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"The
history of totalitarian regimes is reflected in the evolution and
perfection of the instruments of terror and more especially the police."
- Carl J. Friedrich - Source: The Pathology of Politics, 1972
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag." - Huey Long |
| May 22/23, 2012 |
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Op-Ed Articles
Kucinich: "NATO Talks a Sham: War in Afghanistan is Not Ending"
By Dennis Kucinich
"The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not a benevolent organization.
NATO is not about the North Atlantic and it's not about our collective
defense.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31402.htm
Syrian Rebels Say Turkey Is Arming And Training Them
By Michael Weiss
Large consignments of AK-47s are being delivered by the Turkish military to the Syrian-Turkish border.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31399.htm
Julian Assange Interviews President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa
Ecuador's Fight Against Its Media Vultures
Must Watch Video
In
2010 Correa was taken hostage in an attempted coup d'etat. After the
attempt he launched a controversial counter-offensive Ecuador's media,
which he blames for the coup attempt.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31397.htm
War Pay
The Nearly $1 Trillion National Security Budget
By Chris Hellman and Mattea Kramer
Last
week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives even passed a bill
that was meant to spare national security spending from future cuts by
reducing school-lunch funding and other social programs.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31403.htm
Osama bin Laden's Goal to Bankrupt America is Working
By Albert Foster
Americans should be really agitated about this, but they are either ignorant or apathetic.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31405.htm
On Indefinite Detention: The Tyranny Continues
By Rep. Ron Paul
The
bad news from last week's passage of the 2013 National Defense
Authorization Act is that Americans can still be arrested on US soil and
detained indefinitely without trial.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31395.htm
The Police State Is Here
By Tim Kelly
All
the president has to do is to declare a nebulous "national emergency,"
and his agents can seize control of every factory, farm, and business
in the country and lay claim to all its resources, including labor.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31396.htm
How America's Death Penalty Murders Innocents
By David A Love
The leading causes of wrongful convictions include perjury, flawed eyewitness identification and prosecutorial misconduct.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31398.htm
Man "Loses" $22,000 In New 'Policing For Profit' Case
By Phil Williams
"If somebody told me this happened to them, I absolutely would not believe this could happen in America."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31404.htm
In Case You Missed It
Fascism Anyone?
By Laurence W. Britt
Fascism's
principles are wafting in the air today, surreptitiously masquerading
as something else, challenging everything we stand for.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4113.htm
Greek Leftist Leader Alexis Tsipras: 'It's a War Between People and Capitalism'
By Helena Smith in Athens
No one has the right to reduce a proud people to such a state of wretchedness and indignity."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31400.htm
JPMorgan Chase Losses Eclipse $30 Billion
By Mark Gongloff
Dimon, in his comments on Monday, said the bank wasn't going to keep updating everybody on its losses.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31401.htm |
| Hard News
Bombings in Iraq kill six people, including four children: The
attacks struck the homes of a Sunni anti-Qaeda militiaman and a
formerly internally-displaced Shiite family, both of which are in a
neighborhood that was an insurgent stronghold during the worst of
Iraq's sectarian bloodshed.
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/22/215681.html
5 killed as deadly blast rocks Syrian capital: An
explosion in a restaurant in the Syrian capital has killed five
people, Syrian state media report. The blast struck the Qaboun district
of Damascus and has been branded a "terrorist" attack.
http://www.rt.com/news/deadly-rocks-syrian-capital-849/
Forces unable to destabilize Syria turn to Lebanon : Russian
Foreign Ministry: "Moscow is seriously concerned by growing internal
tensions in Lebanon. It appears that the forces that have failed to
realize their plans to destabilize Syria have turned to the neighboring
Lebanon," the ministry said on its website on Monday.
