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"They sell us the president the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars They sell us every thing from youth to religion The same time they sell us our wars"
Jackson Browne - Lives In The Balance - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11924.htm
"Human beings are not condemned,
because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or
to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate." - Albert Einstein
"The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil." - Albert Einstein "Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society" - Albert Einstein |
| 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 : 2,905
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 |
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Op-Ed Articles
"Regime Change"
'US to Announce Aerial Blockade on Syria'
By Ynet News
US
readies for possibility of intervention without UN resolution, Asharq
Al-Awsat reports, citing US military official; plan to include
humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees on Turkey's border.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30651.htm
Russia's Secret Service :
Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey Supply Arms to Syrian Opposition:
By Itar-Tass
Armed
groups of Syria's opposition from the rebel force known as the Syrian
Liberation Army get more and more weapons from abroad, a source in
Russia's secret services told Itar-Tass on Friday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30648.htm
Russia Seeks Major Role in Mideast Politics
By Patrick Seale
Russia
is now demanding a seat for itself at the top table of Middle East
affairs. It seems determined to have its say on the key issues of the
day: the crisis in Syria; the threat of war against Iran; Israel's
expansionist ambitions; and the rise of political Islam across the Arab
world. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30650.htm
UK Gov Ignore Pro-Assad Civilians;
Al Qaeda Confirmed In Opposition
By Keelan Balderson
Since
the beginning of the violence, Western media have been reluctant to
report any deaths at the hands of the armed rebels, preferring to call
them activists or opposition. Anyone loyal to Assad is cynically labeled
part of the "regime" or "Assad's forces".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30647.htm
Attacking Iran
Because We Can, Doesn't Mean We Should
By Camillo mac Bica
The
United States must be vigilant and not succumb to the political
blackmail and intimidation of any nation, or to the undue influence of
powerful lobbying cabals such as AIPAC. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30653.htm
Insinuation as War Propaganda
By Anthony Gregory
Seventy-one
percent of Americans-almost exactly the percentage that thought Saddam
was behind 9/11-think that Iran has nuclear weapons. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30646.htm
CIA Admits Using "News To Manipulate US Public Opinion
3 Minute Video
Clip
showing admittance of the CIA that they use the mainstream media to
manipulate the thoughts and ideas of American citizens in the USA. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30652.htm
From The Archives
The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis
Video - Documentary By Bill Moyers
This
is the full length 90 min. version of Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing
critique of the criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch
of the United States Government. Bill Moyers exposes the inner workings
of the secret government. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17720.htm
From The Archives
Lives In The Balance : Jackson Browne
3 Minute Video
"You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that you've seen it before Where a government lies to a people And a country is drifting to war " http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11924.htm
Progressives Embrace Humanitarian Imperialism - Again
By John V. Wals
It
was yet one more sign that the "progressive" movement in the West has
largely abandoned its antiwar, anti-intervention stance. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30645.htm
Bankers Are Like Pedophiles:
They won't stop till they are locked up
Must Watch - Video
Mark McGowan - The Artist Taxi Driver. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30649.htm
Cuba Sets a Global Example for the Achievements of Socialism
By Peter Phillips
Cuba
is an international example of the potentialities of socialism, and an
ongoing symbolic challenge to marketplace capitalism. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30644.htm
Why Socialism?
By Albert Einstein
Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25996.htm |
| Hard News
57 killed in Syria violence, including 16 soldiers: Government
forces killed 41 "civilians" in Syria on Saturday, while 16 soldiers
were killed in explosions and clashes with rebels, (None of the rebels
were killed- Strange?) a monitoring group said. http://bit.ly/vZNktX
Syrian constitution vote begins: The
new charter would formalise a multi-party system in Syria and no
longer designates the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party as "leader of state
and society." It also states that the president can only be in office
for a maximum of two seven-year terms. http://bit.ly/w339cX
'Friends of Syria' pledge support for Syrian opposition: In
his most forceful words to date on the Syrian crisis, President Barack
Obama said the U.S. and its allies would use "every tool available" to
end the bloodshed by the government of President Bashar Assad. http://bit.ly/zrpLXe
Please! Pass the sick bag:
Obama on Syria: U.S. can't be a bystander: As fighting continues in Syria, President Obama indicted that the U.S. could beef up its role there, saying the U.S. cannot be a "bystander" as Syrian President Basha al-Assad continues the "slaughter of innocents." http://bit.ly/xQONcv
Defenders of liberty and freedom?
