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Key Document John Yoo Used to Draft Torture Memo Released

Jason Leopold, Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout: ''A key document that describes the origins of the Bush administration s torture program was just released by the Department of Defense under the Freedom of Information Act. The so-called Pre-Laboratory Operating Instructions was a manual used to teach US servicemembers how to withstand torture if captured by an enemy. The document was shared with top Bush administration officials during White House meetings in May of 2002 as they discussed an ''alternative interrogation methods'' for high-value detainee Abu Zubaydah. Seven of the techniques in the manual ended up in the August 2002 torture memo drafted by former Justice Department attorney John Yoo.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8278-exclusive-guidebook-to-false-confessions-key-document-john-yoo-used-to-draft-torture-memo-released

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John Yoo, Bush s Torture Lawyer, Given Immunity
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/03

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How Guantanamo prisoner thwarted US torturers

Abu Zubaydah developed coping strategies as he endured beatings and humiliation at hands of US and allies, diaries show.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/26/exclusive-torturingabuzubaydahandtheartofdeception.html

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jason+Leopold
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jeffrey+Kaye
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Starmail - 3. Apr, 22:43

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Ostermärsche 2012 warnen vor neuen Kriegen

Ostermärsche 2012

Ostermärsche warnen vor neuen Kriegen

''Zu den bevorstehenden Ostermärschen der Friedensbewegung erklärten die Sprecher/in des Bundesausschusses Friedensratschlag, einem Bündnis zahlreicher lokaler und regionaler Basis-Friedensinitiativen, Peter Strutynski, Lühr Henken und Bärbel Schindler-Saefkow am Dienstag in Kassel: Die Serie der diesjährigen Ostermärsche für Frieden und Abrüstung beginnt am kommenden Samstag in Potsdam?'' Pressemitteilung des Bundesausschusses Friedensratschlag vom 28. März 2012 http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/ostermarsch2012/presse-baf.html

''Die Gefahr von Kriegen steigt, die Welt wird unsicherer'', ''Nein zu Krieg, Atomrüstung und innerer Militarisierung''

Ostermarschaufrufe Teil 1: Rhein Ruhr und Ostwestfalen (Detmold), Doku beim Friedensratschlag http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/ostermarsch2012/aufrufe1.html

''Wir bestehen auf der Einhaltung des Völkerrechts'', ''Kein Krieg dient den Menschenrechten''

Ostermarschaufrufe Teil 2: Kiel und Kassel, Doku beim Friedensratschlag http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/ostermarsch2012/aufrufe2.html

''Abkehr von Öl und Atomkraft zugunsten erneuerbarer Energien'', ''Keine Waffenlieferungen in den Nahen Osten'' Ostermarschaufrufe Teil 3: München und Hamburg, Doku beim Friedensratschlag http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/ostermarsch2012/aufrufe3.html

Ostermärsche und -aktionen 2012

Alle Termine beim Netzwerk Friedenskooperative http://www.friedenskooperative.de/om2012ges.htm

An vielen Orten Deutschlands mahnen die Ostermärsche 2012: In einer gefährlichen Zeit

Fotos und Reportagen aus den verschiedenen Städten von Anneliese Fikentscher und Andreas Neumann auf NRhZ-Online - Neue Rheinische Zeitung vom 11.04.2012 http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=17664

Aus dem Text: ''Karin Leukefeld sagt es beim Ostermarsch Rhein-Ruhr deutlich: ''Im Wettlauf mit den so genannten ?sozialen Medien? feuern herkömmliche Medien, nicht alle, aber zu viele Konflikte an, anstatt sie zu hinterfragen. Mit einseitiger Berichterstattung, ungeprüften angeblichen Fakten und dem Verschweigen bekannter Tatsachen drängen sie zum Handeln, anstatt Ereignisse transparent zu machen. Medien kontrollieren nicht mehr die politische Macht, sie sind Teil dieses Machtapparats geworden. Sie trommelten zum Krieg gegen Afghanistan. Sie trommelten zum Krieg gegen den Irak. Sie trommelten zum Krieg gegen Libyen, und heute trommeln sie zum Krieg gegen Syrien und gegen Iran.?

