Shia Strength: [MahdiUniteMuslims] Another Financial Crisis on the Way

Economists: Another Financial Crisis on the Way

By Matthew Jaffe

Even as many Americans still struggle to recover from the country's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, another crisis -- one that will be even worse than the current one -- is looming, according to a new report from a group of leading economists, financiers, and former federal regulators.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24903.htm

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Is The Recovery Real?

By Paul Craig Roberts

A desperate government, which has wasted $3 trillion invading countries that pose no danger to the U.S. and wasted more trillions of dollars combatting a crisis brought on by the government's failure to regulate the financial sector, is likely to steal people's pensions as well as to gut Social Security and Medicare.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24908.htm

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Obama's Budget Revealed:
Money for Wars and Weapons, While More Americans Face Joblessness and Hunger

By Jo Comerford

The latest federal budget opens the American public to yet more pain, while shielding the military and the rest of the national security establishment from the same.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24907.htm

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Obama's approval rating down over 'blind' policies

A new poll shows that US President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped to a record low of 46 percent over controversial domestic policies.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=120724&sectionid=3510203

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'US debt-based money printing biggest theft in history':

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asserts that the lingering global financial crisis has exposed the dark side of the capitalist economic system in the West, adding that the US will go down in history as the biggest-ever thief.
http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119888§ionid=351020101

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'Buy farmland and gold,' advises Dr Doom:

The world's most powerful investors have been advised to buy farmland, stock up on gold and prepare for a "dirty war" by Marc Faber, the notoriously bearish market pundit, who predicted the 1987 stock market crash.
http://snipurl.com/umdt9

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Filmmaker Michael Moore on Capitalism: A Love Story

Video

What is the price that America - and the rest of the world - pays for its love of capitalism?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24902.htm

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Bush aide Rove takes pride in torture

A senior advisor to former US President George W. Bush says he is "proud" of using "harsh interrogation methods" against alleged terror suspects.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=120659&sectionid=3510203

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Statement From The Afghan Resistance

By Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

The ban on independent mass media outlets by the Puppet Administration is, in fact, an effort by the surrogates to put a clout on their failure and shameful fiascos, which they face during confrontations with the Mujahideen in every part of the country.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24904.htm

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Congressman Ron Paul - The Assassinations of Americans

Video

Congressman Paul speaks on the floor about assassinations of Americans by their own government.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24911.htm

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Mossad Comes to America:

Death Squads by Invitation

By James Petras

The American Zionist propaganda campaign in defense of Israeli state terror and, specifically, Mossad's murder of a Hamas leader in Dubai, relies on lies, evasions and specious legal arguments.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24910.htm

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Germany's Fear of Finkelstein

By By Ali Fathollah-Nejad

"Some Germans seem determined that their fellow German citizens only hear opinions on the Israel-Palestine conflict that support the policies of the Israeli government. Such intolerance is not good for Palestinians who are living under a brutal military occupation. It is not good for Germans who want their country to support human rights and international law. "
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24906.htm

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Study Links Religion and Racism

By Carl Marziali

A meta-analysis of 55 independent studies carried out in the United States with more than 20,000 mostly Christian participants has found that members of religious congregations tend to harbor prejudiced views of other races.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24912.htm

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From New York to Liberia: Vulture Funds Preying on African Debt:

BBC Video Report

Investigative journalist Greg Palast traveled to the West African country of Liberia to investigate how vulture funds have been operating there and why Liberia lost a $20 million case against two vulture funds in a British court.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24909.htm

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Despite 935 documented lies, Rove book insists Iraq war was justified:

The former White House political adviser blames himself for not pushing back against claims that President George W. Bush had taken the country to war under false pretenses, calling it one of the worst mistakes he made during the Bush presidency.
http://rawstory.com/2010/03/935-documented-lies-rove-book-insists-iraq-war-justified/

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Layla Anwar: Democracy - What Democracy ?:

Frankly anyone who believes that -- the about to take place elections is an exercise in Democracy, is a bloody lunatic..
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24905.htm

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UK violated jailed Iraqis' rights:

Faisal Al Saadoon and Khalaf Mufdhi, former officials of Saddam Hussein's Baath party, have been detained for six years and are currently held in Rusafa jail near Baghdad. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg unanimously found the pair were "at real risk of being subjected to an unfair trial followed by execution by hanging" in Iraq, reversing a decision made at the High Court in London.
http://snipurl.com/umdpz

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'US killed 1200 people in Pakistan in 6 years':

In a report issued on Tuesday, the New American Foundation said that the US military has launched 114 airstrikes in Pakistan since 2004 and stated that one third of the people who have been killed were Pakistani civilians.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119903§ionid=351020401

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General Hamid Gol Blames US for Provoking Unrests in Iran:

