"History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools."-- Ambrose Bierce, American writer, 1842-1914
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Take The Pledge
"I pledge that if any U.S. troops, contractors, or mercenaries remain in Afghanistan on Thursday, October 6, 2011, as that occupation goes into its 11th year, I will commit to being in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., with others on that day or the days immediately following, for as long as I can, with the intention of making it our Tahrir Square, Cairo, our Madison, Wisconsin, where we will NONVIOLENTLY resist the corporate machine by occupying Freedom Plaza until our resources are invested in human needs and environmental protection instead of war and exploitation. We can do this together. We will be the beginning." http://october2011.org/welcome
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,792 www.icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,685
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The Strange Calm Over Tripoli?
By Franklin Lamb
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Media Wars Mahdi Nazemroaya Reports from Tripoli
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent
By Yasmeen El Khoudary
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Colombia Inquiry Implicates US Aid in Abuses of Power Funds allegedly used for spying, political activities
By Karen DeYoung and Claudia J. Duque
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Ron Paul - The Revolution & The Anti-War Movement
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Time to End Nato's War in Libya
By Dennis Kucinich
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Crisis of Confidence How Washington Lost Faith in America's Courts By Karen J. Greenberg
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Attorney Rejects Request To Inform On His Muslim Clients Placed on the U.S. Government's Terrorist Watch List
By Nick Meyer
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The Eurozone Crackup
By Mike Whitney
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Fed Secretly Loaned $1.2 Trillion in Public Money to Wall St. Firms
By Stephen C. Webster
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Let's 'Make Them' End the Great Recession
By Mazher Ali
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The Get Lost Generation
By Malcolm Harris
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Katrina Pain Index 2011: Race, Gender, Poverty
By Bill Quigley and Davida Finger
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Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 9/11 Prejudice = Contempt Prior to Investigation
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Libya: 'At least 1,300 people killed in past 24 hours of combat':
Ibrahim blamed Nato for the "bloodbath" in Libya in which thousands of people are believed to have been killed since the conflict began in mid-February. http://bit.ly/qDII5v
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Gaddafi forces in Tripoli counter-offensive:
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Libya news live updates: 'Tripoli is not safe at all':
The Post's correspondent in Tripoli, Thomas Erdbrink, reports that the Libyan capital remains unsafe, with firefights breaking out between rebels and Gaddafi supporters. http://wapo.st/pGYxzP
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Libya: journalists trapped at hotel amid fighting:
"No one has left the hotel today," said Missy Ryan, a correspondent for Reuters. "We all want to go downtown to report on what's happening but it's not safe." Snipers were positioned outside the hotel, she added. http://bit.ly/oQRUko
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Mahdi Nazemroaya reports from Tripoli early 22 August:
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Surveillance and Coordination With NATO Aided Rebels:
Officials also said that coordination between NATO and the rebels, and among the loosely organized rebel groups themselves, had become more sophisticated and lethal in recent weeks, even though NATO's mandate has been merely to protect civilians, not to take sides in the conflict. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/world/africa/22nato.html
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NATO Boots On The Ground: :
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Allies guided rebel 'pincer' assault on Tripoli:
The rapid weekend advance of Libyan rebel troops into Tripoli was the result of an opposition strategy put in place two weeks ago with the advice of British, French and Qatari special forces on the ground. http://wapo.st/qfuEc3
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Wisconsin Guard Unit Helping Libyan Rebels:
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Tenuous security situation in Libyan capital:
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3 of Gaddafi's Sons Now in NTC Custody:
According to Al Arabiyah news channel another one of Gaddafi's sons, Al-Mutassim, is inside Bab Al-Azizya compound in Tripoli coordinating the remaining resistance from the regime. http://bit.ly/nOGmba
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Gaddafi's son reportedly flees rebel house arrest:
Mohammed Gaddafi, one of three sons of the Libyan leader captured by rebels during the takeover of Tripoli, has escaped house arrest with the help of loyalist fighters, Reuters reported, citing Al Jazeera. http://rt.com/news/gaddafi-sons-rebels-detain-557/
