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Where Journalists Get Their News
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"The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty" Simón Bolívar (South american liberator, soldier and statesman , 1783-1830)
"America's
entire war on terror is an exercise in imperialism. This may come as a
shock to Americans, who don't like to think of their country as an
empire. But what else can you call America's legions of soldiers,
spooks and special forces straddling the globe?" : Michael Ignatieff, New York Times, Jul. 28, 2002
".
. . in America, we have achieved the Orwellian prediction - enslaved,
the people have been programmed to love their bondage and are left to
clutch only mirage-like images of freedom, its fables and fictions.
The new slaves are linked together by vast electronic chains of
television that imprison not their bodies but their minds. Their
desires are programmed, their tastes manipulated, their values set for
them. " Gerry Spence, From Freedom to Slavery.
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Op-Ed Articles
Israel Kills Iran's Nuclear Scientists, U.S. officials
By Richard Engel and Robert Windrem
Playing on Iran's Home Court
The Great Strait of Hormuz Test
By Russ Winter
The Grand Ayatollah of Nuclear Menace.
By William Blum
British, Qatari Troops Already Waging Secret War in Syria?
By RT
US and Allies 'Considering Plans' for Military Aid to Syrian Rebels
By NewsCore
The
Pentagon had drawn up contingency plans which could include supplying
the Free Syrian Army (FSA) with weapons and establishing a humanitarian
corridor to deliver aid to civilians, The Times reported today, citing
a US official. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30483.htm
America and its Drone Strikes
By Saida Fazal
Repulsive Progressive Hypocrisy
By Glenn Greenwald
Banks Avoid Liability
In 49-State Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
By David Dayen
Forty-nine
states, every one but Oklahoma, as well as federal regulators will
participate in a foreclosure fraud settlement that will release the
five biggest banks and their mortgage servicing units from liability for
robo-signing and other forms of servicer abuse. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30485.htm
The Federal Reserve's Explicit Goal: Devalue The Dollar 33%
By Charles Kadlec
American Drug War:
The Last White Hope
Video
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Over 70 killed in Syria, most in Homs: activists said: Germany expels four Syrian diplomats http://bit.ly/w4Zn7B
Comdr. of Syria's al-Farouq rebels killed: Once
a high-ranking officer, Talas defected from the Syrian army late last
year and his so-called al-Farouq militant group is blamed for terrorist
attacks against civilians and security and military forces in Syria. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225813.html
Humanitarian crisis deepens in Syrian city of Homs: Government forces are trying to crush pockets of violent resistance in Homs, the epicenter of an 11-month-old uprising http://bit.ly/wsVH7n
U.N.-Arab observer mission proposed for Syria: - As
violence in Syria reportedly raged anew on Thursday, the United
Nations and the Arab League were considering sending a joint observer
mission to the war-ravaged Middle Eastern nation. http://bit.ly/zcKgIU
In case you missed it:
Neoconservatives Planned Regime Change Throughout the Middle East and North Africa 20 Years Ago: Obama is implementing these same plans - just with a "kindler, gentler" face. http://bit.ly/snXgnu
Libya Can't Stop Fighters Joining Syria Rebels: Earlier
this week, former Libyan rebel fighters from the city of Misurata
announced the combat deaths of three Libyan comrades fighting against
the Syrian regime. Many former Libyan fighters speak approvingly of
heading to Syria to join an increasingly armed uprising against Mr
Assad. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30480.htm
Nato Death Toll in Libya 'Cannot be Counted': Britain
has no way of knowing how many civilians died in the Libyan conflict
as a result of Nato bombing, a group of MPs has admitted. http://bit.ly/xwdRaR
Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows: A
government whose authority extends no further than its offices,
militias whose swagger comes from guns far too plentiful and residents
whose patience fades with every volley of gunfire that cracks at night.
