[Peace-discuss] News of the week

Thu May 19 16:59:22 CDT 2011

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*Ron Paul: We'll Occupy Pakistan, Too*
*By JUANA SUMMERS*
The helicopters that landed in Abbottabad won't be the last to put American 
troops on the ground in Pakistan, says Rep. Ron Paul.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28130.htm 
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*China 'Asks USA To Respect Pak Sovereignty'*
*By Press Trust of India*
China has "warned in unequivocal terms that any attack on Pakistan would be 
construed as an attack on China", a media report claimed today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28132.htm 
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*The Illegal War in Libya*
*By Glenn Greenwald*
That Congress acquiesces simply means -- like Obama's protection of Bush crimes 
-- that the President will get away with this lawbreaking.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28134.htm 
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*Imperial Secrecy*
*By Stephen M. Walt*
Ever since Rome, imperial powers have discovered that it is hard to retain 
republican freedoms and limited government while conquering or dominating 
others, and the United States is no exception.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28131.htm 
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*Inside Obama's "Orwellian World"
Where Whistleblowing Has Become Espionage:*
*By Democracy Now!*
National Security Agency whistleblower Thomas Drake faces 35 years in prison on 
espionage charges for alleged unauthorized "willful retention" of five 
classified documents.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28137.htm 
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*Assassination Nation:
Are there any limits on President Obama's license to kill?*
*By James Bovard*
The Obama administration now claims a right to kill Americans without a trial, 
without notice, and without any chance for targets to legally object.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28133.htm 
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*Text of Obama's Speech on the Middle East
"A Moment of Opportunity"*
*By President Barack Obama*
Here is the White House text of President Barack Obama's speech on the Middle 
East, as prepared for delivery.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28136.htm 
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*US will not repeat Abbottabad-like act, says Gilani:*
The prime minister, was quick to state that Pakistan will not accept any 
dictates from the US and take all decisions in accordance with the national 
interest.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\05\19\story_19-5-2011_pg7_27 
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*China vows lasting support for troubled Pakistan:*
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao assured his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani 
of China's "all-weather friendship" on Wednesday, during a visit that sharply 
contrasted with anger between Washington and Islamabad.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110518/india_nm/india570988 
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*Bomb attacks on north Iraq police kill 27:*
A spate of bomb attacks against police in the disputed northern oil-rich city of 
Kirkuk on Thursday killed at least 27 people, the worst violence to hit Iraq in 
nearly two months.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/bomb-attacks-north-iraq-police-kill-27-085138563.html 
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*Mahdi Army plans show of strength in Baghdad:*
Thousands of Shiite militia loyalists will take to the streets of Baghdad next 
week in a show of strength aimed at reminding Washington that war will resume if 
US forces remain beyond the end of the year.
http://bit.ly/lwFx2K 
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*Fourteen killed in Somali market: -*
Shells fired in battles between insurgent militant Islamists and African Union 
forces at a Mogadishu market on Wednesday left at least 14 civilians dead, 
witnesses said.
http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/fourteen-killed-in-somali-market-1.1070745 
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*US senators challenge Obama on Libya:*
Conservative Republicans Rand Paul, Jim DeMint, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, Tom 
Coburn, and John Cornyn wrote a letter to Obama charging that he had committed 
US forces "without regard to, or compliance with" the War Powers Act.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110518/pl_afp/libyaconflictuslawcongress 
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Fact or fiction?
* Libyan Rebels Signed 30-Year Israel Military Base Contract With Israel?:*
The document - reveals the contents of the agreement signed between Israel and 
the National Transition Council of Libya in Benghazi, which consists of creating 
a military base on the Libyan border, while Israel supported the Libyan 
opposition by providing weapons, making pressure on European countries to 
recognize the CNT and training the members of the opposition in order to prepare 
a strong army.
http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/news/6564.html 
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*Russia 'to oppose use of force against Syria':*
President Medvedev comes out against any UN move to authorise use of force, 
saying Syria must settle own affairs.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/05/201151812340492298.html 
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*Nakba day: we waited 63 years for this:*
The remarkable bravery of refugees on Nakba day was the first act of a 
Palestinian summer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/19/nakba-day-palestinian-summer 
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*Russia: Israel's military attaché arrested while receiving secret information:*
Colonel Vadim Leiderman was expelled by Russia after he was accused of espionage.
http://bit.ly/jdcVYk 
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*Afghan Guantanamo prisoner commits suicide, US military says:*
  An Afghan man being held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison camp in Cuba 
has been found dead, after apparently committing suicide, the US military said, 
DPA reported.
http://en.trend.az/regions/world/afghanistan/1878870.html 
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In case you missed it:
*How I fought to survive Guantánamo:*
For nearly six years, British resident Omar Deghayes was imprisoned in 
Guantánamo and subjected to such brutal torture that he lost the sight in one 
eye. But far from being broken, he fought back to retain his dignity and his sanity.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/21/i-fought-to-survive-guantanamo 
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*Veteran U.S. Diplomat: We Are Becoming the USSR:*
Don't expect to hear a topic like this discussed on your favorite cable news 
channel -- or politicians seeking the Presidency, for that matter -- any time soon.
http://bit.ly/kvF08h 
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