" 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'" - - George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3

 

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"the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival." -- George Orwell, 1984, Part 2, Chapter 9, pg. 192

 

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"a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face."  George Orwell, 1984, Part 1, Chapter 7, pg. 77

 

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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,770 icasualties.org/oif/

 

 

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So the head of the opposition movement is on the CIA payroll.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28066.htm

 

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Targeted assassinations violate well-established principles of international law. Also called political assassinations, they are extrajudicial executions. These are unlawful and deliberate killings carried out by order of, or with the acquiescence of, a government, outside any judicial framework.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28067.htm

 

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Pakistani officials said Obama was shot in the head after resisting. Mr Abdullah said "no Muslims were harmed".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28063.htm

 

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Americans have succumbed to propaganda that has conditioned them to believe that they are under attack by practically omnipotent adversaries.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28062.htm

 

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Following up on the murder of Osama Bin Laden, the Obama administration today announced the formation of a joint Military/Domestic Police Force (MDPF) to carry out a War on Humanity.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28071.htm

 

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Palestine Studies TV, spoke with Rashid Khalidi, professor at Columbia University . He discussed the deal between Hamas and Fatah that is aimed at reconciliation after the state of division since 2007.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28064.htm

 

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When you come back from almost anywhere in the world to the United States, it looks like you're coming to a Third World country, literally.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28070.htm

 

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WITH THE Irish Government on track to owe a quarter of a trillion euro by 2014, a prolonged and chaotic national bankruptcy is becoming inevitable.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28069.htm

 

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Simple luxuries like taking a family vacation or just taking the kids out to eat is nothing but a distant memory to many American families who once considered themselves middle class and are now just fighting to stay off the streets.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28068.htm

 

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Some 200 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by retreating militiamen and Liberian mercenaries loyal to ousted Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo, officials say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13341904

 

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At least 15 people have been reportedly killed after the Yemeni government launched an airstrike against tribes near the capital city of Sana'a.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/179210.html

 

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In addition tens of other protesters wee injured and some of them were reported in critical condition. The crackdown took place in Taiz province and witnesses said that security forces even chased demonstrators in alleys.
http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-206246.html

 

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At least five people were killed and another seven wounded Tuesday when a US drone fired missiles at a vehicle in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan tribal area in northwest Pakistan, local sources said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-05/10/content_12484775.htm

 

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In 2010 alone the US has killed in excess of 957 without accountability and injured hundreds more in the tribal region of Pakistan. And this is only from the 134 drone strikes that the media managed to report.
http://bit.ly/mmbvZ9

 

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 "Pakistan reserves the right to retaliate with full force. No one should underestimate the resolve and capability of our nation and armed forces to defend our sacred homeland," Gilani said.
http://fxn.ws/lXzSH6

 

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Barack Obama ordered assault team be large enough to fight its way out of Pakistan if necessary, newspaper reveals
http://bit.ly/m0g6sw

 

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One of Osama bin Laden's sons went missing in the midst of the Navy SEAL raid that took the life of the al Qaeda leader more than a week ago, Pakistani security officials told ABC News today.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/osama-bin-laden-son-missing-seal-raid-pakistan/story?id=13569110

 

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CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports it will be "direct access," meaning U.S. government agents will be able to interview them, and not just submit questions.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/09/eveningnews/main20061253.shtml

 

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A petition seeking constitution of a high-powered commission to investigate the US military operation in Abbottabad killing Osama bin Laden was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday.
http://bit.ly/lSpnMb

 

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The US subjected Pakistan to humiliation and the CIA Chief, Leon E. Panetta, even said Pakistan was either involved or incompetent.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28065.htm

 

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About 200 Taliban fighters attacked a police outpost in a remote, mountainous region of Afghanistan's east on Tuesday, police and government officials said, with two insurgents killed during a gunfight lasting several hours.
http://reut.rs/j7dtmu

 

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The ministry says Catalin Ionel Marinescu died of wounds he sustained on Tuesday, after an explosion of an improvised explosive device as he was inspecting a footbridge in Zabul province.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2006594.ece

 

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U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan are experiencing some of the greatest psychological stress and lowest morale in five years of fighting, reports a military study.
http://bit.ly/lktxn5

 

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A civilian was killed and nine people wounded in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Monday morning, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/7375340.html

 

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NATO carried out missile strikes on targets in the Tripoli area on Tuesday that appeared to include Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's compound, witnesses said.
http://www.canada.com/news/NATO+strikes+target+Gaddafi+compound+Witnesses/4754679/story.html

 

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The result is a weekly litany of deaths on a scale that would lead the front pages of every European newspaper were the victims white and not so desperate for a better life.
http://ind.pn/jIm39E

 

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 Forty-three-year-old Maher al-Assad, who commands a Syrian army division topped the list of officials hit by the EU's visa bans and assets freezes.
http://bit.ly/ieJykX

 

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"Israel is satisfied with the status quo with the Syrian regime and the United States needs Syria because it has an influence on the Sunni resistance in Iraq and because it is a key link between Washington and Tehran in issues related to Iraq."
http://bit.ly/jjOZ3d

 

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Grim new testimony reveals fate of Bahrain's persecuted doctors
http://ind.pn/kPmPfv

 

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Criminal court issues prison sentence after finding Zoheir Garranah guilty of squandering public funds.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/egypt-s-former-tourism-minister-jailed-for-five-years-1.360863

 

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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad strongly criticizes US economic policies, saying that the paper currency created by the American government is taking a heavy toll on the global economy.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/179059.html

 

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A security company led by the former head of operations for the Israeli military made such inroads into Latin America a few years ago that U.S. diplomats saw it as a security risk and moved to thwart the company's expansion, U.S. diplomatic cables show.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/05/09/113919/wikileaks-us-saw-israeli-firms.html

 

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 Six girls aged between 12 and 18 receive 10 lashes each for attacking head of orphanage
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/10/saudi-arabia-flogs-orphan-girls

 

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An environmental activist has stepped forward to Wired Magazine after she found a GPS which had been placed under her car, courtesy of the feds. According to Wired.com, this method is becoming a common way for feds to track anyone deemed suspicious or a "potential threat" to our country, depending on if you consider environmental activists a threat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cfZ5lNlKXM&feature=player_embedded#at=103

 

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In light of the recent disclosures about iPhone and Android location tracking, Sen. Al Franken and the Senate Judiciary Committee are taking the very welcome step of shedding light on privacy and smart phones with a hearing tomorrow.
http://bit.ly/jIaU2Z

 

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Tom Feeley