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"We look forward to the time
when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our
world know the blessings of peace." - William Ewart Gladstone
In the name of peace They waged the wars Ain't they got no shame - Nikki Giovanni "Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war." - John Andrew Holmes, Wisdom in Small Doses |
| 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
Manipulating Public Perceptions
U.S. Military Has "Detailed Plans" On Syria Options
By AP
Detailed
plans developed to carry out military action against Syria have been
drawn up by the Pentagon and could be implemented upon orders by
President Barack Obama.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30673.htm
Deconstructing Lieberman's Iran Resolution
By Muhammad Sahimi
Once
again, warmonger wolves in sheep's clothes are trying to bring about
an unnecessary war against a nation that has not attacked any other
country for hundreds of years, a nation that poses no threat against
anyone, least of all Israel and the United States.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30675.htm
President Obama and His Key Advisors are a Gang of War Criminals
By Dave Lindorff
If
a bunch of street toughs decided to gang up and beat the crap out of
some guy in the neighborhood because they feared he might be planning
to buy a gun to protect his family, I think we'd all agree that the
police would be right to bust that crew and charge them with conspiracy
to commit the crime of assault and battery. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30676.htm
In Search of the 'Islamic Menace' in Bolivia
By Belen Fernandez
One US congresswoman is convinced that the Iranian government is a danger to Latin American countries such as Bolivia. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30677.htm
UK Politician Resigns After Saying Israel 'Will Not Go On Forever'
By Sanya Khetani
Tonge has apparently refused to apologize. She remains a member of the House of Lords under its current system. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30679.htm
10 Ways AIPAC Undermines Democracy at Home and in the Middle East
By Medea Benjamin
AIPAC
has tremendous clout but its influence has been disastrous for U.S.
foreign policy and U.S. democracy. Here are ten reasons why AIPAC is so
dangerous.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30680.htm
Israel, Zionism, and Jewish Identity Politics
- Audio -
Gilad Atzmon and Rabbi Michael Lerner on KPFA Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30683.htm
9/11 Victims' Remains Dumped in Landfill
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
The
mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware disposed of body parts of
some victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by burning them and
dumping the ashes in a landfill.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30674.htm
Goodbye, First Amendment:
'Trespass Bill' Will Make Protest Illegal
By RT
Under
the act, the government is also given the power to bring charges
against Americans engaged in political protest anywhere in the country.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30678.htm
Ron Paul: "Someone Is Stealing Wealth"
"People Lose Trust In The Government Because You Lie To Them About Inflation"
Video
Ron
Paul is THE Man! He got Bernanke to ADMIT Silver IS Money today during
Bernanke's Congressional hearing. He also says the inflation rate is
B.S. from the Fed. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30681.htm
On Regaining a Spirit of Defiance
'I'm Worried Now but I Won't Be Worried Long'
By Phil Rockstroh
If only enough of us awoke to the reality of our common plight. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30682.htm
Medicare For All
By Rose Ann DeMoro
The
U.S. stands out for sick adults having cost and access problems with
27 percent unable to pay medical bills in the past year, compared to
from 1 to 14 percent in other countries, and 42 percent skipping doctors
visits, recommended care, or not filling prescriptions. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30684.htm
Colombia's Quest for Peace and Justice: The International and National Context
By James Petras
It
is time for the new political movements to consider a "Colombian road
to socialism" built on public ownership of the commanding heights of
the economy, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture,and environmental
protection under democratic control.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30663.htm |
| Hard News
6 killed in Iraqi car bombings:
At least six people dead and several others injured in latest attacks in and near Baghdad. http://aje.me/wIrwfk
Is U.S. propaganda money well spent?: The
"information operations" budget rose from $9 million in 2005 to $580
million in 2009 before dropping to $202 million last year, the
newspaper said. The decline came as U.S. involvement in Iraq wound
down. While the Pentagon has released few details about how the money
is spent, most of it appears to go to radio and TV programming not
attributed to the U.S. government http://bit.ly/yDaAeh
The chronicles of Saddam: Robert Manne, 'The Australian' and Iraq's WMD : Australian news media has come to resemble soap opera: http://aje.me/xYYDGw
Syrian Troops Battle Rebel Fighters in Homs: Opposition
"activists" said the fighting happened at the al-Bassel football field