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Chavez denounces West over Libya:
"Today we are seeing images of the democratic governments of Europe, along with the supposedly democratic Government of the United States destroying Tripoli with their bombs," Chavez said on Sunday. http://bit.ly/pvQIe4
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EU, NATO Set for Major Libya Role:
"There is a second phase of NATO involvement." Just because Col. Gadhafi "is on his heels, it doesn't mean that the potential for ongoing instability isn't very high." http://on.wsj.com/plnDSl
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Berlin mulls troops for post-Qaddafi Libya:
As the regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi teetered on the brink Monday, German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizi�re said Bundeswehr troops could soon help secure the peace in the North African nation. http://www.thelocal.de/national/20110822-37113.html
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New Libyan authorities will thank NATO during contracts distribution - Kosachyov:
The future Libyan government, which gained support from the NATO members, "will now be very grateful to them, and in distributing contracts to rebuild the Libyan economy, will give priority to the NATO countries," he said. http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=267542
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Italy: Oil company Eni 'has returned to Libya and will regain prominent role': -
Eni, the largest foreign oil company operating in Libya before civil war broke out, has returned to that country to restart wells as Muammar Gaddafi's government Monday appeared on the brink of collapse after rebels captured large parts of the capital,Tripoli, Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini said. http://bit.ly/nQ3H6m
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Trump on Libya: 'Why won't we take over the oil?':
"We are NATO," Trump said. "We back NATO in terms of money and weapons, what do we get out of it? We have all of these rebels running around, beautiful name 'rebels,' are they from Iran, who is going to take over Libya, who's going to take over the oil?" http://bit.ly/rc78Qu
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11 killed in Yemen suicide attacks: -
Eleven Yemeni tribesmen were killed overnight in two suicide attacks in the southern province of Abyan, sources told AFP on Sunday http://bit.ly/pnRcQW
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Turkey Kills 7 Civilins In Iraq:
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Assad Receives Message from Iraqi President Stressing his Country's Support to Syria :
President Bashar al-Assad on Monday received a message from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stressing Iraq's support to Syria in face of the schemes targeting the stability and security of Syria. http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/08/22/365410.htm
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2 Syrians killed as pro-regime gunmen open fire: -
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Five civilians killed in Afghan explosion:
On Sunday, police killed a Taliban deputy commander on the outskirts of nearby Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, it said. http://bit.ly/oCGjRf
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Australian occupation force soldier killed on patrol in Afghanistan:
Defense officials say an Australian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, bringing Australia's death toll from the conflict to 29. http://apne.ws/mOT3Kq
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US kills 4 people in NW Pakistan:
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US soldiers enter Peshawar forcefully: -
In another blatant violation of Pakistani law, the US military officials in two vehicles entered the provincial capital without any no objection certificate (NOC) and broke police blockade on motorway toll plaza here on Sunday. http://bit.ly/o8BjET
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Hamas says Gaza ceasefire agreed:
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Young Americans flock to Israel to join army :
Hundreds of new immigrants from the U.S. landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Tuesday. An unprecedented 104 of the 360 new arrivals, came to enlist in the Israeli army. http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=828961
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CIA Disputes Secrecy Oaths in Drug Experimentation Case: -
The CIA fortified its efforts to toss a lawsuit alleging that the government used U.S. veterans as human guinea pigs in Cold War-era drug experiments. It says the case hinges on "secrecy oaths" the soldiers say they were forced to take. http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/19/39136.htm
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UK: Home finances 'fell for 40% of households in August':
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Biden reassures China U.S. is solvent:
"And very sincerely, I want to make clear that you have nothing to worry about." http://bit.ly/pPGXJR
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Guess Where Coca-Cola Is Investing $4 Billion:
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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