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"In the eyes of posterity it will inevitably seem that, in safeguarding our freedom, we destroyed it. The vast clandestine apparatus we built up to prove our enemies' resources and intentions only served in the end to confuse our own purposes; that practice of deceiving others for the good of the state led infallibly to our deceiving ourselves; and that vast army of clandestine personnel built up to execute these purposes were soon caught up in the web of their own sick fantasies, with disastrous consequences for them and us". - -- Malcom Muggeridge - May 1966
"Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free." - The XIVth Dalai Lama
"Goodness without wisdom always accomplished evil." --- Robert A. Heinlein - (1907-1988) American writer - Source: "Stranger in a Strange Land"
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| 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 : 2,907
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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Op-Ed Articles
Saudi Arabia May Be Tied to 9/11, 2 Ex-Senators Say By ERIC LICHTBLAU In sworn statements that seem likely to reignite the debate, two former senators who were privy to top secret information on the Saudis' activities say they believe that the Saudi government might have played a direct role in the terrorist attacks. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30688.htm
Another Bogus Argument for War with Iran
By Stephen M. Walt Manipulating Public Perceptions
US Panel Passes Bill on Iran-Latin America Links By AFP Will Bibi Break Obama By Pat Buchanan Israeli Officials: Starve Iranians to Stop Nukes By Attila Somfalvi "Suffocating sanctions could lead to a grave economic situation in Iran and to a shortage of food," the source said. - "While the Persian people have nothing to eat and may rise up as was the case in Syria, Tunisia and other Arab states." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30689.htm Jenny Tonge and Ehud Olmert - Can You Spot The Difference? By Mehdi Hasan Syria: A Conspiracy Revealed By Felicity Arbuthnot The Ghost and the Machine By Kathy Kelly with research by the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers America's Dangerous Game Must Watch - Video By Aljazeera On The Claim of Exceptionalism By Lawrence Davidson Growing Number Of Americans Can't Afford Food, Study Finds By Alexander Eichler
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U.S. Threatens Pakistan: Drop Iran Pipeline:
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has threatened Pakistan with sanctions if the country continues with plans to build a natural gas pipeline to Iran. http://on.wsj.com/zy0vCq
State Secretary: U.S. strongly supports idea of TAPI gas pipeline construction: The United States strongly supports the idea of construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline. http://en.trend.az/capital/energy/1998487.html
Two U.S. occupation force soldiers "killed by Afghan soldier, civilian" : An Afghan believed to be a soldier and another in civilian clothing shot dead two American soldiers Thursday, Western and Afghan officials said http://trib.in/xagif7
Lt Col Daniel Davis: 'US army does not tell truth': As Afghan fury over Koran burning by US forces continues, a serving US army officer has said publicly that the US top brass are not telling the truth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17183739
Syrian army takes control of rebel stronghold: The Syrian army took control Thursday of the district of Baba Amr in Homs after nearly two days of fighting against the rebels. "The Syrian army controls all of Baba Amr, the last pockets of resistance are all fallen," said a Syrian security source in Damascus. http://bit.ly/An529e
Syrian rebels "withdraw" from Homs stronghold: Most Syrian rebels fighting government forces pulled out of the Baba Amro district of Homs on Thursday, said activists, as snow blanketed the besieged city. A few fighters stayed behind to cover what supporters say is a tactical withdrawal by their comrades. http://bit.ly/zJtrZL
Complete Text of Syrian Rebel Statement on Retreat From Homs District: A statement posted on Facebook on Thursday in the name of the Free Syrian Army http://nyti.ms/xb30SN
Saudi, Qatari plans to arm Syrian rebels risk overtaking cautious approach favored by U.S.: Saudi Arabia and Qatar indicated this week that they are prepared to help Syrian opposition military forces. Kuwait's parliament passed a nonbinding resolution Thursday calling for the government to provide weapons to the rebels and break ties with Damascu http://wapo.st/y7fiYF
Libyan Gov't to Give $100M to Syrian Rebels: The Libyan government - formerly Libya's opposition forces - says it will give $100 million in food and medicine to Syria's rebel forces. http://bit.ly/AoK9PC
UK embassy staff withdrawn from Syria: Britain has withdrawn its diplomats from Syria for security reasons, but says it is not breaking diplomatic ties with Damascus http://bit.ly/zeKsQs
Netanyahu will ask Obama to threaten Iran strike: Intensive preparations underway to ensure a successful meeting between the two leaders next week in Washington, despite lack of trust between two sides. http://bit.ly/yTpubl
US Air Force prepared if "diplomacy" with Iran fails: general: The United States has powerful bombs at the ready in the case of possible military action against Iran and work is under way to bolster their firepower, the air force chief said Wednesday, AFP reported. http://en.trend.az/regions/world/usa/1998431.html
Airmen depart for US, Turkish training exercise:
Airmen from the 52nd Fighter Wing board a C-130 Hercules here Feb. 27 to fly to Turkey in support of Anatolian Falcon 2012, a weapons training deployment that includes interdiction, attack, air superiority, defense suppression, airlift, air refueling and reconnaissance http://www.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123291677
New Navy Railgun Tests Leading to Ship Superweapon by 2020: The Navy envisions using railguns to destroy enemy ships, defend against enemy missiles, or bombard land targets in support of Marines hitting the beaches. http://yhoo.it/Av8nw3
US Court approves warrantless searches of cell phones: Police can search a cell phone for its number without having a warrant, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. http://bit.ly/A7Hlly
Oil price jumps to 43-month high on Saudi blast reports: Crude oil prices have hit a 43-month high after reports that a pipeline exploded in Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil producer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17229025
China's Share of Reserves in U.S. Dollar Dives: Fresh U.S. Treasury data suggest that China has lost its taste for investing as much of its $3.2 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves in U.S. dollars and may be increasing its holding of euro-denominated securities during a time that a debt crisis has roiled European markets. http://on.wsj.com/wpQauC
Unemployment Rate Jumps In Europe: Mass unemployment in Greece and Spain combined to push the jobless rate across the 17-country eurozone up to its highest rate since the euro was established in 1999, official figures showed Thursday http://n.pr/zlIIZ1
British bank chief warns quantitative easing is 'laying seeds for next crisis': Standard Chartered boss warns that pumping huge sums into Western economies could have unforeseen consequences http://bit.ly/wYepVk
Sir Mervyn King accuses banks of profiting at taxpayers' expense by rigging lending: In a remarkable outburst at the Treasury Select Committee, Sir Mervyn launched a scathing attack on the banks and claimed that Labour had been too easily swayed by the forceful banking lobby when in power. http://tgr.ph/yTvMoa
Ireland Told by EU It May Need More Budget Cuts to Meet Targets: "The growth outlook could continue to deteriorate significantly," the commission said in the documents obtained by Bloomberg News, which were supplied to lawmakers by Germany's finance ministry. "A further deterioration of the macroeconomic backdrop could require additional fiscal tightening later in the year." http://bloom.bg/xHlDxb
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