= "I believe that Christ died for my sins and I am redeemed through
him. That is a source of strength and sustenance on a daily basis."
b Barack Obama.

= Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military
with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion
clinics? - William Blum

= "It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished
unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." b
Voltaire

= "In the struggle of Good against Evil, it's always the people who
get killed." b Eduardo Galeano

=

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,339,771"

www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

=

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged)
In America's War On Iraq:  4,675 icasualties.org/oif/

Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In
Afghanistan : 1,502 http://icasualties.org/oef/

=

Cost of War in Iraq $697,269,178,979 Embed Cost of War in Afghanistan
$230,789,624,273

=

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Italian Court Sentences 23 CIA Agents Over Rendition Flight

By Richard Owen in Rome

The Americans were all tried in absentia, but the verdicts were
nevertheless hailed by human rights campaigners as an important
victory that could open the way to further prosecutions. Two
lower-ranking agents of the Italian military agency SISMI were
sentenced to three years each.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23895.htm

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A Court Decision that Reflects What Type of Country the U.S. is

By Glenn Greenwald

Even when government officials purposely subject an innocent person
to brutal torture, they enjoy full immunity.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23896.htm

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Who Are The Six Uighurs Released From GuantC!namo To Palau?

By Andy Worthington

I have written at length about the plight of GuantC!namobs Uighurs,
innocent men caught up in the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in
October 2001, who were mostly seized and sold to U.S. forces by
Pakistani villagers after fleeing a settlement in Afghanistanbs
Tora Bora mountains where they had been living a Spartan live for
several months, free from Chinese oppression.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23894.htm

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America is Performing its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator

By Robert Fisk

After Disneyworld elections, they are on the Karzai-government side
against the Pashtun villagers of southern Afghanistan among whom
the Taliban live. Where is the next My Lai? Journalists should avoid
predictions. In this case I will not. Our Western mission in
Afghanistan is going to end in utter disaster.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23897.htm

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President Obama's Deep Love Of Peace?

By William Blum

Question: How many countries do you have to be at war with to be
disqualified from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23898.htm

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Zionism's Jewish Enemy

Alan Hart Interviews Professor Ilan Pappe

Like all Israelis, Ilan Pappe was brought up, conditioned, to believe
Zionismbs version of the history of the making and sustaining of
the Arab-Israeli conflict. It wasnbt until he went to England to
continue his academic studies that he had access to documentation
which enabled him to understand that Zionismbs version is a propaganda
lie.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23893.htm

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Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure

Video Documentary - Narrated By Ed Asner

Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure documents what
many believe to be dangerous hypocrisy on the part of the American
government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23892.htm

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Thirty "militants" killed in South Waziristan street battles:

A senior military official told AFP the army had btakenb the strategic
town of Sararogha in the third week of fighting, while 30 insurgents
were reported killed in the last 24 hours.

http://snipurl.com/t28g5

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Pakistan: Refugee camp raided, 2 children die in police firing:

Pakistani security forces Tuesday raided an Afghan refugee camp
near the northwestern city of Peshawar and killed two children when
they opened fire on the refugees, a refugee said.

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KHII-7XG7KA?OpenDocument

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Eyewitness: Fleeing Waziristan's war:

Life became very tough in the last few months in my home town of
Jandola.The army sealed off the entire tribal agency [district] for
more than three months and there were constant artillery shellings
and bombings by Cobra helicopters and F-16 fighter jets.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8339894.stm

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5 British Occupation Force Troops Killed By Afghan Cop, Says UK
Military:

An Afghan policeman opened fire on British soldiers in the volatile
southern province of Helmand, killing five before fleeing, British
and Afghan authorities said Wednesday http://snipurl.com/t28gl

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Taliban takes blame for five British soldiers' deaths in Afghanistan:

The Taliban claimed responsibility today for the killing of five
British soldiers by a rogue Afghan policeman.

http://snipurl.com/t28gr

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Afghan police infiltrated by Taliban bat every levelb:

Afghanistanbs police are poorly trained, plagued by drug addiction
and infiltrated by the Taliban bat every levelb, a former British
soldier has claimed.

