World-News

Dina Rasor, Truthout: 'I see it coming. As President Obama gives his speech on how important it is for the government and the country to produce more jobs, and as the budget noose starts to tighten on all government programs, including the Department of Defense (DoD) this time, the DoD will flood the Congress with charts and statistics on how cutting the DoD will also cut important defense manufacturing jobs across the US. Each member of Congress will be notified about how many jobs will be cut for any given weapon system, and this is especially effective because the DoD has become the master of spreading weapon production contractor and subcontractor jobs across as many districts and states as possible to get the weapons funded in the first place.... As we drawdown troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the defenders of the DoD budget, which unfortunately includes the new Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, will want to transfer any money saved back into their favorite endeavor: weapons production.'

http://www.truth-out.org/defense-spending-worst-way-make-jobs/1315404218



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David Swanson, War Is a Crime: 'If you can think back all the way to January 2009, back when wars were ending, Guantanamo was closing, the Pentagon was getting oversight, employees were going to have free choice, the rich would start paying taxes, the air would be getting cleaner, and so forth, you ll recall that the Obama transition team was acting super populist and high-tech. They had questions from ordinary people for the President Elect submitted on their website and voted up or down. The top question at the end of the voting had come from Bob Fertik of Democrats.com and it was this: 'Will you appoint a Special Prosecutor - ideally Patrick Fitzgerald - to independently investigate the gravest crimes of the Bush Administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping?' (Bob Fertik, New York City) Not only was the answer no, but it had to be inferred because President Change U. Wish refused to answer the question.... However, we now have an account from someone involved in the decision process way back when.'

http://www.truth-out.org/insider-tells-why-obama-chose-not-prosecute-torture/1315419328

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Guantanamo: Global Symbol of State Terror

Guantanamo Bay prison has become a universal symbol of unlawful detention, daily abuse, and fatal torture.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/guantanamo-global-symbol-state-terror


From Information Clearing House



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Former News International executives insist that chairman was told of incriminating hacking email

http://ind.pn/nFU2jD



Hail to the True Victors of Rupert s Revolution

By John Pilger

Nicholas Sarkozy, a Napoleonic Islamophobe whose intelligence services almost certainly set up the coup against Gaddafi.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29066.htm


From Information Clearing House

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No Surprise Here: A New Scandal at News Corporation

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: 'I see that the Murdoch empire is facing another scandal - this time involving misleading advertisers rather than readers, by inflating circulation numbers.... So the Murdoch people lie routinely about politics and policy; they breach all normal rules of conduct by hacking into people s phones. They really should curb their proclivities when it comes to advertisers - I mean, truth and justice are disposable, but this is business!'

http://www.truth-out.org/no-surprise-here-new-scandal-news-corporation/1319562344



British Panel Finds Murdoch Unfit to Lead Media Empire

John F. Burns and Alan Cowell, The New York Times News Service: ''In a damning report after months of investigation into the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch s British newspapers, a parliamentary panel here concluded on Tuesday that he was 'not a fit person' to run a huge international company, amplifying a public outcry against him, but threatening further bruising divisions within the political establishment.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8840-british-panel-finds-murdoch-unfit-to-lead-media-empire



Rupert Murdoch May Be a Convenient Demon, but the Media Is a Junta

John Pilger, Truthout: ''Although [Murdoch] is now one of the West s accredited demons, thanks to his phone-hackers, he is but part of a media system that will not change when his empire is broken up.... A Melbourne journalist, Paul Chadwick, one of the few to rebel against Murdoch, described the media climate as 'akin to a small group of generals who sit above the main institutions ... a junta in all but name.'''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10104-rupert-murdoch-may-be-a-convenient-demon-but-the-media-is-a-junta



Will the FCC Give Rupert Murdoch the Powerful Gift of Media Consolidation?

