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War makes us poor
The American Conservative by David R. Henderson 06/23/10 Many people who aren’t comfortable with the U.S. invading other countries reassure themselves with the belief that at least war creates jobs for... ...
ACORN Leader Decries GOP and Dems for 'War Against the Poor'
http://www.commondreams.or g/headline/2010/06/18-6 J esse Jackson Calls Shirley Sherrod a 'True Freedom Fighter' Who Fought Back Against 'Attempted Character Assassination' http://www. commondreams.org/headline/ 2010/07/22-2 -------- An ti-statists... ...
Massive Spill Forces Fossil Fuels Rethinking
http://www.commondreams.or g/headline/2010/06/16-8 T he Gulf and Our Oily Campaign-Finance System http://www.commondr eams.org/headline/2010/06/ 16-3 A 'Nightmare Well' Now Everyone's Nightmare http://www.commo ndreams.org/headline/2010/ 06/16-6 Day... ...
US has discovered $1 trillion in mineral deposits in Afghanistan
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a- world-news-mainmenu-35/973 0/ -------- What Could $1 Trillion in Mineral Wealth Mean for Afghanistan? Tom A. Peter, The Christian Science Monitor: "US and Afghan officials claim... ...
The war is making you poor
AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo 06/11/10 During the Bush years, war funding was ‘off budget’ – a bit of fiscal trickery that masks the real costs of these conflicts – and the Obama crowd promised to put... ...
22 Afghan civilians killed in US-led op
"Their bodies are on the ground. If you do not believe us, you have helicopters and you should come to the area and see that these are civilians," Malik Rahman Gul, a village elder, was quoted by Reuters. http://www.press tv.com/detail.aspx?id=8355 7&sectionid=351020403... ...
Hit and miss with Afghan air strikes
Asia Times by Gareth Porter 10/21/08 Air strikes against suspected Taliban leaders in Afghanistan were halted in 2004, in the belief they were ineffectual and caused too many civilian deaths. They resumed... ...
Millions of dollars spent on bribes every year'
"Each Afghan family spends about $100 in bribes every year," he said. "Corruption in Afghanistan is endemic, it hurts the poorest people disproportionately, pushes people away from the state and undermines... ...
A Tattered Afghanistan Reflects on Past Six Years
The Guardian UK: "Six years after the fall of the Taliban, Nato claims the war is being won. But as Peter Beaumont discovered in his journey across the country, the West is in danger of losing the peace... ...
Afghanistan: Soaring drug trade hits home
Christian Science Monitor 03/13/08 Muhamma d Nasir lives with 70 drug users on the outskirts of town. His home is an abandoned building sitting amid a mass of toppled concrete. This field of rubble is... ...