at the outskirts of Bab Amr, which is controlled by the armed
opposition. H Soldiers are reportedly also searching houses and other
buildings for army deserters who have since joined the opposition Free
Syria Army. http://aje.me/Adwsrb
France, US arming Syrian rebels with anti-aircraft missiles - report:
In Homs on Tuesday, a general claiming to be from the rebel group appeared on camera and told a journalist from Reuters news agency that "French and American assistance has reached us and is with us." When asked to elaborate on the nature of the assistance he added, "We now have weapons and anti-aircraft missiles and, God willing, with all of that we will defeat Bashar [President Assad]." http://rt.com/news/syria-arms-us-france-531/
US drafts outline of new UN Syria resolution: By
focusing on the humanitarian situation, UN envoys said, Western and
Arab powers hoped to make it difficult for Moscow and Beijing to veto
council action on Damascus a third time. Russian and Chinese backing for
any council resolution, they added, would be a blow to Syrian
President Bashar http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=259817
Demonizing Assad: :
Clinton - Assad fits war criminal status: Testifying before two Senate committees, Clinton was pressed about the months of strife in Syria that a UN official said on Tuesday had killed more than 7500 people and which several lawmakers described as a civil war. http://bit.ly/xXNGco
'19% of Israelis support non-US-backed Iran strike': Poll
finds vast majority of Israelis against unilateral military strike on
Iran, Israeli Jews prefer Obama over all republican rivals. http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=259889
Hezbollah: Israeli attack on Iran would set Middle East ablaze: Deputy
secretary-general of Hezbollah says Israel unaware of 'the scale of
consequences' from a strike on Iran; stresses that Hezbollah fighters
are now better equipped to retaliate against Israel than they were in
2006. http://bit.ly/zQjf9d
Fact or fiction:
Russia upgrades radar station in Syria to aid Iran: Russia has upgraded a surveillance station it maintains in Syrian territory in order to provide Iran early warning of an Israeli attack, according to the Israeli security-related blog Debkafile. http://bit.ly/yn2Gas
See this film and then say that bombing Iran is ok: You can only think it is morally legitimate when you have dehumanised Iranians as the enemy http://ind.pn/wIguEd
Iran and Egypt, want to establish a nuclear weapon free zone: "We
do not see any glory, pride or power in nuclear weapons, quite the
opposite," Iranian Foreign Minister, Salehi said in his speech in
Geneva. http://bit.ly/A8oH96
How the Media got the Parchin Access Story Wrong:
News media reported last week that Iran had flatly refused the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to its Parchin military test facility, based on a statement to reporters by IAEA Deputy Director General, Herman Nackaerts, that "We could not get access". http://bit.ly/vZGUO9
Japan nears deal to cut Iran oil imports: Japan
is nearing agreement with the US on a deal to make deeper cuts to its
Iranian oil imports, a move designed to head off sanctions against
Japanese banks operating in the US. http://on.ft.com/yAXtOf
Bank in Dubai Says It Cut Ties With Iranian Institutions: An
Islamic bank in the United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that it
"took pre-emptive action" to end business relationships with some
Iranian banks when it learned that the United States planned to apply
economic sanctions against those banks. http://nyti.ms/xN1NHw
The Arrogance of Power: NATO showing 'restraint' in Afghanistan: Rasmussen: NATO
troops are displaying "great restraint" in Afghanistan in the face of a
wave of violent unrest that left four US troops dead and others
wounded, the alliance's secretary general said Tuesday. http://bit.ly/z7lFNT
Senator J. William Fulbright on the Arrogance of Power, 1966: The
attitude above all others which I feel sure is no longer valid is the
arrogance of power, the tendency of great nations to equate power with
virtue and major responsibilities with a universal mission. http://www.h-net.org/~hst306/documents/fulbright.html
U.S. Secures New Afghan Exit Routes: The
U.S. secured approval from several countries in Central Asia to move
military cargo out of Afghanistan, the military's top logistics officer
said, allowing for a withdrawal without relying mainly on Pakistan. http://on.wsj.com/z3rY2n
Israel criticizes Palestinians' invitation to Security Council to visit occupied territories: Riyad
Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. observer, told reporters after a council
meeting on the Mideast on Tuesday that he sent a letter inviting the
15 council members "to see with their own eyes the reality of the
Palestinian people in the occupied territory" including Israel's
"illegal" settlement building. http://wapo.st/ycIfEI
North Korea agrees to suspend nuclear activities, US says: State department says North Korea will allow IAEA inspectors to confirm disablement of its nuclear reactor at Yongbon http://bit.ly/w5uwOz
Probe finds Japan withheld risks of nuke disaster: The
Japanese government withheld information about the full danger of last
year's nuclear disaster from its own people and from the United States,
putting US-Japan relations at risk in the first days after the
