Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: Naples sinking into shit. President Giorgio Napolitano (a Neapolitan) supporting corruption, wastes, inefficiency, mafiosi and other criminals as the previous Presidents, in Naples and everywhere in Italy

Friday 1 July 2011

Naples sinking into shit.
President Giorgio Napolitano (a Neapolitan) supporting corruption, wastes, inefficiency, mafiosi and other criminals as the previous Presidents, in Naples and everywhere in Italy


EMERGENZA A NAPOLI

Napolitano: rifiuti, il decreto non basta
Bossi: «Lo capisco, lui è di Napoli»

Napolitano emana il decretoMa poi lo stronca: «Inutile»

Il capo dello Stato firma
il provvedimento del governo
e rimarca: «Non è risolutivo
e non risponde alle attese»

POLITICANota ufficiale: «Auspichiamo che l'esecutivo adotti ogni ulteriore intervento necessario per il superamento dell'emergenza». Il Senatur: la gente de

Napolitano: "Decreto rifiuti non basta"
Bossi: "Se li tengano i napoletani"

Mappa: segnalaci i siti a rischio

Napolitano: "Decreto rifiuti non basta" Bossi: "Se li tengano i napoletani"Il Colle emana con rilievi il dl varato dal Cdm: non risponde alle attese, l'esecutivo "adotti ogni ulteriore intervento per l'emergenza". Il leader leghista: "Lo capisco, è napoletano ma...". Il cardinal Sepe: "Napoli umiliata e tradita"



TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda revealed
U.S. officials have found communication about an Arab state, CIA drone “explosions,” traitors and al-Qaeda’s finances in the trove of files collected at the compound where the terrorist network’s leader was killed.
(By Greg Miller)

Budget paralysis shuts down Minnesota government
The gap between what governments have promised and what they can afford is evident in many countries. But it is hitting with full force in Minnesota, where the government closed down.
(By Neil Irwin and Rachel Weiner)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest
Former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was freed on his own recognizance after weeks under house arrest in Manhattan as doubts grew about the credibility of the woman who accused him of rape.
(By Howard Schneider and Zachary Goldfarb)

Debt issue looms over lawmakers’ holiday
Yet optimists in the White House and on Capitol Hill are confident a deal can get done.
(By Paul Kane and Lori Montgomery)

In Yemen, violence fuels economic collapse
Among the most damaging attacks was one aimed at an oil pipeline in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes.
(By Sudarsan Raghavan)

POLITICS
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

TwittHab: Cuban tweeters meet face to face, celebrate budding community despite slow Internet
HAVANA — A few dozen members of Cuba’s small but growing Twitter community have met in real space for the first time. They got to put unfamiliar faces with familiar user names, and they commiserated about the woeful Internet access on an island that has the second-worst Web connectivity rate in the world.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

2012 hopeful Huntsman backs D.C. voting rights

( by Ben Pershing , The Washington Post)

Another member of Prince George’s council calls for Leslie Johnson’s resignation
A fourth member of the Prince George’s County Council joined the call Friday for Leslie Johnson’s swift resignation from the council.
( by Miranda S. Spivack , The Washington Post)

Tooting his horn through the streets
Reliving his college band glory days, Tuba Guy is gaining local fame by playing outdoors in Fairfax County.
( by Fredrick Kunkle , The Washington Post)



STYLE
Ever the aunt, never the godmom
It’s the baptism of her seventh nephew and once again she’s not asked to be godparent. Is there a snub here?
( by Carolyn Hax , The Washington Post)

Hints From Heloise: Shelter assistance
This Heloise flashback column addresses donations to animal shelters and other pet-related matters.
(, King)

Ask Amy: Wedding guests want to pack heat
My grandson is getting married soon, and some members of our family who have “concealed carry” permits want to bring their guns. My grandson requested that they not bring guns, but the relatives are adamant.
(, Tribune Media Service)

Worried about behavior in a child and an adult
A reader suspects that a friend’s son has autism; another worries about a brother’s lifestyle.
(, The Washington Post)

Wow
Pictures from a recent airshow featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds can be described in one word: Wow.
(, The Washington Post)


SPORTS
Andy Murray, like Raymond Poulidor at the Tour de France, risks becoming 'the eternal second'
WIMBLEDON, England — “Andy! Let’s win one, come on!” came a man’s booming and pleading voice from high in the Centre Court crowd, with a London accent as thick as dark ale.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

Choi builds two-shot lead at AT&T National
With five birdies over his last six holes, K.J. Choi had a 6-under 64 to match the lowest score in the two years the AT&T National has been played at Aronimink.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

Long shot filly Skipton Creek holds off favored Rosehill Dew to win Hollywood Park feature
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Long shot Skipton Creek and jockey David Flores beat heavy favorite Rosehill Dew by a head to win the $57,900 feature at Hollywood Park on Friday night.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

Torii Hunter hurt, Angels struggle in 5-0 Freeway Series loss to Dodgers
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels just got Torii Hunter back after his painful collision with the right field wall. Now he’s hurting again after being hit on his left hand by a pitch.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

Padres falter to start road trip in Seattle, silenced by Vargas in 6-0 loss
SEATTLE — The Padres got a big road trip started in a bad way.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)


WORLD
US and Spain renew call for Gadhafi to leave power; say his threats won't deter NATO mission
MADRID — The United States and Spain say they won’t let Moammar Gadhafi’s threats of attacks against Europe deter their mission to protect Libyan civilians and force him to leave power.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

40 Chinese miners trapped, 3 dead in twin disasters including flooding and cave-in
BEIJING — A coal mine flood in southwestern China trapped 21 miners underground, while a cave-in at another mine Saturday killed at least three workers and left 19 others sealed off, officials said.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

Nissan auto plant hustling on weekend to fight power crunch from nuclear crisis
YOKOSUKA, Japan — Nissan’s plant is busily rolling out the Leaf electric car and other models on a Saturday, having shifted production schedules for an aggressive nationwide effort to fight the power crunch created by a tsunami-crippled nuclear plant.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

Thousands protest in cities across Syria
BEIRUT — Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded cities around Syria on Friday in what activists described as the largest outpouring against the regime of President Bashar Assad and a powerful message of the opposition’s resolve. At least 14 people were killed in various clashes, activists said.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

Jordan's PM reshuffles Cabinet as calls increase for his resignation
AMMAN, Jordan — A top government official says Jordan’s prime minister is reshuffling his Cabinet.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)


LIVE DISCUSSIONS
Eric Prisbell on Maryland coach Mark Turgeon
Washington Post college basketball writer Eric Prisbell takes your questions on Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon and other college basketball news and issues.
(, vForum)

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield's ethical take on the news (Video)
Join Rabbi Brad Hirschfield as he talks about the ethical and moral issues raised by the week's biggest stories.
(, vForum)

D.C.'s biggest stories: Lunchline's Clinton Yates breaks them down (video)
Clinton Yates a news junkie and pop culture fanatic who scours The Washington Post and its partner sites every weekday to find the gems that you want to read but don't have time to search for.
(, vForum)

Former astronaut discusses NASA's last-ever shuttle launch
Scott Altman discusses NASA's last-ever shuttle launch and what will be the new frontier.
(, vForum)

Lisa de Moraes on the TV Column
Post TV columnist Lisa de Moraes is back and ready to chat about all the drama, comedy and heartbreak of the world of television -- both onscreen and behind-the-scenes!
(, vForum)


TECHNOLOGY
Facebook Engineer Builds Google+ Inspired Facebook Hack

( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)

Carpooling Startup Zimride Hits 100 Million Miles Served [Infographic]

( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)

Paul Adams: Seeing Google+ In Public Is Like Bumping Into An Ex-Girlfriend.

( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)

Nortel to sell patent portfolio for $4.5 billion to consortium that outbid Google
NEW YORK — A consortium that includes leading smartphone makers Apple and Research In Motion prevailed over Google this week with a $4.5 billion cash bid for about 6,000 patents and patent applications from bankrupt telecom-equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

WikiLeaks Intends To Sue Visa And MasterCard For Blocking Payment

( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)


BUSINESS
Facebook Engineer Builds Google+ Inspired Facebook Hack

( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)

Carpooling Startup Zimride Hits 100 Million Miles Served [Infographic]

( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)

Paul Adams: Seeing Google+ In Public Is Like Bumping Into An Ex-Girlfriend.

( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)

Nortel to sell patent portfolio for $4.5 billion to consortium that outbid Google
NEW YORK — A consortium that includes leading smartphone makers Apple and Research In Motion prevailed over Google this week with a $4.5 billion cash bid for about 6,000 patents and patent applications from bankrupt telecom-equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

Australian agency grounds Tiger Airways subsidiary's domestic flights, says jets flew too low
CANBERRA, Australia — An air safety watchdog on Saturday grounded all Australian domestic flights of a Tiger Airways subsidiary for the next week, saying the budget airline twice flew under the minimum allowed altitude. About 35,000 passengers are affected, and more could follow if the airline fails to quickly address regulators’ concerns.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP) 



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From Jolinda Hackett, your Guide to Vegetarian Food
Welcome to summer barbecue season! This week, I'm sharing the best vegetarian grilling tips, ideas, tricks and of course plenty of tasty recipes, to get you ready for the biggest barbecue event of the year. I'm talking about the fourth of July, of course! Get some practice on your indoor grill before the big day.

All-American potato salads
Use tri-colored potatoes (red, regular and purple - err, blue!) for a patriotic side dish, or, leave the fancy colors to the fireworks experts and just enjoy your vegetarian potato salad. As an extra tip, Baco-s brand "bacon bits" are actually vegetarian (no, really - read the label!) so sprinkle a few on your potato salad for a bit of crunch. Here's a few vegetarian potato salad recipes for your meat-free fourth:









  • Vegetarian German potato salad (pictured)
  • Classic American potato salad with vegetarian bacon bits
  • Basic vegan potato salad recipe
  • No-mayo vegan potato salad with peas and kale
  • More vegetarian and vegan potato salad recipes

  • Corn on the cob, 4 amazing ways
    Corn on the cob is the perfect simple side item for vegetarians and vegans on barbecue days. Everyone always loves fresh sweet summer corn. Just be sure to use a vegan margarine, then dress up your corn on the cob with your favorite spices. If you're using a fresh organic and local variety, however, it might be best to just grill it up and enjoy it naked. The corn that is, not you. Here are a few easy ways to glam up a simple corn on the cob:


    Grilled salads
    A grilled salad can be as simple as topping a green salad with some grilled vegetarian "chicken", or you can grill an entire salad with vegetables mixed with fresh greens and topped with dressing, as in this pictured Italian caponata salad made with grilled zucchini and eggplant and tossed with vinegar and green olives. Several lettuce greens work well on the grill too. Try grilling endive, halved romaine hearts, chard or cabbage just enough to get them a bit crisped and softened. Drizzle with salt, pepper and olive oil and you've got yourself the base of a grilled. Here's a few other recipes to try.










  • Grilled eggplant and olive caponata (pictured)
  • Grilled vegetarian "chicken" salad
  • Italian grilled olive and tomato panzanella (bread salad)
  • Goat cheese and grilled bell pepper summer salad
  • Balsamic eggplant salad

  • Tofu grilling tips
    Like seitan, tempeh, and many store-bought meat substitutes, tofu can work well on the grill, and it's much cheaper than many other alternatives if you're grilling for a crowd. Here are some quick tips to help you have the tastiest grilled tofu on the block.
    Pictured: Grilled tofu with hoisin sauce and hoisin-glazed grilled broccoli




    *** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
    __________ Saturday, July 2, 2011 ________________
    
    
    TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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    [NATIONAL NEWS]
    Power-saving plan kicks in for big users
    The government starts restricting electricity consumption by large-lot users in eastern and northeastern Japan to avert power shortages amid the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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    [NATIONAL NEWS]
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    [BUSINESS NEWS]
    Jobless rate fell to 4.5% in May
    The unemployment rate stood at 4.5 percent in May, down 0.2 point from April for the first improvement in three months, but the true figure may be higher as Tohoku data were excluded, the internal affairs ministry says.
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    ALEX MARTIN
    http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110702f2.html
    
    
    BUSINESS
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    http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110702a2.html
    
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    [BUSINESS NEWS]
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    http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110702a4.html
    
    [BUSINESS NEWS]
    Rakuten chief defends exit from Keidanren
    KAZUAKI NAGATA
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    NEWSLETTER vom Samstag, 2. Juli 2011, 06:00 Uhr

    TOPMELDUNGEN

    VERFAHREN IN NEW YORK

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    Ricardo Gama



    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:24 PM PDT
    .

    Vídeo comentário.


    Link do vídeo e o código de compartilhar.


    Não deixe de ir, mais uma vez é hora de apoiar os Bombeiros Militares.

    Em tempo, até agora o FANFARRÃO do Sérgio Cabral não resolveu a questão salarial e as condições de trabalho dos bombeiros, e aí ?

    Em tempo 2, até o Globo noticiou o ato.



    Reprodução do Globo on line
    RIO - Após a aprovação da anistia criminal, pela Câmara dos Deputados, em Brasília, nesta quinta-feira, e da publicação da anistia administrativa no Diário Oficial do Executivo também nesta quinta, os bombeiros vão realizar um novo ato, no próximo sábado, dia do bombeiros, em frente ao Copacabana Palace, na Zona Sul do Rio, em comemoração pelas duas conquistas.
    Os militares vão pendurar camisas vermelhas em um varal na areia da praia, com o apoio da ONG Rio de Paz.

