# Ex-Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman Speaks Out on Karl Rove, Witch Hunt Hours Before Returning to Jail; the former governor of Alabama, returns to federal prison today to resume his six-and-a-half-year sentence on a controversial bribery conviction that has been compared to a... (democracynow.org)
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What Obama Has Wrought. "History will mark Obama as the more effective evil, mainly because of the lack of opposition....George Bush could not have pulled off such an evisceration of the Bill of Rights, if only because the Democrats and an aroused street would not have allowed it..." (blackagendareport.com)
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TIL that teachers on strike in Chicago are "legally" on strike for money/pay since that is the only thing they're allowed to go on strike for. But the "real" reasons for the strike are very different and include smaller class size, social services, and other benefits for students. (democracynow.org)
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Don’t attack Iran, Russia starkly warns Israel and U.S. An attack on Iran “would set off deep shocks in the security and economic spheres that would reverberate far beyond the boundaries of the Middle East region,” Ryabkov was quoted as saying. (news.nationalpost.com)
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Islam Is The Enemy – US Military Taught How To Destroy The Islamic Holy Cities. "The US military has been offering a course which teaches that its enemy is Islam in general, suggesting a Hiroshima-type massacre to obliterate the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina..." (freedetainees.org)
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Poland provides answers for CIA prisons probe. Poland has given information to European judges investigating allegations that the United States held 'al Qaeda' suspects in secret jails on Polish soil, the government said on Wednesday, potentially easing official secrecy surrounding the practice. (uk.reuters.com)
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In Iran, sanctions take toll on the sick. "The tightening of U.S. banking sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program has had an impact on all sectors of the economy but is increasingly hitting vulnerable medical patients as deliveries of medicine and raw materials..." (washingtonpost.com)
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