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  • Halliburton Wins in Iraq
    28 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Halliburton Could Get $1.5bn More Iraq Work
    Halliburton, under scrutiny for its contracts in Iraq, would receive an extra $1.5 billion as part of the Bush administration’s additional war spending proposal for fiscal 2005, a senior US Army budget official said.
    Halliburton, once led by Vice-President Dick Cheney, is the largest corporate contractor in Iraq and has drawn fire for its no-bid contracts there, with auditors charging its Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) unit overcharged for some (…)

  • $9 Billion lost, Halliburton Looting, and Bush wants $82 Billion more?
    28 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Ben Frank
    The United States interim government, the CPA, run by Paul Bremer, and Dick Cheney’s firm Halliburton have been shamed by whistleblowers documenting blatant fraud. The whistleblowers have provided evidence of massive, systematic (ie intentional) fraud at Halliburton. The US Inspector General just reported $9 billion is missing, the CPA lost it - no trace of it whatsoever - yet Bush and his lapdog Congress want our children to pay $82 billion more for this illegal and immoral (…)

  • When Democracy Failed - 2005 : The Warnings of History
    27 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Thom Hartmann
    This weekend - February 27th - is the 72nd anniversary, but the corporate media most likely won’t cover it. The generation that experienced this history firsthand is now largely dead, and only a few of us dare hear their ghosts.
    It started when the government, in the midst of an economic crisis, received reports of an imminent terrorist attack. A foreign ideologue had launched feeble attacks on a few famous buildings, but the media largely ignored his relatively small (…)

  • War Crimes in Fallujah and Iraq and the War on Terrorism
    27 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "Bush’s lies put these forces at risk in an illegal war of aggression. He treated our military personnel as if they were expendable cannon fodder.."
    By Ron Forthofer, Ph.D.
    The Bush administration claims that the U.S. attack on and occupation of Iraq is part of the ’war on terrorism’. This claim is highly dubious, to put it mildly.
    Before the U.S. attack, there was no substantive connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. In fact, Saddam and Osama bin Laden could be said to have (…)

  • Defying U.S. , Venezuela’s Chavez Embraces Socialism
    26 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Pascal Fletcher
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday embraced socialism as his ideology of choice in a political statement that sharpened his antagonism against the United States.
    Chavez, a firebrand nationalist who has governed the world’s No. 5 oil exporter for six years, has persistently declined to define the precise ideology of his self-styled "revolution."
    But, addressing an international meeting on poverty in Caracas, he said Western-style capitalism was incapable of (…)

  • Americans Speak Out on Election Fraud 2004
    26 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Here are some other things you must also believe if you believe that Duh-bya won the election:
    1- That the exit polls were WRONG.
    2- That Zogby’s 5pm election day calls for Kerry winning OH and FL were WRONG. He was exactly RIGHT in his 2000 final poll.
    3- That Harris’ last minute polling for Kerry was WRONG. He was exactly RIGHT in his 2000 final poll.
    4- That the Incumbent Rule (that undecideds break for the challenger) was WRONG.
    5- That the 50% Rule was WRONG (that an incumbent (…)

  • Negroponte’s dark past disqualifies him today
    25 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The American public may take comfort in U.S. President George W. Bush’s decision last week to nominate John D. Negroponte as the first director of national intelligence (DNI). The position was created in response to recommendations put forth by the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. It found coordination among the 15 different U.S. intelligence agencies lacking. The DNI will be tasked with mediating turf wars (between the CIA and FBI, among others), (…)

  • Protesters Call Bush ’No. 1 Terrorist’ (Germany)
    24 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Alexandra Hudson
    MAINZ, Germany - About 12,000 protesters, many carrying banners reading "Bush go home," "No. 1 Terrorist" and "Warmonger," marched through the German city of Mainz on Wednesday, but were mostly kept away from the visiting U.S. president.
    The official rally, which was twice as big as expected, never got within earshot of President Bush, but a small group of protestors rushed toward his car as he left to visit a U.S. base in nearby Wiesbaden. Police wrestled several (…)

  • Bush Arrives in Germany, KFC Closes
    23 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Bush is here. The US president’s seven hour German stopover is being treated with all the pomp of a royal wedding. His visit has forced the shutdown of large parts of Mainz, causing economic hardship for many businesses. Is it worth it? Plus, we offer tips on alternative venues for future Bush visits.
    Where will the President get his KFC?
    Breaking news of the day: It’s getting hard to find American fast food in Mainz on Wednesday. In fact, the entire city center has been shut down, (…)

  • Bush Was Wired for NATO Press Conference
    23 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    George W. Bush, who is allegedly on a "charm offensive" across Europe, dropped the charm and was simply offensive at his NATO press conference when he once again relied on a hidden earpiece to feed him canned soundbite answers to reporters’ questions.
    As NASA scientist Robert Nelson proved last fall, George W. Bush relied on a wireless earpiece in all three of his debates with John Kerry during the 2004 campaign. While bloggers (including Democrats.com, IsBushWired.com, MysteryBulge, (…)