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"But
what counter-insurgency really comes down to is the protection of the
capitalists back in America, their property and their privileges. US
national security, as preached by US leaders, is the security of the
capitalist class in the US, not the security of the rest of the
people." ---[1975] CIA Diary by Philip Agee
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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 : 2,387
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CIA, British Special Forces Swarm Through Libya
By David Dayen
America's no boots on
the ground humanitarian intervention in Libya features ground-based CIA
agents (presumably wearing tennis shoes) coordinating with Libyan
rebels so as to better be able to assist them with tactical air
support.
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A CIA Secret Army of al-Qaeda Terrorists
By Russian Television
Webster Tarpley: Al Qaeda does US dirty work in Libya.
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The CIA, the Libyan Rebellion, and the President
By David Bromwich
One of Barack Obama's
first acts as president was to say that Guantanamo must go. It did not
go. Soon after, he said that the Israeli settlements must go. They
expanded. Obama made his peace in the end with Guantanamo and the
Israeli settlements.
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Obama on Libya: George W. Bush 2.0
By Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis
The Obama administration
and supporters of the war -- who a month ago couldn't tell the
difference between Benghazi and Baghdad -- portray the intervention in
Libya as a simple morality tale, with evil on one side and good on the
other.
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The Hypocrisy of the West's 'Humanitarian Interventions'
By Peter Lavelle
Western sponsored
"humanitarian intervention" always picks a side - and the winning side
does what it pleases. This is one of the unspoken spin-offs of
"humanitarian interventionism".
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What the Patriot Act Does For You
By Philip Giraldi
Broadly speaking, the
Patriot Act was designed to make it easier for law enforcement to
investigate US citizens and permanent residents by easing legal
restraints on records and activities that were hitherto considered
private or required a judge's order to access.
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Fukushima Fallout Reaches U.S.A.
Trace levels of radiation found in rainwater from California to Massachusetts
By Mike Whitney
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At least 40 civilians killed in 'humanitarian' airstrikes, bishop says:
"The so-called humanitarian raids have caused dozens of victims
among civilians in some areas of Tripoli," the Libyan capital, Bishop
Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, the apostolic vicar of Tripoli, told the
Vatican's missionary news agency Fides March 31. http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1101275.htm
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Gadhafi: Western airstrikes unleash war between Christians and Muslims :
"If they continue, the world will enter into a real crusader war.
They have started something dangerous that cannot be controlled and it
will become out of their control," said a text from Gadhafi, read out
on state television. http://bit.ly/fDC77f
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U.S.-Yemeni Cleric, Calls Arab Unrest An Opportunity For Al Qaeda:
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Libya rebels flee eastward by the hundreds:
Kadafi's forces appear poised to take Port Brega after pushing the
opposition fighters out of Ras Lanuf, another oil refinery city. http://bit.ly/gCZdtu
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Bomb strikes convoy of hard-line Islamist politician in Pakistan, killing 10 people: -
A roadside bomb struck a convoy carrying a prominent hardline
Islamist leader in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 10 people
in the second attack apparently targeting the politician in as many
days, police said. http://wapo.st/flLMyZ
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Driver killed in Pakistan attack on NATO oil tanker:
Gunmen in Pakistan's troubled southwest opened fire on a tanker
carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing its
driver and setting the vehicle ablaze, officials said. http://yhoo.it/hyEwP0
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Pakistani politician blames assassination attempt on CIA, Pakistan government:
He accused the Pakistani government of giving free reign to US
agents to target local leaders who speak out against the CIA's drone
program http://bit.ly/fMPBGo
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Al Qaeda declares south Yemen province as "Islamic Emirate":
Earlier this week, it was reported that gunmen took control on the
presidential palace complex, communications facilities and a local
ammunitions factory. http://bit.ly/fOMwz3
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Britons urged to leave Yemen now:
The Foreign Office has urged all British nationals to leave Yemen
while commercial airlines are still flying "in light of the rapid
deterioration in the security situation". http://bit.ly/fltd25
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Bahrain rally decries teenager's death:
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Bahrain hardliners to put Shia MPs on trial:
Bahrain is facing renewed turmoil after regime hardliners began
preparations to put on trial Shia legislators accused of backing
protests. http://bit.ly/hl8H9Y
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Bahrain steps up crackdown on opposition:
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Syria braced for Friday showdown:
Syria is braced for a violent showdown in its most restive cities
on Friday as opposition activists vow to defy Bashar al-Assad, their
increasingly intransigent president, by bringing hundreds of thousands
of supporters onto the streets. http://bit.ly/fmVZyQ
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Syria plans terrorism law to replace emergency law:
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US lawmakers urge support for Syrian opposition:
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Olmert says Gaza war inevitable:
"If there's one thing I regret -- it's that we didn't finish the
job back then -- we cannot avoid the need to complete the job," Olmert
said on Wednesday, referring to the Gaza war while he was in office. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/172432.html
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'U.K. didn't always feel safe to share intelligence with Israel':
Former MI6 chief says he has no doubt Israeli intelligence 'plays by a different set of rules' than those observed in London. http://bit.ly/etnYAz
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Côte d'Ivoire: West African Immigrants Massacred:
Ivorian militias and Liberian mercenaries loyal to Laurent Gbagbo
killed at least 37 West African immigrants in a village near the border
with Liberia on March 22, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. http://bit.ly/fy1Lgi
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Japan urged to extend nuclear exclusion zone:
Radiation levels in village 40km from tsunami-damaged plant exceed
"operational criteria for evacuation", IAEA warns: Radioactivity in the
seawater has reached more than 4,000 times its legal limit, the
Reuters news agency reported. http://aje.me/hABVal
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Michio Kaku - Japan Nuke Crisis: What Options are Left? :
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Ohio state employees lose the right to strike:
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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