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DEATH BY GOVERNMENT: GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER

DEATH BY GOVERNMENT: GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER
All told, governments killed more than 262 million people in the 20th century outside of wars, according to University of Hawaii political science professor R.J. Rummel. Just to give perspective on this incredible murder by government, if all these bodies were laid head to toe, with the average height being 5', then they would circle the earth ten times. Also, this democide murdered 6 times more people than died in combat in all the foreign and internal wars of the century. Finally, given popular estimates of the dead in a major nuclear war, this total democide is as though such a war did occur, but with its dead spread over a century

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Antiwar.com Fresh NATO Airstrikes Kill Libyan Civilians, Including Children


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Updated April 2, 2011 - 12:54 AM EDT
US Officials Resigned to Stalemate in Libya War
 
 US Announces 'Support Role' as NATO Leads Libyan War
 Fresh NATO Airstrikes Kill Libyan Civilians, Including Children
 US Weighs Boosting Aid to Libya Rebels
 US Agents Were in Libya Before Secret Obama Order
 Libyan Govt Forces Reject Ceasefire Offer
 UK Special Forces in Libya Train Rebels to Topple Gadhafi
 Few of Libya Opposition's Military Leaders Have Been Identified
Up to 20 UN Staff Killed in Afghan Protest
 
 Petraeus Likely to Be Replaced as Afghan Commander by Summer
Number of Violent Deaths Rises in Iraq in March
 
 35 Hurt in Clashes at North Iraq Protest Rally
 US Embassy in Baghdad to Double Staff
Fierce Fighting Rattles Ivory Coast Capital
 
 800 Reported Killed This Week in Ivory Coast
New Gulf Bloc Chief Lauds Bahrain Attacks on Protesters
 
 Bahrain Wages Unrelenting Crackdown on Shiites
At Least 12 Killed in Syria Protests
President Defiant Amid Rival Mass Demonstrations in Yemen
Viewpoints
By Merely Bolstering the Weaker Side, We Are Prolonging Libya's Civil War  by Simon Jenkins
Lies, Damn Lies, and Presidential Statements  by Lee Wrights
Libya and the Rule of Law by Mario Rizzo
Just Like Bush  by David Rieff
Why They Hate Us  by Anthony Gregory
Bring War Dollars Home by Closing Down Bases  by Christine Ahn
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Police Clash With Protesters in Tunisian Capital
World Court Drops Georgia's Case Against Russia
Police Shoot One Dead in Oman Protest: Witnesses
Blackwater Founder Questions FBI Work
FBI Spied on Little Kids for Days at a Time
 
Libya
US Pulling Tomahawk Missiles Out of Libya Combat
NATO Launches 74 Airstrikes in Libya on First Day of Operations
Last Libya Rebel Stronghold in West Bombarded by Gadhafi Forces
EU Approves Possible Military Operation for Libya
Gadhafi's Forces Battle Rebels for Brega
Libya's Misrata Under Intense Bombardment, Say Rebels
No More Mad Dashes at the Front: Libyan Rebels Say Chaotic Force Getting More Disciplined
Sandstorms, Civilian Worries Hit NATO Libya Sorties
Libya: Allied Strikes Crime Against Humanity
Obama and Libya Air Strikes: a Carefully Calculated Delay on Justifying US Action
Libya: Wife of Defecting Foreign Minister Captured in Firefight
Libya and the World
Rebels: Gadhafi Using Israeli Weapons
High-Level Libyan Aide Held Talks With Britain
Libyan Defection Is 'Potential Intelligence Goldmine'
Senator Grills Fed in Letter on Libyan Bank Bailout
Bank Freed From US Sanctions Despite Libya's Major Stake
Dutchman Reported Killed in Libya
Some in Germany Critical of Decision to Sit Out Libya Operation
Libya: UK Forces Spread Thin, Says Ex-Defence Chief
In His Telling, One Man Made Libya a French Cause
Envoy Decides to Represent Nicaragua, Not Libya
Qaddafi Exile Options Reach to Venezuela as Defections Rise
Egypt
Thousands in Cairo Press for Unmet Demands
Egyptian Radicals' Turn to Democracy Alarms Some
Protesters Call for Trials of Egypt Regime Figures
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast Rebels Seize State TV, Control Gbagbo Palace
Cote d'Ivoire: The Forgotten War?
Ivory Coast Battle Rages Near Gbagbo's Home
Conflict in Ivory Coast Threatens to Destabilize Its Neighbors
A Look at the Key Figures in the Ivory Coast Conflict
Scores Treated for Gunshot Wounds as Battle for Ivorian City Rages
Africa
Somali PM Says He Needs One More Year
Zimbabwe's Mugabe Vows to Resist Regional Pressure
Germany
Al-Qaeda as a Justification for Merkel's Nuclear Phase-Out
Americas
More Than 20 Die in Mass Car Crash Caused by Pre-Election Roadblock in Central Nigeria
Obama Administration Sides With Uribe on Subpoena
US Military
Pentagon Art: $600,000 Gurgling Toad Sculpture
Pentagon Defends Lifting Ban on Gays in Military
US Air Force Jet Crashes Near Houses in Germany
 
Afghanistan
Koran Burning Ignored in the US Was News in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Pastor Terry Jones Says Afghan UN Violence 'Proves My Point'
NATO Chief Denounces Killing of UN Staff in Afghanistan
Afghans Arrest Suspected Mastermind of UN Attack
Bush: Stay in Afghanistan for Women's Sake
NATO to Deploy Mobile Counter-IED Labs by Late 2011
Spiegel TV's 'Kill Team' Documentary
Pakistan
3 Guards Killed at NATO Terminal in NW Pakistan
Target Killings Continue to Haunt Karachi
Asia
Japan's Crisis Bolsters Its Military
China Boosts Border Security Amid North Korean Famine Fears
Syria
Syrians March in Tens of Thousands Against President
Syria: Video Footage Said to Show Large Friday Protests
Videos Show Snipers Shooting at Demonstrators, Scenes of Tumult at Friday's Protests
Syria Frees Egyptian-American Engineer Who Filmed Protests
Syria Frees Reuters Reporter, Photographer Missing
Syrians Release 2 Americans Detained at Protests
White House Calls on Assad to Deliver on Reforms
Iraq
Suicide Bomber Kills 3 Soldiers in Fallujah
Iraq's New Air Force Reaches for the Sky
US, Iraqi Air Force Officials Discuss T-6's Future in Iraq
Shiites in Iraq Support Bahrain's Protesters
Tribal Lawsuits, 'Fake Sheiks' Threaten Iraqi Doctors
Just Breathing in Iraq Can Be Hazardous
Friday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 59 Wounded
Israel/Palestine
Netanyahu to UN Chief: Upcoming Gaza Flotilla Must Be Stopped
Israel Says It Carried Out Airstrike Against Hamas Militants Planning Abductions, Killing 3
East Jerusalem Settlement Set to Grow: Peace Now
Hamas: Gaza Assassination Marks Significant Escalation
Israel Alleges Hezbollah Build-Up
Turkey
Turkey Kills 7 Kurd Fighters Crossing From Syria
Argentine Judge Rules Turkey Committed 'Armenian Genocide,' Orders Help for Descendant
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Omani Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters
Bahrain Releases Top Blogger After US Criticism
Germany's Role in a Business Deal With Iran
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