http://nyti.ms/AbBOs4
Tuareg rebels seize Mali border town: Ban
called on the rebel groups "to immediately cease their attacks and to
engage in dialogue with the government of Mali to resolve their
grievances." He offered UN support for efforts to find a peaceful
solution. http://aje.me/xrTgSo
US-led airstrike kills 8 Afghans, including 6 children: The civilians were killed while they were feeding their animals on a mountain in Giawa in Nejrab district, witnesses said. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225782.html
Tiny fraction of Afghan forces self-sufficient, US says: - Only
1 percent of Afghan police and soldiers are capable of operating
independently, a top U.S. commander said on Wednesday, raising further
doubts about whether Afghan forces will be able to take on a
still-potent insurgency as the West withdraws. http://bit.ly/wpngBR
US Kills Another Four People in Pakistan: A
US drone strike in Pakistan's Waziristan tribal region killed four
suspected militants on Thursday, Reuters reported. This comes as a US
drone strike on Wednesday killed at least ten (alledged) "Taliban
insurgents" in North Waziristan region. http://bit.ly/yGwIUO
Legal framework required to stop CIA drone carnage: CIA
drones are attacking funeral processions and civilian and Taliban
rescue teams in Pakistan. A staggering report exposing the practice has
outraged NGOs and legal experts, who are demanding international laws
to govern drone warfare. http://rt.com/news/legal-cia-drone-report-795/
Five killed as Turkish forces clash with PKK militants: Kurdish
militants launched an attack on Turkish security forces near the Iraqi
border in southeast Turkey early on Thursday, triggering clashes in
which one soldier and four Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters were
killed, security sources said. http://bit.ly/yQFOof
Saudi crackdown kills one, injures 14: Saudi
regime forces have opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the
kingdom's Eastern Province, killing one person and wounding at least
14 others. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225825.html
U.S. arms sale to Bahrain raises eyebrows: Little
noticed as President Barack Obama denounced the "unspeakable assault"
by Syria's ruthless regime against pro-democracy protestors and
demanded Bashar al-Assad to "step aside and allow a democratic
transition to proceed immediately" was the resumption of American arms
sales to Bahrain. http://bit.ly/A411zI
Moscow warns against Israel's stance on Iran: - Israel's
hard-line approach to speculation that Iran is seeking to develop a
nuclear weapon could have "catastrophic consequences", a senior Russian
foreign ministry official warned Thursday. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=50531
Israel's useful idiot: Gingrich Warns of Iranian Nuclear Attack: Newt
Gingrich asserted on Wednesday that an Iranian nuclear attack on the
United States was "a real danger" and that it could kill and wound
hundreds of thousands of Americans. http://nyti.ms/yPgTga
Support grows for Palestinian hunger striker: Khader Adnan's "life is in danger" after more than 50 days without food in protest against his detention without charge. http://aje.me/wUoDDc
General strike enters second day in Israel: Israel's
banks, ports and stock market have remained closed for a second day as
half a million workers continued a general strike while the government
and the country's main labour union held talks on the status of
contract workers. http://aje.me/zVQ8Xi
Greece's unions to hold two-day strike over cuts: The
unions, General confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) and Civil
Servants Supreme Administrative Council (ADEDY), announced on Thursday
that their members will go on a two-day strike from Friday in protest at
the controversial decision. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225785.html
Drones over U.S. get OK by Congress: Look!
Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's ... a drone, and it's
watching you. That's what privacy advocates fear from a bill Congress
passed this week to make it easier for the government to fly unmanned
spy planes in U.S. airspace. http://bit.ly/zHEnun
US: Government Uses Anti-Terror Laws to Crush Dissent : On
January 31, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security's Behavioral
Science Division pointed to the following as indicators of potential
terrorism http://bit.ly/zclpok
Wall Street Firms Spy On Protesters In Tax-Funded Center: Wall
Street firms, serially charged with corruption, get to sit alongside
the New York Police Department and spy on law abiding citizens. http://bit.ly/wONBOJ
Police officer 'chased himself' after being mistaken for burglar: An undercover police officer "chased himself round the streets" for 20 minutes after a CCTV operator mistook him for suspect. http://tgr.ph/wt39qb
The Rise of Super PACs and the 2012 Election: Super
PACs represent much of what is wrong with American democracy rolled
neatly into one package. They are tools that powerful special interests
and a tiny privileged minority can use to work their will by drowning
out the voices of ordinary Americans in a sea of (sometimes secret)
cash. http://bit.ly/znRROR
Some legislators send millions to groups connected to their relatives:
Some
members of Congress send tax dollars to companies, colleges and
community groups where their spouses, children and parents work as
salaried employees, lobbyists or board members, according to an
examination of federal disclosure forms and local public records by The
Washington Post. http://wapo.st/wyU9Gx
"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 : 2,883
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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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