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Where`s the Consolation for Victims of our Wars?

Would he consider ordering a moratorium – even for just a day – on killing people by drones and other U.S. weapons systems in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Yemen, Somalia, Colombia, Honduras… ?

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - Television introduced us to the victims of the horrific shootings in Aurora, CO, and to the grieving survivors.

Americans were dismayed, and President Obama went to Colorado to personally console the survivors.

Assange Seeks to Avoid Paying the Price for Messing with America

The US quickly stepped in to educate the Ecuadorean coalition leaders as to the facts of Western Hemispheric imperial life.

(TASMANIA, Aust) - I’m sure most Americans are mighty proud of the fact that Julian Assange is so frightened of falling into the custody of the United States that he had to seek sanctuary in the embassy of Ecuador, a tiny and poor Third World country, without any way of knowing how it would turn out.

He might be forced to be there for years.

Blair, Olympic Deals and Why Another World is Possible

The criminality of Tony Blair, rehabilitated by Ed Miliband, remains unmentionable.

(SYDNEY) - This is a story of two letters and two Britains. The first letter was written by Sebastian Coe, the former athlete who chairs the London Olympics organising committee.

There is an urgent appeal to Coe by the Vietnam Women’s Union that he and the International Olympic Committee reconsider their decision to accept sponsorship from Dow Chemical, one of the companies that manufactured dioxin, a poison used against the population of Vietnam.

BBC Campaign on 911 Truth Shifts into Second Gear

Send an email to the UK Parliament Media Committee

(SAN FRANCISCO) - You can help motivate the members of the UK Parliament's Media Committee to hold the BBC accountable for its biased coverage of the real 9/11 evidence.

More than 250 of our newsletter subscribers wrote to the BBC Trust and UK Parliament Member Tom Watson in response to the article 'Hold the BBC Accountable' in our June 5 Blueprint newsletter and a follow-up Action Alert.

Former CIA Agent Publicly States: Osama bin Laden Died Five Years Ago

The only thing the man ever did was deny involvement in 911.

(SALEM / TEHRAN) - Former Intelligence Agent Berkan Yashar reveals some astonishing background on the demise of bin Laden.

When asked about bin Laden’s death in Pakistan on May 2 last year. He said: "Even if the entire world believed I could not possibly believe it."

Veterans for Peace Host Arlington West as Tribute to Fallen

Appreciate the real story of the crosses on the beach in California.

(SANTA BARBARA) - This site on the beach is called Arlington West in deference to the national cemetery.

The memorial was started by a group called Veterans for Peace Santa Barbara shortly after the 2003. I included the links to some info you can check out further about the memorial. I hope that this is helpful to you.

Secretary of Defense: Create a Central National Registry for Military Sex Offenders

Ask the Department of Defense to create a national database for sex offenders.

(COLBY, WI) - I joined the military because I wanted to serve my country. I served as a Lance Corporal in the Marines for over three years.

In that time I was raped twice and sexually assaulted another two times.

Patriot`s Game

The emotionality of patriotism keeps us from thinking about what the USA is actually doing in the world: dominating other countries through economic, political, and military aggression.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Once again in election season the drums of patriotism are being beaten. Politicians on the stump and their Madison Avenue flacks are exhorting us to rally around the tattered flag.

Their drumming sounds feeble and hollow, though, like cheerleaders trying to rouse the fans while our military team goes down to defeat, bringing the economy with it.

Ray `Bubba` Sorenson & `The Freedom Rock`

Veterans and their families have a friend in Iowa.

(CINCINNATI) - Desecration of the American flag is always a 'hot' news story, particularly when flames are used to ignite a symbol of national pride... for which so many have died. But what happens when the exact opposite takes place? Without question, media attention is scarce.

Jamie Leigh Jones, Assaulted Twice?

Two smiling faces were taken away, and the government and its courts add insult to injury.

(CLEVELAND) - The court order against rape victim Jamie Leigh Jones is another example of our societal regression. It is a stunning example of what has become of something once adequately titled: 'the American justice system'.

Today it is a mindless program that still allows women who serve their country to be treated like objects and raped and killed without consequence.