Siehe dazu auch:

Alle Beiträge zu den Ostermärschen 2012 beim Friedensratschlag http://ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/ostermarsch2012/Welcome.html

Aus: LabourNet, 12. April 2012

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=erneuerbare+Energie

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Starmail - 3. Apr, 14:39

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Confirmed: CIA secret prison in Poland

Another CIA-run interrogation 'black site' has been exposed after the confessions of top-ranking Polish officials blew the lid on the dirtiest secret in Eastern Europe.

http://rt.com/news/poland-cia-secret-prison-968/

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
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Starmail - 3. Apr, 09:24

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A New Energy Third World in North America?

Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch: ''Recently, North America has been repeatedly hailed as the planet s twenty-first-century 'new Saudi Arabia' for 'tough energy', deep-sea oil, Canadian tar sands, and fracked oil and natural gas. But here s a question no one considers: Will the oil curse become as familiar on this continent in the wake of a new American energy rush as it is in Africa and elsewhere?''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8244-a-new-energy-third-world-in-north-america?

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Aggressive Oil Shale, Tar Sands Development in West Poses Significant Threat to National Parks, Water Supplies, Local Economy
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/04/26-12

TransCanada s Relentless Push to Get Tar Sands Pipeline Continues
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/04

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drilling
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+T.+Klare
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Starmail - 3. Apr, 09:06

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Imposing Austerity on the Worlds' Most Resource-Rich Country

Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog: ''Even the world s most resource-rich country has now been caught in the debt trap. Its once-proud government programs are being subjected to radical budget cuts, cuts that could have been avoided if the government had not quit borrowing from its own central bank in the 1970s.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8264-oh-canada-imposing-austerity-on-the-world%E2%80%99s-most-resource-rich-country

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Oh Canada! So Rich And So Poor

Imposing austerity on world's most resource-rich country

By Sean Fenley

Even the world s most resource-rich country has now been caught in the debt trap. Its once-proud government programs are being subjected to radical budget cuts-cuts that could have been avoided if the government had not quit borrowing from its own central bank in the 1970s.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30968.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=austerity
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ellen+Brown
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Starmail - 3. Apr, 09:01

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National Occupation of Washington Begins with Demonstration at the EPA

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/04/02

The 99 Percent Spring: The People Are Not Powerless
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/02-6

A Very Sick Country
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/02-5

Walmart Accused of Corruption
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/22-3

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New York City Fare Strike Continues Trend of Militant Self-Organization

J.A. Myerson, Truthout: ''During Wednesday morning rush hour, signs hung in at least eight New York subway stations, inviting straphangers to ride for free. In Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan, service gates were chained open and turnstiles taped up 'in a coordinated response ... to escalating service cuts, fare hikes, racist policing, assaults on transit workers' working conditions and livelihoods and the profiteering of the super-rich by way of a system they have rigged in their favor.'''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8243-organizer-new-york-city-fare-strike-continues-trend-of-militant-self-organization

''Empty Buildings Are the Crime'': Occupy SF Commune Evicted After One Day

Susie Cagle, Truthout: ''It lasted less than 24 hours, but the Occupy SF Commune at 888 Turk may have pushed the movement forward harder than many other of the movement s Bay Area actions of late. And despite Monday s raid, many occupiers saw the building operation as a success.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8294-occupy-sf-commune

Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta on Workers' Rights

Video

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: ''Bill Moyers talks with Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta about activism dedicated to restoring workers' rights - rights they say have been stripped away by corporations. Domestic workers in particular, says Poo, are a 'huge and growing part of the 99 percent.' The two also talk about their involvement in 'The 99% Spring,' which aims to train 100,000 Americans to teach the country about income inequality in homes, places of worship, campuses and the streets.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8322-ai-jen-poo-and-sarita-gupta-on-workers-rights

Ninety-Nine Percent Spring and Confronting Corporate Power

George Goehl, Truthout: ''For us to truly reorganize our economy, we have to challenge those that most benefit from the current structure, big and abusive corporations that consistently violate values of fairness, human dignity and conservation. To challenge institutions the size of Bank of America, Walmart, Wells Fargo, Verizon, Chevron, Hyatt, and others, we know we can t do it alone. The good news is we don't have to.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8361-ninety-nine-percent-spring-and-confronting-corporate-power

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Spring Awakening: Occupy London prepares for second wave
http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?id=7040#newspost

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The One-Percent Revolution
http://lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi214.html

Rebellion Spreads: Have EU Elites Miscalculated?
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/eu-elites-miscalculated.html

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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pratap+Chatterjee
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Starmail - 3. Apr, 08:42

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Atomkraft: Indische Proteste, deutsche Exportförderung

