What do you suppose it is like to be elected president of the United States only to find that your power is restricted to the service of powerful interest groups?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22611.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22611.htm
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Lawrence Wilkerson Drops an Iraq-Torture Bombshell
By Bob Fertik
What I have learned is that as the administration authorized harsh interrogation in April and May of 2002 — well before the Justice Department had rendered any legal opinion — its principal priority for intelligence was not aimed at pre-empting another terrorist attack on the U.S. but discovering a smoking gun linking Iraq and al-Qa’ida.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22616.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22616.htm
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“Ugly” Questions for Gen. Myers
By Ray McGovern
Tuesday evening offered an unusual opportunity to question the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2001-2005), Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, at an alumni club dinner.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22617.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22617.htm
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So Long Since Dreaming Made Sense.
By Paul A. Moore
Barack Obama’s national security advisor Gen. James Jones, rejected Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s demand the U.S. halt all aerial attacks in that country. Gen. Jones said, “we can’t fight with one hand tied behind our back.” With both hands free a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan’s Farah province killed as many as 130 civilians.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22613.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22613.htm
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US-Latin American Relations
A Time of Rising Militarism, Protectionism and Pillage
By James Petras
Obama’s relentless pursuit of military-driven empire building while in the midst of an ongoing and deepening domestic economic depression forms the basis for understanding Washington’s contemporary relation with Latin America today.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22612.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22612.htm
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Legitimizing Netanyahu?
The Pope’s Pilgrimage
By Jonathan Cook
Pope Benedict XVI upset the schedule on his first day in Israel by leaving an interfaith meeting in Jerusalem early on Monday night after a leading Muslim cleric called on him to condemn the “slaughter” of women and children in the recent assault on Gaza.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22618.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22618.htm
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Cheney: U.S. Must Threaten to Bomb Iran:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the only way for President Barack Obama’s diplomacy with Iran to work is if Obama threatens to bomb the country.
http://snipurl.com/i0u6p
http://snipurl.com/i0u6p
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Jordan king: Israel must accept Palestinian state :
Abdullah II makes comments during Aqaba meet with Netanyahu, ahead of PM’s upcoming visit to U.S
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1085493.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1085493.html
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War crimes against children: new report on the 313 children killed during Gaza attack:
A new report released today reveals the true extent of child killings by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip during its 23 day offensive on Gaza between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/PSLG-7S2J6W?OpenDocument
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/PSLG-7S2J6W?OpenDocument
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1,400 dead · 5000 homes destroyed · Remember Gaza 16 May:
National Demonstration Saturday 16 May. Assemble 12noon Malet St London WC1E 7HY March to Trafalgar Square
http://stopwar.org.uk/content/view/1179/1/
http://stopwar.org.uk/content/view/1179/1/
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Rape is effective weapon of war, senators told: -
Hundreds of thousands of women, girls and babies have been raped during 12 years of conflict in eastern Congo, victims of a weapon of war that almost always goes unpunished, senators were told Wednesday.
http://snipurl.com/i0uaa
http://snipurl.com/i0uaa
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US detainee abuse ‘unprecedented’:
A former US official has accused the administration of George Bush, the former president, of authorising “unprecedented” acts of abuse during the interrogation of terror suspects.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/05/2009513171344291514.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/05/2009513171344291514.html
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Change? What Change?
Obama blocks abuse image release:
Barack Obama, the US president, is to appeal a legal ruling ordering the release of dozens of images depicting abuse of detainees in Afghanistan and Iraq.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/05/2009513193254552877.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/05/2009513193254552877.html
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Obama mulls ‘indefinite detention’ of terror suspects: -
As part of its plans to close Guantanamo Bay, the Obama administration is considering holding some of the detainees indefinitely and without trial on US soil, US media reported Thursday.
http://snipurl.com/i0uhv
http://snipurl.com/i0uhv
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Are the people who ‘really run the world’ meeting this weekend?:
The Bilderberg group, the topic of many conspiracy theories, is now meeting behind closed doors in Greece.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1085589.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1085589.html
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U.S. Economy: Jobless Claims Increase:
The total number of people collecting unemployment insurance surged in the prior week to 6.56 million, setting a record for the 15th straight week and indicating companies are still not hiring.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5aNqahBpCaA&refer=home
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5aNqahBpCaA&refer=home
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