    This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:24 PM PDT

    É do cacete, meus pais eram professores, ambos com matrícula no estado e no município, eu meus irmão fomos criados com muita dignidade, estudamos em escolas particulares e etc.

    Hoje isso não seria possível, é lamentável.

    Educação deveria ser prioridade, mas esse governo de merda só pensa em FARRA, principalmente beneficiar empresas de amigos.


    Em tempo, o salário do professor do estado é menos do que R$ 800 reais por mês, é mole ?


    Reprodução do UOL Notícias


    Professores e funcionários da rede estadual de educação do Rio de Janeiro, em greve desde o dia 7 de junho, fazem nesta sexta-feira (1º) um ato no supermercado Mundial, no centro do Rio, contra o Auxílio Cultura - um cartão com crédito anual de R$ 500, que beneficia somente professores regentes (que trabalham em sala de aula), deixando de fora funcionários e aposentados. Para o sindicato, isso "divide e fragmenta a categoria".
    "O problema é que o pessoal está com fome de comida e sede de bebida. Estamos ganhando muito mal", afirma Danilo Serafim, coordenador geral do Sepe (Sindicato Estadual dos Profissionais de Educação do RJ).

    Originalmente, o cartão seria para comprar itens de cultura, ir a teatros e shows. Segundo o coordenador, não dá para pensar nessas coisas, quando falta comida e o essencial para viver.
    A principal reivindicação dos profissionais em greve é o reajuste emergencial de 26% e o descongelamento do plano de carreira dos funcionários administrativos.
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:20 PM PDT
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    A nova lei vai por na rua milhares de presos, o objetivo é diminuir a superlotação, e reduzir as despesas do estado.

    Pergunta, e o povo como é que fica ?

    Ultimamente apenas os vagabundos estão sendo beneficiados essa é a verdade.

    Em tempo, não seria mais correto investir no sistema prisional construindo penitenciárias, e presídios.

    Em tempo 2, a partir da próxima segunda-feira o povo que se cuide.


    Reprodução do jornal Estado de São Paulo on line

    Na próxima segunda-feira, entra em vigor a nova Lei das Cautelares, que permite ao juiz aplicar, além de prisão ou liberdade, outras medidas a suspeitos de crimes. Dependendo da decisão judicial, dezenas de milhares de pessoas que hoje estão presas poderão ser liberadas e aguardar em liberdade o julgamento de seus processos. Ao mesmo tempo, juízes poderão impor limites e obrigações para quem não for preso e evitar prisões desnecessárias.
    A Lei 12.403 prevê que o juiz poderá determinar que o suspeito se apresente periodicamente em juízo, permaneça em casa durante a noite ou em dias de folga, proíba que ele frequente determinados lugares ou mantenha contato com certas pessoas, suspenda o exercício de função pública ou a atividade econômica do suspeito, determine a internação provisória ou o monitoramento eletrônico do acusado.
    Superlotação. A nova lei pode reduzir a superlotação nos presídios. Dados de 2009 do Departamento Penitenciário Nacional (Depen), vinculado ao Ministério da Justiça, mostravam que a população dos presídios era de 451 mil pessoas - 44% deles em prisão preventiva, justamente o alvo da lei. Mutirões carcerários do Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ) também revelaram que muitas dessas prisões seriam desnecessárias e ilegais.
    O custo para o Estado também cairia. O governo estima que a prisão preventiva custa para os cofres públicos R$ 1,8 mil. Pela nova lei, a medida mais cara é o monitoramento eletrônico, com custo aproximado de R$ 600 por mês.
    De acordo com o CNJ, não há nenhum dado estatístico confiável que possa prever quantos presos poderão agora aguardar em liberdade o julgamento. "Mesmo que essas pessoas sejam liberadas é porque não precisavam de fato estar presas", afirma o ministro Gilmar Mendes, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF).


    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT
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    Eu sou contra a pena de morte, mas certos crimes, bem deixa para lá...

    Reprodução do site R7


    Policiais militares prenderam na tarde desta sexta-feira (1º) um homem suspeito de ter lançado uma granada contra PMs da UPP (Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora) do morro da Coroa, zona norte do Rio, no último sábado (25).
    Identificado como Máscara, o criminoso foi detido no complexo de favelas do Caju, na zona portuária da capital. Ele foi levado para a Delegacia de são Cristóvão (17ª DP).
    No confronto com traficantes, três policiais ficaram feridos. Um deles teve a perna direita amputada e se encontra em estado grave. Internado no hospital central da corporação, o agente ainda corre risco de perder a outra perna.
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:46 PM PDT
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    O desaparecimento desse menino Juan é muito estranho.Mas estranho também é o que o secretário de segurança José Mariano Beltrame disse, ao tentar justificar a demora da investigação do jovem Juan:""A questão pericial não foi feita, pois tratávamos o caso como alto de resistência..."

    Não entendi Beltrame, o que o Sr. quer dizer, que a Polícia Civil tem ordem de não investigar "altos de resistência" ???


    Se isso for verdade, é complicado e ilegal !!!

    Em tempo, sabemos que nem todo alto de resistência é um "alto de resistência", por exemplo, o caso do menino Juan.


    Reprodução do jornal O Dia on line


    Rio - O secretário de Segurança Pública, José Mariano Beltrame, negou nesta sexta-feira que a polícia tenha demorado para investigar o desaparecimento do menino Juan de Moraes, de 11 anos, baleado em um confronto entre policiais militares e traficantes na Favela do Danon, em Nova Iguaçu.







    "A 56ª DP ouviu as pessoas logo no início do caso e temos estes depoimentos. A polícia não parou. Todos os procedimentos foram adotados, mas temos que esperar a conclusão para que a gente possa corroborar o que foi colhido em depoimento e nas ruas com a perícia", disse Beltrame em entrevista ao RJ TV.
    Para Beltrame, a polícia não investigou o desaparecimento de Juan antes por se tratar, inicialmente, de um caso de auto de resistência. "A questão pericial não foi feita, pois tratávamos o caso como alto de resistência. Os policiais envolvidos no incidente foram afastados, se não me engano, na terça ou quarta-feira e temos três inquéritos: o da delegacia, do batalhão de Mesquita e da Corregedoria", afirmou.
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:58 PM PDT
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    Foto do vagabundo tirado do vídeo no youtube

    INACREDITÁVEL, acabo de ver essa matéria no Jornal da Bandeirantes.

    Bandido rouba turistas armado, comparsa filma a ação, e vagabundos postam vídeo no youtube, resultado, os marginais foram identificados pela polícia.

    Era só que o faltava, CADEIA nesses bandidos de merda.
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    Reprodução do site ibahia.com

    Clique e veja o vídeo.



    Os agentes da Delegacia Especializada de Proteção ao Turista de Porto Seguro (Deltur), do município de Porto Seguro, identificaram o homem acusado de ter roubado um casal de turistas em uma praia do município e ter postado o vídeo do crime no YouTube. Segundo informações do policial de plantão, na manhã de quinta-feira (30), uma equipe coordenada pelo Delegado Ricardo Feitosa tentou prender Renei de Sá Santos, 19 anos, que conseguiu fugir.
    Renei estava em sua casa, onde mora com os pais, em Arraial D'ajuda, quando a equipe chegou com uma viatura não padronizada, para não provocar a desconfiança do acusado. Apesar do cuidado da polícia, Renei percebeu o cerco e fugiu por um matagal.

    O acusado abandonou na fuga duas mochilas com vários objetos - máquinas, relógios e óculos - que seriam das vítimas. "Ele não roubou apenas o casal, mas também outras pessoas", disse o policial.

    O vídeo foi gravado pelo comparsa do assaltante que ainda não foi identificado. O delegado pedirá a prisão preventiva de Renei. Segundo a polícia, uma pessoa, que não teve o nome revelado, viu o vídeo e identificou o assaltante pelo seu perfil no Facebook. Após a denúncia, a polícia civil foi comunicada e partiu para a busca do acusado que, no momento, está foragido.

    Vídeo
    Os dois assaltantes roubaram um casal em uma praia e ainda filmaram a ação, colocando o filme posteriormente no YouTube. Segundo as imagens, o crime teria acontecido em uma praia de Porto Seguro, no sul do estado. Enquanto um dos bandidos assalta o casal com um revólver, o outro filma tudo e dá pressa no cúmplice.

    No final da edição das imagens, uma mensagem diz que o "ladrão aqui é só outro humilde brasileiro, transformado em monstro". O vídeo original foi retirado pelo usuário que postou, mas as imagens foram postadas novamente por um internauta. Publicado no dia 27 de junho, o vídeo já tem mais de 14 mil visualizações.
    (Com informações da repórter Carol Neves)
    This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:15 PM PDT
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    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, tá !!!

    Essa não é a empresa que o dono é amigão do Sérgio Cabral ?

    Tá tudo dominado, até quando ?










    Rio - A empresa Delta Construções é citada em cerca de 50 procedimentos do Tribunal de Contas do Estado (TCE-RJ) que tiveram voto dos conselheiros pela ilegalidade nos contratos de execução de obras e inclusão de aditivos. A maioria dos processos — em que cabe recurso — envolve as prefeituras de São Gonçalo, Magé, Japeri e Angra dos Reis. As irregularidades estariam em obras para esgotamento sanitário, drenagem, pavimentação e recapeamento de vias.

    A empreiteira pertence ao empresário Fernando Cavendish, que tem contratos com o estado que chegam a R$ 1 bilhão. Ele era o aniversariante da festa da qual o governador Sérgio Cabral participaria na Bahia quando helicóptero caiu no mar. “Minha vida privada é uma coisa, minha vida pública é outra. É um absurdo querer vincular qualquer elo de amizade entre mim e o Fernando, que é anterior ao meu mandato, com o crescimento da empresa dele”, disse Sérgio Cabral.
    Sobre os processos no Tribunal de Contas, a Delta Construções explicou que, em alguns deles, recorreu e foi atendida. Mas a decisão final ainda não saiu.

    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:09 PM PDT
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    Comenrciantes protestam por fechamento de Batalhão da PM no Centro e são obrigados a entra com ação na justiça para terem segurança.

    Isso realmente é uma sacanagem !!!

    Depois um leitor do blog me manda um e-mail dizendo que eu critico muito esse merda de governador.


    Reprodução do site R7









    Lojistas e moradores da praça Tiradentes, no centro do Rio, fecharam as portas mais cedo na quinta-feira (30) protestando contra a desativação do 13º Batalhão da Polícia Militar. Eles temem pela segurança do bairro com saída do batalhão.
    Em entrevista à Rede Record, o presidente da Sarca (Sociedade Amigos da Rua da Carioca e Adjacências), Roberto Cury, contou que a entidade moveu uma ação civil pública para impedir o fechamento do batalhão. Ele disse ainda que a área é muito movimentada e precisa de segurança. Segundo ele, 2,5 milhões de pessoas passam diariamente pela região.
    Clique e veja o vídeo

    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:04 PM PDT
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    O Exército tem o direito e deve investigar,mas os militares não podem ser submetidos a tratamento desumano.

    Detalhe, os locais onde ficam as armas e munições não tem câmeras, ou algo mais eficiente que possa identificar o bandido travestido de militar ?

    Em tempo, outro dia eu assisti um apresentador de TV idiota cobrando dos síndicos e moradores dos prédios a instalação de câmeras para evitar assaltos, ou seja, a segurança pública está deixando de ser uma atribuição do estado, e passando a ser do cidadão. É isso mesmo ? E o dinheiro que pagamos de impostos para que serve ?

    Reprodução do jornal O Globo on line

    RIO - Familiares de cerca de 650 soldados e oficiais detidos no Batalhão Escola de Comunicações, na Vila Militar, em Deodoro, foram para a porta da unidade, onde, na semana passada, foi constatado um furto de munição para armamento pesado, totalizando 2.525 cartuchos - de pistolas 9mm a fuzis 762 . Eles disseram que pretendem procurar o Comando Militar do Leste porque alguns militares informaram, por celular, que têm se alimentado mal e que a situação é precária nos alojamentos.
    Segundo a mãe de um soldado, que não quis se identificar, o prazo de prisão de 72h expirou, mas a ordem seria manter todos presos.
    Um soldado aquartelado contou que não está numa cela, mas não pode deixar o local.
    Estamos presos porque não podemos sair do quartel. Nosso direito de ir e vir está sendo violado. Segundo o comando, a liberação só acontecerá quando o problema for solucionado - contou o militar. Há apenas dois fogões para fazer a comida de todos
    Com um filho lotado no batalhão, Maria da Conceição Ribeiro, de 58 anos, que mora em Bangu, na Zona Oeste, afirmou que está revoltada, assim como outros pais de militares detidos pela forma com que o caso está sendo tratado:
    - Não é prendendo todo mundo que eles vão esclarecer o furto. Pretendemos procurar o Comando Militar do Leste para tomar conhecimento de como estão nossos filhos. Eles estão detidos desde a semana passada.
    Sem entrar em detalhes sobre o desaparecimento da munição, a Seção de Comunicação Social do Exército confirmou, na quarta-feira, o desvio, que teria ocorrido no último dia 27. O problema foi constatado durante uma conferência diária de armamento e munição. Ainda segundo a órgão, o fato está sendo apurado por meio de Inquérito Policial Militar (IPM), instaurado pelo comando daquela unidade militar. Os familiares dos presos, no entanto, informaram que o roubo foi no feriado de Corpus Christi, no dia 23.
    Ainda de acordo com militares que estão na unidade, o rancho do quartel está em obras e a comida, que antes era feita em cinco fogões, agora está sendo preparada em apenas dois, o que compromete a qualidade da alimentação.
    - A refeição sempre atrasa, embora a equipe do rancho esteja se esforçando. Os alojamentos de cabos e soldados têm camas, mas elas são insuficientes para todos - disse um deles, acrescentando que muitos militares estão dormindo no chão ou em colchões levados por familiares. - Uns estão dormindo em sofás ou dentro de seus automóveis. Outros estão dormindo nas mesas ou no próprio chão da seção onde trabalham.
    O site do Exército informa que, entre as atribuições do Batalhão Escola de Comunicações, estão a realização da segurança na área de sua jurisdição e também a instalação, exploração e manutenção do sistema de comunicações do Comando Militar do Leste, da 1 Divisão de Exército, do Grupamento de Unidades Escola e da 9 Brigada de Infantaria Motorizada.
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:51 PM PDT
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    Nojento, é ladrão para tudo que é lado, até no exército tem oficial metendo a mão !!!

