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"Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purpose is beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." -- Louis Dembitz Brandeis
"I believe in liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls; the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by color; thinking, dreaming, working as they will in a kingdom of beauty and love." -- W. E. B. Du Bois
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Op-Ed Articles
Iran: It's Déjà Vu All Over Again
By Aijaz Zaka Syed
Little seems to change in Washington no matter who is in the White House - a Bible-thumping gunslinger with an endless wish list of regime change or a messianic rhetorician, who earned himself a Nobel Peace Prize in his first year in office by promising all sorts of Yes-We-Cans to all sorts of folks. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30176.htm
Imminent Iran Nuclear Threat?
A Timeline Of Warnings Since 1979
By Scott Peterson
In Case You Missed it
The Manipulation of Fear
By Noam Chomsky
Lagos Dissents Under IMF Hegemony
Nigeria: The Next Front for AFRICOM
By Nile Bowie
Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller openly declared the guiding principle of AFRICOM is to protect "the free flow of natural resources from Africa to the global market", before citing China's increasing presence in the region as challenging to American interests. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30182.htm
Learn To Make Terror Your Friend
By Doug Casey
Obama's New Pentagon Strategy
Strip Benefits and Buy More Weapons
By RT
Czar Barack
By Steve Chapman
In 2007, when Barack Obama was running for president, a mildly surprising bit of news emerged: He and Dick Cheney were eighth cousins. Today, though, it appears that report was wrong. Judging from Obama's record in office, the two are practically brothers. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30178.htm
The March Toward The Abyss
By Fidel Castro
Recognizing the "Unpeople"
By Noam Chomsky
What's Race Got to Do With Herman Cain?
By Gary Younge
What If?
Bipartisan Bird of Prey
By Judge Napolitano
December Payroll Jobs Report
By Paul Craig Roberts
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| Hard News
3,000 reported killed in South Sudan:
UN peacekeepers had tried to stop the fighters from storming the town of Pibor, but when it was clear that the peacekeepers and government soldiers were vastly outnumbered, Pibor's residents were advised to flee. As many as 50,000 people scattered across the area. At first, UN officials believed that the early warnings had saved many lives. http://bit.ly/zyCsMC
Sudan: Children Killed By Air Strikes in South Kordofan: The Sudanese sir force reportedly targeted the village of Al Ganaya in El Buram locality, South Kordofan with air strikes on Thursday killing mainly children. http://allafrica.com/stories/201201070030.html
Kenyan jets kill '60 or more' Somali "Islamist insurgents" Kenyan fighter jets killed at least 60 Islamist Shebab insurgents in southern Somalia in the latest assault by regional countries to heap pressure on the extremist rebels, officials said Saturday. http://bit.ly/AslSn5
At Least 12 Dead After Heavy Fighting in Mogadishu: Heavy artillery was fired back and forth as Al Shabaab insurgents and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) troops alongside AMISOM peacekeepers fought in the district of Karaan late Saturday night. http://allafrica.com/stories/201201080041.html
VIDEO: Nigerian Christians Told to Defend Themselves: Amid fears that a recent string of attacks targeting Christians could drive the nation towards civil war, Ayo Oritsejafor, the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria, has said Christians must defend themselves against violence. http://bit.ly/zCOISp
Two killed in bombings in Iraqi holy city: Two people were killed and 13 wounded on Sunday when two bombs went off north of the city of Karbala in southern Iraq, according to security sources. http://bit.ly/zxPq3F
Iraq demands Kurds hand over Sunni vice president:
Iraq's Shiite-led government has formally demanded that authorities in the semiautonomous Kurdish region hand over the country's top Sunni official, who is wanted on terrorism charges. http://yhoo.it/A7TBs4
Western oil firms remain as US exits Iraq: The end of the US military occupation does not mean Iraqis have full control of their oil. http://bit.ly/zNYA1g
Perry: "I would send troops back into Iraq": "The idea that we allow the Iranians to come back into Iraq and take over that country, with all of the treasures, both in blood and money, that we have spent in Iraq- because this president wants to kowtow to his liberal leftist base, and move out those men and women. http://bit.ly/ySpFJu
Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO : A scandal unfolding in Denmark over the transfer of Iraqi prisoners by Danish forces to Iraq authorities, even as they knew they would be tortured, threatens to implicate the current Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen, formerly prime minister of Denmark from 2001-2009. http://bit.ly/ztm14D