http://snipurl.com/t28gv

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Abdullah: Karzai's re-election as Afghan leader 'illegal':

Three days after pulling out of a run-off against the incumbent,
Abdullah said a subsequent decision by the Independent Election
Commission (IEC) to hand Karzai another five years in power had no
basis in law and underlined its bias.

http://snipurl.com/t28h2

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Hamid Karzai reaches out to 'Taliban brothers' in Afghanistan :

During his speech, Mr Karzai said: "Afghanistan has been defamed
by corruption. Our government has been defamed by corruption." He
said his regime would "strive, by any means possible," to eradicate
it, but failed to spell out detailed proposals.

http://snipurl.com/t21ni

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MP: US Base in Afghanistan Established to Collect Intelligence on
Iran:

The mission of the US base in Afghanistan is collecting intelligence
and running espionage operations against Iran, Russia and China, a
senior Afghan lawmaker said Wednesday.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8808131473

===

Three killed in Iraq's violence:

Three people were killed, including a senior police officer and his
wife, and nine others wounded in bomb and gunfire attacks near
Baghdad and the volatile province of Diyala on Wednesday, police
said.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/04/content_12387386.htm

===

Senior Iraqi policeman killed by bomb outside his door:

Explosions in and around Baghdad on Wednesday also wounded 20 people.

http://snipurl.com/t22ea

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U.S. Occupation Force Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan Get Bibles on a
Stick:

The image of a disturbed troop, all crazied-up in battle, marching
along with a gun and the story of the bible ringing in his ears and
wreaking biblical vengeance is a pretty uncomfortable one.

http://snipurl.com/t28hg

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Saudi soldier killed in Yemen border fighting:

A clash between Saudi forces and Yemeni rebels left one Saudi and
one rebel dead, the two sides said on Wednesday, as Yemen's
five-year-old insurgency spilled over the frontier for the first
time.

http://snipurl.com/t28hk

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More than 360 dead as toll rises in Israeli siege on Gaza:

The number of Palestinians who have died as a result of the Israeli
siege on Gaza has passed 360, a statement released by the health
ministry of the deposed Palestinian government in Gaza has said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/11/2009114122578318...

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Israel's Worst Enemies Are Those Who Support its Policies: Chomsky:

It was not possible to carry out the military occupation this
required and at the same time maintain elementary moral values.
bThe worst enemies of Israel were those supporting it. What they
were in fact supporting was its moral degeneration and ultimate
destruction,b said Chomsky.

http://snipurl.com/t28ik

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House of Representatives Condemn Israeli War Crimes Report:

"This resolution is blatantly biased and it damages U.S. credibility,"
said Democratic Representative Betty McCollum http://snipurl.com/t28iq

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Jews to Israel: Stop villifying Goldstone:

"When it comes to Israel, hard-core censorship and intimidation by
those claiming to speak in the name of the Jewish people have been
the order of the day," the letter said regarding Israel's response
to the Goldstone report findings.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1125830.html

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United Nations Begins Debate on Gaza War Crimes Inquiry:

The resolutionbs calls for investigation are nonbinding, and no
meaningful action is likely in the Security Council because the
United States, which has opposed the reportbs findings, has veto
power on the panel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/world/middleeast/05nations.html

===

Israel's UN ambassador: Goldstone report was born of hate, executed
in sin:

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gabriela Shalev, spoke
at the opening of a UN General Assembly debate on a report accusing
Israel of having committed war crimes in Gaza, saying that the
report was "born of hatred and executed in sin."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1125890.html

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Jewish "Settlers" Force Way Into East Jerusalem Home, Evict Arab
Family (PHOTOS):

Jewish settlers forced their way into a disputed house in east
Jerusalem on Tuesday, using hired guards to evict an elderly
Palestinian woman and tossing the other residents' belongings into
the rain-swept yard.

http://snipurl.com/t28jn

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Britain: Israeli settlements are 'illegal' and 'obstacle' to peace:

"Settlements are illegal in our view and an obstacle" that impedes
efforts which seek to work out a final settlement between the
Israelis and Palestinians.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1125583.html

