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human is the most valuable thing in all the world. And this I would
fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes,
undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or
government which limits or destroys the individual." -- John Steinbeck
-- (1902-1968) -- Source: East of Eden, 1952
= "The preservation of [our] government depends on the faithful
discharge of this Duty; if the citizens neglect their Duty and place
unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted;
laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish
or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to
execute the Laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy
men; and the rights of the citizen will be violated or disregarded."
- Noah Webster -- (1758-1843) American patriot and scholar, author
of the first dictionary of American English usage (1806) and the
author of the 1828 edition of the dictionary that bears his name.
= "The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each
other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need
aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who
has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.b -Sir Walter
Scott
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,339,771"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged)
In America's War On Iraq: 4,683 icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In
Afghanistan : 1,528 http://icasualties.org/oef/
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Cost of War in Iraq $702,986,807,289
Cost of War in Afghanistan $232,342,819,008
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US in Back-channel Talks with Afghan Taliban
By Azaz Syed
After fighting a bloody war in Afghanistan for more than eight
years, the United States appears to have undertaken a re-think of
its policy and has started engaging the Taliban in negotiations
through Saudi and Pakistani intelligence agencies, highly-placed
sources told Dawn here on Monday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24045.htm
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Civil War Spreads Across North West Pakistan
By James Cogan
The escalating violence, taking place on the dictates of Washington,
can only have the most explosive political consequences. Barely 14
months after taking over the presidency, Zardari has plunged the
country into a worsening civil war that has devastated the north
west and is costing as much as $10 billion a year.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24041.htm
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Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan
By Jeremy Scahill
At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special
Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi,
members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a
secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected
Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, "snatch and grabs" of high-value
targets and other sensitive action inside and outside Pakistan, an
investigation by The Nation has found.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24052.htm
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Why They Hate Us : On Military Occupation
By Stephen M. Walt
The bottom line is that you don't need to be a sociologist, political
scientist, or a student of colonialism or foreign cultures to
understand why military occupation is such a poisonous activity and
why it usually fails. If you're an American, you just need to read
a bit about Reconstruction and reflect on how its effects -- along
with the effects of slavery itself -- have persisted across
generations.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24047.htm
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Manfacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran
Obama's Nuclear Spring
By Benny Morris
The talk in Israel, explicit and open b including in the country's
leading daily, Haaretz, last week b is about a war in the coming
spring or summer.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24049.htm
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"Who The F*** Does Netanyahu Think he Is?"
By Alan Hart
Netanyahu knows who he is b another Israeli prime minister who,
with the assistance of the Zionist lobby and its stooges in Congress,
has got another American president by the testicles. At least for
the time being.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24051.htm
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The US Congressman who sold his soul to the Israel lobby
How Tom Perriello became a slave of Israel
By Adam Shapiro
Adam Shapiro tells the story of a hitherto principled friend and
campaigner for justice and human rights, Tom Perriello, who ran for
Congress and, once elected, betrayed all of his principles and
became a mere tool of the pro-apartheid American-Israel Public
Affairs Committee, AIPAC.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24048.htm
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Have Israeli Spies Infiltrated International Airports?
South Africa deports airline official after investigation
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
South Africa deported an Israeli airline official last week following
allegations that Israelbs secret police, the Shin Bet, had infiltrated
Johannesburg international airport in an effort to gather information
on South African citizens, particularly black and Muslim travellers.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24042.htm
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The Memory Scrub About Why Ft. Hood Happened Is Almost Complete ...
If It Weren't for Archives
By Mark Ames
That Maj. Hasan tried to get a military discharge before the massacre
is largely being erased -- we're supposed to keep focusing on the
Muslim part.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24046.htm
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We Are All War Criminals
By Dahlia Wasfi
If we ask the people who are living the horrors, then maybe what
happened at Ft. Hood isnbt so shocking at all. What is surprising
is that we havenbt seen more of the same.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24043.htm
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A Trial That Will Convict Us All
By Paul Craig Roberts
Republicans and American conservatives regard civil liberties as
coddling devices for criminals and terrorists. They assume that
police and prosecutors are morally pure and, in addition, never
make mistakes.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24040.htm
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The Resistance Of The Oppressed
By Paul Balles
If I die while killing 20 of my enemies, doesn't that serve my
people in their war against oppression? Hasn't this been the
justification for all soldiers dying in all wars?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24039.htm
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Towards Resolving Thanksgiving Contradictions
By Emily Spence
I will not discuss fatuous repugnant myths concerning Indians and
Pilgrims when I sit down to my next Thanksgiving dinner with relatives
who lives so many states away from mine. I will, instead, remember
the suffering that transpired after the "New World" became seen as
a land of opportunity.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24044.htm
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Social Security: The Hidden Problem
By Allen W. Smith
The trust fund holds no real assets. This was made clear by David
Walker, Comptroller General of the GAO, in a speech given January
21, 2005. Walker said, bThere are no stocks or bonds or real estate
in the trust fund. It has nothing of real value to draw down.b
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24050.htm
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American Casino:
By Mike Whitney
The truth behind the headlines, shining a light on the negligent
regulators, the colluding Fed, the unscrupulous ratings agencies,
the mercenary banks, the venal mortgage lenders, and the long
daisy-chain of opportunists and fraudsters who gorged themselves
on the spoils from the biggest swindle in history. This is this
generation's big story.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24038.htm
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The Cost of Dying
By CBS 60 Minutes
Many Americans spend their last days in an intensive care unit,
subjected to uncomfortable machines or surgeries to prolong their
lives at enormous cost. Steve Kroft reports.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24053.htm
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Our Maniacal Optimism Is Ruining the World
By Anis Shivani
If you want to have a compliant populace, what could be better than
to say that everyone has to think positively and accept that anything
that goes wrong in their lives is their own fault because they
havenbt had a positive enough attitude?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24054.htm
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Global Warming Rigged?
