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Stealing from Social Security to Pay for Wars and Bailouts  :      Information Clearing House: ICH

Stealing from Social Security to Pay for Wars and Bailouts  :      Information Clearing House: ICH March 09, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- The American Empire is failing. A number of its puppet rulers are being overthrown by popular protests, and the almighty dollar will not even buy one Swiss franc, one Canadian dollar, or one Australian dollar. Despite the sovereign debt problem that threatens EU members Greece, Ireland, Spain, and Portugal, it requires $1.38 dollars to buy one euro, a new currency that was issued at parity with the US dollar.

Birthrights - Fistula Hospital: Reaching out

Libya: A state of terror - General - Al Jazeera English

Libya: A state of terror - General - Al Jazeera English

Libya: WikiLeaks cables warn of extremist beliefs   :      Information Clearing House: ICH

Libya: WikiLeaks cables warn of extremist beliefs   :      Information Clearing House: ICH By Heidi Blake March 07, 2011 "The Telegraph" - -Former jihadi fighters who underwent "religious and ideological training" in Afghanistan, Lebanon and the West Bank in the 1980s have returned to eastern towns in Libya such as Benghazi and Derna to propagate their Islamist beliefs, the cables warn. Derna has become a particular stronghold for the former fighters and conservative imams who have shut down "un-Islamic" social and cultural organisations such as sports leagues, theatres and youth clubs, the cables report. Local sources blame deliberate government efforts to "keep the east poor" for growing extremism in towns such as Derna. One cable sent to Washington in February 2008 reports a conversation with a local businessman who described the increasingly incendiary rhetoric at backstreet mosques in Derna, where coded talk of "martyrdom operations...

US anti-Muslim rally raises fears - Americas - Al Jazeera English

US anti-Muslim rally raises fears - Americas - Al Jazeera English The US-based advocacy group, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has published a video of an anti-Muslim protest, at a fundraising event in California last month. Muslim residents say the demonstration has raised fears in their community. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Yorba Linda in California's Orange County.

Report: Saudi Facebook activist planning protest shot dead - Monsters and Critics

Report: Saudi Facebook activist planning protest shot dead - Monsters and Critics Riyadh/Cairo - Saudi activists alleged Wednesday that state security shot dead a leading online activist, who was calling for a 'Day of Rage' on March 11 in the oil-rich kingdom. Faisal Ahmed Abdul-Ahadwas, 27, was believed to be one of the main administrators of a Facebook group that is calling for protests similar to that have swept North Africa and the Middle East.