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Blowback

Since America is supplying much of the military hardware used to annihilate these children, Americans don’t want to hear the extent to which their tax dollars are used.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Call it revenge. Call it retribution. Describe it as “chickens coming home to roost.” Don’t call it terrorism. Call it Blowback - the unintended consequences of our foreign policy.

Among the stories that don't get much Western press coverage, but should is one by Rosa Schiano about 12-year-old Ayoub Asalya who was killed by an Israeli missile while he was going to school.

Keep On Rockin`

From the Book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - RADICAL PEACE is a collection of reports from peace activists in the USA, Europe, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

An American exchange student in one of my courses here in Germany contributed the following essay about how she became an anarchist for peace.

Trayvon Martin vs. PFC Johnson, LeVena Lynn

A poetic tribute...

(CLEVELAND) - There are so many names, so many stories we have followed where Black Americans are at the receiving end of injustice; cut down in the prime of their life.

Luke and I have each written at length about LaVena Johnson's loss and what it means; now young Trayvon Martin is forced to join this list of sacrificed people in a nation that never healed from its inception as a slave trading government.

`The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis` - Bruce Gagnon speaks in Washington state

“The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis” will be the subject of Bruce Bagnon's six-city tour of Washington State.

(SEATTLE) - International peace activist and organizer Bruce Gagnon comes to Washington State April 24 to April 30, 2012 to engage local communities around the theme “The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis.”

Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and long-time member of Veterans For Peace.

Salem-News.com Under Attack Over Articles Revealing Suspected Illegal Nuclear Weapon Use

Individual makes numerous false claims and they are landing everywhere; this article offers clarity about our reports.

(SALEM) - It has come to our attention that an individual by the name of Roger Helbig, has been going to great effort to damage our reputation over Salem-News.com reports.

These are reports referencing the possible use of illegal weapons-grade nuclear arms in both Fallujah, Iraq and Gaza, Palestine.

Calley Vs Manning:
Which Army `Criminal` Would You Convict?

One man leads a massive war crime, another exposes a series of war crimes...

(SALEM) - If you were a U.S. soldier in a village in South Vietnam murdering children and spraying bullets into the faces of old ladies, you're cool, you are alright, you're William Calley.

But if you follow the teachings of your mother, your teachers and your clergy; reporting what is wrong at all costs for the sake of what is right, then you're Bradley Manning

24 Hours to Help Bradley Manning Win Human Rights Award

In the meanwhile, Manning’s attorney insists all charges must be dismissed after the government’s refusal to provide vast amounts of evidence and key witnesses.

(FORT MEADE, MD) - Bradley Manning trails by only 400 votes for Global Exchange's "People's Choice" 2012 Human Rights Award.

PFC Bradley Manning, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower, has spent more than 660 days locked up while he waits for the government to prepare its case against him.

PTSD Psychotic Soldier Kills Afghan Civilians: SEQUEL

PTSD is mental illness. Mental illness may be psychosis.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The unfortunate act of Sgt Bales in Afghanistan is horrible in the extreme but it was not only expected but preventable. Infantry Sgt Bales is/was a gung ho soldier by any measure. I was an infantry Private under the likes of Sgt Bales and know a real soldier when I see or hear about one.

He did three tours in Iraq performing excellently and getting head wounds and part of his foot shot off. After all that, getting sent back into a hot combat zone was totally irresponsible.

Bringing Truth to the Youth: AE911Truth University Outreach Repeats its Success at St. Mary`s College

Indeed, a million Muslims have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Americans have lost many civil liberties, because of the lies regarding 9/11.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The explosive 9/11 evidence may be coming to a college near you. AE911Truth will be targeting the college speaking circuit in 2012, and there are plenty of ways you can help.

Here is how one professor has made a difference for the last five years.

Combat Private, The Most Important Man in Battle

Combat Infantry Badge: The shield and spear for all behind him.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Most readers won’t believe this but the bemedaled colonels and generals far behind the front lines have virtually no concept of what it’s like to live, sleep and survive in the mud or a muddy foxhole with little sleep.

It's usually accompanied by little food or water, and virtually none of the small mercies of normal life.