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  • Under Cheney, Halliburton Helped Saddam Hussein Siphon Billions from UN Oil-for-Food Program
    12 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Jason Leopold
    When the Iraqi Survey Group released its long awaited report last week that said Iraq eliminated its weapons programs in the 1990s, President George W. Bush quickly changed his stance on reasons he authorized an invasion of Iraq. While he campaigned for a second term in office, Bush justified the war by saying that that Saddam Hussein was manipulating the United Nation’s oil-for-food program, siphoning off billions of dollars from the venture that he intended to use to (…)

  • FactCheck.org says Cheney got it wrong about Halliburton
    7 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Jason Leopold
    During Tuesday’s Vice Presidential debate, Dick Cheney said defended his tenure as Halliburton’s CEO when Sen. John Edwards rightfully called into question Halliburton’s dealings with rogue nations, such as Iran, while Cheney was CEO and the fact that Halliburton paid a fine for an accounting scandal that took place under Cheney’s watch. Cheney responded to Edwards’ criticism by saying “the reason they keep mentioning Halliburton is because they’re trying to throw up a (…)

  • Cheney’s Avalanche of Lies
    7 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By William Rivers Pitt "The vice president, I’m surprised to hear him talk about records. When he was one of 435 members of the United States House, he was one of 10 to vote against Head Start, one of four to vote against banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors. He voted against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release (…)

  • It Was a Rout
    5 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By William Rivers Pitt
    "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" Howard Cosell
    There was a President on that stage in Florida on Thursday night, and his name was not George.
    This was supposed to be the debate that played to the strengths of Bush and his administration. Foreign policy in general and the protection of the United States from terrorism in particular, according to all the polls and every talking head within earshot, are the areas where George (…)

  • Retreat Into a Substitute Reality
    4 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Touching on Bush’s Ambivalent Relations with His Father, Kerry Exposed His Delusions about Iraq
    by Sidney Blumenthal
    After months of flawless execution in a well-orchestrated campaign, President Bush had to stand alone in an unpredictable debate. He had traveled the country, appearing before adoring pre-selected crowds, delivered a carefully crafted acceptance speech before his convention, and approved tens of millions of dollars in TV commercials to belittle his opponent. In the (…)

  • Delegates Split Over Blair’s Iraq Apology
    30 September 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By ED JOHNSON
    BRIGHTON, England — For Tony Blair, sorry seems to be the hardest word. A day after the prime minister expressed regret about bad intelligence on Iraq, delegates at the Labour Party’s annual convention were divided over whether they’d heard a genuine apology for the war.
    In a contrite, conversational speech that won him a standing ovation, Blair said he could apologize for faulty evidence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction — but he refused to do so for toppling Saddam (…)

  • The bubble boy Bush lives in a world immune from the realities of Iraq.
    25 September 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Sidney Blumenthal
    The news is grim, but the president is "optimistic." The intelligence is sobering, but he tosses aside "pessimistic predictions." His opponent says he has "no credibility," but the president replies that it is his rival who is "twisting in the wind." The secretary general of the United Nations speaks of the "rule of law," but Bush talks before a mute General Assembly of "a new definition of security." Between the rhetoric and the reality lies the campaign.
    A reliable (…)

  • Learning from "Fahrenheit 9/11"
    24 September 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Robert Thompson
    We have at last watched this brilliant film, which, as my wife has since said, should be compulsory viewing for every single voter in the U.S.A., and I hope that as many of you as possible have seen it.
    Having been made aware by so many of you of the deliberate misinformation spread across the U.S.A. by media subject to the control of the neo-cons, and their failure to tell the public so much of what goes on in the word, we obviously do not know how much was known on (…)

  • The Temple Mount Bombers
    21 September 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    di Uri Avnery
    The Security Service is haunted by a terrible fear: that another Israeli Prime Minister will be assassinated. The extreme right-wing, which does not hide its admiration for Yigal Amir and his deed, harbors some who dream of a similar action. After all, if Amir succeeded in murdering the Oslo process, why shouldn’t another Amir succeed in murdering the process of dismantling the settlements in the Gaza Strip?
    But the Security Service also entertains an even greater fear: (…)

  • Remember When Presidential Campaigns Used to Be About The Issues?
    18 September 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Jason Leopold
    Somewhere in between the furor surrounding those dubious National Guard memos that purportedly show how President Bush shirked his military duties some 30 years ago lies the meat of this ferocious, mud slinging presidential campaign; the policies the candidates are promoting that will shape the lives for a majority of Americans over the next four years.
    Pundits on both sides of the political spectrum have pontificated, for the most part, that Democratic nominee John (…)