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  • Nausea in New York
    2 September 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By William Rivers Pitt
    "One of the interesting things people ask me, now that we are asking questions, is, ’Can you ever win the war on terror?’ Of course you can." George W. Bush, April 13 2004
    You just can’t make this stuff up.
    George W. Bush, in an interview broadcast Monday by the ‘Today’ show, told host Matt Lauer that he doesn’t think his ‘War on Terror’ is winnable. "I don’t think you can win it," said Bush. "But I think you can create conditions so that those who use terror (…)

  • Not So Swift Boat Veterans
    23 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By William Rivers Pitt
    Ever hear the old story of the lady and the snake?
    A lady finds a snake injured in the road. She takes it home, cares for it, helps it heal, and the two become friends. One day, the lady is in her garden with the snake, and the snake suddenly bites her in the throat. The lady lays dying and gasps, "Why did you bite me? I was your friend?" The snake replies, "Lady, you knew I was a snake when you picked me up."
    This is a parable the Bush/Cheney campaign is (…)

  • How Dick Cheney Got Away With $35 Million Right Before the Govt Launched a Probe into Halliburton
    19 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Jason Leopold
    It’s obvious that no mainstream news reporter has the gumption to seriously question Vice President Dick Cheney’s ethics when he was chief executive of Halliburton, the oil-field services company that is currently embroiled in a scandal with the Pentagon due to its questionable accounting practices related to its work in war-torn Iraq.
    Pity those journalists because this is the stuff Pulitzer’s are made of. What’s even more remarkable is that there’s reams of documents (…)

  • Why He Crushed the Oligarchs The Importance of Hugo Chávez
    17 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By TARIQ ALI
    The turn-out in Venezuela last Sunday was huge. 94.9 percent of the electorate voted in the recall referendum. Venezuela, under its new Constitution, permitted the right of the citizens to recall a President before s/he had completed their term of office. No Western democracy enshrines this right in a written or unwritten constitution. Chavez’ victory will have repercussions beyond the borders of Venezuela. It is a triumph of the poor against the rich and it is a lesson that (…)

  • The State of Bush vs the State of Law
    14 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
    Where did the Bush regime go wrong?
    Somewhere along the line, once, George W. Bush and his clique of elitist super-rich entrepreneurs who dictate White House policy, must have had political objectives, must have believed that they could do good for America and for the world. What has ensued is a systematic abuse of power, a systematic disregard for international law and a systematic outrage of human rights. Where did the Bush regime get it wrong?
    The recent (…)

  • Don’t Believe the Hype: Terrorist Warnings Just Another Way Bush Will Steal Election
    4 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Jason Leopold
    It’s official. I’m a conspiracy theorist.
    I’m probably one of thousands-maybe tens of thousands-who believe President George W. Bush will do anything to retain control of the White House. It’s not safe to have a healthy dose of skepticism like this these days. But this has to be said. I don’t believe the country is going to be attacked by al-Qaeda anytime soon. I don’t care how specific the so-called threat is. I don’t care how many targets have been identified. I don’t (…)

  • Will Bush declare a Red Alert security status before November 2nd?
    4 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Red Alert Bush
    by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
    George Bush does not need to base any such decision on the truth because he acts upon hype and lies, cajoling, disinformation and protectionism of the corporate elite which gravitates around the White House, making the rich richer and the poor poorer. But hey! Who cares?
    The rest of the world cares. Although it is not the business of foreigners or outsiders to tell the people of the United States of America what to do, it is the business of (…)

  • Dear Senator Kerry
    23 July 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Ward Reilly
    Greetings from a common American citiizen, and a fellow veteran. I am writing this letter to you because our nation is in dire distress, due to the wreckless lack of leadership from the White House concerning our nation’s foreign policy, and because of the depression here at home. Our country is "out-sourcing" itself, to borrow a modern phrase.
    I have been pondering for weeks now on what words of mine might have a chance of making an impact upon you. I wrote a similar (…)

  • Red Cross urged to investigate Allawi claims
    19 July 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Tom Allard
    The former British foreign secretary, Robin Cook, has urged the International Committee for the Red Cross to investigate witness claims that the new Iraqi prime minister, Iyad Allawi, shot dead six insurgents last month.
    Revelations of the accounts of the killings by chief Herald correspondent Paul McGeough at the weekend and the refusal of US authorities to deny them outright sparked concerns around the world.
    The Herald reported that two independent witnesses alleged Dr (…)

  • Justice, Gas and Tears
    6 July 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Uri Avnery
    In the silence of the courtroom, there was an audible gasp of surprise and shock when Supreme Justice Aharon Barak, reading the court’s decision, reached the words: “The military commander did not use his discretion in a proportional way, as required.”
    At that moment the veteran peace activists who filled the room realized that they had won.
    Four days before, we could not have dreamt of that. We were far from the sterile silence of the beautiful Supreme Court building: a (…)