7 "insurgents" killed in S. Afghanistan: Seven suspected Taliban insurgents, including four local insurgent leaders, were killed Sunday in a special operation in the Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, a provincial government spokesman said, Xinhua reported. http://en.trend.az/regions/world/afghanistan/1977578.html
Three US Airmen killed by IED in Afghanistan: All three Airmen died Jan. 5, 2012, in Shir ghazi, Helmand province, Afghanistan, when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. http://exm.nr/AbNyNw
Report: Afghan soldier kills NATO occupation force member: The coalition statement said the incident occurred Sunday but contained no information about the victim's nationality. http://bit.ly/yIuFvD
Afghan Commission Accuses U.S. of Detainee Abuse: An Afghan investigative commission accused the American military Saturday of abuse at its main prison in the country, repeating President Hamid Karzai's demand that the U.S. turn over all detainees to Afghan custody and saying anyone held without evidence should be freed. http://on.wsj.com/ADb7n3
New Syria clashes kill 11 soldiers, 10 civilians, activists say: Fierce clashes in the south between government troops and military defectors left 11 soldiers dead, activists said. http://wapo.st/xXnnba
Arab report 'recommends Syria monitors continue':
The first report by Arab League observers in Syria recommends the controversial mission continue and says monitors were subjected to "harassment" by the government and the opposition, an Arab League source said on Sunday. http://bit.ly/yESMtz
MSNBC Fabricates A "Top Syrian General": Why is the supposedly reality based MSNBC making this colonel into a "top general" contradicted one paragraph later in that piece? Do they believe their readers will not notice such falsehood?
Engineering Consent For An Attack On Iran Panetta: Iran is seeking capability to build nuclear weapon:
"Defense" Secretary says Iran is laying the groundwork for making nuclear weapons someday, but is not yet building a bomb http://wapo.st/y8KRHj
Panetta: Iran Has Not Yet Decided to Make a Nuclear Bomb: "Defense Secretary" Leon Panetta says Iran is laying the groundwork for making nuclear weapons someday, but is not yet building a bomb and called for continued diplomatic and economic pressure to persuade Tehran not to take that step.
Presstitute Alert :
Face-off in the Gulf as U.S., Israel and Iran all launch war games: The U.S. and Israel are planning a massive military exercise in the Persian Gulf in an attempt to face down Iran over its sabre-rattling in the region. http://bit.ly/yd13F6
UK sends new warship to Gulf amid Iran tensions: The Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring, which has a "stealth" design to help avoid detection by radar, is to join other British ships in the region, the Ministry of Defence confirmed Saturday. http://bit.ly/x2EKqf
'The Manipulation of Fear'
US faces challenges from 'rising Asian powers': Panetta:
The United States now faces new array of security challenges from across the globe, including the rise of new powers in Asia; behaviour of countries like Iran and North Korea and proliferation of lethal weapons, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday. http://bit.ly/xQlBeq
Mitt Romney embraces the Neocons: Mitt Romney's newfound relations with the neocons could spell disaster for the United States, as the war drums begin. http://bit.ly/wPfBgt
In case you missed it:
U.S. Hawks Behind Iraq War Rally for Strikes Against Iran: -
Key neo-conservatives and other right-wing hawks who championed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq are calling for military strikes against Iran in retaliation for its purported murder-for-hire plot against the Saudi ambassador here. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29440.htm
U.S. has spent more than 200 million dollars to subvert Cuba's government: THE U.S. Department of State has spent $200,826,000 on programs directed against Cuba since 1997, according to Just the Facts, a civic organization which tracks government spending on defense and security in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.granma.cu/ingles/international-i/5-enero-government.html
Guantanamo detainees still endure harsh prison conditions: "You don't walk, you don't budge, you don't talk. It's forbidden." - That's not to mention the sleep deprivation, with neon lights blazing 24 hours a day and air conditioning kept at bone chilling temperatures. http://bit.ly/w80P6V
FBI tracking videotapers as terrorists?: The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force has recommended for many years that animal activists who carry out undercover investigations on farms could be prosecuted as domestic terrorists. http://lat.ms/tpRblw
"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 : 2,857
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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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