drones for counterterrorism and counter-narcotics operations in 2006,
according to a classified State Department cable released Wednesday by
WikiLeaks. http://wapo.st/dZ3Eqr
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US military aid to Colombia serves to enrich defense companies:
WikiLeaks founder: United States military aid to Colombia serves
more to enrich private defense companies than to help the Andean
nation, said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange http://bit.ly/eD6MEy
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Pentagon overpaid billionaire oil tycoon by up to $200 million:
The audit found that Harry Sargeant III was overpaid on several military contracts worth nearly $2.7billion. http://bit.ly/i8oTEF
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Ex-White House economists issue debt warning:
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Haley Barbour flew state plane to deliver cost cutting message to CPAC, Fox News:
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, his wife and three aides flew in a
luxury jet to Washington for a weekend of politicking, including an
appearance on Fox News Sunday and a speech to the Conservative
Political Action Conference. "Our problem is not that we tax too
little," Barbour told the gathering. "It's that we spend too much." http://bit.ly/ecTyRn
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California's Tax Hike Did Not Work:
California's tax collections grew at around half of what the state
projected for 2010-indicating that the state's fiscal situation may be
even more dire than previously understood. http://www.cnbc.com/id/42248793
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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