BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government said Thursday that it would reinstate 20,000 army officers who served under Saddam Hussein, a surprising move given that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has focused his campaign in the coming parliamentary elections around denouncing the former Baath government.
Mohammed al-Askari, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, said the prime minister approved the reinstatement of the officers, which he said would begin…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on February 26, 2010 at 2:32am —
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By Danny Mendlow
Here’s where we’re at folks. The end of the line.
“The end of free-market capitalism”
I’ve heard it called.
“The sub-prime mortgage crisis”
Some blame it on.
“A global economic…
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Added by Tara on February 26, 2010 at 12:32am —
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Madoff Whistleblower Book: Claims He Uncovered State Street Fraud, Thought About Killing Madoff
explosive new book, Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos tells the inside story of how he uncovered the $65 billion fraud, claims that he exposed State Street's alleged fraud of pension funds and admits that he considered the idea of killing Madoff if he was ever threatened by the Ponzi schemer.
The mild-mannered fraud investigator's new book, "No One Would Listen", is set…
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Added by truth on February 26, 2010 at 12:09am —
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I've written 14 chapters, rather short chapters, titled, "21st Century Observations." I'm posting this here because there's an interesting video posted as Chapter 14. At least it was interesting to me.
Peace
http://21stcenturyobservations.blogspot.com/
Added by Jeff on February 25, 2010 at 11:54pm —
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by Jerome Starkey, Kabul
A night-time raid in eastern Afghanistan in which eight schoolboys from one family were killed was carried out on the basis of faulty intelligence and should never have been authorised, a Times investigation has found.
Ten children and teenagers died when troops stormed a…
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Added by Jeff on February 25, 2010 at 8:23pm —
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Listen to Polygraph Radio
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Tap into the Truth Frequency every Thursday at 7pm CST/8 EST. This week we are having a round table discussion with legendary radio show host Jack Blood, former radio hosts on Ron Paul Revolution Radio, activists and founders of Polygraph…
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Added by truth on February 25, 2010 at 7:30pm —
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Often I'm beside myself.
How do we react here in the US to a dead US child? A single death. A car crash? An early demise from an unfortunate illness? An accident? A senseless shooting?
I won't quantify the reactions here but I can tell you, we do react. How do we react to a child killed in Afghanistan? Or 131 dead children? We finish dinner and turn on the TV.
The UN, New York, USA ~
As US-led forces strive to win public support for "Operation Mushtarak"
in…
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Added by Jeff on February 25, 2010 at 6:49pm —
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Headquarters of the federally chartered mortgage giant, Freddie Mac, in McLean, Va. (AP photo)
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) says the Obama administration is using an accounting “gimmick” in its budget by not including the debt owed by mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
“The accounting gimmicks that are used…
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Heres a movie you should watch if you have not already i found the trailer to it.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/95841/movie-trailers-surrogates
Added by dawnrm on February 25, 2010 at 2:02pm —
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Six more Britons, including a 23-year-old woman, have discovered their identities were stolen by an alleged Mossad hit squad in the murder of a Hamas leader last month.
By Richard Spencer in Dubai and Aislinn Laing…
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1017408/aussie-passports-worth-risk-to-assassins
Mossad assassins believed it was worth getting caught forging Australian passports because they wanted a Hamas leader dead so badly, experts say.
But while the Israeli spy agency's apparent abuse of official Australian documents will "chill"…
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Added by peter b dunn on February 25, 2010 at 6:05am —
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Well folks, we seem to be producing new war criminals with each consecutive administration, nothing new, they're taking their rightful place in the annals of American War Crimes history along side Dick "Evil Twin" Cheney, Donald "Aspartame" Rumsfeld and George "Dumb As A Rock" Bush, so here are the two newest ones. Keep your eyes peeled for these guys. Eventually, perhaps not in my lifetime but rest assured eventually, they'll be caught, tried and…
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Added by Jeff on February 25, 2010 at 5:11am —
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Most of you that know me understand how I feel about the wars. I'd like to promote my latest observation regarding national and global politics. It's only my opinion, nothing more.
We are, much like we've done before, preparing the public to accept and support a war with Iran. I'm not certain we can sustain wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran simultaneously so we'll very likely need to finish up in Iraq and Afghanistan first or at least in one of these countries before embarking on a…
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Added by Jeff on February 25, 2010 at 2:08am —
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Senate votes to extend Patriot Act
Democrats retreat from adding new privacy protections to the law
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WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend for a year key provisions of the nation's counterterrorism surveillance law that are scheduled to expire at the end of the month.
In agreeing to pass the bill, Senate Democrats retreated from adding new privacy protections to the USA Patriot Act.
The Senate approved the bill on a voice vote…
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Added by truth on February 25, 2010 at 2:01am —
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Many times I've asked myself what defines a Patriot and how do we recognize one whose efforts have placed them in the public spotlight while they themselves have remained out of it. There are many and there are just as many methods to define them. So while I'll leave many people out of this post these people are the ones that I can honestly say deserve my utmost respect and thanks for continuing along a single-minded path without thanks or payment, unknown to most of us, just because it's the…
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Added by May Lattanzio on February 24, 2010 at 10:34pm —
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