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"Because the United States itself has a long record of
supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of
today's war on terrorism merely makes the United States look
hypocritical to the rest of the world." Lt. General William Odom - Director of the National Security Agency under Ronald Reagan. http://is.gd/BRBnim
"The
terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those
who practise it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in
others, the light within them dies." - Terry Waite
'Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism." - Noam Chomsky
"Terrorism is the price of empire. If you do not wish to pay the price, you must give up the empire." - Pat Buchanan
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Putin Warns West's Syria Policy could Backfire
By RIA
Sleeping With the Devil How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al Qaeda Led to 9/11
By WashingtonsBlog
Because
the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists
and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of today's war on terrorism
merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the
world. Lt. General William Odom - Director of the National Security
Agency under Ronald Reagan. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32374.htm
Russia Warns Against Attacking Iran
By Steve Gutterman
Iran Says it Treats Israeli Military Threats as American
By Reuters
Rewriting History Iraq: How the CIA Says It Blew It On Saddam's WMD
By Mark Thompson
Why Desmond Tutu is Right About Bush & Blair Inside the CIA Dossier on Iraq
By Vijay Prashad's
US Covering Up Torture New Accounts of Waterboarding, Other Water Torture, Abuses in Secret Prisons
By Human Rights Watch
Democratic Leaders Undermine Israeli-Palestinian Peace and Their Own Procedures
By Stephen Zunes
Will the GOP Steal America's 2012 Election?
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
The Party is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted.
By Bill Moyers and Mike Lofgren
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Hard News
Yemen: US Kills 29 People:
Not even the slaying of 10 civilians over the weekend seems to
have slowed the pace in the United States' secretive, undeclared war.
Who is held to account for deaths by drone in Yemen?: There is a history of Yemeni officials lying to protect the US, and the Pentagon and CIA greeting queries with obfuscation
France giving aid to rebel-held Syrian cities: France
has started providing direct aid and money to five rebel-held Syrian
cities as it intensifies efforts to weaken President Bashar Assad, in
the first such move by a western power, a diplomatic source said
Wednesday.
Turkish jets hit Syria militant areas: 2,000
soldiers are involved in the operation: Turkish fighter planes and
attack helicopters pounded suspected Kurdish militant positions near
the southeastern border with Syria and Iraq late on Wednesday in a major
air-and-ground operation, security sources said.
US Senators Warn Iraq over Iran Shipments to Syria: Senator
Joe Lieberman, an Independent from Connecticut, said Iraq's failure to
stop the flights could threaten the long-term relationship with the
U.S. as well as aid Iraq could receive as part of a 2008 strategic pact
between the two nations.
Iraq: U.S. Must Show Proof of Iranian Arms Flights: Iraq
says it's waiting for the U.S. to provide evidence that its airspace
is again being used by Iran to ship weapons to Syria.
Blackmail? If Obama comes through with promised assurances, 'Israel will not attack Iran' - TV report: Israel
will not attack Iran this year, provided that President Barack Obama
sets out his "red lines" and offers certain other promised assurances
to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting between the two
tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 27, Israeli TV reported
Thursday.
Senior security official killed in Iraq: A
local anti-terrorism security chief was killed Thursday in a bomb
attack north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the police said, dpa
reported.
Palestinians slipping deeper into poverty -UN: The
United Nations UNCTAD agency issued a gloomy outlook for the
Palestinian economy on Wednesday, arguing that tougher Israeli policies
and settlement expansion were pushing the occupied territories and Gaza
deeper into poverty.
Democrats reinstate Jerusalem in party platform: Democrats amend party platform to include language supporting J'lem as capital of Israel in wake of mounting criticism.
Palestinians criticize Democrats' Jerusalem stance: Nabil
Abu Rdeneh, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said "a
failure to recognize the Palestinian claim to east Jerusalem will
"destroy the peace process" and lead to "endless war."
Senate Hopeful Elizabeth Warren Blasts a 'Rigged' System: "People
feel like the system is rigged against them. And here's the painful
part: They're right. The system is rigged," she said to a round of
applause.
US preparing case against WikiLeak's Assange: lawyer: US
prosecutors are secretly preparing a case against WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange for publishing a cache of sensitive diplomatic cables,
his lawyer Baltazar Garzon said Wednesday.
Glenn Greenwald: Obama campaign brags about its whistleblower persecutions: Excuse me if I don't join in Democrats' sycophantic cheerleading for an Obama presidency that has shredded laws and liberties
CNN International's Response to the Guardian: Here
is CNN International's response to Glenn Greenwald's story in the
Guardian about Amber Lyon's documentary, iRevolution: Online Warriors of
the Arab Spring.
Prevalence of malnutrition in southern Afghanistan 'shocking': Despite
huge amounts of foreign aid, the levels of deprivation are similar to
that found in famine zones, says UN-backed report
US-backed opposition devises plots to destabilize Venezuela: The
document cited recent events such as the deadly blast at the Amuay
refinery an example of the opposition's acts of sabotage.
Venezuelan Opposition Prepares for Non-Recognition of Chavez Victory: Venezuelans
go to the polls on 7 October to elect their president. The main choice
is between the incumbent Hugo Chavez and Henrique Capriles Radonski, a
right-wing state governor with strong ties to the country's elite.
US nukes will remain in Germany: American
nuclear weapons will not be removed from Germany, despite their
departure being a long-term aim of the German government, it has
emerged.
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"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: 4,883
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,171
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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