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"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized
habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic
society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society
constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of
our country . . . we're dominated by the relatively small number of
persons . . . it is they who pull the wires which control the public
mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and
guide the world." - Edward Bernays
"When you invite people to think, you are inviting revolution" - Ivana Gabara "War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself." - Authot unknown |
| April 09/10, 2012 |
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Op-Ed Articles
US Gives Iran 'Last Chance' Warning
Obama demands concessions as crucial talks begin in Istanbul later this week
By Guy Adams
Other
"near term" concessions which must be met in the early stages of talks
to avoid a potential military conflict, include the suspension of
higher level uranium enrichment, and the surrender by Tehran of
existing stockpiles of the fuel.
US Offers to 'Negotiate' if Iran Surrenders;
Thoughts on Negotiation Tactics; Obama Threatens War
By Mike Shedlock
President
Obama has stepped up the rhetoric against Iran with an offer to
"negotiate". His offer is no offer at all, it is a demand to surrender.
Western Powers Manipulate Syrian Peace Plan To Prepare For War
By Johannes Stern
The
imperialist powers never intended to find a political settlement to the
conflict, as they claimed, but sought instead to create a pretext for
further provocations against Syria.
'I've Been Duped' Reflections on Israel and Palestine
By Rick Steves
Do
you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something
strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe
was from a source with an agenda to deceive?
Obama Administration Silencing Pakistani Drone-Strike Lawyer
By Medea Benjamin
The
U.S. media has little interest in airing the stories of dirt poor
people in faraway lands who contradict the convenient narrative that
drone strikes only kill "militants."
"Merchant of Death" Sentenced to 25 Years;
Trial Ignored His Ties to U.S., Dick Cheney
By Democracy Now!
Former
United Nations arms trafficking investigator Kathi Lynn Austin, says
the case allowed American companies to avoid exposure of their collusion
with with the U.S. government and private companies linked to Dick
Cheney during the Iraq war.
Only the people can stop this
Thirteen Ways Government Tracks Us
By Bill Quigley
Soon,
police everywhere will be equipped with handheld devices to collect
fingerprint, face, iris and even DNA information on the spot and have it
instantly sent to national databases for comparison and storage.
"To Undo the Folded Lie"
By Phil Rockstroh
Lottery mania and End Time fantasies reveal that the central premise of capitalism is a lie.
Make Your Taxes Disappear!
How Bush-era corporate welfare ran up the deficit.
By Michael Scherer
A classic case study of how the tax code became a slush fund for corporate America.
The Real Health Care Debate
By Chris Hedges
Medical
bills already lead to 62 percent of personal bankruptcies, and nearly
80 percent of those declaring personal bankruptcy because of medical
costs had insurance.
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| Hard News
Yemen says 44 killed in Qaeda clashes: Forty-four
people, including 14 soldiers, were killed in clashes with Al-Qaeda
militants who attacked an army barracks in Yemen's restive south on
Monday, a military official told AFP.
http://yhoo.it/HBNU80
Blast kills 12 in southern Somalia market-official: - At
least 12 people died in a bomb attack on Monday that targeted Somali
and Ethiopian troops in a busy market in the southern city of Baidoa,
witnesses and officials said.
http://bit.ly/HBNYEI
Gunmen in Nigeria Kill Four People: Gunmen
suspected of being members of a radical Islamist sect have killed at
least four people-including a six-year-old girl-in recent attacks in
Nigeria's restive northeast, authorities said Monday.
http://on.wsj.com/HTneLn
Afghanistan: 7 Taliban militants killed: Seven
Taliban militants have been killed and 11 others detained during
military operations in the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry
said on Monday.
http://bit.ly/HApBHp
Former Taliban leader flees for safety: Abdul Salam Zaeef, ex-Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, takes shelter in UAE after US troops attempted to raid his home.
http://aje.me/IpbvoZ Syria rebels kill 6 near Turkey border: Rebels have killed at least six members of the Syrian security forces and customs officials in fierce clashes close to the northern border with Turkey, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. http://bit.ly/Ibfb3g
Report: More than 100 executed by Syrian authorities: The
report "documents the involvement of Syrian forces and pro-government
shabeeha militias in summary and extrajudicial executions of defecting
soldiers, opposition fighters and opposition supporters, as well as
civilians who appeared to have had no part in the confrontation with the
authorities other than being residents of opposition strongholds,"
http://bit.ly/Ia5Jsy
Turkey Accuses Syria of Firing Across Border, Killing 2 People: Turkish
officials said on Monday that Syrian government forces had opened fire
across the border late Sunday, killing two people and wounding three
others close to one of the largest Syrian refugee camps in Turkey.
