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"The key to the behaviour of
subjects [willing to torture and kill on command] lies not in pent-up
anger or aggression but in the nature of their relationship to
authority. They have given themselves to the authority; they see
themselves as instruments for the execution of his wishes; once so
defined, they are unable to break free." (Milgram, op., cit, p.185)
"It is certainly dangerous for a
state when its citizens have a conscience; what it needs is men
without conscience, or, better still, men whose conscience is quite in
conformity with reasons of state, men in whom the feeling of personal
responsibility has been replaced by the automatic impulse to act in the
interests of the state." - Michael E. Coughlan, 1978, Rocker, Culture and Nationalism, - p.197
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." - Samuel Adams "Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors." - Lewis H. Lapham |
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Op-Ed Articles
The UN May Have Silenced the Afghan Public
By Kathy Kelly
What is the Afghan public's opinion regarding the U.S. Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement? Does anyone know? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31207.htm
Welcome to the Asylum
By Chris Hedges
The
final chapter of this sad experiment in human history will see us
sacrificed as those on the outer reaches of empire were sacrificed. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31208.htm
Deir Yassin Remembered
By Felicity Arbuthnot
This
year marks the 67th anniversary of the massacre at Deir Yassin, one of
the most appalling crimes carried out by the Jewish Irgun and Stern
gangs in Palestine. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31209.htm
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
Inciting Murder of Jewish Children
By professors who teach in U.S universities
The Horowitz Center's advertisement seeks to shut down informed debate. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31202.htm
Challenging Notions of a Jewish People
By Shlomo Sand
Israeli
Professor Shlomo Sand talks about the ideas of his book, The Invention
of the Jewish People, challenging the underlying logic of the State of
Israel as a homeland for the Jewish People. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31203.htm
You Are All Suspects Now
What Are You Going To Do About It?
By John Pilger
You
are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain,
the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is
effectively abolished. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31205.htm
U.S. Military Drones Reported Operating Across the United States
By Danny Schechter
These modern killing machines represent science fiction reborn as science 'faction.' http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31204.htm
American Exceptionalism: In Defense of Torture:
CIA Torturer Has No Regrets
Video CBS 60 Minutes
Jose
Rodriguez, the former head of the CIA's Clandestine Service, defends
the "enhanced interrogation techniques" used on high-level al Qaeda
detainees and says he has no regrets. Lesley Stahl reports. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31199.htm
The FBI, Elaborate Entrapment and Hannah Arendt on Secret Police
By Samir Chopra
It
took 11 months of meandering discussion and a promise of $250,000 to
lead him, with three co-conspirators he recruited, to plant fake bombs
at two Riverdale synagogues. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31201.htm
Celebrating our "Warrior President"
By Glenn Greenwald
The Democratic case for Obama's foreign policy greatness is most significant for what it blissfully ignores. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31206.htm
May Day Started Here
By Noam Chomsky
If
you get to a point where the existing institutions will not bend to
the popular will, you have to eliminate the institutions. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31200.htm
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21 killed in north Nigeria church service attacks: Gunmen
attacked worship services at a university campus and a church Sunday
in northern Nigeria, killing at least 21 people in coordinated assaults
that saw panicked Christians gunned down as they tried to flee,
witnesses and officials said. http://bit.ly/Jujl4F
10 Afghan Police Killed by IED: The
blast happened in the Chak district of Wardak when their car struck an
improvised explosive device planted in the road, provincial spokesman
Shahidullah Shahid said Sunday. http://bit.ly/KmLwz3
4 Killed in Attack on Afghan Governor Compound: Two
attackers hiding handguns in their shoes infiltrated a compound of the
governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province Saturday, sparking
a fierce gunbattle that left two guards and both assailants dead. http://bit.ly/Ir9Tju
3 NATO roccupation force service members killed in Afghanistan: The coalition says all three service members died Saturday. http://bit.ly/IN6lFM
US 'kills three militants' in Pakistan: Three
"militants" were killed and two others wounded in a US drone attack in
Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Sunday,
security officials said. http://bit.ly/JTpA1w
Obama's Death Panels: Jeremy Scahill at the Drone Summit : "The
real death panels that we have in this country were unleashed on our
own citizens. Republicans like to talk about death panels having to do
with health care. President Obama is the one that is operating secret
death panels" that include United States citizens and often include
non-US citizen http://bit.ly/JMUCKq
Beheaded body of kidnapped British aid worker found in Pak; The
beheaded and bullet- riddled body of a British employee of the Red
Cross, who was kidnapped in January, was found by police in Quetta city
of southwest Pakistan today. http://bit.ly/IktEd2
More than 20 people reported dead in bomb blast in Idlib in Syria: The majority of those killed were members of the security forces http://bit.ly/Iy1B9R
At least nine killed in Damascus militant attack: At least nine people have been killed as a result of a militant attack on various targets in the Syrian capital Damascu http://rt.com/news/line/2012-04-30/#id30309
Blast in Syrian military camp - four soldiers killed: Four
Syrian soldiers were killed Sunday after an explosion in a military
camp south of Aleppo, dpa quoted the opposition Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights as reporting. http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/2020134.html
Syria says West-backed Al-Qaeda behind bombings:
State newspapers on Sunday charged that Al-Qaeda was operating in Syria and carrying out its trademark suicide bombings with the support of Washington and some Arab countries, The Daily Star reported. http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/2020157.html
Ban is 'biased': Syria
has derided UN chief Ban Ki-moon as biased and called his comments
"outrageous" after he blamed the regime for widespread ceasefire
violations ù the latest sign of trouble for an international peace plan
many expect to fail. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=199904
Hide-and-ship: Did the US know Libyan
weapons were en route to Syrian rebels?: The US and NATO have some
questions to answer about the massive weapons cargo seized by Lebanese
intelligence officials, Franklin Lamb tells RT. He says they surely
knew the shipment was on its way to Syrian rebels, but still turned a
blind eye. http://rt.com/news/lebanon-ship-syria-usa-284/
U.S. Amasses Stealth-Jet Armada Near Iran: The
U.S. Air Force is quietly assembling the world's most powerful
air-to-air fighting team at bases near Iran. - The Raptor-Eagle team has
been honing special tactics for clearing the air of Iranian fighters
in the event of war. http://bit.ly/K7ojWd
Former Israeli premier against Iran strike: Former
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has added his voice to a growing
chorus of Israeli officials against a military strike on Iran's nuclear
facilities. Olmert spoke to Israel's Channel 10 TV from New York
Sunday. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4222303,00.html
Former Mossad chief, Israeli minister trade accusations at New York conference: Meir
Dagan defends statements made by former Shin Bet security service
chief, criticizing Netanyahu and Barak over Iran; Minister Gilad Erdan
says Dagan sabotaging international efforts to halt Iran's nuclear
program; Ex-PM Olmert joins in defense of Dagan, Diskin. http://bit.ly/IeTdXM
Netanyahu readies for early Israeli elections, sources say: Likud sources said on Saturday that the national elections are likely to be held between September and November. http://bit.ly/Kj5WJc
South Tel Aviv residents protest refugees' presence: Firebombs
were hurled overnight Friday at four homes in which African migrants
reside and towards another apartment which also serves as a
kindergarten. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4222349,00.html
Israel's politics of discrimination: How
an informal process of decision making keeps Ashkenazi men at the top,
while women, Arabs and Mizrahim are denied their fair share of power
and resources. http://bit.ly/Iej81L
Major British supermarket chain announces boycott of produce made in illegal West Bank settlements: This
is the first move by a major company to end all dealings with
companies that export products from within the Green Line and from the
settlements. http://bit.ly/IlKmsV
Ex-Libya PM found dead in Danube: Shukri
Ghanem, a former Libyan premier and oil minister who abandoned Muammar
Gaddafi's regime to support the rebels who ultimately toppled the
dictator, has been found dead in a section of the Danube river flowing
through Vienna, Austria. http://bit.ly/IGFWHW
Libya's ruling council keeping Cabinet in place despite criticism, no-confidence vote: Libya's
interim ruling council decided Sunday to keep its current Cabinet
despite an internal row over dismissing it for alleged incompetence,
with a crucial election less than two months away. http://wapo.st/IFuDjg
Gaddafi 'paid Nicolas Sarkozy': FRENCH
president Nicolas Sarkozy was secretly funded by late Libyan tyrant
Colonel Gaddafi, according to damning new evidence. http://bit.ly/IPwe9r
Bahrain police 'continue to torture detainees': Human Rights Watch has accused Bahrain's police of continuing to beat and torture detainees, including minors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17887731
Egypt parliament demands govt. dismissal: Parliament
has demanded the military-backed Prime Minister Ganzuri government's
dismissal, as they believe it only plunges the nation into a deep
crisis and is not respecting parliament which is the only freely elected
body in Egypt today. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/238692.html
Clash between Egypt's Islamists, military grows: Anger
against the country's military rulers also spilled into the streets
where a protester was killed late Saturday in a demonstration outside
the Ministry of Defense. Protesters clashed for three hours with
unidentified assailants supporting the military, throwing rocks,
firebombs and glass bottles. http://usat.ly/IEzLn2
Sudan 'declares emergency' on border with South Sudan: Sudanese local authorities have ordered a group of 12,000 ethnic South Sudanese people to leave Sudan within a week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17887914
U.S. foreign policy, brought to you by ExxonMobil: When Indonesian rebels threatened ExxonMobil gas fields, the Bush administration brought the heat. http://bit.ly/Iwkh9I
Federal agents to begin protecting 'Red Zone' for NATO next week: Starting
next week, expect to see a showing of federal law enforcement in
"battle" gear, weapons slung, in a highly visible effort to protect a
perimeter that encompasses the federally operated buildings in the
Loop. http://bit.ly/Ihikza
US pastor burns Koran again: Controversial
US pastor Terry Jones has burned more copies of the Koran and a
depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment in Iran
of a Christian clergyman, The Gainesville Sun reported. http://bit.ly/Jt8iXR
Buy your way to Heaven! The Catholic Church brings back indulgences: These
days, you can get a deal on anything. Even salvation! Pope Benedict
has announced that his faithful can once again pay the Catholic Church
to ease their way through Purgatory and into the Gates of Heaven. http://aol.it/IhHRVa
Outsourced: India bails out US from jobless crisis: As
the U.S. struggles to avoid a double-dip recession, emerging economies
are racing to take advantage of the American market. Indian companies
are now expanding their workforces in the US - where unempoyment is on
the rise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWVSn-xoBVk
UC Davis Students and Faculty Face Prison Time for Peaceful Protest Against Bank: The
pepper spraying of UC Davis students shocked the nation, but the
persecution that the Davis Dozen protesters face is far worse. http://bit.ly/IglG0J
25 Horrible Statistics About The U.S. Economy: The
human capacity for self-delusion truly is remarkable. Most people out
there end up believing exactly what they want to believe even when the
truth is staring them right in the face. http://bit.ly/JGeQp2
"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 : 2,984
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
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