Tuesdays Top News from Information Clearing House

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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
April 01, 2009
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Brahmanism: This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you.: Mahabharata 5:1517

Christianity: All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.: Matthew 7:12

Islam: No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Sunnah

Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.: Udana Varga 5:18

Judaism: What is hateful to you, do not to your fellowmen. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.: Talmud, Shabbat 31:a

Confucianism: Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.: Analects 15:23

Taoism: Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss.: T'ai Shag Kan Ying P'ien

Zoroastrianism: That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good: for itself. : Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,320,110"
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq 4,259

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The War in Iraq Costs
$609,521,401,463
See the cost in your community
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Placing these on top -Torture USA:
Will a Spanish Judge Bring Bush-Era Figures to Justice?:

Chile's Pinochet. Argentina's Scilingo. Guatemala's Rios Montt. To the roster of international figures whom Spanish investigative judge Baltasar Garzón has sought to bring to justice, the name of Gonzales may soon be added.
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The truth about Abu Zubaydah:

The Bush administration's false claim that my client was a top al-Qaida official has led to his imprisonment and torture
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World Depression

Regional Wars and the Decline of the US Empire

By James Petras

We are living the end of an entire epoch: Experts everywhere witness the collapse of the US and world financial system, the absence of credit for trade and the lack of financing for investment. A world depression, in which upward of a quarter of the world's labor force will be unemployed, is looming.
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Killing For George

Secret US Forces Carried Out Assassinations in a Dozen Counties

By Seymour Hersh

"They've been going into countries, not talking to the ambassador or to the CIA station chief, and finding people on a list and executing them and leaving,"
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The Silence Surrounding Sri Lanka

By Arundhati Roy

The horror that is unfolding in Sri Lanka becomes possible because of the silence that surrounds it. There is almost no reporting in the international press - or in the mainstream media in India, where I live - about what is happening. From the little information that is filtering through, it looks as though the Sri Lankan government is using the propaganda of "the war on terror" as a fig leaf to dismantle any semblance of democracy in the country and commit unspeakable crimes against the Tamil people.
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Obstruction of Justice

By Chris Hedges

The trial of Al-Arian is a cause célèbre in the Muslim world. A documentary film was made about the case in Europe. He has become the poster child for judicial abuse and persecution of Muslims in the United States by the Bush administration.
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Seymour M. Hersh: Syria Calling:

"The return of the Golan Heights is part of a broader strategy for peace in the Middle East that includes countering Iran's influence
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Jewish writer raises a storm in America with his report from a 'tolerant' Iran:

A row has broken out over allegations of antisemitism at the New York Times, America's most vaunted name in journalism and a newspaper with a large Jewish readership.
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Why Arab leaders embrace Sudan's indicted president:

On Sunday Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir strode off his airplane and onto a red carpet at the airport in Doha, greeted with a kiss by the tiny kingdom's emir as he arrived for a two-day Arab League summit dedicated to strengthening Arab unity.
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Pentagon war spending hits $685.7 billion: GAO:

The spending total equals about 85 percent of the $808 billion that Congress has appropriated for military operations in the global war on terrorism since the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the GAO said.
Reuters dot com
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$296 Billion in Overruns in U.S. Weapons Programs:

Nearly 70 percent of the Pentagon's 96 largest weapons programs were over budget last year, for a combined total of $296 billion more than the original estimates, a Congressional auditing agency reported Monday.
NYTimes March 31, 2009

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Government website now offers 'suicide warning signs' for victims of recession:

When the government starts warning you not to commit suicide, you know things have gotten bad.

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Judge Must Release Woman Sentenced to Jail for Being Poor, ACLU Says in Court Papers:

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan asked for an emergency hearing today on behalf of an Escanaba woman sentenced to 30 days in jail because she is too poor to reimburse the court for her son's stay in a juvenile detention facility.

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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy

Tom Feeley