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"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth." - George Washington
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"Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both." - Abraham Flexner
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We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so
vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives...inside
ourselves. - Albert Camus
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"Better recognize your brothers,
Ev'ryone you meet,
Why in the world are we here,
Surely not to live in pain and fear,"
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,764 icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,400
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To Libya With God On Our Side
By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes
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US Military Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Jails
By KIMBERLY DOZIER
The secrecy under which the U.S. runs that jail and about 20 others
is noteworthy because of President Barack Obama's criticism of the old
network of secret CIA prisons where interrogators sometimes used the
harshest available methods, including the simulated drowning known as
waterboarding. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27855.htm
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Latin America Shakes Off the US Yoke
By Mark Weisbrot
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War on Palestinian Memory
Israel Resolves Its Democracy Dilemma
By Ramzy Baroud
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Will Iceland Vote "No" Or Commit Financial Suicide?
By Michael Hudson
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Why Do People Hate John Maynard Keynes?
By Mike Whitney
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Obama Hails Deal to Impose Record Cuts in Social Spending
By Patrick Martin
Obama twice boasted that he had signed on to "the largest annual
spending cut in our history." Eager to send a signal that this deal was
only a down-payment on far more sweeping cuts in social programs to
come in the fiscal year 2012 budget. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27849.htm
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Ivory Coast: 100 killed as Gbagbo troops regain ground:
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Ivory Coast: Gbagbo fights back (Video):
Although he is holed up in a bunker at the presidential residence,
his troops have regrouped and are well armed. They are launching a new
fight against forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara http://bit.ly/gUfVzW
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Ivory Coast: French helicopters launch rockets at Gbagbo's palace:
French helicopter gunships launched rocket attacks on President
Laurent Gbagbo's palace in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan on Friday
night, according to witnesses. http://bit.ly/eqw4z2
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Gbagbo forces fire at French envoy home-France:
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Pakistan air raids kill dozens of 'rebels':
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At least 37 killed on Friday in Syria -rights group: -
A Syrian rights group said on Saturday that security forces killed
at least 37 people during Friday's demonstrations across the country. http://bit.ly/gEwrQP
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Syria says 19 police killed in southern city:
Daraa was the site of a mass demonstration Friday by thousands of
anti-government protesters. Witnesses and human rights groups said
security forces opened fire to disperse the gathering. http://bit.ly/fS5Fma
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Syrian rights group says funeral comes under fire in southern city:
Further details on the shooting were not immediately available.
Telephone calls to Daraa were not going through, and the Syrian
government has placed severe restrictions on media coverage in the
country. http://wapo.st/hqmT14
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17 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in three days:
At least 17 Palestinians, six of them civilians, have been killed
in the Israeli pounding of the Hamas controlled Gaza Strip since
Thursday in the bloodiest escalation since the two sides agreed to an
informal ceasefire more than two years ago. http://bit.ly/i4lyZn
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Gaza-Israel attack rages on as 4 killed:
Israel killed four Palestinian resistance members and wounded half a
dozen others as it pursued air attacks in Gaza for a third day on
Saturday http://yhoo.it/fXuY14
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Hamas warns Israel: Halt air strikes on Gaza or we'll intensify rocket fire:
Spokesman for Hamas blames Israel for escalation in violence, says
Gaza militants must fire rockets to protect Palestinian citizens http://bit.ly/eRpe2c
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Hamas declares security alert in Gaza:
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Hamas says didn't mean to target Israeli school bus:
"It was not known that the bus targeted on the outskirts of Gaza carried schoolchildren," spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters http://bit.ly/g9zAFX
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MK Herzog: Israel May Reoccupy Gaza:
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Israeli Embassy in Cairo Under Siege: Demands:
Embassy Closure and Withdrawal from The Camp David Accords in Wake of Renewed Attacks on Gaza http://bit.ly/dQPmfo
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Do The People Of Egypt Want The Blockage On Gaza To Be Lifted?:
Over one million Egyptian protesters in Cairo's Liberation Square
demanded their military rulers to abandon Israel and lift the blockade
on the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday. http://bit.ly/i3iYO3
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Wikileaks : US Embassy Cables: :
Lieberman's pick for PA president: Arafat's economic adviser:
He described Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as "weak and
corrupted, and no longer relevant" and suggested that the United States
and Israel find a more suitable partner for dialogue in the PA
leadership. His candidate: Mohammed Rashid, "although he is no Woodrow
Wilson. http://bit.ly/i91rHL
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Wikileaks : US Embassy Cables:
'Hezbollah expected to launch 100 missiles a day at Tel Aviv':
Israel expects next war against Hezbollah to be much more painful,
leaked cables reveal, with 24,000 to 36,000 rockets and missiles
expected to be launched at Israel. http://bit.ly/hgGxjr
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Wikileaks : US Embassy Cables: :
Netanyahu's 'friend' Sarkozy tried to dodge the PM:
In their report of a June 2009 meeting between the French president
and the Israeli premier - who claim to be friends - French officials
said Sarkozy tried to avoid a tete-a-tete with his guest. http://bit.ly/dGDJ8H
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It's all about the money: :
Settler leader downplays comments on West Bank evacuation:
WikiLeaks cable quoting the "settler" leader saying that settlers would agree to evacuate West Bank for 'the right price.' http://bit.ly/geGsww
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WikiLeaks: The Israel file:
In the months that have passed since the original publication,
rumors have spread to the effect that Assange had worked hand in hand
with Israel to prevent exposure of embarrassing material about it.
