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As reported by AlJazeera, CNN and MSNBC…
Spain troops have fully withdrawn from Iraq! Yupppie 
The coalition of the not-so-willing is becoming less and less willing.
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Ugh. From AlJazeera:
“Rashid Hamid Wali, an Aljazeera television worker, was killed early Friday morning while filming clashes in the flashpoint Iraqi city of Karbala. “He looked up to try to locate the place of the US military vehicles, but he was shot in the head by machine guns,” said Muhammad.
He died instantly. There was a power cut followed by a heavy exchange of fire as US vehicles rumbled by, he said. “We could not confirm the source of the fire but it was directly pointed at us,” said Muhammad. Another nine civilians were killed in the fighting”.
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First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me–
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
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“To our friends in Rafah,
We cannot stand, as Rachel stood, between your homes and families and the IDF bulldozers and tanks. But we have stood with friends on the streets of your sister city, Olympia, and we have called our Congress and our State Department to demand this atrocity stop. Please know that we hear your cries for help, that we are adding our voices to yours in demanding of our government and the government of Israel peace, justice, security, dignity and hope for the people of Rafah. Our hearts are with you.
Craig and Cindy Corrie”
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Score: One for dissent. Zero (?) for fascism.
Woo. Go Greenpeace!
From msnbc:
MIAMI – A judge threw out federal charges Wednesday against Greenpeace for a protest in which members of the environmental group clambered aboard a cargo ship loaded with Amazon mahogany.
Greenpeace was charged under an 1872 law — not used in more than a century — that was intended to keep bawdy houses from luring sailors off ships with offers of prostitutes, strong drink and warm beds.
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
– Dwight David Eisenhower, April 16, 1953
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I spent a couple of amazing weeks on the road with the Wheels of Justice Bus.
It was really wonderful to get out into the country and really get to talk with people who are being affected by the insane policies of our government. I’ve spoken at both private and public universities, public schools, religious halls, and was a part of a number of vigils.
Everywhere we went, one thing remained constant. There is a groundswell of opposition and frustration brewing at our suicidal policies. People are angry, justifiably so. As the body bags start coming home, the media (or lack thereof) is being overriden by the sad reality of the war coming home.
The reason this blog has been silent lately is because I am at a crossroads. This site has been focusing on all the negative stuff — a reflection of where the movement as a whole has been going, rather than being pro-active in light of the most brutal of oppressions. Stay tuned for some changes coming 
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