"War
is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout
society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate
cooperation with the government in coercing into obedience the minority
groups and individuals which lack the larger herd sense.": - Randolph Bourne (1886 -1918) Source: in War and the Intellectuals, 1964
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"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought,but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."-
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)Physicist and Professor, Nobel Prize 1921
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"All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation
ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish
it." - Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French historian - Source: Democracy in America, 1835
Pentagon 'Three-Day Blitz' Plan For Iran
By Sarah Baxter
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The War Criminal in the Living Room
By Paul Craig Roberts
The
media is silent, Congress is absent, and Americans are distracted as
George W. Bush openly prepares aggression against Iran. - US war
doctrine has been altered to permit first strike nuclear attack on Iran
and other non-nuclear countries.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18287.htm
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Hillary Clinton Is Willing to Nuke Iran
1 Minute Video
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Are We 'Good Germans'?
By Ed Ciaccio
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U.S. Obsessed With Using Force
By Reason Wafawarova
SINCE
the United States assumed global leadership from Britain at the end of
the Second World War; when it emerged as the biggest beneficiary of the
war, a development that saw it declare the era of "the American
century", Washington has been obsessed with using force to thwart small
countries.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18284.htm
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More Than 1,800 Iraqis Killed in August
By Robert H Reid
Civilian
deaths rose in August to their second-highest monthly level this year,
according to figures compiled Saturday by The Associated Press. That
raises questions about whether U.S. strategy is working days before
Congress receives landmark reports that will decide the course of the
war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18289.htm
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Behind Allawi's Bid for Power
By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball
Over
time, CIA officials pushed Allawi as a more acceptable and reliable
potential successor to Saddam than Ahmed Chalabi, a rival Iraqi exile
(and Allawi relative) whose ambitions to succeed Saddam were heavily
promoted by neoconservative intellectuals and civilian Pentagon aides
to former Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18281.htm
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Secret Report:
Corruption is "Norm" Within Iraqi Government
By David Corn
Maliki's
government is "not capable of even rudimentary enforcement of
anticorruption laws," the report says, and, perhaps worse, the report
notes that Maliki's office has impeded investigations of fraud and
crime within the government.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18282.htm
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New Orleans After 24 Months
By Greg Palast
We
needed an answer to a weird, puzzling and horrific discovery. Among the
miles and miles of devastated houses, rubble still there today in New
Orleans, we found dry, beautiful homes. But their residents were told
by guys dressed like Ninjas wearing "Blackwater" badges: "Try to go
into your home and we'll arrest you."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18292.htm
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Where Did The Money Go?
By Geoff Pender
It's
hard for the average working stiff to contemplate a number as vast as
the $23.5 billion the federal government has allocated to Mississippi
for Katrina recovery. Think of it this way: It's enough money to buy
two average-sized houses for each of the 65,000 families in Mississippi
who lost their homes.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18286.htm
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US/Mex: Failed System & Failed State
By Jim Willie
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Bowed But Not Broken
The War on Working Americans
By Stephen Lendman
A
recent study released by the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
shows the dire state of things. It reported about one in three jobs in
the country, about 47 million of them, pay low wages (defined as
two-thirds the median wage or $11.11 per hour or less) with few or no
benefits like health insurance, pensions or retirement accounts.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18288.htm
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Strange Goings-on Here in Lebanon ..
By Robert Fisk
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Afghan, U.S.-led occupation troops kill 70 "Taliban" in clashes:
The
surge in militant attacks comes despite the presence of more than
50,000 foreign troops and 110,000 Afghan police and military officers,
as well as a multimillion dollar reconstruction effort to rebuild the
shattered nation.
http://tinyurl.com/2aatqy
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Iraq: At least 32 killed as bloody US occupation continues: -
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Bush to Hear Military's Concerns on Iraq :
In
a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a secure conference room
dubbed ``the Tank,'' Bush was expected to hear deep concerns from
leaders of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines about strains that are
building on the force - and on troops' families - as a result of
lengthy and repeated tours in Iraq.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6888297,00.html
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Ret. U.K. Army Head Slams U.S. Iraq Policy:
Gen.
