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 I hereby make a commitment that on the Third Friday of each and every month, I will break my daily routine and take some action, by myself or with others, to end the War in Iraq. 

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WI IM website: http://iraqmoratoriumwis.blogspot.com/

Come stand with us in Hayward WI, corner of Hwy 63 and 27. To see photos of past events in Hayward, go to Photo Gallery link. 


New York Times Special Edition: Iraq War Ends Print E-mail

NYT Special Edition: Iraq War Ends

SPECIAL TIMES EDITION BLANKETS U.S. CITIES, PROCLAIMS END TO WAR

Early this morning, (August 12, 2008), commuters nationwide were delighted to find out that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had come to an end.

If, that is, they happened to read a "special edition" of (the) New York Times.

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Barack Obama Accused of Selling Out on Iraq by Picking Hawks to Run His Foreign Policy Print E-mail

Barack Obama has been accused of selling out his promises of change in US foreign policy by putting national security policy in the hands of establishment figures who supported the Iraq war.

(The Sunday Telegraph (UK)) - WASHINGTON, DC  Mr Obama has moved quickly in the last 48 hours to get his cabinet team in place, unveiling a raft of heavyweight appointments, in addition to Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State.

But his preference for General James Jones, a former NATO commander who backed John McCain, as his National Security Adviser and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, a supporter of the war, to run the Homeland Security department has dismayed many of his earliest supporters.

The likelihood that Mr Obama will retain George W Bush's Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, has reinforced the notion that he will not aggressively pursue the radical withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq over the next 16 months and engagement with rogue states that he has pledged.

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National Intelligence Council Report: Sun Setting on The American Century Print E-mail

(Times Online/UK) - WASHINGTON, DC  The next two decades will see a world living with the daily threat of nuclear war, environmental catastrophe and the decline of America as the dominant global power, according to a frighteningly bleak assessment by the US intelligence community.

"The world of the near future will be subject to an increased likelihood of conflict over resources, including food and water, and will be haunted by the persistence of rogue states and terrorist groups with greater access to nuclear weapons," said the report by the National Intelligence Council, a body of analysts from across the US intelligence community.

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White Extremists Lash Out Over Election of First Black President Print E-mail
The Ku Klux Klan is emerging from decades of disorganization and obscurity, and the turnaround is acutely evident -- more than 200 hate-related incidents have been reported since the Nov. 4 election

(Los Angles Times) Bogalusa, Louisiana - Barely three weeks since America elected its first black president, noose hangings, racist graffiti and death threats have struck dozens of towns across the country.

More than 200 such incidents -- including cross burnings, assassination betting pools and effigies of President-elect Barack Obama -- have been reported, according to law enforcement authorities and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups.

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Antiwar.com

US Drone Strike Kills at Least 17 in South Waziristan

Iranian Cleric: British Embassy Staffers ‘Confessed,’ Will Face Trials

Ceos Use Obama Visit to Press Russia on Rule of Law

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Obama Not Fully Informed on Russia: Putin Spokesman

Analysis: Russia Plays Checkbook Diplomacy

Obama Tells Russia’s Putin the Cold War Is History

Head of Russia’s Ingushetia Regains Consciousness

Japanese Imperial Army Maps to Go Online

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IPS Inter Press Service - Iraq and Beyond

US-IRAQ: Troops Leave Cities, as Questions Remain

MIDEAST: Arabs Court U.S. via Baghdad

IRAQ: Lame-Duck Lawmakers Push Through Kurdistan's New Charter

MIDEAST: Iran Crisis Ripples Outward

POLITICS: U.S. to Name Ambassador to Damascus after Four Years

Q&A: Military Losing GI Hearts and Minds

US-IRAQ: Fate of Withdrawal Pact to be Decided at the Polls

POPULATION: The Worst Places to Be a Refugee

MIGRATION: Pakistan Refugee Crisis Worst in a Decade, U.N. Says

U.S.: Congress Reviews Military Contracts, Kabul Embassy Scandal

POLITICS: Syrian Foreign Minister Eager to Work with Obama

U.S.: Obama Appeals to Muslim World for "New Beginning"

US-MIDEAST: Obama Overture Fraught With Stumbling Blocks

POLITICS: At East-West Crossroads, Turkey Presses Ambitious Agenda

MIDEAST: : Obama Has Real Chance to Change Arab Opinion – Survey


FAIR Media Views

Jim Naureckas (FAIR blog): Who Decides "Who Won"?

Jim Naureckas (FAIR blog): The Washington Post's World of Hawks

Norman Solomon (Real News): The Media and Iran

Dean Baker (Beat the Press): The Post Invents Numbers in Its Quest to Cut Social Security

Robert Parry (Consortium News): Debate Evades Dark Realities

Matt Welch (Los Angeles Times): McCain Resurrects an Old Stunt

Adam Serwer (Tapped): Goldilocks Racism

Emily Udell (In These Times): Hospital Flacks Spread Fake News

Sascha Meinrath (Government Technology): Media Mergers Threaten Community News

Elinore Longobardi (CJR.org): The Press and Phil Gramm

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