Security forces target Bahrain medics
• http://english.aljazeera.net/Part two of our exclusive report on Bahrain looks at the abuse of medical workers as part of the government's crackdown.
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Italy: Gaddafi arrest warrant coming in weeks
• http://english.aljazeera.net/International Criminal Court warrant expected by end of month, making exile impossible, Italian foreign minister says.
The Attack on Libya Exposed
• Speak Truth 2 PowerHumanitarian reasons? Think again.....
British PM: Begin Afghanistan Pullout Now
• http://news.antiwar.com/On Tuesday much was made of high profile comments by several top British generals, including commander Gen. James Bucknall, calling for Britain to maintain troops in Afghanistan for years after the 2014 pullout.
Massacre in Yemen
• http://dailybell.ch/Yemen protests: Security forces fire on Sanaa marches ... Yemeni security forces opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital
Bush not welcome at Osama murder festivitiess
• MorpheusMafia War Criminal and Former President George W. Bush's was persona non grata at ground zero with Mafia Usurper President Barack Obama after the criminal murder of Osama bin Laden. The Propaganda ministers for the Mafia government planned festiviti
Libya stalemate leaves Nato without 'Plan B'
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/"Stalemate" is not a word you will hear in public from the lips of ministers or media handlers in the Ministry of Defence here in London.
China: The New Bin Laden
• http://www.prisonplanet.com/George Orwell, the pen name by which Eric Blair is known, had the gift of prophecy, or else blind luck. In 1949 in his novel, 1984, he described the Amerika of today and, I fear, also his native Great Britain,
Afghan officials: Insurgent attack in east failed
• www.necn.comHundreds of insurgents attacked Afghan police checkpoints in a remote northeastern province Tuesday with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades but failed to overrun the government positions, officials said.
AP-Gfk poll: Obama approval hits 60 percent
• APPresident Obama’s approval rating hit its highest point in 2 years — 60% — and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to an poll taken after U.S. forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
The Day the Music Stopped
• arcleinThough little is known at this early date, according to U.S. officials, documents and digital data captured by the U.S. forces that stormed bin Laden’s compound are already proving enormously invaluable. After the intelligence obtained from the opera
Libertarianism and Torture - by Wendy McElroy
• Wendy McElroyThe killing of Osama bin Laden has emboldened advocates of torture as an anti-terrorism technique because the operation was supposedly facilitated by intelligence gathered from “enhanced interrogation.” From this, some advocates conclude that the
Schumer Calls For ‘Do Not Ride’ List For Amtrak
• APSen. Charles Schumer is calling for better rail security now that the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound has turned up plans to attack trains in the U.S. “Anyone, even a member of al-Qaida could purchase a train ticket and board an Amtrak train wi
Pakistani media 'name' CIA station chief in Islamabad
• The GuardianFresh tension has erupted between the CIA and Pakistani intelligence after several Pakistani media outlets published the alleged name of the CIA station chief in Islamabad. Two senior Pakistani officials said the name published, Mark Carlton, was
Cost of Bin Laden Deception: US$3 Trillion
• dailybell.chAs we mark Osama bin Laden's death, what's striking is how much he cost our nation--and how little we've gained from our fight against him.
War Criminals Pushing The Idea That Torture Is Vital To Our Security
• washingtonsblog.comDefenders of the Bush administration’s interrogation policies have claimed vindication from reports that bin Laden was tracked down in small part due to information received from brutalized detainees some six to eight years ago.
U. S. Official: Bin Laden Would Have Been Taken Alive If He Was Naked
• EconomicPolicyJournal.comThe latest mad spin, as contradiction after contradiction appears in the official version of events surrounding the Seal Team 6 raid at Abbottabad, is that Osama bin laden would have been captured alive if he was naked.
Gaddafi Planned Gold Dinar, Now Under Attack
• http://dailybell.ch/Plans for attacking Muammar Gaddafi apparently go back some 20 years, and even US President Ronald Reagan tried to kill him, deeming him a threat to America power.
Today on LewRockwell.com - Friday May 6th, 2011
• lewrockwell.comAmerica's Public Enemy #1 - He's far bigger and badder than Osama bin Who, says Gerald Celente. / Isn't It Time We Overthrew the State? - Hans-Hermann Hoppe on the legal case for anarcho-capitalism. / 'Government Cured the Great Depression' - Gary No
Bin Laden Episode End of Empire?
• http://dailybell.ch/Osama bin Laden killing sparks calls for early Afghanistan withdrawal ...
Libya's Golden Plan
• GoldSilver.comSome believe it is about protecting civilians, others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all about Gaddafi’s plan to introduce the gold dinar, a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth.
MEMO to Barack bin Obama from Sir Thomas More
• lewrockwell.comFrom Robert Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons," this is Sir Thomas More's speech about the primacy of man's laws over God's laws. I feel this is especially relevant today in the torture debate and for those who would like to add the word "extralegal" to
Conveniently, Al Qaeda plotted 9/11 anniversary rail attack: U.S.
• ReutersAl Qaeda considered attacking the U.S. rail sector on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, U.S. government officials said. The al Qaeda leader or his associates had engaged in discussions or planning for a possible attack on a train insi
Pakistan's army warns US not to stage more raids
• APPakistan's army has broken its silence over the US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden, acknowledging its own "shortcomings" in efforts to find the al-Qaida leader but threatening to review cooperation with Washington if there is another simila
White House Sees Bin Laden Killing as Precedent
• AntiWar.comWhite House spokesman Jay Carney, however, suggested that this was a precedent-setting event, and that President Obama “reserves the right” to launch comparable attacks into Pakistan in the future.
The Agendas Behind the bin Laden News Event
• lewrockwell.comThe US government’s bin Laden story was so poorly crafted that it did not last 48 hours before being fundamentally altered.
MEMO to Barack bin Obama from Sir Thomas More
• lewrockwell.comFrom Robert Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons," this is Sir Thomas More's speech about the primacy of man's laws over God's laws. I feel this is especially relevant today in the torture debate and for those who would like to add the word "extralegal" to
Paul Craig Roberts: The Agendas Behind the bin Laden News Event
• LewRockwell.comWhat kind of incompetence does it require to senselessly and needlessly kill the most valuable intelligence asset on the planet?
House progressives urge Obama to end Afghan war
• http://www.rawstory.com/WASHINGTON – House progressive leaders on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to swiftly end the war in Afghanistan, capitalizing on a burst of new momentum to conclude the 10-year occupation.
NATO Air Strike Kills 10 Guards for Own Supply Convoy in Ghazni
• http://news.antiwar.com/The latest in a growing series of embarrassing air strike incidents in Afghanistan came early today, when forces attacked their own supply convoy, killing 10 guards.
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