Proponents of such a conspiracy theory held that Assange is in fact a
Mossad agent, or that he met ?(in Geneva, in November 2010?) with
Mossad people and plotted the intrigue with them. http://bit.ly/dYtnpX
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At least 14 protesters shot in Yemen:
Police fired volleys of live rounds at demonstrators in Taez on
Saturday, in what local residents said was some of the worst violence
since anti-regime protests broke out in Yemen in January. http://bit.ly/ij5EIt
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Yemen Pulls Envoy from Qatar in Row over Gulf Plan:
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Ten killed as Iraq military storms Iran exiles' camp:
Tensions boiled over this week when the Iraqi army moved troops
near Camp Ashraf, prompting its residents to pelt soldiers with stones
and throw themselves in front of military vehicles. The army stormed
the camp yesterday, hurling smoke bombs at a crowd of about 100 masked
people. http://news.scotsman.com/news/Ten-killed-as-Iraq-military.6748708.jp
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Seven gunmen, one civilian killed in Iraq violence:
Seven gunmen and one civilian were killed in two separate attacks in Iraq, police sources said on Saturday. http://bit.ly/ftlhcZ
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Gates Says Some Troops May Remain in Iraq for Years:
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Al Sadr threatens action if US forces remain in Iraq:
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UN: Iraq's leaders must address protest demands: --
The U.N. envoy to Iraq urged the country's leaders Friday to
address the legitimate demands of protesters for jobs, services and
accountability. http://apne.ws/foUHTC
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Eight rebels killed in fighting in Libya's Misrata:
Libyan rebels fighting troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the city
of Misrata said eight of their fighters had been killed in clashes
along a road leading to the rebel-controlled port on Saturday. http://reut.rs/fdr2qD
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Gaddafi's tanks and heavy artillery are pushing ahead to retake Ajdabiya :
Coming under heavy shelling, the rebels had retreated from the outskirts of Brega and were struggling to hold their ground. http://bit.ly/evflKh
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Libya "rebels" vent frustration on Nato and a silent leadership:
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EU ready for Misrata mission with UN backing:
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Libya: American troops on the ground?:
Gen. Carter F. Ham, commander of the U.S. Africa Command told
Congress an international ground force might be needed to help the
Libyan rebels and that U.S. troops might be involved http://bit.ly/ial5ci
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Libya opposition asks U.S. Treasury for Gaddafi assets:
Ali Aujali, who resigned in February as Libya's ambassador to the
United States and now represents Libya's most prominent rebel
organization in Washington, in a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner said the humanitarian conditions have deteriorated in
areas held by the rebels. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110409/wl_nm/us_libya_usa_assets
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UK: Special Forces scandal as officers are held 'for trying to leak secrets':
The unprecedented arrests came as members of the SAS and SBS were
deployed in Libya in preparation for airstrikes and to liaise with
rebels and identify stranded British oil workers for rescue. http://bit.ly/g9wS8G
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Military kills six Egyptian protesters:
The death toll from a security crackdown on Egyptian protesters in
Cairo's Liberation Square has risen to six after some seriously injured
people died in hospitals. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/173916.html
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Clashes erupt around Cairo's Tahrir Square:
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Bahrain police detain, beat prominent rights activist :
Authorities in Bahrain on Saturday detained and beat a prominent
human rights activist in part of widespread crackdown on the opposition
in this tiny Gulf nation, a Bahraini human rights group and his
relatives said. http://wapo.st/hjpagQ
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Saudis hold second day of protests:
In Saudi Arabia, hundreds of people have demonstrated to denounce
the presence of Saudi forces in Bahrain, where they help the Al Khalifa
monarchy to crack down on anti-government protesters. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/173913.html
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Iran-Pakistan fallout over Bahrain:
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Bahrain's secret Mossad ties revealed?:
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US Army clears "kill team" brigade commander of responsibility:
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Cuban "ex-CIA" agent acquitted in perjury case:
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Japan bans planting rice in radioactive soil:
Fears of radiation spread to rice as the planting season began in
Japan, prompting the government to ban its cultivation in contaminated
soil as fallout leaking from a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant dealt
another blow to the national diet. http://bit.ly/gYVt1C
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One helluva boost: JPMorgan CEO sees compensation jump 1,500 per cent to $20.8million:
He has piloted America's second biggest bank through the financial
crisis and come out the other side relatively unscathed. And now Jamie
Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co, is being extremely well rewarded
for his efforts. http://bit.ly/h52huR
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Johnson & Johnson fined for bribing doctors:
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Banks in Ill., Nev. fail; makes 28 closed in 2011:
Regulators on Friday shut down small banks in Illinois and Nevada,
lifting the number of U.S. bank failures so far this year to 28 after
157 succumbed in 2010 to the gutted economy and mounting bad loans. http://bit.ly/ignPVb
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Debt Jumped $54.1 Billion in 8 Days Preceding Obama-Boehner Deal to Cut $38.5 Billion for Rest of Year:
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New home sales are at lowest level in almost 50 years:
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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