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Date Sent: 2012-03-18
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
Police Intervene, Arrest Ron Paul Backers at Missouri Caucus
This is Brent Stafford from Missouri - Updated -- I'm "THE Camera Man" -- The Chicago Cash Camera Scam: Profit The Clear Motive -- Mitt Romney: I don’t have a ‘secret deal’ with Ron Paul -- Brazil to
file charges against Chevron executives for new oil leak -- A look at long-shot
strategy by long-shot Santorum -- Forget the received wisdom:
Chinese finance in Latin America is a win-win -- BRAZIL, NICARAGUA
AND PANAMA BEST SUITED TO ATTRACT LOW-CARBON ENERGY INVESTMENT IN
LATIN AMERICA -- The Case for Crazy: What the GOP Would Learn by
Picking Rick Santorum -- Drug war shifts in Latin America -- New Executive Order Seizes Total
Control over Civilian Activities -- 911 tapes in Trayvon
Martin shooting released -- Why Santorum is Ahead of Ron Paul &
What Can be Done About It -- 'This American Life' retracts damning
report on Apple manufacturer Foxconn -- Two Blasts Strike Near Security Agencies in Syria --
Homosexual Activists Launch Effort to Silence Anyone Who Disagrees
With Them -- Pornographic Politics: Santorum Pledges To Prosecute
The Country Into a Better Moral State -- -- MasGuatemala President Perez Molina's Legalization Crusade
Deserves Everyone's Support sacre As Metaphor American
serial killer symbolizes US foreign policy -- New production process
could cut solar cell prices by half -- CIA Head: We Will Spy On Americans Through Their Appliances -- DHS Terror Document Lists Yawning, Goose
Bumps As Suspicious Behavior -- Karzai:
US Not Cooperating in Massacre Probe -- Probe team: Women
sexually assaulted before killing in Panjwai ... -- JOSEPH KONY,
AMERICA'S PRETEXT TO INVADE AFRICA: US Marines Dispatched to Five
African Countries -- Heading for
War on Iran - by Stephen Lendman -- Goldman Sachs: Making Money by
Stealing It - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: Richard Gage, AIA, and Founder
of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, in Phoenix today March 18; Donna Hancock
- 50th Birthday Party - Saturday, March 24th, 2012 - 2 p.m. til
???
CA: Freedom Law School's 2012
Freedom Rally - Sun-Mon., March 18-19 - Crowne Plaza Hotel -
Irvine, CA
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Police Intervene, Arrest Ron Paul Backers at Missouri Caucus
03-17-2012
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ABC News
Police and organizers shut down proceedings at one of Missouri's largest caucuses today, as Ron Paul supporters feuded with local GOP leaders.
"It's like the Hatfields and the McCoys around here," St. Charles County's former GOP chairman told ABC
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Donna Hancock - 50th Birthday Party - Saturday, March 24th, 2012 - 2 p.m. til ???
03-10-2012
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meetup.com
Come and celebrate Donna's 50th birthday - it will be a fun time to touch base with people you may not have seen in a while, and to take a break from the troubles of the world and relax and enjoy a great afternoon/evening!
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Weekend Schedule Richard Gage, 911 Architects For Truth in Phoenix
03-16-2012
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e-mail from 'Kent'
He's already speaking at the Church, but he's supposed to hit Macayos on Central sometime after 10:30 p.m. ...(here's your chance!). [editor: This is a great chance to hear for yourself the truth from a guy who designs buildings.]
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
This is Brent Stafford from Missouri - Updated
03-17-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
This is Brent Stafford. I wanted to let everyone know I am out of jail and am just now starting to read some of the posts about what happened today.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
I'm "THE Camera Man"
03-17-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
...who's actions caused this fiasco by refusing to put down my camera at the St. Charles county caucus. I though you might want to hear my side of the story.
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News Link • United Nations
VICTORY! IRVING (TX) is OUT OF ICLEI!
031712
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www.varight.com
Thanks to two determined activists and others, the City of Irving (TX) decided not to renew their membership in ICLEI, the unconstitutional federation of local governments with both political goals (statist of course) and a foreign policy not permitt
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Sandy Sanders
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News Link • Camera Fraud
The Chicago Cash Camera Scam: Profit The Clear Motive
03/17/2012
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PhotoRadarScam.com
Recently, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans to install up to 1800 speed cameras across the city in order to improve safety for children. But as is common with Chicago politics, the whole thing stinks of corruption and dishonesty.
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Ryan Denke
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News Link • Environment
Brazil to file charges against Chevron executives for new oil leak
03-17-2012
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washingtonpost.com, By Associated Press
Brazilian prosecutors said Saturday they will file criminal charges against 17 executives of Chevron Corp. and drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. for a new oil leak near the offshore well where at least 110,000 gallons (about 416,000 liters) spilled
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News Link • Food
Illness outbreaks from imported food increasing: CDC
03-17-2012
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The State Column
The following is a press release from the CDC on the increasing numbers of illness outbreaks linked to imported foods:
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News Link • Syria
Russia urges Syria to support envoy Annan's efforts
03-17-2012
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By Steve Gutterman, reuters.com
Russia's foreign minister urged Syria to support U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peacemaking efforts "without delay".
