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[David McKnight]

I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality: George Washington: 

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At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols: Aldous Huxley: 

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Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice: Alexander Solzhenitsyn: 

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We are reluctant to admit that we owe our liberties to men of a type that today we hate and fear -- unruly men, disturbers of the peace, men who resent and denounce what Whitman called 'the insolence of elected persons' -- in a word, free men.: Gerald W. Johnson


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A 'Long War' Against Whom?

By Robert Parry

For the next generation or more, it appears the American people will be asked to sacrifice their children, their tax dollars and possibly the remnants of their democracy to what a top U.S. commander now candidly calls the "Long War." 
http://207.44.245.159/article7582.htm

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Seven killed in Iraqi suicide attack: 

A suicide car bomber has killed seven people, five of them Iraqi National Guards
http://snipurl.com/bpl3

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Zarqawi group says killed five Iraqi National Guard: 

Militants from a group led by Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said they had killed five men and warned those who work with the US-backed government they faced the same fate.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/January/focusoniraq_January8.xml&section=focusoniraq

http://snipurl.com/bpl4

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Police find beheaded bodies: 

IRAQI police found beheaded two bodies in western Baghdad today along with a note that said they were truck drivers killed because they were working with the US military.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11833149%255E401,00.html

http://snipurl.com/bpl5

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Marine Killed in Al Anbar (Fallujah) During Operations: 

One Marine assigned to the I Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in action Friday, Dec. 31 while conducting security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar Province.
http://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/January/050101c.htm

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Clashes around Baghdad: 

Fighting between US forces and armed groups has continued in and around the Iraqi capital, intensifying on the road leading to Baghdad airport.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2969BFDD-CC68-4B9C-BDF5-EFF6075E1B71.htm

http://snipurl.com/bpl8

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Post-9/11 conflicts send 1 million to battle zones: 

Nearly 1 million members of the U.S. armed forces have been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and other danger zones since the September 11 terror attacks, and almost a third of them have been sent more than once, figures released by the Pentagon show. 
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20041230-111258-1607r

http://snipurl.com/bplh

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Goodbye to 2004, another year of living stupidly: 

Never in the memory of the living generation have the errors, falsifications and unreason of policy come in such rapid and overwhelming succession that each buries its predecessor before it's even partially absorbed, much less understood.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/11889222p-12776129c.html

http://snipurl.com/5mw9

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US Applying 'Israeli Tactics' in Felluce : 

It has recently been discovered that US and Iraqi forces have been using a method of demolishing houses in Felluce (Fallujah) that Israelis have also used on Palestinian homes.
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20041231&hn=15180

http://snipurl.com/bpl9

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Bungled Israeli killing revealed  : 

Papers released at the National Archives in London have revealed the details of a political murder by Israeli secret services 30 years ago. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4138021.stm

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Daniel Pipes Favors Concentration Camps: 

That the Revisionist-Zionist extremist Daniel Pipes has fond visions of rounding up Muslim Americans and putting them in concentration camps isn't a big surprise. That a mainstream American newspaper would publish this David-Dukeian evil is. Of course, this is also a man that President Bush appointed to a temporary vacancy at the United States Institute of Peace.
http://207.44.245.159/article7581.htm

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Wag the dog: 

Official says Sharon weighed war during probe : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon considered launching a war in the Middle East to divert attention from a police investigation into allegations that he accepted bribes, an Israeli newspaper reported.
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_4.html

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A View from Syria on the Palestinian Right to Return: 

"What's the use of having international law on our side when it's not upheld by the ruling powers?"
http://www.counterpunch.com/hassen12312004.html

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U.S. Aid To Israel Must Become Conditional
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=47857031-4A1D-4EB6-BB31-DA64AF76FCBA

http://snipurl.com/bplb

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Iraq Vs. Tsunami: The Duplicity Of The Media : 

This is where the western press really excels: in the celebratory atmosphere of human catastrophe. Their penchant for misery is only surpassed by their appetite for profits. Where was this "free press" in Iraq when the death toll was skyrocketing towards 100,000?
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=21&ItemID=6941

http://snipurl.com/bplc

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US military aid role a first in Indonesia: 

In a groundbreaking piece of diplomacy, US soldiers will for the first time touch down on Indonesian soil in an operational capacity. 
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4A0A0C42-C6C4-42A8-8B5D-5BAC00C99BA2.htm

http://snipurl.com/bplk

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US pledges $350m in tsunami aid : 

The pledge was made just before talks between senior US and UN figures on co-ordinating aid efforts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4138763.stm

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Regarding the "stinginess" of American aid : 

Here's the ranking of contries by relief aid per capita per day
http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/001805.html

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Western Governments can do more to help tsunami victims : ...

If our governments could mobilize resources, the media, and in some cases popular support, like they do for illegal wars of conquest and occupation, tens of thousands more lives could possibly be saved.
http://asiantsunami.blogspot.com/

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China May Be Offered Stake in Yukos Subsidiary: 

A senior Russian official said on Thursday that China's state oil company could be offered 20 percent of a giant subsidiary of the oil company Yukos that was confiscated and sold 11 days ago.
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041231/ZNYT01/412310345/1004/local

http://snipurl.com/bpld

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Does America Get What It Deserves?: 

"Time" magazine named President George W. Bush "Man of the Year" for 2004, an honor previously bestowed on Adolf Hitler (1938), Josef Stalin (1942) and the Ayatollah Khomeini (1979). Congratulations and good for him.
http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/editorial183.html

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Paving the way for the bioweapons of the future? 

A growing number of microbiologists, nonproliferation experts, and former government officials say there may be a dark side to the biodefense push: With poor oversight, government-funded scientists could actually be paving the way for the next generation of killer germs-and given the explosion of research, there is no way to keep track of what is being done.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2004/03/02_400.html

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Bush allies prepare for Social Security battle: 

With Bush planning to unveil the details of his Social Security plan this month, several GOP groups close to the White House are asking the same donors who helped re-elect Bush to fund an extensive campaign to convince Americans - and skeptical lawmakers - that Social Security is in crisis and that private accounts are the only cure.
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/10541236.htm

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Lautenberg Calls on Social Security Administration to Cease Telephone Propaganda Aimed at Scaring Seniors: 

As President Bush begins to sell his Social Security privatization plan with claims of a looming Social Security "crisis," the Social Security Administration is forcing callers to their 800 number to listen to inaccurate propaganda with a "crisis"
http://lautenberg.senate.gov/~lautenberg/press/2003/01/2004C23848.html

http://snipurl.com/bple

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Lobbyists Descend on Cabinet Picks: 

Long before they start their new jobs, President Bush's Cabinet picks are getting close attention from lobbyists who follow the smallest moves from start to finish - even urging senators to ask specific questions at confirmation hearings.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041230-111258-7999r.htm

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Shame Of The Democrats: 

Watch the video of the January 6, 2001 refusal of any member of the U.S. Senate to join those members of the House of Representatives who tried to challenge Florida's fraud-obtained electoral votes.
http://makethemaccountable.com/misc/DemocratsShame2001.htm

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I Am Hope:: 

The flame of hope should never go out from your life. Flash presentation
http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/2529/4candles.swf

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