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"In the end more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free."- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)Source: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1909 =
"If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by a plebiscite elect a man despot over them, do they remain free because the despotism was of their own making?": -- Herbert Spencer - (1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher 1884 =
It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead to this necessity." : Benjamin Tucker, Liberty, May 22, 1886 =
"The industrial way of life leads to the industrial way of death. From Shiloh to Dachau, from Antietam to Stalingrad, from Hiroshima to Vietnam and Afghanistan, the great specialty of industry and technology has been the mass production of human corpses." -Edward Abbey =
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience. . . Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty" : Howard Zinn =
The feeling of patriotism - It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God . . . or even a free man guided by his own reason, each man under the influence of patriotism confesses himself the son of his fatherland and the slave of his government, and commits actions contrary to his reason and conscience." : Leo Tolstoy, Patriotism and Government

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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In America's War On Iraq - At Least 655,000 + +
http://tinyurl.com/usq4x

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 3637
http://icasualties.org/oif/

The War in Iraq Costs
$445,930,317,588

See the cost in your community
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=== Office Arrests The Shame of John Conyers By Dave Lindorff If Rosa Parks had lived two years longer, what happened today in the halls of Congress might have killed her. It certainly would have broken her heart.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18065.htm === I Announce My Candidacy Against Nancy Pelosi in California's 8th. By Cindy Sheehan I am committed to challenging a two-party system that has kept us in a state of constant warfare for the last 60 years and has become more and more beholden to special interests and has forgotten the faces of the people whom it represents. I am committed to using our strength as a country to wage peace and to elevate the status of every citizen in our country by converting the enduring war economy to a prosperous one with lasting peace. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18066.htm === Lets Not Forget Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President By Neil Mackay A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1221.htm === In case you missed it The President's Real Goal In Iraq By Jay Bookman The official story on Iraq has never made sense. The connection that the Bush administration has tried to draw between Iraq and al-Qaida has always seemed contrived and artificial. In fact, it was hard to believe that smart people in the Bush administration would start a major war based on such flimsy evidence. The pieces just didn't fit. Something else had to be going on; something was missing.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2319.htm === In case you missed it Dick Cheney's Song of America By David Armstrong The Plan is for the United States to rule the world. The overt theme is unilateralism, but it is ultimately a story of domination. It calls for the United States to maintain its overwhelming military superiority and prevent new rivals from rising up to challenge it on the world stage. It calls for dominion over friends and enemies alike. It says not that the United States must be more powerful, or most powerful, but that it must be absolutely powerful.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1544.htm === In Case You Missed it The Project for the New American Century By William Rivers Pitt The People versus the Powerful is the oldest story in human history. At no point in history have the Powerful wielded so much control. At no point in history has the active and informed involvement of the People, all of them, been more absolutely required.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1665.htm === Iraq: At least 58 killed in yet another bloody day of U.S. occupation: A suicide car bomb killed 26 people and wounded 70 in a crowded market in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24641760.htm === US commanders plan for Iraq occupation through 2009: The draft, developed by Gen. David Petraeus' staff, lays out a series of security-related goals over two years, envisioning U.S. troops in the "war zone" through 2009.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24204445.htm === Trial begins for alleged Marine ringleader in Iraqi murder case : A court-martial for the alleged ringleader in the kidnapping and execution of an Iraqi civilian began Tuesday with attorneys in the case screening potential jurors.
http://tinyurl.com/2bbpsd === US accuses Iran over support for militias in Iraq: The United States accused Iran after talks on Tuesday of having increased support for Shi'ite Muslim militias involved in bloodshed in Iraq since the two sides held ground-breaking talks in May.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAR458692.htm === Israeli president calls on world to unite against Iran : Israeli President Shimon Peres called on the world in an interview Tuesday to form a united front against Iran that would force the Islamic republic to end its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
http://tinyurl.com/ytqxu4 === US lawmakers unite to demonize Iran: The "threat of Iran" and the need to confront the regime has become a mainstream view in the US legislature, attracting support from Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IG25Ak01.html === Militants kill 3 Lebanese soldiers in camp battle : Islamist militants killed three Lebanese soldiers on Tuesday at a Palestinian refugee camp convulsed by more than nine weeks of fighting.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070724/wl_nm/lebanon_fighting_dc === Nasrallah: We squashed Greater Israel plan: "We crushed the plan to establish Greater Israel. We still have work to do, but we destroyed most of this plan," Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Monday.
http://tinyurl.com/24vuz5 === The plot to bring back Benazir: Her father and two brothers were murdered, she's been defeated and exiled, yet Benazir Bhutto can't wait to return to Pakistan politics. And, as trust in President Musharraf fades, she has powerful covert backers - the US and Britain
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2130101,00.html === Bush's torture ban is full of loopholes: The president has issued an executive order to stop the CIA from using torture, but the ban is unenforceable.
http://tinyurl.com/2emt7g === Anti-war Sheehan vows stand against House speaker: "If Nancy Pelosi doesn't do her constitutionally mandated job by midnight tonight, tomorrow I will announce that I'm going to run against her," Sheehan said after a cross-country trip with supporters.
http://tinyurl.com/2dc3tv === Peace activist Sheehan arrested at U.S. Congress: Cindy Sheehan and about two dozen fellow anti-war activists were arrested on Monday for refusing to leave the office of a Democratic lawmaker after calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23379838.htm === US public support for Iraq invasion rises slightly : Americans support the US invasion of Iraq in slightly higher numbers than previously but a majority say the war is going badly and that US troops should be withdrawn or scaled back, according to a poll released Tuesday
http://tinyurl.com/2drmtt === Iraq war veterans sue US government: HUNDREDS of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have filed a class-action lawsuit against the US government for providing them with deficient medical and financial support.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22125631-401,00.html === Iraq war has made Australia less safe: poll: Just six percent of those polled said they felt more safe, according to the Newspoll survey for GetUp, a political pressure group that claims nearly 190,000 members.
http://tinyurl.com/27vd8t === Goldman Sachs guru warns of war-debt failure: Subprimes downgraded. Will Moody's downgrade America's debt next? Actually, that's already happening; our credit rating is collapsing with the dollar.
http://tinyurl.com/2mlx58 === European Markets Fall On U.S. Subprime Worries, Weak Oils: The European markets fell on Tuesday, as financial and insurance stocks edged lower after Countrywide Financial Corp., the largest U.S. mortgage lender, reported disappointing earnings and a drop in crude oil prices hurt heavily weighted energy stocks.
http://tinyurl.com/2dy5ra === $100 Oil Price May Be Months Away, Say CIBC, Goldman : A London-based commodity analyst at the world's biggest securities firm, says $95 crude is likely this year unless OPEC unexpectedly increases production, and declining inventories are raising the chances for $100 oil. Jeff Rubin at CIBC World Markets predicts $100 a barrel as soon as next year.
http://tinyurl.com/3btabq ===

Let Us Work Towards Peace & Joy
Tom Feeley