Save them!

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clipped from www.stop30billion.com History of Palestine It is a common myth that the conflict in this area is thousands of years old. This fact sheet will help to explain the roots of the conflict dating back to the late 1800s. Occupation and deprivation of basic human rights are examples of the ongoing crimes that Israel is committing against the indigenous Palestinian population. This fact sheet summarizes the more grievous incidents that have occurred in recent years. US Support for Israel The US pledges unwavering support for all Israeli activity through political and financial means. Without this support Israel would be forced to submit to international law. This fact sheet highlights how the US taxpayer is funding the ongoing human rights violations and war crimes committed by Israel.

Surprising!

People are thoroughly fed up with American Military arrogance.

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Zimerman appears to have been upset by Barack Obama's decision, announced this month, to maintain the Bush-era policy of installing a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. "Yes," Zimerman responded with derision, "some people when they hear the word military start marching." "Get your hands off my country," Zimerman told the stunned crowd in a denunciation of US plans to install a missile defence shield on Polish soil. Some people cheered, others yelled at him to shut up and keep playing. A few dozen walked out, some of them shouting obscenities. So he triggered more than the usual rumble of discomfort when he raised his voice in the closing stages of a recital at Los Angeles' Disney Hall on Sunday night and announced he would no longer perform in the United States in protest against Washington's military policies. 'Get your hands off my country' ... Krystian Zimerman's outburst stunned the crowd. Photograph: Grzegorz Michalowski/EPA/Corbis

JUST A THOUGHT!

No wonder Iran is wary of foreigners.

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Some Rock!

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Something positive from Venezuela.

Things are a-changing!

clipped from blogs.channel4.com I emerged emotionally exhausted from what was undoubtedly one of the most incredible musical experiences I have ever had. Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela have been celebrated on every media platform all week. But nothing prepares you for the real thing. The sound, the energy, the scale, the vision, combine to seize your soul like nothing else. The energy and the scale of the noise, together with the balletic exuberance, drew the emotions across the hall. The music opened with vibrant Latin American pieces before making way for Stravinsky’s incredible Rite of Spring.

DEJA VU

Once again America screws it up.
Before we all know it there will be another civil war in Iraq. Both sides are American allies armed and trained by US forces.
It is almost like a bad Hollywood comedy.
The US forces occupy a country and then don't know what to do, killing and destruction they do know, peace they have no idea.

clipped from www.merip.org The crackdown by Iraqi security forces on the Sunni Arab militiamen, known as the Awakenings (sahwat) in Arabic and referred to as the Sons of Iraq by the US military, pitted two ostensible US allies against one another. Together with arrests of other prominent militia leaders and the concrete timeline for the drawdown of US troops, the confrontations have raised questions as to whether some among these armed Sunni Arab factions are ready to return to insurgency in response to their treatment by Maliki’s government. The fate of the sahwat is but one aspect of a larger struggle over the nature of the Iraqi state and its component parts -- a struggle in which the United States is increasingly relegated to a subsidiary role. This latest phase of the intra-Iraqi wrangling that dates back almost to the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, could tip the country back into sectarian civil war and complicate Obama’s efforts to extricate the US military from Iraq.