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"What was the best thing that happened to you today?"  For me, it was hearing President Clinton sing "Imagine" with forty Israeli and forty Palestinian children.  http://www.liel.net/Liel-ClintonVideo2.wmv


 Our Journey to Smile follow what these courageous Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers are doing. Watch their YouTube videos and be inspired!

John Pilger - The Kidnapping of Haiti  John Pilger describes the "swift and crude" appropriation of earthquake-ravaged Haiti by the militarized Obama administration.

Iraq to sue US and Britain over depleted uranium bombs Iraq's Ministry for Human Rights will file a lawsuit against Britain and the US over their use of depleted uranium bombs in Iraq, an Iraqi minister says.

Avatar  A new movie out **could** be a big shot in the arm for efforts to end the wars and illegal occupations.

"The Good Soldier" Each man, in his own time, discovers the courage to confront his past actions and begin his healing. Even though they are still haunted by their time in combat, their ability to face themselves in their waking life and achieve self- reconciliation.

Folly of Attacking Iran Video   Veteran New York Times correspondent Stephen Kinzer, retired General Robert Gard, Iranian-American scholar Trita Parsi, and USA Today reporter Barbara Slavin explain the need for the United States today to use real diplomacy instead of military force in its relationship with Iran. In 1953, the United States violently intervened in Iran by ousting the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mossadegh and installing the shah's military regime. This backfired spectacularly in 1979 when religious militants gained power through a popular revolution and 52 U.S. diplomats were taken hostage.

http://videos.digett.net/jacksonbrowne/lives/lives_in_the_balance.wmv  View the WMV video file (about 8 megabytes) of a powerful new anti-war music video from Jackson Browne


 Tanks and airplanes do not frighten me.  Our Fallujah is ours.  We will build it with the clay of Fallujah and irrigate it with our blood.  The American soldiers destroyed my toys and my life, and I want them to leave. (Ruah, 10, 5th grade whose name means `vision') -- CPT-Iraq 2/8/05
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