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Israel: Spoiling for Another Fight?
by Stephen Lendman

April 9, 2011 - Throughout its history, Israel intimidated as a regional menace, preemptively attacking Palestinians and regional neighbors for any reason or none at all. Each time, it's claimed self-righteousness and "self-defense," what scoundrels always say. Until his death, Edward Said passionately defended Palestinian rights. He accused Israel of turning Palestine into an isolated prison, suffocating an entire population, impoverishing and slaughtering them, blaming them for its own state terror, and creating a wasteland of destruction and human misery....   continua / continued    [76677] [ 10-apr-2011 04:21 ECT ]

‘This one was playing football, that one’s headless...’
Israeli escalation against Gaza
Via Karl Schembri

April 9, 2011 - Death looms ominously once again over the blockaded Gaza Strip, and innocent blood is once again falling down like rain. The sound of Israeli drones buzzing high above 24 hours a day set the scene the tremors every 30 minutes or so. Since Palestinian militants struck an Israeli school bus on Thursday afternoon, injuring critically a child and the driver, the spectre of another war on Gaza became frighteningly real again, just over two years since Israel’s aggression that left 1,400 Palestinians dead...   continua / continued    [76690] [ 10-apr-2011 09:45 ECT ]

 US Senate discusses sending troops to Libya
By Chris Marsden

April 9, 2011 - Gen. Carter Ham told the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Wednesday that US troops may have to be sent to Libya because there is little chance of the opposition Transitional National Council (TNC) defeating the forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Ham, who led the coalition air campaign in Libya before NATO took over, made clear that he was not personally in favour of such an outcome. He was responding to questioning from Republican senators, such as John McCain, who have been scathing towards what they call the half-hearted pursuit of the war in Libya by the Obama administration...   continua / continued    [76668] [ 09-apr-2011 16:24 ECT ]

New York Times demands escalation of killing in Libya
By Bill Van Auken

April 9, 2011 - Having endorsed the Obama administration's war in Libya on the pretext of "protecting civilians," the editors of the New York Times are now demanding a sharp escalation in the killing through the reintroduction of the US military's flying gunships. "Wars are messy business," the laptop generals of Eighth Avenue inform their readers in an editorial published in the newspaper's Friday edition. They note that "the international effort to keep Col. Muammar Gaddafi's forces from slaughtering Libyan rebels and civilians is proving no exception."..   continua / continued    [76700] [ 10-apr-2011 14:44 ECT ]

Video; Corrupt Revolution: 'Libya rebel chiefs ex-govt stooges with West links'
RussiaToday

April 9, 2011 - When a revolution takes place in a country - it is the business of the people in that country to conduct the revolution, believes anti-war activist John Reese from Stop the War Coalition.   continua / continued    [76691] [ 10-apr-2011 10:11 ECT ]

Bagram and Beyond: New Revelations About Secret US Torture Prisons in Afghanistan
Andy Worthington

April 9, 2011 - With perfect timing, as "Bagram Week," my series looking at US detention policies in Afghanistan, continues, the Associated Press has published an exclusive report about secret US prisons in Afghanistan, including the notorious Tor Jail at Bagram, which I discussed in my recent article, The "Dark Side" of Bagram: An Ex-Prisoner’s Account of Two Years of Abuse. In that article, a former prisoner, seized in a house raid with eight others (including a 12-year old boy), and held for two and a half years, even though the raid was based on lamentably poor inteligence, explained how he was held in the Tor Jail for 33 days before being transferred to the main prison facility at Bagram...   continua / continued    [76679] [ 10-apr-2011 04:52 ECT ]

Military Resistance 9D 7: "Nothing Like This"
Thomas F Barton

April 9, 2011 - Reporting from Landstuhl, Germany, and HelmandGrim combat statistics that one military doctor called "unbelievable" show U.S. troops inAfghanistan suffered an unprecedented number of catastrophic injuries last year,including a tripling of amputations of more than one limb. A study by doctors at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, where mostwounded troops are sent before returning to the U.S., confirmed their fears: The battlefield has become increasingly brutal...   continua / continued    [76696] [ 10-apr-2011 14:15 ECT ]

