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Operating covertly with CIA and Special Forces operatives, America wages war with Pakistan despite official Pentagon denials, saying "There are no US military strike operations being conducted in Pakistan." In fact, they've been ongoing for years on the ground and through predator drone attacks, mainly against North and South Waziristan provinces, targeting suspected militants and civilians alike, including by assassination squads.
America's imperial strategy flouts US and international laws, including letting trained killers operate extralegally throughout the world. Obama, in fact, acts more aggressively than Bush while claiming he's working for peace.
(6) Health Care Restrictions Cost Thousands of Lives in US
America's new healthcare legislation enriches providers at the expense of consumers by making a dysfunctional system worse. As a result, available care "remain(s) dismal for many Americans, resulting in continuing deaths and personal tragedies."
Besides exponentially rising costs, the uninsured will get no help until 2013, and when all provisions take effect, millions will remain uninsured. No wonder Ralph Nader calls Obamacare a "pay-or-die system that is the disgrace of the Western world." Even worse, for some who can pay, it's a death sentence for anyone gravely sick whose plans don't cover expensive treatments, only cheaper ineffective ones with big deductables.
(7) External Capitalist Forces Wreak Havoc in Africa
US major media almost never report on Africa, a continent plagued by conflicts, repression, land grabs, resource exploitation, extreme poverty, and in places starvation, disease and early deaths. As a result, press silence helps Western profiteers plunder hugely, and when not enough, America's long imperial arm helps more.
(8) Massacre in Peruvian Amazon over US Free Trade Agreement
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