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These operations allegedly include the rendition of suspected jihadists seized in East Africa and spirited to an underground CIA interrogation center in Mogadishu and using mercenaries to train Somali assassination teams to hit al-Shabaab, the main insurgent group and which is linked to al-Qaida.

http://bit.ly/raRVMF

From Information Clearing House

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Al Qaeda was never an 'existential threat'

Cato Institute
by Gene Healy

09/13/11

In May 2010, after the Times Square bomber s jerry-rigged contraption of gas cans, firecrackers and fertilizer ruined his Pathfinder s upholstery, Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed 'the most dangerous impression we can draw is that this threat no longer exists.' But by convincing ourselves that the threat is 'existential,' we have wasted trillions and built a surveillance state that refuses to recede with the waning al Qaeda threat...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13663

The enemy that barely exists

CounterPunch
by Patrick Cockburn

09/12/11

What was the most devastating attack by al-Qa?ida in the past few months? Despite all the pious talk this weekend about combating 'terrorism,' few will have heard of it. It happened on 15 August when bombers killed 63 people in 17 cities up and down Iraq in the space of a few hours. Such carnage is ignored because the US and Britain see al-Qa?ida only in relation to themselves, and because all the victims were Iraqis...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/12/the-enemy-that-barely-exists/

Going to war ?

Liberty For All
by Charles Tilly

09/14/11

Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the effort from its accumulated reserves and current revenues. Almost all war-making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat -- including men - from reluctant citizens who have other uses for their resources...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=6591

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Somalia
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=surveillance
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Shabaab
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=jihad
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rendition
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gene+Healy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Charles+Tilly
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn
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Starmail - 15. Sep, 09:11

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Corruption? 5400 Lawmakers Have Become Lobbyists in the Last Decade

By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

Lobbyists working for lawmakers working for lobbyists: it's not exactly what the founding fathers had in mind.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29128.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=lawmaker
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=lobbyists
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=founding+fathers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Julianne+Escobedo+Shepherd
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Starmail - 15. Sep, 08:53

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Former U.S General Admits to America Foreign Policy Coup

Video

Former four star general and NATO commander Wesley Clark talks about the neocon plan to invade seven countries in five years.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29129.htm

Why Are Some Americans So Shockingly Cruel?

By John Thorpe

I am embarrassed, saddened, and yes, disgusted, by the behavior and beliefs of the majority of Americans.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29127.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wesley+Clark
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=neocons
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=foreign+policy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Thorpe
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Starmail - 15. Sep, 08:48

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The War on Liberty

http://lewrockwell.com/orig12/bowman-joel6.1.1.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+war+on+terror
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/bowman-joel
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bill+Bonner
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Starmail - 15. Sep, 08:22

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The Dollar As the World Reserve Currency: Poor World

http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1033.html

The 13 Signs of a Societal Collapse
http://lewrockwell.com/orig12/pennington8.1.1.html

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The Decline and Fall of the American Middle Class
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/14-3

A Declaration of Interdependence
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/09/14

Worldwatch Institute: US Must Commit to Sustainability to Overcome Mounting Economic and Ecological Strains
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/09/14-2

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=reserve+currency
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=collapse
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/pennington
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Harris
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Starmail - 15. Sep, 08:18

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Chevron Confirms Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/14

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=oil+spill
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Chevron
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Starmail - 15. Sep, 06:20

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Congressional 'Supercommittee': Debt Panel or Death Panel?

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/14-13

Common Cause: 'Super Committee' Fundraising Is Invitation to Corruption
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/09/15-7

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=supercommittee
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Charles+Davis
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Starmail - 15. Sep, 06:05

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Nach den neuen Daten der US-Statistikbehörde ist 2010 das durchschnittliche Haushaltseinkommen gesunken und die Zahl der Menschen, die unter der Armutsgrenze leben und arbeitslos sind, weiter gestiegen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35488/1.html

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Starmail - 15. Sep, 05:57

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