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"Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grand-children are once more slaves.": D. H. Lawrence - (1885-1938)
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Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." (August 1765) John Adams
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"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.": Edward R. Murrow - (1908-1965), American Broadcast Newsman

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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations: James Madison

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The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of government power, not the increase of it. -- Woodrow Wilson, in a speech in New York City, September 9, 1912

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Number Of Iraqi civilians Slaughtered In Bush's War 100,000 +

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Slaughtered In Bush's War 2104


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The Power of Nightmares -

I am still having a problem with part 3 of this program. I am working on it an hope to have it online within the next 24 hours.

THIS IS A MUST WATCH DOCUMENTARY! (I've watched it, and it is really an awesome, shocking eye-opener, something you won't see elsewhere, and definitely not anywhere in the US MSM! Thanks to Tom's hard work, now you can see it here! --- Annamarie)

Each program is 58 minutes long - - Real Video - If you only have time to watch one program then please watch part III

Part I
Part II
Part III

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Press Freedom or Freedom to Bomb the Press?

The Bush Plan to Bomb Al-Jazeera

By Stephen Soldz

Wars are always dirty. Those engaged in war seldom admit the truth about the brutal means they are using. Those conducting an unpopular occupation are tempted to use all possible means to suppress those who resist occupation.
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The Price of Freedom

By Timothy J. Freeman

Those who have taken our freedom for granted and have not dared to question authority and think for themselves, those who allowed this nation to be led blindly over the cliff and into the abyss of this unnecessary and unjust war, have not paid the price of freedom.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Jose Padilla

By Stephen F. Rohde t r u t h o u t | Letter

I'm sure you are thankful for the day in 2003 when the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the government had no authority to hold you, an American citizen, as an "enemy combatant," despite the fact that you still had to remain in that Navy brig as your case was appealed to the US Supreme Court.
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Bush set to pull out 60,000 troops:

Growing political and public aversion to the war in Iraq is forcing the President’s hand
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U.S. Signals 2006 troop pullback:

U.S. military officials are eyeing plans to withdraw more than 60,000 troops from Iraq by the end of 2006 amid growing pressure from Americans for an end to the war and rising anxiety among Republican lawmakers seeking re-election.
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Classified Pentagon Document Described White Phosphorus As ‘Chemical Weapon’ :

A formerly classified 1995 Pentagon intelligence document titled “Possible Use of Phosphorous Chemical” describes the use of white phosphorus by Saddam Hussein on Kurdish fighters:
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** Video Clips From Fallujah:** [SHOCKINGLY DISTURBING**]
http://www.chris-floyd.com/fallujah/

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Three Who See the War Clearly:

The three faced the choice of defying Pelosi (and, in McKinney’s case, the CBC leadership’s similar attempts to put forward a face of unity without purpose) or to take advantage of the only chance available since October, 2002 to express an unqualified NO to the Iraq war.
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UK Vows to Prosecute Editors Over Al-Jazeera Report:

British newspapers Wednesday, November 23, accused their government of threatening to prosecute them if they published a leaked document claiming US President George W. Bush threatened to bomb the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera.
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Qatar shock at al-Jazeera bombing report:

Qataris, including senior officials, reacted with shock on Wednesday to newspaper reports in Britain suggesting that George W Bush, the US president, had discussed bombing the Doha headquarters of the Arabic satellite TV channel al-Jazeera.
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Wife To Sue U.S.:

THE widow of an al-Jazeera journalist killed in Iraq by an American attack is considering suing the US Government.
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Cash transfer to Kurds raises questions about Bremer era :

Kurdistan officials say the secret, lastminute shipment of cash highlighted the sometimes questionable handling of billions of dollars by the United States during the 14 months Bremer ran Iraq.
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White House 'double-crossed' Blair, says Plame husband:

Tony Blair was "doubled crossed" by US President George W Bush's aides in the run-up to the Iraq war, according to the former diplomat at the centre of a political crisis engulfing the White House.
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Why Tony Blair must be forced to face a public inquiry into the Iraq war :

Catherine Green, whose pilot brother, Philip, was a British casualty, explains why she backs today's High Court action pressing for an independent investigation into the conflict
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Romania Base Focus of Secret Prison Probe :

There's not an American in sight, but the sprawling Soviet-era facility has become a key focus of a European investigation into allegations the CIA operated secret prisons where suspected terrorists were interrogated.
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CIA illegal landings to be investigated:

The CIA planes have been spotted at airports in Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sweden, raising questions whether they are being used to convey suspects subjected to extra-judicial detention and torture.
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Tenn. Office Linked to CIA Renditions:

The law office of Douglas R. Beaty sits in a small business park near the city's more prosperous suburbs. Nothing on the front door says anything about the CIA or airplanes.
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CIA 'may have flown prisoners across Austria' :

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may have flown detained terrorist suspects across neutral Austrian airspace in 2003, said a newspaper report on Wednesday.
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Doubts grow over US Afghan strategy :

It is four years since the fall of the Taleban regime. The United States has spent billions of dollars on its operations in Afghanistan - but what does it have to show for it?
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Pakistan earthquake:

A tragedy the world forgot : Six weeks after the massive earthquake that devastated parts of Pakistan, the United Nations and relief agencies are racing against time to avert a horrendous, avoidable humanitarian tragedy.
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posted by Annamarie at 9:58 PM