World-News

Dilip Hiro, TomDispatch: Washington denounces corruption in Afghanistan but conveniently avoids an explanation of how American nation-building failed there.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15487-how-the-pentagon-corrupted-afghanistan

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Afghanistan: NATO airstrike kill 4 police, 2 civilians in Ghazni province

District governor Fazal Ahmad said, ''A number of the Afghan local police officers were patrolling when they were attacked by NATO aircrafts, killing four police officers along with two civilians.''

http://is.gd/NOFUoq



How many occupation force troops will the US keep in Afghanistan after 2014?

''I am not in any particular hurry'' to come up with a number for what the U.S. military calls an ''enduring presence'' in Afghanistan, Gen. Martin Dempsey said in an interview.

http://is.gd/TtFhfF



Afghanistan, Slush Funds and Sleaze

By Stephen M. Walt

''The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan,'' one American official said, ''was the United States.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34780.htm


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/04/02-1

The Growing Campaign to Revoke Obama s Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/03-0



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/02-1

'Radioactive Water 'Escapes' from Fukushima Tank
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/06

Fukushima Clean-Up Will Last More Than Forty Years, says Nuclear Watchdog
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/22-2

'Flood of Highly Radioactive Wastewater' Overwhelms Fukushima Crews
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/30-1

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Almost third of US West Coast newborns hit with thyroid problems after Fukushima nuclear disaster

Researchers have discovered that the Fukushima nuclear disaster has had far-reaching health effects more drastic than previously thought: young children born on the US West Coast are 28 percent more likely to develop congenital hyperthyroidism.

http://rt.com/usa/fukushima-us-children-thyroid-291/


From Information Clearing House

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Historic number of sea lions washing up in S. California Has reached ''epidemic proportions''

A team of experts assembled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is looking into radiation from Japan s nuclear disaster as one of several possible causes of the ongoing sea lion stranding along Southern California beaches

http://enenews.com/tv-historic-number-of-sea-lions-washing-ashore-in-s-california-center-declares-state-of-emergency-feds-we-dont-know-why-the-pups-are-dying-theres-something-going-on-oceano

http://enenews.com/feds-radiation-epidemic-could-be-cause-of-sea-lion-die-off-in-so-california-experts-now-checking-for-contamination-from-fukushima-daiichi


David


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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28 Signs That The West Coast Is Being Absolutely Fried With Nuclear Radiation From Fukushima

http://thetruthwins.com/archives/28-signs-that-the-west-coast-is-being-absolutely-fried-with-nuclear-radiation-from-fukushima


From EMR-Updates



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Tens of thousands homeless despite billions in spending.
http://is.gd/9YeOea



ACLU: Detroit Police Dumping Homeless Outside City

''DPD s practice of essentially kidnapping homeless people and abandoning them miles away from the neighborhoods they know, with no means for a safe return, is inhumane, callous and illegal,'' said Sarah Mehta, ACLU of Michigan staff attorney.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/04/18/aclu-detroit-police-dumping-homeless-outside-city/



This is USA?

Vietnam War Veteran Arrested in Wisconsin Capitol While Standing Up for Free Speech

Video

Mike Harrington, a Vietnam War veteran with Veterans for Peace, was arrested ofor participating in the Solidarity Sing Along. They handcuffed Harrington and marched him out of the rotunda, followed by his fellow Veterans for Peace activists and a crowd of outraged supporters.

http://is.gd/2hd5XY


From Information Clearing House

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How Can a Veteran of War in Afghanistan Help Us Understand Good Conscience?

Dr. Wee Teck Young, Our Journey to Smile: Nao Rozi is an Afghan National Army veteran, and now a member of the Afghan Peace Volunteers. He speaks about his experience on the front line in Afghanistan, and explains why he decided to stop fighting.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15712-how-can-a-veteran-of-war-in-afghanistan-help-us-understand-good-conscience



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By Cole Harrison

The organizing principle of U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold War has been to ensure that every nation in the world stays within a security structure managed and controlled by Washington.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34484.htm



Gut Check Time for Humanity Featured

By Carlo Ami

We have been brainwashed into believing a set of falsehoods about who is leading and protecting us, who we are, and where we are going.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34512.htm



In This Nuclear Standoff It s The US That s The Rogue State

By Jonathan Steele

The idea of hegemony, often sanitised as ''leadership'', is unacceptable.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34563.htm



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By Ian Cobain

Prisoners subjected to electric shocks, held for prolonged periods in cells the size of large dog kennels.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34479.htm



Depleted Uranium

The BBC s hatchet job on Fallujah s genetically damaged children.

By William Bowles
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34488.htm



After Iraq, Climbing Out of the Moral Abyss

By Adil E. Shamoo

Let us start with a sincere apology to the Iraqi people for the crimes the U.S government has committed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34501.htm



America s Hired Death Squads and Torture Teams Are Still Operating in Iraq

A 15-month investigation exploring war crimes long denied by the Pentagon lays out the tragic truth.

http://is.gd/Vi73Kf



James Steele: America s mystery man in Iraq

Video

How retired US colonel James Steele, a veteran of American proxy wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, played a key role in training and overseeing US-funded special police commandos who ran a network of torture centres in Iraq.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34206.htm



Iraq s ''most wanted'': Where are they now?

Ten years after the fall of Baghdad, Al Jazeera looks at what became of the Iraq invasion s top players.

http://is.gd/lCMkwt



Australia: Howard ignored advice and went to war in Iraq

The government s justification for war was not supported by any of it s own agencies' intelligence.

http://is.gd/p6dZfw



Toxic Fallout in Fallujah

Video

Since the assaults on Fallujah in 2004, the city has seen an astronomical rise in birth defects and abnormalities, including some too new to even have a proper medical name.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34715.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Prosecute the organizers of torture in Iraq
http://ufppc.org/ufppc-statements-mainmenu-29/11440/

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Iraq: The Deadliest War for Journalists

Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera: More journalists were killed during the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq than in any war in history.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15613-iraq-the-deadliest-war-for-journalists



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Eine neue Schätzung geht von bis zu 6 Billionen US-Dollar aus, ein Hauptfaktor sind die medizinischen Kosten, die enorm anschwellen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38857/1.html



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