Arab League to ask UN for no-fly zone in Gaza
AFP

April 10, 2011 - Arab League Chief Amr Mussa said the organisation will ask the UN to impose a no-fly zone over Gaza, which Israel has pounded with air strikes in response to rocket fire. Mussa told an emergency meeting of Arab League ambassadors that "the Arab bloc in the United Nations has been directed to ask for the convention of the Security Council to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza and impose a no-fly zone." Israeli and Palestinian officials were on Sunday floating a ceasefire to end fighting in the coastal strip where Israeli air strikes have killed at least 18 people since Thursday...   continua / continued    [76703] [ 10-apr-2011 16:20 ECT ]

Syria forces killed 28 at protest funerals: rights activist
Radio Australia News

April 10, 2011 - Human rights activists say Syrian security forces killed a total of 28 people on Saturday. Twenty-six died at the funerals of protesters killed in and around the southern agricultural town of Daraa on friday, while two more were shot dead in the industrial town of Homs, in west central Syria. In a joint statement six Syrian rights groups say police and security services broke up peaceful demonstrations on Saturday by firing live ammunition...   continua / continued    [76702] [ 10-apr-2011 15:24 ECT ]

Iraqis Launch Sit-ins at US Military Bases Across Iraq this Saturday April 9
Iraq Veterans Against the War

April 8, 2011 - While there has been wide coverage in US media about the protests in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and elsewhere, less has been reported on the uprsings by ordinary people in Iraq who are protesting the ongoing US occupation and the corrupt regime it supports. As in other countries, Iraqi protesters have been met with violent crack-downs from the US-backed government, but protesters vow to continue until their demands are met. Our friends at the War Resisters League have been following events closely there and share this report and call to action...   continua / continued    [76666] [ 09-apr-2011 15:56 ECT ]

 Iraq Blocks U.S. Aid to Camp of Iranian Exiles After Attack
By TIM ARANGO

April 9, 2011 - The government of Iraq continued on Saturday to block the delivery of American humanitarian aid to Iranian exiles who were wounded in clashes with the Iraqi Army at a camp north of Baghdad, an American military spokesman said. On Saturday, a spokesman for the People’s Mujahedeen, an Iranian exile organization that the United States classifies as a terrorist group, said the number of people killed Friday by the Iraqi Army rose to 33, including 8 women. Members of the group are essentially stateless but are supposed to be protected by the Geneva Conventions...Reporters Without Borders, an advocacy group, condemned the Iraqi government, saying in a statement: "This news blackout is unacceptable. The security forces are denying journalists access to the camp to hide abuses committed against civilians. Anyone trying to take photographs of the clashes is being attacked in a systematic and targeted fashion."...   continua / continued    [76688] [ 10-apr-2011 08:50 ECT ]

The Debate and Double Standards Around Nuclear Power
http://current.com/news/93140675_the-debate-and-double-standards-around-nuclear-power.htm?xid=45

Fukushima: A 'nuclear sacrifice zone'
Dahr Jamail

April 9, 2011 - Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was heavily damaged by the tsunami from the massive March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake continues to spread extremely high levels of radiation into the ocean, ground, and air. Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the company that operates the plant, said on April 5 that radioactive iodine-131 readings taken from seawater near the water intake of the No. 2 reactor reached 7.5 million times the legal limit. The sample that yielded this reading was taken just before Tepco began releasing more than 11,000 tonnes of radioactive water into the sea...   continua / continued    [76685] [ 10-apr-2011 07:54 ECT ]

 

Around the Globe and Back: The Varying Corporate Tax Rates Businesses Face
http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/around-the-globe-and-back-the-varying-corporate-tax-rates-businesses-face/02112011-5205

"Collateral Repair" - Turning Despair to Hope.
Felicity Arbuthnot

April 9, 2011 - As the US., and UK., rope in NATO and a few straggling cronies to bring freedom and democracy to Libya with Cruise missiles, and free the oil, water and gold bullion rich country of a "tyrant" - in the latest barrage of terror tactics, launched on 19th March, the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, do they have a thought for the "collateral damage", the scale, the horror imposed in 2003, and ongoing? April 9th ., marks the eighth anniversary of the shameful specter of Burmese born Cpl., Edward Chin (23) covering the face of the statue of Iraq's President in Firdos Square, with a US., flag; the statue being toppled. It was certainly symbolic - a symbol for the onset of the destruction of society, history, culture and lives decimated under the Stars and Stripes - continuing unremittingly. (Chin later said he had second thoughts about what message the use of the flag might send to the Iraqi people, that it might suggest US., occupation.) "At that moment, I was just doing what I was told to by my Commanding Officer", he said...   continua / continued    [76675] [ 10-apr-2011 02:56 ECT ]

EGYPT, IRAN, AND THE MIDDLE EAST’S EVOLVING BALANCE OF POWER

Posted on April 7th, 2011 

http://www.raceforiran.com
it seems virtually certain that post-Mubarak Egypt will have a much more balanced foreign policy than has been the case for several decades.