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering changes to media cross-ownership rules that watchdogs say could good give Rupert Murdoch's massive conglomerate News Corporation the go-ahead to acquire more big media outlets.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12882-will-the-fcc-give-rupert-murdoch-the-powerful-gift-of-media-consolidation



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By Charles Hugh Smith

To understand why the euro is failing and the Swiss Franc peg is a sand castle that will dissolve in a rising tide, we must start with a historical context and the crisis of global Capitalism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29059.htm



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By Michael Parenti

From the origins of the Bill of Rights up to today s challenges by the FBI and other government entities, Parenti says, it is essential to stand up for one s rights.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29047.htm



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- France Telecom: Service Universel, Santé et Réalité (EHS & Cabines Téléphoniques)

http://www.next-up.org/France/Le_Village_des_Possibles.php

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Campaign For Liberty
by Doug Bandow

09/06/11

The Obama administration wants to keep troops in Iraq. Never mind that pre-President Barack Obama criticized the war. Never mind that Uncle Sam s annual budget deficits exceed $1 trillion. Never mind that Washington faces more than $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities. If President Obama has his way, the U.S. may never leave...

http://tinyurl.com/44lbfum


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The Nation
by Moustafa Bayoumi

09/06/11

On August 24, the AP broke the news that the CIA and the NYPD are combining forces to spy on Muslims in New York City. Since the CIA is prohibited by law to collect intelligence on American citizens, this is more than newsworthy. It s probably unconstitutional, which explains why the NYPD has, according to the report, kept these activities secret. This is no ordinary program, nor does it seem to be merely about sharing expertise...

http://tinyurl.com/3cuhnmx



The Pentagon refuses to be audited

Downsize DC
by Jim Babka

09/06/11

I urge my Senators to oppose H.R. 2219, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act. This bill, which passed the House in July ... 'Is filled with pork and earmarks.' Will cost $649 billion overall 'Will cost the average family $6,300 ... What am I getting for this 'defense?' Nobody knows - not the Pentagon, not Congress, not We the People...

http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/the-pentagon-refuses-to-be-audited


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Our Future Blog
by Robert B. Reich

09/06/11

The 5 percent of Americans with the highest incomes now account for 37 percent of all consumer purchases, according to the latest research from Moody s Analytics. That should come as no surprise. Our society has become more and more unequal. When so much income goes to the top, the middle class doesn t have enough purchasing power to keep the economy going without sinking ever more deeply into debt - which, as we have seen, ends badly...

http://tinyurl.com/3g59wcu


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

09/07/11

Funded by the British government, and now simply called 'Quilliam,' the organization deploys its 'experts' - ex-jihadis of one sort or another - whenever some event requires a pro-government 'spin.' It is a replication of the CIA s orientation during the cold war, when a cadre of ex-radicals was recruited to do Washington s bidding in the fight against Communism...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/09/06/islamist-neocons/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Bank of America has over $100 billion in mortgage liabilities, says Chris Whalen Co-founder of Institutional Risk Analytics.

http://read.bi/mZxRLr



Bank Of America Called Grieving Widow '48 Times A Day'

Many families who have just lost a loved one have had to deal with the unfortunate task of dealing with the debt left behind after death. One widowed woman is suing Bank of America Home Loan Servicing, saying they called her as many as 48 times a day demanding payment.

http://bit.ly/niNUiz


From Information Clearing House



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Sales of firearms have surged since he took office: This year, they are on track to surpass 15 million for the first time.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44375021/ns/business-us_business/


From Information Clearing House



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Most contend that NATO s next destination for military intervention is either Syria or Yemen.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/197732.html



Russia to oppose any moves to arm Syrian opposition

The international community s 'response to events' in Damascus will move from supporting the people s uprising and condemning the oppression of the regime by waving the stick of economic and financial sanctions - to arming the Syrian opposition, similar to what was done in Libya.

http://bit.ly/pVv9es


From Information Clearing House



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By Greg Jaffe

In previous decades, the military and the American public viewed war as an aberration and peace as the norm.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29054.htm



Inside Job

Full Documentary Movie

A powerhouse of a documentary that will leave you both thunderstruck and boiling with rage.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29057.htm



Stanford Students Protest CIA on Campus

Video

Are you interested in an exciting career committing war crimes?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31088.htm

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The Price of 9/11

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Project Syndicate: 'The September 11, 2001, terror attacks by Al Qaeda were meant to harm the United States, and they did, but in ways that Osama bin Laden probably never imagined. President George W. Bush s response to the attacks compromised America s basic principles, undermined its economy, and weakened its security. The attack on Afghanistan that followed the 9/11 attacks was understandable, but the subsequent invasion of Iraq was entirely unconnected to Al Qaeda - as much as Bush tried to establish a link. That war of choice quickly became very expensive - orders of magnitude beyond the $60 billion claimed at the beginning - as colossal incompetence met dishonest misrepresentation.'

