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I apologize for the absence of a newsletter yesterday (Thursday) I
had some computer problems and should be back with normal service by
tomorrow afternoon.
Peace and Joy - Tom
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"Patriotism lies not in blind obedience to authority, but in the desire to search for the truth." - Ramman Kenoun
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"I learned nothing from war. War is not an activity for human beings; war is for criminals-rape, robbery and murder." - Roman Podabedov (Russian anti-tank gunner)
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,769 icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,437
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Questions About "Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation"
By Ali Abunimah
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U.S. Politicians Line Up to Castigate Palestinian Unity Deal
By Alex Kane
Democrats and Republicans are lining up to demand the
cut-off of U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority as a response to the
reported unity deal between Hamas and Fatah. Expect the Obama
administration to take heed and agree with Congress-especially with the
2012 elections approaching. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27984.htm
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AIPAC
Is Israel's Rightwing in Eric Cantor's District?
By David Swanson
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Petraeus: Can He Tell It Straight?
By Ray McGovern
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Blindness Toward War Easy for Americans
By John R. MacArthur
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Obama's Inconsistency Doctrine on the Arab Spring
By P.J. Crowley
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Financial Heist of the Century:
Confiscating Libya's Sovereign Wealth Funds
By Manlio Dinucci
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From Democracy to Plutocracy
By Jim Hightower
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Grand Theft Benny
By Mike Whitney
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Federal Reserve For Dummies
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33 militants killed in NW Pakistan:
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Obama remakes Afghan war "braintrust":
President Barack Obama will Thursday unveil new
military and diplomatic commanders for the increasingly unpopular US
Afghan war effort, in a sweeping reshuffle of his national security
team. http://yhoo.it/mab8Cv
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18 killed as deadly blast devastates Marrakesh cafe:
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At least 16 killed in Iraq:
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15 killed in Yemen violence:
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Armed government opponents attacks checkpoint in southern Yemen, clash with Republican Guard:
Yemeni government opponents clashed with police
Thursday in the southern province of Aden, as tens of thousands of
protesters rallied nationwide to denounce a deadly government crackdown
and demand the president's ouster. http://wapo.st/jfASob
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NATO Kills 12 Libyan Enemy Combatants in Misrata:
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Gaddafi forces regain Libyan border crossing:
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Gadafy forces 'seize' town of Kufra:
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U.S. helps Libyan Enemy Combatants as Gaddafi open new fronts: -
The United States threw a financial lifeline to rebels
controlling eastern Libya while forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi
harried insurgent strongholds in the west and far southeast of the
country. http://yhoo.it/k18ukB
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Oil for guns:
US eases oil sanctions to help fund Libyan rebel fighters:
The United States on Wednesday authorized Americans to
buy oil from Libyan rebels, easing sanctions to open a stream of
funding to opponents of Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi. http://bit.ly/kWV8hJ
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Black propaganda:
US: Libya death toll could be as high as 30,000:
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More bull:
Gaddafi Troops Raping, Issued Viagra:
U.S. Envoys : In a closed-door Security Council
meeting, Susan Rice said that Qaddafi was "issuing Viagra to his
soldiers so they go out and rape" women, without providing evidence to
support the assertion http://yhoo.it/lOBELK
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"Dictator" gives guns to citizens? Libya's Gaddafi trains volunteer army to fight NATO:
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British troops could be deployed to Tunisia:
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Dozens killed in Syrian protests:
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'Terrorists' attack military post in Syria:
Syria's state-run television says "armed terrorists"
have attacked a military post in the southern city of Daraa, killing
four soldiers and capturing two. http://ind.pn/kVBtrq
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US aims financial hits at Syrian officials, Iran: -
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Muslim Brotherhood backs Syria protests: -
The Muslim Brotherhood called on Syrians to take to
the streets ahead of Friday prayers and help the besieged city of
Deraa, where a rights group said civilian deaths from a tank-backed
army attack rose to 50. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110429/wl_nm/us_syria
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Tread lightly on Syria, Russia warns UN Security Council:
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Bahrain issues four death sentences:
Bahrain's military court has sentenced four
anti-government protesters to death, in a move to further crush the
ongoing revolutionary movement in the small Persian Gulf country. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/177116.html
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Bahrain 'torture service' official to attend royal wedding:
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Whats the difference between diplomacy and hypocrisy?
