"So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice..."  - William Faulkner

 

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"Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived."  - Abraham Lincoln

 

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"O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength! But it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. William Shakespeare "-  "Measure for Measure," Act II, Scn. ii

 

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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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The assassination of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden did more than knock off America's Public Enemy Number One, it formalized a new kind of warfare, where sovereignty is irrelevant, armies tangential, and decisions are secret.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28198.htm

 

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The Nato attack on Libya, is strikingly similar to the final destruction of Yugoslavia in 1999.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28194.htm

 

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"The goal is to make sure that the Libyan people can make a determination about how they want to proceed, and that they'll be finally free of 40 years of tyranny and they can start creating the institutions required for self-determination." That is quite parallel to the objective the United States set in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28195.htm

 

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According to a letter seen by the newspaper, Qadhafi's regime was ready to enter unconditional talks with rebels, declare an amnesty for both sides and draft a new constitution.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28196.htm

 

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In Case You Missed It
US Planned Libyan Regime Change 10 Years Ago

 

 

General Wesley Clark explains Libyan invasion planned years in advance.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28199.htm

 

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Part of patriotism is nationalism, the political expression of having given up to the pack all independence of thought.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28197.htm

 

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Trust me when I say, Americans are not nearly frightened enough.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28201.htm

 

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How do you light a fire under Congress? How do you get these guys to do what they're paid to do?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28200.htm

 

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 More than 40 Yemenis were killed in pitched street battles in the capital on Thursday as fighting aimed at ending President Ali Abdullah Saleh's three-decade-long rule threatened to ignite civil war.
http://bit.ly/j1cM38

 

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Clashes between Hashid clan and president's forces intensify as the two sides battle for government buildings
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/26/yemen-edges-closer-civil-war

 

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A Taliban suicide car bomb struck Pakistani police on Thursday for a second day, killing 32 people as the militia vowed no reprieve in their quest to avenge the US killing of Osama Bin Laden.
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/51fb5282-c41d-4eda-8a08-b9111e4f7477.aspx

 

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Pentagon says it is withdrawing some of its troops at Islamabad's request, amid strained relations since bin Laden raid.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/05/201152672749467292.html

 

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 US: The seven US troops were killed in two successive blasts in Shorabak district in Kandahar province, as coalition and Afghan forces were carrying out a patrol about 20 kilometers from the border with Pakistan.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110526/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestnatous

 

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DCC for coordinated efforts to prevent, pre-empt acts of terrorism * Security agencies will be authorised to use all means to eliminate terrorists * All citizens asked to extend full cooperation to security agencies
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\05\26\story_26-5-2011_pg1_1

 

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Violence in and around Baghdad on Thursday killed six people, including three senior policemen killed by a bomb close to the former Sunni rebel bastion town of Fallujah, security officials said.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/six-killed-iraq-violence-182708900.html

 

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The head of a committee tasked with rooting out Iraqis with ties to Saddam Hussein's deposed regime and who was once arrested for alleged ties to Shiite militias was shot to death late Thursday in Baghdad, officials said.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/26/2235784/thousands-rally-in-iraq-against.html

 

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Iraqi cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has threatened to take up arms against US troops unless they leave the country by the end of the year. In a rare interview, he told the BBC he believed US forces would not stick to an agreement to withdraw from Iraq.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13569978

 

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 A Syrian military source said Wednesday that three policemen were killed in a "treacherous" ambush by "armed terrorist group" at al-Ghajar village in the central province of Homs.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/7392190.html

 

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Syrian security forces fired live rounds on Thursday at hundreds of protesters marching in a night demonstration in the southern city of Deraa to demand the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, two witnesses said.
http://reut.rs/kgRqvH

 

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Russia's ambassador to France, Alexander Orlov, told The Associated Press that the NATO campaign has gone "too far." As a result, he said, Russia doesn't want to support a U.N. resolution warning Syria about its crackdown on anti-government protesters.
http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_18147064?source=rss&nclick_check=1

 

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Anyone listening?
Gaddafi makes new ceasefire offer:

 

The ceasefire offer was unlikely to deflect Western leaders, meeting for a Group of Eight summit in the French seaside resort of Deauville, who say they are steadily moving closer to their goal of forcing Gaddafi from power.
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/INTNEWS_199332.html

 

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Anyone listening?

