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AFP reportage et vidéo: EHS "La Drôme offre à la France son premier abri anti-ondes"
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EHS_Refuge_Zone.php#2

16. Oktober 2009

Zum Internationalen Tag gegen Armut und Ausgrenzung am 17. Oktober erklärt Katja Kipping, stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE:

In Deutschland leben über 18 Prozent der Bevölkerung in Armut. Durch Hartz IV und die anderen Grundsicherungen werden Menschen tagtäglich aus dem gesellschaftlichen Leben ausgegrenzt. Die Armutsrisikoschwelle, nach der derzeit seriösesten Datenquelle, dem Sozio-ökonomischen Panel des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung, lag im Jahr 2006 bei 891 Euro für Alleinstehende. Der durchschnittliche Hartz-IV-Satz liegt bei 649 Euro mit Kosten der Unterkunft und Heizung (KdU). Diese Armutssätze können bei einem "Fehlverhalten" des Leistungsbeziehenden sogar bis zur 100 Prozent durch Sanktionen gekürzt werden. Das Recht auf Existenz und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe muss auch in Deutschland als Grundrecht geachtet werden. Armut und Ausgrenzung gehören abgeschafft. DIE LINKE fordert eine Anhebung der Regelleistung bei Hartz IV und anderen Grundsicherungen auf 500 Euro und verbesserte Leistungen für die Wohnkosten. Ebenso tritt DIE LINKE für die Abschaffung aller Sanktionen bei Hartz IV ein und unterstützt die Petition zur ersatzlosen Streichung des Sanktionsparagrafen 31 unter http://www.sanktionen-weg.de. Hartz IV muss weg – ohne Wenn und Aber.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/fuer-eine-welt-ohne-armut-und-ausgrenzung-auch-in-deutschland/



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Reason
by Steve Chapman

10/15/09

Watching Washington policymakers in action, I sometimes think they make mistakes because of unrealistic goals, flawed thinking, blind obedience to party, or dubious information. And sometimes I think they make mistakes because they are — how to put this? — clinically insane. There is no other way to explain what is going on at the Federal Housing Administration, which provides federal guarantees for home mortgages. Given the collapse in real estate prices, the weak economy, and the epidemic of foreclosures, banks are acting with more caution than before. They now commonly require home buyers to make down payments of 20 percent to qualify for a loan. But the FHA often requires only 3.5 percent...

http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/15/mortgage-madness-again


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Campaign For Liberty
by John Browne

10/15/09

Earlier this year, I predicted that the 2009 rally in U.S. stocks could bring the Dow Jones Index as high as 10,000. It looks like that level has been achieved. If, at this point, the index reverses course, I would have made a fairly good prediction. However, it is important to get beyond the charts and look at the fundamentals. The furious six-month rally in the stock market has certainly not been mirrored by the economy as a whole. Instead, the country remains in recession, with unemployment continuing to rise and corporate earnings continuing to decline...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=276


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported Thursday.

http://snipurl.com/sj4vz


From Information Clearing House



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The United States is offering $7.5 billion to Pakistan for development - but only 15 percent of Pakistanis support accepting it, according to a Gallup Pakistan survey released Wednesday.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1014/p90s01-wosc.html



If fired, Haqqani threatens to unveil 'reams' of Pakistan's secrets

The Pakistan Embassy in Washington continues to convey a wrong picture to American officials and politicians on the uproar in Pakistan over the condescending language in the Kerry-Lugar bill.

http://snipurl.com/sj4lu


From Information Clearing House

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The reverse-Midas effect

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

10/16/09

U.S. actions in [central Asia] could be fairly evaluated as exhibiting a reverse-Midas touch: everything we get involved in generates a backlash — ‘blowback’ — in direct proportion to its visibility. Thus we are presently on a course that will eventually end in bringing about the very scenario we fear: a full-scale Islamist insurgency in Pakistan that threatens to topple the government and possibly come into possession of the country’s nuclear arsenal. The idea that we can intervene covertly, with sufficient subtlety to avoid a confrontation with the government — and nationalist elements in the military and the general population — is a foolish dream that ought to be summarily abandoned. How much money have we poured into the Pakistani rat hole — and to what effect? Our every effort boomerangs in our faces, mocking our purportedly noble intentions and underscoring our essential powerlessness in that wild region at the top of the world...