accident, according to an independent report released Tuesday. http://bit.ly/AqQSVI
Tour of 'fragile' Fukushima nuclear plant shows shocking state of disrepair: The
equipment that serves as the lifeline of the cooling system is
shockingly feeble-looking. Plastic hoses cracked by freezing
temperatures have been mended with tape. A set of three pumps sits on
the back of a pickup truck. http://bit.ly/x5jLIw
9/11 victims' remains were sent to landfill: Partial remains from some victims of the September 11 attacks were dumped in a landfill, the US defence department has said. http://aje.me/xroRmX
Kelly Defends Surveillance of Muslims: Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly defended the New York Police Department's counterterrorism program on Monday, saying "people have short memories as to what happened here in 2001." http://nyti.ms/x2KQTN
Obama is out-Bushing Bush, and no one minds: That
Obama has received so little flak over police spying on Muslims
suggests Democrats can get away with far more than Republicans. http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12168/
Exclusive: Homeland Security Kept Tabs on Occupy Wall Street: It's
never a good thing to see a government agency talk in secret about the
need to "control protestors" - especially when that agency is charged
with protecting the homeland against terrorists, not nonviolent
demonstrators exercising their First Amendment rights to peaceable
dissent. http://bit.ly/x1Eyxw
Privacy betrayed: Twitter sells multi-billion tweet archive: A privacy row has erupted as hundreds of companies queue up to purchase users' personal information from the new database. http://rt.com/news/twitter-sells-tweet-archive-529/
Anonymous shuts Interpol site in revenge: Anonymous
said it shut down Interpol's Web site to avenge the worldwide police
agency's arrest of 25 suspected members of the activist Internet
hacking group. http://bit.ly/AkUMus
Protest Disrupts World Bank News Conference in Beijing :
Citibank is selling plastic opium in China. To get the Chinese hooked on predatory loans is glorious. http://bit.ly/AbsWNC
Irish EU treaty vote threatens chaos: Ireland
has shocked Europe with plans for a referendum on the EU's fiscal
treaty, a move that risks an unprecedented fragmentation of the eurozone
and a major clash with Germany. http://tgr.ph/zOW1mh
Irish Seek to Tempt Millionaires With Visa Bonds:
Under proposals to be laid out next month, the government will offer the visas to investors who spend at least 2 million euros ($2.7 million) on a new "low-interest" security, 1 million euros on property or invest in an Irish company http://bloom.bg/zdHZHL
Police charge protesters in Barcelona: An
AFP photographer at the scene saw riot police in helmets charging
students and striking them with batons. Photographs on Spanish news
websites showed containers burning in the streets and smashed windows. http://bit.ly/yoLe6p
Spanish & Greeks unite in austerity rage : It's
a day of mass protests across the EU, as people rail against
austerity, cuts and economic hardships - which they say are not their
fault. Fresh demonstration are brewing across Greece - as the
government seeks to implement the drastic austerity measures that came
with the latest EU bailout. http://bit.ly/yqo80s
Enough is enough: EU austerity rage in PHOTOS:
Europe is being wracked by strikes and mass anti-austerity demonstrations ahead of Thursday's EU summit in Brussels. Thousands took to the streets in Spain, Greece and France to protest against harsh budget cuts. http://rt.com/news/eu-mass-anti-austerity-protests-527/
Romney: Peddling the Indefensible: Romney's
"plan" simply doesn't add up. He wants to lower taxes, raise spending
on the military, protect Social Security and Medicare for a decade, and
cut $6 trillion out of spending to balance the budget. He gets there
only by projecting fantastical rates of growth and using magic asterisks
to indicate cuts or loophole closings that he isn't prepared to
reveal. http://huff.to/vZjcOm
Romney's Tax Plan Would Add $3T To Deficit Over A Decade: Last
week, Mitt Romney proposed a new tax plan that would, among other
things, reduce individual tax rates by 20 percent across the board and
repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax. To get a rough sense of what those
two tax cuts would cost, the Tax Policy Center crunched the numbers.
The result: They would be really, really expensive. http://onforb.es/y0XW4i
U.S.: Obama's 2013 Budget Slashes Aid for Working Families:
First, Obama has proposed a 50-percent cut to the CSBG program that funds an array of services - which differ in each county - including emergency rental and utility assistance, dental clinics, Head Start (pre-kindergarten education), home weatherization, job training, GED (high school diploma equivalency) classes, and entrepreneurship training. http://bit.ly/xBr3sw
How Much is That Politician in the Window?: Sarah van Gelder on a record season of corporate-funded political advertising and what it means for the 99 percent. http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/occupy-the-media
Fannie asks gov't for almost $4.6B after 4Q loss: Mortgage giant Fannie Mae said Wednesday that it lost money in the fourth quarter and is asking the federal government for nearly $4.6 billion in aid to cover its deficit. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fannie-asks-govt-almost-4-152028535.html
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