http://www.truth-out.org/price-911/1315403131



Toward Total Information Awareness

Nancy Murray and Kade Crockford, Truthout and ACLU Massachusetts: 'It is no secret that the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA) bungled a multitude of opportunities to foil the 9/11 plot. There were no fewer than 12 intelligence reports in the three years preceding 9/11 that Osama bin Laden planned to use aircraft as weapons and crash them into buildings in Washington and New York City, information that was included in the president's daily intelligence brief. In addition to the 2004 report by the 9/11 Commission, the often astonishing list of intelligence failings that contributed to the success of the attacks has been exhaustively documented.... In his minority report to the Joint Intelligence Committee, Alabama Republican Sen.. Richard Shelby urged agency leaders to be held accountable for the litany of failures. This was never done. Instead, well before the public was alerted to the extent of the multiple intelligence failures, the government embarked on a 'fix' that bore little relation to the actual shortcomings outlined in the reports.'

http://www.truth-out.org/toward-total-information-awareness/1314201923



Let s Cancel 9/11: Bury the War State s Blank Check at Sea

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: 'Ask yourself this: ten years into the post-9/11 era, haven t we had enough of ourselves? If we have any respect for history or humanity or decency left, isn t it time to rip the Band-Aid off the wound, to remove 9/11 from our collective consciousness? No more invocations of those attacks to explain otherwise inexplicable wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and our oh-so-global war on terror. No more invocations of 9/11 to keep the Pentagon and the national security state flooded with money. No more invocations of 9/11 to justify every encroachment on liberty, every new step in the surveillance of Americans, every advance in pat-downs and wand-downs and strip downs that keeps fear high and the homeland security state afloat. The attacks of September 11, 2001 were in every sense abusive, horrific acts. And the saddest thing is that the victims of those suicidal monstrosities have been misused here ever since under the guise of pious remembrance.'

http://www.truth-out.org/lets-cancel-911-bury-war-states-blank-check-sea/1315488002

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Our war on the politics of fear

Spiked
by Mick Hume

09/06/11

Contrary to what we have been told a thousand times over the past decade, and particularly this week, 9/11 was not ?the day that changed the world?. No act of terrorism alone, even one as bloody as the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001, could ever do that. What 9/11 and, more importantly, the fear-driven responses to it did was to confirm that the world had already changed, and to act as a further catalyst accelerating the end of the old political order...

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11052/



The meaning of September 11

CounterPunch
by Ramsi Kyzia

09/06/11

U.S. violence in Afghanistan and Iraq has destabilized vast populations of human beings who were already living inside of unacceptable catastrophes. Violence has built walls between those peoples and ours, enflamed prejudices and injustice, entrenched persecutions and created fears leading to increased hatreds, depression and despair. This is the central truth that lies at the heart of all violence - the brutal severing of human ties and emotions, the destruction of our human spaces...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/06/the-meaning-of-september-11-2/



Ten years of fear is enough

Wrights 2012
by R. Lee Wrights

09/07/11

As we approach the tenth anniversary of one of the most devastating events in American history, we will be inundated with a mind-numbing around-the-clock media coverage of the event. We will be flooded with a rehash of the events of that tragic day, hear countless stories about heroes, be subjected, once again, to endless analysis from 'experts' about why this attack occurred, and listen to political leaders pontificate on the meaning of the tragedy in memorial services, newspapers and on radio and television...

http://wrights2012.com/2011/09/ten-years-of-fear-is-enough/



9/11: A time for truth

Activist Post
by Ethan Jacobs

09/06/11

Now is the time to support the Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth s 10th Anniversary Campaign by making a donation at Remember Building 7. Remember Building 7 will use the donations for a historic nationwide ad campaign in the month of October showing the American people the unmistakable footage of Building 7's demolition and forcing the mainstream media to finally discuss the issue...

http://www.activistpost.com/2011/09/911-time-for-truth.html



Perpetual war

CounterPunch
by Tariq Ali

09/07/11

War - jus belli - is now a legitimate instrument as long as it is used with US approval or preferably by the US itself. These days it is presented as a ?humanitarian? necessity: one side is busy engaged in committing crimes, the self-styled morally superior side is simply administering necessary punishment and the state to be defeated is denied its sovereignty...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/07/perpetual-war/