Trotz des beschlossenen Atomausstiegs fördert die deutsche Regierung den Export von Nukleartechnik in alle Welt: ins europäische Ausland, nach Brasilien und auch nach Indien, wo sich heftiger Widerstand gegen den Bau von Kernkraftwerken regt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36689/1.html

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Solar in, Atom out

Was sich in vergangenen Wochen in der Energiewirtschaft abzeichnete, ist ein deutlicher Fingerzeig, so es ihn denn noch gebraucht hat: Die Atomwirtschaft ist auf dem Rückzug, während die solare Energieerzeugung ihren weltweiten Vormarsch fortsetzt, den Problemen der Solarfirmen zum Trotz. Beispiel ist eine spezielle neue Solaranlage. Solarmedia auf energiepolitischer Erkundungstour. Ein Bericht von Guntram Rehsche

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814744ms313

Emissionshandel: CO2-Emissionen 2011 sinken trotz starker Konjunktur

Atomausstieg konnte offensichtlich kompensiert werden.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814779ms313

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Starmail - 3. Apr, 06:17

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A Cashless Society May Be Closer Than Most People Would Ever Dare To Imagine

http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/cashless-society.html
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Starmail - 3. Apr, 05:54

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Ron Paul Is Respected Around the World

http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/ron-paul-respected-around-world.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Paul
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Starmail - 3. Apr, 05:49

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Montag, 2. April 2012

Return of the Cold War: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Starmail - 2. Apr, 07:26

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Geithner Wants To Get Rid of Physical Currency

http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1114.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Geithner
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/north
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Starmail - 2. Apr, 07:23

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The Real Costs of War

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: ''Most discussion about the 'costs of war' focuses on two numbers: dollars spent and American troops who gave their lives. A decade into the war on terror, those official costs are over a trillion dollars and more than 6,000 dead. But as overwhelming as those numbers are, they don t tell the full story. In one of the most comprehensive studies available, researchers in the Eisenhower Study Group at Brown University s Watson Institute for International Studies looked at the human, economic, social and political costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as our military actions in Pakistan.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8238-the-real-costs-of-war

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War for terror

Liberty For All
by John Jay Myers

03/29/12

Wars are not about ideals. Wars are about things, things people want. Telling people that wars are about religion or ideals is what is known as propaganda. No one wants to be the guy who is fighting over a 'thing' because that makes you appear greedy. Terror is not a group of people, or a country, it is a tactic used in war...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=7458

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The Immense Tolls of Imperial War

Casualty Comprehension

By Christian Sorensen

Juxtaposition provides insight into Pentagon delusion. Over 6,400 uniformed American service-members and 2,330 mercenaries have died in the Global War on Terror since 2001, but their corpses might end up in a landfill when they return to the United States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30978.htm

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The Vengeance of ''Don t Retreat, Reload'' Vigilantes

By Robert S. Becker

What the Bush Doctrine distilled into unilateral pre-emptive perfidy, executed by Rumsfeld s dire ''shock and awe,'' then justified by Cheney s One Per Cent Doctrine, was domesticated by this in-your-face mandate from a presumptive national leader.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30983.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+S.+Becker

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Starmail - 2. Apr, 05:05

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United States Moves Closer to Direct Intervention in Syria

Steven Lee Myers, The New York Times News Service: ''The United States and more than 60 other countries moved closer on Sunday to direct intervention in the fighting in Syria, with Arab nations pledging $100 million to pay opposition fighters and the Obama administration agreeing to send communications equipment to help rebels organize and evade Syria s military, according to participants gathered here. The moves reflected a growing consensus, at least among those who met here this weekend under the rubric 'Friends of Syria,' that mediation efforts by the United Nations peace envoy, Kofi Annan, were failing to halt the violence in Syria and that more forceful action was needed.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8231-united-states-moves-closer-to-direct-intervention-in-syria

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Syria: America Steps Onto The Slippery Slope

By Robert Wright

Could we at least be honest about we are doing? The U.S., by giving the rebels this communications equipment, is now officially helping Syrians kill other Syrians.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30986.htm

'All options on Syria should remain open'

In an interview with ITV News, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Mark Austin that Britain should ''keep all the options open'' when it comes to Syria.

http://itv.co/HTzwIR

Putting Syria Into Some Perspective

By William Blum

The Holy Triumvirate recognizes no higher power and believes, literally, that they can do whatever they want in the world, to whomever they want, for as long as they want, and call it whatever they want, like ''humanitarian intervention''.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31017.htm