http://tinyurl.com/yh56faz


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Two missiles, fired by pilotless US aircraft, hit a suspected militant training center in Dandikhel village of North Waziristan tribal agency, security officials told KUNA.

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From Information Clearing House



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Sein Sohn soll einen renommierten politischen Posten bekommen.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31315/1.html



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Bill Moyers Journal: "Barack Obama was elected on a message of change, promising a new era of diplomacy and international cooperation - but can the president deliver a new vision of America?"

http://www.truthout.org/10150910



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Robert Naiman, Truthout: "General McChrystal says that if President Obama does not approve 40,000 more US troops for Afghanistan, and approve them right away, 'our mission' - whatever that is - will likely 'fail' - whatever that is. But even if President Obama were to approve General McChrystal's request, the 40,000 troops wouldn't arrive in time to significantly affect the 12-month window McChrystal says will be decisive."

http://www.truthout.org/10150912

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45,000 More U.S. Troops To Afghanistan

By BBC Newsnight

The Obama administration had told the British government that it will soon announce a substantial boost to its Afghanistan force and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that Britain will send a further 500 soldiers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23727.htm



Fighting the Taliban

What, Exactly, is Being Fought in Afghanistan?

By M. Reza Pirbhai

Washington insiders do not mention that the Taliban's "harsh form of oppression on women and others," which everyone from Madeleine Albright to Hillary Clinton have argued provides cause for war, is not a concern when relations with 'Wahhabi' Saudi Arabia are pursued.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23728.htm



'I'm here to understand what you mean by Taliban'

When we say we must fight the Taliban or must defeat them, what does it mean? I'm here to understand what you mean when you say Taliban. Do you mean a militant? Do you mean an ideology? Exactly what is it that is being fought?

http://snipurl.com/sj4l2


From Information Clearing House

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Five facts about Afghanistan

Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

10/14/09

The corridors of power in the nation’s capital are abuzz with the complexities of the situation in Afghanistan. If only we send 40,000 more troops, say the military brass, the U.S. could have some hope of turning the situation around and preventing Afghanistan from becoming a haven for terrorists yet again. Vice President Joe Biden has apparently suggested keeping the number of forces the same but shifting the U.S. mission more toward training the Afghan security forces and conducting Special Forces raids and drone attacks against al-Qaeda. Instead, a few simple facts on the ground in Afghanistan point to a third alternative...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2637



Why the Taliban has tripled in size

CounterPunch
by Brian Downing

10/15/09

The Afghan insurgency, we are repeatedly told, is based on intimidation and violence. This is true in parts of the country, but dubious in others. Indeed, seeing any insurgency as resting mainly on force is wrong and it will lead to wrong responses. Insurgencies develop when a non-government group builds rapport with at least parts of the populace. This was the case in Malaya, the Philippines, Algeria, and South Vietnam. And it is the case in Afghanistan...

http://counterpunch.org/downing10152009.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Public Citizen: Wall Street Mocks America; Compensation Estimates Highlight Need for Reforms
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/10/15-6

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The Banks Have Learned They Can Do Anything

Marie-Noelle Lienemann, David Cayla and Paul Quiles, Liberation: "If bank profits had any connection to the activity of the real economy, it would be good news. Instead, with unemployment growing (the American private sector destroyed another 250,000 more jobs in September), companies are not investing and households strangled by debt are legion. In such a context, in which banking practices have not changed, it is illusory to hope, as the government does, for lending that would be likely to relaunch production and consumption to resume."

