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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 - 1898-1936
". . . in America, we have achieved the Orwellian prediction - enslaved, the people have been programmed to love their bondage and are left to clutch only mirage-like images of freedom, its fables and fictions. The new slaves are linked together by vast electronic chains of television that imprison not their bodies but their minds. Their desires are programmed, their tastes manipulated, their values set for them. " Gerry Spence, From Freedom to Slavery.
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Op-Ed Articles
More Afghans Killed: Karzai Blasts US
"This is unacceptable. It cannot be tolerated,"
By Robert Dreyfuss
In Syria, Foreign Intervention Will Only Shed More Blood
By Seumas Milne
U.S. Rejected 2005 Iranian Offer Ensuring No Nuclear Weapons
By Gareth Porter
Sorting Out the Facts about Iran
By Ray McGovern
Drones in America: Where's The Outrage?
By Andrew Napolitano
Shackled During Childbirth
By Sadhbh Walshe
The Price of Inequality and the Myth of Opportunity
By Joseph Stiglitz
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| Hard News
New Syria village massacre claims 87: The Syrian government today denied responsibility, saying in a televised statement: "What a few media have reported on what happened in Al-Kubeir, in the Hama region, is completely false." http://is.gd/q9Bxpk
Syria to militants: Lay down arms or face military offensive: Syria has reportedly given anti-government militants 24 hours to turn in their weapons, warning of a military offensive against the foreign-backed armed gangs after the deadline expires, Press TV reports. http://is.gd/gWuiYO
Annan Floats New Peace Plan Idea, Creation Of Contact Group:
Annan will float his proposal during a special session of the 15-nation council on Syria on Thursday, diplomats said on condition of anonymity. The former U.N. secretary-general hopes his new idea can prevent a total collapse of his earlier plan for a truce and negotiated political solution, they said. http://is.gd/O6f92I
Brzezinski: Don't be emotional about Syria: "I don't think it's a foregone conclusion at this stage that the majority of Syrians don't want the [Bashar] Assad government to stay in power. I think it's much more complicated than that, In fact the evidence of a national uprising against Assad is relatively limited," Brzezinski said on MSNBC's Morning Joe program. http://is.gd/4HG0Va
22 killed in Afghan blasts: Three suicide attackers blew themselves up in the largest city in southern Afghanistan today, killing 22 people and wounding at least 50 others in Kandahar. http://is.gd/F9Af6n
Afghan president: NATO airstrike killed 18 civilians: Afghan president Hamid Karzai said on Thursday that the 18 people killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday were all civilians. http://is.gd/IQoStP
Karzai cuts short China trip after Afghan attacks: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is cutting short an official visit to China following reports of civilian deaths in a NATO air strike in southeast Afghanistan and an insurgent bombing in the south, the presidential palace said on Thursday. http://is.gd/H3OUY2
U.S. helicopter believed shot down in Afghanistan; 2 killed: The United States believes one of its armed helicopters was shot down over Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing both crew members on board, a U.S. military official said. http://is.gd/bcNReO
Pakistan: 14 killed in IED blast outside madarsa in Quetta: The IED was detonated outside the gates of the seminary as a degree ceremony for students was being held inside, police told reporters. http://is.gd/5OW6n8
Libi family terms drones as "inhumane": The brother of al Qaeda's second-in-command, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike, said Washington's use of the remote-controlled weapons is inhumane and makes a nonsense of its claims to champion human rights. http://is.gd/63so18
First the 'targeted killing' campaign, then the targeted propaganda campaign:
Officially, the CIA insists its drone war is a state secret, yet we're now seeing a concerted PR effort to sanitise its dubious legality http://is.gd/wWcRzf
Russia's quiet rapprochement with Pakistan:
The almost spectacular deterioration of relations with the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has led it to seek new friends, especially as the alliance accelerates its withdrawal from Afghanistan http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/NF08Df01.html
Clashes in eastern DR Congo claim lives: At least 19 deaths reported in latest outbreak of violence that has complicated country's ties with neighbouring Rwanda. http://is.gd/UsOWkj
Nigerian soldiers kill 16 "Boko Haram militants" Nigerian soldiers have killed at least 16 militants, the army said on Wednesday, after gunfire and blasts rocked an area of the country's north-east where they were believed to be hiding. http://is.gd/Jfwmry
Benghazi blast hits US office in eastern Libya: A bomb went off outside the US embassy offices in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi Tuesday night, causing minor damage to its main gate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18344092
US offers millions in bounty for Somali Islamists: The Obama administration will offer up to $33 million in rewards for information about top members of an Islamist extremist group in Somalia linked to al-Qaida, U.S. officials said Wednesday. http://is.gd/KtfeWm
Yemen army kills 17 militants: Clashes between Qaeda and the army killed 17 militants and two soldiers on Wednesday in southern Yemen, where the military has been fighting to reclaim territory lost last year, military officials said http://is.gd/P4omPV
Photos From the Iran You Don't See on TV: The version of Iran that Americans see in the media can certainly seem like a frightening, hostile place: stern mullahs, clandestine nuclear programs, angry (if often staged) anti-American protests. Yet Iran seen first-hand is very different, and much friendlier http://is.gd/uZUgxX
Knesset rejects bill to legalise settlements: Israeli legislators have voted against a bill to retroactively legalise settler homes built on private Palestinian land, in a move which has sharply divided prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition. http://is.gd/mmoknL
Israel to build more illegal West Bank homes: Netanyahu announces plans for 850 new "settler" homes in occupied West Bank http://is.gd/djlzPd
Manning defense scores partial victory: Lawyers for WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning scored a partial victory Wednesday when a judge ruled his defense team should be given access to government documents on the scandal. http://is.gd/tFGl33
Greece election debate turns violent: Far-right Golden Dawn spokesman physically assaults two left-wing deputies during a morning political debate on live TV. http://is.gd/mDaEKz
UK: Coalition under pressure to cut benefits for middle-class pensioners:
David Cameron is coming under pressure from senior Cabinet colleagues to scrap free television licences, bus passes and winter fuel payments for middle-class pensioners. http://is.gd/9GpnJf
"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 : 3,033
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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