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[In
fascist regimes] "The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic
frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe:
racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists;
socialists, terrorists, etc." - Dr. Lawrence Britt
"When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets." - Cindy Sheehan "The major western democracies are moving towards corporatism. Democracy has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity, every dream, every decency, every hope. The main parliamentary parties are now devoted to the same economic policies - socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor - and the same foreign policy of servility to endless war. This is not democracy. It is to politics what McDonalds is to food." - John Pilger |
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Op-Ed Articles
Israel to Release Khader Adnan
Palestinian Prisoner Ends 66-day Hunger Strike
By Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
The
agreement was reached less than an hour before the supreme court
hearing was scheduled to begin. It had been brought forward by 48 hours
amid fears that Adnan might die before the case could be heard.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30607.htm
More Than 100 Killed in South Libya Clashes
By AFP
Fierce
clashes between two tribes in Libya's remote southeastern desert have
killed more than 100 people over the past 10 days, tribal sources said
on Tuesday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30608.htm
Behind the Deepening Crisis with Iran:
The Real Story Versus the Cover Story
By Mark H Gaffney
The American people need to know the truth. This is a phony crisis.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30606.htm
Pat Buchanan: 300 Nukes in Israel yet Iran a Threat?
Video Interview By RT
America's crusade under the banner of ending tyranny in the world is "utterly utopian".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30610.htm
Obama Administration Opens Door to Aid for Syrian Rebels
By The Associated Press
The
Obama administration opened the door slightly Tuesday to international
military assistance for Syria's rebels, with officials saying new
tactics may have to be explored if President Bashar Assad continues to
defy pressure to halt a brutal crackdown on dissenters.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30619.htm
Made in Jordan:
Thousands of Gunmen Preparing to Fight In Syria?
By RT
Over
10,000 Libyans are reportedly being trained in a closed-off zone in
Jordan, before being snuck into Syria to fight for the opposition. These
men are allegedly paid around US$1,000 a month, funded by Saudi Arabia
and Qatar.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30616.htm
Arab League As An Anti-Arab Weapon
By Elena PUSTOVOITOVA
The
Arab League lauded the West's new onslaught on the Middle East and
volunteered a blessing to unspecified "peacekeeping forces" that would
be dispatched to Syria to dislodge Assad. Who, under the scenario,
would take his place?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30617.htm
Another View - Reality In Syria?
Syrian Girl - What Syria Should Do
Video
What is happening in Syria, and what Syria should be doing.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30613.htm
The Fake Election In Yemen
By Moon Of Alabama
After a year of bloody protests the people of Yemen could today enjoy the Saudi/US arranged elections for a new president.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30618.htm Hypnotized Into an Endless Dirty War
By Gary Kamiya
America has decided it has the right to kill whoever it wants, whenever it wants.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30611.htm
Crisis and the Creeping Militarization of American Society
By Christopher J. Coyne & Abigail R. Hall
Small
town police forces have been equipped with SWAT gear and automatic
weapons. State and local law enforcement are receiving training akin to
that expected in the armed forces.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30609.htm
The 50-State Foreclosure Settlement
Why Hasn't Anyone Gone to Jail?
By Mike Whitney
Homeowners
have lost $8 trillion in home equity (in the last 4 years) and 11
million people are currently underwater on their mortgages. All of this
is unprecedented. All of this is the result of fraud.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30614.htm
We Need to Know Who Funds These Thinktank Lobbyists
By George Monbiot
The
battle for democracy is becoming a fight against backroom billionaires
seeking to shape politics to suit their own interests.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30612.htm
She's Alive... Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying For
Video
This
is a non-commercial attempt to highlight the fact that world leaders,
irresponsible corporations and mindless 'consumers' are combining to
destroy life on earth.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30615.htm |
| Hard News
16 killed in intense Syria shelling: UN is expected to send a special envoy to deliver humanitarian aid, Russia says
Libya 2.0:
U.S. 'May Have To Consider Additional Measures' To End Bloodshed: The
United States says it will consider taking "additional measures" to
end the bloodshed in Syria if an international outcry and a
strengthened sanctions regime do not convince the government of
President Bashar al-Assad to stop its crackdown on the opposition.
http://bit.ly/yDIOOu
Russia: 'We won't go to Syria summit': Foreign
Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said the meeting in Tunisia
"looks like an attempt to forge some kind of international coalition as
it was with the setting-up of a 'contact group' for Libya."
http://bit.ly/AcKGY0
Fact or fiction?
