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"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood." - -- Martin Luther King, Jr
"We can shape the national sentiment with our voices of compassion and reason. We can send the simple message that we must not kill innocent people in the name of justice." -- Fran Korten
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, ...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, ...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." - Abraham Lincoln
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Op-Ed Articles
'Mossad, MKO Killed Iranian Scientist'
By Richard Silverstein
More Murder of Iranian Scientists: Still Terrorism?
By Glenn Greenwald
Even for people who don't believe the US has anything to do with the assassination of Iranian scientists, just flip the scenario: how would they react to news that Israeli scientists were being systematically murdered, and Iranian officials just smiled and acted coy when asked about it? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30213.htm
US in No Position to Issue Credible Spying Denials
By Dave Lindorff
War Plan Iran:
The US Finally Admits Its Criminal Bankruptcy
By Finian Cunningham
Energy Wars 2012
By Michael T. Klare
Boom And Doom:
Revisiting Prophecies Of Collapse
By Debora MacKenzie
The European Problem
The intrigue is at its height
By: Bob Chapman
The European problem is going to spread from the original six that includes Italy and Spain to Austria and then to France. That $1 trillion swap was the temporary fix, but what do you do for an encore? Use fractional banking of course. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30219.htm
Obama, Sarkozy and Taxing Wall Street
By Jeff Cohen
Obama's 'New' Bank Fraud Deal:
Still Unfair, Still Unjust, Still Unbalanced
By Richard RJ Eskow
The Obama White House continues to push for a settlement that would let bankers avoid being punished - or even investigated - for a wave of mortgage-related crimes that includes perjury, tax evasion, and several types of fraud. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30212.htm
Are Drones Watching You?
By Jennifer Lynch
Predator drones can eavesdrop on electronic transmissions, and one drone unveiled at DEFCON last year can crack Wi-Fi networks and intercept text messages and cell phone conversations-without the knowledge or help of either the communications provider or the customer. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30221.htm
Unplug Yourself
How Advertising and Entertainment Shapes Your Subconscious
By Andre Evans
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| Hard News
8 killed in Nigeria as tensions sharpen: Eight people killed in the north and an Islamic school burnt down in the south, as a fuel strike rattles the country. http://bit.ly/zXNJkN
Report: Eight killed in attack on pro-regime rally in Syria: - At least eight people, including a Belgian reporter, were killed Wednesday when shells hit a pro-regime rally in the central Syrian province of Homs, Syrian Al Dunia Television reported. http://bit.ly/ygKsLC
Assad joins pro-Syria rally in Damascus:
Addressing thousands of government supporters in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Assad said on Wednesday that the support of Syrians for his government gives him power to fight hard against the external conspiracy trying to destabilize the country. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/220492.html
Russia sends warship to Syria to prevent Libyan scenario: Yevgeny Satanovsky, President of the Institute of Israeli and Middle East Studies, underscores that Russia's actions can be explained by its concerns that if the current regime in the country is replaced it will entail rivers of blood, millions of refuges and hundreds of thousands of victims among Syria's Christian community. http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/01/11/63653729.html
Three Iraq policemen killed in Anbar province:
Insurgents attacked an Iraqi police station near the Syrian border early Wednesday morning and killed three policemen, including a captain, security and medical officials said. http://yhoo.it/y8AZVG
Iraq's Kurds unwilling to hand Hashemi to Baghdad: While not refusing outright to arrest the Sunni leader and send him to face trial, Iraqi Kurdish officials said the Baghdad government should accept Hashemi's demand to be tried outside the capital. http://cour.at/wnOsf1
U.S. drone initiated strike on Kurds: The drone, was one of four based at Incirlik Airbase in southern Turkey, launched the airstrike in December on the village of Ortasu, sources told Turkey's Aydinlik. http://bit.ly/ylF53h
Iranian nuclear scientist killed in car bomb blast: Two assailants on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and another person Wednesday, state TV reported. The slayings suggest a widening covert effort to set back Iran's atomic program http://fxn.ws/yvbjCS
Le Figaro: Israel's Mossad Recruiting Iranian Dissidents to Work Against Tehran Regime: French report quotes security sources in Baghdad as saying that Israel is training Iranians in Iraq's Kurdish region to operate against Ayatollah regime. http://bit.ly/yqA63l
