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"History
is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are
brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools."--
Ambrose Bierce, American writer, 1842-1914
"War is the spectacular and bloody projection of our
everyday living. We precipitate war out of our daily lives; and without
a transformation in ourselves, there are bound to be national and
racial antagonisms,the childish quarreling over ideologies, the
multiplication of soldiers, the saluting of flags, and all the many
brutalities that go to create organized murder." - J. Krishnamurti
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How the U.S. Is Helping to Kill Peace in Syria
By Nicolas J.S. Davies
US Withdraws Support for Syria's Opposition Leadership
By AP
Iran vs the Empire: Fighting Dollarization
By Eric Walberg
Economic Sanctions Are An Act of War
By Chris Bassil
The Fall Guy
Fake Iranian Terror Plot Wouldn't Convince a Child
By Justin Raimondo
A Proxy For Empire
Remi Kanazi - Normalize This!
3 Minute Video
Survival and Dignity in an Afghan Winter
By Kathy Kelly
US Drone Wars - Murder, Inc.
By Stephen Lendman
Texas Police Guns Down Immigrants From Helicopter
By Lynn Brezosky and Jason Buch
Sandy Forces Climate Change on US Election Despite Fossil Fuel Lobby
By Bill McKibben
Disaster Capitalism
If Mitt was President (During Hurricane Sandy)
By Mike Whitney
Romney Campaign Staged Donations At Storm Relief Event
By Aviva Shen
Why Chavez Won Again
By Danny Glover
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| Hard News
At least 120 dead in Syrian fighting; airstrikes near Damascus: At
least another 120 people were killed in fighting across Syria on
Thursday, opposition groups, including at least 53 soldiers killed in
rebel attacks on military checkpoints, reported dpa. http://is.gd/unq44Z
Syrian rebels kill 28 soldiers, several executed: Video
shows rebels rounding up men, shooting them: Anti-government rebels
killed 28 soldiers on Thursday in attacks on three army checkpoints
around Saraqeb, a town on Syria's main north-south highway, a monitoring
group said. http://is.gd/yIkrXA
Syrian rebels arm Palestinians against Assad: Syrian
rebels said on Wednesday they had begun arming sympathetic
Palestinians to fight a pro-Assad faction in a Palestinian enclave in
Damascus - a move which could fuel spiraling intra-Palestinian
violence. http://is.gd/SokpkZ
Obama administration works to launch new Syrian opposition council: Syrian
opposition leaders of all stripes will convene in Qatar next week to
form a new leadership body to subsume the opposition Syrian National
Council, which is widely viewed as ineffective, consumed by infighting,
and little respected on the ground http://is.gd/R4YF7f
Syrian opposition reacts to US attempt to form an alternative opposition: , Dr.Radwan
Ziadeh, the executive director of the Syrian Center for Political and
Strategic Studies, said that "no county around the world can impose a
leader on the Syrian opposition" and went on to say that the initiative
to form an opposition "belongs to Syrians only." http://is.gd/W0sZSO
Russia warns of more bloodshed if West insists on Assad ouster: "If
the position of our partners remains the departure of this leader who
they do not like, the bloodbath will continue," Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov said after talks with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius. http://is.gd/qDgVob
China Presents Plan to End Syrian Conflict: A
new proposal to end the conflict in Syria was presented on Thursday by
China, one of the Syrian government's few foreign defenders, which
calls for a phased-in truce, the establishment of a transitional
authority and an intensified international response to the humanitarian
crisis afflicting millions of Syrians. http://is.gd/bt0HrX
17 killed in series of roadside bombings in Afghanistan: A
series of roadside bombs in restive southern Afghanistan on Wednesday
killed a total of 17 people, among them women and children, in a bloody
week for civilians. http://is.gd/Wc5qYD
Propaganda:
Taliban can 'contest' Afghan presidential election: The
Taliban could stand as candidates in Afgha-nistan's next presidential
election in 2014, the country's top poll official said Wednesday, http://is.gd/wA5BFC
We must ban use of drone weapons: Op-Ed Thou
shalt not kill is a pretty fundamental rule in most societies. But
murder and maiming of innocent bystanders frequently occurs as a result
of the use of stealth bombers or drone missiles in Afghanistan. http://is.gd/i6gpx0
Living on death: San Diego's drone industry doubles in size: The
industry, which is centered in North County, generated at least $1.3
billion locally in 2011 and directly and indirectly supported 7,135
jobs. The report says the true impact could be far higher due to
classified programs that are not included in public records. http://is.gd/yvIDGm
Nine anti-drone protesters cited for blocking Beale AFB gates: Four
women and one man, who remained standing in front of a Beale Air Force
Base gate after authorities asked them to move their protest off
federal property were cited Tuesday and sang "We Shall Overcome. http://is.gd/wu4FIw
Israel confirms killing Arafat deputy in 1988: Lifting
a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy, Israel acknowledged Thursday that it
killed the deputy of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a 1988
seaborne raid on Tunisia. http://is.gd/sjBl2s
Fact or fiction: US warns Israel off pre-emptive strike on Iran: Arab
spring has left US-friendly rulers in region nervous about possible
impact of an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear programme http://is.gd/ZCnU7i
Iran's sick feel pain of sanctions: Difficulties in importing medicine and equipment having adverse affect on health of up to six million patients. http://is.gd/O84V4V
Fighters angry at cabinet besiege Libya assembly: Nearly
100 Libyan fighters backed by artillery have circled and occupied the
national assembly in protest over the new prime minister's cabinet
lineup, an AFP journalist said on Thursday. http://is.gd/lslfe4
Fugitive Iraq VP sentenced to death on second charge: An
Iraqi court sentenced fugitive Vice-President Tareq al Hashemi to
death for a second time yesterday on a charge of involvement in a plot
to assassinate an interior ministry official, a judicial spokesman
said. http://main.omanobserver.om/node/120602
How Tony Blair and friends help arms dealers get into bed with Britain's universities: Mike
Higgs describes how the arms industry is embedded in Britain's
universities, with the help of Tony Blair and his acolytes, such as
former UK defence minister John Reid. http://is.gd/egsSX8
On the Horizon, a Dreaded Wave of Locusts: The
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warns that large
swarms of locusts are forming in Africa's Sahel region and are likely
to push northward to Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania once they
take flight. http://is.gd/9IZGkF
Mexico study: US legalization cuts cartel profits: A
study released Wednesday by a respected Mexican think tank asserts
that proposals to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in
Colorado, Oregon and Washington could cut Mexican drug cartels'
earnings from traffic to the U.S. by as much as 30 percent. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10509029
In case you missed it: "Murder City" Charles Bowden author of Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields http://is.gd/b8vZM4
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein charged with trespassing in Keystone XL protest: Green
Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested Wednesday morning
in east Texas while attempting to bring food and Halloween candy to
protesters camping out in trees to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline,
according to anti-pipeline activists. http://is.gd/WlwaAr
The Battle Against Big Energy's Rush to Ruin Our Planet: The
energy industry tries to sell us 'ethical oil', 'clean coal' and
'natural gas', but this extreme weather is mobilising people to act. http://is.gd/D6MTCy
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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 : 3,216
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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