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ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third: Ambrose Bierce

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Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the meek who see the world's great anguish and its wrong, and dare not speak: Ralph Chaplin

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Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power: Baron Wessenberg

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"The U.S. military presence has become part of the problem, not part of the solution."

Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)

The Administration told us the financial costs would be paid with Iraqi oil dollars, but it is being paid with billions of American tax dollars. Another $80 billion bill for the black hole that Iraq has become has just been handed to the American people.
Real Audio and Transcript.
http://207.44.245.159/article7930.htm

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U.S. guards shoot dead 4 inmates in Iraq prison riot: 

There were no serious injuries among the Americans during 45 minutes of rioting
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-02/01/content_413992.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6blfw

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Rebels threaten to behead captured US soldier : 

Iraqi militants are claiming to be holding an American soldier hostage and have threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the US release Iraqi prisoners.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/02/01/story187365.html

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100,00 dead as : CIA Corrects Itself on WMD: 

The new report from the CIA, which is dated Jan. 18, retreats from the agency's prewar assertions on chemical weapons on almost every front. It concludes that "Iraq probably did not pursue chemical warfare efforts after 1991."
http://207.44.245.159/article7938.htm

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The Vietnam turnout was good as well : 

On September 4 1967 the New York Times published an upbeat story on presidential elections held by the South Vietnamese puppet regime at the height of the Vietnam war. Under the heading "US encouraged by Vietnam vote: Officials cite 83% turnout despite Vietcong terror", the paper reported that the Americans had been "surprised and heartened" by the size of the turnout "despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting".
http://207.44.245.159/article7935.htm

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Dahr Jamail: What They're Not Telling You About the "Election": 

Every Iraqi I have spoken with who voted explained that they believe the National Assembly which will be formed soon will signal an end to the occupation.
http://207.44.245.159/article7940.htm

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Gorbachev Calls Iraqi Elections "Fake":

 In an interview with the Interfax news agency, he said the elections are "very far from what true elections are. And even though I am a supporter of elections and of the transfer of power to the people of Iraq, these elections were fake."
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/01/31/gorbacheviraq.shtml

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Audio: British MP George Galloway: Elections in Occupied Iraq "Flawed Beyond Redemption": 

This is a festival, a farce that's been held to validate the American-British invasion and occupation of Iraq.
http://207.44.245.159/article7939.htm

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Kurds set to win two-thirds of vote in tense Iraq oil city: 

The main Kurdish alliance is set to win two-thirds of the vote in Iraq's tense northern oil centre of Kirkuk, fanning Turkish fears about Kurdish ambitions for the ethnically divided city.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/afp/20050201/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvotekurds

http://tinyurl.com/52nbc

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Turks to Kurds: hands off oil town: 

In an early sign of the ethnic tensions that will shape - or plague - post-election Iraq, reaction to the poll in neighbouring Turkey was far from enthusiastic.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,12122624%255E401,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/72br6

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Video of Purported UK Plane Shootdown By Iraqi Resistance: 

Windows Media.
http://tinyurl.com/5op4r

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Death in the wilderness: what really happened?: 

The security of military flights in Iraq was under urgent review last night after Islamic militants claimed they had shot down a British transport plane carrying special forces with a ground-to-air missile.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=606557

http://tinyurl.com/4hl65

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Fallujah in Pictures : 

If our cause is just, we should not fear witnessing its cost. This is not the whole truth, just a side that is rarely seen elsewhere. 

- Warning - Pictures depict the reality and horror of war.
http://airamericaradio.com/shows/randirhodes/fallujah/crisis/criinfal/2005/01/fal1.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6vt3g

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Gonzales Added To War Crimes Complaint In Germany: 

The Center For Constitutional Rights Says Attorney General Designate's Testimony before the Senate Confirms His Rolein Abu Ghraib Torture
http://207.44.245.159/article7934.htm

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U.S. human rights lawyers ask German court to expand war crimes probe of U.S. officials : 

A group of American human rights lawyers asked German prosecutors Monday to investigate U.S. Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales on allegations of war crimes as part of a requested probe of U.S. officials' actions in Iraq, the group said.
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/9946.html

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Religion At Guantanamo: An American Disgrace?: 

The parallel universe of Guantanamo inverts the American tradition that serves as the root of accommodation and tolerance. Even prisoners in our system of law and tradition are protected by our founding document
http://207.44.245.159/article7936.htm

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Guantanamo military tribunals illegal, federal judge rules: 

The administration also rejected Green's ruling that some detainees have rights under the Geneva Conventions, the international treaty that spells out how prisoners of war must be treated.
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/politics/10782646.htm

http://tinyurl.com/5b2q9

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The Inquisition Strikes Back: In 'Guantanamo: 

What the World Should Know,' it's hard to say which is more disgusting, the descriptions of the torture or the bone-chilling analyses of how the president gave himself the powers of an absolute military dictator.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21105/

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Audio: British Human Rights Lawyer Gareth Pierce Says Torture "Is the Recipe for the Destruction" of International Human Rights. 

