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"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." -- Albert Einstein
"Am I not destroying my enemies what I make friends of them? -- Abraham Lincoln
"Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only one day, of modern warfare." -- Peter Ustinov
"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us--avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace." -- Petrarch
"For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
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Op-Ed Articles
The New York Times is Misleading the Public on Iran
By Robert Naiman
AIPAC is trying to trick the United States into another catastrophic war with a Middle Eastern country on behalf of the Likud Party's colonial ambitions, and the New York Times is misleading the public with allegations that say that the country is developing "weapons of mass destruction". http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30187.htm
Santorum: Iranians' 'Principle Virtue' To Die For God
'Is An Encouragement For Them To Use' Nukes
By Eli Clifton
Demonizing Iran/Venezuela
US orders expulsion of Venezuelan consul
By Jim Mannion
The United States has ordered the expulsion of Venezuela's consul general in Miami amid reports linking the diplomat to an alleged Iranian plot to target sensitive US facilities with cyber attacks, the US State Department said Sunday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30192.htm
A New Reserve Currency to Challenge the Dollar?
What's Really Going on in The Straits of Hormuz.
By David Malone
Obama's New Military Strategy Doesn't Add Up
What happened to the idea of saving money?
By Miriam Pemberton
The job description for our self-appointed role as world policeman will be trimmed a bit. We won't be patrolling everywhere all the time, but we'll be doing something more like check-ins in places like Latin America and Africa. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30194.htm
Stone Age Logic
Preserving US Global Leadership
By Gwynne Dyer
Iraq: A Country in Shambles
By Dahr Jamail
The state of the economy in Iraq is a disaster. Yet this irony is highlighted by the fact that Iraq has proven oil reserves third only behind Saudi Arabia and Iran - hence one would expect it to be one of the wealthiest countries in the world. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30188.htm
Homeland Security Monitors Journalists
By RT
The Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS) can collect personal information from news anchors, journalists, reporters or anyone who may use "traditional and/or social media in real time to keep their audience situationally aware and informed." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30189.htm
The Gospel of the Penniless, Jobless, Marginalized and Despised
By Chris Hedges
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Renewed South Sudan clashes kill at least 24: "In Akobo East County, the town of Deng Jok was attacked and 22 people were killed," Jonglei Governor Kuol Manyang told AFP, adding that 20 more were seriously wounded and had been taken to hospital. http://bit.ly/wxWeGU
Obama To Sell Arms to South Sudan : The United States President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on Friday notifying the Secretary of State and Congress that he is adding South Sudan to the list of countries eligible to buy weapons from the US http://allafrica.com/stories/201201080006.html
Nigeria's oil disasters are met by silence: The global media have had little to say on Nigeria's latest oil spill and the hundreds of others that have destroyed so many lives. http://bit.ly/yKy4Al
A least 10 abducted Pakistan paramilitary troops found shot dead: Local officials say the bullet-riddled bodies of the men were found in a ravine close to the town of Dabori. It is unclear when they were killed. Last week the Taliban killed 15 tribal police they had abducted last month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16465641
China planning military base in Pakistan, Indian report says: "China and Pakistan pledged to strengthen military ties and bring existing cooperation to a new level," Xinhua quoted China's Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie as saying. http://bit.ly/wVEFGz
Why Musharraf is risking a return to Pakistan: Pakistani prosecutors say former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will be arrested the moment he returns, but the Army might prevent his arrest. http://bit.ly/yDFdiO
Eight Taliban killed, 13 held in Afghanistan : At least eight Taliban militants were killed and 13 arrested in a series of military operations in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the country's interior ministry said Monday. http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-141551.html
Attacks kill six in Iraq, wound 15 Afghan pilgrims: In Baghdad, gunmen burst into the home of Fatma Tayyiq, a branch manager for the Commercial Bank of Iraq, and shot her and husband dead in the capital's central Karrada district http://bit.ly/wGo00u
Iraqi Interior Ministry demands Kurds hand over vice president: Iraq's Interior Ministry on Monday confirmed it has ordered the semi-autonomous northern Kurdistan region to hand over Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who faces charges of terrorism. http://bit.ly/zhkPp6
General: US planning for military strike on Iran: "My responsibility is to encourage the right degree of planning [for if Iran tries to build a nuclear bomb], to understand the risks associated with any kind of military option -- in some cases to position assets, to provide those options in a timely fashion," General Martin Dempsey said on Face the Nation today. "And all those activities are going on," he added. http://bit.ly/zdZz0N
Iran sentences 'CIA agent' to death: Iran says that Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, a former US marine, received special training and served at US military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission. http://bit.ly/yLY9uA
Iran arrests 'several US spies' trying to disrupt elections: Iran's secret services claim to have arrested several people on charges of spying for the US and seeking to disrupt the country's parliamentary elections. http://bit.ly/AAfF3T
Beijing rejects sanctions on Iranian oil: "The normal trade relations and energy cooperation between China and Iran have nothing to do with the nuclear issue," Cui said. "We should not mix issues of different natures, and China's legitimate concerns and demands should be respected." http://wapo.st/xex4du
Syria opposition split raises calls for foreign intervention:
The collapse of a deal between Syria's two main opposition factions shows that voices calling for foreign intervention to topple President Bashar Assad have gained the upper hand over those opposing it. http://bit.ly/AlA1hJ
Obama signs bill that includes added U.S. military assistance to Israel: The bill, which was introduced in May and approved by Congress this week, would have the U.S. provide additional support to the annual $3 billion for ten years that the U.S. is already committed to under the Memorandum of Understanding. http://bit.ly/slrfXh
Second Israeli MK admits to having given settlers information on IDF movements: National Union's Uri Ariel says 'if a person who transfers information about IDF movements is a spy, then I am a spy'; Likud MK Ze'ev Elkin was found to having given right-wing activists information on IDF earlier Sunday. http://bit.ly/wR4IaD
Saleh granted amnesty despite U.N. warning: -- All members of the administration of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh are shielded from the law, a draft measure submitted by the vice president said. http://bit.ly/wkVftz
China slams US military adventurism: China says the accusations leveled against the country in the new United States defense strategy are "groundless" and aim to counter the Asian country's growing power. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/220142.html
Unemployment Drop Masks Ongoing Decline: Economist John Williams of Shadowstats.com says the government reported more than 40,000 jobs that didn't exist. If unemployment was calculated the way BLS did it in 1994 and earlier, it would be 22.4% according to Williams. http://bit.ly/xyjzlF
"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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