Here's the Email I'd Need to See
By George Monbiot
It's no use pretending this isn't a major blow. The emails extracted
by a hacker from the climatic research unit at the University of
East Anglia could scarcely be more damaging. I am now convinced
that they are genuine, and I'm dismayed and deeply shaken by them.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24055.htm
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46 killed as Arroyo vows justice over massacre:
Local media reports on Tuesday said that at least 46 people were
believed to have been killed in the attack, up from an initial death
toll of 22.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/11/2009112485739115118.html
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Pakistani troops kill 18 "militants" near Peshawar: :
Pakistani forces killed at least 18 militants in an offensive
launched on Tuesday against the rebels believed to be behind a
recent wave of suicide bombings in the north-western city of Peshawar,
a security official said.
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New Pakistan tribal offensive kills 18: paramilitary:
The operation was launched on intelligence information about Lashkar
hideouts in Gurguri village, 12 kilometres (seven miles) northwest
of Bara, the main town of Khyber which sits on the main NATO supply
route into Afghanistan.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest3rd
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Clashes in north-west Pakistan 'kill six civilians':
At least six civilians have been killed in clashes between troops
and militants in the Khyber tribal region of north-west Pakistan,
officials say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8377027.stm
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UK complicit in torture of detainees-rights group:
A human rights group on Tuesday accused Britain of being complicit
in the torture of terrorism detainees in Pakistan and said it should
hold an inquiry into the conduct of British security services.
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Officials say 10 Afghan civilians killed in separate attacks:
Six civilians including four children were killed Tuesday by a
roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, and unknown gunmen also killed
four people including two women, officials said.
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6 militants killed in central Afghanistan:
"Mullah Khairullah and five of his men were going from Gezab district
to Charchino area when came under air attacks and killed yesterday
(Monday) in Daikundi province," Tolo said in its news bulletin.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/24/content_12532324.htm
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Four more US soldiers killed in Afghanistan:
Four US soldiers died in three separate incidents in Afghanistan
on Monday, as President Barack Obamabs bwar councilb is reportedly
finalizing its plans to substantially increase the number of soldiers
participating in the eight year old occupation.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/afgh-n24.shtml
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Obama vows to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan: b
President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to "finish the job" in Afghanistan
and promised to unveil a decision soon on sending tens of thousands
more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/pl_afp/usafghanistanmilitarytroops
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Holbrooke confirms talks with Taliban:
The United States is not directly talking to the Afghan Taliban,
US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said
on Monday.
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\24\story_24-11-2009_pg1_2
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Top Democrat warns Afghanistan will bankrupt domestic programs:
Threatens war surtax if Obama sends more troops http://snipurl.com/tem5k
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Six people killed in fresh Iraq violence:
At least six people, including a popular preacher at a mosque in
Falluja, were killed in fresh violence across Iraq on Tuesday
http://snipurl.com/tem5x
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Iraq inquiry: Bush administration 'discussing regime change two
years before invasion':
Elements of the new US administration of President George Bush were
already discussing ''regime change'' in Iraq two years before the
invasion of 2003, the official inquiry into the war has been told.
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Military chiefs to accuse Blair of Iraq 'sabotage':
British military commanders are expected to tell an inquiry into
the Iraq war, which opens today, that the invasion was ill-conceived
and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony Blair's government's
attempts to mislead the public.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/military-chiefs-to-accuse-blair-of-iraq-sabotage-20091123-iy6d.html
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Does this picture show British soldiers broke Geneva Conventions?:
Public inquiry to be launched into allegations of abuse against
Iraqi civilians at UK-run detention camp http://snipurl.com/tem70
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Italian TV Exposes Reality of Iraq War -
Warning - Video depicts the reality and horror of war.
http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/canale-tv.php?id=17335
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Russia says sanctions on Iran still premature:
"We are counting on a positive reply from Tehran soon. In this
connection, the issue of sanctions is not on the agenda," spokesman
Andrei Nesterenko said.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20091124/156971254.html
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Iran ends third day of military drill:
"Advances in the defense capabilities of the air force and the
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] b& has enabled the country
to counter attacks by state of the art missiles," Brigadier General
Ali Moqiseh told reporters hours after Iranian servicemen completed
the third day of the drill.
http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=112095§ionid=351020101
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Iran gained $5 billion on shift from US dollar :
Since late 2007, the Islamic Republic has received 85 per cent of
its oil income in currencies other than the US dollar, English-language
Press TV reported on its website.
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Lula backs Iran's nuclear programme:
Speaking at a joint news conference in the capital Brasilia on
Monday after holding talks with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his visiting
Iranian counterpart, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva said Brazil backed
Iran's quest for "peaceful nuclear energy in full respect of
international accords"
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/11/20091123202823289828.html
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Ousted Honduran president urges int'l community not to recognize
elections:
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Monday again appealed
to the international community not to recognize the Nov. 29 elections
to be held by the post-coup government in Honduras.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/24/content_12530487.htm
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Saudi, Yemeni forces attack Houthi fighters:
The attacks on Tuesday were taking place in the border districts
of Malahiz and Shada provinces. In the incursion, the Saudi army
had been using all kind of weapons; land, air, tanks, and artillery,
they added.
http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=112047§ionid=351020206
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Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government :
The government faces a payment shock similar to those that sent
legions of overstretched homeowners into default on their mortgages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/business/23rates.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&hp
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California Students Protest 32% Tuition Hike:
Massive fiscal problems confront California once again. Let's start
with a look at California students hit with 32% hike in tuition.
http://www.howestreet.com/articles/index.php?article_id=11590
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
Tom Feeley