It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like "democracy," "freedom," "rights," "justice," which have so often inspired heroism and have led men to give their lives for things which make life worthwhile, can also become a trap, the means of destroying the very things men desire to uphold. Sir Norman Angell (1874 - 1967), 1956.
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"As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless." : U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 - (letter to Col. William F. Elkins) - Ref: The Lincoln Encyclopedia, Archer H. Shaw (Macmillan, 1950, NY)
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They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls: Lord Edward Coke
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criminal, n. A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation: Howard Scott
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The War in Iraq Costs
$416,488,254,186
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Iran May Be The Greatest Crisis Of Modern Times
By John Pilger
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Awful Truth About Hillary, Barack, John and Whitewash
By Norman Solomon
This year, with their virtually identical statements about "options" and "the table," the leading Democratic presidential candidates - Clinton, Obama and Edwards - have refused to rule out any kind of attack on Iran. If you're not shocked or outraged yet, consider this:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17520.htm
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The Iraqi Resistance Only Exists To End The Occupation
By Haifa Zangana
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Creating a Market for Security
By Paul Craig Roberts
The War on Terror is a marketing campaign for security industries and terrorism experts. The latter are pulling in the consulting fees, and the former are rapidly inventing new products that enable "our" government to watch our every move and to know our location at every moment.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17521.htm
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Kurdistan's Covert Back-Channels
By Laura Rozen
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In case you missed it
Custodians of Chaos
By Kurt Vonnegut
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20 Shia gunmen die in British retaliation:
British forces have hit back at Iraqi resistance fighters, by launching an operation in which they shot dead more than 20 "gunmen".
http://snipurl.com/1g9qb
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Explosion at Iraq parliament cafe kills 8 including 2 MP's:
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Paliament suicide bomber 'was Sunni MP's bodyguard':
The blast came hours after a suicide truck bomb exploded on a major bridge in Baghdad, collapsing the steel structure and sending cars tumbling into the Tigris River, police and witnesses said. At least 10 people were killed.
http://snipurl.com/1g9qe
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Troops accused of killing suspects:
Corpses lay unclaimed in deserted streets of central Baghdad yesterday and accusations of extrajudicial execution hung over the US-trained Iraqi Army after the most intensive gun battle in the capital since the American military launched its last-ditch security plan to prevent the collapse of the city.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1642663.ece
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Under siege: A special report from war-torn Mosel :
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Refugees Speak of Escape from Hell:
"America is the reason why Iraq was invaded, so we would like the American administration to give aid to us refugees," she added. "I would like people to read this and tell Bush to help us."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37302
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Payment sought in murder of Iraqi and Afghan civilians by US. occupation forces:
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Tour extension hits families, soldiers hard:
Active-duty soldiers will now serve 15 months in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of 12, an extension that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates portrayed as needed to maintain predictable troop levels, but it came as another painful sacrifice for the volunteer U.S. Army.
http://snipurl.com/1g9qn
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Turkish army seeks OK for raids on Kurds:
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Iraqi group 'splits' from al-Qaeda:
"They killed about 30 of our people, and we definitely don't recognise their establishment of an Islamic state - we consider it invalid."
http://snipurl.com/1g9qq
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Iraq policy 'spawned new terror' :
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War pimp alert:
U.S. Says It Found Iranian Arms in Sunni Area :
Arms that American military officials say appear to have been manufactured in Iran as recently as last year have turned up in the past week in a Sunni-majority area, the chief spokesman for the American military command in Iraq said Wednesday in a news conference.
http://snipurl.com/1g9qu
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Media obscures Iran's nuclear program with 'Fog Facts':
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2 NATO soldiers, 35 militants killed in Afghan violence:
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Two more Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan: Confirmed:
Two Canadians have been killed and three injured in Afghanistan, a military official at CFB Gagetown says.
http://snipurl.com/1g9r4
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Afghani mass grave hides 400 dead:
The grave was found by local farmers in a desert just outside Faizabad, the capital town of the remote Badakhshan province, deputy governor Shams-ul Rahman Shams said.
http://snipurl.com/1g9r7
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In case you missed it:
Afghan Massacre : The Convoy of Death:
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'American Taliban' Moved To Colorado Prison:
John Walker Lindh, known as the "American Taliban" has been moved to the federal supermax prison in Colorado where he is being held in solitary confinement.
http://snipurl.com/1g9re
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Algeria Attack and the al-Qaeda Penetration of Africa :
It is sincerely mysterious "al-Qaeda" has a knack of showing up in places targeted by the neocons. For instance, Africa, in particular Somalia and, more recently, Algeria.
http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=827
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Up to 400 feared dead in attacks in Chad:
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Ohio man charged with joining al-Qaida :
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Hizbullah accuses US of secret war and arming opponents:
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UN envoy on children says Israel broke international law in 2006 war in Lebanon:
A UN envoy for children in conflict said Thursday she had been horrified by the destruction of a Lebanese village besieged by Israeli troops last year, and that many of Israel's actions during the war against Hezbollah had violated international law.
http://snipurl.com/1g9rp
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On Video: Palestinian As Human Shield:
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Israeli PM keeps final status issues off agenda for talks with Abbas
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will block any attempt by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to discuss final status issues when the two leaders meet on Sunday, the Prime Minister's Office said on Wednesday.
http://snipurl.com/1g9rx
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Russia, Saudi Arabia sign $100m contract to build oil pipeline:
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Ukraine President Yushchenko rejects US anti-missile system:
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday: rejected any discussion of deployment of US anti-missile systems to his country, ending months of waffling by leaders of the former Soviet republic.
http://snipurl.com/1g9rz
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Standing up to the west:
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U.S. seeks control of Europe through missile shield - Gorbachev:
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China poses risk to key U.S. satellites: top general:
China's use of a missile to destroy a satellite in January put vital U.S. national-security satellites at risk, the top U.S. Air Force general said on Wednesday.
http://snipurl.com/1g9s3
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Ex-FBI boss blasts MI5's Ulster record:
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White House Can't Say If Lost E-Mails Include Firings:
The Bush administration acknowledged that some lost White House e-mails might have dealt with the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, as a Senate panel stepped up demands for more information on the removal of the prosecutors.
http://snipurl.com/1g9s8
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Leahy Doubts Bush Aides on Lost E-Mails :
President Bush's aides are lying about White House e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been lost, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy suggested Thursday, vowing to subpoena those documents if the administration fails to cough them up.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6552441,00.html
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Clinton suffers virtual defeat in MoveOn vote on Iraq :
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, lagged behind her main competitors, as well as some lower-tier candidates, in a straw poll taken after a virtual town hall meeting on Iraq.
http://snipurl.com/1g9sg
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Wolfowitz 'sorry' for favouritism :
The former deputy US defence secretary refused to say if he might have to resign as the World Bank's board of governors met to discuss the row.
http://snipurl.com/1g9sj
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US malaise unlikely to slow growth worldwide:
The global economy should continue to enjoy its best run of buoyant growth for more than 40 years during this year and next, despite a sharp slowdown in the United States, the International Monetary Fund forecast yesterday.
http://snipurl.com/1g9sm
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Jobless claims rise dramatically :
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Peace & Joy
Tom Feeley