One of the most striking indicators of the new direction in Egyptian foreign policy has been the strongly positive shift in Cairo’s posture toward the Islamic Republic.  Just yesterday, the London-based, Palestinian-owned Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that, after a meeting with the head of the Iranian interest section in Cairo, Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi announced that “the ongoing contacts between Cairo and Tehran aimed at normalizing relations, because the ‘Egypt of the revolution’ wanted to establish normal relations with all states around the world.  He then affirmed that he accepted an invitation from the Iranian foreign minister to visit Tehran.”


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Canadian Prime Minister Candidate Confronted About Bilderberg Group

09 April 2011
Michael Ignatieff, leader of the Liberal party of Canada gets confronted about the Bilderberg group, the North American Union, and Fluoride. At a stop in Hamilton ...

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08 April 2011
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Media Roots Radio- Libya, Nuclear Power, Political Hijacking of the “Green” Movement

07 April 2011
Media Roots Radio- Libya, Nuclear Power, Religious Environmentalism by Media Roots Robbie and Abby Martin host this edition of Media Roots Radio and cover news about the Libyan bombing, Obama’s newest White House pick, nuclear energy, peak resources, religious environmentalism and the political hijacking ...
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Youtube Blocking The View Count & Stats On Video About 9/11 First Responder’s Death

07 April 2011
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Dead NYPD Officer’s Body Snatched By New York City To Deny Link To 9/11 Related Illness

06 April 2011
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Duelling Carbon Tax Rallies in Sydney – Truth News Radio Australia & WeAreChange Sydney

07 April 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZdPuJGZ7jg http://truthnews.com.au & http://wearechange.org.au — Hereward Fenton reports on pro and anti carbon tax rallies held in Sydney on 2 April 2011. Some observations about the events: the anti-carbon tax protest was composed of a wide demographic in terms of age, swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/v/NZdPuJGZ7jg&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0", "vvq-7417-youtube-1", "640", "390", "10", vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes); ...

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A Day In The Life Of A “Homegrown Terrorist”
http://saladin-avoiceinthewilderness.blogspot.com
There was a time when having one’s name listed in the despised ranks of those villains that governments often categorize as “terrorists” involved quite a bit of leg work, as well as an ominous running resume of death, destruction, and general mean spiritedness. Of course, if one examines the history of every modern country which eventually disintegrated into despotism, the definition of who the “enemy” is tends to become rather broad rather quickly. That is to say, the more criminal the leadership of a country becomes, the easier it is for the average person to find himself labeled a criminal by that same leadership.

Today, one does not need to blow up buildings, take hostages in political motivation, send anthrax through the mail, or even wave a gun around in a public place to be considered a terrorist threat. In fact, a man could never leave his house and still find himself under suspicion as an enemy of the state. The Department of Homeland Security has released numerous standardized guidelines to law enforcement offices across the country which are meant to make it “easier” for police and others to identify a possible terrorist. If you were to take at face value such documents as the now famous MIAC Report, the Virginia Fusion Center Report, the DHS’ “see something, say something” campaign, the Enemy Belligerents Act, the post trial statements of the Department Of Justice in the Liberty Dollar case, or the wild spewing rhetoric of establishment mouthpiece organizations like the SPLC, then you would discover that a likely terrorist is:

