"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you
can't face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says
it". - Malcolm X
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"Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it". - Noam Chomsky
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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 : 2,501
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Is Obama Above The Law?
By George F. Wills
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"Business is Booming";
Wall Street's Role in Narco-trafficking
By Mike Whitney
Imagine what your reaction would be if the Mexican government
agreed to pay Barack Obama $1.4 billion to deploy US troops and armored
vehicles to New York, Los Angeles and Chicago to conduct military
operations, set up check points, and engage in fire-fights that end up
killing 35,000 US civilians on the streets of American cities.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28223.htm
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Pat Robertson: Muslims are the New Nazis
By Tim Murphy
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Deluded, Greedy and Obese:
By Steve Salmony
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In Prison For Debt?
Video
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Yemen Reinforces Troops in Sana'a as Deaths From Street Battles Rise to 41:
Fighting resumed in the northern al-Hasaba neighborhood as Saleh's
security forces tried to regain control of a police station and the
Ministry of Local Authority that were occupied by supporters of Sadiq
al-Ahmar, leader of Hashid, Yemen's most influential tribe, to which
Saleh belongs.
http://bloom.bg/jDrFVi
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33 killed in crackdown in two Syrian towns:
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Syria: Bashar al-Assad 'grants general amnesty':
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Syria says 13-year-old boy was not tortured:
Syria said on Wednesday that Hamzah al Khateeb, 13, the boy
opposition activists charged Syrian security forces had tortured to
death, had in fact died from bullet wounds.
http://bit.ly/iFp4ob
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Longer Libyan Commitment Sets Up Showdown With Congress:
House Republican aides tell Power Play that a vote scheduled for
today on Ohio Democrat Rep. Dennis Kucinich's bill that would force the
U.S. to withdraw from the Libyan civil war was yanked from the
schedule only after it became clear that it might succeed.
http://bit.ly/lONXAr
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NATO raids killed 718 civilians: Gaddafi aide:
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NATO extends Libya military campaign:
NATO has decided to extend its military mission in Libya until the
end of September, 2011 as the Western coalition continues to pound
targets in Tripoli and its suburbs.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/182715.html
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Fierce fighting in Mogadishu : Video:
Battles rage in Mogadishu as government and African Union forces
advance on a strategic rebel-held market. Travis Brecher reports
http://reut.rs/jBKz92
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Under-Fives Make Up Almost Half of Mogadishu Casualties:
Hundreds of children younger than five have been wounded in the
latest round of fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, accounting
for almost half of all trauma cases in May, according to the UN World
Health Organization (WHO).
http://allafrica.com/stories/201105311139.html
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15 Killed In Afghan Attacks:
Two NATO soldiers were killed in insurgent attacks in eastern
Afghanistan, while two Afghan police officers and nine suspected
insurgents died in blasts elsewhere in the country, officials said
Wednesday.
http://bit.ly/j2pD5i
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3 US Occupation Forces soldier killed in Afghanistan:
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Seven policemen killed in checkpoint attack in NW Pakistan:
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Egypt limiting passage through Gaza border crossing, Hamas says:
Hamas claims number of people let into Egypt falling
dramatically in past few days, say numbers allowed entry through Rafah
border crossing are 'disappointing.'
http://bit.ly/jhKPTQ
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Mubarak and sons to stand trial in August:
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Egypt's Military Censors Critics as It Faces More Scrutiny:
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Obama's new security staff may approve attack on Iran:
Obama has chosen the summer of 2011, about a year before the
election season warms up in 2012, to refresh his national security
staff, a move that may have serious repercussions on Israel.
http://bit.ly/m4Gr6g
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US Pentagon to treat cyber-attacks as 'acts of war':
Cyber-attacks from foreign nations that threaten widespread US
civilian casualties, like cutting off power supplies or shutting down
emergency-responder networks, could be treated as an act of aggression
under the new policy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13614125
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Inside The United States' Secret Sabotage Of Iran:
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Lockheed Martin suffers 'significant and tenacious' hacking attack:
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Tech leaders call for cyberweapon nonproliferation treaty:
The chairman of one of the world's leading telecommunications
companies says that cyber attacks are being developed so rapidly that a
new nonproliferation treaty is needed to control their use.
http://wapo.st/lfs9Yu
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Pentagon files death penalty case against five accused 9/11 plotters:
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Terror suspects charged in Kentucky:
Iraqi-born terror suspects Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohanad Shareef
Hammadi have been charged with aiding al Qaeda insurgents. Bob Orr
speaks to Jeff Glor about the case.
http://bit.ly/jZ9Gru
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WikiLeaks lifts the veil of diplomatic secrecy via 1,903 US Embassy cables:
Former Taoisigh, senior cabinet members, diplomats, drug
traffickers, alleged Muslim terrorists, businessman, oil companies,
Vatican insiders and kidnapped aid workers all feature in the Ireland
Cache, comprising 1,903 US embassy cables and totaling an astonishing
2,398,124 words.
http://bit.ly/mbYAOk
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WikiLeaks: How the USA got access to Ireland's secrets:
The United States is routinely given access to sensitive
information by the highest levels of the Irish government through an
extensive network of official - but highly confidential - contacts.
http://bit.ly/k6iZ1s
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WikiLeaks Northern Ireland secrets revealed:
Classified documents uncovered by the whistle-blowing website
WikiLeaks detail the full extent of ongoing American involvement and
concern in the region's affairs - years after the onset of the peace
process and formation of a power-sharing Executive.
http://bit.ly/krpyfY
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'Double-Dip' in Housing Prices Even Worse Than Expected:
U.S. single-family home prices dropped in March, dipping below
their 2009 low, as the housing market remained bogged down by inventory
and weak demand, a closely watched survey said Tuesday.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/43222783
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Share of Population on Food Stamps Grows in Most States:
After a temporary plateau in February, the number of Americans
receiving food stamps ticked up again in March. Nearly 44.6 million
received food stamps in March, up more than 11% from the same time a
year ago, the Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.
http://on.wsj.com/iutM94
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Lest we forget:
U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says:
Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live births, has a higher
death rate for newborns than the United States, which is tied near the
bottom of industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta, Poland and
Slovakia with five deaths per 1,000 births.
http://bit.ly/9XpRUY
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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