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Truthout
by Shay Totten

12/24/10

You?ve probably heard of Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange. Maybe even Bradley Manning, the Army private and former intelligence officer who allegedly turned over thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks. But chances are you don?t know the name Thomas Drake, a former Vermonter charged under the Espionage Act for mishandling classified information. His alleged crime? Drake blew the whistle on a wasteful surveillance program within the National Security Agency...

http://www.truth-out.org/keep-state-secrets66236



Who will free Bradley Manning?

CounterPunch
by Eric Patton

12/27/10

If the left hasn?t figured out how to free Mumia, Peltier, or Lynne Stewart, why should anyone believe it will free Manning? The left will fail to free Manning, and then it will flit on to its next cause celebre.The right doesn?t operate this way. And actually, neither does the left. The right knows what it wants. The left only thinks it knows what it wants. What the left really wants is to be able to solicit donations, raise money, and get paid...

http://counterpunch.org/patton12272010.html



The worsening journalistic disgrace at Wired

Bradley Manning Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

12/27/10

For more than six months, Wired's Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen has possessed -- but refuses to publish -- the key evidence in one of the year's most significant political stories: the arrest of U.S. Army PFC Bradley Manning for allegedly acting as WikiLeaks' source. ... it is just inconceivable that someone who claims to be a 'journalist' -- or who wants to be regarded as one -- would actively conceal from the public, for months on end, the key evidence in a political story that has generated headlines around the world...

http://salon.com/a/sdSEfAA


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Bradley Manning's Holiday Statement
http://www.armycourtmartialdefense.info/2010/12/mannings-holiday-statement.html


From the NEWS ON ONE CLICK



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As often as seven times a week, tribesmen there say, corpses appear in fields and on roadsides with dark warnings pinned to their tunics: All American spies will meet the same fate.

http://wapo.st/fulImK



Pakistan sells sovereignty: US pays Pakistan more than $600m in "aid"

Washington transferred more than 600 million dollars to the Pakistani government this week to pay for its efforts in the fight against violent extremists, the US embassy in Islamabad said Thursday.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=167291



US Kills 25 People In Pakistan

At least 25 people were killed in three U.S. drone strikes launched on Monday in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local media.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7243782.html



US Kills Another 16 People In Pakistan

At least 16 people were killed in four consecutive U.S. drone strikes Tuesday afternoon in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local media.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7244977.html



US strikes kill 46 People In Pakistan

US drone attacks on tribal areas in northwest Pakistan have killed and wounded scores of people in the past two days.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/157527.html



Obama's CIA War in Pakistan

Obama's favorite war is in Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border. He has had the CIA ramp up the number of missiles making attacks.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/73709.html



US kills 8 in Pakistan

A fresh Unauthorized US drone strike has killed at least eight people and wounded several others in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/158036.html


From Information Clearing House

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Pakistan: Suspected US drone strike kills 18

Guardian [UK]

12/27/10

Suspected US missiles struck two vehicles in a Taliban stronghold near the border with Afghanistan today, killing 18 alleged militants, according to Pakistani intelligence officials. ... The latest strikes targeted Shera Tala village in Mir Ali district, where militants are heavily concentrated. The identities of the 18 dead were not immediately known...

http://tinyurl.com/29lswut


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
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Die UN will jetzt die Haftbedingungen von Bradley Manning untersuchen. Das Pentagon wertet diese als korrekt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33923/1.html



Die zensierte Folter

Weil es Folter in Spanien angeblich nicht gibt, werden nun auch Bücher zum Thema zensiert.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33945/1.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pentagon
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Folter

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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/23-4

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Understanding the Iraq sanctions

Campaign For Liberty Campaign For Liberty
by Anthony Gregory

01/17/11

Between the Gulf War and the Iraq War, the United States enforced a comprehensive sanctions policy against the Iraqi people, under the auspices of the United Nations. Whereas the hot conflict of 1990 and the one that has run from March 2003 to this day have occupied American attention, the sanctions, beginning even before Operation Desert Storm and persisting until Shock and Awe, implemented by three presidential administrations, were largely ignored...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1292


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq+sanctions
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+toll
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/gregory
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Deutsche Zustände: Unruhige Zeiten

Presseinformation zur Präsentation der Langzeituntersuchung ?Gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit? am 03.12.2010 von und beim Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung (IKG) an der Uni Bielefeld (pdf) http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/Pressehandout_GMF_2010.pdf darin befindet sich die Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse der Studie von Wilhelm Heitmeyer. Siehe dazu:


"Rohe Bürgerlichkeit und soziale Vereisung"

?Seit 2002 untersuchen Wissenschaftler in einer Langzeitstudie die Ausmaße, Entwicklungen und Ursachen von Vorurteilen in Deutschland. Aktuell haben die Forscher die Folgen der Wirtschaftskrise unter die Lupe genommen - und dabei eine "deutliche Vereisung des sozialen Klimas", rohe Bürgerlichkeit und einen zunehmenden Klassenkampf von oben beobachtet. Die Feindbilder in einer durchweg wirtschaftlich geprägten Gesellschaft seien Muslime und "wirtschaftlich Nutzlose"? Kommentar von Patrick Gensing bei tagesschau.de vom 03.12.2010 http://www.tagesschau.de/redirectid.jsp?id=deutschezustaende100


Gedankenspiele. Die Studie des Soziologen Wilhelm Heitmeyer über ?Deutsche Zustände? sollte uns schockieren. Sie zeigt ein feindseliges, verrohtes Bürgertum.

