Obama: From Anti-war Law Professor to Warmonger in 100 Days
By Alexander Cockburn
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Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney
By Paul Craig Roberts
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US Colonel Advocates US 'Military Attacks' on 'Partisan Media'
in Essay for Neocon, Pro-Israel Group JINSA
By Jeremy Scahill
Lest people think that the views of people like Col. Ralph Peters and the JINSA/PNAC neocons are relics of the past, remember that the Obama administration includes heavy hitters from this world among its ranks, as well as fierce neocon supporters.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22678.htm
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Advanced attack chopper joins Iran fleet
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Iran produces anti-cruise missile, naval cannons
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Iran summit to resolve regional problems
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UK MPs on hunger strike over no Gaza entry
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Egypt blocks relief convoy to Gaza
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Israel moves closer to banning mourning of its independence
Public commemoration of Israel's independence as a ("nakba," or catastrophe) day of mourning could become a crime subject to prison penalty, should a bill approved on Sunday by a ministerial panel be brought to the Knesset and cabinet for vote.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1087792.html
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Hamas claiming IDF troops were 'cowards' during Gaza war
A Givati Brigade officer assembles his soldiers before the next attack on the Gaza Strip. "Who wants to go into the Izbat Abed Rabbo neighborhood?
" he asks. Two soldiers raise their hands. "Who wants to get sent to El Atatra?" Five. "And who wants Tel al-Hawwa?" A sea of hands is raised. Everyone wants to serve in Tel al-Hawwa.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1087750.html
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Military Attorney: Waterboarding is 'Tip of the Iceberg'
By David Edwards and Muriel Kane
"They started this monthly treatment where they would come in with a scalpel or a razor type of instrument and they would slash his genitals, just with small cuts."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22672.htm
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U.S. Officials Admitted that Boys Were Sodomized In Iraq Prison
By Washington's Blog
In the Washington Post report, one detainee, Kasim Hilas, describes the rape of an Iraqi boy by a man in uniform, whose name has been blacked out of the statement, but who appears to be a translator working for the army.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22675.htm
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"Little Known Military Thug Squad Still Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo Under Obama"
Democracy Now!
Jeremy Scahill reports the Obama administration is continuing to use a notorious military police unit at Guantanamo that regularly brutalizes unarmed prisoners, including gang-beating them, breaking their bones, gouging their eyes and dousing them with chemicals. This force, officially known as the Immediate Reaction Force, has been labeled the "Extreme Repression Force" by Guantanamo prisoners
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22674.htm
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In Case You Missed It
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Video
"Could a media system, controlled by a few global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn lies into truth?..."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13062.htm
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Frauds R' Us: The Scams and Crimes of Wall Street
By Danny Schechter
Its clear that, like on the war, government officials did mislead us. From original deregulators in the Carter-Reagan years to the financial "modernizers of the Clinton-Bush 2 era with their refusal to accept responsibility for the consequences of their free market fantasies, the gutting of rules and regulations, and their embrace of a phony "ownership society."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22676.htm
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Bail Out Your Own Damn Self!
Time for a Tax and Mortgage Strike
By Ted Rall
It's not too late to get back our money. We need it a hell of lot more than AIG. We should withhold our taxes, mortgage checks and credit card payments until the banks, insurance companies and other assorted Wall Street dirtbags who stole it give it back.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22677.htm
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Questions About The "Temple Plot"
By Bill Anderson
A federal law enforcement official described the plot as "aspirational" - meaning that the suspects wanted to do something but had no weapons or explosives.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22673.htm
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80 militants killed as Pakistani army takes Taliban base:
"Security forces cleared Sultanwas last night after intense clashes. Reportedly 80 militant terrorists were killed," military spokesman Maj-Gen Athar Abbas told a briefing. One Pakistani soldier was killed and nine wounded, he said.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0521/1224247035648.html
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Five Pakistani troops killed in Swat fight:
In the Kanju and Takhtaband area of Swat fierce clashes left five soldiers dead and four others, including an officer, were injured. A number of "miscreants" also died in the action.
http://snipurl.com/ii108
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US: 9 militants killed in Afghanistan: -
The U.S. and Afghan forces killed nine suspected insurgents in two separate clashes in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said in a statement Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090521/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
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Afghan Dies In U.S. "Contractor" Shooting:
One of three Afghan civilians wounded when U.S. contractors shot at them last week has died, U.S. military officials in Afghanistan said.