    Cadeia nesses vagabundos.

    Em tempo, eu sou contra a pena de morte, mas se fosse na China já tinham tomado uma bala no meio da testa.


    Reprodução do jornal O Globo on line

    RIO - A Procuradoria de Justiça Militar do Rio de Janeiro apresentou denúncia contra seis militares do Exército e nove civis pelo desvio de recursos públicos em licitações realizadas pelo Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME). Uma força-tarefa foi criada para investigar o caso depois que uma série de reportagens do GLOBO mostrou que as empresas envolvidas nas fraudes, ocorridas entre 2004 e 2005, pertenciam a laranjas ou a pessoas ligadas a militares da própria unidade .
    O grupo montou um cartel para vencer as concorrências e abocanhar cifras milionárias. Segundo o Ministério Público Militar, o esquema gerou prejuízos aos cofres públicos de R$ 11 milhões. Os 15 envolvidos foram denunciados por peculato.
    RELEMBRE: E-mail envolvendo generais faz MP Militar pedir a prisão de oficial acusado de fraudes no IME
    Em 2009, os procuradores receberam as primeiras informações anônimas relacionadas a irregularidades em processos licitatórios e a convênios entre o IME e o Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes (Dnit). O MPM analisou 88 licitações, todas consideradas ilícitas.
    As licitações analisadas tinham sempre a participação das mesmas oito empresas de dois empresários, assessorados por um contabilista. Os investigadores levantaram ainda que os empresários tinham uma relação antiga com um dos oficiais acusados e que já haviam fornecido bens e serviços ao IME, quando o militar era chefe do setor de materiais.
    Segundo o MPM, a denúncia é referente a apenas uma parte das fraudes no IME. Outros quatro inquéritos ainda estão em andamento apurando denúncias semelhantes.
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:33 AM PDT
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    Reprodução do jornal O Dia de hoje, charge do Aroeira.

    TRADUÇÃO : PODIA SER PIOR...



    "Podia ser pior não", vai piorar, basta as autoridades investigarem o mar de lama e sujeira no Governo Sérgio Cabral.
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    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:54 AM PDT
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    Nada é eterno, todos os impérios caem.

    No Rio de Janeiro, por exemplo,o jornalismo da Rede Globo anda sem crédito nenhum.


    Reprodução da Folha.com

    A Globo viu seu ibope em junho crescer 0,4 ponto na Grande São Paulo em relação a maio: de 16,6 para 17 pontos. Mesmo assim a emissora teve o menor ibope já registrado nesse mês, desde que a audiência das TVs passou a ser medida, em 1970. O resultado vale para a chamada faixa comercial, das 7h à 0h.
    Até então, junho de 2008 fora o pior de todos, com média de 17,1 pontos. Historicamente, junho é um dos meses em que as TVs estão mais ligadas, e quando há mais pessoas diante dos aparelhos. A equação frio + mês de provas + poupar dinheiro para as férias iminentes faz com que, na média, 43% das TVs estejam ligadas --um dos índices mais altos em situação de normalidade (quando não há grandes catástrofes ou competições).
    Para efeito de comparação, em junho do ano passado a Globo marcou 18,5 pontos, mas então havia a Copa da África-- que, curiosamente, também não elevou o ibope da emissora em relação ao junho anterior (2009), quando também havia marcado 18,5 pontos.
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:33 AM PDT
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    INACREDITÁVEL, a Light fornece poste a morador e teria transferido a responsabilidade da instalação.

    A Light está virando uma empresa assassina, quando não são bueiros que explodem e ferem pessoas, entrega poste para moradores instalarem !!!

    Cadê as autoridades públicas para darem um BASTA nesse DESCASO da Light com o povo do Rio de Janeiro ?

    Foto feita do vídeo da TV Record.


    Reprodução do site R7.









    Um jovem de 17 anos morreu após ser atingido por um poste no fim da tarde desta quinta-feira (30), no Recreio dos Bandeirantes, zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro.
    Segundo testemunhas, a corda utilizada para auxiliar a instalação do poste arrebentou e acertou a cabeça do menino.
    Vizinhos contaram que o poste foi cedido pela Light, empresa responsável pelo fornecimento de energia no Rio, que teria transferido para os moradores da casa a responsabilidade da instalação.
    Assista ao vídeo:




    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:22 AM PDT
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    Uma boa notícia o PM, Aexander de Oliveira, abriu os olhos e viu a sua família, os médicos dizem que o seu estado de saúde teve melhoras.

    Que Deus ajude esse policial dando lhe o direito a uma segunda chance.


    Reprodução do site R7

    Pela primeira vez desde o ataque de criminosos com granada no morro da Coroa, região central do Rio de Janeiro, há seis dias, o policial militar Alexander de Oliveira, de 31 anos, abriu seus olhos e viu sua mulher, na última quinta-feira (30), segundo familiares. Logo em seguida, ele voltou ao coma induzido. O PM está em estado grave e teve a perna direita amputada.








    Na manhã do último sábado (25), ele acordou com o plano de ir trabalhar na UPP (Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora) no morro da Coroa e depois viajar para casa em Rezende, no sul fluminense, para jogar futebol, uma de suas paixões. Uma granada na comunidade carioca, porém, mudou sua vida.
    De acordo com familiares, o PM sonhava em ser policial. Oliveira tentou três vezes passar no concurso da polícia. Ele largou o trabalho de nove anos em uma montadora de veículos quando passou para a turma de 2009.
    Com a instalação de UPPs na capital, o policial foi transferido de Rezende para o Rio. A mulher e os dois filhos - uma menina de quatro anos e um menino de dez anos - ficaram no sul fluminense. Desde o ataque, a família está em um hotel para visitar Oliveira, que permanece internado em coma induzido - para não sentir dor - no HCPM (Hospital Central da Polícia Militar), no Estácio, na zona norte.
    Uma junta médica avaliou a perna esquerda que sofreu lesões, entre elas uma fratura exposta na canela. Segundo o primo Luiz Augusto, a situação do pé é o mais preocupante.
    - Houve uma melhora no seu quadro, pois as doses dos remédios estão menores. Ele ainda recebe ajuda para respirar e permanecerá sedado por uns 15 dias pelo menos, pois a dor na hora dos curativos deve ser insuportável. Nossa maior preocupação é com o pé esquerdo. Ele está sendo muito bem tratado pela equipe médica.
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:07 AM PDT
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    Abaixo reproduzo um artigo muito interessante do Ricardo Noblat publicado dia 27 de junho, prestem atenção nas perguntas feitas por Noblat que Sérgio Cabrak deve responder.




    Governador Sérgio Cabral: minha solidariedade. Fora a perda de um filho, nada dói mais do que ver um filho sofrer. Tenho um que perdeu a namorada em acidente de carro. E foi ele quem encontrou o corpo.
    O senhor fez bem em licenciar-se do cargo para ficar ao lado do seu filho. Pezão, o vice, dá conta do recado. É eficiente. Está acostumado.
    Só não escale Pezão para responder perguntas que apenas ao senhor cabe responder. Não são poucas. E estão na boca das pessoas que ainda se preocupam com as parcerias público-privadas entre políticos, seus amigos e benfeitores.
    Sou do tempo em que os políticos escondiam amantes, tesoureiros de campanha e empresários do peito.
    Amantes ainda são mantidas à sombra – embora algumas delas, de um tempo para cá, tenham protagonizado barulhentos escândalos. Outras morrem sem abrir o bico.
    Tesoureiros? Esses se expõem ao sol sem o menor pudor. São reconhecidos em toda parte. E fingem que abdicaram de cometer antigos pecados. Pois sim! Acredite...
    Quanto a empresários do peito... Liberou geral.
    Direto ao ponto: por que o senhor viajou a Porto Seguro, acompanhado de parentes, em jatinho cedido por Eike Batista, dono de muitos negócios que dependem do interesse ou da boa vontade do governo do Rio de Janeiro?
    Foi o senhor que pediu o jatinho emprestado? Foi Eike quem ofereceu? Se ele ofereceu como soube que o senhor precisava de um?
    Há vôos comerciais diários para Porto Seguro. Por que não embarcou em um deles pagando do próprio bolso a sua passagem e as de seus familiares?
    O jato de Eike decolou com o senhor do aeroporto Santos Dumont às 17h da última sexta-feira dia 17. O vôo 3917 da TAM decolou antes – às 10h15. Nele, o senhor teria chegado ao seu destino às 14h16.
    Não considera indecoroso viajar a custa de um empresário que em 2010 doou para sua campanha R$ 750 mil? Um empresário beneficiado por isenções concedidas por seu governo?
    Foi por isso que sua assessoria, no primeiro momento, negou que o senhor tivesse voado para Porto Seguro? Foi por isso que o senhor preferiu voltar em um jatinho alugado por seu governo?
    Se a autoridade máxima de um Estado pede ou aceita favores de empresários não será compreensível que seus secretários também aceitem, igualmente os subsecretários, chefes de gabinetes, chefes de repartições – e assim por diante?
    Que diferença existe entre um agrado feito com dinheiro e outro com gasolina e conforto?
    O que o levou a Porto Seguro foi a comemoração de mais um aniversário do empresário Fernando Cavendish, dono da empreiteira Delta Construções, cujos contratos abocanhados para obras durante seu governo valem em torno de R$ 1 bilhão. Somente no ano passado a Delta ganhou 18 contratos – 13 deles sem licitação.
    Em momento algum o senhor imaginou que não pegaria bem comparecer a um evento promovido por quem tanto lhe deve?
    Um homem público não deveria saber distinguir entre prestadores de serviços ao Estado e amigos pessoais? A mistura do público com o privado não acabaria por causar sérios danos à sua imagem?
    Quem acreditará que Cabral, amigo de Cavendish, nada tem a ver com Cabral, governador do Rio e cliente de Cavendish?
    E onde mesmo seria a festa de aniversário do empresário? No Jacumã Ocean Resort, de propriedade do piloto Marcelo Mattoso de Almeida – um ex-doleiro acusado de fraude cambial há 15 anos.
    Marcelo foi dono da empresa First Class, acusada de ter cometido crime ambiental na praia do Iguaçu, na Ilha Grande, em Angra dos Reis.
    Sinto muito, governador, mas é com esse tipo de gente que o senhor anda? É a esse tipo de gente que o senhor não se constrange em ficar devendo favores?
    Eike Batista disse que cedeu seu jatinho ao senhor com “satisfação” e “orgulho”. E que é livre para selecionar suas amizades.
    Lembrou-me a rainha francesa Maria Antonieta, no Palácio de Versalhes, mandando o povo comer brioches às vésperas da revolução que a guilhotinou.
    Se quiser ser levado a sério, o homem público que deve seu mandato ao povo está proibido de desfrutar do mesmo grau de liberdade.
    Reflita com calma a respeito, Cabral. E não deixe uma só dessas perguntas sem resposta.

    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:57 AM PDT
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    Abaixo reproduzo um breve artigo muito legal, que de forma irônica revela muitas verdades.

    Reprodução do site Estadão.com, blog The piaui herald


    GLÓRIA - Após dois goles de café na caneca preferida, na qual se lê as iniciais EBX impressas na porcelana, o governador Sérgio Cabral iniciou a entrevista coletiva em que explicou suas relações com empresários. "Quem me conhece sabe que sei separar muito bem quem me empresta um jatinho de quem me hospeda na casa de praia", defendeu-se. O encontro com os jornalistas aconteceu no iate Pink Fleet, atracado na Marina da Glória.
    Cabral reconheceu que tem mais de 5 mil amigos no Facebook. "Mas nem todos são bilionários. Não discrimino e me dou muito bem com milionários”, explicou. O governador admitiu que ouve CDs indicados por Luiz Carlos Calainho, fumou um charuto recomendado por Boni e fez uma série de polichinelos que lhe foram propostos por Alexandre Accioly. "E também governo um estado que o Eike Batista me emprestou. Não vejo nada demais nisso. Eike é um homem generoso."
    Acusado de oferecer benefícios fiscais a um salão de cabeleireiros, Cabral quase perdeu a compostura: "Isso é mais uma prova de que uma coisa não tem nada a ver com a outra. Quem vê o penteado do Eike não pode, em sã consciência, me acusar de estar beneficiando a estética capilar."
    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:37 AM PDT
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    As Organizações Globo através da novela Insensato Coração, disseram que a Polícia Militar e e a Guarda Municipal gostam de receber propinas.

    Ok, se trata de uma novela, mas as Organizações Globo deveriam ter mais respeito com essas instituições, e passarem mensagens positivas, e não ajudar a criar na mente do povo que a Polícia Militar e a Guarda Municipal não prestam.