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA Releases Atlas of the Entire Sky
03-17-2012
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by Max Eddy, geekosystem.com
Launched in 2009, NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer or WISE methodically snapped an infrared picture about once every 11 seconds for ten months " totaling around 2.7 million images " in an attempt to compile an atlas of the entire sky.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
A look at long-shot strategy by long-shot Santorum
03-17-2012
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Associated Press By PHILIP ELLIOTT
Rick Santorum's strategy for becoming the Republican presidential nominee comes down to this: prevent Mitt Romney from winning enough delegates to arrive at the GOP convention this summer with a mandate.
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News Link • Economy - International
Forget the received wisdom: Chinese finance in Latin America is a win-win
03-17-2012
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guardian.co.uk
Eyebrows hit the ceiling last month when it was found Chinese development banks lend more to Latin American governments than the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank.
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News Link • Economy - International
BRAZIL, NICARAGUA AND PANAMA BEST SUITED TO ATTRACT LOW-CARBON ENERGY INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
03-17-2012
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utilityproducts.com
Forthcoming MIF-Bloomberg New Energy Finance report assesses the investment climate for climate change-related investment across Latin America and the Caribbean
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Case for Crazy: What the GOP Would Learn by Picking Rick Santorum
03-17-2012
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http://www.humblelibertarian.com, John Avlon
The party faithful will get to experience the adrenaline rush of going off a cliff together, like Thelma and Louise"elation followed by an electoral thud.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
Drug war shifts in Latin America
03-17-2012
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From The Economist, thechronicleherald.ca
As violence levels soar in nations like Honduras, officials seek new answers, even decriminalization.
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News Link • Police State
New Executive Order Seizes Total Control over Civilian Activities
03-17-2012
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Farm Wars
This is an all-inclusive E.O. that executes total control over everything from home gardens to any form of transportation, to forcing people to work for the collective. Read it and weep.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Racism
911 tapes in Trayvon Martin shooting released
03-17-2012
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER, suntimes.com
Calls made to police show that a black teenager was terrified as he tried to get away from the white neighborhood watch volunteer who shot him.
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News Link • Misinformation
'This American Life' retracts damning report on Apple manufacturer Foxconn
03-17-2012
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By msnbc.com staff and news services
An episode of the popular weekly radio program "This American Life" that painted a damaging picture of life for employees at factories that make Apple products in China contained "significant fabrications," the show said Friday.
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News Link • Syria
Two Blasts Strike Near Security Agencies in Syria
03-17-2012
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nytimes.com, By ANNE BARNARD
Two large explosions, believed to be car bombs, struck the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Saturday morning, hitting intelligence and security buildings in busy sections of the city and killing or wounding dozens of civilians and security personnel.
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News Link • Activism
Homosexual Activists Launch Effort to Silence Anyone Who Disagrees With Them
03-17-2012
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by da Tagliare, godfatherpolitics.com
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has been pushing for everyone to become more tolerant of them and their lifestyle. Whether you agree or disagree with them, they want you to accept them for what they are.
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News Link • Drug War
Guatemala President Perez Molina's Legalization Crusade Deserves International Support
03-17-2012
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alternet.org
Now is a crucial moment for drug policy reform. For the first time ever, leaders across Latin America are coming together in support of legalization, discrediting the United States' argument that drug production abroad causes American consumption.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Massacre As Metaphor
American serial killer symbolizes US foreign policy
03-17-2012
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by Justin Raimondo, antiwar.com
The massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by a still-to-be-identified American soldier limns the course of American foreign policy in the post-9/11 era.
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
New production process could cut solar cell prices by half
03-17-2012
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By Ben Coxworth, gizmag.com
Boosting solar cell efficiency is seen as a key factor in making them more practical, but there is another way of looking at the matter ... if the price of those cells were lowered, we could generate more power simply by using more of them.
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News Link • Homeland Security
CIA Head: We Will Spy On Americans Through Electrical Appliances
03-17-2012
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Steve Watson Prison Planet.com
Global information surveillance grid being constructed; willing Americans embrace gadgets used to spy on them.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Probe team: Women sexually assaulted before killing in Panjwai ...
03-17-2012
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By Absin Zaheer arthurzbygniew.blogspot
Before the gun attack, US soldiers physically manhandled the two women and later turned their weapons on the helpless residents.
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
JOSEPH KONY, AMERICA'S PRETEXT TO INVADE AFRICA: US Marines Dispatched to Five African Countries
03-17-2012
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by Global Research News
The hidden agenda in Uganda, Central Africa and the Horn of Africa is the conquest of oil and strategic mineral resources.
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News Link • Drug War
Should Christians Support the War on Drugs?
03-17-2012
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by Laurence M. Vance, lewrockwell.com
Televangelist and founder of the Christian Coalition Pat Robertson, with whom I have major theological, philosophical, and political differences, recently said something that even I must acknowledge was important, truthful, and courageous.
