US mayors call on Congress to end wars

Baltimore Hosts U.S. Conference Of Mayors. June 17, 2011

Source: Press TV
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Some US mayors have urged Congress to end the costly wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and instead redirect the money spent there to domestic needs.

The mayors gathered on Friday in Baltimore for their annual US Conference of Mayors meeting, and discussed a resolution for a speedy end to the US military spending abroad arguing the domestic need for those funds should be prioritized, AP reported.

The conference is an official non-partisan organization for 1,200 cities with a population exceeding 30,000.

The mayors also drew attention to the human costs of the wars.

"The United States Conference of Mayors calls on the US Congress to bring these war dollars home to meet vital human needs, promote job creation, rebuild our infrastructure, aid municipal and state governments, and develop a new economy based upon renewable, sustainable energy," the resolution said.

Moreover, the resolution stated that the wars cost USD 126 billion a year for the US and that more than 6,000 US soldiers have been killed so far.

Elena Temple, a spokeswoman for the conference, noted that since the Vietnam War, there has not been a resolution calling to end a war and instead redirect the money at home.

Iran: Global awakening will end cruelty

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad


Source: Press TV
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a new consciousness could develop in the world, which will put an end to tyrannical powers and their injustices.

"All the injustices and brutalities in the world today will soon be eradicated with the awakening of all nations," IRNA reported the Iranian chief executive as saying on Thursday.

President Ahmadinejad made the comments during a meeting with Seyyed Ali Fadlallah, son of the late Lebanese Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, in the Iranian capital Tehran.

He also offered condolences for the loss of Lebanon's leading Shia cleric and one of the country's resistance movement's principal founders.

President Ahmadinejad further said that the resistance movement will follow on the path of the late Grand Ayatollah and set him as its role model.

Ayatollah Fadlallah passed away at a Beirut hospital earlier this month while placed under intensive care for internal bleeding.

The revered cleric served as the resistance's spiritual leader following its formation in 1982.

While a prolific scholarly figure, known for his numerous lectures and publications, Fadlallah also founded Islamic religious schools and established the charitable Mabarrat Association, using its contributions for cultural and humanitarian purposes, namely creation of a medical clinic.