This is a must listen interview
http://207.44.245.159/article7941.htm

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British soldier 'threatened naked Iraqi prisoners :

 Corporal Jonathan Petrice, said the act was of such an "untasteful nature" that he walked away, telling another soldier that "war crimes" were being committed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1403392,00.html?gusrc=rss

http://tinyurl.com/5tajm

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Alleged "terror suspect" freed from UK jail : 

A foreign terror suspect held in the UK without trial or charge since December 2001 has been freed from jail, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has confirmed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4226097.stm

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Wounded Kentucky Soldier Flees To Canada: 

A soldier from Lexington wounded in Iraq says he fled to Canada rather than return to his Army unit.
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2883920

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US Military facing budget gap with Halliburton: report: 

The top US commander in Baghdad is facing a budget gap of at least $4 billion between what Halliburton Co. HAL.N says it will cost to provide services for US troops for a year and what the government has budgeted
http://tinyurl.com/5k6mw

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US to spend $1.5bn on new Iraq embassy : 

The United States has selected a spot in Baghdad's top security Green zone and will spend more than $1.5 billion to build a new, fortress like embassy in the Iraqi capital, the State Department said.
http://www.dawn.com/2005/01/31/int3.htm

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Noam Chomsky: It should have been one of the easiest military occupations in history: 

Chomsky interviewed by David McNeill
http://207.44.245.159/article7932.htm

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Soldiers demoted for robbing Iraqi store: 

Other charges involving nine 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldiers who allegedly robbed Iraqis they stopped at a checkpoint near their base in western Iraq were not prosecuted because Army investigators could not find the alleged Iraqi victims
http://www.armytimes.com/print.php?f=1-292925-621821.php

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Law Gives Spending Power to Special Operations Forces: 

The new law authorizes the secretary of defense to spend as much as $25 million a year through 2007 "to provide support to foreign forces, irregular forces, groups or individuals" who help Special Operations missions
http://207.44.245.159/article7937.htm

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Why an attack on Iran is inevitable: 

US and British policy has ensured that the EU will itself be in such turmoil over the next year that it will not be able to respond in any meaningful sense to a new act of Anglo-American aggression. There are four reasons for this.
http://207.44.245.159/article7933.htm

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Jerusalem land seizures 'illegal' : 

The legislation entitles Israel to take Arab-owned land without compensation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4226497.stm

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Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 01/31/05: 

The nation's only uncensored compilation of daily television news reports from more than 15 countries in the Middle East. QuickTime Video.
http://tinyurl.com/4z37l

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The Trojan Horses of Nuclear War: 

An essential resource concerning uranium weapons.
http://www.traprockpeace.org/depleted_uranium_hamburg03.html

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If China Shuns Dollar, Look Out U.S. Bonds: 

The plot thickens when you consider how such a shift away from the dollar would jibe not only with comments from top Malaysian officials, but trends throughout Asia.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&refer=columnist_pesek&sid=aEBBmwvtNuxA

http://tinyurl.com/53n6w

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Bush Flogs Phony Social Security Crisis: 

The Bush formula for governing is now quite predictable: Keep them scared, everything you want should be framed as a "crisis," encourage focus on messianic missions like sending our Christian soldiers to spread "freedom" and "liberty" and stamp out "tyranny" wherever it grows -- except, of course, in China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/gallagher200.html

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US teens 'reject' key freedoms : 

Half the students polled wrongly believed the US government had the right to censor the internet, while two-thirds believed it was illegal to burn the US flag - another misconception.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4225013.stm

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U.S. students say press has to much freedom: 

One in three U.S. high school students say the press ought to be more restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper stories before readers see them, according to a survey being released today.
http://tinyurl.com/5goau

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Perilous Times:: 

In wartime, dissent comes with a price tag some Americans, especially political leaders, are usually unwilling to pay.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/booksmags/chi-0501290227jan30,1,1576286.story?coll=chi-leisurebooks-hed

http://tinyurl.com/4judj

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Lockheed Martin to build President's helicopters: 

The company was chosen to build the next fleet of presidential helicopters, a $6.1 billion contract.
http://news10now.com/content/all_news/central_new_york/?ArID=35781&SecID=86

http://tinyurl.com/58qzs

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More Texans turn to food stamps: 

Officials report 75 percent rise since 2000
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3016725

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President Bush's 2006 Budget to Request Boost for IRS Enforcement: 

President Bush's 2006 budget will request an additional $500 million for IRS enforcement activities. This represents a 7.8% increase in funding over FY 2005.
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js2224.htm

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  Peace & Joy

    Tom Feeley
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Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." (August 1765) John Adams 



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