http://www.truthout.org/1015095



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Largely Open Arctic Seas in Summer within Ten Years

New data, released by the Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF, provides further evidence that the Arctic Ocean sea ice is thinning, supporting the emerging thinking that the Ocean will be largely ice-free during summer within a decade.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741687166ms178



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DR. OZ, READ THIS ONE
http://nomorefakenews.com/index.php

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VACCINES AND GLOBAL GOVERNMENT
http://tinyurl.com/ylolktk

H1N1 Vaccine Packages’ Inserts
http://fluscam.com/
http://fluscam.com/Vaccine_Package_Inserts.html

I already saw news spots where this FLUARIX nasal stuff is being administered to children... excerpt from:
http://fluscam.com/Vaccine_Package_Inserts_files/FLUARIX_2009LatestPackageInsert_us_fluarix.pdf

SWINE FLU PANDEMIC 2009: Alternative Media Reports on the Global Genocide
http://fluscam.com/SWINE_FLU_MEDIA_CENTRAL,_2009.html

OPERATION H1N1: Vaccine Liberty or Death
http://www.deborahdupre.com/operationh1n1vaccine.html


Informant: sasha karlik

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Swine Flu Vaccine Propaganda In NY Times' Lessons For 6th Graders

Nine "myths" about H1N1 vaccine are not myths at all

Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Friday, Oct 16, 2009

The New York Times has produced a detailed lesson plan for students in grades 6-12 that pushes the H1N1 flu vaccine and sets about debunking what the editors describe as “myths” surrounding the swine flu shot.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/swine-flu-vaccine-propaganda-in-ny-times-lessons-for-6th-graders.html



Doctors Confirm Flu Shot Disabled Woman As Carrey & McCarthy Lend Support

Woman who took vaccine can now barely walk or talk

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Friday, October 16, 2009

Doctors have confirmed that a seasonal flu vaccine led to a Virginia woman becoming severely disabled as actors Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy offered their support through their Generation Rescue charity, an organization attempting to raise awareness about the link between vaccines and autism.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/doctors-confirm-flu-shot-disabled-woman-as-carrey-mccarthy-lend-support.html



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Oct 15 2009 by Naomi Corrigan, Evening Gazette

WORRIED parents are calling for wireless broadband to be removed from their
children¹s school.

Read More...
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2009/10/15/wireless-worries-84229-24932831/



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The Province

15 Oct 2009

Cables to connect devices may soon become a thing of the past, suggests an announcement Wednesday by the international body governing Wi-Fi. Cameras, printers, laptops, projectors, video-game consoles, music players — virtually any device capable of a...

http://www.6717000.com/newsArticle-6273.html



I guess the people that are planning to implement this (total wireless) have never bothered to study the health effects of microwave radiation.

The future law suits and criminal trials should be quite interesting!


Martin Weatherall
http://www.weepinitiative.org

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By Dr. Helen Caldicott
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9422&page=1


Informant: Dorothee Krien



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- Dernière minute 15 10 2009 12h30 : une réunion extraordinaire de l'organisation a eu lieu en réponse indirecte à la publication du rapport de l'AFSSET et face à l'évidence des actions concrètes ont été décidées dont certaines seront des ouvertures de procédures en justice avec constitution de partie civile. Une communication va être diffusée, pour avancer merci d'apporter votre soutien aux actions qui vont être engagées.

- Sénat Santé: i TELE "interdiction des téléphones mobiles dans les écoles et collèges"

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/GrenelleEtCem.php#1

Schonvermögen soll verdreifacht werden

„Die finanzielle Situation von Langzeitarbeitslosen soll verbessert werden. CDU/CSU und FDP wollen das Schonvermögen für Hartz-IV-Empfänger von 250 Euro auf 750 Euro pro Lebensjahr verdreifachen, wie die Generalsekretäre der Parteien am Mittwoch erklärten. Damit können Hartz-IV-Empfänger künftig mehr von dem für das Alter gesparte Geld behalten. Zudem sollen sie mehr hinzuverdienen dürfen, ohne dass das Arbeitslosengeld gekürzt wird. Selbst genutzte Immobilien sollen nicht mehr angerechnet werden…“ ap-Meldung vom 14.10.09 http://de.news.yahoo.com/1/20091014/tde-schonvermgen-soll-verdreifacht-werde-3fc80be.html