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?pg=2&id=333655
Syria's War Comes to Beirut: Sunday's spasm of violence bodes ill for Lebanese stability. But the real problem is that there's nobody in charge.
http://bit.ly/MckopD
IAEA to pen nuclear agreement with Iran: Amano: The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief says Iran and the UN
nuclear agency have made a decision to reach an agreement aimed at
resolving issues related to the country's nuclear energy program.
http://bit.ly/Kwa48l
Israeli official downplays Iran nuclear deal with IAEA, citing past violations: The
announcement that International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) head
Yukiya Amano had struck a deal with Iran Tuesday to inspect its nuclear
facilities was received in Jerusalem with great suspicion.
http://bit.ly/L27f3y
Iran reportedly blames IAEA chief for leaks that enable Israel to assassinate its nuclear scientists: Iran
reportedly upbraided the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog on Monday
for leaks from his agency which, it said, had enabled Israel to
assassinate several of its nuclear scientists.
http://bit.ly/KslCJL
US Senate approves new Iran sanctions bill: The
US Senate unanimously approved on Monday a package of new economic
sanctions on Iran's oil sector just days ahead of a meeting in Baghdad
between major world powers and Tehran.
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=270919
Iran Warns S. Arabia to Give up Plot for Annexing Bahrain:
"Such Saudi measures have created insecurity in the whole region and the Islamic Republic of Iran as an influential country in the Persian Gulf region will not keep mum about these moves of Saudi Arabia forever," Rezayee told FNA on Monday. http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9102112877
Arab League to Iran: stop anti-Bahrain campaign: The
Arab League called on Tehran on Monday to halt what it described as a
media campaign against Bahrain over a proposal for political and
military union between Gulf Arab states.
http://reut.rs/K7Jp54
Are the drones working in Yemen?: Yemen suicide attack may have also blown a hole in US counter-terrorism strategy.
http://bit.ly/JQmM6K
Pakistan: Afghan forces cross border, kill one: Afghan
security forces on Monday intruded into Pakistani territory near Qila
Saifullah and opened fire on a passenger bus, killing one Pakistani
national and injuring four others.
http://bit.ly/K8iDLh
New Zealand to pull Afghanistan troops next year: Prime
Minister John Key told reporters Tuesday that the 145 New Zealand
troops stationed in Bamiyan province will come home in late 2013 rather
than 2014
http://bit.ly/MCrW7U
Has Amnesty Intl. Gone Mad? It Cheers NATO: Where is Amnesty International's head?
http://www.thestruggle.org/amnesty_NATO.htm
NATO, Defying Russia, Moves Forward With Missile Shield: NATO
leaders have agreed to activate a new missile defense shield in three
years-openly defying Moscow, which claims the system is aimed at
Russian targets.
http://bit.ly/LuMW1c
House approves East Coast missile shield site in $643 billion defense bill: The
bill obligates $100 million next year to plan for the site, but the
project would cost billions of dollars in later years that has yet to
be funded.
http://bit.ly/KYAiEo
United States Sends Combat Commanders to Colombia : The
expansion of counterinsurgency forces in Africa and Latin America is
also part of a new national security strategy released by the White
House in February.
http://bit.ly/Ld7eXc
Obama hails police state methods in Chicago:
President Barack Obama on Monday praised the performance of Chicago city officials and the Chicago Police Department after a week of violence, repression and frame-ups directed against antiwar demonstrators in the city. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/may2012/pers-m22.shtml
Supreme Court to hear electronic eavesdropping case:
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a US government challenge to a lawsuit against its electronic surveillance program, which allows authorities to eavesdrop on Americans' overseas phone calls and emails. http://bit.ly/JmD8RI
Evidence of U.S. Torture: CIA Can Withhold Detainee Photo, Waterboarding Cables: The
Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) doesn't have to release a photo of an alleged
al-Qaida operative following a session of enhanced interrogation
techniques (EIT), reports The Associated Press.
http://bit.ly/L33mLT
Court blocks release of CIA interrogation methods: CIA
secret interrogation methods - including detention and harsh
questioning of suspected terrorists - remain off limits to public
release, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
http://bit.ly/JKPiq6 Study finds one-third of malaria drugs 'fake': More than 30 per cent of anti-malaria drugs examined in Southeast Asia and Africa were either fake or of poor quality. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/05/201252255527303489.html
Did these ex-slaves catch your lunch?: Thailand, a major source of fish imported to the US, depends on slave labor.
http://bit.ly/KrPCI0
IIF: Spain's bank losses could hit €260bn: Spanish
bank loan losses could hit €260bn (£210bn), with the industry likely
to need some €60bn euros in outside help to stay afloat, the
International Institute of Finance said Monday.
http://tgr.ph/LvA6zL
"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: 4,807
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,006
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 |