    Resultado, a Guarda Municipal do Rio divulgou, nesta quinta-feira, uma nota de desagravo à TV Globo, conforme matéria do jornal abaixo.

    Realmente essa foi mais uma sacanagem das Organizações Globo.

    Reprodução do jornal O Dia on line

    Rio - A Guarda Municipal do Rio divulgou, nesta quinta-feira, uma nota de desagravo à TV Globo, pelo comentário considerado ofensivo entre dois personagens em uma cena da novela das 21h, "Insensato Coração". Na referida cena, o ator que interpretava um delegado da Polícia Federal ao ser perguntado se recebia propina de motoristas bêbados saiu com a seguinte resposta:

    "Não sou guarda municipal e muito menos policial militar".

    Na cena, o delegado contracenava com a dondoca Paula Cortez, interpretada por Tainá Müller. A filha do banqueiro Horácio Cortez, personagem de Herson Capri e preso pela Polícia Federal por crimes contra o sistema financeiro, demonstrou indignação ao ver o delegado vasculhando sua casa à procura de provas contra seu pai.

    Em resposta, o inspetor geral da Guarda Municipal do Rio, coronel Henrique Lima Castro que é oficial da PM, vai enviar e-mail de desagravo à emissora. A conversa se dá na casa do banqueiro Horácio Cortez, personagem de Herson Capri que foi preso e que é pai de Paula.

    "Embora seja uma obra de ficção, a resposta do personagem do delegado foi desnecessária e ofensiva e não só aos guardas e policiais militares do Rio mas de todo o Brasil. Entendo a personagem da atriz dizer que o guarda e o policial recebem propina de motoristas bêbados por ela estar sob pressão, por se sentir invadida em sua privacidade com a polícia em sua casa. Mas o delegado dar uma resposta dessas à acusação da personagem foi realmente desnecessária e não enriqueceu o diálogo em nada. Alguns guardas relataram à nossa assessoria de imprensa que se sentiram ofendidos", disse Lima Castro.

    A referida cena pode ser vista no vídeo abaixo, a partir do minuto 7:00.


    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:57 AM PDT
    .

    Não tem conversa, o Sr. Ricardo Teixeira não tem condições de se manter na Presidência da CBF, existem milhares de denúncias contra o cartola, inclusive envolvendo desvio de dinheiro público.

    Agora o Ministério Público quer de volta R$ 9 milhões gastos pelo Governo do Distrito Federal que foi parar no bolso de..., adivinhem ???

    Clique e veja o vídeo da TV Record


    .
    Exclusivo: O presidente da
    CBF está mais uma vez envolvido em um escândalo de corrupção. O Ministério Público quer de volta os R$ 9 milhões que o governo do Distrito Federal gastou para promover um jogo da seleção brasileira contra Portugal em Brasília (DF).

    Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:17 AM PDT
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    Reprodução do site Claudio Humberto


    A FARRA fiscal Feita pelo Sérgio Cabral é algo inédito, foram R$ 50 bilhões concedidos a empresas de amigos de Cabral e outras, como o iate e o restaurante chinês do Eike Batista, o cabeleleiro da esposa do governador, e por aí vai.

    Podemos estar diante de um dos maiores escândalos de desvio de dinheiro público da história, basta as autoridades quererem investigar.

    e como bem salientado pelo site do Claudio Humberto, o Sérgio Cabral por causa dessa FARRA poderá ser processado por crime de responsabilidade.

    A conferir.

    Em tempo, lugar de VAGABUNDO e POLÍTICO LADRÃO é na CADEIA.


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    Information Clearing House Newsletter
    News You Wont Find On CNN
    July 02, 2011
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    "There's only one party in America today, with two wings, the conservative wing, known as Democrats, and the reactionary wing, known as Republicans." - Gore Vidal
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    "In the U. S. the Democrats have become what the Republicans used to be  and the Republicans have become lunatics."  -  Phil Gasper

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    Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
    Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,787www.icasualties.org/oif/
    Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,562
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    Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
    Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
    $1,214,847,228,837

    http://www.costofwar.com/
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    Qaddafi Did NOT Threatens Attacks on Europe
    Huge Pro Gaddafi Rally In Tripoli
    Video
    Gaddafi is challenging Sarkozy, Cameron and Obama to swith on their TV and watch the crowd.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28458.htm

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    Should Libya Retaliate Against NATO Nations?
    Libya Can Sting Europe Like 'Swarm of Bees': Kadhafi
    By Hassen Jouini
    "The Libyan people are capable, one day, of taking the battle to Europe and the Mediterranean" region, Kadhafi said in the message, as thousands of supporters massed in the landmark square in the centre of the capital.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28449.htm

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    Where Are The 15,000 Bodies?
    Libya: Unending American Hostility
    By William Blum
    If I could publicly ask our beloved president one question, it would be this: With all due respect: What is wrong with you?"
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28453.htm

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    Libya's Neighbors Prepare for NATO's Boots
    By Franklin P. Lamb
    The neighborhoods in Libya are preparing for a ground invasion and to confront directly the invaders with a plan that one imagines would not be unfamiliar to a General Giap of Vietnam or a Chinese General Lin Peio, being a massive peoples' defense.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28460.htm

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    The US Policy of Assassination
    By Joseph Kishore
    After first attempting to remove the government through support for the "rebels" in the east and west, the US and NATO are now adopting a more direct method.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28456.htm

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    Black Caucus on Libya War:
    The Good, the Confused, and the Hopeless
    By Glen Ford
    "These 24 members of a caucus that claims to be the "conscience of the Congress" will sign any check and authorize any amount of killings."
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28457.htm

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    Graveyard of Empires
    By Eric Margolis
    The Pashtun Taliban and its allies are dedicated, undefeated warriors who fight where they live, and have all the time in the world.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28461.htm

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    Torture Crimes Officially, Permanently Shielded
    By Glenn Greenwald
    A total legal whitewash for the Bush torture regime.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28459.htm

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    The Invasion of Australia - Official, At Last
    By John Pilger
    The platform for these holocaust deniers is the Murdoch press, which has long run its own insidious campaign against the indigenous population.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28451.htm

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    Plan to Spoon-Feed Greece to Death
    By Mike Shedlock
    The plan to spoon-feed payments to Greece in 12 billion-euro bites while demanding "progress". This will ensure Greece is sucked dry (at fire sale prices) of any government assets worth owning by the time the "bailout" is over.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28455.htm

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    The U.S. Economy Remains Mired In A Long-term Slump
    By Mike Whitney
    When austerity-minded congressmen slash the deficits, the last thread keeping the economy in positive territory will be cut and deflationary pressures will reemerge.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28452.htm

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    Free Speech - At a Price
    By Michael Parenti
    What does it mean to say we have freedom of speech? Many of us think free speech is a right enjoyed by everyone in our society. In fact, it does not exist as an abstract right.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28454.htm

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    Prosecutors Back Off From Their 'Iron-Clad' Case Against Strauss-Kahn
    By Paul Craig Roberts
    I pointed out the problems with the case against DSK. For informing people of the obvious, I was denounced by the right-wing and the left-wing.
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28450.htm

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    Huge protests grip Syria; 12 killed in clashes:
    Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded cities around Syria on Friday in one of the largest outpourings against the regime of President Bashar Assad since the uprisings began more than three months ago. At least 12 people were killed in various clashes, activists said.
    http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=249208

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    Blame Iran:
    U.S. military sees Iran behind rising troop deaths in Iraq:
    Three U.S. soldiers were killed this week in a rocket attack at a U.S. base near the Iranian border, the military said Thursday, bringing June's death toll to 15 and marking the bloodiest month for U.S. troops in Iraq in two years.
    http://wapo.st/l9Rudl

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    U.N. Report Shreds Military's Claim of Afghanistan Progress:
    The U.N. report directly contradicts an emerging talking point in the U.S. military. Lt. Gen. John Allen, the incoming war commander, told a Senate panel on Tuesday that "violence is five percent lower so far this year in comparison to last year," (.pdf) Not only is violence not going down, if the U.N. is to believed, it's going way up
    http://bit.ly/iu4hhT

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    US troops pullback has let Taliban open new bases in Afghanistan: Pak Army:
    The Pakistan Army has said that a US pullback of troops from northeast Afghanistan over 20 months has let Islamic guerrillas establish bases in the area and carry out unusually huge attacks inside Pakistan in recent weeks.
    http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-19413.html

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    US rejects Pakistan's demand to vacate Shamsi air base used for drone attacks: Report:
    US personnel have neither left the Shamsi air base in Balochistan, nor there is any plan for them to do so, a US official familiar with the matter told a foreign news agency.
    http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-18663.html

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    Pakistani minister doubts colleague's remarks on air base:
    Pakistan's information minister on Friday cast doubt on statements made by the defence minister that the United States had been asked to vacate an air base used to launch drone strikes against suspected militants in Pakistan.
    http://bit.ly/jKU1ud

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    CIA idles drone flights from base in Pakistan:
    All U.S. drone strikes in the past three months have been launched from Afghanistan, in the vicinity of Jalalabad, according to the officials
    http://wapo.st/lSSBsx

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    Despite Pakistani Denials, U.S. Keeps Drone Operations Inside Country:
    The Central Intelligence Agency is continuing to use a covert base inside Pakistan for drone strikes and other counterterrorism operations despite Islamabad's public insistence that the facility has been closed,
    http://bit.ly/moQ2LR

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    If Pakistan Denies U.S. Its Drone Bases, There's a Backup Plan Next Door:
    Pakistan may be kicking the CIA out of its premiere base for the drone war. Or it may not - who can tell with the Pakistanis anymore? What's for certain is that all their griping strengthens the U.S. resolve to keep bases in neighboring Afghanistan to launch drones into Pakistan unilaterally.
    http://bit.ly/lS6kSl

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    Somalia: US took bodies of militants after strike:
     U.S. military forces landed in Somalia to retrieve the bodies of dead or wounded militants after a U.S. drone strike targeted a group of insurgents, Somalia's defense minister told The Associated Press on Friday.
    http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110701/API/1107010729

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    NATO may be preparing ground operation in Libya - Russian envoy:
    "I think that now we are witnessing the preparation stage of a ground operation which NATO, or at least some of its members... are ready to begin," Rogozin said.
    http://en.rian.ru/world/20110701/164951748.html

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    Rockets push back rebels south of Libyan capital:
    Libyan rebels who had advanced to within 80 km of Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold in the capital were forced to retreat Friday after coming under a barrage of rocket fire from government forces.
    http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE75O1ER20110701

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    Regime change: NATO chief stresses keeping military pressure on Gaddafi:
    More than three month after Western countries launched military operations in Libya, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen said here Thursday that the main objective of the campaign remains unchanged: force Gaddafi to leave power.
    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/01/c_13959287.htm

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    Russia says NATO breaches UN resolution on Libya:
    The NATO-led coalition violates the United Nations Resolution on Libya and thus deteriorates prospects of a peaceful settlement in the country, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko who heads the Russian delegation at the annual OSCE security conference.
    http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/177336.html

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    Africa will not execute Gaddafi warrant: African Union summit:
    The 53-nation African Union took a similar stance against an ICC warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in 2009 on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
    http://bit.ly/m9DHje

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    NATO attack on Libya casts shadow over AU summit:
    Nato's intervention winning few friends among African leaders, judging by mood at Equatorial Guinea meeting.
    http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/07/20117171321504965.html

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    Thousands for, thousands against Saleh in Yemen mass rallies:
    Tens of thousands of Yemenis turned Friday prayers into rallies for and against President Ali Abdullah Saleh who is recovering from injuries sustained in an assassination attempt earlier this month.
    http://bit.ly/l5u0hE

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    Greece sells out to Israel:
    Greece stops Gaza-bound ships from leaving its ports: On Friday, the Greek government issued a ban on all ships in its ports sailing to the Palestinian strip on the southeast shores of the Mediterranean.
    http://bit.ly/lxN3Kd

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    Gaza flotilla organizers: another ship sabotaged by Israel:
    Gaza flotilla organizers stated that Israel inflicted damage to another ship that was scheduled to participate the convoy in its journey to the besieged Gaza Strip.
    http://bit.ly/iA8qQs

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    Rick Perry calls out Eric Holder on Gaza Flotilla:
    Texas Governor Rick Perry is looking a little like a presidential campaigner, challenging Attorney General Eric Holder to enforce the law against US citizens who plan to participate in the Gaza Flotilla. Noting that their "naval expedition" specificallty violates the language of the law, he puts Holder on the spot.
    http://bit.ly/jaEXUS

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    United States puts Israel on its terror watch list:
     Department of Homeland Security says Israel one of 36 countries whose citizens might have terrorist ties; doesn't reflect gov't policy.
    http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=227514

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    The FBI's synagogue bomb plot:
    The ethics of a sting operation to foment a terror plot are dubious enough, but its government-sponsored antisemitism is revolting
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jun/30/fbi-terrorism

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    India: Rajasthan in 'cars for sterilisation' drive:
    They are encouraging men and women to volunteer for sterilisation, and in return are offering a car and other prizes for those who come forward.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13982031

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    Hugo Chávez Addresses the Nation:
    The text is a partial translation of Hugo Chávez's address to the nation. (TeleSur, 1 July 2011)
    http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/chavez010711.html

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    Just Say NO to the War On Drugs :
    Comedian Elon James White takes on America's failed forty-year war on drugs. :
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UqDunp0JTE&feature=player_embedded

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    Whitewashed: CIA Exhales: 99 Out of 101 Torture Cases Dropped:
    This is how one of the darkest chapters in U.S. counterterrorism ends: with practically every instance of suspected CIA torture dodging criminal scrutiny. It's one of the greatest gifts the Justice Department could have given the CIA as David Petraeus takes over the agency.
    http://bit.ly/iifaR5

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    TSA Agents Working With Radiation Machines Develop Cancer:
    If you have to fly on a plane - you're screwed. The Electronic Privacy Information Center - EPIC - has revealed what we all knew was happening - the Michael Chertoff X-Ray porno scanners at the airport are giving people cancer
    http://bit.ly/jIL8cv

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    US states slash spending, cut jobs:
    The majority of US states begin their new fiscal year July 1, with budgets that impose crippling reductions in public services, particularly health care and education, and destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs.
    http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/jul2011/stat-j01.shtml

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    The Maid's Prison Connection:
    Dominique Strauss-Kahn's accuser allegedly has a romantic relationship to a mysterious Arizona inmate with a reported penchant for fraud. No wonder her case is crumbling.
    http://bit.ly/lrs9BA
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    "Let us be peace and joy"
    Tom Feeley


    DSK : une journée riche en rebondissements, et après ?