Ten years later: The liberties that we have sacrificed

Campaign For Liberty
by Doug Bandow

09/03/11

It s been ten years since 9/11. Washington has started three wars. Massively increased spending. Created big new bureaucracies. And stolen away many of our liberties. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11 Americans were willing to trade freedom for presumed security, even though most of the powers claimed by the government either did little to protect people or could have been enacted with legal safeguards. Now, it seems, Americans are thinking more about liberty...

http://tinyurl.com/3teeckf


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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10 Years After 9/11, Is America a Better Place?
http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/10-years-after-911.html

A Bloody Decade of Fear and Vaunting
http://lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory240.html

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ACLU: Report, 'A Call to Courage: Reclaiming Our Liberties Ten Years After 9/11,' Details Dangers of Establishing Permanent War Footing
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/09/07-11

War Crimes and the Mythology of 'Bad Apples'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/22-2

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The 9/11 Files: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/4914.html



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Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle: 'Listening to upbeat statements by rebel military commanders, and optimistic assessments of National Transitional Council members, one gets the impression that the future of Libya is being entirely formulated by the new Libyan leadership. Arab media, led by Al Jazeera, seemed at times to entirely neglect that there was a third and most powerful party involved in the battle between freedom-seeking Libyans and the obstinate dictator. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whose decisive and financially costly military intervention was not charitable, nor was it a moral act. It was a politically and strategically calculated endeavor, with multifaceted objectives that simply cannot be scrutinized in one article.'

http://www.truth-out.org/libyas-next-fight-west/1315318480

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'Free Tripoli', Just Don t Mention The Corpses

By Lizzie Phelan

Far from Tripoli falling without resistance these figures suggest that Tripoli fell with the masses resisting being massacred.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29052.htm



Africans trapped in southern Libya fear for lives: aid agencies

Thousands of African migrants trapped in Libya are in need of protection from growing harassment and hundreds more have been arrested by rebels who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, aid agencies said on Tuesday.

http://bit.ly/phRYfs



Al-Qaida gets hands on Libyan weapons:

The North African branch of al-Qaida managed to get a hold of surface-to-air missiles during the Libyan war, a European terrorism official said.

http://bit.ly/ra3AHE



Atlantic Council: Is Libya a 'Global Con?'

Globalist organization ponders whether Al Qaeda has 'snookered' NATO.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/09/atlantic-council-is-libya-global-con.html



Manipulating Video Images: Sloppy Journalism or War Propaganda?

The BBC's Fake Images from Tripoli
http://bit.ly/qwut3H



Libyan Rebels Enforce Stone Age Condition On Sirte

Video Report

Asiel spoke to many people in Sirte today - and recounts to us what is going on - it is surrounded by NATO s rebels.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29055.htm



Jihadists Take Over, As Warned

By Julio Godoy

The official euphoria with which the U.S. and European governments celebrated the fall of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya has given way to growing concern that many among the new Libyan leadership are radical Muslims with links to al-Qaeda.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29074.htm



Former U.S. Congressman: Feared Dead in Libya, Returns Home-Guess Who He Saw Doing the Killing:

The noted civil rights leader, told the Afro that he watched French and Danish troops storm small villages late at night beheading, maiming and killing rebels and loyalists to show them who was in control.

http://www.afro.com/sections/news/national/story.htm?storyid=72369


From Information Clearing House

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Gaddafi worked with CIA to interrogate terror suspects

Boulder Daily Camera

09/06/11

The CIA worked closely with Moammar Gadhafi s intelligence services in the rendition of terror suspects to Libya for interrogation, according to documents seen Saturday by the AP, cooperation that could spark tensions between Washington and Libya s new rulers. The CIA was among a number of foreign intelligence services that worked with Libya s agencies, according to documents found at a Libyan security agency building in Tripoli...

http://tinyurl.com/3t43pvc



Libya is nothing for Obama to be proud of

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

09/06/11

Barack Obama will no doubt list the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi in Libya as one of his foreign-policy triumphs. But anyone paying close attention will realize that Obama should be ashamed of what he did. Indeed, Congress should be inquiring whether he committed an impeachable offense. What did he do?

