“Collateral Repair” – Turning Despair to Hope by Felicity Arbuthnot

by Felicity Arbuthnot
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9 April, 2011

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Where did we leave our life behind?” I asked the butterfly circling round the light, and it burnt up in its tears.’ (Mahmoud Darwish, 1941-2008.)

As the US., and UK., rope in NATO and a few straggling cronies to bring freedom and democracy to Libya with Cruise missiles, and free the oil, water and gold bullion rich country of a “tyrant” – in the latest barrage of terror tactics, launched on 19th March, the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, do they have a thought for the “collateral damage”, the scale, the horror imposed in 2003, and ongoing?

Andrew Gavin Marshall: The “Humanitarian Intervention” in Libya

with Andrew Gavin Marshall
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April 9, 2011

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The Intel Hub – 04/07/11 – Andrew Gavin Marshall

video no longer available, please see this post: Lies, War, and Empire: NATO’s “Humanitarian Imperialism” in Libya by Andrew Gavin Marshall

The Economic Crisis in Iceland: “IMF Medicine” is not the Solution by Michael Hudson

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by Prof. Michael Hudson
Global Research, April 8, 2011

Will Iceland Vote “No” on April 9, or commit financial suicide?

A year ago, in March 2010, Iceland’s economy was so small that it did not warrant much attention when 93% of its voters rejected the Social Democratic-Green government’s surrender to Gordon Brown and the Dutch, the European Union (EU) bureaucracy and IMF demands that it impose austerity as penance for believing the neoliberal fairy tales about how bank deregulation and “free markets” would make it the richest, happiest country in the world. Indeed it seemed to be, according to United Nations data. But the dream was dashed after the Icesave electronic Internet bank branches abroad were emptied out by their proprietors.

On the Edge with Max Keiser: Ellen Brown: There is no pie

with Ellen Brown
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webofdebt.com
April 9, 2011

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In this edition of On the Edge, Max Keiser interviews Ellen Brown; author of Web of Debt.

Qaddafi Unplugged and Uncensored – Recollections Of My Life – Mu’ummar Qaddafi

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By Col. Mu’ummar Qaddafi; Translated by Professor Sam Hamod, Ph.D.
Information Clearing House
April 09, 2011

Recollections of My Life: Col. Mu’ummar Qaddafi, The Leader of the Revolution. April 8, 2011

In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful..

For 40 years, or was it longer,I can’t remember, I did all I could to give people houses, hospitals, schools, and when they were hungry, I gave them food, I even made Benghazi into farmland from the desert, I stood up to attacks from that cowboy Reagan, when he killed my adopted orphaned daughter, he was trying to kill me, instead he killed that poor innocent child, then I helped my brothers and sisters from Africa with money for the African Union, did all I could to help people understand the concept of real democracy, where people’s committees ran our country, but that was never enough, as some told me, even people who had 10 room homes, new suits and furniture, were never satisfied, as selfish as they were they wanted more, and they told Americans and other visitors, they needed “democracy,” and “freedom,” never realizing it was a cut throat system,

Fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gazans

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PressTVGlobalNews on Apr 9, 2011

A fresh Israeli airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip has killed at least three Palestinians. Witnesses say two missiles hit a vehicle in southern Gaza.

Press TV’s Safa Joudeh reports from Gaza.