Siehe dazu:

Buntenbach: Den Menschen Hartz IV ganz ersparen

„DGB-Vorstandsmitglied Annelie Buntenbach hat die von CDU/CSU und FDP für die neue Legislatur verabredete Anhebung der Schonvermögen für ALG-II-Bezieher als unzureichend kritisiert. Der DGB fordert eine bessere Absicherung bei Arbeitslosigkeit. Gebraucht werde ein Überbrückungsgeld, damit Arbeitslose nicht direkt in das Hartz-IV-System abrutschen. Derzeit ist dies bei etwa einem Drittel der neu Erwerbslosen der Fall. Doch "die schlimmsten Auswirklungen der Krise am Arbeitsmarkt stehen uns noch bevor", betont Buntenbach…“ DGB-Pressemitteilung vom 14.10.2009 http://www.dgb.de/2009/10/14_algII_schonvermoegen_buntenbach/


Kosmetische Korrektur

„Hartz IV ist unsozial und ungerecht. Diese Botschaft ist auch bei FDP und Union angekommen. So plädiert NRW-Sozialminister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) in den Koalitionsverhandlungen dafür, den Freibetrag für das Altersvorsorgevermögen zu erhöhen. Das soll Erwerbslose entlasten - sie würden eher Arbeitslosengeld II (ALG II) erhalten und wären seltener gezwungen, ihre Ersparnisse fürs Alter anzugreifen. Fraglich allerdings ist, ob das vielen Menschen nützen würde. Die Zahlen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) deuten daraufhin, dass der Effekt gering wäre. Zwischen Januar und September 2009 wurden nur knapp 25.000 Hartz-IV-Anträge wegen zu hohen Vermögens abgelehnt. Im Verhältnis zu den 5,5 Millionen Anträgen, die insgesamt eingingen, entspricht dies einem Anteil von 0,5 Prozent…“ Kommentar von Hannes Koch in der taz vom 13.10.09 http://www.taz.de/1/politik/deutschland/artikel/1/kosmetische-korrektur-bei-hartz-iv/


Ein bisschen Sozialkosmetik

„Jetzt ist es offiziell, und es gibt nichts zu leugnen: Für einen Teil der Hartz-IV-Empfänger ist es eine gute Nachricht. Wer fürs Alter gespart hat und dann arbeitslos wurde, darf in Zukunft viel mehr behalten als bisher. Ausgerechnet Union und FDP wollen also nun die "Gerechtigkeitslücke" schließen, die sie bereits im Wahlkampf entdeckten. Den Arbeitslosen, die in Zukunft mehr behalten dürfen vom Ersparten, ist das von Herzen zu gönnen, genau wie denjenigen, deren Häuschen künftig verschont bleibt. Aber man tritt ihnen auch nicht zu nahe, wenn man hinzufügt: Das schwarz-gelbe Gerechtigkeitsempfinden hat seine ideologischen Grenzen - wie gerade dieses an sich erfreuliche Ergebnis der Koalitionsverhandlungen beweist. Der Weg von der Gerechtigkeitslücke zur Gerechtigkeitslüge ist nicht allzu weit…“ Leitartikel zu Hartz IV von Stephan Hebel in der FR vom 14.10.2009 http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/politik/meinung/2014468_Leitartikel-zu-Hartz-IV-Ein-bisschen-Sozialkosmetik.html