Anyone who talks frequently about the Constitution, or ill of the government
Anyone who supports the idea of a Constitutional Militia
Anyone who fights against anti-gun legislation, or owns many guns (man do we LOVE guns)
Anyone who supports state sovereignty and 10th Amendment issues
Anyone who supports Ron Paul (the ultimate sin according to the SPLC)
Anyone who believes the private Federal Reserve is destroying our economy
Anyone who talks about the “New World Order”, or global government (does this include men like George Soros, Joseph Biden, Gordon Brown, Henry Kissinger, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Strobe Talbot, George McGovern, Mikhail Gorbachev, Richard Nixon, etc.?)
Anyone who discusses economic collapse as a reality in the U.S.
Anyone who speaks out against the IRS
Anyone who participates in “Hacktivism” (including those who leak documents embarrassing to government)
Anyone who participates in any form of activist group
Anyone who argues that the Left/Right political paradigm is a scam
Anyone who promotes Anarchist views
Anyone who distrusts FEMA (as if Katrina did not give us ample reasons)
Anyone who believes a truly independent investigation of 9/11 is rational and called for
Anyone who home schools their children
Anyone who flies a Gadsden Flag
Anyone who stores survival goods and food
Anyone who uses shortwave radios or HAMs
Anyone who watches movies like ‘Freedom to Fascism’, with anti-Fed messages
Anyone who operates private barter and trade networks
Anyone who stores gold and silver or uses them as an alternative to the dollar
Basically, ANYONE who dissents through independent political organization or protests through non-participation in the corrupt system might as well be Al Qaeda…
http://www.constitution.org/abus/le/miac-strategic-report.pdf
http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1156877184684.shtm
http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1278023105905.shtm
http://www.cdt.org/blogs/harley-geiger/us-intelligence-reports-continue-confuse-political-dissent-terrorism
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_liberty_dollars_raid

I could go on for pages with this stuff, but I think you get the picture. In a world where refusing a naked body scan at the airport earns you intimidation and a demeaningly thorough pat down, it is clear that now wherever we go we are all considered “suspects”. Why would I turn down a naked body scan, one might ask?

Well obviously because I have something to hide; namely my genitalia from the prying eyes of the TSA. To be frank, my privacy and the privacy of all Americans is more important than your safety. Get over it.


UN Ambassador Susan Rice Wants To Erase The Goldstone Report From Public Memory
http://disquietreservations.blogspot.com/2011/04/un-ambassador-susan-rice-wants-to-erase_09.html

Wendy McElroy 

The evolution of my ideas on IP  Apr 9

Galambos famous had a nickle jar into which he would deposit a coin every time he used a word that had been "invented" by someone else and to whom (in his opinion) he owned money for its use. I thought then (and now) that such ownership claims went against the free flow of knowledge required by a thriving society...or a thriving individual, for that matter. In short, Spooner's approach to intellectual property *felt* wrong.

At that same time, I was also engaged in indexing Benjamin Tucker's 19th century periodical "Liberty" (1881-1908) and, eventually, I progressed into Tucker's discussion of intellectual property in which he fundamentally disagreed with the views of his mentor, Spooner. The pre-Stirnerite Tucker considered the issue to be his only deviation from Spooner. As I read the very active debate within "Liberty," I began to reduce my commitment to intellectual property, to narrow it. For example, I abandoned altogether the belief that inventions could properly be patented. My belief in copyright, however, was more persistent despite the fact that Murray Rothbard -- my idol and my friend -- was anti-copyright. Frankly, Murray and I never discussed that subject.

But SEK3 and I did. Many people found SEK3 to be a bit annoying in how he argued ideas. There was a persistence and casual assurance about him that irritated some but which I found charming. SEK3 was always available and 'up' for gab-sessions that lasted for hours. He had an uncanny ability to find the strand of thought in your argument which could be reduced to absurdity. Some people bitterly resented this ability because they thought he was making them look foolish but it fascinated me and I found it compelling. SEK3 now used the technique on me and, so, chipped away at my acceptance of copyright. The last blow was dealt by the science-fiction writer and SEK3 cadre Victor Koman who asked me a pointed question at an otherwise forgetable party. Vic asked, "Do you really think you own what is in my mind?" 



GOP has own kind of political correctness
http://www.dailyworld.com/article/DG/20110408/OPINION/104080333/GOP-has-own-kind-political-correctness?odyssey=nav|head

The number of Catholics quitting the church jumped 40 percent last year to 180,000 in the wake of persistent child sex abuse scandals, a media report said Thursday.
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20110407-34247.html
It means that for the first time in Germany, more Catholics abandoned their church than Protestants.

A survey by magazine Christ & Welt, a lift-out carried by weekly Die Zeit, revealed that 180,000 Catholics left the church in 2010, which was a rise of 40 percent on the previous year.

That compared with 150,000 leaving the country's Protestant Church (EKD).

Membership decline was concentrated in the first half of the year, when public anger over child abuse scandals was at its peak, the magazine reported.

Many Catholics had left as a “personal form of protest and expression of disgust,” Cologne vicar-general Dominik Schwaderlapp told Christ & Welt.

The magazine surveyed 27 Catholic dioceses, 24 of which provided definite figures or estimates

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