Candidate Hillary Does Iraq
By James Rothenberg
Hillary categorizes the situation in Iraq as "extraordinarily difficult". Maybe, but there is a solution although she wouldn't like it. She would find it "impossibly" difficult. As a nation we confess to the crime of aggression, apologize, arrest and punish the perpetrators, and pay reparations.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17929.htm
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Informed Witness Vs. Ignoramus
By John Hickman
California 46th District Republican Dana Rohrabacher's questioning of witnesses descended into a near-rant during an April 17, 2007 joint subcommittee hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Although the subject of the hearing was extraordinary rendition Rohrabacher's harangue illustrates the flawed thinking that has made the entire "war on terror" such a misguided enterprise.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17927.htm
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Political Attention Deficit Disorder - New Psychiatric Condition
Humor
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
Nearly 80 percent of adult American citizens are unable to pay sustained attention to issues and problems associated with their government. They are unable to accept their responsibility as citizens, including their obligation to vote, read in-depth articles and books on political issues.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17928.htm
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At least 83 killed in another bloody day of U.S. occupation:
The bodies of 21 people were found in Baghdad.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM728420.htm
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Village disputes story of deadly attack :
They say that of 16 guards, 11 were killed and five others injured - two of them seriously - when US helicopters fired rockets at them and then strafed them with heavy machinegun fire.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6239896.stm
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Turk troops kill eight Kurdish rebels in southeast:
"Turkish troops confronted a crowded Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) group in the morning in Sirnak province and eight PKK militants were killed in the ensuing clashes which lasted until the evening," an official said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27325715.htm
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Iraq's displacement crisis: the search for solutions :
One in six Iraqis is displaced. After a conflict which has now lasted as long as the First World War over two million Iraqis are in exile and a further two million are internally displaced. Most refugees are in Syria and Jordan - which hosts the largest number of refugees per capita of any country on earth.
http://www.fmreview.org/iraq.htm
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US Republicans reignite Iraq war debate:
President George W. Bush's Iraq war policy suffered a second blow in as many days on Tuesday when another senior senator from his Republican party publicly called for U.S. troop withdrawals
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26253156.htm
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Manufacturing Consent For War With Iran: Iran helping to plan attacks in Iraq - US:
Iran is training fighters in Iraq and helping to plan attacks there despite diplomatic pressure for change, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, while violence around the Arab state killed at least 19 people.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27811652.htm
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Report: IAF preparing for Iran strike:
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has been training on long-range flights, including refueling in mid-flight, in preparation for potential strikes against Iranian nuclear targets.
http://tinyurl.com/3br38m
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At least 12 Palestinians killed in heavy Gaza fighting:
Israel sent ground troops to attack southern and northern Gaza Wednesday and Palestinian medical officials said at least 11 resistance fighters and a 12-year-old boy were killed in the heaviest fighting since Hamas seized full control of the Strip two weeks ago.
http://tinyurl.com/35ygpo
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PA president asked Israel to strike Gaza, Hamas says :
Hamas spokesman in the Palestinian parliament Salah al-Bardawil said Wednesday that he does not rule out the possibility that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had asked Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to strike the Gaza Strip.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3418279,00.html
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Another sick joke:
War criminal :
Blair takes on hard job as Mideast peace envoy : In his new job as Mideast envoy, Tony Blair will take on a task that has bedeviled many before him - a role complicated by Hamas' takeover of Gaza, the weakness of Palestinian and Israeli leaders, and animosity deepened on both sides by six years of conflict.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070626/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_blair
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Blair's nomination as Quartet envoy not welcomed by Hamas :
"Blair has always worked under the American umbrella and he was behind wars and disasters that are still going on in Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan and Lebanon," said Barhoum.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/77076.html
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Adding insult to injury:
Tony Blair's appointment as Middle East envoy risks wiping out whatever is left of Britain's standing in the Arab world.
http://tinyurl.com/2wh4pq
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Robert Fisk: How can Blair possibly be given this job? :
Here is a politician who has failed in everything he has ever tried to do in the Middle East
http://news.independent.co.uk/fisk/article2697832.ece
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Clashes in refugee camp continue, Lebanese army urges militants to surrender:
Lebanon's army on Wednesday accused al-Qaida-inspired militants still barricaded in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon of hiding among Palestinian civilians trapped in the settlement and confiscating humanitarian aid sent to them.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/27/africa/ME-GEN-Lebanon-Violence.php
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Soviet-Era Weapons Handy for Taliban :
While United States officials accuse Iran of arming a resurgent Taliban, officials here say the weapons are actually part of vast caches left behind by the Soviet army that fought a nine-year war in Afghanistan before withdrawing in 1988.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38323
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Record opium crop in southern Afghanistan:
Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, where some 7,000 British troops are based, is on the verge of becoming the world's biggest drugs supplier, cultivating more opium than entire countries such as Burma, Morocco, or even Colombia, the UN warned yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2112348,00.html
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Did you know there are plans to replace the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal? :
Did you know that the United States still has some 10,000 nuclear weapons-each one far more powerful than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki? And that several thousand are on alert able to be launched within a matter of minutes? If the Bush administration gets its way, the United States will replace its entire arsenal with new warheads over the next two decades.
