"Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the
earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have
cherished their opposites, peace, economy, and riddance of public debt,
believing that these were the high road to public as well as private
prosperity and happiness." -Thomas Jefferson
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"Over grown military establishments are under any form of
government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as
particularly hostile to republican liberty." -George Washington
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"Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not
as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac." -George Orwell
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,770icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,496
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Peace on Zionism's Terms
By Alan Hart
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Al-Jazeera Footage Captures 'Western Troops on the Ground' in Libya
By Julian Borger and Martin Chulov
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In Case You Missed It
George Galloway: Hands Off Libya
Video
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Afghanistan "Sovereignty"
By Glen Greenwald
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After Years of War, House Holds Votes to Check Military Action
By Russell Berman
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What Must America Defend?
Patrick J. Buchanan
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We Are The Terrorists
By Dahlia Wasfi
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Coming to America
The Pain In Spain
By Eric Margolis
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Offshoring Has Destroyed the Economy
A Nobel Economist Says Globalism Is Costly For Americans
By Paul Craig Roberts
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Look Out Below
By Mike Whitney
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The Breakup of the Euro?
By Prof. Michael Hudson
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63 killed in police raids on anti-gov't protesters in S Yemen:
The death toll of clashes between anti-government protesters and
security forces overnight Monday in Yemen's southern province of Taiz
rose to at least 63, doctors told Xinhua. Up to 800 others were injured
and dozens of them with gunshot injuries were still in critical
conditions, doctors said.
http://bit.ly/mn464B
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Eight Yemen soldiers dead from 'Qaeda' clashes:
Suspected Al-Qaeda fighters killed six Yemeni soldiers on Tuesday
in an attack near the southern city Zinjibar, a security official said,
while a medic said two others had died of their wounds.
http://bit.ly/it5Gde
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Pakistani jets kill 18 in attacks on suspected militants:
A Pakistani government official says fighter jets have attacked
militant positions in a tribal region close to the Afghan border,
killing at least 18 suspected insurgents.
http://bit.ly/mEqFXP
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Pakistani military 'bows to US pressure' on Taliban:
The News quoted unidentified "highly placed sources" as saying
Pakistan's air force would soften up militant targets in North
Waziristan under the "targeted military offensive" before ground
operations were launched.
http://ind.pn/mgETP1
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Haqqani: From White House guest to staunch U.S. enemy:
Former U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson, who fund-raised for the
Afghan resistance, once called Jalaluddin "goodness personified". The
warrior was held in such high esteem he visited the White House when
Ronald Reagan was President.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110531/india_nm/india573918
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5 Pakistan Taliban leaders kidnapped by NATO forces in Pakistan:
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Nato choppers again violate Pakistani airspace in North Waziristan:
NATO continues to violate Pakistani airspace as two helicopters again intruded into the Pakistani territory on Monday.
http://bit.ly/jyVod4
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China is adamant that the West "must respect" Pakistan's sovereignty.:
The message was delivered during Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf
Gilani's recent four-day visit to Beijing, which celebrated no less
than six decades of strategic relations --involving, among other
issues, nuclear collaboration and support over the ultra-sensitive
Kashmir question.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=241634
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10 killed, 45 wounded in multiple attack in west Afghanistan:
Multiple attacks carried out by anti-government militants killed at
least 10 people including 5 suicide bombers and wounded 45 other with
majority of them civilians in Herat city
http://bit.ly/knztRg
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Australian soldier killed by Afghan rogue ally
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Karzai bans NATO strikes on Afghan homes:
On Tuesday, Karzai told reporters in Kabul that "from this moment,
air strikes on the houses of people are not allowed. "The people of
Afghanistan so far have endured casualties and have given sacrifices.
So these operations should not be used against Afghan people and their
houses.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/05/201153165616561911.html
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Violence in Iraq claims four lives:
Bombings in Baghdad and Mosul killed at least four people and wounded at least five others, officials said Tuesday.
http://bit.ly/kxnJBe
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Libyan rebels reject Gaddafi truce offer:
Libyan rebels are rejecting a reported truce offer from Moammar
Gaddafi. Word of the offer comes from South African President Jacob
Zuma, who met with Gaddafi on Monday.
http://wapo.st/ilTZzw
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NATO risks spilling own blood while mounting pressure on Gaddafi:
"They seem to think if they quote the UN resolution at the same
time as they call for Gaddafi to go and for regime change, it's a sort
of guarantee, or as a laissez-passer. Frankly they're involved in a
civil war in Libya. The deployment of helicopters, the intensive
bombing of Tripoli that's going on - this is a war about regime
change," British MP Jeremy Corbyn believes.
http://rt.com/news/nato-pressure-gaddafi-libya/
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'US dropped cluster bombs on Misratah':
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Are these men SAS helping Libyan rebels? News crew films Western troops liaising with gunmen:
Footage by the Al Jazeera television channel shows a group of six
Western-looking men - described as 'possibly British' - talking to rebel
fighters near the besieged port city of Misrata.
http://bit.ly/j8ZBjR
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Syria's once-peaceful protesters turn to guns:
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China says UN resolution on Syria unhelpful:
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Video of Tortured Boy's Corpse Deepens Anger in Syria:
Video posted online shows his battered, purple face. His skin is
scrawled with cuts, gashes, deep burns and bullet wounds that would
probably have injured but not killed. His jaw and kneecaps are
shattered, according to an unidentified narrator, and his penis chopped
off.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/world/middleeast/31syria.html?_r=1
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Israeli: Vice PM: Strike on Iran could be necessary:
Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon
says the civilized world must take joint action to avert the Iranian
nuclear threat.
http://bit.ly/iLiA6m
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'Spain will recognize Palestinian state on 1967 lines':
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CIA prisons in Poland 'illegal':
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What Manuel Zelaya's return means for Honduras:
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U.S. to view major cyber attacks as acts of war: report:
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Banks demand savage austerity measures in Greece:
Officials with the European Central Bank (ECB), International
Monetary Fund (IMF), and the European Commission (EC) have been
deployed to Athens this week to finalise plans with the Greek
government for another round of savage austerity measures.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/gree-m31.shtml
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Food prices set to double by 2030, aid group says:
Food prices could double in the next 20 years and demand in 2050
will be 70 percent higher than now, U.K. charity Oxfam said on Tuesday,
warning of worsening hunger as the global food economy stumbles close
to breakdown.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43221576/
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Cuts in US welfare programs hit hundreds of thousands of poor families:
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Comin' this summer... $5 gas:
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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