Syrian ambassador's royal wedding invitation withdrawn:
Foreign Office decides ambassador's presence at
ceremony would be 'unacceptable' at a time when UK is at loggerheads
with Damascus over Syria's crackdown on protesters http://bit.ly/kb4gCS
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Gaza civilians wounded in Israeli attack:
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Egypt breaks Israels siege of Gaza: Egypt FM:
Gaza border crossing to be permanently opened:
Egyptian FM tells Al-Jazeera that preparations are already underway to
permanently open Rafah border crossing, which would allow goods and
people in and out of Gaza with no Israeli supervision. http://bit.ly/muT2Fj
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Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad must go, Hamas insists:
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Egypt sending team to Gaza to help implement Palestinian deal :
The deal provides for the creation of a non-factional
professional security force which would be subject to scrutiny by the
Palestinian legislature. http://bit.ly/kWVw9s
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Peres: Palestinian unity deal could be barrier to statehood:
President calls burgeoning Fatah-Hamas reconciliation
agreement a 'fatal mistake,' saying he expected a future Palestinian
vote to result in Hamas' rule of the West Bank. http://bit.ly/jk6Edf
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Ashrawi urges intl support for unity:
"The division between Fatah and Hamas has been
enormously destructive and self-defeating for Palestinians. This
agreement represents a positive step towards Palestinian reconciliation
and national unity, which are absolutely crucial to the success of our
struggle," http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=382977
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Gilad Atzmon: Drama in London:
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Poll: Only one in five Egyptians have a positive view of US :
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Telegraph names alleged rape victim in full Guantánamo release:
One of the documents published by the Telegraph today
includes the full name of a boy detained at Guantánamo who, according
to the file, was raped at the age of 15, just prior to being
transferred to the camp. http://bit.ly/l5pla1
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Dennis Kucinich : PR Stunt on Pfc. Manning, Pentagon Offers No Answers, Only Contrivance:
Instead of answers and accountability for the
potential mistreatment of Pfc. Manning, the Department of Defense only
offers fake transparency in the form of a guided tour of his new
prison. http://bit.ly/ksQ6S3
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Write to Bradley Manning in Fort Leavenworth:
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FBI serves Grand Jury subpoena likely relating to WikiLeaks:
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Special report: The day America took leave of its senses:
One moment, we were watching a property magnate, with
one eye on the presidency, the other on his reality TV show ratings,
and puffed up like a bullfrog, rejoicing on an airport tarmac in New
Hampshire that America's President of two years had finally made public
his birth certificate. http://ind.pn/lYa1Bg
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2016: when China overtakes the US:
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Wal-Mart: Our shoppers are 'running out of money':
Wal-Mart's core shoppers are running out of money much
faster than a year ago due to rising gasoline prices, and the retail
giant is worried, CEO Mike Duke said Wednesday. http://bit.ly/m0JOh3
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One Million Exhausted Jobless Benefits in Past Year:
Roughly 1 million people in the U.S. were unable to
find work after exhausting their unemployment benefits over the past
year, Labor Department data released Thursday suggest.. http://on.wsj.com/ipq4Ft
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Minimum wage anyone? :
McDonald's Hires 62,000 During National Event:
McDonald's and its franchisees hired 62,000 people in
the U.S. after receiving more than one million applications. A
McDonald's spokeswoman declined to disclose how many of the jobs were
full- versus part-time. The number of applications for unemployment
benefits in the U.S. rose last week, a sign that progress in the labor
market may be fading. http://bloom.bg/kzCI8c
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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