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"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living in
society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal
system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." - Frederic Bastiat, (1801-1850) French economist, statesman, and author
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Take The Pledge
"I pledge that if any U.S. troops, contractors, or mercenaries
remain in Afghanistan on Thursday, October 6, 2011, as that occupation
goes into its 11th year, I will commit to being in Freedom Plaza in
Washington, D.C., with others on that day or the days immediately
following, for as long as I can, with the intention of making it our
Tahrir Square, Cairo, our Madison, Wisconsin, where we will
NONVIOLENTLY resist the corporate machine by occupying Freedom Plaza
until our resources are invested in human needs and environmental
protection instead of war and exploitation. We can do this together. We
will be the beginning." http://october2011.org/welcome
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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: 4,792 www.icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,699
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Nato Will Keep War Footing in Libya
By Julian Borger in Paris
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Nations Sanitize Libya Lingo For The War Weary
By Charles Lewis
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Libya And The World We Live In
By William Blum
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Libya and the Shameless Rewriting of History
By Brendan O'Neill
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Secret Files: Former US officials Aided Gaddafi:
By Jamal Elshayyal
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Hegemonic Powers Show Extreme Contempt For Democracy
By Noam Chomsky
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Dick Cheney, The Ultimate American Terrorist
By William Rivers Pitt
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In America The Rule Of Law Is Vacated
By Paul Craig Roberts
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America's FBI Goes Rogue
By Lawrence Davidson
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10 Painful Lessons of 9/11
By Ralph Nader
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Tribunal Concealed Evidence Al-Qaeda Cell Killed Hariri
By Gareth Porter
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US Kills 30 People In Yemen:
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Three soldiers, six militants killed in south Yemen:
Overnight clashes outside a militant-controlled city in volatile
south Yemen killed three soldiers and six militants, a security
official said on Wednesday. http://bit.ly/r4dp5X
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Gaddafi asks loyalists to 'resist aggression':
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In Libya, a Bloodbath Looms:
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Refugees from Africa fear for their lives:
Poor black migrant workers are cowering in camps as rebels hunt down Gaddafi's 'mercenaries' http://ind.pn/oKYlVR
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Venezuelan ambassador to Libya flees Tripoli:
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US senator calls for aid to be withheld if Megrahi not turned over:
A US senator called on America on Wednesday to withhold all aid to
the new Libyan government unless it allowed the Lockerbie bomber to be
returned to jail. http://tgr.ph/n0uvqr
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Russia, in swift about-face, recognizes Libyan rebels:
The Kremlin opposed NATO's air war and called for negotiations
between the rebels and Qaddafi. But its concern about keeping
billion-dollar contracts with Libya seems to have caused the switch. http://bit.ly/r0wwDO
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3 killed, 20 injured in car bombing in Iraqi capital:
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Iraqi kids killed in US raid: WikiLeaks:
A US diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks provides evidence
that US troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman
in her 70s and a five-month-old infant, then called in an airstrike to
destroy the evidence http://bit.ly/q9vqLK
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Al-Sadr calls for Iraqis to rise up against gov't:
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Military Spending Waste: Up To $60 Billion In Iraq, Afghanistan :
As much as $60 billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and
fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade through lax
oversight of contractors, poor planning and payoffs to warlords and
insurgents, an independent panel investigating U.S. wartime spending
estimates http://huff.to/pGASSQ
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Afghanistan: in the hands of the Taliban:
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Afghan man recollects being chained in US "dark prison":
Beatings, deprivation of food and sleep, and cultural shocks were
part of the daily routine for Ghairat Bahir during six years spent in
US detention centres in Afghanistan. http://bit.ly/q64i9d
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How US firms profited from torture :
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Three Pakistani soldiers killed in Indian border firing:
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Syrians killed ahead of 'death before humiliation' demos:
Security forces killed at least two people as they moved into
central and northwest Syria on Thursday, activists said, urging fresh
anti-regime protests under the banner of "death rather than
humiliation". http://bit.ly/nepVJp
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EU 'to adopt Syria oil embargo on Friday':
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How Saudi Arabia Can Contain Iran -- and Other Benefits From Syria's Turmoil:
If it succeeds in setting itself up for leadership in Syria, the
kingdom could become a revived, major player on the regional scene, and
Washington could rejoice for finally having an ally that is capable of
confronting Iran. http://www.aina.org/news/2011083118589.htm
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Lebanon backs Syria in rejecting Arab League statement:
Lebanon on Wednesday backed Syria in rejecting an Arab League statement demanding an end to the bloodshed in the country. http://bit.ly/rlNA06
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Polish-Jewish sociologist compares West Bank separation fence to Warsaw Ghetto walls:
Sygmunt Bauman says Israel 'terrified of peace' and 'taking
advantage of the Holocaust to legitimize unconscionable acts,' in
interview with Polish weekly 'Politika.' http://bit.ly/p88g96
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Turkey in warning to Israel: You have one day to apologize for Gaza flotilla raid:
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says UN-authored Palmer report on
the 2010 incident must be published by September 2 as scheduled, and
threatens sanctions if Israel doesn't apologize beforehand. http://bit.ly/pF2kAr
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Somalia: Food Aid Looting Kills 15:
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Bahrain: Police kill teenage protester : -
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Guardian journalist negligently disclosed Cablegate passwords:
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Mexican public warming to US military aid in drug war?:
Although a broad majority of Mexicans still oppose US troop support
to maintain law and order in Mexico, a new survey indicates a growing
percentage of the Mexican public support US assistance. http://bit.ly/nFOyyX
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Documents: Feds allegedly allowed Sinaloa cartel to move cocaine into U.S. for information:
U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to
traffic several tons of cocaine into the United States in exchange for
information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a
U.S. federal court. http://bit.ly/nnwwqF
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U.S. bears blame for Mexico drug violence:
The United States shares responsibility for the thousands of people
dead, injured and displaced in the five-year drug war that Mexican
President Felipe Calderon has launched against the drug cartels. But we
seem to ignore the connection between the high demand for illegal
drugs and the violence associated with drug trafficking http://bit.ly/rrxBGr
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In case you missed it:
How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs:
As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to
seep into the global financial system. But a special investigation by
the Observer reveals how the increasingly frantic warnings of one
London whistleblower were ignored http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28072.htm
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Roubini Sees 60% Chance Of A Recession In 2012, China And Brazil Also At Risk:
"We've reached a stall speed in the economy, not just in the U.S.,
but in the euro zone and the U.K. We see probably a 60 percent
probability of recession next year, and, unfortunately, we're running
out of policy tools. ... and sovereigns cannot bail out their own
distressed banks because they are distressed themselves" http://read.bi/qy6VlB
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Retail Giant in Australia Warns of Massive Price Deflation and Falling Sales,
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Canadian Economy Shrinks For First Time Since 2009; Recession Next?:
Don't look know but Canada just confirmed the first signal of a
recession, after its GDP printed negative (on expectations of an
unchanged number) for the first time since Q2 2009, due to a drop in
exports and oil output http://bit.ly/opS5c8
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U.K. House Prices Fall Most in 10 Months on Slow Economy, Nationwide Says:
The British Chambers of Commerce cut its economic growth forecast
today as the U.S. recovery slows, Europe's debt crisis escalates and
Britain's government implements the biggest fiscal squeeze since World
War II. http://bloom.bg/pshszJ
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There's No Housing Bottom In Sight:
Banks are keeping nearly all REOs off the market. Can these
servicing banks continue to hold these repossessed homes off the market
indefinitely? I doubt it. When the seriously delinquent properties
begin to be repossessed in larger numbers and the banks start to work
off their REO inventory, prices will be devastated. http://www.businessinsider.com/no-housing-bottom-in-sight-2011-9
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Homelessness Could Hit Middle Classes, Crisis Charity Claims:
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The 10 States With the Best Economies in America:
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North Dakota's Economic "Miracle"-It's Not Oil :
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The GOP War on Voting:
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August 31, 2011
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Mullah Omar's Eid ul-Fitr Message
By Mullah Muhammad Omar
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Libyan Power Vacuum Could Lead to Nightmare Scenarios
By Nick Amies
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Cutting Spending Will Increase the Deficit
By Mike Whitney
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Libya's interim leaders reject UN military personnel:
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Yeah right!
Libya's "new rulers" set out steps to elections:
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CIA recruits 1,500 from Afghanistan to fight in Libya:
The Central Intelligence Agency of the United States recruited over
1,500 men from Mazar-e-Sharif for fighting against the Qaddafi forces
in Libya. http://bit.ly/oNGLTX
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Italian oil company signs agreement with Libya's National Transitional Council:
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Security threat called AFRICOM - :
At the end of this column, you will know what AFRICOM is, its activities and why it is a security threat. http://bit.ly/qTd7Fp
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War criminal :
Obama hails '9/11 generation' of US vets :
"When the decision was made to go into Iraq, our troops raced
across deserts and removed a dictator in less than a month," Mr Obama
said, referring to a conflict which he vigorously opposed. http://bit.ly/ohuk0E
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Aide: Dick Cheney fears arrest for war crimes:
Powell's chief of staff, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, told ABC News
Cheney "was president for all practical purposes for the first term of
the Bush administration" and "fears being tried as a war criminal." http://bit.ly/nzZeFo
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Brown shirts optional: IDF training Israeli settlers ahead of 'mass disorder' expected in September:
The IDF has conducted detailed work to determine a "red line" for
each settlement in the West Bank, which will determine when soldiers
will be ordered to shoot at the feet of Palestinian protesters if the
line is crossed http://bit.ly/n266tu
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Democracy at work: US, Australia 'schemed against IAEA chief':
THE US and Australia schemed unsuccessfully in 2005 to block
Mohamed ElBaradei's election to a third term as head of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a newly leaked US diplomatic
cable shows. http://bit.ly/osjxw0
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Romney slams proposed defense cuts: Strength only guarantee of liberty:
"American strength is the only guarantee of liberty," he said.
"American strength turned the Cuban missiles around, American strength
caused the collapse of the Soviet Union, American strength yanked
Saddam out of his spider hole." http://bit.ly/pGzrRU
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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Croatia, Serbia In War Of Words Over Kosovo
Bosnia: How to Wriggle Out of the Palestinian Statehood Vote
Tajik Newspaper Editor Assaulted In Dushanbe
Kazakh Inmates' Relatives In Trouble For Gathering At Jail
Charges Against Another Belarusian Activist Dropped
Azeris Jailed Over April Protest
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