http://snipurl.com/ii11e
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U.S. Pullout a Condition in Afghan Peace Talks:
Leaders of the Taliban and other armed groups battling the Afghan government are talking to intermediaries about a potential peace agreement, with initial demands focused on a timetable for a withdrawal of American troops, according to Afghan leaders here and in Pakistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/world/asia/21kabul.html?hp
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Iraq's deadly attacks kill 65 people:
A spate of deadly bombings struck Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk within 24 hours on Wednesday evening and Thursday, leaving up to 65 people killed and some 145 others injured.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/21/content_11414917.htm
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Iraq Bomb Kills 3 US occupation force soldiers:
The soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded as they patrolled near a popular outdoor market.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/102554/Iraq-bomb-kills-three-US-soldiers
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Spain revives US army murder case:
A Spanish judge has reinstated charges against three US soldiers over the death of a Spanish journalist in Iraq.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8061747.stm
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Somalis killed in Mogadishu clashes:
At least three Somal civilians, including a six-year-old child, have been killed in fierce fighting in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, according to witnesses.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/05/200952081050498498.html
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Somalia: Rebel Group Leader Denies Al-Qaeda's Involvement in Fighting:
While hard-line Islamist leaders were asserting that the interim authority led by Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmad was heading toward collapse, heavily-armed Ethiopian forces backed by armored vehicles entered the country yesterday, according to eyewitnesses
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=16802
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Eritrea sees CIA behind Somalia arms accusations: -
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki said renewed accusations that Asmara is arming Somalia's Islamist rebels was the work of CIA agents in the region bent on blackening his government's name.
http://snipurl.com/ii15w
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Israeli Official Blasts Focus on 2-State Idea:
Aide to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls focus on 2-state solution 'childish and stupid'
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7633914
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Netanyahu: Jerusalem to stay Israeli and undivided : PM:
I declared this during visit to U.S.; remarks likely to arouse consternation among Palestinians
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1087232.html
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Obama Gov't Restores Visa to Former Spy, Netanhayu Adviser:
He had been barred from entering the US by the Bush administration after implication in a spying scandal. A Pentagon official, Larry Franklin, jailed in 2006 for passing secrets about Iran to the Israel lobby group AIPAC, was reported to have met Arad frequently.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10542.shtml
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FM: Israel, US 'on same page' on Iran:
Israel and the US are on the same page as far as the Iranian "threat" goes, and any disagreements between the countries are merely tactical, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday.
http://snipurl.com/ii18n
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US to fully fund Israeli missile system:
Israel has been concerned that the US - which has supported the Arrow project since its inception over 20 years ago - would end the funding due to major cuts made to the American defense budget by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The development costs for the coming year will likely reach some $100 million
http://snipurl.com/ii1a1
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US keeps nuclear "don't ask, don't tell" -Israel aide:
The U.S. administration of President Barack Obama will not force Israel to state publicly whether it has nuclear weapons, an Israeli official said on Thursday
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLL942309
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Leaders of Tamils 'shot dead under a white flag':
Two Tamil Tiger leaders were shot dead as they tried to surrender following last-minute negotiations to guarantee their safety, it was claimed yesterday.
http://snipurl.com/ii1bm
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Prabhakaran shot from point blank range:
When asked how the LTTE chief Prabhakaran was killed, Brig Shavendra Silva, commander of the 58th Division said that he was shot in the head at point blank range.
http://snipurl.com/ii1cj
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LTTE chief Prabhakaran's wife, daughter and younger son found shot dead in Mullaitivu District:
According to India Today, the family was shot dead by the Security Forces as it tried to break out of the No-Fire Zone. Another 150 bodies were found in the lagoon area.
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=5/21/2009#5
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Red Cross Barred From Sri Lankan Refugee Camp:
The outspoken criticism by the normally discreet aid organization came a day after the United Nations pressed Sri Lanka's government to allow unfettered access to the war zone in the country's north
http://snipurl.com/ii1ej
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Obama defends withholding abuse photos:
In his speech Thursday at the National Archives, Obama said he has an obligation to protect Americans who are serving in harm's way, and that the release of the photos would endanger them by inflaming anti-American opinion.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6434967.html
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Federal Judge Says U.S. Can Hold Gitmo Detainees Indefinitely:
A federal judge says the United States can continue to hold some prisoners at Guantanamo Bay indefinitely without any charges.
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=48411
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Obama Is Said to Consider Preventive Detention Plan:
President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a "preventive detention" system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried, two participants in the private session said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us/politics/21obama.html?_r=3&emc=eta1
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FBI Sells Fake Bombs to Terrorists, Foils Plot:
NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly says the men were not part of any known terrorist organization, just criminals with long rap sheets, and the FBI's Joseph Demarest says the bombs weren't real.
http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/4443049.php
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Dollar stops being Russia's basic reserve currency:
The US dollar is not Russia's basic reserve currency anymore. The euro-based share of reserve assets of Russia's Central Bank increased to the level of 47.5 percent as of January 1, 2009 and exceeded the investments in dollar assets, which made up 41.5 percent
http://english.pravda.ru/business/finance/19-05-2009/107581-dollar_russia-0
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S&P Lowers Britain's Debt Outlook:
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's shocked investors Thursday with a formal warning that the U.K. must get its finances in order or lose its coveted triple-A credit rating, underscoring the monumental challenges the country faces as it seeks to dig its economy out from under the wreckage of the financial crisis.
http://snipurl.com/ii1je
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Stocks Fall on Jobless Claims Report:
Initial jobless claims fell by 12,000 last week to 631,000, according to the Labor Department. That was a higher total number of claims than analysts were expecting and the overall level of claims remains high by historical standards.
http://snipurl.com/ii1kr
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