"The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the imagery of our consciousness, and the fabric of our lives, as not to be perceived as tyranny." -- Michael Parenti

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"The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government." -  -- Daniel Webster - (1782-1852) US Senator

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"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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While the west focuses almost exclusively on al-Qaida activity in Yemen, Saleh is unconcerned by much of it - indeed, there is good evidence that he has orchestrated at least part of it and can probably bring it back under control reasonably easily.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29249.htm

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Some Syrian dissidents are dropping Egypt (which has encountered its own difficulties) in favor of Libya as a revolutionary model: armed struggle supported as needed by explicit foreign military intervention.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29246.htm

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UN membership and participation is no guarantee that sovereignty will be respected. We see what happens to UN members such as Iraq and Libya when those countries' leaders fall out of favor with US administrations: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29245.htm

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On September 15, 2011, Noam Chomsky shared remarks on the pitfalls of humanitarian intervention with the Williams College community.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29245.htm

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The fast developing predator drone technology, officially called unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs, is becoming so dominant and so beyond any restraining framework of law or ethics, that its use by the U.S. government around the world may invite a horrific blowback.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29243.htm

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Perhaps the idea of spy drones already makes your nervous. If the Army has its way, drones won't just be able to look at what you do. They'll be able to recognize your face - and track you, based on how you look. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29242.htm

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Capitalist 'democracy' is revealed as a total sham, controlled by a political class, united only in self-interest, regardless of the 'party' in power, surely it's time to rethink how we can bring about an end to this chaotic madness.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29250.htm

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Once upon a time, I woke up and realized the American Dream was an illusion; a myth, a shiny-but-inedible carrot used to trap us into a narrow range of experiences, often referred to as the rat race.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29244.htm

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As PBS put it, Luntz's expertise is "testing language and finding words that will help his clients sell their products, or turn public opinion on an issue or a candidate." In other words, propaganda.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29248.htm

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What is occurring on Wall Street right now is truly remarkable. For over 10 days, in the sanctum of the great cathedral of global capitalism, the dispossessed have liberated territory from the financial overlords and their police army.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29247.htm

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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Monday that it would be "foolish" to normalize trade with Cuba because Hezbollah could soon have "missile sites" there.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29240.htm

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The Guardian, considered the most leftwing newspaper in Britain and rapidly acquiring cult status in the United States, where many readers tend to assume they are getting access through its pages to unvarnished truth and the full range of critical thinking on the left.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29251.htm

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Among 11 National Transitional Council fighters killed in the barrage was senior commander Daou al-Salhine al-Jadak, whose car was struck by a rocket as he headed towards the front late on Tuesday, NTC chief negotiator Abdullah Kenshil said.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/anti-gaddafi-fighters-pounded-in-bani-walid_733963.html

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Anti-Gaddafi forces have urged NATO to intensify its air war as they took heavy losses in a push on the ousted despot's birthplace of Sirte and his other remaining bastion, Bani Walid.
http://bit.ly/pEdepq

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"More than 10 of our fighters have been killed today in face-to-face fighting near Mahari hotel" in eastern Sirte, said the commander who asked not to be named as the information was sensitive.
http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/ntc-fighters-killed-in-sirte-battle-1.1146185

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CIVILIANS pouring out of the besieged city of Sirte accused NATO of committing genocide yesterday as revolutionary forces reinforced their numbers and prepared for a new attack on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home town.
http://bit.ly/poCnwj

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HRI has grave concerns, not only for dark-skinned people in Libya generally, but also for pro-Gaddafi tribes including the Gaddafa. We also have particular concern for the Tuareg of southern Libya who are being accused of being 'mercenaries' and under attack from NATO and rebel forces. But the greatest concern is perhaps for the Tawergha.
http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2011/09/26/libya-ethnic-cleansing-tawargha-genocide/

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Gaddafi himself is still free, probably hiding somewhere inside the country, and urging his followers to fight to the end. None of his sons have been captured. Heavy bombardments from NATO's planes are killing civilians in areas controlled by his forces.
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=239686&R=R3

