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"You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the
latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their
political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious
hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that
is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis,
or when the people become discontented and angry.
The leaders stigmatize the enemy with every vice they can
think of, every evil and human depravity. They stimulate their people's
natural fear of all other men by channeling it into a defined fear of
just certain men, or nations. Attacking another nation, then, acts as a
sort of catharsis, temporarily, on men's fear of their immediate
neighbors.
This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide." - Taylor Caldwell -, "The Devil?s Advocate" (1952) - pg. 299
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Israel Lobby Calls for an 'Iranian Pearl Harbor'
By Muhammad Sahimi
The Unfolding Human Catastrophe in Iran
By Muhammad Sahimi & Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
Regardless of Whether Obama or Romney Wins America's relations with the Arab World will change
By Robert Fisk
Who Lost the World?
By Ira Chernus
Drone-Murders of Americans 'Totally Right, Totally Constitutional': Homeland Security Chairperson
Must WatchVideo
Citizens' Grand Jury Indicts Obama and Biden
PR Newswire
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden have been
criminally indicted for having willfully released classified national
security information concerning the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound,
U.S. and Israeli war plans concerning Iran and their cyber-attack on
Iran's nuclear facilities. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32897.htm
Drowning on Wall Street and Ending World War II
By David Swanson
The Virtual Recovery
By Paul Craig Roberts
U.S. Prosperity Slides in Index That Ranks Norway No. 1
By Simon Kennedy
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Hard News
Two British occupation force soldiers killed in 'green on blue' Afghanistan attack: Two
British soldiers have been shot dead by a man wearing Afghan police
uniform in what appeared to be the latest "green on blue" attack where a
rogue member of the Afghan forces has killed his allies. http://is.gd/kjumnL
Somalia's General Farah killed in al-Shabab ambush: The
governor of the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia said General
Farah was killed along with four other soldiers in an ambush on
Sunday. http://is.gd/kjumnL
US: Iraqi audit points to huge money laundering: American
investigators say Iraqi auditors believe as much as $800 million in
U.S. currency is being sent out of the country illegally each week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20120897
Syrian General assassinated in Damascus: According
to Syrian TV, General Abdullah Al-Khaledi, a senior officer at the
Syrian Air Force, was killed Tuesday in Damascus. The television report
said he was shot in one of the capital's neighborhoods. http://is.gd/DSmznn
UK blocks Russian condemnation of Syria terrorism: The
incident in question took place last Friday when unidentified
terrorists detonated a bomb near a children's playground in Damascus
leaving several kids dead and several others injured. http://is.gd/LzVLiw
Netanyahu: Iran strike will be good for Arabs: Paris
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to
convince Arab states that an Israeli military strike on Iran would
benefit them, removing a potential threat and easing tensions across
the Middle East. http://is.gd/hDE8MM
Pentagon Nixed 1998 U.S. Nuclear Scientists' Probe of Iranian Programme: In
1998, the Defence Department vetoed a delegation of prominent U.S.
nuclear specialists to go to Iran to investigate its nuclear programme
at the invitation of the government of newly-elected Iranian President
Mohammad Khatami, according to the nuclear scientist who was organising
the mission. http://is.gd/au8ilg
Libya army has 'no control' in Bani Walid: defence minister: "The
town is completely empty except for a small number of people who are
living in tragic conditions; there is no activity; the impact of
shelling is visible everywhere," the minister said. http://is.gd/dPcUbE
Bahrain bans protests, public gatherings: "All
rallies and gatherings have been suspended and no public activity will
be allowed until security and stability are achieved," said Interior
Minister Shaikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa. http://is.gd/WgzOyW
Kuwait arrests opposition leader ahead of mass protest: Kuwaiti
authorities arrested a prominent opposition figure over his criticism
of the Gulf Arab state's ruler. It came days before an expected mass
rally protesting against a reform, which critics say undermines
opposition political forces. http://rt.com/news/kuwait-opposition-leader-arrested-561/
Birther-Linked Super PAC Runs Islamaphobic Ad Against Michigan Candidate: In
a stunning appeal to Islamaphobia, a group linked to former
Swiftboater and birther conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi has launched a
smear attack ad on a Muslim-American Congressional candidate. http://is.gd/lXvn9T
We Are All from New Orleans Now: Climate Change, Hurricanes and the Fate of America's Coastal Cities http://is.gd/18KxMu
Authorities start anti-looting campaign in the aftermath of Sandy: Firefighters
in Philadelphia rescued a man from the rubble of a three-story
building brought down as Hurricane Sandy swept through the East Coast,
only for authorities to arrest him immediately on suspicion of looting. http://rt.com/usa/news/authorities-sandy-storm-philadelphia-597/
German joblessness rises as euro zone crisis bites: German
joblessness rose for a seventh month in a row in October, highlighting
the vulnerability of Europe's biggest economy to the euro zone crisis http://is.gd/DtVG9E
Greece delays austerity vote, warns of 'chaos': Greece's
coalition government will delay a vote on major new austerity measures
by another week, but warned Tuesday there would be financial "chaos"
if a deal is not reached. http://is.gd/pxPeUz
Greece gave birth to democracy. Now it has been cast out by a powerful elite: An
exclusive club of powerful people engages in illegal practices, then
pushes through necessary laws to legalise these practices, granting
itself an amnesty, and in the end, there are no media to uncover what
really happened. http://is.gd/O5niY8
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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 : 3,213
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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