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Obama the Hawk?
Obama's election night speech at Grant Park in Chicago did more than close the rift in the Democratic Party that lingered from the battles between police and antiwar protesters at the 1968 Democratic Party Convention, not far from where Obama spoke. The rift was sealed in terms favorable to the muscular internationalist wing of the Democratic Party, led by Barack Obama today.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-02/obama-the-hawk/



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IRAQ


The journalist Muntader al-Zaidi in an undated photograph released by his family. (Associated Press)

Zaidi Still Imprisoned
If convicted, he could be imprisoned for seven to 15 years.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/17/george-bush-shoe-throw

Iraqi Lawyers' Union President Defends Zaidi
"He only freely expressed himself to the occupier, and he has such a right according to international law."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/world/middleeast/17iraq.html?ref=world

The Shoes We Longed For
The instant reply to any criticism of "insulting a guest" was: "Bush is a mass murderer and a war criminal who sneaked into Baghdad. He killed a million Iraqis. He burned the country down."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/17/bush-shoes-iraqi-journalist-hero

Online "Shoe" Game is Runaway HIt
The game gives a running total of shoes to have hit Bush in the face — there were 6,722,892 successful hits at the time of writing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2008/dec/17/bush-shoe-throw-game



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AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN

U.S. Crimes Generates Rising Resistance in Afghanistan. . .
"The people who are fighting with the Taliban are the brothers, uncles and relatives of those killed by the Americans."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/16/afghanistan-taliban-us-foreign-policy

. . . and Pakistan
"The Pakistan army, by its own act has steered civilians towards militancy. In a bid to capture one Talib, entire villages have turned into Talibans."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45107



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PALESTINE


A Palestinian worker sweeps out the empty storeroom of a U.N. food distribution center in Gaza City. (AP photo / Hatem Moussa)

Israel's 'Crime Against Humanity' in Gaza
Palestinians have launched more than 200 rockets on Israel since the latest round of violence began. There have been no Israeli casualties.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081215_israels_crime_against_humanity/

The Palestinian Toll
More than 500 Palestinians, 73 of them children, have been killed this year alone as a result of the conflict - more than double the figure for 2005. Eleven Israelis have lost their lives this year.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/05/israel-gaza-human-rights

Livni's Comments Echo Most Hardliners
Israeli politicians believe that by conceding a Palestinian state they are entitled to expect the entrenchment of the country's Jewishness.
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081217/FOREIGN/402669538/1002/rss

Young Palestinians Reject Carter's "Two-States"
One Palestinian AUB student asked: "Mr. President, How can you or anyone honestly expect us to live in a Palestinian state next to an Israeli state when we know their State is on our stolen land"?
http://counterpunch.org/lamb12152008.html

Solidarity with PFLP leader Ahmad Sa'adat
Sa'adat's case directly implicates the leading role of the United States and Britain in the ongoing assault against the Palestinian people.
http://www.fightbacknews.org/2008/12/solidarity-pflp-leader-ahmad-saadat.htm



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CLASS WAR AT HOME



Victory at Republic!
"This shows that you can fight — and that you have to fight."
http://socialistworker.org/2008/12/11/victory-at-republic



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