'Military intervention in Syria not completely ruled out'

An internationally supported military intervention in Syria could still take place as a last resort for settling the Syrian crisis, given that recent international efforts are unlikely to affect the status quo and the conflict will not end in the near future, political observers have claimed.

http://bit.ly/HslpK9

A ticking clock on Syria: Intervention is likely, and the United States won t wait as long as it did in Bosnia.

http://lat.ms/HC8sg4

Syrian Cease-Fire Looks like a Long Shot

By Patrick Cockburn

Assad needs to make a show of moderation to keep Russia and China on side.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31043.htm

Expect War. It s Coming

By Stephen Lendman

While disingenuously supporting peace, Washington, rogue NATO partners, and regional allies continue arming, funding, training, and actively aiding insurgents other ways to violently oust Assad.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31055.htm

From Information Clearing House

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Starmail - 2. Apr, 04:56

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NRW-FDP will Studiengebühren wiedereinführen

CDU spricht vorsichtiger von der Notwendigkeit ''unpopulärer Maßnahmen''.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151722

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=FDP
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Starmail - 2. Apr, 04:42

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Sonntag, 1. April 2012

Man Whose WMD Lies Led to Iraq War Confesses All

By Jonathan Owen

Defector tells how US officials 'sexed up' his fictions to make the case for 2003 invasion.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30953.htm

Thomas Friedman s ''Festival of Lies''

By Lawrence Davidson

There are lies aplenty when it comes to U.S. actions in the Middle East. However, they are not lies we tell to others but rather to ourselves. And from that, nothing good can come.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30956.htm

''Curveball'' Reiterates Confession About Iraq War Lies

''We went to war in Iraq on a lie. And that lie was your lie,'' the interviewer said to Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, codenamed ''Curveball.'' Al-Janabi replied simply: ''Yes.''

http://bit.ly/HEi8Wl

Manipulating Public Perceptions: The Toppling Of Saddam Hussein

By MICHAEL OMER-MAN

The dramatic scene of knocking down one of hundreds of statues of the dictator, turned out to be not much more than an opportune media event.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31023.htm

From Information Clearing House

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Man whose WMD lies led to 100,000 deaths confesses all

Independent [UK]

04/01/12

A man whose lies helped to make the case for invading Iraq, starting a nine-year war costing more than 100,000 lives and hundreds of billions of pounds, will come clean in his first British television interview tomorrow. 'Curveball,' the Iraqi defector who fabricated claims about Iraq s weapons of mass destruction, smiles as he confirms how he made the whole thing up. It was a confidence trick that changed the course of history, with Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi s lies used to justify the Iraq war...

http://ind.pn/HKvqkQ

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The Value of Tom Friedman and America s Imperial Decline
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/25-4

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=imperial
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=decline
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Middle+East
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tom+Friedman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Curveball
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jonathan+Owen
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Omer-Man
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald

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Starmail - 1. Apr, 22:06

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Weather records due to climate change: a game with loaded dice

The past decade has been one of unprecedented weather extremes. Scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany argue that the high incidence of extremes is not merely accidental.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814738ms312

Greenland ice sheet may melt completely with 1.6 degrees global warming

The Greenland ice sheet is likely to be more vulnerable to global warming than previously thought. The temperature threshold for melting the ice sheet completely is in the range of 0.8 to 3.2 degrees Celsius global warming, with a best estimate of 1.6 degrees above pre-industrial levels, shows a new study by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Today, already 0.8 degrees global warming has been observed. Substantial melting of land ice could contribute to long-term sea-level rise of several meters and therefore it potentially affects the lives of many millions of people.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814790ms313

The Third Industrial Revolution

How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814736ms312

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Record Warm March Temperatures Continue Record-Breaking Periods
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/09-5

US in Flames: Global Warming, 'Perfect Recipe for Fire'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/12-4

The Long, Hot March of Climate Change
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/12-2

Historic Rise to Sea Levels in Pacific Ocean Linked to Climate Change
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/13-2

Connecting the Dots Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/04/17-0

'Broken Earth Day': Connecting Climate Change to Wild Weather
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/04-8

Biodiversity Loss Impacts as Great as Climate Change Impacts
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/04-5

Deep Ocean Beneath Antarctic Responding Rapidly to Climate Change
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/04-2

