wouldn't call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment can hardly be described as democracy either: Edward Zehr
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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The peace and welfare of this and coming generations of Americans will be secure only as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: "Our country -- when right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.": Carl Schurz:
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Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles: Ralph Waldo Emerson:
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Charge Him or Release Him
"Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." : Henry David Thoreau - (1817-1862)
Jose Padilla : U.S. Citizen Imprisoned Without Trial or Charges for 3 Years and 46 Days
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The Real News in the Downing Street Memos
Bush and Blair began their war not in March 2003, as everyone believed, but at the end of August 2002, six weeks before Congress approved military action against Iraq.
By Michael Smith
Sunday Times of London
The real news is the shady April 2002 deal to go to war, the cynical use of the U.N. to provide an excuse, and the secret, illegal air war without the backing of Congress.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9248.htm
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We shelter behind the myth that progress is being made
The reality - unimaginable for the Americans and their self-deluding allies, tragic for the Iraqis themselves - is that Iraq is a hell-disaster
By Robert Fisk
So we are going to support the myth. As the headless bodies are found along the Tigris, as the mortuaries fill up, as the American dead grow far beyond 1,700 - and, let us remember, the Iraqi dead go into the tens of thousands - Europe and the rest of the world still support the American project.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9247.htm
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Bush War On Terror? More like Bush's War Creates Terror!
The Evidence File
By LynnTheDem
You've made us all less safe now, while killing tens of thousands of innocent people, including Americans.
Read the evidence file.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9246.htm
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Guantanamo; the new-world icon
Guantanamo is emblematic of a militarized world stripped of humanity or justice. It looms as the salient icon of the new world order.
by Mike Whitney
To fully appreciate the depravity of the Bush claque, we only need to visit the Rush Limbaugh web site, where the drug-addicted spokesman for the administration is currently hawking T-shirts (Orange; "I got my free Koran and Prayer Rug at G'itmo" or, orange baseball cap reading "Camp G'itmo") and baseball caps in an public relations scheme to trivialize the horrors of systematic torture of detainees in US custody.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9243.htm
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The Bill of Rights: The Rights of the Accused
Is the Sixth Amendment relevant today? You bet it is
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Make no mistake about it: If the feds treat foreigners accused of terrorism in this way, they’ll do the same to Americans. Just ask Jose Padilla, an American whom the Pentagon has held in a military dungeon for over three years and whom they have denied all the rights enumerated in the Sixth Amendment.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9255.htm
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Afghans say 132 Taliban dead, four commanders under siege:
The brother-in-law of fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar is one of the key figures under siege in a mountain hideout, the Afghan defence ministry said Thursday. The claim could not be independently confirmed.
http://www.bakutoday.net/afps/english/shared/int/050623143342.6pgunr2g.html
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Russia concerned over terrorist training camps in Afghanistan :
"We are seriously concerned that terrorist training bases are still operating on Afghan territory, including with the immediate participation of certain secret services," Putin said
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050623/40751063.html
http://snipurl.com/fsjj
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30 dead in Baghdad bombs:
Four car bombs shook Baghdad after dawn on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens in the second wave of attacks within hours, police said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22706115.htm
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Three U.S. soldiers killed in combat west of Baghdad:
Three U.S. soldiers were killed by small-arms fire during combat operations west of Baghdad, the military announced Wednesday.
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-932143.php
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Two Iraqis killed, 10 injured in car bomb explosion in Kirkuk:
Iraqi police sources said, the car exploded early today in front of a gas station killing two Iraqis, one of them was a police officer, and ten others were injured and transported to the hospital.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=745492
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Japan Suspends Mission in Iraq:
The government of Japan has decided to suspend the mission of the Japanese contingent in Iraq, announced the Secretary General of
Japan’s Government Hiryuki Hosoda
http://snipurl.com/fsj8
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CIA says Iraq is now a terrorist training ground:
The CIA believes the Iraq insurgency poses an international threat and may produce better-trained Islamic terrorists than the 1980s Afghanistan war that gave rise to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, officials said on Wednesday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9244.htm
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Iraq, the new Afghanistan:
It's virtually impossible for US President George W Bush's Iraq to be "on its way to democracy" when real unemployment reaches a staggering 50% (a scarier prospect for most people than car bombs or snipers), 25% of children under five years old are malnourished, 78% of the households in the country (and 92% in Baghdad) have electricity only a few hours a day, only 37% of urban households (and a mere 4% in the countryside) have sewage-disposal systems, only 61% have access to drinking water.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9249.htm
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Top Commander Says Insurgency Still Strong :
The top American commander in the Persian Gulf told Congress on Thursday that the Iraqi insurgency has not grown weaker over the past six months, despite a claim by Vice President Dick Cheney that it was in its "last throes."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9253.htm
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UN experts say accounts detail Guantanamo torture:
U.N. human rights experts said Thursday they have reliable accounts of detainees being tortured at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9245.htm
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U.N. Expert Says U.S. Stalling on Request to Visit Guantanamo Detainees:
Manfred Nowak, the U.N. special investigator on torture, said that he and three other experts would use a news conference later Thursday to voice their complaints that Washington has not responded to their mid-April request to check on the conditions of the detainees.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB0IPKTAAE.html
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Senior aides refuse to testify against Saddam:
Senior Iraqi aides currently in U.S. custody have refused to testify against former leader Saddam Hussein when recently questioned by magistrates.
