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  • G8 Edinburgh : protesters scuffle with police
    4 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    HUNDREDS of anti-capitalist demonstrators took to the streets of Scotland’s capital today in a series of protests ahead of the G8 summit.
    The centre of Edinburgh was brought to a standstill as an estimated 500 anarchist protesters were involved in tense stand-offs with police.
    The demonstrations, under the banner of The Carnival For Full Enjoyment, were said by organisers to be aimed at highlighting their anti-war and anti-wage slavery message.
    A heavy police presence, drawn from (…)

  • Group of MPs to bring motion of impeachment against Tony Blair
    2 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A group of MPs declared their intention to bring a motion of impeachment against the Prime Minister for High Crimes and Misdemeanours in relation to the invasion of Iraq. The charges are based on evidence presented in a report commissioned by Adam Price MP entitled A Case to Answer .
    The report which is co-authored by academics Glen Rangwala and Dan Plesch presents evidence that the Prime Minister deliberately distorted the intelligence assessments available to him in order to deceive the (…)

  • Tony Blair just as bad as Bush: Denies facts in Downing Street Memo-continues to link 9/11 to Iraq
    1 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Blair denies US rushed to war
    INTERVIEW: The British prime minister said ensuring victory in Iraq is more important than debating the case for invasion, especially when memos are taken out of context
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair firmly denied that the Bush administration signaled just months after Sept. 11 that a decision was made to invade Iraq, saying he was "astonished" by claims that leaked secret memos suggested the US was rushing to war.
    In an interview a day after US (…)

  • Tony Blair Confirms Authenticity of Downing Street Memo-51 Congressmembers File FOIA Request
    1 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    SAN STEFFAN / WESTMINSTER DATGANIAD I’R WASG PLAID CYMRU THE PARTY OF WALES PRESS RELEASE Wednesday 29 June 2005 - for immediate release
    The Prime Minister has confirmed the authenticity of a Downing Street memo in which Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, tells Mr Blair that the Bush administration was "fixing" the intelligence and facts about Saddam Hussein’s regime to back up a decision that had been taken to invade Iraq as early as July 2002.
    The Downing Street memo which (…)

  • Iraq memo has serious implications about war
    30 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Earlier this month, a piece of documentation relating to the war in Iraq was uncovered: The Downing Street memo; it is the most convincing proof yet that military action in Iraq was based on faulty, possibly nonexistent intelligence. Worst of all, the memo makes it perfectly clear that the lack of concrete information pertaining to Saddam Hussein’s possession of weapons of mass destruction was no secret to
    President Bush.
    The memo details British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s report on a (…)

  • Israeli soldier is convicted of killing British student
    29 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Eric Silver in Jerusalem
    A former Israeli soldier has been found guilty by a military court of shooting dead the British student Tom Hurndall while he acted as a human shield for Palestinian children amid gunfire in the Gaza Strip.
    Anthony Hurndall, Tom’s father, welcomed the outcome, but said he was disappointed the Israeli judges had not investigated higher up the chain of command.
    Tom, 22, a photography student, was shot in the head with a single round in April 2003. The three (…)

  • World Tribunal on Iraq : PRESS RELEASE about JURY STATEMENT
    28 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    ’The attack on Iraq is an attack on justice, on liberty, on our safety, on our future, on us all’ - The Jury of Conscience
    Istanbul, 27 June, 2005 - With a Jury of Conscience from 10 different countries hearing the testimonies of 54 members of the Panel of Advocates who came from across the world, including Iraq, the United States and the United Kingdom, this global civil initiative came to an end with a press conference at the Hotel Armada where the chair of the Jury of Conscience, (…)

  • Shocking and Appalling Stories of US Illegalities at the World Tribunal on Iraq in Istanbul
    28 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The hall is abuzz with the thrill of full-page spreads on the front page of every newspaper in Istanbul, and the woman next to me smiles that we are also on the BBC. The bank of cameras and the swarm of photographers have filled the room again this morning. Still absent is any sign of the US media, except the cameras of Deep Dish TV. The website got 15,000 hits from more than 100 countries. As the spokesperson for the Jury of Conscience, Arundhati Roy said earlier in the week, "This is what (…)

  • Former MI5 Agent Says 9/11 An Inside Job
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Attack Was ’Coup de’tat,’ Buildings Were Demolished By Controlled Demolitions
    Former MI5 agent David Shayler, who previously blew the whistle on the British government paying Al Qaeda $200,000 to carry out political assassinations, has gone on the record with his conviction that 9/11 was an inside job meant to bring about a permanent state of emergency in America and pave the way for the invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and ultimately Iran and Syria.
    David Shayler joined MI5 in October (…)

  • Psst....It’s Time to Start Whispering
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Mercedes: Say, Travis — What’s this on the table?
    Travis: I don’t know. Is it the menu?
    Mercedes: I don’t think so. What’s Downing Street?
    Travis: I don’t know.
    Mercedes: Saaay! I didn’t know that!
    Travis: Know what?
    Psst.....The Whispering Campaign Wants YOU!