Game Over for the Climate
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/10-2

Help Wanted: Strong Leadership on Climate Change, Starting Immediately
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/10-8

Climate Crisis: The Silence is Deafening
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/14-5

UN Chief: Ocean s Biodiversity Must Be Protected
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/23

NASA s James Hansen Warns Escalating Climate Crisis Requires Intervention
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/08/09

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A new plan to save the planet
http://www.avaaz.org/en/a_new_plan_to_save_the_planet/?cl=1809677765&v=14364

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=climate+change
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Amy+Goodman
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jennifer+Browdy+de+Hernandez
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brian+Moench
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Starmail - 1. Apr, 05:51

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Josef Göppel, CSU-Umweltsprecher, sagt NEIN zum neuen EEG

Erklärung zur Abstimmung nach § 31 der Geschäftsordnung es Bundestages.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814707ms312

Solarkürzung ist beschlossen

Mit den Stimmen von Union und FDP hat der Bundestag heute weitere Kürzungen bei der Solarförderung beschlossen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814709ms312

E.on und RWE: Erneuerbare billiger als Atom

Vor drei Jahren hatte Englands konservative Regierung beschlossen, zehn neue Atomkraftwerke zu bauen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814710ms312

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Solarkürzung riskiert den Standort Deutschland

Die schwarz-gelbe Koalition will keine wirkliche Energiewende, sie will die Struktur der großen marktbeherrschenden Energiekonzerne erhalten, den Weg zurück zur Atomkraft offen lassen und die Erneuerbaren Energien klein halten...

http://www.ak-kurier.de/akkurier/www/artikel/15457-solarkuerzung-riskiert-den-standort-deutschland

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Gesellschaftsvertrag? Oder doch eher Industriediktat?

Chemieindustrie-Vertreter fordert bessere Bedingungen für den Kraftwerksbau. Auch DIHK hält nicht viel von Energiewende und will weiter Kraftstoff verschwenden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/151740

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Atomkraft
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Energiewende
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb
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Starmail - 1. Apr, 05:37

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Wetterrekorde als Folge des Klimawandels

Das vergangene Jahrzehnt war eines nie dagewesener Wetterextreme. Dass diese Häufung nicht einfach nur Zufall ist, belegen jetzt Wissenschaftler des Potsdam-Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK). Aus den vielen einzelnen Ereignissen fügt sich ein Bild zusammen. Zumindest bei extremen Regenfällen und extremen Hitzewellen ist der Zusammenhang mit der vom Menschen verursachten globalen Erwärmung deutlich, so zeigen die Wissenschaftler in ihrer Analyse des Forschungsstands in der Fachzeitschrift Nature Climate Change. Weniger klar ist dagegen der Zusammenhang bei Stürmen, trotz der beobachteten Zunahme der Stärke von Hurricans.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814693ms312

Klimawandel im Oberrheingraben, eine Region passt sich an

Der Klimawandel findet bereits statt, auch in Deutschland sind die ersten Auswirkungen heute schon zu spüren.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814728ms312

Weniger Eis in der Arktis, mehr Schadstoffe

Meereisrückgang und Ausbreitung chemischer Schadstoffe in der Arktis hängen zusammen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814730ms312

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Arktis
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Klimawandel
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=climate+change
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Starmail - 1. Apr, 05:29

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Samstag, 31. März 2012

Unregulated Super PAC Spending

Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen: ''This week has showcased a dire need, a need to spotlight the unregulated money overwhelming our democracy. Reform groups, investors, state elected officials and more have demanded that Congress and federal agencies do their jobs and make elections transparent to the people voting in them?. Both SEC rules and congressional action are critical to closing the gaping loopholes in our system left by the Citizen United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) decision and ineffective FEC regulations on the disclosure of political spending.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8226-this-week-in-unregulated-super-pac-spending

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Voters want super PACs to be illegal

Sixty-nine percent of all Americans and voters alike say super PACs, a fundraising vehicle that allows wealthy donors to make unlimited donations in support of a particular candidate or party, should be banned. Just 25 percent said they should remain legal.

http://wapo.st/ImiMXD

Top 10 donors make up a third of donations to super PACs

The top 10 contributors gave more than a third, or $68 million of the nearly $202 million reported by the outside spending groups this election, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of Federal Election Commission records.

http://bit.ly/JBwwCl

From Information Clearing House

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The Citizens United Gang Executes a Corporate Coup D'etat
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/18

