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"The death of a single human being is too heavy a price for the vindication of any principle, however sacred." - Daniel Berrigan
"These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds another year to slaughter and devastation; and laugh, from their desks, at bravery and science, while they are adding figure to figure, and cipher to cipher, hoping for a new contract from a new armament, and computing the profits of a siege or tempest." - Samuel Johnson "As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever." - Clarence Darrow |
| April 26/27, 2012 |
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Op-Ed Articles
Obama Approves More Killing In Yemen
By Glenn Greenwald
Here's
yet another war that Obama is escalating, now ordering people's death
with greater degrees of recklessness, now without even bothering to
know who is being targeted. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31181.htm
Evidence in British Court Contradicts CIA Drone Claims
By Chris Woods
A
major case in the British High Court has revealed fresh evidence of
civilian deaths during a notorious CIA drone strike in Pakistan last
year. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31185.htm
Why I Refused to Return to Fight in Afghanistan's Brutal Occupation
By Joe Glenton
Those
sending our young men and women to die or be mutilated for nothing
have no authority to say what is honourable, courageous, heroic, or
cowardly. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31182.htm
How Obama Recycled a Lie about Iran
By Elizabeth Murray
Obama
said: "Let's begin with a basic truth that you all understand: no
Israeli government can tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a
regime that ... threatens to wipe Israel off the map." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31184.htm
Revolution In The Air
John Pilger Speaks At Marxism 2012
Video
John Pilger on the mass media and propaganda. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31187.htm
A History of the World, BRIC by BRIC
Neoliberal Dragons, Eurasian Wet Dreams, and Robocop Fantasies
By Pepe Escobar
Is the emergence of BRICS a signal that we have truly entered a new multipolar world? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31188.htm
How Europe's Double Dip Could Become America's
By Robert Reich
A
recession in the world's third-largest economy, combined with the
current slowdown in the world's second-largest (China), spells trouble
for the world's largest. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31183.htm
More Bad Apples?
Wasted Drunk U.S. Marines Fighting!
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| Hard News
'70 killed' by explosion at bomb factory: The
Syrian authorities have reported that at least sixteen people have
died in what the Syrian state news agency described as a bomb-making
factory in the city of Hama. http://itv.co/ITa2sH
Syria, rebels trade blame over fragile U.N. ceasefire: -
The Syrian government and rebels traded blame on Thursday for a huge explosion which killed 16 people in the city of Hama, as a two-week-old U.N.-backed ceasefire looked increasingly fragile. http://bit.ly/ItHa9p
Syria records 1,300 violations by "terrorists" of UN-led truce Syrian
Minister of Information Adnan Mahmoud announced Thursday that a total
of 1,300 violations of the UN-backed cease fire have been committed by
armed groups since the truce went into effect on April 12, state-run
SANA news agency reported. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/7801142.html
Russia accuses Syrian rebels of using tactics of terror, accuse West of arming them: Russia
accused Syrian rebels on Thursday of using terror tactics and
suggested they were more to blame for ceasefire violations than
President Bashar al-Assad's troops, as a top rebel military leader said
the U.N. monitoring mission to Syria is doomed to fail. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/26/210528.html
New Syrian group claims legitimacy to rival SNC: Nofal
al Dawalibi, a Saudi-based businessman whose father Maarouf was prime
minister before President Bashar al-Assad's family took power in the
1960s, said his Free Syrian Transitional National Government could unite
the opposition in a way the SNC had failed to do. http://trib.in/K4s3rF
21 "Taliban Insurgents" Killed in Clashes: Afghan
forces launched an operation in the Chakan district of Waradak
province to clear it of insurgents in which 17 Taliban insurgents were
killed and one other was wounded last night, spokesman for provincial
police chief Abdul Wali said. http://bit.ly/IfRbuk
Taliban kill four Afghan police, capture 16: Dozens
of Taliban rebels have stormed police posts in the remote northeastern
Afghan province of Badakhshan, killing four officers and capturing at
least 16 others http://bit.ly/Idfhrs
Three NATO occupation force soldier killed in E. Afghanistan:
Three NATO soldier were killed on Thursday in a blast in eastern Afghanistan, the military alliance confirmed on Thursday. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/7801179.html
Afghan soldier kills US occupation force service member: An
Afghan soldier fatally shot an American service member and a local
interpreter in southern Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, the
latest in a string of attacks against U.S. and other foreign forces by
their Afghan partners. http://bit.ly/I8EZaU
Report: NATO Misleads With 'Afghan-Led' Label: A
new report Wednesday by a Kabul-based think tank accuses international
forces of misleading the public by calling military operations
"Afghan-led" even in cases where NATO or U.S. forces are the only troops
on the ground. http://abcn.ws/IcYSjd
Pakistani prime minister 'suspended' after contempt verdict: Pakistan's
premier has been convicted of contempt by the Supreme Court, but
already served his sentence of 'imprisonment' which lasted a mere few
minutes. Observers fear the verdict could have far-reaching
implications. http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15911617,00.html
US Double Standards: India's Ballistic Missile Test and Pakistan, the Whipping-Boy: India
successfully tested ballistic missile with a range of more than
5,000km-going uncriticised by USA which has shown an obsession over the
years about a 'supposed'nuclear programme by Iran, and a huge concern
for the failed rocket launch by North Korea a few days earlier. http://bit.ly/HOBCqH
14 killed in Iraq attacks: Attacks
against Al Qaeda's favorite targets in Iraq killed 14 people Monday as
insurgents struck security forces, a government office and jewelry
stores http://fxn.ws/xkjDFw
