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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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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Antiwar.com Polls Show US Public Skepticism About War in Libya


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News
Updated March 29, 2011 - 12:59 AM EDT
Obama Lauds 'Historic' War in Libya
 
 Libya's Rebel Offensive Seen Slowing in West
 Turkey Seeks to Broker Cease-Fire in Libya
 In a Rebel Prison, Any African Is a Mercenary
US Soldiers in Afghanistan: The Kill Team
 
 Long-Term Afghan Presence Likely to Derail Peace Talks
 14 Pakistani Troops Killed in Ambush Along Afghan Border
 Suicide Bombers Kill 24 in SE Afghanistan
Egypt Junta: Mubarak, Family Under House Arrest
 
 Egyptian Youth Sound the Trumpet for a New Million Man March
Ammo Factory Blast in Yemen Kills at Least 121
 
 WikiLeaks: Yemen's Saleh Tried to Get Saudis to Kill Rival
Israel's Controversial Citizenship Act Passes
Syria at Crossroads as Casualties Mount
Viewpoints
Three Phony Reasons to Bomb Libya  by Benjamin H. Friedman
Obama Lacks Clarity on Afghan War  by Ray McGovern
From Jerusalem to Washington, Myth Disguised as News by Ira Chernus
The Fogh of War  by Tim Cavanaugh
The Libya Folly  by Charles V. Peña
Who Is Annexing Whom? by Uri Avnery
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London Meeting Eyes Post-Gadhafi Future for Libya; Libyans May Be Invited
PJ Crowley: 'No Regrets' Over Bradley Manning Remarks
An Unusual German Export to Egypt: How to Handle the Secret Police
Obama Officials Block FOIA Requests
Democrat Urges Investigation Into Federal Security Contractors
 
Afghanistan-Pakistan
Behind the American 'Kill Team' in Afghanistan
Afghan Elite Borrowed Freely From Kabul Bank
Statement by the Army on Photographs Published by Rolling Stone
14 Troops Die in Clash With Taliban in NW Pakistan
In Afghanistan, Spring Could Prove Test of Anti-Taliban Effort
Iraq
Clashes in Iraq Fuel Debate on US Departure
Widow Says Army Denies Captain Was Murdered in Iraq
Turkmen, Kurd Students Clash in Kirkuk
Monday: 14 Iraqis Killed, 52 Wounded
Syria
Syrian TV: Boats With Weapons Seized Coming From Northern Lebanon
Syrians Call for More Protests Ahead of Assad's Expected Speech
Syrian President Offers Olive Branch to Protesters as Violence Escalates
Bahrain
Bahrain Shuns Kuwait's Mediation Offer
Shi'ite Party in Bahrain Calls for Mediation to Keep Lid on Frustration
Israel/Palestine
Soldier Suspected of Humiliating Palestinian Kids
'Abbas Would Give Up US Aid to Reconcile With Hamas'
Israel Questions Argentina Over Buenos Aires Attacks
Asia
China Arrests Blogger Ran Yunfei
India, Pakistan Interior Officials Re-Start Peace Talks
Thailand Reported Near U-Boat Deal With Germany
 
Libya at War
US Deploys Low-Flying Attack Planes in Libya
Rebels Hope Tribal Rifts Will Speed Their March to Gadhafi's Birthplace
Gadhafi Forces Block Rebel Advance on Home Town Sirte
Gritty Urban Battle Still Rages on Forgotten Front of Misurata
Libyans Seek News of Their Missing as Fighting Shifts
Libya and the US
Polls Show Public Skepticism About War in Libya
Obama Cites Limits of US Role in Libya
Gates and Clinton Unite to Defend Libya Intervention
In Libya, US Takes Wide View for Military's Role
Libya and the World
British Officials 'Working With Rebels in East'
Seven Out of 10 British Voters Fear That Libya 'Will Become Another Iraq'
US Says Libyan Rebels May Sell Oil
Oil Lower as Libyan Rebels Vow to Resume Oil Shipments
Diplomats Discuss Libya's Future as Italy Plots Gadhafi's Escape Route
Qatar Recognizes Libyan Rebels After Oil Deal
The War at Home
The Pentagon and Its Bogus Bomb-Zapper: A Love Story
Saudi Is Charged in Texas With Seeking to Build a Bomb
Middle East
Iran Slams UN Rights Council 'Double-Standard'
Oman Protests Carry on Despite Sultan's Reforms
In Other News
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Poland Wants Guantanamo Detainees Questioned
Reporter Charged With Insulting Belarus President
17 Suspected Militants Killed in Russian Operation in Ingushetia
 
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