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"So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us
let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through
cowardice..." - William Faulkner
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"Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived." - Abraham Lincoln
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"O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength! But it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. William Shakespeare "- "Measure for Measure," Act II, Scn. ii
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,770 icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,482
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The New Face Of War
"We don't need no stinkin' badges"
By Conn Hallinan
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Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey
By John Pilger
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Managing Public Perception: Murdering Libya
Obama Subtly Shifts War Aims in Libya
By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID E. SANGER
"The goal is to make sure that the Libyan people can make a
determination about how they want to proceed, and that they'll be
finally free of 40 years of tyranny and they can start creating the
institutions required for self-determination." That is quite parallel
to the objective the United States set in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq
in 2003. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28195.htm
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Nato Rejects Libya Truce Offer
By Agence France-Press
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In Case You Missed It
US Planned Libyan Regime Change 10 Years Ago
1 Minute Video
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On Patriotism
Examining the Firmware of War
By Fred Reed
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The Patriot Act: When Truth Becomes Treason
By Susan Lindauer
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Increasing the Deficits Will Fire-up The Economy
By Mike Whitney
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More than 40 killed in fighting as Yemen lurches closer to civil war:
More than 40 Yemenis were killed in pitched street battles in the
capital on Thursday as fighting aimed at ending President Ali Abdullah
Saleh's three-decade-long rule threatened to ignite civil war. http://bit.ly/j1cM38
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Yemen edges closer to civil war as tribal leader takes fight to Saleh:
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32 killed in Pak blast:
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US to pull troops from Pakistan:
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Seven American occupation force troops among nine killed in Afghan attack:
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Pakistan: Govt decides to crush terrorist with full force:
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Six killed in Iraq violence:
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Gunmen kill Iraqi tasked with purging Saddamists :
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Iraq's Moqtada al-Sadr warns Mehdi Army ready to fight US:
Iraqi cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has threatened to
take up arms against US troops unless they leave the country by the end
of the year. In a rare interview, he told the BBC he believed US
forces would not stick to an agreement to withdraw from Iraq. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13569978
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"Terrorist group" guns down three policemen in Syria's Homs:
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Syrian forces fire on Deraa protesters-witnesses:
Syrian security forces fired live rounds on Thursday at hundreds of
protesters marching in a night demonstration in the southern city of
Deraa to demand the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, two witnesses
said. http://reut.rs/kgRqvH
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Russian opposition to Libya campaign causes G-8 rift:
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Anyone listening?
Gaddafi makes new ceasefire offer:
The ceasefire offer was unlikely to deflect Western leaders,
meeting for a Group of Eight summit in the French seaside resort of
Deauville, who say they are steadily moving closer to their goal of
forcing Gaddafi from power. http://www.tradearabia.com/news/INTNEWS_199332.html
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Anyone listening?
Tripoli proposing cease-fire: -
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Anyone listening?
Libya ready for ceasefire, demands end to NATO strikes:
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AU leaders seek end to Nato strikes in Libya:
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Libya effort is called violation of war act:
Several lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday accused President
Obama of violating the War Powers Resolution by continuing American
participation in NATO's air war in Libya without Congressional
authorization, but they struggled with the question of what Congress
can or should do about it. http://bit.ly/ix5rHU
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House bars ground troops in Libya:
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Saudi troops sent to crush Bahrain protests 'had British training':
The revelation is likely to renew allegations that the Coalition is sending mixed messages on democracy in the Middle East. http://bit.ly/kDBB0k
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Abbas: Palestine to go to UN in September:
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War criminal:
Blair: Obama anxious about Israel's fate:
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Top Palestinian negotiator: Israel destroying two-state solution:
Saeb Erekat condemns inauguration of new East Jerusalem settlement
by Israeli ministers, says it presents an obstacle to negotiations. http://bit.ly/mD6Ndg
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Stephen M. Walt : 'The smallest minds and cowardliest hearts':
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Iran warns of US plots to save Israel:
"The US seeks to save the Zionist regime (Israel) with deceit.
Everybody should know that the survival of the Zionist regime and its
existence even in one span of the Palestinian soil is like preserving a
cancerous tumor in the body of regional nations, and [is] a permanent
threat against them," said President Ahmadinejad in the Iranian city of
Qom on Thursday. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/181808.html
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Venezuela oil chief says US can 'go to hell':
The head of Venezuela's state oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela
(PDVSA) said the "imperialist" United States could "go to hell" after
it slapped sanctions on the company over alleged ties to Iran. http://bit.ly/kbO5YF
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The new Bin Laden?
US offers $5 million reward for Russian Islamist:
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Mladic in Belgrade court following capture:
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US Senate renews anti-terror powers:
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Those voting against the Patriot Act:
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Fed's secret loans to banking giants revealed:
Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Royal Bank of Scotland each
borrowed at least $US30 billion ($29 billion) in 2008 from a Federal
Reserve emergency lending program whose details weren't revealed to
shareholders, members of Congress or the public. http://bit.ly/jkIby9
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Former President Clinton Retracts Default Comments:
Former President Bill Clinton retracted comments that the U.S.
government could default on its debt for a few days without
"calamitous" consequences, after being urged to do so by top White
House officials, people familiar with the events said Thursday. http://on.wsj.com/k2cc6i
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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