Progressives in Congress Support Constitutional Change to Overturn Citizens United
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/19-0

From 'Pipe Dream' to 'Mainstream': Citizens Take on 'Citizens United'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/20-3

Corporate Reform Coalition Breaks Record for Comments Sent to Securities and Exchange Commission on Corporate Political Spending
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/05/02-4

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Romney
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=PACs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Vermont
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=wealthy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=political+spending
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Citizens+United+ruling
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Securities+and+Exchange+Commission
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lisa+Gilbert
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jim+Hightower
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Starmail - 31. Mär, 22:29

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Hartz IV unmenschlich über den Tod hinaus: Kein Anspruch auf Bestattung in der Heimatstadt

http://www.giessener-zeitung.de/giessen/beitrag/64264/hartz-iv-unmenschlich-ueber-den-tod-hinaus-kein-anspruch-auf-bestattung-in-der-heimatstadt/

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Kein Platz für Trauer: Jobcenter verweigert die Bestattungskosten in der Heimatstadt

Die Grausamkeit der Hartz IV-Gesetze besteht auch nach dem Tod weiter. Diese schmerzhafte Erfahrung muss nun eine Lebenspartnerin eines Verstorbenen machen, der am letzten Wochenende eine schwere Herzoperation nicht überlebte. Die eigene Behörde weigert sich die Bestattungskosten und die Überführung in die Heimatstadt zu übernehmen. Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/kein-hartz-iv-anspruch-auf-heimatliche-bestattung-9001488.php

So krank ist diese Gesellschaft

Ein Kommentar von Falko Maiwald

Diese Gesellschaft hat es geschafft: bravo. Beide Kinder psychisch am Ende, kaputtgespielt von einem interessenlosen und inkompetenten Schulsystem, wo man sich um prügelnde Kinder kümmert, jedoch nicht um die, die verprügelt werden. Warum auch, die sind ja ''selbst schuld''. Ein Wertesystem, das auf gnadenlosem Konkurrenzkampf basiert und schon im Kindergarten intensiv vermittelt wird, um die Kinder auf ihre künftige Arbeitswelt vorzubereiten. Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/so-krank-ist-diese-gesellschaft-900618.php

Warum das sogenannte Bildungspaket bei den Kindern nicht ankommt

Zuerst mal eine Klarstellung: das von der Bundesregierung, namentlich Ministerin Frau von der Leyen, eingeführte werbewirksame Hartz IV-Schlagwort ''Bildungspaket'' ist absichtlich irreführend, denn nur eine einzige der ''Leistungen für Bildung und Teilhabe'' (so die korrekte Bezeichnung) ist für Bildung (Nachhilfe) und auch diese kommt nur in absoluten Ausnahmefällen zum Tragen... Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/warum-das-hartz-iv-bildungspaket-nicht-ankommt-900642.php und diskutieren Sie mit uns im Forum:

http://hartz.info/index.php?topic=45947.0

Skandal: Hartz IV Betroffene auf dem Sklavenmarkt

In einem Interview mit der ''Jungen Welt'' berichtet Rainer W. Monzheimer, Vorsitzender der Wiesbadener Initiative für soziale Gerechtigkeit, von einem schier unglaublichen Aktionstag der hessischen Jobcenter. Am 26. April planen die Behörden einen ''Aktionstag 50plus'', bei dem sich über 50jährige Hartz IV Bezieher in der Stadthalle in Bad Schwalbach regionalen Zeitarbeitsfirmen wie auf dem Sklavenmarkt präsentieren sollen. Businesskleidung und sechs Bewerbungen sind Pflicht, denn bei vier Firmen müssen sich die einbestellten Hartz IV-Empfänger mindestens bewerben. Wer sich nicht daran hält, muss mit Sanktionen wie Kürzungen seiner Grundsicherung rechnen. Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-betroffene-auf-dem-sklavenmarkt-900790.php

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Hartz+IV
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jobcenter
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bildungspaket
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=von+der+Leyen
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb
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Starmail - 31. Mär, 13:55

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US House of Representatives Approves Plan to Destroy Medicare, Medicaid and Food Stamps

By Patrick Martin

The US House of Representatives has adopted a budget resolution that calls for privatization of Medicare and the elimination of Medicaid, food stamps and many other federal entitlement benefits. The resolution is part of a bipartisan campaign to slash spending on social programs.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30947.htm

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GOP Unveils Plan to Gut Food Stamp Program
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/17-7

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GOP
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Patrick+Martin
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Starmail - 31. Mär, 09:23

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Will The Koch Brothers Buy The White House?

