"The monster states created by modernity are not necessary for economic or political freedom or for the flourishing of culture; taking their history as a whole, they are responsible for spectacular losses of both." - Donald Livingston, "Dismantling Leviathan"

 

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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,757
icasualties.org/oif/

 

 

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Oratory is out of fashion with us - no longer do our statesmen hold the House of Commons in thrall for eight hours at a go. But Mr Gaddafi is also a bad joke throughout the Arab world outside Libya. How can that be?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27564.htm

 

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The outcome of government-opposition negotiations in Bahrain is geopolitically more significant than the turmoil in Libya.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27563.htm

 

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I think that the United States and its European allies will do everything they can to prevent full flourishing democracy in Egypt for exactly the reason I mentioned.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27565.htm

 

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Israel's plan was still to replace the Ottoman Turks of yore as the local imperial power. The Arab nations (prepared by British imperial divide-and-conquer and local-strongman policies) would be kept divided, weak, dependent now on Israel to ensure safe access to oil.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27561.htm

 

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The UN vote demonstrates the great potential in organizing beyond the US, although it remains to be seen whether the PA is capable of pushing its case beyond the confines of American patronage, or having the courage to do so.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27562.htm

 

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John Pilger examines the imperial force that has preserved an unfree Middle East and whose true political nature is rarely uttered, except occasionally by those who have known it from within.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27568.htm

 

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In Case You Missed It
The War on Democracy

 

 

"The film tells a universal story," says Pilger. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called war on terror".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27567.htm

 

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So that's what they mean by from welfare to work. First you go force the poorest Americans into the workforce, then you go after their bargaining power. Wisconsin has long been the eye of this storm.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27566.htm

 

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Welcome To America
TSA Harassing And Searching A 9 Year Old

 

 

There were about 14 agents pulling people inside the building and corralling everyone in a roped area AFTER you got OFF THE TRAIN.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27569.htm

 

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A recent Nato air strike in an eastern Afghanistan valley killed at least 62 civilians including women and children, an Afghan government investigation said on Thursday.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?236717

 

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The dead included a father, his 12-year-old son and 13-year-old nephew, Omari said.
http://bit.ly/h2q5z0

 

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Militants in Pakistan attacked tankers bringing fuel to NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Friday, killing four people in the latest strike on an important supply line to the Western-led war.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110225/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

 

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Lahore, Feb 25 : A Pakistani court hearing in the trial of US official Raymond Davis in the double-murder case has been adjourned until March 3.
http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-155644.html

 

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 I and my brothers in al Qaeda distance ourselves ... from such operations and condemn them," Ayman al-Zawahri said in an audio recording.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/25/bin-laden-against-attacks-on-civilians-deputy-says.html

 

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Gaddafi loyalists attacked anti-government militias controlling Misrata, Libya's third-biggest city, and killed several people in fighting near the city's airport.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?236687

 

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Pro-Gaddafi forces opened fire after hundreds of people in the Janzour district in western Tripoli started a protest march after Friday prayers, a resident, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters in an email.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE71G0A620110225

 

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"We can defeat any aggression if necessary and arm the people," Gaddafi said, in footage that was aired on Libyan state television on Friday.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011225165641323716.html

 

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As the uprising in Libya enters its eleventh day, we keep you updated on the developing situation
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/live-blog-libya-feb-26

 

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Manufacturing Consent For Occupation Of Libya:
Libya: NATO To Hold Emergency Meeting Of North Atlantic Council:

 

"I will meet with EU Defence Ministers and discuss with them how we, in a pragmatic way, can help those in need and limit the consequences of these events."
http://bit.ly/ffAmqR

 

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Manufacturing Consent For Occupation Of Libya:

 

Back the Libyans:
The Arab League should authorize military intervention to stop the killing
http://arabnews.com/opinion/editorial/article283342.ece

 

