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"The terrible, cold, cruel part
is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and
death comes with it. There, as nowhere else, you feel a total absence
of the spirit: herds of men who cannot count past three, herds more who
cannot get past six, scorn for pure science and demoniacal respect for
the present. And the terrible thing is that the crowd that fills the
street believes that the world will always be the same and that it is
their duty to keep that huge machine running, day and night, forever." - Federico Garcia Lorca - Spanish Poet and Playwright
"There is something perverse about more than enough. When we have more, it is never enough. It is always somewhere out there, just out of reach. The more we acquire, the more elusive enough becomes." - Unknown "Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment." - Mark Twain "Much of our activity these days is nothing more than a cheap anesthetic to deaden the pain of an empty life." - Unknown |
| April 25/26 2012 |
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Op-Ed Articles
Bradley Manning: A Show Trial of State Secrecy
By Michael Ratner
The US government's suppression of all accountability and transparency in prosecuting the WikiLeaks suspect is totalitarian. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31173.htm
A fish rots from the head
Trials Without Crimes Or Evidence
By Paul Craig Roberts
The
US government relies on secret evidence in its cases against alleged
terrorists, claiming that national security would be threatened if the
evidence were revealed. This is abject nonsense. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31179.htm
The Children of Fallujah - Sayef's Story
By Robert Fisk
The
phosphorus shells that devastated this city were fired in 2004. But
are the victims of America's dirty war still being born? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31178.htm
Thank You for Your Service? No Thanks!
By Gary D. Barnett
It
would be very difficult for me to think of any term that disgusted me
more than those words uttered continuously in the presence of virtually
any soldier in the United States: "Thank you for your service." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31168.htm
Obama Invokes Holocaust to Ratchet Up War threats on Iran, Syria
By Bill Van Auken
President
Barack Obama used a visit to Washington's Holocaust Memorial Museum
Monday to unveil a set of new sanctions against Iran and Syria and to
promote the administration's use of "human rights" as a pretext for
aggressive war and regime change. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31180.htm
Demonizing Iran
Panetta: Iranian Influence in South America Akin to 'Expanding Terrorism'
By Carlo Munoz
Hamas
and Hezbollah have also leveraged its connections to narcotraffickers
and other transnational crime syndicates in the region to raise money
for future terror operations, Southern Command chief Gen. Douglas Fraser
told Congress in March. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31175.htm
Counter-terrorism Official:
No Hizballah Training Camps in Detroit
By Niraj Warikoo
"People
underestimate Hizballah... Hizballah is a huge threat" that operates
at a "much higher level than we're dealing with on the Al-Qaeda side." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31176.htm
IDF chief to Haaretz:
I do not believe Iran will decide to develop nuclear weapons:
By Amos Harel
I think the Iranian leadership is composed of very rational people. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31172.htm
The Crisis of Zionism
By Paul Krugman
The
truth is that like many liberal American Jews - and most American Jews
are still liberal - I basically avoid thinking about where Israel is
going. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31171.htm
Julian Assange's The World Tomorrow
Featuring. Slavoj Zizek and David Horowitz
Must Watch Video Interview
Slovenian
philosopher Slavoj Zizek and David Horowitz debate the left-wing
influence on global politics, the Israel-Palestine question, the future
of Europe and the WikiLeaks controversy. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31170.htm
Noam Chomsky on America's Declining Empire
By Joshua Holland
Support
the dictator and the regime as long as possible. When it becomes
impossible, for example if the army turns against him which is what
happened in Egypt, then send him out to pasture, issue ringing
statements about your love of democracy, and then try to restore as
much of the old regime as possible. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31174.htm
Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders
By Glen Ford
At the Corrections Corporation of America, human freedom is a dirty word. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31177.htm
Toddler Terrorist:
TSA threatens lockdown over 4-year-old girl
By RT
The
Transport Security Authority (TSA) is once again in hot water after it
accused an innocent four-year-old girl of attempted gun smuggling as
she hugged her grandmother in the security zone. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31169.htm
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Afghan Commander Says 13 "Foreign Militants" Killed: An
Afghan military commander claims to have killed 13 Pakistani and Arab
militants during an ongoing military sweep in Ghazni Province. http://bit.ly/IIto4f
Five Afghan soldiers killed in Ghazni blast: Five
Afghan soldiers have been killed and another two injured after
improvised explosive device blew up in Ghazni province, according to the
Ministry of Defence Wednesday. http://bit.ly/JGLa9o
NATO reports 4 occupation force troops killed in Afghanistan:
NATO says that two service members have been killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, while two others have died of non-battle injuries. http://bit.ly/IczGgs
At least 17 killed in violence across Syrian: Activists: In
the southern province of Daraa, violent clashes erupted between armed
rebels and government forces in the town of Bosra al-Sham, the
Britain-based watchdog said. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=231717
Two Syrian army officers, Red Crescent employee killed: Armed
groups have killed two military officers and three civilians in the
flashpoint southern province of Dara'a, SANA reported. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/238071.html
France proposes use of force in Syria: French
Foreign Minister Alain Juppe was quoted by the BBC as saying Paris was