By Bob Abeshouse

The Kochs are planning to raise and spend more than $200m to defeat Obama in 2012. But the brothers could easily kick in more without anyone knowing due to loopholes in US law.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30945.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Koch+brothers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bob+Abeshouse
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Starmail - 31. Mär, 09:20

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US Anti-terrorism Law Curbs Free Speech and Activist Work, Court Told

By Paul Harris in New York

A group political activists and journalists has launched a legal challenge to stop an American law they say allows the US military to arrest civilians anywhere in the world and detain them without trial as accused supporters of terrorism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30949.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=anti-terror+law
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+military
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Harris
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Starmail - 31. Mär, 09:13

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How the West De-democratised the Middle East

By Irfan Ahmad

Rather than promote democracy in the Middle East, the West has a long history of doing the exact opposite.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30946.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Middle+East
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Irfan+Ahmad
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Starmail - 31. Mär, 09:09

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Freitag, 30. März 2012

As Fukushima Worsens, US Approves New Nukes

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/30-7

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Fukushima
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Starmail - 30. Mär, 23:27

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Drei Büros für Wulff: Ehemaliger Bundespräsident erhält üppige Ausstattung

http://www.gmx.net/themen/nachrichten/deutschland/148z3ye-ehemaliger-bundespraesident-wulff-ueppige-ausstattung

http://meinungen.gmx.net/forum-gmx/post/14803117

Wulff bezieht umstrittenes Büro

http://www.gmx.net/themen/nachrichten/deutschland/38944re-focus-ex-praesident-wulff-berliner-buero-bezogen

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wulff
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Starmail - 30. Mär, 19:03

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Ten years of torture

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Andy Worthington

03/29/12

Ten years ago, on the evening of March 28, 2002, the Bush administration officially embarked on its 'high-value detainee' program in the 'war on terror' that had been declared in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, when Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn (more commonly identified as Abu Zubaydah), was captured in a house raid in Faisalabad, Pakistan...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1203z.asp

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=9/11
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Andy+Worthington
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Starmail - 30. Mär, 14:00

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Rettet die letzte Zuflucht der Orang-Utans

http://www.regenwald.org/?mt=1320

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Indonesian Oil Palm Fires Threaten Important Orangutan Population with Extirpation

http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=congo_oil_virunga

http://www.regenwald.org/aktion/865/rettet-die-letzte-zuflucht-der-orang-utans
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=oil+palm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=extirpation

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Starmail - 30. Mär, 13:41

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Freiwillige Bürgerwehr: Rechter Terror, gutbürgerlich

Einen siebzehnjährigen Jungen erschießen? Natürlich Notwehr, was denn sonst, selbst wenn dokumentarisch festgehalten ist, dass es nichts zum Verteidigen gab. Kommt man aber in Florida mit durch, der selbsternannte Bürgerwehrschütze George Zimmermann jedenfalls blieb unbehelligt von jeglicher Behörde. Der Wahrheit am nächsten kam der Konservative Geraldo Rivera: Die Kleidung Trayvon Martins sei mindestens ebenso sehr schuld an seinem Tod wie der Todesschütze... der Junge trug Hoodie, also Kapuzenshirt, das Gesetz, nachdem darauf die Todesstrafe steht, war bisher nicht bekannt. Hier eine kurze Videoaufzeichnung vom "Million Hoodie March" in New York vom 21. März 2012 bei You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9896y3BGcs

Siehe dazu: ''Michelle Alexander, The Age of Obama as a Racial Nightmare'' am 25. März 2012 bei Tomdispatch - ein aktueller Beitrag der Autorin von ''The new Jim Crow'' über die rassistischen Bedingungen solcher Todesfälle - und ihre Produktion durch ein Vorgehen, das Sicherheitspolitik genannt wird..: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175520/best_of_tomdispatch:_michelle_alexander,_the_age_of_obama_as_a_racial_nightmare/

