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  • The Worst Bill Ever in Congress
    24 May 2011 par (Open-Publishing)

    The "Defense Authorization" bill now before Congress, HR 1750, is arguably the worst bill ever considered likely to pass into law. It includes $118 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, wars a majority of Americans wants ended. But that’s not why it’s the worst bill ever.
    This bill also includes $553 billion for other military waste. That’s enough money to save and improve a lot of lives if it weren’t being dumped into the war machine. But that’s not why this is the worst bill ever. (…)

  • BUCKINGHAM PALACE PROTEST AGAINST WAR PRESIDENT OBAMA
    24 May 2011 par (Open-Publishing)

    Without a trace of irony, President Barack Obama — the commander-in-chief of an empire which straddles the world, who has more than doubled the troops in Afghanistan, who continues to occupy Iraq, who has dramatically escalated a deadly drone war in Pakistan and who is currently bombing Libya — spoke last week of the "moral force of non-violence" and said he "will not tolerate aggression across borders". (SEE Choking on the Hypocrisy of Obama’s Hollow Platitudes: (…)

  • Lying by commisson and omission in Obama’s Middle East speech that ignored US-imposed Muslim Holocaust
    21 May 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Obama’s 19 May 2011 speech on the Middle East is extraordinary for its comprehensive dishonesty involving egregious deceit, lying by commission and lying by omission. Obama’s falsehoods in his 19 May 2011 Middle East speech are so numerous that one must confine analysis to the biggest lies.
    For the transcript of Obama’ 19 May 2011 Middle East speech see: .
    1. Iraqi Holocaust, Iraqi Genocide.
    Obama: “After years of war in Iraq, we have removed 100,000 American troops and ended our (…)

  • PROTEST WHEN OBAMA MEETS THE QUEEN 24 MAY
    20 May 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
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    STOP THE OBAMA WARS : TUESDAY 24 MAY 5.30PM BUCKINGHAM PALACE LONDON SW1A 1AA Called by Stop the War and CND
    President Obama is visiting Britain next week. It is important he and the world understand that the wars in Afghanistan and Libya are deeply unpopular here.
    Far from bringing an end to George Bush’s wars, President Obama has presided over attacks on Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia and Libya, as well as the continuing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is (…)

  • Israeli Navy Attack Aid Ship to Gaza and Force it Back to Egypt
    16 May 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Israeli Naval forces attacked and intercepted on Monday morning aid boat named “The Spirit of Rachel Corrie Mission” off the Gaza coast. The ship’s 12 crew and passengers are safe. Currently the ship has been forced to anchor in the Egyptian waters at one and a half nautical miles from the Gazan waters. The vessel left the Port of Piraeus, Greece on Wednesday, May 11.
    The humanitarian initiative is sponsored by Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF) and participating in this mission (…)

  • "The Legacy of Bin Laden"
    15 May 2011 par (Open-Publishing)

    "The Legacy of Bin Laden" by Immortal Technique
    May 2, 2011 | 8:10pm
    When the announcement came late last night that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by the United States, many took to Twitter, the streets, and the airwaves to offer snap judgments, brief thoughts, and celebration. Immortal Technique, instead, took a different route. The always critically thinking, socially conscious rhymer decided to reflect. He reflected on the news and what it meant for this country and the world, and (…)

  • Gays, God & The End of War
    12 May 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Violence is the first refuge of the incompetent-Isaac Asimov
    It’s almost unbelievable but the end is near for the U.S. military and quite possibly, the end of war. The gravity of the President’s recent decision to allow gays to openly serve in the military is beginning to sink in and most of those speaking out say that they will take early retirement or quit and they will advise their sons and daughters or grandchildren not to join the military. Some say that for every gay that joins up, (…)

  • Osama bin Laden’s death is a fork in the road
    4 May 2011 par (Open-Publishing)

    The killing of the al-Qaida leader either means the end of the ’war on terror’ or more Bin Ladens rising to continue the fight
    Let that be it. The killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan is a fork in the road of world politics.
    One way lies a fundamental rethink of US and British policy towards the Arab and Muslim worlds, a chance to drain the swamp that bred 9/11.
    That way is the end of the "war on terror" launched in the aftermath of Bin Laden’s atrocious crimes of September 2011. His (…)

  • Libya Violence and Canadian Political Silence
    1 May 2011 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Stefan Christoff
    Editor’s note: This article was written before Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, the youngest son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was reported killed in a Nato air strike on April 30, 2011. Three of the elder Gaddifi’s grandchildren were also reported killed by the strike on the family compound in Tripoli.
    As Canada enters the final days in 2011 election campaigning, politicians streaking across the country have offered little more than resounding silence on Canada’s military (…)

  • Mistreated’ Americans Win $400 Million Settlement Against Iraq. Is it fair ?
    30 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)

    Is it fair that the Iraqi parliament has agreed to pay $400 million to a group of Americans who say they were traumatized or tortured during Saddam Hussein’s rule after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The parliament session was sparsley attended. The case was not clearly explained. What’s so unfair about that? .
    An agreement was signed last week that would settle up to eight groups of claims against Iraq, and help lift decades-old UN sanctions. Meanwhile, Iraqis barely have electricity, are (…)