Robert Fisk: The Children of Fallujah - families fight back: Abandoned and afraid, the parents of Iraq's suffering children wait in vain for help suffer in silence in Iraq? http://ind.pn/Ifpdi8
Nigeria: Seven killed in newspaper office bombs: The Islamist sect Boko Haram has bombed two Nigerian newspaper offices, killing at least seven people and injuring 26. http://bit.ly/Ivakrb
US Kills 3 People In Yemen: At
least three suspected al Qaeda-linked militants were killed in a drone
air strike in Yemen on Thursday, a local official and residents said,
as the new president struggles to stem the growing influence of armed
Islamists in the south. http://bit.ly/I9oyeo
White House approves broader Yemen drone campaign: The
United States has begun launching drone strikes against suspected
al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen under new authority approved by President
Obama that allows the CIA and the military to fire even when the
identity of those who could be killed is not known, U.S. officials
said. http://wapo.st/IeX4rI
'America may have to strike Iran': Potential
Republican vice presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday said a
unilateral "military solution," from the United States may be needed
to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear bomb. http://bit.ly/I9oDPa
Gantz says 'other forces' could strike Iran: IDF chief predicts that Iran will never get nuclear weapons. http://www.timesofisrael.com/gantz-says-other-forces-could-strike-iran/
IDF chief: Other countries are prepared for possible Iran strike: IDF Chief of Staff strongly hints that other nations could be backing military action. http://bit.ly/IU6nLe
Israel's new ties to Azerbaijan worry neighboring Iran:
The burgeoning relationship between Israel and Azerbaijan is raising eyebrows throughout the Middle East, not least of all because Azerbaijan is Iran's neighbor to the north and shares close cultural and demographic ties with Iran. http://bit.ly/IekW0F
More Palestinian prisoners join hunger strike: Human rights groups say 2,000 are on hunger strike against indefinite detention without charge and alleged ill-treatment http://bit.ly/JYyHzw
UN, UK condemn Israel's legalization of 'illegal' outposts in the West Bank: United
Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and British Foreign
Secretary William Hague on Tuesday expressed concern after Israel's
decision to formally approve three outposts in the West Bank, which
they both described as 'illegal.' http://bit.ly/IqDO9L
Libya's ruling council fires Cabinet citing incompetence: The move throws into question the country's ability to hold its first national election in June. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/26/210552.html
UN says up to 6,000 Libyans held by brigades:
The United Nations estimates that up to 6,000 Libyans are detained in facilities run by revolutionary brigades that helped oust Muammar Qaddafi. It urges Libya to hurry its process of putting the facilities under government control. http://fxn.ws/Aew6VP
International Criminal Court rejects Libya bid to try Gaddafi's son: Libyan
authorities are resisting surrendering him, saying they want to put
him on trial at home. Wednesday's decision heaps more pressure on
Tripoli to send Seif al-Islam to The Hague. http://bit.ly/I6ghJw
War crimes court finds Charles Taylor guilty: A
UN-backed international court has convicted former Liberian president
Charles Taylor of war crimes - the first African head of state to be
found guilty by an international tribunal. http://aje.me/IexEKC
10 questions Leveson should ask Rupert Murdoch about his relationship withTony Blair: What
was it about the relationship with Murdoch that made Tony Blair feel
it was appropriate to take a phone call from a newspaper proprietor
just hours prior to the most momentous decision a prime minister can
make: ordering the country's armed forces to war? http://bit.ly/JwkXfy
Murdoch admits 'cover-up' over phone hacking: Rupert
Murdoch has told the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics that there was a
"cover-up" over phone hacking at his now defunct News of the World
tabloid, but that it was kept hidden from him and senior executives in
his media company. http://aje.me/Kcxfp7
Suicide riddle of weapons expert who worked with David Kelly: Scientist tells wife he is going for a walk, then takes his life in a field... just like his friend http://bit.ly/JbDzM7
Controversial Cybersecurity Legislation Moves Forward: The
House of Representatives has approved Cyber Intelligence Sharing and
Protection Act with a vote count of 248-168. The bill is now headed for
the Senate. President Barack Obama will be able to sign or cancel it
pending Senate approval. http://bit.ly/Ivbfbb
'CISPA: Patriot Act for the web' - Internet activist: With
the House of Representatives' approval of the controversial CISPA
bill, Internet users are worried about possible consequences. RT spoke
to Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who said CISPA could be used to spy
on people. http://rt.com/usa/news/cispa-patriot-web-swartz-081/
US Military Course Considering "US at War with Islam" Receives Objection:
The Pentagon stated on Wednesday that the top U.S. military officer has ordered a review of training material after a course for officers was found to consider that the United States is at war with Islam, Reuters reported. http://bit.ly/JIFfDy
US Taxpayers Shelling Out Billions for Faulty Weapons:: The
Pentagon has frittered away billions in taxpayer cash on not fully
tested arms, a government watchdog report says. While the policy grants
the military access to cutting-edge technology, the public can be left
footing the bill for faulty weapons. http://rt.com/news/weapons-pentagon-report-waste-927/
A farewell to U.S. factories: Although
the absolute number of jobs in American manufacturing was rather
constant at about 17 million from 1969 to 2002, manufacturing's share
of jobs continued to decline from about 28% in 1962 to only 9% in
2011. http://yhoo.it/JyQuxn
41% of Americans Live in Counties with Dangerous Levels of Air Pollution: For
the time period from 2008 to 2010, 41 percent of Americans -- that's a
full 127 million -- lived in counties with "unhealthful levels of
either ozone or particle pollution" http://bit.ly/ImvftW
Medical Debt Collectors Accused of Bullying Emergency Room Patients and Others: Accretive
stands accused of posing debt collectors as employees in emergency
rooms who in some cases demanded payments before patients received
treatment. http://bit.ly/IrhBFh
"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: 4,801
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,978
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 |