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For years, American and British intelligence agencies hunted Abdel Hakim Belhaj, the commander of the Libyan rebels' Tripoli brigade, believing him to be a terrorist and ally of then al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,788397,00.html

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Thousands of Surface-to-Air Missiles Unaccounted For: "We expect to deploy additional personnel to assist the TNC as they expand efforts to secure conventional arms storage sites," Carney said. "We're obviously at a governmental level -- both State Department and at the U.N. and elsewhere -- working with the TNC on this."
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nightmare-libya-20000-surface-air-missiles-missing/story?id=14610199

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Syrian nuclear scientist killed by attackers:

Uunidentified attackers killed Mohamed Ali Aqil, deputy rector the architecture faculty at Al Baath University, and Nael Dakhil, director of the military petrochemical school
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/syria/syrian-nuclear-scientist-killed-by-attackers-1.879597

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A colonel of the Syrian law-enforcement troops was gunned down by "armed terrorist group" in the central province of Hama, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said Wednesday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-09/28/c_131165573.htm

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Tanks pounded Rastan for a second day on Wednesday. At least 1,000 deserters and armed villagers have been fighting tank- and helicopter-backed forces trying to regain control of the town, residents said.
http://thesent.nl/q4BOUc

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In a video recording where he announces his defection from the Army, Homoud threatened the Syrian authorities and promised more defections in the Syrian Army.
http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/1937889.html

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Russia is against a new draft resolution on Syria put forward by Britain, France, Germany and Portugal and backed by the United States, a diplomatic source told RIA Novosti.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20110928/167223881.html

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Kim Sengupta returns to the Tunisian city where a street trader's self-immolation changed the course of history
http://ind.pn/oN9FCg

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French envoy to UN does not specify who would carry out strike, but warns attack would have 'disastrous consequences in the region.'
http://bit.ly/oZHZXU

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Benjamin Netanyahu promised to tell the truth at the United Nations, and the truth was indeed revealed. The prime minister chose in this speech to quote reverently from his meetings with one person only: the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who viewed himself as the messiah.
http://bit.ly/p8xGQf

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Iran has launched a mass-production line of the domestically-built Qader marine cruise missile to supply the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces and the country's Navy.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/201617.html

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 "Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to American marine borders," the head of the Navy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-could-deploy-navy-near-u-coast-152914655.html

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Earlier this month an announcement appeared on a French website, calling for "militants with military experience" to participate in a solidarity trip to Israel and the occupied West Bank between 19 and 25 September.
http://bit.ly/nbBKjn

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Jacob Fattal, whose son Josh was one of two American hikers released last week after spending two years in an Iranian prison, has told Haaretz that his son is faring well.
http://bit.ly/oIVcIb

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The overnight attack took place in a district in Nangarhar province near the border with Pakistan on Wednesday.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/201597.html

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A senior police official and eight other Afghan policemen were killed Wednesday in a spate of violence in the south, officials said. In addition, 11 insurgents were killed in clashes with security forces Tuesday night in eastern Afghanistan.
http://bit.ly/oauR2r

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A New Zealand special forces soldier has been shot dead in Afghanistan while taking part in an operation against insurgents near the capital Kabul.
http://bit.ly/qV9nJm

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Violence in the Afghan war is escalating, with almost 40% more security incidents in the first eight months of 2011 compared to the same period last year, according to a new United Nations report.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204226204576598740809018806.html

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Renewed U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan on Tuesday have killed at least four suspected militants, local media reported on Wednesday.
http://wireupdate.com/news/u-s-drone-strikes-in-south-waziristan-kill-4.html

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Asked how Islamabad would respond if there was a unilateral military operation by the United States inside Pakistan to go after the Haqqanis, Gilani responded: "We are a sovereign country. How can they come and raid in our country?"
http://www.geo.tv/9-27-2011/86796.htm