http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news2005-06-2110416.htm
http://snipurl.com/fsjv
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Military Compiles Database Of Students For Recruiting:
The Defense Department, faced with enlistment shortfalls, has reportedly begun assembling a database of young people as a recruiting aid.
http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4642865/detail.html
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UK backs oil firm despite bribery inquiry :
The controversial oil firm Halliburton has been awarded new British government backing, despite being at the centre of a bribery investigation
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/economics/story/0,11268,1510898,00.html
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U.S. Spy Plane Pilot Dies in South West Asia "Crash":
U.S. Central Command said the crash occurred in ``southwest Asia,'' a term that can be a substitute for the Middle East.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5091786,00.html
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Was the U-2 Spying On Iran?
U.S. spy plane crashed in United Arab Emirates:
An anonymous Pentagon official said, that the U-2 crashed in the Emirates while approaching the base to land
http://newsfromrussia.com/accidents/2005/06/23/60432.html
http://snipurl.com/fsjz
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Russia to Deliver Nuclear Fuel for Bushehr Power Plant in Few Months:
The 1,000 MW reactor is 84 percent complete and commissioning will start by the end of 2006
http://mosnews.com/news/2005/06/23/iranrusfuel.shtml
http://snipurl.com/fsk0
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Blix: Iran Years Away From Nuke Weapons:
Former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said Thursday it would take many years for Iran to achieve the capability to produce highly enriched uranium needed for an atomic bomb.
http://snipurl.com/fsk3
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Israeli Soldiers "Getting Away With Murder" - HRW:
Israeli soldiers have killed an average of more than one Palestinian civilian per day since the current intifada uprising began in 2000, but only a handful of cases have even been investigated, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9251.htm
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White House declines to criticize Israel assassinations:
The White House on Wednesday declined to criticize Israel for resuming an assassination policy against Islamic Jihad militants and called on the Palestinian leadership to do more to combat "terrorist" groups attempting to derail peace efforts.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22692399.htm
http://snipurl.com/fsk5
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Israel: Detainee blinded during interrogation :
Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Fahmi Shqeirat, reported that detainee Salama Mohammad Rashaida, 30, from Bethlehem, lost his sight as a result of torture in Asqalan detention.
http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11956&Itemid=1
http://snipurl.com/fsk6
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Church may black firms over Israeli 'occupation':
The Anglican Church is expected to back a report tomorrow urging it to disinvest in companies that "support the occupation" of Palestinian lands
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/06/23/nchur23.xml
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Confronting Israeli Myth-Making:
Propagandists on behalf of Israel - become increasingly deceptive and malign -- and increasingly effective – with time.
http://www.counterpunch.org/christison06222005.html
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Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 06/22/05:
The nation's only uncensored compilation of daily television news reports from more than 15 countries in the Middle East. QuickTime Video.
http://snipurl.com/fsk8
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Terror suspect freed in Mexico:
Mexico on Wednesday cleared a Lebanese-born, British citizen of wrongdoing, setting him free mere days after his arrest because of suspected links to September 11 terror groups.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1725795,00.html
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Showdown: Washington Threatens Ecuador, Demands Immunity for U.S. Troops: :
Ecuador's President Alfredo Palacio has decided not to sign an immunity treaty for U.S. military and civilian officials before the World Court. Washington is now trying to blackmail Ecuador's new (60-days-old) President, Alfredo Palacio with threats of cutting aid.
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/23/1446/60713
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John Pilger: Power is accountable to the people, not to the "free market":
Africa's imperial plunder and tragedy have been turned into a circus for the benefit of the so-called G8 leaders due in Scotland next month and those of us willing to be distracted by the barkers of the circus: the establishment media and their "celebrities".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9254.htm
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Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Our Homes:
The Supreme Court today effectively expanded the right of local governments to seize private property under eminent domain, ruling that people's homes and businesses -- even those not considered blighted -- can be taken against their will for private development if the seizure serves a broadly defined "public use."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9250.htm
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Consent of the Governed: The reign of corporations and the fight for democracy .
Having achieved extensive control over so many facets of our lives -- from food and clothing production to information, transportation, and other necessities -- corporate institutions have become more powerful than the sovereign people who originally granted them existence.
http://www.oriononline.org/pages/om/03-6om/Kaplan.html
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The Chauffeur's Dilemma:
Bush used his war policies to create votes, so he converted an economic program aimed at strip-mining America into a program for winning blue-collar hearts and minds.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=3779
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House again passes flag-burning amendment :
The House voted today to approve a constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to ban desecration of the American flag, a measure that for the first time stands a chance of passing the Senate as well.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=15459
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House roll call on flag amendment :
How did your congress person vote?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9241
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Chinese oil company offers $18.5 billion for Unocal
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3509731
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Peace & Joy
Tom Feeley
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