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  • Explain to me how you lose 9 billion dollars?
    7 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Hello campers,
    We’ve all overdrawn our checking account and there are times when we can’t account for a few dollars here or there. It’s no surprise to anyone that we seem to be shelling out more and more money each year for more or less the same things. But explain to me how you lose 9 billion dollars! That’s right I said billion, with a B! The U.S. occupation authority in Iraq was unable to keep track of nearly $9 billion it transferred to government ministries. These ministries lacked (…)

  • Bush takes questions from male prostitute, refuses veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas
    7 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Helen Thomas, who spoke at Siena College’s First Woman President symposium Friday, also had plenty to say about serving as a White House correspondent for United Press International. Not all of it was encouraging.
    "This president (Bush) doesn’t think he has to answer any questions. ... He even says (during press conferences) this is scripted," bemoaned Thomas, 83, who gave up her reporter job to become a syndicated columnist two years ago and routinely trashes Bush on economic and military (…)

  • Napalm Raid on Falluja? 73 charred bodies — women and children — were found
    7 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by GIULIANA SGRENA
    We buried them, but we could not identify them because they were charred from the napalm bombs used by the Americans». People from Saqlawiya village, near Falluja, told al Jazeera television, based in Qatar, that they helped bury 73 bodies of women and children completely charred, all in the same grave. The sad story of common graves, which started at Saddam’s times, is not yet finished. Nobody could confirm if napalm bombs have been used in Falluja, but other bodies (…)

  • If Attacked, Iran and Venezuela Threaten to Cut Off US Oil Supply
    6 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Iran Threatens Retaliation On Persian Gulf Arab Oil If Attacked By U.S.
    Iran has warned that Gulf Arab oil would be endangered by any U.S. attack on the Islamic republic.
    In the first such threat, a leading Iranian official raised the prospect of Iranian retaliation against Middle East oil exports. The official said such Persian Gulf oil states as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia could be threatened, Middle East Newsline reported.
    "An attack on Iran will be tantamount to endangering Saudi (…)

  • Botched Sgrena Hit Does Not Bode Well for Bush and Berlusconi
    6 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Newspapers across the United States are publishing and posting the same story by Frances D’Emilio on the shooting of Giuliana Sgrena and the murder of Nicola Calipari. The story is entitled “Story of Italian Hostage’s Release Unclear” and it is divided between the “circumstances” surrounding Sgrena’s release and the “friendly fire incident” that killed Calipari and wounded Sgrena. D’Emilio, however, left out a few important facts, as noted by Lew Rockwell
    “Despite the universal reprinting (…)

  • 9/11 - 1700 Sue over illness.
    6 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bravest, Finest cite work at WTC and Fresh Kills
    By MICHELLE McPHEE DAILY NEWS POLICE BUREAU CHIEF
    In a dramatic sign of escalating health problems stemming from 9/11, more than 1,700 cops and firefighters have filed lawsuits against the city claiming they were sickened by work at Ground Zero or the Fresh Kills landfill.
    To handle the unprecedented legal overload, the city’s Law Department set up a special division to tackle 9/11 claims and appointed attorney Kenneth Becker as chief of (…)

  • Why the U.S. Must Get Out of Iraq, Pronto
    6 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Maj. General Harry Upman
    Let me say in no uncertain terms, we must get out of Iraq.
    There is nothing to gain and everything to lose in Iraq. We have lost over four thousand of our military, those who were killed in Iraq and those who died in intransit from Iraq to our hospitals in Germany and in Europe. We have had over 10,000 of our troops wounded. According to a report I heard last night on Frontline on PBS, 1 in 6 of our people coming home from Iraq need mental help.
    What have we (…)

  • Voting glitches haunt statistician
    5 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Brian Joiner wishes he could "just get over it."
    He wishes he could ignore the thousands of reported voting irregularities that occurred in the Nov. 2 election, accept the fact that George W. is going to be around another four years and just hope that we haven’t created even more enemies or fallen even deeper into debt by the time 2008 rolls around.
    "I’m sure the Republicans would like me to forget all that stuff, just like they wanted everyone to forget all the strange things that (…)

  • U.S. Used Mustard gas, Nerve gas, and Burning Chemicals on Iraqis in Fallujah
    5 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    U.S. used banned weapons in Fallujah - Health ministry
    An official in Iraq’s health ministry said that the U.S. used banned weapons in Fallujah
    Dr. Khalid ash-Shaykhli, an official at Iraq’s health ministry, said that the U.S. military used internationally banned weapons during its deadly offensive in the city of Fallujah.
    Dr. ash-Shaykhli was assigned by the ministry to assess the health conditions in Fallujah following the November assault there.
    He said that researches, prepared (…)

  • Missile Counter-Attack. An Open Letter To US Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice
    5 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Missile Counter-Attack Axworthy Fires Back At US - And Canadian - Critics Of Our BMD Decision In An Open Letter To US Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice
    by Lloyd Axworthy Dear Condi, I’m glad you’ve decided to get over your fit of pique and venture north to visit your closest neighbour. It’s a chance to learn a thing or two. Maybe more.
    I know it seems improbable to your divinely guided master in the White House that mere mortals might disagree with participating in a (…)