http://nyti.ms/IjTSum
Report: Fire from Syria border clashes hits refugee camp in Turkey: Turkish
officials say bullets hitting Kilis refugee camp originate from
clashes between Syrian soldiers and rebel fighters near Turkey's Kilis
province.
http://bit.ly/HRW1bO
Rebels refuse regime's demand to disarm when Assad pulls back : Video - The
UN-backed peace plan for Syria could be in deadlock, just days ahead
of a ceasefire deadline. The rebels have refused to give Damascus any
guarantees they will lay down arms before the government troops pull
back. RT's Middle East correspondent Paula Slier reports.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AWNoFXCf9c
Engineering Consent For An Attack On Syria?
A ticking clock on Syria: Intervention is likely, and the United States won't wait as long as it did in Bosnia. http://lat.ms/HC8sg4
Tehran offers nuclear compromise: Atomic Energy
Organisation head Fereidoun Abbasi said Iran could pledge to stop
producing its most highly enriched uranium while retaining some ability
to make nuclear fuel.
http://bit.ly/IbhZce
U.S. Navy deploys another aircraft carrier to Gulf: Cmdr.
Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said on Monday that
the deployment of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise along the Abraham
Lincoln carrier strike group marks only the fourth time in the past
decade that the Navy has had two aircraft carriers operating at the same
time in the region.
http://bit.ly/HTosGu
U.S. intelligence gains in Iran seen as boost to confidence: The
expanded intelligence effort has coincided with a covert campaign by
the CIA and other agencies to sabotage Iran's nuclear program and has
enabled an escalation in the use of targeted economic sanctions by the
United States and its allies to weaken Iran's resolve.
http://wapo.st/I48aQs
Abbas to Netanyahu: Respond favorably to Palestinian peace plan or we return to UN: Abbas
gave the PM a month to respond to the Palestinian positions, which
will be laid out in a letter to be delivered to Netanyahu next
Wednesday during a Jerusalem meeting with Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad.
http://bit.ly/HPN6I1
Gunter Grass accuses Israel of plotting to 'wipe out' Iran: "I admit: I will be silent no longer, because I am sick of the hypocrisy of the West".
http://bit.ly/HOehbD
Special report: Rendition ordeal that raises new questions about secret trials: In
2004, Fatima Bouchar and her husband, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, were
detained en route to the UK, and rendered to Libya. This is the story
of their imprisonment, and the trail of evidence that reveals the
involvement of the British government
http://bit.ly/IeE0cw
Solitary Confinement as Torture: Some US Prisons Recognize the Problem, as California Inmates Ask the UN to Act.
http://bit.ly/HX11PA
Japan is Poisoning Other Countries By Burning Highly-Radioactive Debris: Gundersen
says that radioactivity from the burnt debris will end up not only in
neighboring prefectures, but in Hawaii, British Columbia, Oregon,
Washington and California.
http://bit.ly/HvJzBe
Call for full inquest into the death of weapons inspector Dr David Kelly: Former
Tory leader Michael Howard tonight put himself at the head of a
powerful all-party campaign to force a full inquest into the death of
Ministry of Defence weapons expert Dr David Kelly.
http://bit.ly/Ieb7ul
US Police Can Copy Your iPhone's Contents In Under Two Minutes: It
has emerged that Michigan State Police have been using a high-tech
mobile forensics device that can extract information from over 3,000
models of mobile phone, potentially grabbing all media content from your
iPhone in under two minutes.
http://tnw.co/fUwMRW
A fog of drugs and war: Lawyers are blaming the
U.S. military's heavy use of psychotropic drugs for their clients'
aberrant behavior and related health problems.
http://lat.ms/Hrtron
Black in White Plains: The Police Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr.: "My
name is Kenneth Chamberlain. This is my sworn testimony. White Plains
police are going to come in here and kill me." And that's just what
they did.
http://bit.ly/Hp9HzL
Suspects arrested in US shootings: Two men held in Oklahoma state after recent attacks left three African Americans dead and two others critically wounded.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/04/20124813237595154.html
Americans cut back on doctor visits, prescriptions: Americans
made fewer visits to the doctor last year and were issued fewer
prescriptions, a clear indication that many people are struggling to pay
for health care. This decline came despite the introduction of 34 new
medicines by the pharmaceutical industry, the largest number in a
decade.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/apr2012/heal-a09.shtml
"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 : 2,953
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 |
