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"The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, every betrayal, every hateful act towards children returns tenfold a few decades later upon the historical stage, while every empathic act that helps a child become what he or she wants to become, every expression of love toward children heals society and moves it in unexpected, wondrous new directions." - Lloyd deMause -
" No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being." - Emma Goldman(Russian-American lecturer and activist, 1869-1940)
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." - Greek Proverb
"Prejudice, which sees what it pleases, cannot see what is plain." - Aubrey T. de Vere (French-born Earl of Oxford, c. 1110-1194)
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Op-Ed Articles
Pakistan Has Had Enough
By Simon Tisdall
Libya's New Rulers Offer Weapons to Syrian Rebels
Syrian rebels held secret talks with Libya's new authorities on Friday
By Ruth Sherlock, in Misurata
The US Game Plan For Egypt and The Arab World
By Noam Chomsky
Prepare for Riots in Euro Collapse, Foreign Office Warns
By James Kirkup, Deputy Political Editor
Unelected Puppets of a German-dominated EU
Video
Bankers Have Seized Europe
Goldman Sachs Has Taken Over
By Paul Craig Roberts
The European Union, just like everything else, is merely another scheme to concentrate wealth in a few hands at the expense of European citizens, who are destined, like Americans, to be the serfs of the 21st century.
Satire
Goldman Sachs Announces Presidential Run
By K.M. Breay
Thought Crime in Washington
By Peter Van Buren
Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens
By ACLU
Stranger Than Fiction
5-Year-Old Handcuffed, Charged With Battery On Officer
By Dave Manoucheri/KCRA
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| Hard News
15 civilians killed in Syria: Syrian forces killed at least 15 civilians on Sunday, six of them in the flashpoint region of Homs that has been under siege for several weeks in an operation to crush dissent, a rights group said.
Engineering Consent For Attack On Syria:
Arab League approved "Unprecedented" Sanctions on Syria: Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim said 19 of the League's 22 member nations approved the sanctions, which include cutting off transactions with the Syrian central bank and halting Arab government funding for projects in Syria. Iraq and Lebanon abstained.
Engineering Consent For Attack On Syria:
Arab states cut commercial ties with Syria: "The indications are not positive ... the sanctions are still economic but if there is no movement on the part of Syria then we have a responsibility as human beings to stop the killings," Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister, told reporters. http://bit.ly/tQGL11
French forces said to be training Syria rebels: According to Milliyet, France has sent its military training forces to Turkey and Lebanon to coach the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) - a group of defectors operating out of Turkey and Lebanon - in an effort to wage war against Syria's military. http://gulftoday.ae/portal/e772452c-936a-4c1d-a9fd-25ae91116b58.aspx
Leading Libyan Islamist met Free Syrian Army opposition group: Libyan authorities this week dispatched the country's most renowned Islamist militia leader to meet senior figures of the Free Syrian Army. The Daily Telegraph on Saturday revealed that the new Libyan authorities had offered money and weapons to the growing insurgency against Bashar al-Assad. http://bit.ly/vdiwKe
At least 21 killed, dozens hurt in Yemen fighting Monday,: At least 21 people have been killed and dozens wounded in northern Yemen, where Shia rebels are attacking positions held by Sunni Islamist Salafi fighters with bursts of shelling, a spokesman for the Salafis said yesterday. http://bit.ly/rIdUZR
Pakistan says NATO ignored pleas during raids that killed 24: The NATO air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers went on for almost two hours and continued even after Pakistani commanders had pleaded with coalition forces to stop, the army claimed on Monday in charges that could further inflame anger in Pakistan. http://bit.ly/sjXjyH
Rage grips Pakistan over NATO attack: Fury spread in Pakistan on Sunday over a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and could undermine the US effort to wind up the war in Afghanistan. Sunday night in Pakistan, more than 40 hours after the incident, many questions remained. http://bit.ly/vdiwKe
Pakistanis protest state corruption: Tens of thousands of Pakistanis have staged a massive rally in Peshawar to protest government corruption and its alliance with the United States. The rally was organized at the request of the opposition politician and Chief of Tehreek-e-Insaf Political Party, Imran Khan. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/212473.html
Former Pakistan FM joins up with Imran Khan: Pakistan's ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi joined forces with cricketer-politician Imran Khan Sunday, becoming the most high-profile defector to his growing campaign to win the next general election. http://bit.ly/udLe8d
NATO says 2 service members killed in eastern and southern Afghanistan:
NATO says two of its service members have been killed in Afghanistan, one in combat operations in the east and the other by a roadside bomb in the south. http://www.startribune.com/world/134553308.html
150,000 Iran missiles awaiting Israel: Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, advised the US and its allies to realize Iran's incredible might and know that in the event of a war the Islamic Republic will teach the Americans what war really is and what soldiers are supposed to be like. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/212486.html
US mulls harboring anti-Iran terrorists: The United States is mulling over removing the anti-Iranian Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from its terrorist watch list and giving refuge to its members, a move which indicates Washington's support for terrorism. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/212420.html
Four killed, nine wounded in Iraq attacks: Bomb and gun attacks killed four people and wounded nine others across Iraq on Sunday, security officials said. http://yhoo.it/t2iYCE
Army issues warning as Egyptians go to polls: Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who heads a council of generals who took power after Mubarak's fall, called on voters to turn out and said he would not buckle in the face of demands for the army to hand control to civilian leaders. http://bit.ly/uRGIai
Palestinians to skip interim government:
The Hamas statements suggested that a solution was being finessed to get around the disagreement over keeping Salam Fayyad, prime minister of the West Bank government, who is popular with Western donors but strongly opposed by Hamas. By retaining the separate governments until the elections and perhaps enabling them to work closer together, both sides could save face. http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_reconciliation
Seriously? Senate Considering Repeal of Anti-Torture Measures: Yesterday, the ACLU and over 30 other organizations sent a letter to the Senate asking them to oppose an effort in Congress that threatens to revive the use of torture and other inhumane interrogation techniques. http://bit.ly/uJUk4j
International banks have aided Mexican drug gangs: Banking powerhouse Wachovia Corp. last year agreed to pay $160 million in forfeitures and fines after U.S. federal prosecutors accused it of "willfully" overlooking the suspicious character of more than $420 billion in transactions between the bank and Mexican currency-exchange houses - much of it probably drug money, investigators say. http://lat.ms/sxNKlt
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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| Cost Of war
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:
4,801
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,818
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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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