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RichardKanePA | 06.28.2011
We think of negotiations as helping lessen domestic conflict but people once used negotiations to end or smooth transition when a war ends.
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Rich Gardner | 04.11.2011
The march stretched for over 20 blocks at one point,” said UNAC co-coordinator Joe Lomardo, "and featured at least 18 spirited contingents from communities as diverse as immigrant workers, students, trade unions, socialist groups, Muslims, Palestinian, and teachers -- each with their own colorful flags, original banners, drums and chants. More Reports from NYC March: Boston Indymedia | NYC Indymedia Related from Buffalo: Anti-War Activist Brutalized, Maced & Clubbed at Peaceful Demonstration Charged with Slew of Offenses 
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Party of the Laboring Masses - Philippines | 03.22.2011
No to imperialist intervention in the Libya! Saudi, UAE troops out of Bahrain! On March 17, 2011, the UN Security Council passed a resolution authorising military intervention by the Western imperialist powers or their puppets in Libya. The justification for this is to prevent further loss of life in fighting between forces remaining loyal Muammar Gaddafi and forces supporting the uprising that began on February 15 against his 42-year-old rule, and to support the pro-democracy forces.
While the US may be the world's single super power in military terms, it faces another super power: the voices of war-weary millions who detest violence and killing. In Afghanistan, in the United States, and among the populations of countries whose governments have joined the NATO coalition, millions of people are calling for an end to war in Afghanistan.
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| 12.17.2010
relentless imperial wars Afghans: Victimized by Conflict, Occupation, Extreme Deprivation and Genocide - by Stephen Lendman In his book "Freedom Next Time," John Pilger used CIA Vietnam terminology calling Afghanistan "the grand illusion of the American cause," describing long-suffering Afghans victimized by conflict, violence, occupation, extreme deprivation and genocide. A December 15 ICRC press release expressed deep concern about how dire conditions have gotten, their worst ever since America's illegal war of aggression began in October 2001. Headlined, "Afghanistan: a people trapped between sides," it cited "civilian casualties, internal displacement, and insufficient access to medical care, all of which are occurring against the background of a proliferation of armed groups."
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Zahir Ebrahim | Project Humanbeingsfirst.org | 10.31.2010
[Book Announcement] This Third Edition of The Pakistan Decapitation Papers adds my current writings to the Second Edition, divided into two epochs. The material of the second edition is carried over into the latter half of the book as vol. 1 for the period 2007 – 2009. The first half adds new content from where the second edition had left off to the present, as vol. 2 for the period 2009 – 2010. The Pakistan Decapitation Papers 3rd Edition
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Zahir Ebrahim | Project Humanbeingsfirst.org | 10.07.2010
Top Secret: There may be times when host country governments show passivity or indecision in the face of [Taliban/AlQaeeda] subversion ... US Army Intelligence must have the means of launching special operations which will convince host country governments and public opinion of the reality of the insurgent danger ... US Army Intelligence should seek to penetrate the insurgency by means of agents of special assignments, with the task of forming special action groups among the most radical elements of the insurgency.
Is Afghanistan the "Good War?" Getting beyond media and government spin on the US war there.
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| 01.03.2010
At first glance Obama is confusing. Some try to solve the contradiction by claiming Obama is a fraud. Others it seems by avoiding the issue of Afghanistan and dwelling instead on other issues. Before taking office, tensions between the US and Iran were heading toward a US strike. Somehow Obama stopped or at least greatly slowed a nuclear-arms race that would have been started by Iran, with other counties, such as Saudi Arabia, joining in. This without threatening war with Iran, unlike under Bush. Obama even got Russia on board with sanctions, instead of somewhat siding with and somewhat arming Iran. However, in Afghanistan, Obama is jumping into the quicksand. Though there are a few good signs of hope there that most have missed, that I will get into later. The Johnson Administration started out with a lot of idealism and the Great Society programs, which all went up in smoke because of Vietnam. 
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