Saudi Arabia backs arming Syrian opposition: Foreign minister tells conference on Syria that supplying weapons to rebels fighting Assad regime is 'an excellent idea' as Obama vows to use 'every tool available' to stop the slaughter http://bit.ly/ArkcMP
In search of Syria's true friends: The
'Friends of Syria' is a contradiction in terms. In reality, these
countries are Syria's enemies which are not trying to reach a peaceful
settlement but want to provoke a civil war, the Chairman of the Russian
Parliamentary Committee for International Affairs Alexey Pushkov has
declared. http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_02_24/66839793/
China: US, Europe have hegemonistic goals in Syria:
The official Xinhua News Agency said in a commentary that China's position on Syria was balanced and that "most of the Arab countries have begun to realize that the United States and Europe are hiding a dagger behind a smile." http://bit.ly/x2Szap
Demonizing Syria:
US State Department quietly warning region on Syrian WMDs: This week, the State Department sent a diplomatic demarche to Syria's neighbors Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia, warning them about the possibility of Syria's WMDs crossing their borders and offering U.S. government help in dealing with the problem http://bit.ly/zwrF6K
Al-Jazeera's : "biased and unprofessional" coverage of Syria: Emails
said to reveal dismay among Al-Jazeera staff over its "biased and
unprofessional" coverage of Syria have been leaked by pro-Assad
hackers. http://bit.ly/ycqRQv
Cairo speech a symbol of Hamas's split with Syria: Hamas's
Gaza prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, symbolically chose Cairo's Al
Azhar Mosque, a spiritual and intellectual centre for global Islam, to
declare Hamas had formally split with Syria, a former ally and once home
to the Palestinian group's headquarters in exile. http://bit.ly/w9g63v
Islamist party wins majority seats in upper house of Egypt's parliament: The
Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice scored an outright majority
in an election for Egypt's upper house of parliament after having
emerged as the top party in an earlier lower house vote. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/02/25/196984.html
25 killed in Yemen car bomb blast: A
security official said it was a suicide blast, and that it bore the
hallmarks of an operation by the militant group. He did not provide a
death toll. Both al Qaida and southern separatists are active in the
region. http://bit.ly/A6dpG2
What a joke!!
Yemen's Hadi takes oath, replaces Saleh: A former army general, Hadi stood as the sole candidate to replace Saleh in a power transfer deal brokered by Gulf neighbours and backed by Western powers. He was elected after more than 60 percent of eligible voters took part in an election this week. http://bit.ly/zO9YjS
6 Afghan soldiers killed, 16 wounded trying to defuse roadside bomb: Officials: 6 Afghan soldiers killed, 16 wounded trying to defuse roadside bomb. http://bit.ly/zWorQl
Four dead in Afghan protests, UN complex attacked: Rock-throwing
protesters attacked a UN compound, clashed with police and set tyres
alight in Afghanistan Saturday, as a fifth day of protests over the
burning of Qurans left four dead. http://bit.ly/w00YVK
Gunman kills two US Army officers in Afghan Interior Ministry: The
Americans, who were U.S. Army officers serving as advisers to the
Afghan security forces, were sitting at their desks inside the
government ministry building when they were shot. http://on.msnbc.com/xp2Nmw
US drone crashes in Pakistan; Taliban claim responsibility:
The militants say they have collected the wreckage, and will soon release pictures of the drone. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/228586.html
Hundreds of Pakistanis protest against US drone strikes: Tribesmen
from North Waziristan's tribal region also joined the sit-in in front
of the parliament building in Islamabad, demanding the Pakistani
government to end its alliance with the US in the so-called war on
terror. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/228558.html
Congressman Rohrabacher brands Pakistan as "hard-core, two-faced enemy" of America: He
further said the discovery that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden
in the Pakistani military town of Abbottabad motivated him to table
the Balochistan resolution. http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-163820.html
CIA carving out new role in Balochistan In
March 2011, The Peninsula, Qatar's leading English language daily,
revealed that the "CIA is indulging in heavy recruitment of local people
as agents (each being paid $500 a month) in Balochistan to locate
members of the Quetta Shura, a term used by the Americans for Mullah
Omar-led Taliban commanders." http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=94180&Cat=2
Palestinian killed in West Bank clashes: "At
first, they were shooting at the Al-Aqsa mosque but we hid in the Dome
of the Rock, and now they have started firing tear gas and sound bombs
towards the gates," she said. http://aje.me/xGkOr6
Engineering Consent For An Attack On Iran:
Netanyahu: IAEA Report Shows 'We Are Right on Iran': Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that the latest IAEA report showed that Israel's suspicions on Iran are justified. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/153132#.T0lQ2VvyQ2x
U.S. Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb: Even
as the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said in a new report Friday
that Iran had accelerated its uranium enrichment program, American
intelligence analysts continue to believe that there is no hard evidence
that Iran has decided to build a nuclear bomb. http://nyti.ms/yOy5f8
Report: U.S. bolsters "defenses" in Persian Gulf amid Iran tensions: Wall
Street Journal reports that U.S. military is positioning new equipment
and expanding surveillance in the strategic Strait of Hormuz region. http://bit.ly/zAGSlN
New evidence casts doubt in Lockerbie case: Secret legal files and new evidence show that conviction in aircraft bombing case would likely have been overturned. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/02/201222618624894299.html
Somalia promises west oil riches as diplomats vow to defeat al-Shabaab: "There's
already a lot of scepticism from parts of the Somalian community about
the reasons for the sudden focus on Somalia and the reasons behind the
UK's interest. http://bit.ly/xhvB3n
German minister calls for Greece euro exit: Chancellor
Angela Merkel's conservative Interior Minister became the first member
of her centre-right government to openly call for Greece to leave the
euro zone in a magazine interview released on Saturday. http://reut.rs/xWgmnV
How Goldman Sachs Helped Mask Greece's Debt : Video - Nick
Dunbar, author of 'The Devil's Derivatives', reveals how the country
turned to investment bank Goldman Sachs for help getting around the
deficit rules. http://bit.ly/wJ3NRt
Documents expose NYPD 'mosque crawlers' New documents expose breadth of controversial New York surveillance programme targeting Muslims across state lines. http://aje.me/wBMLSh
FBI Turns Off Thousands of GPS Devices After Supreme Court Ruling: These
devices were often stuck underneath cars to track the movements of the
car owners. In U.S. v. Jones, the Supreme Court ruled that using a
device to track a car owner without a search warrant violated the law. http://on.wsj.com/AcMFT2
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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