Shia Strength: [MahdiUniteMuslims] US to be buried in 'Graveyard of Empires'

US to be buried in 'Graveyard of Empires'

US efforts to cut out a friendly Afghan administration could end up as disastrous as the previous international approaches on the country, says a former presidential assistant.
"The idea of trying to establish a central government…that is going to be pro-American is foolish," said political analyst and former special assistant to ex-US president Ronald Reagan, Douglas Bandow on Thursday.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=94858&sectionid=3510203

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EXCLUSIVE
List of 140 Afghan Killed In US Attack Includes 93 Children

By Reuters

The list, obtained by Reuters, bears the endorsement of seven senior provincial and central government officials, including an Afghan two-star general who headed a task force dispatched by the government to investigate the incident.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22603.htm

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Barack Obama - Mass Murderer

By Dan Spielberg

If you are a poor, hapless Afghan civilian whose family's bodies were ripped apart by U.S. bombs, does it really make a difference to you if the air "strikes" were ordered by the Moron from Texas, George W Bush, or the Agent of Change, Barack Obama? I would think not.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22607.htm

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"We Are Helping The Taliban"

By Ron Paul

We are inciting the very terrorism and extremism we are trying to stop.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22600.htm

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McChrystal Choice Suggests Special Ops Strikes Will Continue

By Gareth Porter

McChrystal's background sends a very different message from the one claimed by Gates and the news media. His long specialisation in counter-terrorism operations suggests an officer who is likely to have more interest in targeted killings than in the kind of politically sensitive counterinsurgency programmes that the Obama administration has said it intends to carry out.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22601.htm

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Did Newly Announced Top Afghan General Run Cheney's Assassination Wing?

By Muriel Kane

Speaking to a University of Minnesota audience in March, Hersh called JSOC "a special wing of our special operations community that is set up independently. ... They do not report to anybody, except in the Bush-Cheney days, they reported directly to the Cheney office. ... Congress has no oversight of it. ... It's an executive assassination ring essentially, and it's been going on and on and on."
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22606.htm

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The Hidden Hand of Dick Cheney

By Juan Cole

Out of office, he continues to push his tortured version of reality -- and his vision of an imperial presidency -- and there are signs he is succeeding.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22609.htm

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Pelosi The Enabler

By Robert Scheer

Should the members of the 9/11 Presidential Commission not have been informed that two of the "key witnesses" upon whom their report was based had provided the information critical to the report's conclusions only after being waterboarded a total of 266 times?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22608.htm

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Palestinians and Israeli Jews to Reach Equal Number by 2016, Data Shows

By Haaretz Service

According to the Bureau, 5.1 million of those who call themselves Palestinians reside in Israel or the Palestinian territories. Currently, there are 5.6 million Jews living in Israel.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22602.htm

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The Tamils of Sri Lanka

Distant Voices, Desperate Lives

By John Pilger

The great moral citadels in London and Washington offer merely silent approval of the violence and tragedy. No appeals are heard in the United Nations from them.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22610.htm

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Dead Man Talking
Guatemala President Accused Over Murder

Video and Text

A Guatemalan lawyer shot dead at the weekend has left behind a video in which he accuses the country's president of having arranged his murder.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22604.htm

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There Shuttin' Detroit Down

Video

In this 5 minute video, which features Mickey Rourke and Kris Kristofferson, you will see the plight of many in this area.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22605.htm

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11 Taliban killed in Swat;:

Backed by fighter jets and attack helicopters, Pakistani forces killed at least 11 militants in Swat valley taking the number of Taliban killed in heavy fighting in the northwest to over 760,
http://snipurl.com/hysll

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Delay in Pakistan aid to benefit U.S. enemies: Holbrooke:

U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, described the situation of Pakistan and Afghanistan similar to Vietnam.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=77489

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More than 670,000 flee fresh Pakistan fighting:

THE number of people who have fled fighting in northwest Pakistan and registered with authorities in the last 11 days has jumped to more than 670,000, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25476742-38197,00.html

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US rejects Pakistan refugee blame:

Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, has denied the US is responsible for exacerbating civilian suffering in Pakistan by supporting a military assault on the Taliban.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/05/200951218454539418.html

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Pakistan to open second front against Taliban: report:

"The army is planning to go into Waziristan, possibly in June, which will involve huge numbers of troops in an attempt to establish some sort of state control over the area," the Daily Telegraph quoted a source close to the Pakistani military as saying.
http://tinyurl.com/p79e8h

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U.S. military, Pakistan carrying out Predator drone missions together:

The U.S. military has begun flying armed Predator drones inside Pakistan and has given Pakistani officers significant control over targets, flight routes and decisions to launch attacks under a new joint operation, according to U.S. officials familiar with the program.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-predator13-2009may13,0,2239914.story

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9 killed as Taliban bombs US base near Khost:

At least nine Afghans waiting for work at a US military base have been killed in a Taliban suicide attack near the city of Khost.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/200951333424357360.html

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Another 50 people killed as Sri Lanka war hospital 'hit again':

The shelling of the facility in Mullivaikal on Wednesday came less than 24 hours after at least 49 people died in an attack on the same hospital, the last remaining inside the conflict zone.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/20095131040721771.html

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Iraq: Nine Killed in another bloody day of US occupation:

A suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into a police patrol in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, killing five policemen and wounding 11 other people, police said.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7RZMJ6?OpenDocument

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Anti-Qaeda leader and son killed in Iraq:

A bomb fixed under the car of an anti-Qaeda militia leader in Iraq killed both him and his young son west of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.
http://snipurl.com/hyssx

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Nasrallah: Don't sell Lebanon to Israel again

Hezbollah has condemned factional extremism and the concept of a federal Lebanon, urging a strong Lebanese state and a national unity cabinet. In his Friday speech in Beirut, Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah highlighted the significance of a united nation despite the existence of a confessional regime.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=94860&sectionid=351020203

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Iran detains Israeli orange agents

Iran has arrested individuals behind a scheme to 'smear the government' through importing alleged Israeli oranges into the country. "We are absolutely certain that the oranges were not imported from Israel and that the stickers were fabricated," Iran's Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=94714&sectionid=351020101

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Ayatollah Khamenei calls Muslims to unity, vigilance

"Those who try to sow discord among Shia and Sunni are mercenaries of the enemy, whether they realize it or not," Ayatollah Khamenei told the large crowd gathered for the speech.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=94451&sectionid=351020101

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Iranian militia kill five rebels near border: -

Five rebels and three members of the hardline basij militia were killed in clashes in western Iran near the border with Turkey and Iraq, a press report said on Wednesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090513/wl_mideast_afp/iranunrest

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Tehran preparing for

on its nuclear sites:

Saudi media quotes top Iranian official as confirming Revolutionary Guard has recently deployed anti-aircraft missile batteries in Persian Gulf following reports of imminent US-Israeli attack on country's nuclear facilities
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3714537,00.html

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Iran's missiles not an existential threat, study says :

Rubin writes that "missiles are an equalizer, balancing the superiority of Israel's air force."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1084834.html

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Moscow warns of future energy wars:

Russia has warned that military conflicts over energy resources could erupt along its borders in the near future, as the race to secure oil and gas reserves gains momentum.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/05/2009513141243951766.html

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8 Killed As Deadly Clashes Continue in Somalia:

At least eight people have been killed in renewed fighting between pro-government forces and armed fighters in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/05/200951314136684844.html

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Guatemala leader accused over death:

A Guatemalan lawyer shot dead at the weekend has left behind a video in which he accuses the country's president of having arranged his murder.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22604.htm

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FBI Whistleblower Testimony: Gonzales Imposed Brutal Interrogation Tactics:

In the first public testimony of anyone directly involved, former bureau agent Ali Soufan is expected to directly contradict assertions by CIA officials and former Vice President Cheney that the "enhanced interrogation techniques" were successful in prying information out of al Qaeda detainees.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7560666

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Obama threatens to limit U.S. intel with Brits:

The Obama administration says it may curtail Anglo-American intelligence sharing if the British High Court discloses new details of the treatment of a former Guantanamo detainee.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/12/obama-threatens-to-limit-us-intel-with-brits/

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Obama seeks to block release of detainee abuse photos:

An Obama administration official said Wednesday that the president told his legal advisers last week that releasing the photos would endanger U.S. troops. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions were private.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/13/national/w093422D21.DTL

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US wins UN rights council seat:

China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Russia, who have all been accused of serious rights violations, were also among the nations elected on Tuesday following a secret ballot.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/05/2009512162847528412.html

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RealtyTrac: April foreclosures rise 32 percent:

The number of U.S. households faced with losing their homes to foreclosure jumped 32 percent in April compared with the same month last year, with Nevada, Florida and California showing the highest rates, according to data released Wednesday. Ohio was in the top 10.
http://snipurl.com/hyt35

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April retail sales fall, raising recovery doubts:

Retail sales fell for a second straight month in April, a disappointing performance that raised doubts about whether consumers were regaining their desire to shop. A rebound in consumer demand is a necessary ingredient for ending the recession.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30720373

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State Tax Revenues Fall 12.6%:

The decline was biggest in the Far West (-18.1%) and smallest in the Plains (-5.0%). Here are the states with the ten biggest and smallest declines in tax revenues:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/05/state-tax-.html

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Social Security, Medicare Finances Worsen:

Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight of the recession, heading for insolvency years sooner than previously expected, the government warned Tuesday.
http://cbs2.com/national/social.security.insolvency.2.1007435.html

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