    01 07 11 Dominique Strauss-Kahn L'ex-directeur général du FMI est libre, mais pas blanchi. Trois avocats aux barreaux de Paris et New York commentent les faits du jour, et la suite. Par Céline Rastello

    DSK. Nafissatou Diallo : les enquêteurs savaient depuis au moins 15 jours

    Anne Sinclair et Dominique Strauss-Kahn à la sortie du tribunal de New York INFO OBS. Ils avaient eu vent de l'appel téléphonique entre la victime présumée et un détenu, arrêté un peu plus tôt en possession de marijuana. Par Marie-France Etchegoin
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    DSK. Ce qu'il faut retenir d'une journée folle

    montage NYT DSK AFP De l'annonce de l'audience surprise aux révélations des mensonges de la présumée victime, le Nouvel Observateur fait le point sur les principaux événements de ces dernières heures.

    La Ville de Paris devra-t-elle rendre les œuvres de Zadkine?

    Ossip Zadkine et Nicolas Hasle aux Arènes de Lutèce, en avril 1965 Le fils "illégitime" de Zadkine conteste la donation, par la veuve du sculpteur, des oeuvres de son père à la Mairie de Paris. Par Doan Bui.

    Ce que l'affaire DSK a déjà changé

    Lagarde DSK Tron AFP L'arrestation de Strauss-Kahn a irrémédiablement bouleversé la donne au FMI, au PS, au gouvernement et jusque dans les relations hommes-femmes. Par Emmanuelle Hirschauer

    MARIAGE CHARLENE-ALBERT. Un ex du PC au chevet du prince

    Jean-Luc Mano Jean-Luc Mano est passé du PC à la com des riches et des puissants en transitant par le journalisme politique. Portrait d'un homme de l'ombre qui adore la lumière. Par Sophie des Déserts.

    Disparus d'Abidjan : que cherchaient vraiment les assassins ?

    Disparus d'Abidjan Le directeur de l'hôtel Novotel, torturé et tué avec trois hommes d'affaires par des partisans de Laurent Gbagbo, était-il la cible ? Agathe Logeart et Christophe Boltanski dévoilent une autre piste sur fond de racket et de financement occultes.

    INFO OBS. Le jusqu'au-boutisme de Simone Gbagbo

    Simone Gbagbo, l'épouse de l'ancien président ivoirien Laurent Gbagbo, après son arrestation le 11 avril 2011 à Abidjan Il se pourrait bien que Laurent Gbagbo ait été victime de l’intransigeance de "Simone la Terrible".

    Aubry-Hollande : pourquoi ils se détestent (épisode 4/4)

    15 06 11 Aubry Hollande afp Elle le trouve mou et peu fiable. Il la juge menteuse et méchante. Verbatim.

    MAROC. Victoire massive du "oui" à 98 %

    Maroc Réfrendum Ce référendum renforce les pouvoirs du Premier ministre et du parlement tout en préservant le prééminence politique et religieuse du monarque.

    Comment des Israéliens manipulent l'image de Gaza sur le Web

    ilustration Des internautes sont chargés de publier des notes vantant le luxe des hôtels gazaouis... Par Caroline Simon, engagée dans l'humanitaire.

    L'affaire DSK vue de Twitter : sarcasmes et petites blagues

    Réactions sur l'affaire DSK sur Twitter Par Camille Bolo

    Le bus d'une équipe du tour de France saisi par la police

    Le coureur de Quick Step Sylvain Chavanel suivi d'une voiture de son équipe, le 25 février 2011 en Belgique Il s'agit de celui de l'équipe belge Quick Step, sur laquelle pourraient peser des soupçons de dopage.

    La Corse fait-elle peur au Tour de France ?

    Sprint des Français Laurent Magel (centre) et Florian Vachon (droite) Pourquoi donc la boucle cycliste n'est-elle jamais passée par l'île de Beauté ? Par Nathan Kaufmann, géographe.

    WIMBLEDON. Tsonga défait par le nouveau boss

    DOCU. Quand la piraterie fait émerger les sociétés militaires privées (3/3)

    Piraterie Les sociétés militaires privées posent la question du devenir de notre défense, domaine régalien par excellence. Derrière le débat idéologique, se dessine un marché en pleine expansion.

    PIRATERIE. "Entre 4.000 et 9.000 dollars par jour pour sécuriser un navire"

    Arnoult Gauthier Retrouvez la discussion de ce vendredi avec le membre fondateur de la société maritime VShips et président de VNavy proposant des services de sécurité en mer.

    Six mois avec sursis pour l'agresseur de Sarkozy

    30 06 11 Nicolas Sarkozy bousculé à Brax L'homme qui a agrippé le président hier lors de sa visite dans le Lot-et-Garonne est donc sorti libre du tribunal.

    Joly, Hulot : un dernier round consensuel

    Nicolas Hulot et Eva Joly Les deux candidats à la primaire écolo s'affrontaient jeudi soir dans un dernier débat avant le vote. Par Maël Thierry.

    Alexandre Guérini de nouveau mis en examen

    Le Vieux Port  le 22 novembre 2010 à Marseille Le frère du président PS du conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône est soupçonné de malversations touchant aux marchés publics.

    GRECE. Pas d'accord conclu sur le plan de sauvetage

    Rendez-vous le 8 juillet en Cisjordanie

    NOUVEAU PROJET DE CONSTRUCTION EN CISJORDANIE, PRÈS DE JÉRUSALEM Il y a ceux qui essaient d'aller en bateau à Gaza. Et ceux qui vont à pied en Cisjordanie...

    Livraisons d'armes en Libye : Juppé répond à la Russie

    Un rebelle libyen aux commandes d'une mitrailleuse anti-aérienne, le 30 juin 2011 à Misrata La France a largué des armes aux rebelles, allant à l'encontre de l’embargo sur les armes vers la Libye, proclamé par les Nations-Unies.

    Affaire DSK : journalistes, ne tirez pas de conclusions hâtives

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn OPINION. A quelques semaines d'intervalle, des raccourcis interprétatifs ont été fait, dans les deux sens. Par Arnaud Mercier, professeur en sciences de l'information.

    GRANDE-BRETAGNE. Préférence nationale pour les jeunes chômeurs

    Le ministre britannique du Travail Duncan Smith Le ministre britannique du Travail fait pression sur les entreprises en leur demandant d'employer en priorité les jeunes chômeurs britanniques.

    A qui appartient la France ?

    Les caisses sont vides. Après les entreprises publiques et les routes, l'Etat vend ses bâtiments, forêts, œuvres d'art… Etat des lieux et tour des propriétaires.

    La retraite à 60 ans, c'est fini à partir du 1er juillet

    Le prix du timbre passe de 58 à 60 centimes A cette date, énergie, transports, tout augmente. Tout, sauf le Smic.

    BAC. Fuite des sujets d'anglais ?

    Luc Chatel, ministre de l'Education. Pour la Fédération indépendante démocratique lycéenne, une fuite des sujets d'anglais en S et ES se confirme.

    Kate Moss-Jamie Hince : mariage sous haute surveillance

    Kate Moss et Jamie Hince Kate Moss et Jamie Hince se marient et paralysent un coin d'Angleterre bien tranquille... Par Jean-Frédéric Tronche

    Charlene : ne l'appelez plus jamais Grace

    Charlene Wittstock De la princesse disparue, Charlene Wittstock a tout : les cheveux blonds, la peau claire, le goût des toilettes. Mais qu'il est difficile d'exister par soi-même, à l'ombre d'une telle légende ! Par François Caviglioli.

    Charlotte Casiraghi, la Pippa monégasque

    Charlotte Casiraghi La petite-fille de Grace de Monaco promet defaire de l'ombre à  Charlene. Un scénario à la Pippa ? Par Jean-Frédéric Tronche

    LIBAN. Affaire Hariri : les quatre suspects sont bien du Hezbollah

    Un enfant tient une affiche montrant le portrait de l'ancien président Rafic Hariri, assassiné en 2005, et celui de son fils Saad, Premier ministre sortant, le 13 mars 2011 à Beyrouth Le ministre de l'Intérieur Marwan Charbel a confirmé les noms des suspects dans l'enquête de l'Onu. On ignore où sont les quatre hommes.

    Hervé Ghesquière évoque le paiement d'une rançon

    Hervé Ghesquière s'exprime, dans le hall de France Télévision à Paris, le 30 juin 2011 L'un des deux otages relâchés par les talibans mercredi a estimé qu'il devait notamment sa libération au versement d'une somme d'argent.

    Après l'Hôtel de la Marine, l'Hôtel-Dieu menacé à son tour ?

    hotel-dieu paris Et si l'hôpital le plus ancien de Paris était vendu pour faire place à un hôtel 5 étoiles et des boutiques de luxe ? Par Anne-Sophie Hojlo
    VIDEOS
    DSK : Le récit de la journée
    DSK : Le récit de la journée
    Rebondissement dans l'affaire DSK : les réactions au PS
    Rebondissement dans l'affaire DSK : les réactions au PS
    DSK : les dernières images avant l'audience de ce vendredi
    DSK : les dernières images avant l'audience de ce vendredi
    DSK : "Un coup de tonnerre à l'envers" selon Jospin
    DSK : "Un coup de tonnerre à l'envers" selon Jospin
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    Quand Sarkozy se fait malmener
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    Par Jérôme Hourdeaux Jeux vidéo, fantasmes et traumatismes
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    TOP NEWS

    Strauss-Kahn Is Released as Case Teeters

    By JOHN ELIGON
    In a court hearing, prosecutors acknowledged serious problems with the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who said that Dominique Strauss-Kahn attacked her.

    Strauss-Kahn Accuser's Call Alarmed Prosecutors

    By JIM DWYER and MICHAEL WILSON
    A phone call a housekeeper made after she said she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn was part of a series of statements, fabrications and associations that unraveled the case.

    U.S. Expands Its Drone War Into Somalia

    By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT
    New evidence indicates that Al Qaeda's franchise in Yemen and the Islamist militancy in Somalia are possibly plotting attacks against the United States.
    QUOTATION OF THE DAY
    "It is an oxymoron. But boardwalk has become eponymous, in the way Kleenex is for paper tissue. It is a generic term for an elevated oceanfront walkway, and other communities use concrete."
    ADRIAN BENEPE, the New York parks commissioner, on the city's move away from wooden boardwalks.


    Movies

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    A look at how Harry Potter evolved from a figment of a teacher's imagination into the foundation of an entertainment empire.
    Opinion
    Dead in the Water?
    Opinionator | The Thread

    Dead in the Water?

    The bizarre controversy surrounding the flotilla to Gaza gets washed ashore in Greece.
    WORLD

    Tens of Thousands of Syrians Protest in Central City of Hama

    By ANTHONY SHADID
    The gathering appeared to be the biggest demonstration since the Syrian uprising began nearly four months ago.

    Thousands in Cairo Return to Tahrir Square to Protest the Slow Pace of Change

    By LIAM STACK
    The protest came just days after renewed clashes between protesters and the police left hundreds injured.

    Qaddafi Threatens Europe With Attacks

    By KAREEM FAHIM
    In a defiant speech to supporters, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi also seemed to leave open a door to negotiations.
    U.S.

    No End in Sight as Minnesotans Grapple With State Shutdown

    By MONICA DAVEY
    The two sides appear far apart, and no one is confident of a quick resolution.

    Court Overturns Michigan Affirmative-Action Ban

    By TAMAR LEWIN
    State voters passed a ban on the consideration of race and gender in college admissions in 2006.

    For Washington, a Trek to Daylight

    By SEAN COLLINS WALSH
    In Washington, Metrorail commuters will have to wait longer for repairs to the aging escalators.
    BUSINESS

    What's Inside The Bun?

    By WILLIAM NEUMAN
    Manufacturers of processed meats like frankfurters are pushing for more accurate labeling rules when it comes to cancer-causing nitrite and nitrate.
    DealBook

    As Net Stocks Sizzle, Zynga Aims High for Its I.P.O.

    By EVELYN M. RUSLI
    The filing by the online gaming company comes amid a growing sense of urgency among some of the largest Web companies to go public.

    An Accordion Epicenter Shrinks and Thrives

    By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
    An Italian town that has been the home of high-end accordion makers for decades has survived changing musical tastes and competition by focusing on quality.
    SPORTS
    Yankees 5, Mets 1

    Something Had to Give and Mets Falter First

    By DAVID WALDSTEIN
    The Yankees struck early against the Mets, who left 11 runners on base, in a crosstown matchup of surging teams.