Sowie: ''Es ist Rassismus'' von Reymer Klüver am 24. März 2012 in der Süddeutschen Zeitung, wo es unter anderem heisst: ''In den USA gehen Tausende Menschen auf die Straße, weil die Polizei den mutmaßlichen Todesschützen des 17-jährigen Trayvon Martin laufen ließ. Der Junge war auf dem Rückweg von einem Süßigkeitenladen einem Mitglied der freiwilligen Bürgerwehr zum Opfer gefallen. Auch Präsident Obama zeigte Flagge in der Rassismus-Debatte: ''Wenn ich einen Sohn hätte, würde er wie Trayvon aussehen''..: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/proteste-in-den-usa-nach-tod-eines-teenagers-es-ist-rassismus-1.1317120

Und: ''Gespannte Rassenbeziehungen in den USA'' von Peter Winkler am 24. März 2012 in der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung, wo hinzu weitere jüngste Gewalttaten berichtet werden: http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/politik/international/gespannte_rassenbeziehungen_in_den_usa_1.16048645.html

Aus: LabourNet, 30. März 2012

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Afghan army, police pose growing risk to U.S., NATO troops

Nearly one out of every five NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan this year were killed by Afghan police or army forces. Nine of the 16 victims were U.S. soldiers.

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American Culture and the Afghan War

By Younes Abdullah Muhammad

It is no longer sufficient to merely oppose wars abroad. To reestablish liberty at home Americans must right wrongs by attacking the imperialist culture.

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The Afghan Syndrome

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com: ''Still, credit must be given. Increasingly poorly remembered, Vietnam is now one for the ages. After so many years, Afghanistan has finally emerged as a quagmire beholden to no other war. What an achievement! Our moment, Afghanistan included, has proven so extreme, so disastrous, that it s finally put the unquiet ghost of Vietnam in its grave. And here s the miracle: it has all happened without anyone in Washington grasping the essence of that now-ancient defeat, or understanding a thing.''

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Good Night, America, and Good-Bye

By Philip Giraldi

Who but the gaggle of foreign policy experts surrounding the three leading Republican presidential candidates, all of whom are salivating for war, can deny that America is in steep decline?

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On The Nature Of Self-Defeating Convictions

A missive to an estranged southern friend

By Phil Rockstroh

We live in a culture that worships the god of violent death. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30941.htm

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US Drone Attacks Escalate in Yemen

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US drone raids in Yemen 'kill hundreds'

Report says drone attacks have become as frequent as in Pakistan, with scores of civilians killed.

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''Al-Qaida'' fighters mown down in airstrikes

Dozens of al-Qaida fighters in Yemen have been reportedly wiped out in airstrikes, possibly carried out by American forces as U.S. President Barack Obama ramps up his ''secret war'' against the jihadists.

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U.S. kills 14 ''al-Qaida militants'' in Yemen s south

The warplane fired two missiles on an al-Qaida convoy on a desert road in the outskirts of Lauder town, about 150 km northeast of Zinjibar, the provincial capital of Abyan, killing at least 14 militants and wounding 10 others, the local government official said condition of anonymity.

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US kills 7 people in Yemen

A U.S. drone strike killed seven suspected al-Qaida members believed to be heading toward a restive province where Yemeni forces have been intensely battling the terror group, Yemeni officials said.

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Drone death in Yemen of an American teenager

With the house still quiet with slumber, the 15-year-old left a letter for his mother begging forgiveness, then crawled out a second-storey kitchen window and dropped to the garden below.

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US kills at least 7 ''militants'' in Yemen

At least seven ''Al-Qaeda militants'' were killed early Tuesday during an overnight drone attack in different locations in southern Yemen, according to news reports.

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Seeking the Truth About U.S. Targeted Killing Strike That Killed Dozens of Women and Children in Yemen

By Nathan Freed Wessler and Pardiss Kebriaei

The images are horrifying. Rarely has the American public seen so clearly the human costs of America s targeted killing campaign.

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U.S. Kills ''AQAP leader'' in Yemen

FBI director Robert Mueller visited Yemen on Tuesday, pledging to help quell an Islamist insurgency there, as security and government sources said a U.S. drone had killed a prominent al Qaeda leader linked to a 2005 attack on a French oil tanker.

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Fifteen ''militants'' killed in Yemen airstrike

Fifteen ''al-Qaida-linked'' militants have been killed in a missile strike on their training camp in southern Yemen, according to military officials.

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US kills 15 people in Yemen

Yemeni military officials who are currently engaged in an offensive against Islamist guerillas there claimed that all the dead were ''al-Qaida-linked'' militants.

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Nonstop U.S. backed bombardment of Southern Yemen
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