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  • The gates of hell are open in Iraq
    1 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The occupation and new US threats could spark neighbouring uprisings
    The US-British occupation of Iraq is poisoning all political processes in my country and across the Middle East. The elections held under the control of the occupying forces in January were neither free nor fair. Instead of being a step towards solving Iraq’s problems, they have been used to prolong foreign rule over the Iraqi people.
    Only when the occupiers withdraw from the country can Iraq take the first secure steps (…)

  • Wake Up! Washington’s alarming foreign policy
    31 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Wake Up! Washington’s alarming foreign policy
    By Chalmers JohnsonMarch 31, 2005
    The Rubicon is a small stream in northern Italy just south of the city of Ravenna. During the prime of the Roman Republic, roughly the last two centuries B.C., it served as a northern boundary protecting the heartland of Italy and the city of Rome from its own imperial armies. An ancient Roman law made it treason for any general to cross the Rubicon and enter Italy proper with a standing army. In 49 B.C., (…)

  • Rumsfeld Gets Grilled at Truth & Reconciliation Hearing
    31 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    It was several years after the Bush Administration had left office, in what has been called the period of "Restoration of Constitutional rule." Criminal indictments were about to be unsealed, naming the architects of the former regime’s foreign wars/torture policy and martial law-type domestic rule. Those individuals had one chance to escape likely incarceration: appearances before the recently-instituted Truth & Reconciliation Commission. Here is a partial transcript from Donald (…)

  • Halliburton Bribery Scandal Deepens
    31 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Overlooking a private white sand beach on the Persian Gulf, some 40 miles south of Kuwait city, is the Khalifa Hilton. It boasts no less than a dozen swimming pools and offers its guests activities such as windsurfing, banana boat rides and deep sea fishing. Every single one of the 84 luxurious air-conditioned villas face either the main pool, which is shaped like a giant guitar, or one of the two adjoining pools that resemble shimmering blue door keys.
    In late 2002, a company from Texas, (…)

  • Fooling the People
    29 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Larry Sakin
    One of the great things about writing a column is you get to hear from a number of people on both sides of the political spectrum. One of the frequent comments I get is about how this column has been unbalanced in favor of progressivism, and that I’ve strayed from the concepts espoused in my first piece (Polarity, June 1, 2004) for this magazine. These writer are correct, I do tend to be more critical of the right. But it’s mostly because of the marvelous irony in (…)

  • Bush’s Dangerous Propaganda Game
    28 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    This deliberate manipulation of our news is more than outrageous - it’s a frontal assault on our democracy and is totally disrespectful of the American people.
    You’re used to hearing television reporters give their signature tag lines: "In Washington, I’m Karen Ryan reporting." "This is Jennifer Morrow reporting." "I’m Pat O’Leary reporting."
    But these days, you can’t know if your news presenter is a reporter ... or a ringer. Karen Ryan, for example, is a veteran of the government’s (…)

  • Bush, Cheney Lied About Bin Laden Escape From Tora Bora
    23 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bush, Cheney Lied About Bin Laden Escape From Tora Bora Staff And Wire Reports March 23, 2005 Both President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney lied during the 2004 Presidential campaign when he claimed U.S. forces did not miss a chance to capture Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora in 2001.
    A U.S. government document shows a terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was a commander for bin Laden during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s and helped the al-Qaida (…)

  • What if words are not enough?
    23 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Pat Denino
    Two amendments against gays. Not one, but two amendments to the Texas constitution are being considered. I’m impressed! You guys must have some legislators really scared!
    HJR 6 would ban marriage for gay and lesbian couples. HJR 19 would not only ban marriage for gay and lesbian couples, but would also prohibit civil unions and domestic partnerships. It has the potential of nullifying legal contracts, such as a will or a power of attorney. These two idiot amendments (…)

  • Bolivian Leader Evo Morales Denounces Assassination Plot
    23 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Leader of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), Evo Morales, denounced the arrival in Bolivia of a command of Colombian mercenaries hired to assassinate him and other popular leaders, and condemned the involvement of Interior Minister Saul Lara with the plot.
    Morales told the foreign correspondents that he was warned by intelligence officials about the assassination plot as he is at the top of the list, adding that the goal is to extinguish the social movement seeking to nationalize (…)

  • Delay Hypocrisy: The GOP Using The Schiavo Case For Political Gain
    22 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    This is a story of two people who could not be more different, while at the same time, be so alike. More importantly, it is a story about a whore of a politician who genuinely does not care about either, but shows it in completely different ways. This is a story about hypocrisy and how Tom Delay and the Republican Party embody that principle.
    The first person in this sad story is named Terry Schiavo. Most people have heard about Mrs. Schiavo because she has been in the headlines on (…)