    Djokovic, Set for No. 1, Is Looking to Add Title

    By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
    Novak Djokovic, the 24-year-old Serbian who is 47-1 this season, beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, while Rafael Nadal, the defending champion, ousted Andy Murray.

    Players Are Locked Out From N.B.A.'s Web Site, Too

    By HOWARD BECK
    As the N.B.A.'s lockout commenced, the league stripped all images of its 400-plus players from its Web sites.
    ARTS
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    The Science of Song, the Song of Science

    By JON PARELES
    For her latest venture, "Biophilia," Björk has brought together recording-studio collaborators, instrument makers, smartphone app designers, scientists and a musicologist.
    Music Review

    Ever the Charmer, Brazen and Sly, but at a Faster Clip

    By JON CARAMANICA
    R. Kelly performed a (mostly) brisk survey of his catalog at the Prudential Center in Newark on Thursday night.
    Critic's Notebook

    What's Scrabble When You Can Play Novelist?

    By DWIGHT GARNER
    The paperback game - a variation on games with poetry or Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - lets players create their own openings to genre novels.
    TRAVEL

    Vineyards by Vespa

    By INGRID K. WILLIAMS
    Quiet roads along the hills of the Collio wine region lead to a jovial crew of benevolent hosts and some of Italy's crispest whites.

    36 Hours in Cape May, N.J.

    By MICHELLE HIGGINS
    This Jersey Shore town may have embraced a more stylish persona, but you'll still find all the classics: horse-drawn carriages, mini-golf and endless days at the beach.
    Practical Traveler

    New Ways to Visit Cuba - Legally

    By MICHELLE HIGGINS
    The Treasury Department is once again granting so-called people-to-people licenses, which greatly expand travel opportunities for Cuba-bound visitors.
    EDITORIALS
    Editorial

    The Pentagon After Mr. Gates

    The military is now leaner and more oriented toward challenges of the 21st century, but change has only started.
    Editorial

    What Gov. Cuomo Left Undone

    Redistricting, campaign finance reform and curbing state pensions are still on the agenda in New York.
    Editorial

    Slavery in the Modern Age

    Anyone who thinks slavery ended with the 13th Amendment is not paying attention.
    Editorial | The Rural Life

    One Fine Day

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    The chaos of life on the farm, with its overlapping settlements and empires, creates an almost perfect day.
    OP-ED
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    Op-Ed Contributor

    Pay Workers Fairly and Save Money

    By JANICE M. NITTOLI
    President Obama should mandate, in an executive order, that all federal contractors obey the wage and hour laws already on the books.
    ON THIS DAY
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     Les accusations contre DSK pourraient s'effondrer

    Les accusations contre DSK pourraient s'effondrer<br/>

    Selon deux enquêteurs cités par le New York Times, la femme de chambre Nafissatou Diallo a menti à plusieurs reprises depuis son agression présumée. Dominique Strauss-Kahn comparaîtra devant la justice ce vendredi à 17h30 heure française, une audience qui n'était pas prévue.
    » DOSSIER SPÉCIAL - Affaire DSK : l'onde de choc

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    Les personnages-clefs de l'affaire DSK

    EN IMAGES - Un procureur ambitieux, une accusatrice mystère, des stars du barreau et un accusé surmédiatisé : de nombreux protagonistes apparaissent dans l'affaire Strauss-Kahn.

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    Anne Sinclair, soutien indéfectible de DSK

    PORTRAIT L'ex-journaliste star, très populaire en France, forme avec son époux un couple soudé, même dans la tempête.

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    «E.coli» : les scénarios
    de contamination se précisent

    Les bactéries peuvent survivre longtemps à l'intérieur de graines sèches.

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    Paris défend ses livraisons d'armes
    devant l'ONU

    L'initiative française de livrer des armes aux rebelles libyens suscite des tensions au sein de la coalition. Moscou et Pékin expriment leur désaccord.

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    Dette : Obama n'arrive pas à ramener le calme

    Un rapport indique que les parlementaires américains doivent s'accorder d'ici à trois semaines sur le relèvement du plafond de la dette, ou le pays fera défaut. Timothy Geithner, le secrétaire d'État au Trésor, pourrait démissionner.

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    Monaco : dans les coulisses
    du mariage princier

    Monaco : dans les coulisses<br/>du mariage princier<br/>

    Les organisateurs du mariage ont conservé le caractère chaleureux et familial souhaité par Charlene et Albert de Monaco.

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    Charlene s'apprête à devenir princesse

    Deux mois après l'union de Kate et William en Angleterre, le mariage du prince Albert de Monaco et de Charlene Wittstock s'annonce comme le second événement mondain majeur de l'année.

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    Monaco-Royaume-Uni : le match des mariages

    Un peu éclipsé par l'engouement mondial pour les noces britanniques, Monaco promet pour le mariage de son souverain deux jours grandioses de fête. Lefigaro.fr dresse une comparaison entre les deux unions.

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    Monaco, ville la plus chère du monde pour l'immobilier de luxe

    Têtes couronnées et touristes se presseront ce week-end pour le mariage princier dans ce petit territoire à prix d'or.

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    Nicolas Sarkozy
    agrippé par un inconnu

    Un homme a saisi le président par le col de sa veste lors d'un déplacement dans le Lot-et-Garonne. Rapidement maîtrisé, l'individu a été placé en garde à vue. Le chef de l'Etat n'entend pas porter plainte.

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    Enquête sur la sécurité du président

    Les voyages élyséens imposent une vigilance de tous les instants. Nicolas Sarkozy se déplace douze fois plus que Jacques Chirac. 

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    La discrétion, une stratégie payante pour Sarkozy

    SONDAGE - Pour la première fois depuis l'automne 2008, la cote de confiance de Nicolas Sarkozy enregistre deux mois consécutifs de hausse dans le baromètre TNS Sofres pour Le Figaro Magazine.

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    Tous les changements de tarifs
    au 1er juillet 2011

    Électricité, transports, courrier... Traditionnellement, le 1er juillet est la date d'entrée en vigueur des nouvelles grilles tarifaires de nombreux services. Cette année, il marque aussi le passage de l'âge de départ en retraite de 60 à 62 ans.

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    La surprise de la primaire écolo
    fait rêver les outsiders du PS

    La surprise de la primaire écolo <br/>fait rêver les outsiders

du PS<br/>

    Royal, Montebourg et Valls misent sur la campagne pour rattraper leur retard sur Hollande et Aubry. 

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    Hulot «décomplexé», Joly «sereine» face à une victoire annoncée

    Nicolas Hulot et Eva Joly, les deux candidats à la primaire écologiste, débattaient jeudi à Grenoble, même si la désignation de l'ex-magistrate paraît assurée.

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    Gaz de schiste : la France interdit la technique de fracturation hydraulique

    Après les députés, les sénateurs ont adopté ce jeudi la proposition de loi UMP qui fera de la France le premier pays au monde à interdire l'usage de cette technique polluante.

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    Les défis du nouveau tandem de Bercy

    François Baroin, au ministère de l'Économie, et Valérie Pécresse, à celui du Budget, seront confrontés à la crise de la dette que traverse la zone euro et à la nécessaire maîtrise des dépenses publiques françaises.  

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    L'avertissement des syndicats
    à David Cameron

    L'avertissement des syndicats <br/>à David Cameron <br/>

    Au Royaume-Uni, le mouvement de grève contre la réforme des retraites a été très suivi dans les écoles. 

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    Athènes adopte
    définitivement l'austérité

    Le Parlement grec a voté jeudi pour la deuxième fois en deux jours en faveur d'un plan qui va installer quatre ans d'austérité supplémentaire en Grèce en échange d'une aide financière internationale.

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    Les banques allemandes
    au chevet de la Grèce

    Après les banques françaises, les principaux établissements allemands se sont engagées à contribuer à hauteur de 3,2 milliards d'euros d'ici 2014 à une aide à la Grèce.

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    L'Italie fait aussi le choix de l'austérité

    Longtemps divisée, la majorité de droite a réussi à s'accorder sur cette nouvelle cure d'austérité d'environ 47 milliards d'euros. «Sans rigueur, il ne peut y avoir de développement», affirme Silvio Berlusconi.

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    Posez vos questions
    à Chantal Jouanno

    La ministre des Sports, conseillère régionale d'Ile-de-France élue à Paris et tête de liste UMP pour les élections sénatoriales en septembre, sera l'invitée du Talk Orange-Le Figaro ce vendredi, en direct à 18h. Posez-lui toutes vos questions.
    » Sénatoriales à Paris : Sarkozy confirme Jouanno

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    Ghesquière et Taponier : «On n'a pas pris de risques inconsidérés»

    Ghesquière et Taponier : «On n'a pas pris de risques inconsidérés»<br/>

    VIDÉOS - Les deux journalistes Hervé Ghesquière et Stéphane Taponier, libérés mercredi après 18 mois de captivité en Afghanistan, ont affirmé n'avoir jamais été maltraités. Ils ont démenti avoir été enlevés en raison de leur imprudence.
    » Taponier et Ghesquière, des habitués des zones de conflit

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    Dans les coulisses de la libération
    des otages

    Versement d'une rançon, libération de deux talibans ... Paris Match relate, du côté des ravisseurs, les derniers jours de négociations qui ont permis le retour en France d'Hervé Ghesquière et de Stéphane Taponier.

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    Otages : les clés d'un retour à la vie normale

    Georges Malbrunot, grand reporter au service Étranger du Figaro, explique qu'un ex-captif a tout intérêt à renouer le plus tôt possible avec sa vie antérieure.
    » Abonnez-vous au Figaro.fr pour consulter cet article

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    Pau : la cuisse retrouvée est bien
    celle du collégien disparu

    Une enquête a été ouverte pour «assassinat de mineur précédé ou accompagné d'actes de torture ou de barbarie», après la découverte d'un morceau de jambe appartenant à Alexandre Junca, 13 ans, disparu depuis le 4 juin.

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    Coupe du Monde de football féminin : la France écrase le Canada

    Vainqueur du Canada (4-0), l'équipe de France est quasiment qualifiée pour les quarts de finale de la Coupe du Monde. Si l'Allemagne ne perd pas contre le Nigéria, les Bleues auront rempli leur premier objectif.

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    Tour de France : Alberto Contador
    veut «rester concentré sur la course»

    Tour de France : Alberto Contador <br />veut «rester concentré sur la course»

    CYCLISME - Toujours sous la menace d'une sanction après son contrôle positif au clenbutérol l'an dernier, Alberto Contador aborde le Tour de France sous pression mais déterminé.

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    TF1 rachète la totalité du quotidien gratuit Metro

    Le quotidien gratuit dispose d'une diffusion moyenne de 760.000 exemplaires et est une marque très installée en France.

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    La Nintendo 3DS
    rate son démarrage

    Plus de trois mois après sa sortie, la nouvelle console portable de Nintendo peine à convaincre les acheteurs, malgré ses images en 3D.

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    Médecins : le paiement à la performance sera généralisé

    La rémunération des praticiens libéraux ne sera plus uniquement basée sur leur nombre d'actes.

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    Wimax : le bon calcul
    de Free et Bolloré

    Les deux groupes pourraient réactiver leurs fréquences Wimax pour développer l'Internet haut débit sans fil. 

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    Les festivals d'été jouent
    la carte jeunes

    Les festivals d'été jouent <br/>la carte jeunes<br/>

    Musique, danse, théâtre… Nos coups de cœurs.

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    La folle réalité
    des hommes

    Les imprimés fleuris et/ou à carreaux, les influences ethniques, les pantalons à fourche extra-basse, les vestes délestées de col et de manches... Quelles seront les tendances de la mode masculine l'été prochain ?

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    Et pourquoi pas...
    Vence ?

    Cette semaine, cap sur Vence, à 20 petits kilomètres de Nice et suffisamment exotique pour que Matisse l'ait comparée à «Tahiti à l'heure du marché». Guide express.
    » EN IMAGES - Les lieux incontournables

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    Quel est votre potentiel d'infidélité ?

    Un regard, un SMS, un baiser et plus si affinités... Où commence l'infidélité ? Tout dépend de votre penchant naturel. Répondez à ces questions pour le connaître.

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    24 heures photo

    24 heures photo

    Découvrez les meilleures images du jour sélectionnées par Le Figaro Magazine.