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About time!: Erekat: Palestinian state may have to be abandoned:

Chief Palestinian negotiator expresses concern over continued
expansion of Jewish settlements, says goal of independent state
will not be fulfilled if US does not interfere
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3800328,00.html

===

Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :

Yadlin: Qom facility has 'no possible civilian use':

The recently-revealed Iranian nuclear facility in the Shi'ite holy
city of Qom has "no possible civilian use," Military Intelligence
chief Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin said Tuesday, directly contradicting
statements made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in September.

http://snipurl.com/t28kc

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Gaza:

Hamas Rocket 'Could Hit Tel Aviv From Gaza':

Hamas has test-fired a new rocket capable of hitting Tel Aviv from
the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli military intelligence.

http://snipurl.com/t28kw

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Hamas denies owning long-range rockets:

The Islamist Hamas movement denied Wednesday that it has test-fired
a long-range rocket capable of striking deep into Israel, saying
the claim, made by the head of Israeli military intelligence, was
'propaganda.' http://snipurl.com/t246r

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Hamas says ready to confront possible Israeli operation in Gaza:

Islamic Hamas movement on Wednesday said its fighters are ready to
confront Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip if Israel carried out its
threats to attack.

http://en.trend.az/regions/met/palestine/1573130.html

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Israel says commandos intercept arms shipment:

The pre-dawn seizure near Cyprus was a rare interception of a
suspected arms shipment by Israel, which has long accused Iran of
arming its enemies. Israel offered no evidence to support its claim
that the weapons came from Iran and were meant for Hezbollah.

http://snipurl.com/t28lc

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Iran, Syria reject Israeli claims over arms cargo:

Contrary to Israeli claims, "the ship was not carrying Iranian-made
weaponry for Syria or Lebanon," but was in fact carrying Syrian-made
items for consumption in Iran.

http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=110447§ionid=351020101

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Protests flare in Iran's capital as demonstrators, security forces
clash:

Large areas of Tehran are in chaos as troops fire tear gas and beat
antigovernment protesters on the 30th anniversary of the U.S.
Embassy's seizure. Demonstrations erupt in other cities as well.

http://snipurl.com/t28lg

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Italian court sentences 23 CIA agents over kidnap flight:

An Italian court sentenced 23 former CIA agents to up to eight years
in prison today for their role in the abduction of an Egyptian
terrorist suspect in the first trial over bextraordinary renditionsb.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6903439.ece

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2 Killed: Venezuela blocks Colombia border:

Venezuela blocks border with Colombia after two Venezuelan soldiers
were shot dead in an attack the Chavez government claims was carried
out by Colombian paramilitary groups.

http://snipurl.com/t28ll

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Zelaya seeks US clarity on return:

Honduras' deposed president has sent a letter to the US secretary
of state asking why US officials have said that they will recognise
forthcoming Honduran elections even if he is not reinstated beforehand.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/11/20091141934390702....

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Suspect surrenders, puts hands on squad car b then gets Tased in
neck:

Video: Rolando Ruiz's lawyer released dashcam video of an April 30
incident in which Ruiz can be seen with his hands on the hood of a
car when a police officer approaches him and Tases him in the neck.

http://rawstory.com/2009/11/cops-taser-man-in-neck/

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Inequality: The Root Source of Sickness in America:

The United States spends more on health care than any other industrial
nation, yet it has the highest infant death rates and the lowest
life expectancy.

http://snipurl.com/t28lx

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Fannie, Freddie Single-Family Home Delinquencies Continue to Rise:

Fannie Mae said the delinquency rate on loans in its single-family
guarantee business rose 0.28 percentage points to 4.45 percent in
August, the latest month Fannie has data for, well above 1.57 percent
in August 2008.

http://snipurl.com/t28lz

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Delinquencies in credit cards may lead to more defaults:

According to Fitch Ratings, the number of credit cards that were
60 days or more late increased to 4.22 percent in October after
seeing a drop the month before.

http://snipurl.com/t28m2

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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy

Tom Feeley