'IAEA leaked secret info to Iran enemy': A senior lawmaker says assassination of Iranian scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan proves that the confidential information provided to international bodies by Iran has been leaked to the country's enemies. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/220511.html
Iran says Fordo uranium enrichment site runs under IAEA watch:
Iran's permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said all of the country's nuclear activities, including those at Fordo enrichment site, are under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-01/10/c_131352662.htm
Obama Ready to Use Military Force to Stop Nuclear Iran, Ex-Adviser Says: The administration considers the risks of permitting a nuclear-armed Iran to be greater than the risks of military action, said Ross, who last month rejoined the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a research group. http://bloom.bg/znASfV
Iran Interest Rates Raised To 20% To Fight Hyperinflation: As a result of a financial embargo enacted on by the US on New Year's Day, Iran's economy had promptly entered freefall mode and is now experiencing hyperinflation as the currency implodes. http://bit.ly/AoK08H
Public ire one goal of Iran sanctions, U.S. official says: The Obama administration sees economic sanctions against Iran as building public discontent that will help compel the government to abandon an alleged nuclear weapons program, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official. http://wapo.st/zkScJ0
China unbowed by US pressure over Iranian oil: US Treasury Secretary fails to persuade China to back sanctions against Iranian oil industry during talks in Beijing. http://bit.ly/wBnZjF
Thousands Of US Troops To Arrive In Israel This Week: Accompanied by a US aircraft carrier, 9,000 US troops including airmen, missile interceptor teams, marines, technicians and intelligence officers are scheduled to land in Israel in the coming weeks. Many will stay up to the end of the year as part of the US-Israeli Army deployment in readiness for a military engagement with Iran, aiming at a synchronized military front against Iran. http://www.imemc.org/article/62803
Israel subsidizes West Bank housing, breaking promise to U.S.: Revelation comes as PM Netanyahu announces plan to build 277 housing units in Efrat settlement as part of series of reprisals for the PA's admission to UNESCO in October. http://bit.ly/zzCROX
Pakistan fires defense secretary in growing crisis: Pakistan's prime minister fired the defense secretary Wednesday in a dispute over a memo sent to Washington that has enraged the army, escalating a crisis pitting the civilian government against the powerful military leadership. http://bit.ly/xc5Ikz
US gave grant to Pakistani Muslim group which demonstrated in favor of governor's killer:
The U.S. gave money to a Pakistani Muslim group that organized anti-Taliban rallies, but which later demonstrated in support of an extremist who killed a leading liberal politician, the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan said Wednesday. http://wapo.st/wreOgG
One Third of the Military's Aircraft Are Now Drones:
Nearly one in three American military aircraft is a drone, according to a congressional report, a 40-fold increase in the drone army from just a few years ago. From tiny man-portable flying wings to behemoth strike planes, unmanned aircraft now make up 31 percent of the military's air power. http://bit.ly/A85QCq
Sudan blocks S. Sudan crude oil exportation:
The minister said that the government of Khartoum has decided to once again to steal crude oil from the republic of South Sudan, rather than view a new year as an opportunity for renewed cooperation. http://bit.ly/wzV5Wg
Obama sending 5 US military officers to S. Sudan:
The White House said the U.S. forces will join the United Nations mission in the capital of Juba and focus on strategic planning and operations. They are not expected to engage in combat operations, but will be armed for personal protection. http://bo.st/wH2VQD
Doomsday Clock a minute closer to midnight:
As well, the major global challenge now was a warmer climate that threatens to bring droughts, famine, water scarcity and rising seas, said Allison Macfarlane, an associated professor at George Mason University near Washington, who chairs the group's committee that helps set the clock. http://bit.ly/zrCSb6
Federal court blocks Oklahoma ban on Sharia: -
A federal appeals court has blocked an Oklahoma voter-approved measure barring state judges from considering Islamic and international law in their decisions. http://bit.ly/yRXJJv
Frontrunner Romney wins New Hampshire:
Final results showed the former Massachusetts governor with 39 per cent of the vote, followed by Texas congressman Ron Paul with 23 per cent and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman with 17 per cent. http://bit.ly/zqIw0n
Sh*t Republican candidates say:
I thought I had a potty mouth, but you should hear the way this GOP field talks. For starters, they're obsessed with sex ... http://bit.ly/xQa4cE
Occupy protesters return to New York park: Anti-Wall Street demonstrators return to Manhattan square for first time in two months after barricades are torn down. http://bit.ly/ySM2Da
"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 : 2,858
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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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