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News Link • Agriculture
Salt Tolerant Wheat Developed in Australia
03-17-2012
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arclein
The research is the first of its kind in the world to fully describe the improvement in salt tolerance of an agricultural crop - from understanding the function of the salt-tolerant genes in the lab, to demonstrating increased grain yields in the fie
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News Link • Agriculture
Herbicides a Surprise Threat to Butterfly Populations
03-17-2012
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arclein
In a small population of endangered animals, says Stark, "any kind of reduction like that is going to be a problem."
While the dunes may have harbored 25,000 Lange's metalmarks 50 to 100 years ago, damage to the dunes reduced the population to
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robert klein
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News Link • Geology
Crust Originally Oozed Into Existence
03-17-2012
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arclein
Before the magma separated from the bedrock, the semifluid rock and the leftover solid minerals actively exchanged trace elements.
"Different minerals have characteristic ways of separating when trace elements are smelted. In other words, the con
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News Link • Science
New VTOL Design a Game Changer
03-17-2012
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arclein
From the FAQ - This is such a great idea because no one has ever done it like this before". Sadly, there's a very good reason why no-one has done it like that before.
How to control the rotor blades in and out has always been the problem. It has
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robert klein
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News Link • Crony Capitalism
DARPA director leaving the Pentagon for Google
03-16-2012
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Russia Today
One of the most top-secret Pentagon departments " the same that spawned America’s drones, military robots, electromagnetic guns and other sci-fi weaponry " is about to lose its top officer to Google.
Regina Dugan oversaw the development of some of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Man Wins $1.4 Million Settlement From Boston Police In Video Recording Incident
03-16-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A man who was tackled by a cop and placed in a chokehold while video recording a traffic investigation won a $1.4 million settlement this week.
Michael O’Brian said the 2009 incident left him brain-damaged and unable to return to work as a correct
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Jury orders city to pay ex-officer $250,000
03-16-2012
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Eugene police officer claimed supervisors violated his free speech rights by transferring him from his job working with a police dog after he questioned the department’s response to multiple, inadvertent discharges of high-powered weapons by SWAT te
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Untouchable Pensions May Be Tested in California
03-16-2012
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New York Times
Stockton is spending some $30 million a year to pay for them, but it has less than 70 cents set aside for every dollar of benefits its workers expect. Some public pension experts think they know why pensions were not on the city manager’s list.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Police Detain Maker of Uganda Video "Kony 2012"
03-16-2012
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New York Times
A co-founder of Invisible Children, the nonprofit organization whose video “Kony 2012” has become an Internet sensation, was detained by the San Diego police, after they said he was found in the street in his underwear, screaming and masterbating
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News Link • Housing
Bank Whistle-Blower Wins $18 Million Payday in Foreclosure Deal
03-16-2012
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Washington Post
Attorney Lynn Szymoniak had spent a career investigating insurance fraud when a bank moved to foreclose on her Florida home in 2008. Almost four years later, the fraud she said she uncovered by combing through mortgage documents earned her $18 millio
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News Link • Activism
The Power to End Real ID and National ID Mandates; Use It or Lose It
03-16-2012
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BeatTheChip.org
What will your life be like when the DMV systems reject every good identity document you have due to Real ID?
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Government Waste
U.S. funding for Egyptian military to resume, senior administration officials say
03-16-2012
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William Wan, Washington Post
Hillary Clinton is close to announcing plans to bypass Congressional restrictions (recent law) for fear of worsening already fraying ties with Egyptian leaders and disrupting American jobs and U.S. defense contracts that make up the bulk of the milit
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • TERRORISM
Federal officials warn New York City that the Taliban may plan revenge attacks
03-16-2012
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http://www.nydailynews.com, By Joseph Straw AND Bi
Warning comes days after U.S. soldier massacred 16 innocents in Afghanistan
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Thousands Turn Out for President Paul in Missouri Today
03-16-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by whatsupwiththat
Ron addressed several thousand this afternoon on the University of Missouri campus.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 Introduced in Michigan by Congressman Clarke
03-16-2012
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www.loansafe.org
This bill would forgive outstanding student loan debt for Americans who have made payments equal to 10 percent of their discretionary income for 10 years.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Netanyahu Moves Closer to Iran Attack
03-16-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is once again hinting at the possibility of an attack against Iran in the near future
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News Link • Afghanistan
US to ‘Stay the Course’ on Afghan Occupation
03-16-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
With the war in Afghanistan seemingly blowing up in their faces, top Obama Administration officials are as determined as ever to shrug off criticism and insist that things are going just swimmingly, no changes required.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Terror, Trauma, and the Endless Afghan War
03-16-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Amy Goodman
We may never know what drove a U.S. Army staff sergeant to head out into the Afghan night and allegedly murder at least 16 civilians in their homes, among them nine children and three women.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Makers, Takers and $2-a-dayers
03-16-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Michelle Chen
One official measure of poverty around the world is surviving on $2 per day or less. It’s a condition many Americans could barely imagine living in.
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