"Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace": Dwight David Eisenhower : 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969
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"Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war": George Washington: First President of the United States, 1732-1799
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"Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens" : Plato : Ancient Greek philosopher (428/427-348/347 B.C.)
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"When good does evil in its struggle against evil, it becomes indistinguishable from its enemy." T.S. Elliot
No Mystique Left...
By Layla Anwar
The story of Nadia released from Abu Ghraib. I want you to read it more than once and not gloss over it in a couple of seconds.. I want it to sink in into your being and become part of it - a reminder, a symbol of your occupation.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20387.htm
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"Bleeding Afghanistan"
By Mike Whitney
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America's Leaders Violated One of the Commandments
By Andrew Greeley
June Mayer's carefully documented book The Dark Side demonstrates beyond doubt that the president, the vice president, the director of the CIA and their closest aides are war criminals. They violated international law, they violated American law, and they violated natural law.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20395.htm
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Making Nuclear Extermination Respectable
By James Petras
On July 18, 2008 The New York Times published an article by Israeli-Jewish historian, Professor Benny Morris, advocating an Israeli nuclear-genocidal attack on Iran with the likelihood of killing 70 million Iranians - 12 times the number of Jewish victims in the Nazi holocaust:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20396.htm
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The Corrupting Influence Of Oil Money
By Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel
The world has never looked better for the Big Five oil companies. This morning, Exxon Mobil, the world's largest oil company, announced its "second-quarter profit rose 14 percent, to $11.68 billion, the highest-ever profit by an American company.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20391.htm
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Hegemony Everywhere But At Home
By Paul Craig Roberts
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Mexico's War
Must Watch - Al Jazeera - Video Documentary
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Mexico's Ghost Towns
The other side of the immigration debate
By John Gibler (ZACATECAS, Mexico )
"I think that the U.S.'s plan is to make Mexico into a kind of colony," says Lopez, with a half smile. "People go to the U.S. to work and earn dollars. They come back to Mexico and spend their dollars on American products. It's a nice, round business." He continues: "Everyone here depends on the U.S. If this isn't a colony, then how do you define colony?"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20388.htm
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Fourth Fleet Steams South
Return of the Gunboat
By John Ross
The U.S. Navy trains Mexico's Navy and supplies it with state-of-the-art weaponry. Under the Merida Initiative, sometimes tagged Plan Mexico, the Mexican Navy is slated to receive Orion tracking planes and souped-up interdiction craft, part of the $1,400.000,000 USD war chest to rearm Mexico's security apparatus - despite its reputation as one of the worst human rights abusers in the Americas.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20389.htm
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The WTO's Last Gasp
By Shamus Cooke
Like the UN (itself experiencing terminal illness) the WTO was set-up after WWII with the intention of managing and minimizing economic disasters and consequent wars. It was understood that multilateral (international), free-trade was a precondition for a healthy capitalism, preventing trade blocs from forming that could lead to military confrontation.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20394.htm
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18 Taliban killed in Uruzgan :
He said that these operations commenced on Tuesday morning in the Sra Ada of Mehrabad, related to Trinkoot in the Province, and is on going.
http://tinyurl.com/6of8t8
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'. . . I will kill Canadians':
The father of two children accidentally killed by Canadian soldiers says he wants revenge. "If I get a chance, I will kill Canadians," Rozi Muhammed said Thursday.
http://tinyurl.com/6p7qdd
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Taliban commander: Afghan officials are helping kill Americans:
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Northern Alliance's Rivalry to Taliban 'not welcome':
The Bush administration's senior official for South Asia said Tuesday that a reported buildup of the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance's forces in Afghanistan to counter the Taliban's expanding influence is "not welcome" and that "ethnic politics" should not impede the central government's efforts to unite the country.
http://washtimes.com/news/2008/jul/30/rivalry-to-taliban-not-welcome/
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Family killed in Taliban, Pak clash:
At least 13 civilians were killed on Thursday in fresh clashes between government forces and pro-Taliban fighters in Swat valley, officials said.
http://tinyurl.com/5kucsr
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Gilani hits back, cites US failure in Afghanistan:
The prime minister rejected the suggestion that Pakistan had failed to curb terrorism in Fata. He noted that despite having "all sophisticated weapons they need," the US forces in Afghanistan also had failed to eradicate militancy from the areas under their control.
http://www.dawn.com/2008/07/31/top3.htm
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Iraq: At least 9 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
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US Troops Kill Three Iraqi Civilians
Nusayf Jassim, a resident on Samarra, 125 kilometers north of Baghdad, told AFP that U.S. soldiers had raided his home in search of insurgents and in the ensuing gunfire his mother and two brothers were killed.
http://tinyurl.com/63v828
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Shiite cleric tells followers not to attack Iraqi government forces:
Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday offered full support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government if it refuses to sign an agreement President Bush has sought to allow semi-permanent stationing of U.S. troops in Iraq. Sadr warned at the same time that he would oppose any agreement between Iraq and the United States.
http://tinyurl.com/63v828
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Bush cuts Iraq tours, but no deal yet on force pact:
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EU agrees to go beyond U.N. sanctions on Iran:
The European Union has agreed to go beyond United Nations sanctions on Iran, instructing its financial institutions to exercise "restraint" on export credits and allowing its navies to inspect all Iran-bound cargoes, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday.
http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=274246
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Barak urges biting UN sanctions against Iran:
"Our position is that time is of the essence," the Israeli minister said. "We emphasized to the secretary general our expectation that the world community will take a coherent, concerted, coordinated action to put an end to Iranian activity in the area of military nuclear technologies."
http://tinyurl.com/5loozu
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Nonaligned countries back Iran's nuclear program:
More than 100 nonaligned nations backed Iran's right to peaceful uses of nuclear power on Wednesday, an endorsement sought by Tehran in its standoff with the U.N. Security Council over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.
http://tinyurl.com/627ng4
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US Set to Deploy Radar Systems in Israel:
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Second Palestinian teenager shot by Israeli army within hours:
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Israel's Likud calls for early vote:
Netanyahu could thwart Kadima's plans to form the next government by mustering a majority in parliament, either to form his own coalition or, as he has called for, to advance the elections scheduled for 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/682v74
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'SS Liberty' Sails to Challenge Israel:
Forty-one years after the American surveillance ship USS Liberty was napalmed, torpedoed and strafed by Israeli naval and air forces during the Six-Day War, another "Liberty" will be setting out from a Cyprus port in August to try to break through the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.
http://tinyurl.com/6ypxec
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Gates Sees Terrorism Remaining Enemy No. 1:
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Pentagon hacker to be extradited to US:
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Let Us Work Towards Peace & Joy
Tom Feeley
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