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"Today is a sad day for the rule
of law and for those who believe that the courts should protect
American citizens from torture by their own government," - "By
dismissing this lawsuit, the appeals court handed the government a
blank check to commit any abuse in the name of national security, even
the brutal torture of a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil. "
- Ben Wizner - ACLU National Security Project Litigation Director 01/23/2012 - http://bit.ly/wLv6kP
"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." - George Orwell
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Op-Ed Articles
Stop the Madness
BY YOUSAF BUTT
Europe Should Call Israel's Bluff
By Stuart Reigeluth and Dimitris Bouris
The
figures say it all. Over 1,200 Jewish colonists occupied outposts in
the West Bank in 1972; in 2012, over 300,000 live in fortress-like
colonies on hilltops overlooking the Jordan Valley, excluding the
illegal colonies and gradual annexation of occupied east Jerusalem. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30345.htm
A Sad Day for the Rule of Law
Rules of American Justice: A Tale of Three Cases
By Glenn Greenwald
When
the purpose of American justice is to shield those who with the
greatest power who commit the most egregious crimes, while severely
punishing those who talk publicly about those crimes, it's hard to
imagine how it can get much more degraded or corrupted than that. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30342.htm
US Steps Outside the Law as the War on Terror Drones On
By Justin Randle
US Drowning in Hypocrisy
By Paul Craig Roberts
Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich Wish Fidel Castro To Hell
By Elise Foley
In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims
By MICHAEL POWELL
Ominous
music plays as images appear on the screen: Muslim terrorists shoot
Christians in the head, car bombs explode, executed children lie
covered by sheets and a doctored photograph shows an Islamic flag flying
over the White House. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30351.htm
The Washington-Wall Street Revolving Door Keeps Spinning
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War
By John Arlidge
From Freedom To Fascism
The Uprising: Is it Time?
Must Watch Video
An ACTA of War
Secret Censor Tool To Shake Up World Wide Web
By RT
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| Hard News
At least 19 killed in spate of attacks in Iraq: At
least 19 people were killed in Iraq on Tuesday as insurgents targeted
day laborers, government workers and an anti-terrorism police captain
amid a continuing surge of violence, according to security officials. http://wapo.st/whn7WN
Iraqis condemn U.S. Haditha sentence as insult: A
three-month jail sentence for a U.S. Marine sergeant accused of
leading a massacre of 24 civilians in Haditha is "an insult to all
Iraqis," a relative of one of the victims said Tuesday http://cour.at/wEN5y1
US kills another 5 people in North Waziristan: At least five people have been killed in two US drone attacks in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan on Monday. http://bit.ly/wOVMv6
"Condolence" payments to Afghans total millions: One
week after 15 civilians were killed during a U.S. night operation at
an Afghan village in 2009, U.S. commanders went to the village and
passed out $40,000 in cash "condolence" payments. http://bit.ly/wrnLV8
Rivalry among Syrian defectors could mean another military coup: Disagreements
between the army officers and soldiers could lead to the creation of
separate militias, which could make it difficult to build a consensus
around a leadership that could serve as an alternative to the regime. http://bit.ly/z36LkH
Syria agrees to extend Arab monitoring mission: State
news agency SANA said Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem informed the
Arab League in a letter that Syria agreed to extend the monitoring
mission until February 23 http://yhoo.it/y46chS
Syria: New Constitution to Limit Presidential Mandate to Two Terms?: Syria's
new constitution could limit presidential term to a maximum of two
seven-year mandates and put an end to the Assad dynasty. http://bit.ly/zRxM7Y
Saudi Arabia's Gulf Arabs quit Syria monitoring mission: Saudi
Arabia's Gulf allies joined Riyadh on Tuesday in pulling out of an
Arab League monitoring team to Syria, risking the collapse of a mission
whose presence has not halted violence in a 10-month-old revolt
against President Bashar al-Assad. http://bit.ly/AzTLkN
Syria complains other states have "killed" Arab League plan: - Syrian
Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem attacked some Arab states for
interfering in Damascus' internal affairs and trying to 'kill' the Arab
League plan by resorting to the United Nations. http://bit.ly/xVjwNY
