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His interrogators at the notorious camp have used snarling dogs against him. He was also placed in "stress positions," upended and used as a human mop to clean the floor. The U.S. forces were convinced he had thrown a grenade that killed an American soldier.

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President Bush's senior national security advisers are debating whether to expand the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency and the military to conduct far more aggressive covert operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

http://tinyurl.com/7l7kmj



India's double standards

While India blames Pakistan for inaction after Mumbai's terror attacks, it turns a blind eye to a dangerous terror organisation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/28/india-mumbai-terror-attacks


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By Shamus Cooke

When capitalism does enter crisis, the political parties subservient to corporate interests evolve accordingly. This is why both the Democrats and Republicans have been veering to the right for decades; it represents the deterioration of American capitalism's global position, which is related to the inability of US corporations to maintain their past rates of profit.

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By Stephen Lendman

It worried Thomas Jefferson enough to call banking institutions "more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies" at a much simpler time in our history. The right to create and control money belongs to the people through their elected representatives. For the past 95 years, powerful bankers accountable to no one have had it. They effectively run the country (and own it), and unless We the People change things, we'll continue to be victimized by economic tyranny and the eventual political kind that's coming.

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America Needs Period of Pain

By ERIC MARGOLIS

Wall Street's big money con men, hedge fund Houdinis, and casino capitalists made a staggering $33.3 US billion in bonuses in 2007 alone by shady financial engineering and hawking fraudulent securities. Yet they have so far escaped prosecution. They get to keep their swag and $30-million South Hampton beach houses.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21557.htm



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Adrianne Appel, Inter Press Service: "Despite hundreds of billions of dollars thrown at banks large and small, the U.S. economy is in a free fall, just weeks before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, analysts say."

http://www.truthout.org/122808C



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Informant: Dorothee Krien

Die Jahrhundertherausforderung Klimawandel und die Wirtschaftskrise können den überfälligen ökologischen Strukturwandel antreiben. DUH-Bilanz zur Jahreswende 2008/2009.

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Lieber Horst Köhler: Mut und Zuversicht wozu? Bundespräsident Köhler hat an Weihnachten trotz der Wirtschaftskrise zu „Mut und Zuversicht“ für 2009 aufgerufen. Ist dieser Aufruf berechtigt und begründet?

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741685040ms134



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Alternative health capital turns its 'negative energy' on pioneering wi-fi system

Glastonbury Tor viewed from the Mendip Hills: alternative therapy practitioners blame the town's Wi-Fi system for a spate of health problems. Photo: Getty Images

But now the residents of Glastonbury, which has long been a favoured destination for pilgrims, are at the centre of a bitter row in which many blame the town's new wireless computer network - known as wi-fi - for a spate of health problems.

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I have a comment on the above information provided by Dr. Eric de Silva, because it is so incorrect, and is such an irresponsible statement to make.

WiFi uses microwave radiation to transmit its information. The health effects of microwave radiation have been known for at least sixty years. There are masses of scientific evidence to prove the adverse health effects of microwave radiation, which is linked to cancer and many other illnesses. It would appear that Dr. da Silva is either lying to the press, miss quoted, or he is speaking on a subject that he is quite ignorant about. Either way, he needs to correct his serious error and provide accurate information to the public.

The statement by Somerset County Council also gives great reason for concern. How can a system like this be an asset, if it is known to harm the citizens exposed to it? The councillors responsible for this experiment need to educate themselves about the dangers of microwave radiation (see - http://www.bioinitiative.org ). It is a shame that they did not do this, prior to approving this dangerous technology.


Martin Weatherall
http://www.weepinitiative.org



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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "First prediction for 2009: A widening gap between the public's view of the bailouts of Wall Street and Detroit, and the views of the direct beneficiaries. The public believes the bailouts will permanently change these industries, but industry insiders don't really want to change."

http://www.truthout.org/122608T



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Sales of single-family houses in the U.S. dropped in November by the most in two decades and resale prices collapsed at a pace reminiscent of the Great Depression, dashing speculation the market was close to a bottom.

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Visits to U.S. Retailers Fell 24% on Weekend Before Christmas

Customer visits to U.S. retailers fell 24 percent last weekend compared with a year earlier, the biggest drop on record, as deepened discounts failed to attract consumers.

http://tinyurl.com/7bxeww



Cash-strapped states look to cut from Medicaid

States from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope with the deteriorating economy.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/6182177.html


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An attorney for convicted fundraiser Tony Rezko is listed as the owner and taxpayer for Barack Obama's Chicago mansion, according to records obtained by WND.

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The GAO report indicates that US military officials do not know what happened to 30% of the weapons the United States distributed to Iraqi forces from 2004 through early this year.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IH17Ak01.html


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By Ghada Al Atrash Janbey

From my personal experience as an Arab woman raised in the West for more than twenty years, I find myself constantly defying the stereotypes that have categorized me and my fellow Arab women as suppressed, oppressed, or imprisoned behind a veil.

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By Peter Chamberlin

The duplicitous leaders in those countries then carry-out America's will, to set them upon a path to war, in effect, driving their own people into a "kill trap" where unwanted war is forced upon them. This pattern prevails all over the earth, wherever the US has imperial designs. We are all being herded into a global war trap, some call it world war III.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21538.htm



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M.K. Bhadrakumar

The time has come to carefully assess the U.S. motivations in widening the gyre of the Afghan war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21532.htm



India has intensions to launch air strikes inside Pakistan

John McCain: U.S. Senator John McCain has voiced his deep concern over tense South Asian situation, saying India was preparing for some kind of attack on Pakistan in the wake of last month's Mumbai attacks.

http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?209487


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Could Saber-Rattling Lead to War Between India and Pakistan?

Saeed Shah and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers: "Pakistan is moving some troops away from its border with Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said on Friday, sparking renewed fears that last month's terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, could trigger a fourth war between the two countries, both of which are now armed with nuclear weapons."

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Mark Thompson, Time Magazine: "The news that President Bush's war on terror will soon have cost the US taxpayer $1 trillion - and counting - is unlikely to spread much Christmas cheer in these tough economic times. A trio of recent reports - none by the Bush administration - suggests that sometime early in the Obama presidency, spending on the wars started since 9/11 will pass the trillion-dollar mark. Even after adjusting for inflation, that's four times more than America spent fighting World War I, and more than 10 times the cost of 1991's Persian Gulf War (90 percent of which was paid for by US allies). The war on terror looks set to surpass the cost of the Korean and Vietnam wars combined, to be topped only by World War II's price tag of $3.5 trillion."

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