How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware
of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in
one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual
life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding
and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. :
Barry Lopez:

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Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not
attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose:
Helen Keller:

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Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can
hear her breathing: Arundhati Roy:

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Number Of Iraqi Civilians Slaughtered In America's War? As Many As 250,000
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11674.htm

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In Bush's
War 2544

http://icasualties.org/oif/

The War in Iraq Costs
$294,869,361,150
See the cost in your community
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

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Whack North Korea, Before It Can Protect Itself?

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

The US is the new Rome--there is no legitimate power but us. Any other power is
a potential threat to our interests and must be eliminated before it gets any
independent ideas. The US, however, is far more dangerous than Rome. Rome saw
its world as the Mediterranean and, for a while, Northern Europe, but the US
thinks the whole world is its oyster.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13942.htm

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Bush’s Scatterbrain “Reconciliation” Plan

By Mike Whitney

Bush is dreaming if he thinks that he can patch things together by throwing a
bone to the resistance. What good does amnesty do when the country is in rubble
and an American stooge is running the government from the Green Zone? This just
forces the resistance to stiffen their resolve and continue the struggle.
There's really no other option.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13940.htm

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Take Me Home

By Geoff Rutledge

I was sent to this far away land, half a boy half a man.

4 Minute Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13944.htm

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Democracy, Mexican Style

By Stephen Lendman

It was learned that Felipe Calderon's brother-in-law Diego Hildebrando Zavala
wrote the vote-counting software, and it's already been hacked. This new
discovery is especially disturbing as whoever controls the Federal Electoral
Institute (IFE) computer systems can manipulate the vote process, control which
votes get counted, which ones don't, and what the final vote tally will be.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13941.htm

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At least 30 killed Monday as U.S. occupation continues:

Two bombs blasted Baghdad's Talbiya district, a stronghold of Shi'ite militia
fighters, killing 12 people and wounding 62, police said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO038872.htm

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7 killed as gunmen ambush bus in Sunni neighborhood:

The gunmen killed all six passengers, including a woman, and the driver before
setting the bus on fire in the Amariyah neighborhood of western Baghdad, police
Capt. Jamil Hussein said
http://tinyurl.com/phyc2

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Iraq's Islamic Party accuses Iraqi police of murdering Muslim cleric:

Iraq's Islamic Party claimed Saturday that the Iraqi police murdered a Muslim
cleric on a security checkpoint in southern Iraq.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=884366

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Maliki appeals for unity :

Iraq's prime minister pleaded for Iraqis to "unite as brothers" on Monday as a
fresh spasm of violence gripped Baghdad, where 60 people were killed at the
weekend in a dramatic escalation of sectarian bloodletting.
http://tinyurl.com/nly84

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Shia massacre revives fears of civil war :

Mahdi army blamed for Baghdad street slaughter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1816661,00.html

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Sacked policemen storm government office in Iraq:

Some 200 sacked policemen from a province where Iraqi forces will take over
security from British troops this month stormed the governor's office on Monday,
beating people with hoses and stabbing them with knives.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO056640.htm

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Documents prove alleged Iraqi rape-murder victim was 14, not 20 as the military
says:

Documents obtained by Reuters on Sunday showed the rape victim was a minor aged
just 14, and not over 20 as U.S. officials say. Abeer’s sister Hadeel was just
six when she died of “several gunshot wounds”.
http://tinyurl.com/grvye

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Chris Floyd: Home Free: American Power in Mahmudiyah :

Let this be a lesson to all the cannon fodder out there: don't get above your
raising, don't emulate your betters. Law is for the lowly, not the great and
good.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13937.htm

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American soldiers, keeping the streets of Iraq safe :

Well, well, well. The Ministry of Truth has now scrubbed out Green's photo. If
you access the cached version of the article you can still see it.
http://tinyurl.com/qphf6

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Iraq to ask UN to end U.S. immunity after rape case:

Iraq will ask the United Nations to end immunity from local law for U.S. troops,
the human rights minister said on Monday, as the military named five soldiers
charged in a rape-murder case that has outraged Iraqis.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1007392006

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In case you missed it: Iraq:

Free Fire Zones: 2 Minute Video:

Former US Marine Rob Serra spoke in CT in 2004. He had taken part in the
invasion of Iraq the year before and he tells what first turned him against the
war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13945.htm