out of patience. "We cannot allow the (Syrian) regime to defy us," he
said http://bit.ly/IbCTMY
4 Iran Guards killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels: The fighting erupted outside Paveh, a town near the Iraqi border http://bit.ly/JGLiWv
Iraqi Kurd Leader Says Time Running Out For Deal With Baghdad : The
president of Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region says that time is
running out for the government in Baghdad to decide on a power-sharing
deal to end a political crisis. http://bit.ly/IKfCOD
Seven casualties among police in Mosul: An attack on a police patrol in the volatile city of Mosul left seven casualties, police said. http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/3/303777/
Former Iraqi minister escapes to US: Former minister of defense Abdul Qader Al-Obeidi has fled to the United States after being charged with corruption http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2236377&Language=en
Six killed in central Nigeria village bomb attack: The
violence centred around Jos, a city on the dividing line between
Nigeria's largely Christian south and Muslim north where attacks have
killed hundreds in recent years. http://bit.ly/IgT5vu
Egypt military bans Mubarak-era PM from race: Interim military rulers approve law that excludes top officials in previous regime from running in presidential race. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/201242413810444506.html
Putin to Pass Control of Party to Medvedev: Prime
Minister Vladimir V. Putin said Tuesday that he would step down as
chairman of United Russia, the political party he has led since 2008,
and hand the reins of the parliamentary majority to his protégé,
President Dmitri A. Medvedev. http://nyti.ms/I75lw2
Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the U.S.: In
the aftermath of the world's worst nuclear power disaster, the news
media is just beginning to grasp that the dangers to Japan and the rest
of the world posed by the Fukushima-Dai-Ichi site are far from over http://bit.ly/InJVvC
Farmers demand the World Bank and Wall Street stop grabbing their lands: The
World Bank's policies for land privatisation and concentration, have
paved the way for corporations from Wall Street to Singapore to take
upwards of 80 million hectares of land from rural communities across
the world in the past few years http://bit.ly/I4bMny
Film Exposes the Devastating Impact of World Bank Backing for Land Investments in Uganda: 5 Minute Video - First-hand
accounts of how privatisation of land, and corporate-friendly policies
promoted by the World Bank lead to violent displacements, hunger and
facilitate the global takeover of community land by private interests. http://bit.ly/JR2z0Q
Padilla torture case comes before US Supreme Court: "It
is hard to conceive of a more profound constitutional violation than
the torture of a US citizen on US soil," wrote lawyers for Jose Padilla
in a petition filed Monday with the US Supreme Court. http://wsws.org/articles/2012/apr2012/padi-a25.shtml
Bradley Manning judge orders damage assessment released: A
judge is to see for herself how the US assessed the damage inflicted
upon the government by Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks activities.
Manning's lawyer says the case against the soldier should be dropped as
Washington is still withholding evidence. http://rt.com/news/manning-judge-release-documents-912/
Top ex-CIA officer on waterboarding tape destruction: 'Just
getting rid of some ugly visuals': The tapes, filmed in a secret CIA
prison in Thailand, showed the waterboarding of terrorists Abu Zubaydah
and Abd al-Nashiri. http://bit.ly/ISne0X
The SB1070 anti-immigrant law is a stain on Arizona's reputation: I
never thought that I, as an American citizen, would be subject to
racial profiling: Arizona's SB1070 law must be struck down. http://bit.ly/I1frxI
Britain has world's third highest proportion of sexually active teens: For
early adolescent deaths, Britain ranked in the middle of high-income
countries. Worst was the US, because of a very high rate of violent
deaths - 10 to 20 times above that of other developed countries. The US
also had high binge-drinking rates (despite alcohol being prohibited
for those under 21) and the top rate of cannabis use http://bit.ly/I9rbD6
The War on Women: : 98% of Catholic women between the ages of 15 and 44 who have had sex used birth control. http://bit.ly/JCfhQM
Poll: Super-PACs Will Hurt Voter Turnout in 2012: One
in four respondents in the poll said they're less likely to vote in
elections this year because of the growing influence of super-PACs. That
percentage climbs among those earning less than $35,000 a year (34
percent) and those with only a high school education (34 percent). http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/04/super-pac-voting-poll
The Democracy Restoration Act: Everyone Deserves a Vote: Nationwide, 13 percent of African-American men have lost the right to vote - a rate seven times the national average. http://bit.ly/I7airC
Is there a drone in your neighbourhood? Rise of spy planes exposed after FAA is forced to reveal 63 launch sites across U.S. http://bit.ly/I6ptl1
Mad cow disease in California: South Korea halts beef imports:
The discovery of a dairy cow in California's Central Valley with mad cow disease is having repercussions worldwide. http://lat.ms/JFZlLS
Trooper fired for punching woman during traffic stop : Video - One
closed-fist punch could have warranted Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Andrew
L. Davenport's termination. But Davenport threw six of them at a
woman's head http://bit.ly/Jtz6tE
For first time since Depression, more Mexicans leave U.S. than enter: A
four-decade tidal wave of Mexican immigration to the United States has
receded, causing a historic shift in migration patterns as more
Mexicans appear to be leaving the United States for Mexico than the
other way around, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center. http://wapo.st/IlTZ4Q
US home prices drop for 6th straight month: The
Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home-price index shows that prices
dropped in February from January in 16 of the 20 cities it tracks. http://yhoo.it/JCZktC
UK data shows double-dip recession: Figures shows economy contracted by 0.2 per cent in first quarter of 2012, piling pressure on government. http://aje.me/JFuHCi
"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 : 2,974
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 |
