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I Want My Money Back! (Pres. Obama!)
By Marie Marchand
Betrayal is a part of life. After awhile, you just come to expect it. Yet, the initial shock always hits you as a surprise. Alas, the nature of betrayal. Humans are vulnerable to being betrayed because underneath our husky shells, our pain and hardened hearts, we are soft and trustful creatures. We want to believe in people.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22942.htm
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Chavez Threatens to Invade as Honduran Army Stages Coup
By David Usborne
Venezuelan leader vows to ‘act militarily’ after leftist ally Manuel Zelaya is overthrown and exiled to Costa Rica.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22936.htm
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Obama’s Real Message to Latin America?
The Coup in Honduras
By Nikolas Kozloff
If it were ever proven that Obama sanctioned the overthrow of a democratically elected government this could completely undermine the U.S. President’s carefully crafted image.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22934.htm
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Honduras’ Dictator-for-a-Day
By Al Giordano
“Micheletti, who a few hours ago was the Speaker of the House, said that neither US President Barack Obama nor Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez would decide what should be done in Honduras…”
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22935.htm
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A Few Thoughts on the Coup in Honduras
By Jeremy Scahill
The US ties to the Honduran military and political establishment run far too deep for all of this to have gone down without at least tacit support or the turning of a blind eye by some US political or military official(s).
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22944.htm
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In Case You Missed It
Friendly Dictators
Written in 1995
They are democratic America’s undemocratic allies. They may rise to power through bloody ClA-backed coups and rule by terror and torture. Their troops may receive training or advice from the CIA and other US agencies. US military aid and weapons sales often strengthen their armies and guarantee their hold on power.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2844.htm
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$2.775 Billion in US Aid Supports Israeli Nuclear Weapons Program
By Grant F. Smith
President Barak Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel is proceeding smoothly through the Congress.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22938.htm
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The Truth Alone Will Not Set You Free
By Chris Hedges
The ability of the corporate state to pacify the country by extending credit and providing cheap manufactured goods to the masses is gone. The pernicious idea that democracy lies in the choice between competing brands and the freedom to accumulate vast sums of personal wealth at the expense of others has collapsed.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22945.htm
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Is the Fed Juicing the Stock Market?
By Mike Whitney
Why has the stock market been on a 3-month tear when the economy is undergoing the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression? The S&P 500 has shot up 40% from its low on March 9 and the Dow Jones Industrials have followed close behind. Is this a typical bear market rally or is the invisible hand of the Fed goosing the markets?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22943.htm
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Iraq prepares massive party as US troops pull out:
Festivities to mark “a day of national sovereignty” will start at 6p.m. (1500 GMT) in Zawra Park, the biggest in the capital, with singers and poets kicking off proceedings before music groups take to the stage.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/29/77323.html
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Profits of war: Iraq to open up oil fields for first time in four decades:
Iraq will this week unveil which foreign firms have won contracts to develop its oil and gas fields, nearly four decades after Saddam Hussein nationalised the country’s energy infrastructure.
http://snipurl.com/l4lsv
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Iran recount gives Ahmadinejad win:
Iran’s Guardian Council has confirmed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the country’s president, following a partial recount of votes from the disputed presidential election of June 12.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009629151258105455.html
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Denials of US interference in Iran not credible:
USA Today last week noted that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was handing out $20 million in grants this financial year to unnamed organisations “to promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Iran”.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/iran-j29.shtml
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Secret camera leads to arrest of 9 in British embassy in Iran:
The government of Iran arrested 9 members of the British Embassy accusing them of taking part in anti-goverment demonstrations after they were filmed by a secret camera that had been placed, unbeknownst to embassy members, inside the British embassy,
http://snipurl.com/l4lvd
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Five British embassy staff freed :
Iran said five of the nine detained local staff at the British embassy in Tehran had been released while the other four were being held for questioning.
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/five-british-embassy-staff-freed-2814140
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Iran: “New Revelations” In Neda Shooting:
The network quoted the man who allegedly drove her to hospital as saying her death appeared to be “highly suspicious,” as there were no police, Basij militia, or any other Iranian security forces nearby.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/29/world/worldwatch/entry5121532.shtml
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CIA has Distributed 400 Million Dollars Inside Iran to Evoke a Revolution:
Former Pakistani Army General Mirza Aslam Beig claims the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has distributed 400 million dollars inside Iran to evoke a revolution.
http://snipurl.com/l4ly6
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Red Cross: Israel trapping 1.5m Gazans in despair:
The Red Cross released a damning report Monday on the effects of the Israel-led blockade on the Gaza Strip, describing the 2-year-old measure as having trapped the coastal territory’s 1.5 million residents “in despair.”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096443.html
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Checkpoint stops Palestinians with ‘too much food’:
A West Bank checkpoint managed by a private security company is not allowing Palestinians to pass through with large water bottles and some food items, Haaretz has learned.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096322.html
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Israel defies U.S. demands for settlement freeze, approves building of 50 illegal homes in the occupied West Bank:
Israel’s Defense Ministry said on Monday it had approved construction of 50 new homes at a West Bank settlement as part of a plan for 1,450 housing units, an expansion that defies a U.S. call for a settlement freeze.
http://snipurl.com/l4m7j
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Living testament to Somalia’s descent into hell:
Dadaab camp should not still be here, 18 years after it was built. It should not be home to 280,000 people who dream of a new life in America rather than returning across the border.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0629/1224249724345.html
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Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S.:
At least two leaders of the coup launched in Honduras on June 28 were apparently trained at a controversial Department of Defense school based at Fort Benning, Georgia infamous for producing graduates linked to torture, death squads and other human rights abuses.
http://snipurl.com/l4mnd
Swiss Banks Shun Americans as U.S. Compels Disclosure:
UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, the country’s biggest banks, have told Americans to move their money into specially created units registered in the U.S., or lose their accounts. Smaller private banks such as Geneva-based Mirabaud & Cie. are closing all accounts held by U.S. taxpayers.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_8VwpO5m0WQ
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Struggling cities cancel Fourth of July fireworks:
Nearly 50 cash-strapped cities nationwide are forgoing fireworks festivities, choosing instead to retain jobs or, in the case of Montebello, Calif., give the money to food bank
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fireworks29-2009jun29,0,2351470.story
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