World-News: 24 April 2012

Starmail - 24. Apr, 23:39

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Killed by a US drone

The boy, 16, sitting with me in these photos was protesting against deadly US drone strikes... Three days later he was killed - by a US drone

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28 arrested after drone protest

''In my 50 years,of protesting publicly all over the US, I have never seen such a preemptive action against free speech on a public street,'' said protester Debra Sweet.

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From Information Clearing House

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U.S. Relents and Grants Pakistani Lawyer a Visa in Time for International Drone Summit
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/04/24-1

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Is There a Drone in Your Neighbourhood?
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/drone-in-your-neighborhood.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pakistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Center+for+Constitutional+Rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Simon+Tomlinson
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Starmail - 24. Apr, 23:22

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Army major's despair at our 'pointless war'

'I'm being sent out to stabilise a country I have no faith, interest or empathy in, to prop up a government the UN says is corrupt.

http://bit.ly/IcM5ia

Pulling out of expensive war will be costly, officials say

An already expensive war in Afghanistan will cost American taxpayers between $5 billion and $10 billion just to pull a decade s worth of weapons, vehicles and supplies out of the country.

http://bit.ly/JmYbTx

Afghan protesters accuse NATO of killing 4 children

The protesters, who were carrying the bodies of four children aged eight to 12, blocked the Kabul-Kandahar highway and chanted anti-US slogans, they said.

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Veterans Say No to NATO

While the president and the Pentagon are handing out posthumous medals, a number of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan will be marching, in military formation, to McCormick Place in Chicago to hand their service medals back.

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From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
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Starmail - 24. Apr, 23:17

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Abroad, as at Home, Obama Coasts on a Wave of Disappointment

By Gary Younge

Significant hope was invested in Obama to repair America s global reputation and reorient its foreign policy but there s been precious little return.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31161.htm

How Liberty Was Lost

By Paul Craig Roberts

Demonization always plays a role. The Indians were savages and the Palestinians are terrorists. Any country that can control the explanation can get away with evil.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31167.htm

The Relationship Between Christianity and Capitalism

By Bill Moyers

American Christianity went off the rails and now threatens to take American society with it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31159.htm

The lesson for Obama of Europe s failed austerity

By Robert Reich

Because most Americans' real pay continues to drop, they are going deeper into debt and tapping into their savings. Inevitably, they will have to cut their spending.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31165.htm

The Cost of a Nation of Incarceration

CBS News Video and Transcript

Nationwide, the numbers are staggering: Nearly 2.4 million people behind bars, even though over the last 20 years the crime rate has actually dropped by more than 40 percent.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31156.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
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Starmail - 24. Apr, 23:06

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Iraqs Road Back From Oblivion

By Robert Fisk

''There is no real country anymore.'' We have lost our sense of something that belongs to us, our homeland. We have lost our national identity as Iraqis.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31163.htm

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Starmail - 24. Apr, 23:01

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Costs and consequences of action against Iran

Campaign For Liberty
by Michelle Newby

04/19/12

Wars cost money. So do airstrikes. Just how much can be difficult to calculate, because it depends on unknown factors like the length of the conflict, the resources needed to prosecute it, and the skill of our opponent. Recent history demonstrates the folly of assuming a war will be quick and cheap. The 2003 U.S. war against Iraq was originally projected to cost $50 to $60 billion. Yet, in 2008, before the war was even over, the Pentagon had already spent $600 billion...

http://bit.ly/I4bwkD

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
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Starmail - 24. Apr, 10:19

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Ron Paul: Romney ''could stumble''

The Raw Story

04/23/12

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Monday said he would continue his run for office even if presumptive nominee Mitt Romney acquires enough delegates to clinch the nomination. In an interview on CNBC, the Texas congressman was asked if he could still get enough delegates to win the nomination even though he is trailing Romney, 685 to 63. 'Theoretically you can,' Paul insisted. 'It?s not likely, but you can t ever tell. Nobody knew Santorum was going to drop out. ... But only about a little over half the votes have been counted'...

http://tinyurl.com/d3yyu64

Maddow: ''I think Ron Paul just won Iowa''

The Raw Story

04/24/12

On Monday night s The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC s liberal politics host examined the strange Republican primaries of Iowa and Minnesota, concluding that Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has actually won both states, or at least tied for first place. 'Perhaps the most off-script thing that has happened on the Republican side ... Is that I think Ron Paul has just won Iowa,' Maddow said, referencing the badly mangled January primary election. 'Uh, seriously. This weekend'...

http://tinyurl.com/cu9q3mk

Mitt Romney: George Bush III

Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

04/24/12

There is a decent chance that Mitt Romney will be the next president of the United States. Will he solve the nation?s debt problem or will he turn out to be George Bush III?

http://bit.ly/JVp4gN

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Paul
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Starmail - 24. Apr, 10:00

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