RIP - Joe Bageant, 1946-2011 -After a
vibrant life, Joe Bageant died yesterday following a four-month
struggle with cancer. He was 64. Joe is survived by his wife, Barbara,
his three children, Timothy, Patrick and Elizabeth, and thousands of
friends and admirers. He is also survived by his work and ideas.
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,759 icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,381
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The Kill Team
By Mark Boal
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A CIA Commander For Libyan Rebels
By Patrick Martin
The US and European intervention in Libya is aimed not at bringing
"democracy" and "freedom," but at installing in power stooges of the
CIA who will rule just as brutally as Gaddafi, while allowing the
imperialist powers to loot the country's oil resources and use Libya as
a base of operations. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27779.htm
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"Bait and Switch" Libya and The Holy Triumvirate
By William Blum
Will the state-dominated economy be privatized? Who will wind up
owning Libya's oil? Will the new regime continue to invest Libyan oil
revenues in sub-Saharan African development projects? Will they allow a
US military base and NATO exercises? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27777.htm
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Who Are The Libyan Freedom Fighters And Their Patrons?
By Peter Dale Scott
"It may puzzle and perhaps dismay young protesters in Benghazi,
Cairo and Tunisia that their democratic hopes are being manipulated by
an ultra-conservative Arab elite which has underhandedly backed a surge
of militant Islamist radicals across North Africa. " http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27776.htm
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Joseph Beuys And Coyote Meet "Humanitarian" Bombing Campaigns
By Phil Rockstroh
Images of irradiated rains and bombing campaigns have left many
riddled with dread, haunted by the uncertainty of it all...gripped by
the feeling that events are hurtling at an exponential rate of speed
towards some ill-defined but tragic reckoning. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27780.htm
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Is Fukushima About To Blow?
By Mike Whitney
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How The US Let Calderón Save Face
By Rodrigo Camarena
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The Collapse of Globalization
By Chris Hedges
until we awake from our collective self-delusion, until we carry
out sustained acts of civil disobedience against the corporate state
and sever ourselves from the liberal institutions that serve the
corporate juggernaut-especially the Democratic Party-we will continue
to be rocketed toward a global catastrophe. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27775.htm
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Yemen: 40 killed in clashes in northern governorate of Al-Jawf:
The anti-government uprising, backed by opposition parties, has
sparked clashes between pro- and anti-government tribesmen in the
northern Yemeni governorate of Al-Jawf where at least 40 people have
been killed in the past few days http://www.yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=35827
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Yemen arms factory blasts kills at least 80 people:
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Yemen president scraps offer to step down as Islamic militants take advantage of unrest to seize towns:
The militants moved in with no resistance because police had
withdrawn weeks earlier - as they did in several other parts of the
country - in the face of challenges by anti-government protesters. http://bit.ly/gfEAj0
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Pentagon urged to find 'Plan B' for base as Yemeni crisis grows:
The Pentagon is being urged to move its counterterrorism operations
from Yemen across the Gulf of Aden to Djibouti should the government
in Sanaa fall. http://bit.ly/echAAa
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20 killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing:
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Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan:
The death toll among Canadian soldiers serving in Afghanistan rose
to 155 Sunday when 24-year-old Corporal Yannick Scherrer of
Victoriaville, Quebec, was killed by a roadside bomb. http://bit.ly/fk829V
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"Let Me Check Off My Kill"
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Taliban 'kidnap Afghan policemen':
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New coalition airstrikes reportedly underway in Libya; strikes help rebels advance:
Days of coalition airstrikes appeared Saturday to have pushed open
the door to western Libya for anti-government rebel forces, which
retook the strategic city of Ajdabiya as a weakened military loyal to
Gaddafi fell back. http://wapo.st/hctRtM
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Libyan rebels facing tough fight for Sirte:
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US officials: Libyan operation could last months:
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Libyan Government: "NATO Terrorising, Killing Libyans":
"We believe the unnecessary continuation of the air strikes is a
plan to put the Libyan government in a weak negotiating position. NATO
is prepared to kill people, destroy army training camps and army
checkpoints and other locations." http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=5709
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Defense Secretary: Libya Did Not Pose Threat to U.S., Was Not 'Vital National Interest' to Intervene:
In December, 2007, Barack Obama told The Boston Globe that "The
President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally
authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve
stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." http://abcn.ws/h58Rm0
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Libyan rebels to start oil exports soon:
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Al Qaeda snatched missiles in Libya: Chad president:
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Syria: Army on Latakia streets after 12 killed:
Syrian troops have deployed in force in the northern city of
Latakia, where at least 12 people have died in a wave of unrest that
has shaken the regime. Twelve people were killed on Saturday during
anti-government protests in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, the
government has confirmed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12879097
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Syria arrests US national 'for spying for Israel':
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Syrian troops fire teargas at protesters in Deraa:
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Lieberman: 'Precedent' for Syrian intervention:
Lieberman, Connecticut independent, said on "Fox News Sunday."
"There is a precedent now ... we're not going to allow Assad to
slaughter his own people." http://bit.ly/eJZS61
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Assad pledges to scrap arrest law:
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Al Assad deserves benefit of doubt:
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18 killed in Iraq violence:
Overnight, gunmen stormed into a notorious and poor district of the
northern city of Mosul, killing six women and a man, police and
medical sources said http://bit.ly/f7anFW
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Bahrain shuns Kuwait's mediation offer:
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Israeli strike kills two in Gaza:
An Israeli air strike killed two Gaza militants yesterday,
threatening to prompt more tit-for-tat attacks a day after militants
committed to calm if Israel reciprocated. http://bit.ly/elLPCX
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US casts only vote for Israel in UNHRC:
Six motions condemn Israeli settlement activity and human rights
violations in occupied Palestinian territories, Golan Heights. The US
was the only country to vote against all six United Nations Human
Rights Council (UNHRC) resolutions on Israel, which were approved in
Geneva this Thursday and Friday. http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=213966
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Mubarak under house arrest in Egypt:
Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and his family have been
reportedly placed under house arrest by the country's Supreme Council
of the Armed Forces. The council made the announcement through a
statement posted on its website on Monday. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/171993.html
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America 'must practise what it preaches':
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How the US let Calderón save face:
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Agent: I was ordered to let U.S. guns into Mexico:
ATF agents job is to stop gun trafficking across the border. Instead, he says he was ordered to sit by and watch it happen. http://bit.ly/g5oOOj
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Radiation in Japan seawater, soil may be spreading: -
Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out
contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as
officials warned Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was
spreading to seawater and soil. http://bit.ly/fyLq8U
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Low-level radiation found in Massachusetts rainwater:
Trace amounts of radioactive iodine linked to Japan's crippled
nuclear power station have turned up in rainwater samples as far away
as Massachusetts during the past week, state officials said on Sunday. http://reut.rs/fPTvRg
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Euro economists expect Greek default, BBC survey finds:
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Irish banks heading for new bailout:
The latest round of bank stress tests in Ireland is expected to
show another black hole of between €18bn and €23bn and lead to the
fifth bailout in two and half years. http://bit.ly/ekLgoH
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Dems: Potential Cuts to Medicaid Outlined by Administration 'Cruel':
The lawmakers are concerned the letter will encourage states to
clip health coverage for some of the country's poorest people amid a
poor economy when they could use the benefits most. http://bit.ly/h77cZY
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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