Sir Mike Jackson, who retired in August 2006 as chief of the general
staff, said Rumsfeld was "one of those most responsible for the current
situation in Iraq,"
http://tinyurl.com/yrs9dx
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General backed over US attack :
Politicians
and military figures have thrown their weight behind General Sir Mike
Jackson after he launched a scathing attack on the US for mishandling
the aftermath of the Iraq war.
http://tinyurl.com/yw95q5
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'Surge' units set to exit Iraq by August '08 :
Commanders
in Iraq are drawing up a plan to withdraw U.S. troops to "pre-surge
levels" at the rate of about one brigade per month, which would keep
the last of the surge troops in the country until August, Army Lt. Gen.
Ray Odierno said Friday.
http://tinyurl.com/2n7fvx
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Some see 'coup' as Iraq's best hope:
In
the lobbies of luxury hotels and the apartments of exiles, an
assortment of Iraqi politicians has been spending the summer vacation
plotting a new Iraqi coup
http://tinyurl.com/24u64w
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De Palma's Iraq war film stuns Venice festival:
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Pentagon confirms missile incident:
Pentagon
officials confirmed today that an Air Force C-130 carrying Alabama
lawmakers in Iraq was fired upon by surface-to-air missiles on Thursday
night.
http://tinyurl.com/ys67fl
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Walt & Mearsheimer's Proof That 'Tail Wagged the Dog':
It
is progressive American Jews who as much as anyone ought to be morally
and spiritually engaged by this book. I hope that the JJ Goldbergs and
Dan Fleshlers and Seymour Hershes and Glenn Greenwalds and Jerrold
Nadlers of the world (none of whom supported this war) will at last
turn on the neocons openly and say, Your wrongheaded policies about
Israel are a big reason our country is in Iraq, how do you answer?
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/09/more-on-walt-me.html
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Man pleads guilty in Iran gun plot:
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In case you missed it:
Weapons Given to Iraq Are Missing:
The
Pentagon has lost track of about 190,000 AK-47 assault rifles and
pistols given to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005, according to a
new government report
http://tinyurl.com/2sjxrq
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USA equipping a private army in preparation for an invasion of Venezuela:
Someone
is building and equipping a private Army in South America and we get to
pay for it. Congress knows nothing about this. It looks like
preparation for an invasion of Venezuela, if we had to take a guess.
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=75673
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Iran reportedly bombs villages in northern Iraq:
"It
was a bad day when some 20 shells hit our village in a single day last
week. We were crying as we prayed to God to protect us from the bombs
of the Islamic Republic of Iran," said Serwa Ibrahim, one of the few
remaining villagers in Mardow, about 25 miles from the Iranian border.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20542458/
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El-Baradei Says Iran Agreement Could Be 'Last Chance' :
Muhammad
el-Baradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
says he is hopeful that progress can be achieved in the standoff over
Iran's nuclear program.
http://tinyurl.com/2f2o8r
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Iran still trusts Russia over completing nuclear plant:
'Negotiations
with the Russians are continuing on completing the Bushehr plant and
the Russians have just recently said that they are willing to finish
the work. We still trust them,' Mehr news agency quoted Mottaki as
saying.
http://tinyurl.com/ywrdjz
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Suicide Bomb Kills Seven In Pakistan :
A
pair of suicide bombers rammed a car packed with explosives into a
paramilitary truck in the Mamond area of Bajaur Agency, killing three
security troops and two civilians along with the two bombers.
http://tinyurl.com/yvv7nh
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Pakistan Power-Sharing Talks Deadlocked :
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Army backs Musharraf-Bhutto 'deal':
Pakistan's
embattled President Pervez Musharraf has received the support of the
Army in his bid to enter into a power-sharing 'deal' with former
Premier Benazir Bhutto but facing a rebellion in the rank and file of
the ruling party, according to media reports.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=91622
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Australia: Nine Army Rocket Launchers Still Missing :
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Jose Padilla And The Road To Hell :
Religions
describe hell to be complete separation from God, and if this version
is true, then the torture chambers in which Jose Padilla and the other
hundreds of suspected terrorists are currently confined can be viewed
as hell - for they are created out of such madness and damnable logic
that the only outcome they produce is further
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_112538.asp
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Leading lender likens US credit crisis to Great Depression:
The
US financial industry displayed fresh signs of distress from the credit
crunch afflicting global money markets yesterday, with one mortgage
provider describing lending conditions as the worst since the Great
Depression of the 1930s.
