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"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." -- Albert Einstein

 


"Am I not destroying my enemies what I make friends of them? -- Abraham Lincoln

 


"Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only one day, of modern warfare." -- Peter Ustinov

 


"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us--avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace." -- Petrarch

 


"For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it." -- Eleanor Roosevelt 

January 09, 2012
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 Op-Ed Articles

The New York Times is Misleading the Public on Iran

 

By Robert Naiman

 

AIPAC is trying to trick the United States into another catastrophic war with a Middle Eastern country on behalf of the Likud Party's colonial ambitions, and the New York Times is misleading the public with allegations that say that the country is developing "weapons of mass destruction".  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30187.htm

 

 

 

Santorum: Iranians' 'Principle Virtue' To Die For God
'Is An Encouragement For Them To Use' Nukes

 

By Eli Clifton

 

Santorum's Iran policy appears to be framed, in no small part, by his extremist views on Islam and a belief that the Islamic Republic's leadership is inherently irrational and suicidal.  
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30191.htm

 

 

 

Demonizing Iran/Venezuela
US orders expulsion of Venezuelan consul

 

By Jim Mannion

 

The United States has ordered the expulsion of Venezuela's consul general in Miami amid reports linking the diplomat to an alleged Iranian plot to target sensitive US facilities with cyber attacks, the US State Department said Sunday.  
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30192.htm

 

 

 

A New Reserve Currency to Challenge the Dollar?
What's Really Going on in The Straits of Hormuz.

 

By David Malone

 

The stand off is as much with China and its allies as it is specifically with Iran.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30190.htm

 

 

 

Obama's New Military Strategy Doesn't Add Up
What happened to the idea of saving money?

 

By Miriam Pemberton

 

The job description for our self-appointed role as world policeman will be trimmed a bit. We won't be patrolling everywhere all the time, but we'll be doing something more like check-ins in places like Latin America and Africa.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30194.htm

 

 

 

Stone Age Logic
Preserving US Global Leadership

 

By Gwynne Dyer

 

If you're not allowed to enslave people any more, or even loot their resources, then what is the point of being a traditional great power?  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30193.htm

 

 

 

Iraq: A Country in Shambles

 

By Dahr Jamail

 

The state of the economy in Iraq is a disaster. Yet this irony is highlighted by the fact that Iraq has proven oil reserves third only behind Saudi Arabia and Iran - hence one would expect it to be one of the wealthiest countries in the world.  
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30188.htm

 

 

 

Homeland Security Monitors Journalists

 

By RT

 

The Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS) can collect personal information from news anchors, journalists, reporters or anyone who may use "traditional and/or social media in real time to keep their audience situationally aware and informed."   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30189.htm

 

 

 

The Gospel of the Penniless, Jobless, Marginalized and Despised

 

By Chris Hedges

 

African-Americans used faith to survive and resist, and fight, while whites used faith in order to terrorize black people.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30195.htm

Hard News  

  

Renewed South Sudan clashes kill at least 24:  "In Akobo East County, the town of Deng Jok was attacked and 22 people were killed," Jonglei Governor Kuol Manyang told AFP, adding that 20 more were seriously wounded and had been taken to hospital. http://bit.ly/wxWeGU

 

 

 

Obama To Sell Arms to South Sudan :  The United States President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on Friday notifying the Secretary of State and Congress that he is adding South Sudan to the list of countries eligible to buy weapons from the US http://allafrica.com/stories/201201080006.html

 

 

 

One killed as Nigerian fuel protests turn deadly:  Nigerian police have killed a man and wounded three others at a demonstration in Nigeria's largest commercial city amid a nationwide strike against cuts in fuel subsidies, witnesses and hospital staff say. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/01/201219132749562385.html

 

 

 

Nigeria's oil disasters are met by silence:  The global media have had little to say on Nigeria's latest oil spill and the hundreds of others that have destroyed so many lives. http://bit.ly/yKy4Al

 

 

 

A least 10 abducted Pakistan paramilitary troops found shot dead:  Local officials say the bullet-riddled bodies of the men were found in a ravine close to the town of Dabori. It is unclear when they were killed. Last week the Taliban killed 15 tribal police they had abducted last month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16465641

 

 

 

China planning military base in Pakistan, Indian report says:  "China and Pakistan pledged to strengthen military ties and bring existing cooperation to a new level," Xinhua quoted China's Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie as saying. http://bit.ly/wVEFGz

