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"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.": Rudyard Kipling - (1865-1936) =
"Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling, against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them." : John Stuart Mill - (1806-1873) English philosopher and economist - Source: On Liberty, 1859 =
"The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.": General Douglas MacArthur - (1880-1964) WWII Supreme Allied Commander of the Southwest Pacific, Supreme United Nations Commander
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Kabul 30 years ago, and Kabul today. Have We Learned Nothing? By Robert Fisk === Pakistanis Fear U.S. Collision with Neighboring Enemies By Jane Perlez A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to the west. - It has fueled a belief among Pakistanis, including members of the armed forces, that what the United States really wants is the breakup of Pakistan, the only Muslim country with nuclear arms.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21300.htm === U.S. Would Control Profits from Iraqi Oil Exports Under Agreement By Jeremy R. Hammond The terms of the agreement effectively allow the U.S. to continue to control billions of dollars of proceeds from the sale of exported Iraqi oil held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It also contains numerous loopholes that could allow the continuing long-term presence of U.S. military forces and would effectively maintain U.S. jurisdiction over crimes committed by American soldiers.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21301.htm === Western Progressive Opinion: Bring on the Victims! Condemn the Fighters! By James Petras What has escaped public notice is the almost complete disappearance of the peace movement and its absorption into the pro-war Democratic Party electoral machine of President-Elect Barack Obama. Likewise, the vast majority of US 'progressive' opinion-makers embraced, with occasional mild reservations, the Obama candidacy and, in effect, became part of the 'broad coalition' joining hands with billionaire Zionist zealots and Wall Street financial swindlers.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21306.htm === Cautionary Tales From a Nuclear War Zone By BARBARA ROSE JOHNSTON
and HOLLY M. BARKER === "Let Detroit Go Broke" GM, the NY Times & Marxism 101 By Shamus Cooke === The Republican War on Welfare By Huda Alnasir It was such an easy sell, and so rewarding at the polls. All they had to do was convince working- and middle-class families that while they were slaving away and paying taxes, there were shiftless minorities and poor whites having babies, using drugs, and watching television on their dime.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21304.htm === In case you missed it Death Of The Dollar Aljazeera Video === Who Are They? Video === US Activist Detained in Israeli Jail Condemns Blockade of Gaza Video and transcript On Monday, the Israeli navy seized fifteen Palestinian fishermen and three international activists off the coast of Gaza. The fishermen were released, but the activists remain in an Israeli jail. We speak to Darlene Wallach from inside the Masiyahu Prison near Tel Aviv.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21307.htm === 14 "Militants" Killed in Afghanistan: === U.S. eyes "surge" of over 20,000 for Afghanistan: === US: Financial woes no excuse for not funding Afghan war: Even in a global financial crisis, the world cannot afford to skimp on its obligations to Afghanistan, which wants to double the size of its army but will never be able to pay for it, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.
http://www.enquirerherald.com/366/story/423105.html == US kills 5 in Pakistan: There were unconfirmed reports that the dead included Rashid Rauf, a British citizen linked to an alleged plot to down trans-Atlantic jetliners who escaped from Pakistani custody last year.
http://tinyurl.com/6leyb6 === 3 Pakistani policemen killed in militants` attack: At least three policemen were killed and another injured in a pre-dawn attack on Saturday a police station in northwest Pakistan, officials said
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=612262 ===
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Baghdad car-bomb leaves one dead and four injured: A car-bomb detonated in the al-Maghreb street area of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing one person and injuring at least four bystanders, witnesses told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
http://tinyurl.com/5sb735 === Vote on US-Iraq pact set for Wednesday after stormy debate: === Iraq told: Keep US troops or face martial law: === Demonizing Syria: Syria "safe haven" for terrorists against Iraq - U.S.: The United States criticised Syria at a security conference on Sunday for "giving safe haven to terrorists" attacking Iraq, weeks after a U.S. raid on Syria it said was targeting al Qaeda militants, delegates said.
http://tinyurl.com/6r3drf === Demonizing Iran: Britain's Miliband calls Iran world threat: ===
Olmert-Bush Talks on PA May be Window Dressing for Striking Iran:
Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert left Israel Saturday night for talks with the present and future American presidents. The announced agenda is negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, but a possible attack on Iran's nuclear site may be the main topic of the summit.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128499 === Iranian Commander: Bush's Iran War Plan Delivered to Obama: The Bush administration has created the required infrastructure for attacking Iran and delivered his war plan to Obama, a senior Iranian military official said Saturday, adding that Obama's election has provided Iran with a one-year opportunity to increase preparedness.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8709020565 === Israeli brass advocate timely war on Iran: === Ya'alon Quoted as Saying Killing Ahmadinejad is an Option: Moshe "Boogie" Ya'alon, a likely candidate for Defense Minister under a Likud-run government, was quoted by an Australian newspaper this week as saying that the option of assassinating Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be considered.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1040208.html === Israeli Defense establishment paper: Golan for Syria peace, plan for Iran strike: A defense establishment paper recommends making contingency plans to attack Iran, reaching an agreement with Syria that includes leaving the Golan Heights and preventing new elections in the Palestinian Authority, even if this means a confrontation with the United States.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1039929.html === Fearing attack, Iran militia holds massive defense drill: === Iran says Israeli partners in war to be punished: === Candidate for U.S. security adviser wants NATO force in West Bank: General James Jones, whom U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is widely expected to tap as his national security adviser, supports the deployment of an international force in the West Bank instead of the Israel Defense Forces. He also opposes Israel's demand to retain extensive security control over the territories even after a Palestinian state is established.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1039923.html === Abbas threatens snap elections: === Israeli NSC: Stop PA elections at any cost: === Israel places 'lives at risk' from Gaza fuel cuts: === Somali Shebab fighters warn pirates to free tanker or face battle: === Hillary plays hardball: In negotiations with Mr Obama this week before agreeing to take the job, she demanded and received assurances that she alone should appoint staff to the State Department. She also got assurances that she will have direct access to the President and will not have to go through his foreign policy advisers on the National Security Council
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hillary-plays-hardball-1031238.html === US officials flunk test of history, economics, civics: === From my cell I scent the reeking soul of US justice: US federal prosecutors, almost all of whom would be disbarred for their antics if they were in Britain or Canada, win more than 90% of their cases thanks to the withering of the constitutional guarantees of due process - that is, the grand jury as an assurance against capricious prosecution, no seizure of property without just compensation, access to counsel, an impartial jury, speedy justice and reasonable bail.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5213243.ece === Medvedev's Venezuela, Cuba trips set to rile U.S.: === In praise of Hugo Chavez: === Russia acknowledges financial crisis has hit hard: === US will guarantee up to $1.4T in bank debt: === Citigroup talking to U.S. government: === Bank Regulators Shut Down 3 Banks: ===
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U.S. Would Control Profits from Iraqi Oil Exports Under Agreement By Jeremy R. Hammond The terms of the agreement effectively allow the U.S. to continue to control billions of dollars of proceeds from the sale of exported Iraqi oil held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It also contains numerous loopholes that could allow the continuing long-term presence of U.S. military forces and would effectively maintain U.S. jurisdiction over crimes committed by American soldiers.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21301.htm Imagine my surprise on this deal.... --L.B. |
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