"West" seeks support for UN resolution against Assad: Russia pressed to back security council resolution endorsing Arab demands for Syrian president to step down http://bit.ly/w0jOW3
Iran lawmaker: Closing Strait of Hormuz legal: A
senior Iranian lawmaker said his country has the right to shutter the
strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for oil sanctions on Tehran. http://bit.ly/Atr3A2
UK warns Iran it could send more naval forces to the Gulf: "The UK has a contingent capability to reinforce that presence should at any time it be considered necessary to do so." http://bit.ly/wdKOjK
'India to buy Iran oil in gold not dollars': India
has agreed to pay the price of crude oil it imports from Iran in gold,
which makes it the first country to drop the US dollar for purchasing
the Iranian oil. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/222857.html
Chinese supertankers hired for Iran oil: Clarkson
Research Services Ltd., a unit of the world's largest shipbroker,
announced the two supertankers were booked to carry about 2 million
barrels of crude from Iran's Khark Island to China. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/222821.html
U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran's third-largest bank: The
United States on Monday sought to tighten the financial screws on Iran
by imposing sanctions on the country's third-largest bank for allegedly
helping Tehran develop its nuclear program. http://bit.ly/A8gufw
Israel to UN: Tomorrow will be too late for action against Iran: Israel's
envoy to the UN Ron Prosor levies harsh criticism at the Security
Council, saying it is obsessed with Israel and ignores crimes of other
countries. http://bit.ly/zQKewD
Barak to Ashton: We may need more action for Iran: Defense
Minister Ehud Barak welcomed on Tuesday the European Union embargo on
Iranian crude, telling EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton much
more may still be needed to deter Tehran from pursuing its nuclear
program. http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=254977
Former Gadhafi stronghold revolts against Tripoli: Libya's
ramshackle government lost control of a former stronghold of Muammar
Gadhafi on Tuesday after local people staged an armed uprising, posing
the gravest challenge yet to the country's new rulers. http://bit.ly/Abv5w6
Libya: Competing claims over Bani Walid fighting: Confusion
surrounds events in the Libyan town of Bani Walid after fighting broke
out between armed groups on Monday, leaving four people dead. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16702044
Officers: Mutinies spread to 4 Yemen air bases: A
wave of mutinies demanding the ouster of Yemen's air force commander
spread to four military air bases on Monday, officers said, a day after
the nation's outgoing president departed the country. http://bit.ly/w2dCkQ
Atlanta Jewish Times publisher resigns over Obama 'assassination' column: Andrew Adler suggested Israel should assassinate U.S. President Barack Obama to counter Iran's nuclear weapons program. http://bit.ly/zuYoiQ
Newt Gingrich: I Will Overthrow Castro "Regime": "We will not tolerate four more years of this [Castro] regime," Gingrich said. http://bit.ly/zzowSb
U.N. asked to probe U.S. efforts to squelch Spain torture probe: Two
legal rights groups on Thursday asked the United Nations to
investigate allegations that Spanish and U.S. officials collaborated to
quash criminal probes into whether the Bush administration authorized
illegal killings and torture of terrorism suspects. http://bit.ly/wYqWO6
Ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou charged over leaks: John
Kiriakou is accused of disclosing the names of agents who interrogated
a suspected al-Qaeda financier, who was allegedly waterboarded 83
times. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/16694003
Ruling could force Americans to decrypt laptops: American
citizens can be ordered to decrypt their PGP-scrambled hard drives for
police to peruse for incriminating files, a federal judge in Colorado
ruled today in what could become a precedent-setting case. http://bit.ly/yJO3h8
Supreme Court Court Rejects Willy-Nilly GPS Tracking:
The
Supreme Court said Monday that law enforcement authorities might need a
probable-cause warrant from a judge to affix a GPS device to a vehicle
and monitor its every move - but the justices did not say that a
warrant was needed in all cases. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-gps-ruling/
IMF warns of global recession if governments cut too deeply:
"The
world recovery, which was weak in the first place, is in danger of
stalling," Olivier Blanchard, the fund's chief economist, said at a
news conference. "The epicenter of the danger is Europe." http://usat.ly/y9HMr2
"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 : 2,876
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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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