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4 Minute Video: War Is Not A Game:

This video is rapidly becoming a "defining" song for the peace movement. War Is
Not A Game is written by combat veteran, emergency room physician, and
congressional candidate Dr. Bill Durston.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13943.htm

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Are Americans getting an accurate picture of what’s going on in Iraq?: :

It’s a lot worse over here [in Iraq] than is reported. The administration does a
great job of managing the news.
http://tinyurl.com/o7l5w

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Friendly fire death inquiry reopened:

AN INQUIRY into the shooting of Iraq's trade minister's bodyguards by Australian
troops has been reopened by the Defence Force after complaints from the Iraqi
Government.
http://tinyurl.com/s6v4k

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40 suspected Taliban killed in U.S. strike :

A U.S. warplane bombed a militant hide-out in a raid by Afghan and coalition
forces that killed more than 40 suspected Taliban militants in southern
Afghanistan on Monday, coalition officials said.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-07-10-suspected-taliban_x.htm

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16 are killed in raid in Afghan provinc:

Hundreds of Canadian and Afghan soldiers raided Taliban strongholds throughout
southern orchards yesterday, sparking fighting that killed at least 15 militants
and one Canadian
http://tinyurl.com/od3nq

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2 militants killed, 9 wounded in Afghanistan :

Firefights between anti-government militants and law enforcing agencies left two
militants dead and 11 others, including two police, injured in the south and
southeast Afghanistan on Sunday night,
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/10/eng20060710_281721.html

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4 Children Killed By Israeli Occupation Forces:

One Palestinian was killed in another IDF attack in the Karni crossing and
several others wounded.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3273621,00.html

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The Wahbas' last meal: :

It's a direct hit by the second missile fired by the excellent Israel Air Force
pilot, and it comes right into the dining room through the ceiling. Fatma, three
months pregnant, is killed on the spot by the shrapnel that hits her spine. Her
brother, Dr. Ahmed, is also killed. His daughter-in-law miscarries her child,
the little girl Farah is moderately injured and the baby of the family, Khaled,
is critically injured in the head. A puddle of blood collects on the floor.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/735520.html

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UN warns of Gazans' struggle to survive:

He said in the north of Gaza Israeli forces had shot and destroyed rooftop water
tanks and mains, while in the south more than 1,000 people had been forced to
leave their homes. Rafah had no electricity because the army would not allow the
UN to fix a minor fault, while the rest of Gaza had electricity for six hours a
day.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329525185-103552,00.html

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Israel bars Palestinian Americans for first time since 1967 :

For the first time since 1967, Israel is preventing the entry of Palestinians
with foreign citizenship, most of them Americans.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/736349.html

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After 30 years, wife loses right to enter Israel :

There was no reason to suspect anything but an error. After all, throughout
their 30 years together this was the drill: Every three months, a day or two
before the Israeli tourist visa in her American passport was set to expire, she
would go away for a few days - to Jordan, sometimes Cyprus or Egypt, then return
with a new visa for another three months.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=736359

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'Apartheid Israel' worse than apartheid SA :

The "apartheid Israel state" is worse than the apartheid that was conducted in
South Africa, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) president Willie
Madisha said on Monday. He said Palestinians were being attacked with heavy
machinery and tanks used in war, which had never happened in South Africa.
http://tinyurl.com/modak

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Olmert on Iran: ‘I Rely on Bush’ :

“I am confident that the international community, headed by President Bush, will
take the required, effective measures to stop the threat of enriching uranium,
posed by Iran.”
http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=106934

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Iran won't give final nuclear response Tuesday:

Iran previously said it would not give a final response on Tuesday but, by
repeating the comment a day before the meeting, the official undermined any
prospects of a breakthrough.
http://tinyurl.com/nrsud

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Tehran insider tells of US black ops:

There has been a marked spike in unrest in Kurdistan, Khuzestan and Balochistan,
three of Iran's provinces with a high concentration of ethnic Kurdish, Arab and
Balochi minorities respectively.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HD25Ak02.html

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US to dangle nuclear energy deal in exchange for Russia's help on Iran :

The United States said Saturday it is beginning negotiations with Russia on a
potentially lucrative nuclear energy accord, but made clear any deal would be
conditional on Moscow's full cooperation in US attempts to block Iranian nuclear
ambitions.
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/07/09/afx2866024.html