?Ein Gedankenspiel aus unschönem Anlass: Ich stelle mir vor, ein Raunen ginge durch die Republik. Viele Menschen in diesem Land wären beunruhigt, mehr noch, erschrocken. Sie diskutierten leidenschaftlich die Ergebnisse der ?Deutschen Zustände?. In der neuen Auflage dieser umfassenden Langzeitstudie kommen renommierte Bielefelder Wissenschaftler um den Soziologen Wilhelm Heitmeyer zu dem Schluss, dass das deutsche Bürgertum verroht. Vor allem Besserverdienende blickten zunehmend feindselig, gar aggressiv auf sozial Schwache und auf Muslime?? Kolumne von Ferdos Forudastan in der FR vom 7.12.2010 http://www.fr-online.de/politik/meinung/gedankenspiele/-/1472602/4903162/-/index.html

Aus dem Text: ?? Hätte die Studie ?Deutsche Zustände? nur einen Bruchteil dieses Hypes ausgelöst, wäre das ein ermutigendes Zeichen. Man könnte daraus schließen, dass Aufmerksamkeit nicht nur erfährt, wer Krawall auf Kosten von Minderheiten schlägt. Man könnte daran ablesen, dass eine wachsame Öffentlichkeit weiß, wie gefährlich es für den inneren Frieden ist, wenn auch Teile der Mitte und der Eliten sich radikalisieren. Man wäre sehr zuversichtlich, dass dieses Land keinen deutschen Jörg Haider oder Geert Wilders hervorbringt ? nicht jetzt und nicht künftig. Aber auch das ist: ein Gedankenspiel aus unschönem Anlass??


Eure Armut kotzt sie an

Die Krise macht die Bürger irre. Die neue Ausgabe der Studie »Deutsche Zustände« stellt den wachsenden Hass der Wohlhabenden fest. Artikel von Roger Behrens in der Jungle World vom 16. Dezember 2010 http://jungle-world.com/artikel/2010/50/42287.html


Aus: LabourNet, 23. Dezember 2010



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Nadia Prupis, Truthout: "New evidence has surfaced that the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) may have endorsed on-campus proselytizing by fundamentalist and evangelical organizations, particularly the Cadets for Christ ministry. The Baas family, whose daughter Lauren was converted after entering the school to become a pilot, has been fighting with watchdog group Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) for the USAFA to address the accusations against the academy and Cadets for Christ. The Baas family has alleged that the ministry, which was given free rein by the USAFA to operate on campus, convinced Lauren to abandon her career aspirations and focus solely on an arranged, subservient marriage."

http://www.truth-out.org/family-escalates-fight-against-air-force-academy-allowing-on-campus-proselytizing66161



The "Family": Who Really Is Behind This Secret Organization?

Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: "Jesus plus nothing' is the mantra of the Fellowship, also known as the Family, a secret, fundamentalist Christian organization peopled primarily by devout policy makers and high-ranking individuals. Though the nonbeliever's view of religion can often be dismissive when faced with such catchphrases, in 'C Street,' a nonfiction account of the extended reach of the Family, these phrases fuel moral crusades with real, and terrifying, impact.... In his latest book, Sharlet traces the powerful orthodoxy's chilling influence on governments both inside and outside of the United States as well as the devastating effects of fundamentalism within the military."

http://www.truth-out.org/c-street-review-is-fact-power-its-justification66406

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Cadets For Christ Solicits Letters to the Air Force Academy to Use as Ammo

This is the most recent development in an outrageous story that has been developing over the better part of this year, so, for those who need to be brought up to speed, here's what's going on in as small of a nutshell as I can put it.

http://bit.ly/gfhchC


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=USAFA
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Yana+Kunichoff
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The American Spectator
by Doug Bandow

12/17/10

It has been years since the Constitution has had any meaningful impact on what is done in Washington. True, no one challenges the structural provisions -- there are a hundred senators, presidential elections are held every four years, etc. And there are lots of court battles over application of the Bill of Rights, largely because it protects some liberties favored by the Left. But most congressmen pay little, if any, attention to their authority under the Constitution before they pass legislation...

http://tinyurl.com/2fbw5mg



Bend Over and Spread Your Cheeks, Madam

authority Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

12/19/10

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now treating every airline passenger as a potential criminal terrorist suspect. All travelers must line up like prison inmates and submit to humiliating full body searches or be denied access to their flight. Huge x-ray scanner machines allow the government agents to see through clothing and view the naked bodies, genitalia and all, of each suspect in a virtual digital strip search...

http://tinyurl.com/2bd5klv


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Naked Man at the Airport
http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/sinner1.1.1.html

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TSA 'Terror Baby' Crackdown

Video

The TSA detains an eighteen month old for questioning.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31292.htm

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TSA tried to cover up $184 million in wasteful spending
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/tsa-nonsense-and-abuse/tsa-tried-to-cover-up-184-million-in-wasteful-spending-.html



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Die weltweiten CO2-Emmissionen der Landwirtschaft belaufen sich jährlich auf über 16 Milliarden Tonnen ? das entspricht, vom Anbau auf dem Acker über die Düngung der Weiden bis hin zu Importfuttermitteln, 32 Prozent der global vom Menschen verursachten Klimagase. Ein Großteil der Treibhausgase entsteht dabei durch die Haltung und Versorgung von Nutztieren. Um diese Zahlen deutlich zu reduzieren, setzt das Industrieunternehmen Evonik beim Tierfutter auf den Zusatz von künstlichen Aminosäuren. Diese sind die Grundlage für die körpereigene Produktion von Proteinen und damit, gerade in den Wachstumsphasen eines Tieres, überlebenswichtig.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416810820ms239



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=CO2
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Treibhausgas

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