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1109c.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Ethnic Cleaning in Libya
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-crimes/ethnic-cleaning-in-libya.html

Al Qaeda in Libya
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-is-a-racket/al-qaeda-in-libya.html



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Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: 'When David Petraeus walks into the Central Intelligence Agency Tuesday, he will be taking over an organization whose mission has changed in recent years from gathering and analyzing intelligence to waging military campaigns through drone strikes in Pakistan, as well as in Yemen and Somalia. But the transformation of the CIA did not simply follow the expansion of the drone war in Pakistan to its present level. CIA Director Michael Hayden lobbied hard for that expansion at a time when drone strikes seemed like a failed experiment. The reason Hayden pushed for a much bigger drone war, it now appears, is that it had already created a whole bureaucracy in the anticipation of such a war.'

http://www.truth-out.org/cias-push-drone-war-driven-internal-needs/1315330945

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US Army orders its first batch of suicide drones

MSNBC

09/06/11

Soldiers who fly hand-launched drone scouts to spot enemies on the battlefield may soon get a deadly robotic device capable of also delivering a knockout blow. The U.S. Army has ordered its first batch of small suicide drones that are capable of launching from a small tube, loitering in the sky and then diving at a target upon command. The backpack-size 'Switchblade' drone and its launch tube give individual soldiers a new level of precise control over an explosive weapon.

http://tinyurl.com/3wos8mm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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'Öl-Sandwich im arktischen Meereis'

Die Ölkonzerne Shell und Exxon haben die Erlaubnis für Ölbohrungen in der Arktis, ein renommierter Meeresphysiker warnt vor nicht kalkulierbaren Risiken.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/150418



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We have just received terrible news: The state of Georgia has set Troy Davis's execution date for midnight on September 21st, just two weeks from today.

This is our justice system at its very worst, and we are alive to witness it. There is just too much doubt.

Even though seven out of nine witnesses have recanted their statements, a judge labeled his own ruling as 'not ironclad' and the original prosecutor has voiced reservations about Davis's guilt, the state of Georgia is set to execute Troy anyway.

Time is running out, and this is truly Troy s last chance for life.

But through the frustration and the tears, there is one thing to remain focused on: We are now Troy Davis's only hope. And I know we won't let him down.

There are three steps you can take to help Troy:

1. Send a message of support to Troy as he fights for justice on what may be the final days of his life:

http://action.naacp.org/LettersOfSupport

2. Sign the name wall, if you haven't already. And if you have, send it to your friends and family. Each name means a more united front for justice:

http://action.naacp.org/Name-Wall

3. Make sure everyone knows about this injustice. Spread the word on Facebook and Twitter (using the hashtag #TooMuchDoubt) so that Troy Davis's story can be heard. We still have a chance to save his life, but only if people are willing to speak out against injustice.

Today, the state of Georgia has declared their intention to execute a man even though the majority of the people who put him on the row now say he is innocent and many implicate one of the other witnesses as the actual killer. Now that a date has been set, we cannot relent. We must redouble our efforts.

Thank you. Please act quickly and forward this message to all who believe the justice system defeats itself when it allows a man to be executed amid so much doubt.


Benjamin Todd Jealous
President and CEO
NAACP

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Oppose the Death Penalty for Troy Davis
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=gnJHKPNnEcKMK0L&s=buJTL8NLLdKRJcMSIqH&m=jwJ1LkNYJcLVJpJ

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The Troy Davis Case: Will America Execute Another Innocent?

Barring a last minute stay of execution by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles in a last ditch hearing scheduled for September 19, accused Savannah, Ga. cop killer Troy Anthony Davis will be executed.

http://bit.ly/oEjX9K


From Information Clearing House

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Troy Davis and the Politics of Death
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/14

How to Help Troy Davis
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/13-9

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Oppose the Death Penalty for Troy Davis
http://road2justice.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/troy-davis-last-chance-for-justice-aclu/

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A MESSAGE OF THANKS FROM TROY DAVIS
https://groups.google.com/group/freepage-news/t/cb04682cec11ecd6?hl=en

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A Murder in Georgia

Robert Wilbur, Truthout: 'On Tuesday, September 6, a Chatham County Superior Court judge put the final stamp on a 19-year battle to save the life of an innocent man from Georgia s executioner. On that date, Judge Penny Freeseman signed a death warrant for Troy Anthony Davis, setting his execution between September 21 and September 28; the exact date will be decided by Georgia s Department of Corrections.... The American system of justice turned a deaf ear to Davis, year after year, appeal after appeal. Seemingly, it is more important to demonstrate that the system 'works' rather than that it unmasks the truth - no matter that the price is going to be the life of an innocent man, especially a black man.'

http://www.truth-out.org/murder-georgia/1315837592



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