http://tinyurl.com/yr8rwf
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Did the White House Rig the Stock Market?:
"All
of a sudden, around 2:00 or 3:00 some buyers stepped in and started
buying up everything in sight. Before long it was 4:00 and the Dow was
in positive territory. Who was the mysterious buyer? Perhaps it was the
Plunge Protection Team averting a financial disaster
http://tinyurl.com/2y55u3
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In case you missed it:
Plunge Protection Team:
The
chairman of the New York Stock Exchange has called the White House
chief of staff and asked permission to close the world's most important
stock market. By law, only the president can authorize a shutdown of
U.S. financial markets.
http://tinyurl.com/28463
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Conservative Republicans Have Only One Choice In 2008:
No
real conservative could support Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John
McCain, Fred Thompson, or Newt Gingrich. When it comes to historic
conservative principles, each of these men is as phony as a three
dollar bill.
http://buchanan.org/blog/?p=831
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NEWS FOR 08/31/07
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Iraq: at least 41 killed as savage U.S. occupation grinds on:
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Marine killed five unarmed Iraqi men :
Dela
Cruz, who was granted immunity from prosecution in the case after
murder charges against him were dismissed in April, said he opened fire
into the men's lifeless bodies and that Wuterich later told him to lie
about the incident.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31270252.htm
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Standing on the bodies of 3 million Vietnamese :
New McCain Push on War, His Candidacy :
``The
transcendent issue of the 21st century is the struggle against radical
Islamic extremism and I, with considerable ego, say that I'm the best
prepared and qualified to meet this challenge,'' the Arizona senator
says in a new online video that details his decades-long military
career and includes footage of his nearly six-year Vietnam
imprisonment.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3544832
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UPI Poll: U.S. energy source less secure:
A
solid majority -- 56.3 percent -- of those who took part in an Aug.
17-20 poll said they believed the Iraq war has made U.S. energy
supplies less secure.
http://tinyurl.com/yns2bd
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Twelve Afghans killed in attacks on foreign military:
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Taliban was paid $2.46m for hostages :
Citing
unidentified sources in Afghanistan, a Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun
said Afghan mediators persuaded South Korea's ambassador in Kabul that
there was no other way to end the six-week kidnap ordeal.
http://tinyurl.com/2hcdoa
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South Korea denies paying Taliban ransom :
At
the face-to-face negotiations with the Taliban, Seoul reiterated its
pledge to withdraw its contingent of around 200 medics and engineers
from Afghanistan, and agreed to ban all Korean Christian mission work
in the Muslim country.
http://tinyurl.com/yqgjwg
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Palestinians Poorer Than Ever:
Poverty
in the Palestinian territories has reached "unprecedented levels"
because they have been held under an "economic siege" for almost seven
years, a United Nations body has found.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39100
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U.S. coordinator plans 5 new Palestinian battalions in W. Bank :
The
plan, whose aim is to bolster Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud
Abbas, requires the approval of Israel if arms and equipment are to be
transferred for the new force, political sources in Jerusalem said
Wednesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/899120.html
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Israel slams UN-sponsored Palestinian conference :
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Obama Wants Divestment Issue For His Own:
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Civilian prisons coming soon to U.S. Army base near you:
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Bush Seeks Legal Immunity for Telecoms :
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U.S. Cites 'Secrets' Privilege as It Tries to Stop Suit on Banking Records :
The
Bush administration is signaling that it plans to turn again to a legal
tool, the "state secrets" privilege, to try to stop a suit against a
Belgian banking cooperative that secretly supplied millions of private
financial records to the United States government, court documents
show.
http://tinyurl.com/283ygg
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Man claims key Lockerbie evidence was faked :
A
Swiss businessman on Monday claimed that a key piece of evidence in the
Lockerbie trial was faked, following a French press report that one of
his employees had lied to Scottish investigators.
http://tinyurl.com/yr94gl
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Barclays admits borrowing hundreds of millions at Bank's emergency rate:
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Katrina: Rich Folks' Opportunity, Our Dismal Failure :
Katrina
laid bare the racism of the class that rules the United States. Their
goal is to eliminate Black power in the great cities, to sweep the
urban landscape clean for white habitation.
http://tinyurl.com/227odu
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Arabic spoken? Plane grounded:
