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Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true: Demosthenes =
As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities: Voltaire =
The tale of the slaughter at Wounded Knee in South Dakota is [an] example too well known to require detailed repeating here, but what is less well known about that massacre is that, a week and a half before it happened, the editor of the South Dakota's Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer -- a gentle soul named L. Frank Baum, who later became famous as the author of The Wizard of Oz -- urged the wholesale extermination of all America's native peoples: "The nobility of the Redskin is extinguished, and what few are left are a pack of whining curs who lick the hand that smites them. The Whites, by law of conquest, by justice of civilization, are masters of the American continent, and the best safety of the frontier settlements will be secured by the total annihilation of the few remaining Indians. Why not annihilation? Their glory has fled, their spirit broken, their manhood effaced; better that they should die than live the miserable wretches that they are.": David E. Stannard =
"We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents, innocent civilians killed in war are now described as collateral damage and military incompetence leading to US bombers killing British soldiers is cosily described as friendly fire. Those who are in favour of peace are described as mavericks and troublemakers, whereas the real militants are those who want the war. Tony Benn
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Revoking Israel's UN Membership By Snorre Lindquist and Lasse Wilhelmson The 1976 Nobel peace prize laureate, Mairead McGuire from Ireland, recently suggested a popular movement demanding that the UN revoke Israel's membership. The international community now needs to put tangible pressure on Israel in order to stop its war crimes.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21440.htm === Who Originated the 'Nuclear Umbrella for Israel' Proposal? By National Review Online That would be Charles Krauthammer. When he proposed it, liberals declared this idea was evidence that Krauthammer is insane. When Hillary Clinton echoed the proposal, Keith Olbermann said it was "far further to the right than John McCain.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21439.htm === Britain Leaves Iraq in Shame. The US Won't Go So Quietly By Seumas Milne === It's All Spelled Out in Unpublicized Agreement Total Defeat for U.S. in Iraq By PATRICK COCKBURN The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), signed after eight months of rancorous negotiations, is categorical and unconditional. America's bid to act as the world's only super-power and to establish quasi-colonial control of Iraq, an attempt which began with the invasion of 2003, has ended in failure.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21444.htm === U.S. Keeps Silent as Afghan Ally Removes War Crime Evidence By Tom Lasseter Seven years ago, a convoy of container trucks rumbled across northern Afghanistan loaded with a human cargo of suspected Taliban and al Qaida members who'd surrendered to Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, an Afghan warlord and a key U.S. ally in ousting the Taliban regime.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21446.htm === In case you missed it: Afghan Massacre : The Convoy of Death Video === Atrocity Unlimited US Seeks to Turn Somalia into Global Free-Fire Zone By Chris Floyd Not content with destroying the only vestige of stability that Somalia had known for almost two decades by arming, backing and participating in a brutal "regime change" invasion by Ethiopia, the Bush Administration now wants to turn the ravaged land into an international "free fire zone,"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21442.htm === Senate Report ties Rumsfeld to Abu Ghraib Abuse Torture By David Morga Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior U.S. officials share much of the blame for detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to portions of a report released on Thursday by the Senate Armed Services Committee.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21445.htm === Top Democrat Urges "Continuity" for CIA, DNI and Interrogation Policies By Glenn Greenwald The House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat [Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas] said Tuesday he has recommended that President-elect Barack Obama keep the country's current national intelligence director and CIA chief in place for some time to ensure continuity in U.S. intelligence programs during the transition to a new administration. . . .
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21436.htm === Will Obama Buy Torture-Lite? By Ray McGovern You've got to hand it to them. Torture aficionados at the White House and CIA have conned key congressional leaders into insisting not only that torture-lite would be a swell idea, but advocating also that the overseers of torture be kept on.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21435.htm === Obama Will Not Prosecute Bush And Cheney
By Joseph A. Lopisi
Along the same lines as his predecessors, President Obama will deal with the current financial crisis by pointing his finger at everyone except the real culprit, the Federal Reserve Bank, the U. S. executive and legislative branches and their partners in crime, the Wall Street financial institutions.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21438.htm === Beware Of Obama's Groundhog Day By John Pilger === On the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Human Rights. We Celebrate 60 Years of Failure By Cindy Sheehan ===
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Suicide bomber kills 55 in Iraq: === Struggle For Kabul: The Taliban Advance: === US general warns British forces are in Afghanistan stalemate: British forces are locked in a stalemate against the Taliban and need tens of thousands of reinforcements to win, America's top general in Afghanistan said yesterday.