Schonvermögen wird verdreifacht. Geteiltes Echo auf Hartz-Änderungen

„Während sich Union und FDP in Sachen Steuerreform noch streiten, gelten Verbesserungen für Hartz-IV-Empfänger als sicher. Die wesentliche Änderung: Das Schonvermögen wird verdreifacht, damit Arbeitslose ihre private Altervorsorge nicht aufzehren müssen. Lob kommt von Arbeitsgeberpräsident Dieter Hundt. Das "Erwerbslosen Forum Deutschland" spricht indes von einer Nullnummer…“ RPO-Beitrag vom15.10.2009 http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/politik/deutschland/770331/Geteiltes-Echo-auf-Hartz-Aenderungen.html


Presseschau zu Hartz IV: «Dauerbaustelle wird in Ordnung gebracht»

„Die Mehrzahl der Kommentatoren lobt die geplante Verdreifachung des Schonvermögens von Hartz-IV-Empfängern. Allerdings wenden Skeptiker ein, dass nur eine kleine Minderheit davon profitieren könne…“ Presseschau in der Netzeitung vom 15.10.09 http://www.netzeitung.de/presseschauen/1492979.html


Aus: LabourNet, 15. Oktober 2009



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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up a European tour Wednesday by calling on Russia to uphold human rights and prevent attacks on activists who challenge the Kremlin.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33305357/ns/world_news-europe/from/ET


From Information Clearing House



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The forces jet fighters targeted suspected hideouts of the militants in Makeen area of South Waziristan killing five "militants", sources said. In another air raid in Brond area six "militants" were killed, the private channel Express reported.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/14/content_12232016.htm


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Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth

By Robert Scheer

If you want to know who actually runs this country, just look at the phone logs, released by court order last week, revealing Geithner's nearly constant calls to solicit the advice of the fat cats who caused the banking implosion. It's the same as when he was chair of the Federal Reserve in New York, before Obama appointed him to his current job.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23725.htm



How the Servant Became a Predator

Finance's Five Fatal Flaws

By William K. Black

Five fatal flaws in the financial sector's current structure have created a monster that drains the real economy, promotes fraud and corruption, threatens democracy, and causes recurrent, intensifying crises.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23723.htm



JPMorgan scores big $3.6 billion in latest quarter

JPMorgan Chase, the first in a series of big banks due to report this week, said it it earned $3.6 billion during the third quarter, or 82 cents a share.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/14/news/companies/jpmorgan_chase/



Goldman Sachs average pay and bonus to hit £500,000

The age of the City mega-bonus returned today after investment bank Goldman Sachs unveiled £2billion profits.

http://snipurl.com/siko5



Geithner Aides Reaped Millions Working for Banks, Hedge Funds

Some of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's closest aides, none of whom faced Senate confirmation, earned millions of dollars a year working for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other Wall Street firms, according to financial disclosure forms.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abo3Zo0ifzJg



Obama Dollar Retreats Most Against Commodities in Wealth Shift

President Barack Obama's effort to lead the world economic recovery by spending the U.S. out of its recession is undermining the dollar, triggering record commodities rallies as investors scour the globe for hard assets.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a7mHS_OElufk



Record Numbers Of Homeless In NYC

According To Coalition For The Homeless, More Than 16,000 Children Were In Shelters By End Of September.

http://wcbstv.com/local/nyc.homeless.homeless.2.1245853.html


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/14-7



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Flu vaccines revealed as the greatest quackery ever pushed in the history of medicine
http://groups.google.com/group/omeganews/t/138812ddb28d4e08?hl=de

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2.3 Big Pharma lobbyists per lawmaker

Raw Story

10/22/09

The pharmaceutical industry spent $110 million in just the first half of 2009 in its efforts to influence health care reform, part of a booming lobbying effort that now has 2.3 drug lobbyists on Capitol Hill for every member of Congress, a new investigative report reveals. Writing in Time magazine, Karen Tumulty and Michael Scherer report that Big Pharma’s efforts to protect their interests in health care reform amounts to an expenditure of $609,000 per day, and ‘they’re getting a pretty good return on their investment,’ Tumulty told CNN’s John King on Thursday...