 

 

 

Why Musharraf is risking a return to Pakistan:  Pakistani prosecutors say former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will be arrested the moment he returns, but the Army might prevent his arrest. http://bit.ly/yDFdiO

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eight Taliban killed, 13 held in Afghanistan :  At least eight Taliban militants were killed and 13 arrested in a series of military operations in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the country's interior ministry said Monday. http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-141551.html

 

 

 

Nato, Afghan soldiers killed in Zabul shootout:
An Afghan soldier gunned down a Nato occupation force soldier and was himself killed when a dispute ended in a shoot-out on Sunday, an Afghan security source and the Nato force said. 
http://paktribune.com/news/Nato-Afghan-soldiers-killed-in-Zabul-shootout-246585.html

 

 

 

Afghanistan: 'Slave-like' conditions at Swedish army base revealed:  Kitchen staff at Sweden's military base in Afghanistan have been working in "slave-like conditions," a Swedish newspaper has revealed. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/113960

 

 

 

Attacks kill six in Iraq, wound 15 Afghan pilgrims:  In Baghdad, gunmen burst into the home of Fatma Tayyiq, a branch manager for the Commercial Bank of Iraq, and shot her and husband dead in the capital's central Karrada district http://bit.ly/wGo00u

 

 

 

Iraqi Interior Ministry demands Kurds hand over vice president:  Iraq's Interior Ministry on Monday confirmed it has ordered the semi-autonomous northern Kurdistan region to hand over Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who faces charges of terrorism. http://bit.ly/zhkPp6

 

 

 

General: US planning for military strike on Iran:  "My responsibility is to encourage the right degree of planning [for if Iran tries to build a nuclear bomb], to understand the risks associated with any kind of military option -- in some cases to position assets, to provide those options in a timely fashion," General Martin Dempsey said on Face the Nation today. "And all those activities are going on," he added. http://bit.ly/zdZz0N

 

 

 

Iran sentences 'CIA agent' to death:  Iran says that Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, a former US marine, received special training and served at US military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission. http://bit.ly/yLY9uA

 

 

 

Iran arrests 'several US spies' trying to disrupt elections:  Iran's secret services claim to have arrested several people on charges of spying for the US and seeking to disrupt the country's parliamentary elections. http://bit.ly/AAfF3T

 

 

 

Beijing rejects sanctions on Iranian oil:  "The normal trade relations and energy cooperation between China and Iran have nothing to do with the nuclear issue," Cui said. "We should not mix issues of different natures, and China's legitimate concerns and demands should be respected." http://wapo.st/xex4du

 

 

 

Syria opposition split raises calls for foreign intervention:
The collapse of a deal between Syria's two main opposition factions shows that voices calling for foreign intervention to topple President Bashar Assad have gained the upper hand over those opposing it. 
http://bit.ly/AlA1hJ

 

 

 

Obama signs bill that includes added U.S. military assistance to Israel:  The bill, which was introduced in May and approved by Congress this week, would have the U.S. provide additional support to the annual $3 billion for ten years that the U.S. is already committed to under the Memorandum of Understanding. http://bit.ly/slrfXh

 

 

 

Second Israeli MK admits to having given settlers information on IDF movements:  National Union's Uri Ariel says 'if a person who transfers information about IDF movements is a spy, then I am a spy'; Likud MK Ze'ev Elkin was found to having given right-wing activists information on IDF earlier Sunday. http://bit.ly/wR4IaD

 

 

 

Saleh granted amnesty despite U.N. warning: --  All members of the administration of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh are shielded from the law, a draft measure submitted by the vice president said. http://bit.ly/wkVftz

 

 

 

China slams US military adventurism:  China says the accusations leveled against the country in the new United States defense strategy are "groundless" and aim to counter the Asian country's growing power. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/220142.html

 

 

 

Unemployment Drop Masks Ongoing Decline:  Economist John Williams of Shadowstats.com says the government reported more than 40,000 jobs that didn't exist. If unemployment was calculated the way BLS did it in 1994 and earlier, it would be 22.4% according to Williams.  http://bit.ly/xyjzlF

 

 "Let us be peace and joy"


Tom Feeley
Cost Of war

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: 
4,801


Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,857

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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
 $1,290,365,259,939   http://www.costofwar.com/

 

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