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According to the reports, Saif al-Arab, Gaddafi's youngest son, who was sent by his father to cooperate with Libyan security forces in the massive crackdown on pro-democracy protesters joined forces with the demonstrators in the eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday.
http://presstv.com/detail/166900.html

 

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cautioned the West Thursday that attempts to meddle in the rebellions of the Arab world may sweep extremists to power.
http://bit.ly/hr5vS4

 

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Despite pleas by the government and Shiite religious leaders for Iraqis to stay home, demonstrators gathered by the hundreds and thousands from Basra in the south to Mosul and Kirkuk in the north.
http://wapo.st/ha0ScS

 

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Six members of one family were killed when unknown gunmen attacked their house Friday, security sources said.
http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-155537.html

 

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The Iraqi journalist who was arrested back in 2008 for throwing a shoe at George W. Bush, has been put in jail again, this time for supporting Egypt-style protests in Baghdad:
http://passport.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/24/iraqi_shoe_thrower_re_arrested

 

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Let the world know what is happening in Iraq.
http://uruknet.com/?p=m75341&hd=&size=1&l=e

 

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Study says US wasted billions in Iraq, Afghanistan:

 

The "Commission on Wartime Contracting" report found that losses to fraud alone in both war zones could be as high as $12 billion.
http://bit.ly/giAzYQ

 

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Somali rebels killed six Burundian peacekeepers during an offensive against insurgents, Burundi's army said on Thursday, one of the force's heaviest losses in a single day.
http://bit.ly/gjefSV

 

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Fresh fighting broke out in Mogadishu on Friday as pro-government forces and their African Union backers continued an offensive against Al Qaeda-linked Shebab Islamists, sources said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110225/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestburundiugandaau

 

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At least nine people were wounded after security forces opened fire at anti-government protesters in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden Friday, witnesses said.
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/748735/cs/1/

 

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Tens of thousands of mainly Shi'ite Bahrainis gathered in Manama on Friday, declared as a day of mourning by the government, in one of the biggest anti-government protests since unrest erupted 10 days ago.
http://bit.ly/gVCPLy

 

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From the point of view of Saudi Arabia, an empowerment of the Shia in Bahrain will likely energize their own Shia population, which is concentrated in the eastern province, which is an oil-rich area not too far from the border with Bahrain.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27563.htm

 

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The thousands gathered in Tahrir Square and in other Egyptian cities ignored calls by the military, now in control of the country, to halt protests. Activists have been calling on 1 million people to continue gathering in Cairo's 'liberation' square every Friday until their demands are met.
http://bit.ly/i0iabb

 

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For the first time in three decades, the public is starting to believe that the law is being applied to all and that no one is above the law.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1036/eg31.htm

 

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Fearing a repeat of last Friday's violent clashes, more than 3,000 police were deployed in the city centre for this week's so-called day of anger.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12582869

 

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Jordan's government said Thursday it had set up a committee tasked with overhauling the country's electoral law in a bid to appease protesters calling for greater political choice.
http://bit.ly/gOP7T9

 

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The overnight air raids came hours after a member of the Palestinian resistance was killed and 10 others injured in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12564546

 

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In a tense telephone call, PM tells German chancellor that he was disappointed by Germany's vote at UN, but assures her he intends to launch new peace plan soon; Merkel reportedly did not believe Netanyahu, saying he disappointed her.
http://bit.ly/dE8vkq

 

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opposes the plan
http://bit.ly/gaRNWH

 

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:

 

 

In a report obtained by news agencies, the IAEA said Tehran was "not engaging with the agency in substance on issues concerning the allegation that Iran is developing a nuclear payload for its missile programme".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12584146

 

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Ivory Coast rebels take the town of Zouan-Hounien in the west, as the UN warns that the country may be heading towards civil war.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12582014

 

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Soldiers will run prisons if guards go on strike as part of protests against public sector cuts, it was revealed today.
http://bit.ly/fTP8hZ

 

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Tom Feeley