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"The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeoisie."
Alternative News and Information; updated throughout the day | Dec 25, 2006

TOP STORIES
IRAQ
--UK troops storm Iraqi police HQ ...Last time the Brits attacked a police station, it was because the police had arrested British undercover operatives caught planting bombs while dressed as Arabs.

--Gates visited Baghdad to quell US soldiers mutiny in Anbar, US imminent attack on Ramadi soon

--Will Iraq's Oil Blessing Become a Curse?:.. The Iraqi government is considering a new oil law that could give private oil companies greater control over its vast reserves. In light of rampant violence and shaky democratic institutions, many fear the law is being pushed through hastily by special interests behind closed doors.

-- Iraq: At least 13 killed in another bloody day of U.S. occupation:-- Clashes between Iraqi security forces and a powerful Shi'ite militia left five people, including four policemen, dead and wounded 17 others in Samawa, police sources said.
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Middle East
-- America's Double Standard on Democracy in the Middle East:   What's good for Beirut is not good for Gaza, according to Washington's playbook. And that discrepancy undermines the credibility of U.S. claims to be promoting democracy in the region.

-U.S. Is Holding Iranians Seized in Raids in Iraq

--Israel to hand over funds to Palestinians

--Defying U.N., Iran vows to accelerate nuke work ...Ahmadinejad says sanction backers will soon regret their ‘superficial act’

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OTHER


--It's only money, and maybe it's not even that--Katrina Fraud Likely to Balloon Past $2 Billion

-- Oaxaca: Confronting power, Building alternatives  Rochelle Gause, Left Turn... A popular uprising that shakes the roots of a long–held exploitive power dynamic is occurring in Oaxaca, Mexico. Not only does it threaten the corrupt and repressive government that has controlled the region for years, the movement is also creating an alternative structure for popular governance.

--Venezuela may follow Iran on euro oil sales

--Flight Delay Traffic Information

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International
--CPUSA leaders return from China, Vietnam  on Dec. 12 with a wealth of political and cultural experiences they say they hope to share with the U.S. public in order to build better understanding and friendship between the peoples of the U.S., China and Vietnam.

--Putin to remain leader after leaving Kremlin

--Ballistic Missile Defense: U.S. on collision course with Russia... Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, the chief of Russia's general staff, told a meeting of foreign military attaches in Moscow "The creation of a U.S. anti–missile base cannot be viewed otherwise than as a major reconfiguration of the American military presence."  "Vanguard groupings of the U.S. armed forces in Europe have until now had no strategic components," the general said. "This raises the question as to who U.S. anti–missile plans are really targeted against, and what kind of implications they may have for Russia and Europe at large."
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Canada

-- CANADA PM: WHAT'S WRONG WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE?
--Canada's cutting edge energy model
--Canada reaches dead end in Mad Cow probe
--B.C. First Nation can hunt at night: Supreme Court
Stanley Park uprooted tree
--Vancouver park searched after windstorm rescue
-- CANADA PM: WHAT'S WRONG WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE?
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Opinion–Editorials
--"Shut up, go back to bed America"  Bill Hicks describes the Elite... Was Bill Hicks murdered for being popular and correct in identifying the ruling elite? It's a simple thing to give someone a radioactive isotope today and kill them quickly with cancer... he died in 1994 at age 32, after being banned by most mainstream television and at the height of his career and influence, not of lung cancer from smoking but from pancreatic cancer, where such isotopes deposit.

--Jimmy Carter's Glossary

--Call me Ebenezer, but Christmas as we know it needs to go...by Jason Miller

--The Strategy of Disintegration: False flags, dirty tricks and the dismemberment of Iraq. Submitted by Israel Shamir

--Shouting Truth to Depraved Power (and Its Unwitting Accomplices): Stephen Lendman Sounds Off... An Interview with Jason Miller
I have become closely aligned with Stephen Lendman and correspond with him frequently by email. I recently conducted a provocative cyber–interview with him. Our Q&A offers readers a succinct and penetrating look at Stephen and his views. I wrote the questions and a bit of commentary, but Steve did most of the "heavy lifting" by answering my questions. To offer a more expansive view of Lendman, I included a number of links to his articles on a variety of sites.
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