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Sri Lanka Joins Israel in Naval Attacks on Unarmed Fishermen

There is strong criticism of Sri Lanka Navy's practices by the Tamil Nadu Prime Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who calls Sri Lankan attacks on Indian fishermen an 'Act of Aggression'

(SALEM ) - Sharing a spot on the world stage with Israel as one of the only navies in the world that attacks unarmed fishermen, Sri Lanka's military is falling under the increasing scrutiny of politicians in neighboring India.

Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Chief Minister of the state of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, said such assaults on Indian citizens should be viewed as "an act of provocation and aggression against India."

10,000 Plus Occupy Portland

What has happened on Wall Street affects everyone. This is very likely a major turning point in American history.

(SALEM, Ore.) - As the sun set on the first day of the Occupy Portland demonstration, the enthusiasm remained high. Thousands at Pioneer Square Want Americans to regain control of their nation from the scandalous banks that have raked the middle class over the coals.

Those taking part in the event that has saw 10,000 demonstrators gather on day one are Oregon residents like Geoff Thompson, whose hotel caught fire. He can't get a loan, he says he's mad and he's not going to take it any more, and he's one of many people with a similar viewpoint.

A Marine Discusses the Wall Street Protest and NYPD

Time For Police to “Back Off”

(CINCINNATI ) - Back in 2000, Americans sat on their behinds while their government was stolen. In New York, first responders, fire and police, were victims of a terror attack I am absolutely certain was planned in Washington.

We call such things “false flag.” 9/11 wasn’t the first and there have been many since, London, Madrid, Detroit, I could go on forever.

Obama and Holder Deny Americans Real Scoop on Fast and Furious Gunrunner Operation (VIDEO)

Obama says Holder has been "going after gunrunning" when in fact the questions center around his own gunrunning operation.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Barack Obama and Eric Holder are not giving Americans the real scoop on the Fast and Furious Gunrunner operation where 1700+ weapons were smuggled to Mexican drug cartels through the ATF.

Whether Holder knew all along, which is how it appears, or actually had such a serious international federal weapons smuggling operation to aid Mexican drug cartels taking place under his nose with funds and employees he is responsible for, without his knowledge; frankly I don't know which is worse.

Portland is Occupied

"Damn, you guys are showing us up!" - activist in Seattle

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Police from all over Oregon have made their way to the streets of Portland, where the Occupy Wall Street movement has found its way to the Pacific Northwest.

Not So Wild In The Streets: Revolution 2011

Our time has come....

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - Some of you might be old enough to recall a “silly” 60's movie titled “Wild In The Streets”, a Hollywood toss out starring Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook and Richard Pryor (additional cameos by Ed Begley, Army Archerd, Melvin Belli, Gary Busey, Dick Clark, Pamela Mason, Bill Mumy, Bobby Sherman, Peter Tork, Barry Williams and Walter Winchell).

The premise of this fantasy was a takeover of the United States by teenage “Hippies” who sent adults to LSD camps for “reeducation”.

System Pushes Marine with PTSD to the Edge - Can We Save One this Time?

Another Marine kicked to the curb by the government he served, are we going to put up with this? Part one of a series on Nick Burgin, who enlisted at 17, pulled mortuary duty Marine in Iraq, and now has watched the VA and police take everything.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Marines say Nicholas Burgin, whose job was to recover the dead, doesn't have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The VA agreed to pay him $376 a month and let him go to college on the GI bill, but then the VA fell behind in college payments and Nick had to go home. Then, the VA stripped his $376 monthly payment *.

In Post- Mubarak Egypt, Waterboarding is Baby Stuff

“There was much more to this unique Tahrir square phenomenon than just bread and butter, … there were popular demands to restore a lost dignity.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - There are a few academic definitions of “Revolution”… but they all come down to one sentence “Dramatic change in a relatively short period of time”.

It could take some time to change the political system of a country; it could take some time to draft a new constitution, elect a new parliament, even a new president … but it will definitely take so many years to get rid of the culture of fear when you have been living for so long in a police state.

War on Libya Exposed

"We will continue to expose this information by allowing informed individuals, present at the various proceedings, to tell what they saw." - Cynthia McKinney

(ROME) - KPFK’s Freedom Now, hosted by Dedon Kamathi, spent 30 minutes with Cynthia McKinney and Mahdi Nazemroaya, among the last of the independent journalists to leave Libya.

He has agreed to present four new themes of information based on specific documents in his possession. This is our first installment on the first topic, which is that there never was any evidence presented that caused the passage of United Nations Resolution 1973.

Operation Invade Wall Street - a Message to the Media

Message supposedly issued by Anonymous was fake, group says disregard.

(NEW YORK ) - Operation Invade Wall Street is bullshit! It is a fake planted operation by law enforcement and cyber crime agencies in order to get you to undermine the Occupy Wall Street movement. It proposes you use depreciated tools that have known flaws such as LOIC.

Anonymous would never tell you to use LOIC - Not after the arrests and failures of Operation Payback. Anonymous wouldn't attack NYSE on a HOLIDAY - It is debatable if Anonymous would ever even attack NYSE.