    Política
    La hija de Bonafini bajo sospecha: la Justicia inmovilizó todos sus bienes
    Lo decidió Oyarbide para evitar movimientos en las propiedades del entorno de Schoklender
    Enviá tu comentario de la nota
    Espectáculos
    Dinastías, familias que escriben la historia
    La oferta televisiva de este fin de semana brinda el estreno de dos series de calidad: una, sobre los Kennedy, y otra, sobre los Borgia
    Enviá tu comentario de la nota
    Información general
    Otra vez sin vuelos por las cenizas
    Los trastornos comenzaron al mediodía; alrededor de las 17 cerraron Aeroparque y Ezeiza, que hoy podrían operar a partir de las 10
    Enviá tu comentario de la nota
    Deportiva
    Novak Djokovic: la máquina perfecta alcanzó la cima
    Venció a Tsonga y se aseguró el liderazgo del ranking; mañana jugará la final en el All England ante Rafael Nadal, el rey destronado
    Enviá tu comentario de la nota
    Exterior
    Sorpresa mundial, Strauss-Kahn libre
    Los fiscales develaron incoherencias de la presunta víctima; el juez igual mantuvo los cargos
    Enviá tu comentario de la nota
    Información general
    El día más frío del año y con mayor consumo energético
    En la ciudad de Buenos Aires se registró una térmica de 1°8 bajo cero
    Enviá tu comentario de la nota
    Opinión
    Urgente: hay que kirchnerizar a River
    Carlos M. Reymundo RobertsLA NACION
    Enviá tu comentario de la nota
    Exterior
    Tras los rumores, Alberto y Charlene se casaron por civil
    La ceremonia del príncipe y la ex nadadora fue breve; hoy será la gran celebración en el palacio
    Enviá tu comentario de la nota
    Política
    Insfrán eliminó los lemas y se lanza a su cuarta reelección
    El gobernador impuso cambios a la ley para evitar que la oposición gane en la provincia
    Enviá tu comentario de la nota
    Deportiva
    Ni la estrella...
    Lionel Messi no tuvo el comienzo esperado: le costó generar juego y cayó preso de las imprecisiones del equipo; aportó chispazos, pero sigue sin jugar de N° 9
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    Politiques
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    Les éditorialistes commentent les derniers rebondissements de l'affaire.>>
    Monde
    La plaignante reconnaît avoir fait «un récit erroné» de l'agression
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    Politiques
    «Shame on the New York Post !»
    Français contre Américains, partisans contre adversaires de DSK, la bataille des commentaires fait rage sur le site du tabloïd américain.>>
    Vidéo Images in vivo
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    Politiques
    Revivez la comparution de DSK devant le juge
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    Après sa qualification pour la finale de Wimbledon en battant Tsonga, le joueur de tennis serbe Novak Djokovic est assuré de devenir numéro 1 mondial lundi, à l'issue du tournoi.>>
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    Un slameur de 34 ans est poursuivi pour «utilisation dégradante du drapeau» après avoir porté une burqa tricolore, pour dénoncer la loi sur le voile intégral comme incitation à la xénophobie.>>
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    Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy

    Global Research, June 30, 2011

    Why has the United States government supported counterinsurgency in Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, and many other places around the world, at such a loss of human life to the populations of those nations? Why did it invade tiny Grenada and then Panama? Why did it support mercenary wars against progressive governments in Nicaragua, Mozambique, Angola, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Indonesia, East Timor, Western Sahara, South Yemen, and elsewhere?

    Is it because our leaders want to save democracy? Are they concerned about the well-being of these defenseless peoples? Is our national security threatened? I shall try to show that the arguments given to justify U.S. policies are false ones.

    But this does not mean the policies themselves are senseless. American intervention may seem "wrongheaded" but, in fact, it is fairly consistent and horribly successful.

    The history of the United States has been one of territorial and economic expansionism, with the benefits going mostly to the U.S. business class in the form of growing investments and markets, access to rich natural resources and cheap labor, and the accumulation of enormous profits.

    The American people have had to pay the costs of empire, supporting a huge military establishment with their taxes, while suffering the loss of jobs, the neglect of domestic services, and the loss of tens of thousands of American lives in overseas military ventures.

    The greatest costs, of course, have been borne by the peoples of the Third World who have endured poverty, pillage, disease, dispossession, exploitation, illiteracy, and the widespread destruction of their lands, cultures, and lives.

    As a relative latecomer to the practice of colonialism, the United States could not match the older European powers in the acquisition of overseas territories. But the United States was the earliest and most consummate practitioner of neoimperialism or neocolonialism, the process of dominating the politico-economic life of a nation without benefit of direct possession.

    Almost half a century before the British thought to give a colonized land its nominal independence, as in India-while continuing to exploit its labor and resources, and dominate its markets and trade-the United States had perfected this practice in Cuba and elsewhere.

    In places like the Philippines, Haiti, and Nicaragua, and when dealing with Native American nations, U.S. imperialism proved itself as brutal as the French in Indochina, the Belgians in the Congo, the Spaniards in South America, the Portuguese in Angola, the Italians in Libya, the Germans in Southwest Africa, and the British almost everywhere else. Not long ago, U.S. military forces delivered a destruction upon Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia that surpassed anything perpetuated by the older colonizers. And today, the U.S. counterinsurgency apparatus and surrogate security forces in Latin America and elsewhere sustain a system of political assassination, torture, and repression unequaled in technological sophistication and ruthlessness.

    All this is common knowledge to progressive critics of U.S policy, but most Americans would be astonished to hear of it. They have been taught that, unlike other nations, their country has escaped the sins of empire and has been a champion of peace and justice among nations. This enormous gap between what the United States does in the world and what Americans think their nation is doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology.

    It should be noted, though, that despite the endless propaganda barrage emanating from official sources and the corporate-owned major media, large sectors of the public have throughout U.S. history displayed an anti-interventionist sentiment, an unwillingness to commit U.S. troops to overseas actions-a sentiment facilely labeled "isolationism" by the interventionists.

    The Rational Function of Policy Myths

    Within U.S. ruling circles there are differences of opinion regarding interventionist policy. There are conservatives who complain that U.S. policy is plagued by weakness and lacks toughness and guts and all the other John Wayne virtues. And there are liberals who say U.S. policy is foolish and relies too heavily on military solutions and should be more flexible and co-optive when protecting and advancing the interests of the United States (with such interests usually left unspecified).

    A closer look reveals that U.S. foreign policy is neither weak nor foolish, but on the contrary is rational and remarkably successful in reproducing the conditions for the continued international expropriation of wealth, and that while it has suffered occasional setbacks, the people who run the foreign policy establishment in Washington know what they are doing and why they are doing it.

    If the mythology they offer as justification for their policies seems irrational, this does not mean that the policies themselves are irrational from the standpoint of the class interests of those who pursue such policies. This is true of domestic myths and policies as well as those pertaining to foreign policy.

    Once we grasp this, we can see how notions and arrangements that are harmful, wasteful, indeed, destructive of human and social values-and irrational from a human and social viewpoint-are not irrational for global finance capital because the latter has no dedication to human and social values. Capitalism has no loyalty to anything but itself, to the accumulation of wealth. Once we understand that, we can see the cruel rationality of the seemingly irrational myths that Washington policy makers peddle. Some times what we see as irrational is really the discrepancy between what the myth wants us to believe and what is true.

    But again this does not mean the interests served are stupid or irrational, as the liberals like to complain. There is a difference between confusion and deception, a difference between stupidity and subterfuge. Once we understand the underlying class interests of the ruling circles, we will be less mystified by their myths.

    A myth is not an idle tale or a fanciful story but a powerful cultural force used to legitimate existing social relations. The interventionist mythology does just that, by emphasizing a community of interests between interventionists in Washington and the American people when in fact there is none, and by blurring over the question of who pays and who profits from U.S. global interventionism.

    The mythology has been with us for so long and much of it sufficiently internalized by the public as to be considered part of the political culture. The interventionist mythology, like all other cultural beliefs, does not just float about in space. It must be mediated through a social structure. The national media play a crucial role in making sure that no fundamentally critical views of the rationales underlying and justifying U.S. policy gain national exposure. A similar role is played by the various institutes and policy centers linked to academia and, of course, by political lead ers themselves.
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    Saving Democracy with Tyranny

    Our leaders would have us believe we intervened in Nicaragua, for instance, because the Sandinista government was opposed to democracy. The U.S.-supported invasion by right-wing Nicaraguan mercenaries was an "effort to bring them to elections." Putting aside the fact that the Sandinistas had already conducted fair and open elections in 1984, we might wonder why U.S. leaders voiced no such urgent demand for free elections and Western-style parliamentarism during the fifty years that the Somoza dictatorship-installed and supported by the United States-plundered and brutalized the Nicaraguan nation.

    Nor today does Washington show any great concern for democracy in any of the U.S.-backed dictatorships around the world (unless one believes that the electoral charade in a country like El Salvador qualifies as "democracy").

    If anything, successive U.S. administrations have worked hard to subvert constitutional and popularly accepted governments that pursued policies of social reform favorable to the downtrodden and working poor. Thus the U.S. national security state was instrumental in the overthrow of popular reformist leaders such as Arbenz in Guatemala, Jagan in Guyana, Mossadegh in Iran, Bosch in the Dominican Republic, Sukarno in Indonesia, Goulart in Brazil, and Allende in Chile.

    And let us not forget how the United States assisted the militarists in overthrowing democratic governments in Greece, Uruguay, Bolivia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Turkey. Given this record, it is hard to believe that the CIA trained, armed, and financed an expeditionary force of Somocista thugs and mercenaries out of a newly acquired concern for Western-style electoral politics in Nicaragua.

    In defense of the undemocratic way U.S. leaders go about "saving democracy," our policy makers offer this kind of sophistry: "We cannot always pick and choose our allies. Sometimes we must support unsavory right-wing authoritarian regimes in order to prevent the spread of far more repressive totalitarian communist ones."

    But surely, the degree of repression cannot be the criterion guiding White House policy, for the United States has supported some of the worst butchers in the world: Batista in Cuba, Somoza in Nicaragua, the Shah in Iran, Salazar in Portugal, Marcos in the Philippines, Pinochet in Chile, Zia in Pakistan, Evren in Turkey, and even Pol Pot in Cambodia.

    In the 1965 Indonesian coup, the military slaughtered 500,000 people, according to the Indonesian chief of security (New York Times, 12/21/77; some estimates run twice as high), but this did not deter U.S. leaders from assisting in that takeover or from maintaining cozy relations with the same Jakarta regime that subsequently perpetuated a campaign of repression and mass extermination in East Timor.

    U.S. leaders and the business-owned mainstream press describe "Marxist rebels" in countries like El Salvador as motivated by a lust for conquest. Our leaders would have us believe that revolutionaries do not seek power in order to eliminate hunger; they simply hunger for power. But even if this were true, why would that be cause for opposing them?

    Washington policy makers have never been bothered by the power appetites of the "moderate" right-wing authoritarian executionists, torturers, and militarists.

    In any case, it is not true that leftist governments are more repressive than fascist ones. The political repression under the Sandinistas in Nicaragua was far less than what went on under Somoza. The political repression in Castro's Cuba is mild compared to the butchery perpetrated by the free-market Batista regime. And the revolutionary government in Angola treats its people much more gently than did the Portuguese colonizers.

    Furthermore, in a number of countries successful social revolutionary movements have brought a net increase in individual freedom and well-being by advancing the conditions for health and human life, by providing jobs and education for the unemployed and illiterate, by using economic resources for social development rather than for corporate profit, and by overthrowing brutal reactionary regimes, ending foreign exploitation, and involving large sectors of the populace in the task of rebuilding their countries. Revolutions can extend a number of real freedoms without destroying those freedoms that never existed under prior reactionary regimes.

    Who Threatens Whom?

    Our policy makers also argue that right-wing governments, for all their deficiencies, are friendly toward the United States, while communist ones are belligerent and therefore a threat to U.S. security. But, in truth, every Marxist or left-leaning country, from a great power like the Soviet Union to a small power like Vietnam or Nicaragua to a minipower like Grenada under the New Jewel Movement, sought friendly diplomatic and economic relations with the United States.

    These governments did so not necessarily out of love and affection for the United States, but because of something firmer-their own self-interest. As they themselves admitted, their economic development and political security would have been much better served if they could have enjoyed good relations with Washington.

    If U.S. Ieaders justify their hostility toward leftist governments on the grounds that such nations are hostile toward us, what becomes the justification when these countries try to be friendly? When a newly established revolutionary or otherwise dissident regime threatens U.S. hegemonic globalists with friendly relations, this does pose a problem.

    The solution is to (1) launch a well-orchestrated campaign of disinformation that heaps criticism on the new government for imprisoning the butchers, assassins, and torturers of the old regime and for failing to institute Western electoral party politics; (2) denounce the new government as a threat to our peace and security; (3) harass and destabilize it and impose economic sanctions; and (4) attack it with counterrevolutionary surrogate forces or, if necessary, U.S. troops. Long before the invasion, the targeted country responds with angry denunciations of U.S. policy.

    It moves closer to other "outlawed" nations and attempts to build up its military defenses in anticipation of a U.S.-sponsored attack. These moves are eagerly seized upon by U.S. officials and media as evidence of the other country's antagonism toward the United States, and as justification for the policies that evoked such responses.

    Yet it is difficult to demonstrate that small countries like Grenada and Nicaragua are a threat to U.S. security. We remember the cry of the hawk during the Vietnam war: "If we don't fight the Vietcong in the jungles of Indochina, we will have to fight them on the beaches of California."

    The image of the Vietnamese getting into their PT boats and crossing the Pacific to invade California was, as Walter Lippmann noted at the time, a grievous insult to the U.S. Navy. The image of a tiny ill-equipped Nicaraguan army driving up through Mexico and across the Rio Grande in order to lay waste to our land is equally ludicrous.

    The truth is, the Vietnamese, Cubans, Grenadians, and Nicaraguans have never invaded the United States; it is the United States that has invaded Vietnam, Cuba, Grenada, and Nicaragua, and it is our government that continues to try to isolate, destabilize, and in other ways threaten any country that tries to drop out of the global capitalist system or even assert an economic nationalism within it.

    Remember the Red Menace

    For many decades of cold war, when all other arguments failed, there was always the Russian bear. According to our cold warriors, small leftist countries and insurgencies threatened our security because they were extensions of Soviet power. Behind the little Reds there supposedly stood the Giant Red Menace.