http://tinyurl.com/6rrqur === West paying Taliban protection money: === US attack kills 6 in Pakistan: The identities of those killed in the attack Thursday was not immediately known, the officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. "At present, local Taliban have surrounded the destroyed house, and they are not letting anybody get close to it," said one of the officials.
http://tinyurl.com/6ggwy8 === Pakistan detains Mumbai 'plotter': === India demands Pakistan hand over 40 wanted 'terrorists': === Pak Says No Evidence Forthcoming From India: Pakistan has said that India is yet to share evidence of the involvment of its nationals in the Mumbai attacks despite repeated requests, media reports said.
http://tinyurl.com/5jzzg3 === India-Pakistan situation is dangerous, says Rice: The United States has said that although there is 'no bellicose talk' from either India or Pakistan in the aftermath of the terror attacks in Mumbai, the situation is 'obviously dangerous and Islamabad [Images] needs to act forcefully'.
http://tinyurl.com/5w5bh9 === IAEA Chief Describes Iran's N. Program as "Legal": "Iranians are working under a legal framework. They have permitted the international (atomic energy) agency to monitor their imported materials," ElBaradei said in a telephone interview with the London-based Al Hayat newspaper on Wednesday.
http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8709210721 === Analysts Urge Obama Not to Delay Action on Talks With Iran: In light of the Iranian presidential election coming in mid-2009 and the U.S. distaste for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President-elect Barack Obama is being advised to avoid any communication with Tehran until after Iranians vote next June.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45072 === Obama told to put an end to pro-Israel policies: === Israel: Livni tells Arab Israelis' to look somewhere else: === Iran Summons Envoy after Sarkozy Handshake Refusal: === At least 150 killed in massacre in Congo town: rights group: At least 150 civilians were massacred in a Democratic Republic of Congo town last month, Human Rights Watch said in a report Thursday which strongly criticised UN peacekeepers.
http://tinyurl.com/5nxa72 === Civilians killed in Somalia clashes: At least six civilians have been killed and dozens wounded in Mogadishu in clashes between Ethiopian-backed government forces and opposition fighters.
http://tinyurl.com/6g4a74 ==== Less Freedom in Older Democracies: The older the democracy, the less there seems to be now of freedom of expression and right to information, according to a new study by the London-based group Article 19.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45080 === Prosecutor removed from Cheney case: A judge removed a South Texas prosecutor from cases related to Vice President Dick Cheney, a state senator and a private prison group Wednesday, calling the district attorney biased and ordering Texas Rangers to escort him to his office so he could hand over case files.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6157833.html === Senate Rejects Auto Industry Bailout After Talks Fail : "I dread looking at Wall Street tomorrow," Majority Leader Harry Reid said before the vote in Washington. "It's not going to be a pleasant sight."
http://tinyurl.com/5sp8b2 === Victory For Chicago Workers: Reach Deal, End Sit-In: === === Bank of America Plans to Reduce Work Force by 35,000: Bank of America expects to have a final plan early in 2009 and estimates it will project the reduction of approximately 30,000 to 35,000 positions over the next three years. A final number will not be determined until early 2009.
http://tinyurl.com/6qwakh === Foreclosure Storm Will Hit U.S. in '09 Amid Job Loss: U.S. foreclosure filings climbed 28 percent in November from a year earlier and a brewing "storm" of new defaults and job losses may force 1 million homeowners from their properties next year, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
http://tinyurl.com/57m88t === Ohio sheriff orders deputies not to evict: A sheriff in southwest Ohio has ordered deputies to ignore eviction orders when people have nowhere else to live.
http://tinyurl.com/5f444f === Weekly jobless claims jump to 26-year high: === Retail sales post big drop in November: === "Nasty Recession" for U.S. to Include Four Quarters of Declining GDP: In its fourth quarterly report of 2008, the UCLA Anderson Forecast predicts that the current recession inflicting the national economy will feature four quarters of negative growth (followed by very tepid growth rates) and rising unemployment rates that last through 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/67ytoc === A tattered safety net for US unemployed: : As a rising number of Americans sign up for unemployment benefits, many of the state-funded trusts that pay them are on the decline. At least 12 of them are on the brink of insolvency. In 20 other states, the funds have lost value, even before the big job losses of the past two months.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081211/ts_csm/asafetynet === Report: Recession has 43 states facing financial trouble: ===
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