William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Revenge is what we usually do in America, but we are still suffering here in Boston, and they are still suffering in Iraq and so many other places, and so I pray most devoutly that, this time, we have a reckoning instead.
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17800-an-american-reckoning
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The Boston Bombing, the CIA, and the US Empire
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/no_author/the-boston-bombing-the-cia-and-the-us-empire/
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The US empire provokes terrorism
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman
08/08/13
Since the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. response has poured trillions of dollars into the government-industrial complex. Agencies have multiplied and grown, and bureaucrats have acquired new power and prestige. None would want to give any of it up. But if things were to become too quiet, those Americans who pay the bill might wonder if it s all worth the great cost...
http://tinyurl.com/k7h3m3w
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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The US Only Cares About Expanding the Empire
Audio & Transcript
William Blum characterizes U.S. policy on Syria as just a continuation of endless absurdity.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35835.htm
CIA Says Syria Is No. 1 Threat. What s Obama s Plan?
The Central Intelligence Agency's number two, Michael Morrell, ranked Syria, not Iran s nuclear program, al-Qaeda or China, as the top current threat to U.S. national security in an interview with the Wall Street Journal as he retired from office on Friday.
http://is.gd/V9H1RN
Surrounded: How the U.S. Is Encircling China with Military Bases
The U.S. military is encircling China with a chain of air bases and military ports. The latest link: a small airstrip on the tiny Pacific island of Saipan.
http://is.gd/GHaYFv
Growing US presence in Australia to include aircraft
The U.S. is preparing to add aircraft to its military presence in Australia, which will include 2,500 Marines rotating through the northern port of Darwin starting in 2016.
http://is.gd/qDq2p7
From Information Clearing House
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Media Ignored 9/11 Calm Amid Chaos
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-911-files/media-ignored-911-calm-amid-chaos.html
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=empire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+military
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Syria
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=9/11
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=reckoning
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mainstream+media
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Boston
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=China
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Australia
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=national+security
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+bases
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=industrial+complex
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Qaeda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=William+Rivers+Pitt
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sibel+Edmonds
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=William+Blum
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