    Evidence to support this global menace thesis was sometimes farfetched. President Carter and National Security Advisor Brezinski suddenly discovered a "Soviet combat brigade" in Cuba in 1979- which turned out to be a noncombat unit that had been there since 1962. This did not stop President Reagan from announcing to a joint session of Congress several years later: "Cuba is host to a Soviet combat brigade...."

    In 1983, in a nationally televised speech, Reagan pointed to satellite photos that revealed the menace of three Soviet helicopters in Nicaragua. Sandinista officials subsequently noted that the helicopters could be seen by anyone arriving at Managua airport and, in any case, posed no military threat to the United States. Equally ingenious was the way Reagan transformed a Grenadian airport, built to accommodate direct tourist flights, into a killer-attack Soviet forward base, and a twenty-foot-deep Grenadian inlet into a potential Soviet submarine base.

    In 1967 Secretary of State Dean Rusk argued that U.S. national security was at stake in Vietnam because the Vietnamese were puppets of "Red China" and if China won in Vietnam, it would overrun all of Asia and this supposedly would be the beginning of the end for all of us. Later we were told that the Salvadoran rebels were puppets of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua who were puppets of the Cubans who were puppets of the Russians.

    In truth, there was no evidence that Third World peoples took up arms and embarked upon costly revolutionary struggles because some sinister ringmaster in Moscow or Peking cracked the whip. Revolutions are not push-button affairs; rather, they evolve only if there exits a reservoir of hope and grievance that can be galvanized into popular action. Revolutions are made when large segments of the population take courage from each other and stand up to an insufferable social order.

    People are inclined to endure great abuses before risking their lives in confrontations with vastly superior armed forces. There is no such thing as a frivolous revolution, or a revolution initiated and orchestrated by a manipulative cabal residing in a foreign capital.

    Nor is there evidence that once the revolution succeeded, the new leaders placed the interests of their country at the disposal of Peking or Moscow. Instead of becoming the willing puppets of "Red China," as our policy makers predicted, Vietnam found itself locked in combat with its neighbor to the north. And, as noted earlier, almost every Third World revolutionary country has tried to keep its options open and has sought friendly diplomatic and economic relations with the United States.

    Why then do U.S. Ieaders intervene in every region and almost every nation in the world, either overtly with U.S. military force or covertly with surrogate mercenary forces, death squads, aid, bribes, manipulated media, and rigged elections? Is all this intervention just an outgrowth of a deeply conditioned anticommunist ideology? Are U.S. Ieaders responding to the public's longstanding phobia about the Red Menace?

    Certainly many Americans are anticommunist, but this sentiment does not translate into a demand for overseas interventionism. Quite the contrary. Opinion polls over the last half-century have shown repeatedly that the U.S. public is not usually supportive of com mitting U.S. forces in overseas engagements and prefers friendly relations with other nations, including communist ones. Far from galvanizing our leaders into interventionist actions, popular opinion has been one of the few restraining influences.
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    There is no denying, however, that opinion can sometimes be successfully manipulated by jingoist ventures. The invasion of Grenada and the slaughter perpetrated against Iraq are cases in point. The quick, easy, low-cost wins reaffirmed for some Americans the feeling that we were not weak and indecisive, not sitting ducks to some foreign prey.

    But even in these cases, it took an intensive and sustained propaganda barrage of half-truths and lies by the national security state and its faithful lackeys in the national media to muster some public support for military actions against Grenada and Iraq.

    In sum, various leftist states do not pose a military threat to U.S. security; instead, they want to trade and live in peace with us, and are much less abusive and more helpful toward their people than the reactionary regimes they replaced.

    In addition, U.S. Ieaders have shown little concern for freedom in the Third World and have helped subvert democracy in a number of nations. And popular opinion generally opposes interventionism by lopsided majorities. What then motivates U.S. policy and how can we think it is not confused and contradictory?

    The answer is that Marxist and other leftist or revolutionary states do pose a real threat, not to the United States as a national entity and not to the American people as such, but to the corporate and financial interests of our country, to Exxon and Mobil, Chase Manhattan and First National, Ford and General Motors, Anaconda and U.S. Steel, and to capitalism as a world system.

    The problem is not that revolutionaries accumulate power but that they use power to pursue substantive policies that are unacceptable to U.S. ruling circles. What bothers our political leaders (and generals, investment bankers, and corporate heads) is not the supposed lack of political democracy in these countries but their attempts to construct economic democracy, to depart from the impoverishing rigors of the international free market, to use capital and labor in a way that is inimical to the interests of multinational corporatism.

    A New York Times editorial (3/30183) referred to "the undesirable and offensive Managua regime" and the danger of seeing "Marxist power ensconced in Managua." But what specifically is so dangerous about "Marxist power ?"

    What was undesirable and offensive about the Sandinista government in Managua? What did it do to us? What did it do to its own people? Was it the literacy campaign?

    The health care and housing programs? The land reform and development of farm cooperatives? The attempt at rebuilding Managua, at increasing production or achieving a more equitable distribution of taxes, services, and food?

    In large part, yes. Such reforms, even if not openly denounced by our government, do make a country suspect because they are symptomatic of an effort to erect a new and competing economic order in which the prerogatives of wealth and corporate investment are no longer secure, and the land, labor, and resources are no longer used primarily for the accumulation of corporate profits.

    U.S. Ieaders and the corporate-owned press would have us believe they opposed revolutionary governments because the latter do not have an opposition press or have not thrown their country open to Western style (and Western-financed) elections. U.S. Ieaders come closer to their true complaint when they condemn such governments for interfering with the prerogatives of the "free market."

    Similarly, Henry Kissinger came close to the truth when he defended the fascist overthrow of the democratic government in Chile by noting that when obliged to choose between saving the economy or saving democracy, we must save the economy. Had Kissinger said, we must save the capitalist economy, it would have been the whole truth. For under Allende, the danger was not that the economy was collapsing (although the U.S. was doing its utmost to destabilize it); the real threat was that the economy was moving away from free-market capitalism and toward a more equitable social democracy, albeit in limited ways.

    U.S. officials say they are for change just as long as it is peaceful and not violently imposed. Indeed, economic elites may some times tolerate very limited reforms, learning to give a little in order to keep a lot. But judging from Chile, Guatemala, Indonesia, and a number of other places, they have a low tolerance for changes, even peaceful ones, that tamper with the existing class structure and threaten the prerogatives of corporate and landed wealth.

    To the rich and powerful it makes little difference if their interests are undone by a peaceful transformation rather than a violent upheaval. The means concern them much less than the end results. It is not the "violent" in violent revolution they hate; it is the "revolution." (Third World elites seldom perish in revolutions. The worst of them usually manage to make it to Miami, Madrid, Paris, or New York.)

    They dread socialism the way the rest of us might dread poverty and hunger. So, when push comes to shove, the wealthy classes of Third World countries, with a great deal of help from the corporate-military-political elites in our country, will use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming they are saving democracy from communism.

    A socialist Cuba or a socialist North Korea, as such, are not a threat to the survival of world capitalism. The danger is not socialism in any one country but a socialism that might spread to many countries. Multinational corporations, as their name implies, need the entire world, or a very large part of it, to exploit and to invest and expand in. There can be no such thing as "capitalism in one country."

    The domino theory-the view that if one country falls to the revolutionaries, others will follow in quick succession-may not work as automatically as its more fearful proponents claim, but there usually is a contagion, a power of example and inspiration, and sometimes even direct encouragement and assistance from one revolution to another.

    Support the Good Guys?

    If revolutions arise from the sincere aspirations of the populace, then it is time the United States identify itself with these aspi rations, so liberal critics keep urging. They ask: "Why do we always find ourselves on the wrong side in the Third World? Why are we always on the side of the oppressor?"

    Too bad the question is treated as a rhetorical one, for it is deserving of a response. The answer is that right-wing oppressors, however heinous they be, do not tamper with, and give full support to, private investment and profit, while the leftists pose a challenge to that system.

    There are those who used to say that we had to learn from the communists, copy their techniques, and thus win the battle for the hearts and minds of the people. Can we imagine the ruling interests of the United States abiding by this? The goal is not to copy communist reforms but to prevent them.

    How would U.S. interventionists try to learn from and outdo the revolutionaries? Drive out the latifundio owners and sweatshop bosses? Kick out the plundering corporations and nationalize their holdings? Imprison the militarists and torturers? Redistribute the land, use capital investment for home consumption or hard currency exchange instead of cash crop exports that profit a rich few?

    Install a national health insurance program and construct hospitals and clinics at public expense? Mobilize the population for literacy campaigns and for work in publicly owned enterprises? If U.S. rulers did all this, they would have done more than defeat the communists and other revolutionaries, they would have carried out the communists' programs. They would have prevented revolution only by bringing about its effects-thereby defeating their own goals.

    U.S. policy makers say they cannot afford to pick and choose the governments they support, but that is exactly what they do. And the pattern of choice is consistent through each successive administration regardless of the party or personality in office. U.S. Ieaders support those governments, be they autocratic or democratic in form, that are friendly toward capitalism and oppose those governments, be they autocratic or democratic, that seek to develop a noncapitalist social order.

    Occasionally friendly relations are cultivated with noncapitalist nations like China if these countries show themselves in useful opposition to other socialist nations and are sufficiently open to private capital exploitation. In the case of China, the economic opportunity is so huge as to be hard to resist, the labor supply is plentiful and cheap, and the profit opportunities are great.

    In any one instance, interventionist policies may be less concerned with specific investments than with protecting the global investment system. The United States had relatively little direct investment in Cuba, Vietnam, and Grenada-to mention three countries that Washington has invaded in recent years.

    What was at stake in Grenada, as Reagan said, was something more than nutmeg. It was whether we would let a country develop a competing economic order, a different way of utilizing its land, labor, capital, and natural resources. A social revolution in any part of the world may or may not hurt specific U.S. corporations, but it nevertheless becomes part of a cumulative threat to private finance capital in general.

    The United States will support governments that seek to suppress guerrilla movements, as in El Salvador, and will support guerrilla movements that seek to overthrow governments, as in Nicaragua. But there is no confusion or stupidity about it. It is incorrect to say, "We have no foreign policy" or "We have a stupid and confused foreign policy."

    Again, it is necessary not to confuse subterfuge with stupidity. The policy is remarkably rational. Its central organizing principle is to make the world safe for the multinational corporations and the free-market capital-accumulation system. However, our rulers cannot ask the U.S. public to sacrifice their tax dollars and the lives of their sons for Exxon and Chase Manhattan, for the profit system as such, so they tell us that the interventions are for freedom and national security and the protection of unspecified "U.S. interests."

    Whether policy makers believe their own arguments is not the key question. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Sometimes presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton were doing their hypocritical best when their voices quavered with staged compassion for this or that oppressed people who had to be rescued from the communists or terrorists with U.S. missiles and troops, and sometimes they were sincere, as when they spoke of their fear and loathing of communism and revolution and their desire to protect U.S. investments abroad.

    We need not ponder the question of whether our leaders are motivated by their class interests or by a commitment to anti-communist ideology, as if these two things were in competition with each other instead of mutually reinforcing. The arguments our leaders proffer may be self-serving and fabricated, yet also sincerely embraced. It is a creed's congruity with one's material self-interest that often makes it so compelling.

    In any case, so much of politics is the rational use of irrational symbols. The arguments in support of interventionism may sound and may actually be irrational and nonsensical, but they serve a rational purpose.

    Once we grasp the central consistency of U.S. foreign policy, we can move from a liberal complaint to a radical analysis, from criticizing the "foolishness" of our government's behavior to understanding why the "foolishness" is not random but persists over time against all contrary arguments and evidence, always moving in the same elitist, repressive direction.

    With the collapse of the Soviet Union and other Eastern European communist governments, U.S. Ieaders now have a freer hand in their interventions. A number of left reformist governments that had relied on the Soviets for economic assistance and political protection against U.S. interference now have nowhere to turn. The willingness of U.S. Ieaders to tolerate economic deviations does not grow with their sense of their growing power.

    Quite the contrary. Now even the palest economic nationalism, as displayed in Iraq by Saddam Hussein over oil prices, invites the destructive might of the U.S. military. The goal now, as always, is to obliterate every trace of an alternative system, to make it clear that there is no road to take except that of the free market, in a world in which the many at home and abroad will work still harder for less so that the favored few will accumulate more and more wealth.

    That is the vision of the future to which most U.S. Ieaders are implicitly dedicated. It is a vision taken from the past and never forgotten by them, a matter of putting the masses of people at home and abroad back in their place, divested of any aspirations for a better world because they are struggling too hard to survive in this one.

    From the book Dirty Truths




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    emploie de l'uranium appauvri
    Le 30 juin 2011

    IRIB- Le Centre de recherche sur la mondialisation, "Center for Research on Globalisation", (CRG), a révélé l'usage, par l'OTAN, d'uranium appauvri, en Libye. Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, chercheur associé au centre, a dit, lors d'un entretien avec Press TV, que l'OTAN a commis des crimes de guerre, en ayant recours à l'uranium appauvri. Nazemroaya, qui se trouve, à Tripoli, affirme que les chasseurs-bombardiers de l'Alliance bombardent et détruisent les hôpitaux, les maisons et les hôtels. A noter que le Conseil de sécurité a ratifié les résolutions 1.970 et 1.973, décrétant une zone d'exclusion aérienne, pour, en effet, faire face aux raids aériens contre les opposants et prendre les mesures nécessaires, afin de soutenir les civils, face à la répression exercée par le régime de Mouammar Kadhafi. Pourtant, des milliers de personnes ont été tuées, aussi bien, par les mercenaires de Kadhafi, que par l'OTAN.