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Chemical Weapons and Iranian Invasions: Syria Hysteria Turns to Wild Rumors
State Dept Claims Assad Allies Planning ‘Exit Strategy’ by Jason Ditz, February 10, 2012 In past examples (notably Iraq) the clearest indication of a forthcoming war have been when the reports on the ground turned from exaggerations to hysteria to downright absurdity. Having quickly reached the Syria hysteria moment, we are starting to see the…
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From Pelican Bay: CDCR to offset prison population cut by putting more men in solitary
Three letters from core hunger strike organizers: Todd Ashker, Mutope Duguma (James Crawford), Arturo Castellanos by Todd Ashker Written Jan. 22, postmarked Jan. 27, 2012 – As soon as I first heard during our face to face meeting with former Undersecretary Kernan of CDCR’s plans to go to a “security threat group” (STG) system of…
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Trial of “Hutaree” Right-Wing Terrorist Militia Begins in Michigan
By Tresa Baldas and David Ashenfelter, Detroit Free Press DETROIT – The government says they’re homegrown terrorists who plotted to kill police officers with bombs and guns. Their defense lawyers say they’re tough-talking, good ol’ boys who had no real plans to harm anyone. Today, two years after federal agents arrested nine people suspected to…
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Protests as Bahrain uprising anniversary gets under way
Clashes have continued overnight in Bahrain’s capital, Manama. Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters who gathered ahead of the first anniversary of the start of pro-democracy demonstrations in the Gulf kingdom on Tuesday. Thousands are expected to march on Pearl Roundabout – the focal point of protests last year – which…
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Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran’s nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News
By Richard Engel and Robert Windrem Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders. The group, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, has long been designated as a…
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Israel shackles Palestinian hunger striker
Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem Khader Adnan, detained without charge for two months, may be close to death say human rights groups A Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for more than eight weeks is being kept shackled to a hospital bed by the Israeli authorities, despite warnings that he may be close to…
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Hackers target CIA, Mexican, Alabama websites
Websites affiliated with the CIA, Mexico’s mining ministry and the state of Alabama were down Friday, allegedly done in by hackers, government officials and a well-known hacking group reported. A message Friday on a Twitter page and Tumblr feed affiliated with the hacking group known as Anonymous celebrated that the Central Intelligence Agency’s website had…
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Anti-ACTA protests erupt across Europe
By Erik Kirschbaum and Irina Ivanova (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance. More than 25,000 demonstrators braved freezing temperatures in German cities to march…
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US-Funded Textbooks Teach Afghan Children Whitewashed History
The curriculum in Afghan schools intentionally excludes four decades of war in an effort to “bring people together” by John Glaser Afghan children are being taught with U.S.-funded textbooks explicitly written to exclude four decades of war in an almost self-satirizing attempt to “bring people together.” “There is no mention of the Soviet war, the…
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What’s Missing From Black History Month
by JON HOCHSCHARTNER In honor of Black History Month, I’d like to briefly highlight two courageous black socialists, Lucy Parsons and A. Phillip Randolph, whose commitment to justice should inspire a resurgent Occupy movement. Lucy Parsons (c. 1853-1942) Lucy Parsons was born in antebellum Texas, likely into slavery, according to a number of historians. In…
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