Former Director of Pakistan's Military Intelligence Organization General Hamid Gol blamed the US for creating and training different extremist and terrorist groups in the region, saying Washington is seeking to destabilize the region, specially Iran, through the measure.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8812120821

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran: Prof. Inbar:

Iran Must be Attacked - Sanctions are not Effective:

Inbar said that sanctions are unlikely to be effective. "The evidence from other countries shows that sanctions do not work, especially when we see a regime that has great determination to pursue its policy. This regime believes that a nuclear weapon is an insurance policy for its survival. And nothing will change that, unless someone will take military action."
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136287

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In case you missed it:

Does Iran's President Want Israel Wiped Off The Map -:

An analysis of media rhetoric on its way to war against Iran - Commenting on the alleged statements of Iran's President Ahmadinejad .
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12790.htm

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Iran says US-backed cyber network busted

The Judiciary said Saturday it has identified and dismantled a US-backed cyber network, which was set up to gather information on the country's nuclear scientists and spread unrest after the presidential election.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=120740&sectionid=351020101

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Ahmadinejad: Iran among top world powers

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says US is concerned about Iran's influential role in Latin America, Central Asia and Africa, adding that the Islamic Republic is currently among the top world powers. "This is not a rhetoric issue in a political war. This is a fact. The countries on the opposite side can do nothing without Iran," he was quoted by IRNA as saying on Saturday.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=120745&sectionid=351020101

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US, EU toughen sanctions stance against Iran:

US says has 'no choice' but for 'deeper' sanctions against Iran as EU calls for 'clear response'.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=37608

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Iran, Seven faces of civilization:

A documentary revealing the gems of Iranian Civilizations
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5356229498218843348&hl=en#

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UN envoy: Gaza an open-air prison:

John Holmes, the United Nation's humanitarian chief, has revisited the Gaza Strip, a year after Israel's assault on the territory ended. He told Al Jazeera that it was disappointing how little has changed since the war and that there has been no real possibility of reconstruction, mainly because of Israel's siege of the Strip.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/201032214210263604.html

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Spain predicts Israeli annexation of entire West Bank

Madrid has warned that, if continued at the current rate, the Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian lands would bring about the annexation of the entire occupied territories.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=120753&sectionid=351020202

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Israeli PM: Israel must keep occupied Jordan Valley:

Israel won't pull out of a key part of the occupied West Bank even if there's a peace agreement with the Palestinians, the prime minister told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday.
http://snipurl.com/umdsq

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From New York to Liberia: Vulture Funds Preying on African Debt:

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200,000 attend anti-Berlusconi demos in Italy

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have poured into the streets of Rome once again to protest against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=120756&sectionid=351020606

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Kabul says no charges for Taliban leader:

AFGHANISTAN yesterday said it had not decided whether to charge the captured Taliban deputy leader and military commander with any crimes, an apparent bid to circumvent Pakistani rulings that he could not be extradited.
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=95122

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In Afghanistan, Karzai's invitation to Taliban creates discord and confusion:

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's public invitation to the Taliban to attend a peace conference this spring has sparked disagreement and confusion among the many players in Afghanistan over the shape and speed of negotiations and what they should ultimately accomplish.
http://snipurl.com/umdr4

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70 percent of Afghan police recruits drop out: US trainer:

The high drop-out rate meant that in order to grow the Afghan police and army from their current level of about 200,000 to 300,000, far more than 100,000 recruits would be required because many would fall by the wayside.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistanunrestpolicebritainusnato

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Unemployment Rate Falls in January?

Despite the mixed numbers, a growing chorus of economists and labor market analysts say the unemployment picture in the United States is actually far worse. They argue that the Labor Department routinely undercounts the number of unemployed in this country
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/unemployment-rate-drops/story?id=9746469

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Mass Layoffs Increase in January:

Employers laid-off 182,261 workers, seasonally adjusted, in 1,761 mass layoff events last month, the Labor Department said Tuesday. A mass layoff is when a single employer terminates at least 50 people.
http://snipurl.com/umdti

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Postal Service to shed another 30,000 jobs:

The U.S. Postal Service said on Tuesday that it would reduce its workforce by another 30,000 positions and slash overtime this year in an effort to reduce costs.
http://snipurl.com/umdtq

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15,000 S.F. workers face layoffs, shorter weeks:

More than 15,000 San Francisco city workers across all departments will receive layoff notices Friday, and most of them will have the option of being rehired to work a shorter week, Mayor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/02/BA471C9UVR.DTL&tsp=1

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More consumers file for bankruptcy protection:

The economic recovery effort has not slowed consumer bankruptcy filings. They surged 14% in February compared with a year earlier, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-03-03-bankruptcy03_ST_N.htm

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Detroit homes sell for $1 amid mortgage and car industry crisis:

One in five houses left empty as foreclosures mount and property prices drop by 80%
http://snipurl.com/umdu7

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