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Chechen rebel leader Basayev killed:

Shamil Basayev, the Chechen rebel leader who became the most wanted man in
Russia, has been killed by the Russian security services.
http://tinyurl.com/mjrsp

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Masters of War:

An anti-war video with background music from Pearl Jam
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13946.htm

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Japan Considers Strike Against N. Korea:

Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on the North's
missile bases would violate its constitution, signaling a hardening stance ahead
of a possible U.N. Security Council vote on Tokyo's proposal for sanctions
against the regime.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2173249

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N Korea ready for 'all-out war':

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has vowed not to make "even a tiny concession"
to the United States and said Pyongyang was braced for "all-out war" after its
missile tests, state television has warned.
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,19734362-5001027,00.html

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U.N. Postpones Vote On North Korea Sanctions:

Ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters after a meeting with envoys from Russia,
the United States, Britain, France and Japan that the resolution would have to
be altered for the council to approve it.
http://cbs3.com/topstories/topstories_story_191140927.html

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India's Test Of Nuclear-Capable Missile Fails:

I India's first test-firing of a new missile designed to carry nuclear warheads
across much of Asia and the Middle East was unsuccessful, the defense minister
said. Although initially reported as a success by officials, the Agni III
missile plunged into the Bay of Bengal short of its target
http://cbs2chicago.com/national/topstories_story_191141610.html

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K Gajendra Singh: The Mother Of All Battles: For Oil:

For the first time in its history, Latin America , sharply split between a tiny
rich white elite and huge poverty, is moving towards a degree of independence
and also a degree of integration. So the United States is terrified.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13938.htm

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Mexico's leftist candidate presents evidence of fraud:

The evidence to be presented to the Federal Election Tribunal includes alleged
proof of computer manipulation of results and that votes weren't counted, his
party says.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1169693.ece

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Ortega Reaches 30% in Nicaraguan Race:

Voter support for former head of state Daniel Ortega increased last month in
Nicaragua, according to a poll by Borge y Asociados. 30.1 per cent of
respondents would back the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) member in
this year’s presidential election
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12494

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In case you missed it;

Video: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised:

Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état. It's
a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the
man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington's biggest
Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13119.htm

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Guantanamo Bay detainees face 'systematic' abuse: :

Prisoners at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay have been subjected to
"systematic physical, psychological, sexual, medical and religious abuse,"
according to a report released Monday by the Center for Constitutional Rights
http://tinyurl.com/mecav

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Records Show Pentagon Silence Led to Prisoner Abuses:

New documents show senior Defense officials ignored the request by military
commanders to clarify interrogation methods.
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/26099prs20060710.html

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CCR Report In Full:

Report Details Recent Torture and Inhumane Treatment in Violation of U.S. Law
and the Supreme Court’s Recent Hamdan Decision;
http://tinyurl.com/ow8k5

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Dissident CIA faction 'exposed':

A HIGH-ranking Republican congressman has exposed what he sees as a dissident
faction within the CIA that he says "intentionally undermined" the policies of
US President George W Bush.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13939

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Hoekstra Says White House ‘Outside the Law':

The White House possibly broke the law by keeping intelligence activities a
secret from the lawmakers responsible for overseeing them, the House
Intelligence Committee chairman said yesterday.
http://www.nysun.com/article/35694

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Bush may have broken law over intelligence :

The White House kept intelligence activities secret from the lawmakers
responsible for overseeing them until whistleblowers revealed the programmes,
the house intelligence committee chairman said yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1816660,00.html

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MI5 has secret dossiers on one in 160 adults:

The Government was accused last night of hoarding information about people who
pose no danger to this country, after it emerged that MI5 holds secret files on
272,000 individuals - a staggering one in 160 adults.
http://tinyurl.com/zur2c

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Saving face over ID :

What do you get when you combine an ambitious IT scheme run by the government
and a plan that threatens to ride roughshod over civil liberties? The answer is
an unholy mess.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-2261933,00.html

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Man Arrested For Protesting Against War In Iraq:

Victor Kittila, 55, of Eastpointe was standing near the road in Ferndale last
week holding a sign that read "Honk if you want Bush Out," according to the
Daily Tribune. Kittila lost the sign after police confiscated it and placed him
under arrest.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/9492566/detail.html

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