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China on Monday reaffirmed its continuing support to Pakistan in its fight against militancy and for the promotion of regional peace and stability.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=9125&Cat=13

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"At this critical juncture, the drone strikes have been causing fear and panic among the people of Fata. Any expansion in drone strikes will further deteriorate the situation adding to public backlash in Pakistan and resulting in more anti-American sentiments.
http://bit.ly/mULNPZ

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The committee condemned all the allegations made by the US against Pakistan and was also seriously considering all the threats given by them
http://bit.ly/nN83Qa

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Waving party flags and wearing ribbons inscribed with verses from the Holy Qur'an, dozens of tribesmen joined the throng armed with Kalashnikovs. - "The whole nation will wage a jihad against America and will fight against them shoulder to shoulder with Pakistani armed forces," Haq added.
http://bit.ly/nfB1V3

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The United States might still be weighing its options about how to deal with Pakistan, but many politicians, retired army generals and popular television talk show hosts here have already made up their minds that America is on the warpath with their country.
http://nyti.ms/p4g1WB

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Gunmen wearing military-style uniforms broke into the house of a pro-government Sunni militiaman early on Wednesday and killed five members of his family, including three children, Iraqi officials said.
http://wapo.st/ri2rPU

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Tribesmen fighting soldiers loyal to Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh shot down Wednesday an army fighter jet. A Sukhoi SU-22 "fell during a regular mission" and opposition leaders were "responsible for the incident," said a military spokesman quoted by Saba state news agency.
http://bit.ly/r5RZAH

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The city is carved into enclaves between soldiers loyal to Saleh and troops following a general who backs the opposition, and is still reeling from a week of shelling and shooting which killed more than 100 people.
http://bit.ly/qWP0QZ

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CIA National Clandestine Service Director wrote that the CIA has "52 unique....photographs and/or videorecordings" depicting bin Laden during or after the May operation. Bennett said all the imagery is classified "TOP SECRET," meaning that disclosure of the material could lead to "exceptionally grave damage" to U.S. national security.
http://politi.co/qogc8e

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Guilty even when proven innocent:
Even Those Cleared of Crimes Can Stay on F.B.I.'s Watch List:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is permitted to include people on the government's terrorist watch list even if they have been acquitted of terrorism-related offenses or the charges are dropped, according to newly released documents.
http://nyti.ms/p63GbF

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That question is driving a heated debate over a controversial bill to give the Department of Homeland Security sweeping authority over federal lands within 100 miles of the U. S. border.
http://usat.ly/orTjcS

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Germany and America were on a collision course on Tuesday night over the handling of Europe's debt crisis after Berlin savaged plans to boost the EU rescue fund as a "stupid idea" and told the White House to sort out its own mess before giving gratuitous advice to others.
http://tgr.ph/p7LKBH

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BAE Systems axes nearly 3,000 jobs in UK:

British arms manufacturer blames governments' reductions in defence budgets as it cuts jobs in facilities across the UK.
http://aje.me/nAOQkA

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A group of protesters are organising an occupation of the London Stock Exchange to bring attention to what they see as unethical behaviour on the part of banks, following a similar demonstration on Wall Street.
http://tgr.ph/nB0LDU

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The crackdown on the Wall Street protesters this weekend seems to have backfired. The campsite-cum-experiment in radical democracy is still there, holding general assemblies just shouting distance from Goldman Sachs and the Wall Street bull. It even appears to be growing.
http://bit.ly/pK6ozS

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About 200 people in Boston express their outrage at America's economic woes - and promise to take up the protest baton
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/28/occupy-boston-wall-street

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The U.S. jobs engine has lost momentum and could be set for further "backtracking," Dallas Fed chief economist Harvey Rosenblum told a forum sponsored by the greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile, he said, there is also a "credible" risk of rising inflation.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/27/u-s-economy-on-knife-edge-of-contraction-fed-economist/

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One in four county residents is served by the county's welfare agency, Wagstaff said.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/27/3943224/record-numbers-seeking-government.html

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Tom Feeley