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"An unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed
only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a
people made morbidly obese in mind and spirit by the junk food of
propaganda, is less inclined to put up a fight, ask questions and be
skeptical. That kind of orthodoxy can kill a democracy - or worse." - Bill Moyers
"If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I've seen, if they'd watched children fry to death from Napalm and bleed to death from a cluster bomb, they might not utter the claptrap they do". - John Pilger |
| 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
"West" Wants Assad Out, Democracy or Not
By Global Times
What
the West wants from Syria is not democracy but the overthrow of the
regime so as to eliminate Iran's influence over Syria.
Deaths in Syria: Counting Them (politically) Correctly
By RT
The
British-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) is one of the
most widely-quoted sources of Syrian casualty figures. However the group
is currently experiencing an ownership row, which has left media
outlets wondering how reliable this source is.
Exploding the Myth of the Iranian Bomb
By Tim Black
How
much evidence is there that Iran is developing deadly WMDs, as Western
leaders constantly claim? Not much at all. None, in fact.
CNN Silences War-Skeptical Soldier
By Ray McGovern
This
one-minute video-that-is-better-than-a-thousand-words could come in
handy as at least a symbolic reminder of the bias at CNN and other parts
of the FCM when it comes to allowing a full and fair discussion about
going to war against some "designated enemy."
White House Helps Pay for NYPD Muslim Surveillance
By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Millions
of dollars in White House money has helped pay for New York Police
Department programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under
surveillance.
Missing Foundations
By Linh Dinh
Don't
kid yourself that the fiery anger burning through Greece, Spain and
elsewhere won't be but a tame prelude to what will happen here.
Our Very Own Oscar Night in Rimini
By Michael Hudson
I have just returned from Rimini, Italy, where I experienced one of the most amazing spectacles of my academic life.
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Suicide Car Bomber Hits Afghan Airport; 9 Killed: A
suicide car bomber struck early Monday at the gates of Jalalabad
airport in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, killing nine people in
an attack insurgents said was revenge for U.S. troops burning Qurans.
http://abcn.ws/yDnHu7
Five militants killed, 22 held in Afghanistan : Five
suspected Taliban militants were killed and 22 arrested in joint
operations in eight Afghan provinces, the interior ministry said
Monday.
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-164489.html
NATO Airstrike Kills 3 Afghan Civilians: A US-led NATO airstrike carried out by French troops has claimed the lives of three Afghan civilians, including two children.
http://bit.ly/xAXnph
Battle at U.S. base kills two Afghans: Demonstrators
hurled grenades at a U.S. base in northern Afghanistan, and a gun
battle left two Afghans dead and seven NATO troops injured
http://bit.ly/ytduBe
Afghan ministers cancel US visit: Pentagon: Afghanistan's
defense and interior ministers have canceled a visit to Washington
next week to concentrate on addressing security concerns back home, the
Pentagon said Sunday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-02/27/c_131432710.htm
Bomb kills five at political rally in Pakistan: A
bomb exploded near a political rally on Monday in Pakistan's
north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, killing at least five
people and injuring around two dozen more.
http://bit.ly/xvIIG3
89% vote in favor of new Syrian Constitution: Syria's
Interior Minister has announced that 89 per cent of those who took
part in the referendum have voted in favor of a new constitution. The
new law puts an end to five decades of one-party rule among other
reforms put forward by President Assad.
http://rt.com/news/syria-referendum-constitution-results-307/
Putin: U.S., other countries should not bypass UN SC by using military scenario in Syria - If
we want to provide safety for civilians - and for Russia this is a
priority - it is necessary to convince all parties to the armed
standoff," the Russian prime minister said.
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=312230
EU ministers support regime change in Syria: They
further added that they supported the opposition in its fight to oust
Bashar Assad, and that the EU recognised the Syrian National Council as
a legitimate representative of the Syrians seeking peaceful democratic
change".
http://bit.ly/xNt7dC
Rift develops in Syrian rebel group: Prominent
members of the main Syrian National Council formed a splinter
organisation on Sunday, exposing the most serious rift among President
Bashar al-Assad's opponents since a "popular uprising" against his
repressive rule erupted in March.
http://reut.rs/znFfWG
Saudi scholar's fatwa to kill Syrian President: A
well known Saudi Islamic scholar Sheikh Ayedh Al Qarni issued a fatwa
on Sunday to kill Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Al Qarni stressed
in his fatwa that killing Bashar Al Assad is more important than
killing Israelis, reported 'Al Bayan'.
http://bit.ly/zp6VHL
'Friends of Syria' United Against Assad Split Over Arming Opposition: Saudi Arabia and Qatar want to arm the Syrian opposition, raising the prospect of a widening conflict
http://bloom.bg/AEUR8q
China calls US critique on Syria "super arrogant": "The
United States' motive in parading as a 'protector' of the Arab peoples
is not difficult to imagine," it said in a commentary. "The problem is,
what moral basis does it have for this patronising and egotistical
super-arrogance and self-confidence?"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17175658
Putin: An attack on Iran's nuclear facilities will cause 'catastrophic' outcome: Russia's
Prime Minister says will oppose any UN resolutions on Syria that could
be interpreted as a signal for military interference.
http://bit.ly/zELG1a
Turkish artillery pounds Iraqi border areas: - The
Turkish artillery Monday pounded border areas inside Iraq forcing
civilians to leave their villages in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish
region, an official Kurdish website reported.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-02/27/c_131434333.htm
Putin assassination plan foiled: Russian and
Ukrainian intelligence services have foiled terrorist plans to
assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Russia's most-wanted
terrorist Doku Umarov is thought to be behind the plot.
http://rt.com/news/putin-assassination-attempt-thwarted-271/ Libyan Prisoners Humiliated: Video - http://bit.ly/zusJ33
Israel, Kurdish fighters destroyed Iran nuclear facility, email released by WikiLeaks claims: WikiLeaks
has publish internal emails of the American strategic intelligence
company Stratfor. In one of the hacked emails, Stratfor officials
discuss information obtained from one of their sources who reports that
Israeli commandos, in cooperation with Kurdish fighters, have
destroyed Iranian nuclear installations.
http://bit.ly/wufyjM
Wikileaks Reveals Privately Run CIA's Dirty Secrets: An
intelligence company based in Texas that, looking at their practices,
appears to be America's very own privately run CIA. According to
Wikileaks, their deals would also include the use of privileged
information to make money in financial markets.
http://gizmo.do/xahoY6
George Osborne: UK has run out of money:
In a stark warning ahead of next month's Budget, the Chancellor said there was little the Coalition could do to stimulate the economy. http://tgr.ph/xAjEDL
US deficit a serious threat, says IIF: The rise
in US public debt is a serious threat to the whole world if Washington
fails to rein it in, the head of the Institute of International Finance
warned Saturday.
http://bit.ly/xVR89Y
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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