 

The Libyan government in Tripoli laid out a series of proposals before Spain regarding the terms of a possible cease-fire, the Spanish government said.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/05/26/Tripoli-proposing-cease-fire/UPI-75661306436731/

 

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Anyone listening?
Libya ready for ceasefire, demands end to NATO strikes:

 

Libya said on Thursday it was ready for a cease-fire and negotiations with rebels who hold the east of the country but demanded it include an immediate halt to NATO airstrikes.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/libya-ready-ceasefire-demands-end-nato-strikes-175626234.html

 

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African leaders on Thursday called for an end to Nato airstrikes on Libya to pave the way for a political solution to the conflict.
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/1635969a-3a47-4f75-8f06-9e079e280f64.aspx

 

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Several lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday accused President Obama of violating the War Powers Resolution by continuing American participation in NATO's air war in Libya without Congressional authorization, but they struggled with the question of what Congress can or should do about it.
http://bit.ly/ix5rHU

 

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The U.S. House voted 416-5 Thursday to bar the Obama administration from placing ground troops in Libya. The vote was the latest indication of congressional concern the administration might be thinking about expanding the role of the U.S. military in North Africa, The Hill newspaper reported.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/05/26/House-bars-ground-troops-in-Libya/UPI-92371306408338/

 

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The revelation is likely to renew allegations that the Coalition is sending mixed messages on democracy in the Middle East.
http://bit.ly/kDBB0k

 

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Abbas determined to take diplomatic campaign to UN after Netanyahu rules out peace negotiations based on 1967 borders.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/2011525105036617619.html

 

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War criminal:

 

Speaking to an audience of Middle East-focused business leaders at London's Royal Institution, the former British prime minister said that Obama was "frankly worried about the position that Israel is in."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110526/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_mideast_blair

 

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Top Palestinian negotiator: Israel destroying two-state solution:

 

Saeb Erekat condemns inauguration of new East Jerusalem settlement by Israeli ministers, says it presents an obstacle to negotiations.
http://bit.ly/mD6Ndg

 

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Is Congress clapping for apartheid?
http://bit.ly/mulnFt

 

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"The US seeks to save the Zionist regime (Israel) with deceit. Everybody should know that the survival of the Zionist regime and its existence even in one span of the Palestinian soil is like preserving a cancerous tumor in the body of regional nations, and [is] a permanent threat against them," said President Ahmadinejad in the Iranian city of Qom on Thursday.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/181808.html

 

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The head of Venezuela's state oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) said the "imperialist" United States could "go to hell" after it slapped sanctions on the company over alleged ties to Iran.
http://bit.ly/kbO5YF

 

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The new Bin Laden?
US offers $5 million reward for Russian Islamist:

 

The United States on Thursday offered a reward of up to $5 million to anyone who helps locate Doku Umarov, Russia's most wanted Islamist rebel leader.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110526/pl_afp/russiacaucasusunrestusdiplomacy_20110526141604

 

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Mladic in Belgrade court following capture:

 

Ex-Bosnian Serb general, arrested after being on the run for 16 years, faces extradition over alleged war crimes.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/05/2011526101444596183.html

 

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The US Senate voted Thursday to extend until 2015 controversial counter-terrorism search and surveillance powers at the heart of the Patriot Act adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110526/pl_afp/usattacksintelligencesecurity

 

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The final vote in the Senate opposing yet another sunset of the PATRIOT act was 72-23-5, meaning we're almost a quarter of the way to regaining some semblance of a Fourth Amendment.
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/05/26/the-patriot-act-vote-one-quarter-of-the-way-to-a-fourth-amendment/

 

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Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Royal Bank of Scotland each borrowed at least $US30 billion ($29 billion) in 2008 from a Federal Reserve emergency lending program whose details weren't revealed to shareholders, members of Congress or the public.
http://bit.ly/jkIby9

 

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Former President Bill Clinton retracted comments that the U.S. government could default on its debt for a few days without "calamitous" consequences, after being urged to do so by top White House officials, people familiar with the events said Thursday.
http://on.wsj.com/k2cc6i

 

 

 

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Tom Feeley