No Iranian ships docked in Syrian port-Pentagon: The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had no indication that Iranian ships had docked in Syria over the weekend, contrary to an account by Iran's state-run media. http://reut.rs/zqmz4O
Iran: We Will Make Pre-emptive Strike If Threatened: "Our
strategy now is that if we feel our enemies want to endanger Iran's
national interests, and want to decide to do that, we will act without
waiting for their actions," Mohammad Hejazi told Fars news agency.
http://bit.ly/wEwjQy
Analysts warn oil could pass $200 on Iran tensions: Oil
hit a nine-month high yesterday, peaking at around $124, spurred by
supply problems in South Sudan, Libya and Yemen as well as the
escalating concern over disruption in Iran.
http://bit.ly/Ac7pRd
Iran is "winning" on Western oil sanctions - Vitol: An
increase in world oil prices has more than compensated Iran for
revenues lost to lower crude exports because of sanctions imposed by the
West, the head of the world's leading oil trader said on Tuesday.
http://yhoo.it/ArUSZx
Oil Embargo Sends US Gas Prices Soaring: Forecasters at GasBuddy.com predict the price may be on its way to $5 a gallon by Memorial Day weekend.
http://bit.ly/AC9G6i
Israel: Public U.S. objections to military attack serve Iran's interests: Netanyahu, Barak, senior officials make their displeasure known to national security adviser during visit to Israel.
http://bit.ly/A4zlD7
NATO Says 3 Service Members Killed in Roadside Bombing in Southern Afghanistan http://abcn.ws/AgDFHx
2 Albanian occupation force soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan: Suspected
Afghan police opened fire on Albanian and other foreign troops in the
war-wracked country's south Monday, killing two Albanian soldiers and
prompting the arrest of 11 Afghan policemen, authorities said.
http://bit.ly/AdoL4Q
Afghanistan to Spy on Its Soldiers: Afghanistan
is rolling out an ambitious plan to spy on its own soldiers, the most
serious attempt so far to halt a string of attacks by Afghan troops on
their Western comrades-in-arms, according to Afghan and American
military leaders.
http://on.wsj.com/zrzvdu
'Quran burning' triggers Afghan protests: Top NATO commander apologises and orders investigation into reported incident as protesters besiege Bagram airbase.
http://aje.me/yTbKI3
Bagram prisoner's bid for freedom rebuffed in UK:
Britain's Court of Appeal has accepted that the government has been unable to comply with an order to obtain the release of a Pakistani man from a U.S. military prison in Afghanistan because "the Americans are not going to play ball." http://bit.ly/A5Cdyh
Arab League condemns Netanyahu''s wish of "death to all Arabs" remarks: - The
Arab League Monday condemned a phrase posted in Israeli prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's facebook page in which he wished death to all
Arabs, following a school bus accident that killed 10 children and
injured 40 others.
http://bit.ly/AAUi79
Saudi Arabia vows 'iron fist' to end violence: The
Sunni Muslim kingdom has accused an unnamed foreign power, widely
understood to mean Shiite Iran, of backing attacks on its forces in the
Eastern Province.
http://bit.ly/x09WcS
Libyan leader acknowledges government is powerless to control militias: Abdul-Jalil
said the governing National Transitional Council has made mistakes,
but he also criticized former rebels who have formed powerful militias
and local governments that have emerged as rivals to the Tripoli-based
central government that assumed power after Gadhafi was ousted.
http://wapo.st/yuIJW0
Elections in Libya's Misrata show a splintered nation: Libya
is splintering into largely autonomous city-states, with powerful
local militias and emerging local governments that at best have loose
ties to the Tripoli-based central government known as the National
Transitional Council.
http://bit.ly/w0PnTx
Libya: Displaced People Barred from Homes: Authorities
in and around Misrata are preventing thousands of people from
returning to the villages of Tomina and Kararim and have failed to stop
local militias from looting and burning homes there, Human Rights Watch
said today.
http://bit.ly/wGAbyv
FBI Tries To Coax Muslim Into Bombing US Capitol : Video report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1sYlW5al_4
Drones come to the US: A
little-noted amendment to a $63 billion Federal Aviation Authority
appropriations bill has ominous implications for democratic rights in
the United States.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/pers-f21.shtml
Owe IRS Taxes, Lose Your Passport: This
is only a proposed law and only for those owing more than $50,000 to
the IRS. Another proposal is to make the Thrift Savings Fund accounts
federal employees have-currently exempt from IRS levies-fair game. Both
proposals are from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). See Hatch's Memo to
Reporters & Editors
http://onforb.es/zY9McI
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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