http://tinyurl.com/2zwbml
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Occupied Somalia: Two killed as Somali officials escape attack:
"Somalia's" trade minister and former defence minister escaped assassination attempts, which killed two other people, in the latest Iraq-style guerrilla attacks on government targets, witnesses said on Wednesday.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27803446.htm
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White House, Cheney's office subpoenaed
The Senate subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's office Wednesday, demanding documents and elevating the confrontation with President Bush over the administration's warrant-free eavesdropping on Americans.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070627/ap_on_go_co/eavesdropping_subpoenas
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Bin Laden looms over Padilla terrorism trial:
The bin Laden tape has no direct bearing on the charges in the Miami trial, which do not involve attacks in the United States or on U.S. citizens. - Defense lawyers vigorously objected, and they called the tape inflammatory and irrelevant
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26370049.htm
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Andy Worthington : The Story of Lofti Lagha, Prisoner 660:
Overlooked in the reports about Guantánamo detainee Abdullah bin Omar, a Tunisian who, on Sunday, was sent back to the country of his birth, where there are fears that he will be subjected to torture and abuse, is the story of the other Tunisian who, shackled and bound, shared a US plane with him.
http://www.counterpunch.org/worthington06222007.html
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Portrait Of A Gitmo Propagandist : .
In 2004 the chief prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions wrote a how-to guide for manipulating the media complete with a six-point plan, "Effective Engagement in the Public Opinion Arena: A Leadership Imperative in the Information Age" which he published in Air & Space Power, an official journal of the Air Force.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-candace-gorman-/portrait-of-a-gitmo-propa_b_53876.html
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Justice for Victims of Agent Orange :
AGENT ORANGE, THE CHEMICAL, has killed, is still killing, and causing great suffering to over three million people in Vietnam. PLEASE HELP THEM BY SIGNING THIS PETITION.
http://www.petitiononline.com/AOVN/
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Rouge nation: CIA tried to get Mafia to kill Castro:
The CIA worked with three American mobsters in a botched "gangster-type" attempt to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the early 1960s, according to documents released by the CIA on Tuesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070626/ts_nm/cia_secrets_dc_5
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The CIA's Family Jewels:
Agency Violated Charter for 25 Years, Wiretapped Journalists and Dissidents
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/index.htm
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New documents link Kissinger to two 1970s coups :
Release of CIA's 'Family Jewels' provides insight into political juggernaut and Bush Administration adviser
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Intelligence_officers_confirm_Kissinger_role_in_0626.html
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Fighting War Protesters:
In the early 1970s, as Vietnam War-era protests swirled around the Washington area, local police borrowed riot equipment and received intelligence training from an unusual source: the CIA.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062601736_pf.html
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Why the Rich Get Richer: Booms Were Made to Go Bust: :
During the height of the real estate bubble, I wrote a column saying that the crash was coming and suggested selling any piece of real estate that was overpriced, questionable, or non-performing. As expected, I received angry replies. Today, I'm predicting the next crash, what I believe will cause it, and why it'll be a severe blow to the global economy. The signs are already here.
http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/richricher/37414
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Ron Paul - Video Interview:
Ron Paul On the IRS , the federal reserve, the plunge protection team and other intresting topics.
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=6709968&nav=4QcS
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Landmark Immigration Bill Survives First Of Many Votes:
The 64-35 vote in favor of the measure now means that the bill is back on the path to becoming law. The bill still faces other crucial votes regarding the 26 amendments that have been added to the bill.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007765664
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Plan to Send Immigrants Home Is Defeated :
The Senate on Wednesday killed a Republican proposal to require all adult illegal immigrants to return home temporarily in order to qualify for permanent lawful status in this country.
http://tinyurl.com/32zemf
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Let Us Work Towards Peace & Joy
Tom Feeley
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph: Haile Selassie
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"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein
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There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country - if the people lose their confidence in themselves - and lose their roughness and spirit of defiance. - Walt Whitman
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In America's War On Iraq - At Least 655,000 + +
http://tinyurl.com/usq4x
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 3568
http://icasualties.org/oif/
The War in Iraq Costs
$438,228,655,563
See the cost in your community
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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Threat to world peace: The possibility of a US attack on Iran
Excerpts of presentation, Vancouver 9/11 Truth Conference
By Prof. Peter Dale Scott
"I have been speaking in public for 60 years, but this is perhaps the most important topic I have ever spoken about." "I want to talk about the threat to world peace, and the possibility of a US attack, possibly a nuclear attack, on Iran."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17926.htm
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Ahmadinejad: "I am not anti-Semitic"
Palestinians should Decide on Two-State Solution
By Juan Cole
Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul continue to show themselves among the few in Congress with any integrity and backbone. They declined to go along with a resolution charging Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad with incitement to genocide, given his alleged call for Israel to be 'wiped off the face of the map.'
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17925.htm
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