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The Los Angeles Times reports on September 2nd that the Pentagon is planning on replacing up to 14,000 U.S. “support” troops in Afghanistan with “combat” troops (see www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/afghanistan/la-fg-afghan-troops2-2009sep02,0,6170770.story). The Times reports the support units will be replaced by
"trigger-pullers,” according to Department of Defense (DOD) officials.

"“You have to keep on moving,” he urged the youths. “If you stand still, nothing happens. You have to move. The power to negotiate is born from mobilization.”
Advancing in Times of Retreat
During two decades when labor unions and other progressive forces in Honduras and elsewhere have suffered declining membership, and while the electoral left has won only a couple handfuls of congressional seats, the community organizing model of the Afro-Hondurans has brought them a unique power in Honduran society to obligate politicians and institutions to address their grievances."

"The June 28 coup and its aftermath have created a new set of challenges for ODECO. Prior to Thursday night’s inauguration of the national youth gathering, the de facto government’s vice minister of youth, Randy Garcia, who is Afro-Honduran, asked ODECO for an invitation to attend. The request was declined. “We won’t have anything to do with that government,” Alvarez told Narco News."

TEXAS, 9/1/2009 -- America's only counter-terror cyber militia is sending out a worldwide alarm about the Vigilant Guard terror exercise that begins tomorrow in and around New York's capitol city of Albany.

One treesitter descends after week of defending people from blasting.

The G-20 is a perfect opportunity for people across Pennsylvania to break the isolation and work together. From the 21st - 22nd of September, a caravan will travel from Philly to Lancaster, York, Harrisburh, Altoona and then to Pittsburg for the G-20. Please see attached Call-Out and map.

Michael Vick's return to football enrages animal lovers

Por orden de Fernando Lugo: AGENCIA OFICIAL DE NOTICIAS CONTRA LUIS AGÜERO WAGNER

News from Paraguay: Blogs de Luis Agüero Wagner