http://rawstory.com/2009/10/report-drug-lobbyists-report/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The Drug Mafia
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/771.html



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Robert Scheer, Truthout: "There is no indication that any of the contending forces in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, are interested in bringing al-Qaeda back. On the contrary, all the available evidence indicates that the Arab fighters are unwelcome and that it is their isolation from their former patrons that has led to their demise. Every once in a while, a statistic just jumps out at you in a way that makes everything else you hear on a subject seem beside the point, if not downright absurd."

http://www.truthout.org/1014094

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General Mcmoreland in Vietistan
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/14-6

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Saving Face in Afghanistan

By Ron Paul

We overthrew the Taliban government in 2001 with less than 10,000 American troops. Why does it now seem that the more troops we send, the worse things get? If the Soviets bankrupted themselves in Afghanistan with troop levels of 100,000 and were eventually forced to leave in humiliating defeat, why are we determined to follow their example?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23722.htm



The Wrong House

Ask Awal Khan About Obama's Prize

By Brendan Cooney

Khan was serving as an artillery commander in the Afghan National Army away from his home in the eastern province of Khost on April 8, when U.S. forces came knocking. In a case of "wrong house," they killed his 17-year-old daughter, Nadia, and his 15-year-old son, Aimal. They also killed his wife, a schoolteacher who taught villagers for free. They killed his brother and wounded another daughter.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23724.htm



Obama's War

Video - This program contains graphic language and violent imagery. Viewer discretion is advised.

Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move in Afghanistan, led by a new commander and armed with a counterinsurgency plan that builds on the lessons of Iraq. But can U.S. forces succeed in a land long known as the "graveyard of empires"? And can the U.S. stop the Taliban in neighboring Pakistan, where U.S. troops are not allowed and the government is weak?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23726.htm

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Byrd: “How much American blood?”

ABC News

10/14/09

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., isn’t seen much in public anymore. At 91, he rarely votes and almost never gives speeches. But today he dramatically appeared on the Senator floor to denounce the idea of sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. ‘How much more will all this cost?’ Byrd demanded. ‘How much in dollars; how much in terms of American blood?’ Speaking slowly and forcefully from his wheelchair, Byrd directly challenged counter-insurgency strategy proposed by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. Central Command...

http://tinyurl.com/yggm278


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner421.html

The End of Money and the Future of Civilization
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/cook-r1.1.1.html

Economics and the Drug War
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/frazier4.1.1.html



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Lew Rockwell on Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano.
http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/1684615/12759198/102560/0/

The Untold History of Nullification: Resisting Slavery
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/sheriff3.1.1.html



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Andy Worthington, Truthout: "A declassified ruling by a federal court judge reveals that Fouad al-Rabiah, an innocent Kuwaiti prisoner who was ordered released from Guantanamo last week, was brutally tortured into making false confessions by US interrogators and repeatedly threatened until he confessed to terrorist activities in which he was not involved. In the summer of 2002, a CIA analyst interviewed al-Rabiah at Guantanamo and concluded that he was an innocent man caught at the wrong time and in the wrong place. Although al-Rabiah had said that he had met bin Laden and had been present in the Tora Bora mountains, he had provided an acceptable explanation."

http://www.truthout.org/10140910



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Während sich die internationale Gemeinschaft stark gegen die Atomgelüste der Mullahs macht, wurde bekannt, dass der Iran 10%-tiger Teilhaber der französischen Urananreicherungsanlage in Tricastin ist.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31293/1.html



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Neue Dokumente über den CIA-Mann Posada Carriles bestätigen die Hilfe des US-Geheimdienstes bei dessen Anschlägen gegen Kuba.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/146344



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85 000 Kerben in einem Dominostein, der keiner war

Irak: Das Ministerium für Menschenrechte veröffentlicht neue Zahlen über Tote durch "Bomben, Morde und Kämpfe".

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/146343