An Ugly Week For The Human Race And Other Living Things
By David Michael Green
Obama's peculiar sin is that he - unlike Reagan or Clinton or the pathetic Bush family goobers - is stuck presiding over the national decline at the moment it has slipped into fourth gear, and at a time after which all those other clowns have more or less exhausted the suite of remotely plausible diversionary tactics.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24543.htm
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The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont
By Christopher Ketcham / Montpelier
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Hans Blix: Blair's blind faith in intelligence:
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Brown marginalised on Iraq decision, says Short:
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Obama approved secret operations in Yemen: report:
President Barack Obama approved secret joint U.S. military and intelligence operations with Yemeni troops that began six weeks ago and killed six regional al Qaeda leaders, The Washington Post reported.
http://snipurl.com/u8k8n
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CIA chief holds secret talks with Egypt, Israel: Report: :
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Report: U.S. accelerates missile defenses in Persian Gulf:
U.S. President Barack Obama recently decided to speed up the deployment of defense systems, placing special ships off the Persian Gulf and missile defense systems in Arab states such as Qatar, the U.A.E., Bahrain, and Kuwait.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146200.html
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US raises stakes on Iran by sending in ships and missiles:
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U.S. steps up arms sales to Persian Gulf allies:
The Obama administration is quietly working with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies to speed up arms sales and rapidly upgrade defenses for oil terminals and other key infrastructure in a bid to thwart future military attacks by Iran, according to former and current U.S. and Middle Eastern government officials.
http://snipurl.com/u8k04
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Obama adviser: U.S. and Israel working very closely on Iran:
Israel and the United States are closely conferring about the Iranian nuclear program, U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said in an interview published on Sunday, calling Israel's conduct "responsible".
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146427.html
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War criminal:
Blair warns that world faces decision to halt Iran's nuclear programme:
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Is Iran Next?:
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U.S. official: Hezbollah arms flow may signal plans for war with Israel:
Feltman, who serves as Assistant Secretary of U.S. State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, told the daily that the U.S. had no evidence of any Israeli plan to attack its northern neighbor.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146410.html
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Israel urged to widen any future Lebanon conflict to Syria:
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Q&A: ''Hamas Accepts Existence of Israel Within 1967 Borders'':
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Israeli Confessions:
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Israel salutes death of a Hamas leader:
"Israel wants to change the rules of the game and to open the international field for battles- so it will be responsible for this," Mr. Zahar said.
http://snipurl.com/u8jqf
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Dubai police hint Mossad may be behind assassination:
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Israel's history of state-sponsored assassination:
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China suspends military ties with US:
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China renews US arms-sale warning:
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Scenarios: How could China hit back at U.S.?:
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Thousands in Tokyo Protest Against US Troops in Japan:
On Saturday, labor unionists, pacifists, environmentalists and students marched through central Tokyo, yelling slogans and calling for an end to the U.S. troop presence.
http://snipurl.com/u8k9j
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Yemen says 24 rebels killed in Saada clashes:
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Yemen rebels accept terms for war's end:
The leader of the Shia rebels in north Yemen said yesterday in a message released on the Internet that he will accept the government's conditions to end the war if attacks against them cease.
http://snipurl.com/u8k7j
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Yemen rejects ceasefire; bloodshed continues:
Yemen rejected a ceasefire offer from Shia rebels on Sunday and said fighting was continuing, as neighbouring Saudi Arabia accused the insurgents of mounting sniper attacks inside its territory.
http://snipurl.com/u8k7m
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16 people killed in suicide bombing as northwest Pakistan:
A suicide bomber killed 16 people yesterday at a police checkpoint in a northwest Pakistani tribal area where the military declared victory over the Taliban and al-Qaeda last year, highlighting the difficulty Islamabad has in holding regions once the battle phase of its army offensives end.
http://snipurl.com/u8jmw
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Fighters pound NW Pakistan; two soldiers killed :
Fighter jets and helicopters yesterday pounded a district in northwest Pakistan where a suicide bomber killed 17 people a day earlier, in a response described by authorities as "severe".
http://snipurl.com/u8k7q
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At least six killed in fresh Karachi clashes:
Violence continues in Karachi where in Orangi Town, at least six people have been killed in clashes between rival political groups. On Saturday 12 people died in exchange of fire between the rival groups.
http://snipurl.com/u8jms
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Taliban kill two US 'spies' in Miranshah:
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Pakistani Taliban leader 'dead':
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Pakistan Taliban deny leader killed:
"It is a total lie," a spokesman for the group told Reuters by telephone from northwest Pakistan, referring to a report on Pakistani state television.
http://snipurl.com/u8k81
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Occupation force soldiers kill baby, 4 others in Afghan attack:
Nato has said a baby was killed during a night raid targeting militants in central Afghanistan. It said four suspected insurgents were also killed.
http://snipurl.com/u8k84
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Nato force blamed for 4 Afghan deaths:
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Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan:
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Afghan 'geological reserves worth a trillion dollars':
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Iraq: Police: Suicide bomber kills 2 at Baghdad restaurant:
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Saturday at a restaurant popular with Iraqi security forces in a city that was once a flash point for sectarian slaughter, killing at least two people, authorities said.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10031/1032409-82.stm
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Honduras, U.S. normalize diplomatic ties:
Honduras and the United States normalized on Friday their diplomatic ties which were affected by the political crisis caused by the coup against then president Manuel Zelaya in June last year, Xinhua News Agency informed.
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n208448
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