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  • Kissinger’s "Salted Peanuts" and the Iraq War
    4 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By John Prados
    It is important to view Kissinger’s advice in his September 10, 1969 memo to Nixon in its appropriate context. The specific circumstances of this advice are these: a first cosmetic withdrawal of 25,000 American troops from South Vietnam had already begun. The Nixon administration faced a decision about further withdrawals, while the president struggled to craft a strategy under which he could coerce North Vietnam into ending the war on Nixon’s terms. Nixon and Kissinger had (…)

  • Hidden Costs of the Iraqi War Exposed
    3 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    “Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government, when it deserves it.” - Mark Twain
    Washington, D.C. If you need a boost to your morale, or better yet something to restore your faith in our fast-fading Republic, then I suggest that you make room on your schedule to attend a hearing of the “Out of Iraq Caucus” (Caucus) of the House of Representatives. This Ad Hoc Committee, founded in June, 2005, is chaired by a wonderful, gutsy lady from California’s 6th congressional district, (…)

  • Plans for a massive and quick U.S. military evacuation from Iraq
    3 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    October 2, 2006 — , . . Pentagon sources report that plans for a massive and quick U.S. military evacuation from Iraq have been drawn up — and that they borrow heavily from the U.S. evacuation experience in South Vietnam.
    Pentagon and U.S. Central Command contingency planners, fully expecting a major insurgent offensive against U.S. forces in Iraq that will result in a mandatory U.S. military withdrawal, have already identified evacuation staging locations, including from the grounds of (…)

  • Candidate-veteran attacks Bush on Iraq
    3 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By DENNIS CONRAD
    WASHINGTON - An Illinois congressional candidate who lost both her legs during combat in Iraq said Saturday that President Bush has no real strategy for securing the war-ravaged nation, just political talk designed to appeal to voters.
    Duckworth‘s address served as a response to the president‘s weekly radio talk and gave the Democratic Party a chance to showcase one of its strongest candidates as it seeks to regain control of the House in November‘s elections.
    "Well, I (…)

  • IRAN WAR PLAN EXPOSED! : PREPARE FOR THE SINKING OF A U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER
    2 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    IRAN WAR PLAN EXPOSED! : PREPARE FOR THE SINKING OF A U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER
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    IRAN WAR PLAN EXPOSED! : PREPARE FOR THE SINKING OF A U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER
    IRAN WAR PLAN EXPOSED! : PREPARE FOR THE SINKING OF A U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER [ Post 294965490 ]
    Category: News & Opinion (General) Topic: International Affairs Synopsis: Source: www.halturnershow.com Published: September 30, 2006 (…)

  • Human Rights Experts: “Israel Committed War Crimes!”
    2 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “The evil that men do lives after them.” - William Shakespeare
    Washington, D.C. On September 27, 2006, a capacity audience, at the Palestine Center, heard from Curt Goering, Senior Deputy Executive Director of Amnesty International, USA, (AI), and Joe Stork, Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, Middle East and North Africa Division (HRW). They are internationally recognized experts in the important field of Human Rights. They recounted, in chilling terms, their experiences gathering (…)

  • SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF AL-AQSA INTIFADA PASSES STILL UNRESOLVED
    1 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Sixth Anniversary of al-Aqsa Mosque Intifada Passes Still Unresolved - by Stephen Lendman
    September 28 marked the sixth anniversary of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s provocative visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem (the Noble Sanctuary for Muslims and Temple Mount for Jews and Christians) that caused the eruption of the al-Aqsa Intifada still raging today with Palestinians on the painful receiving end of most of it. From that time till now, the Israeli (…)

  • Confronting the "Cut and Run" Slander of Bush’s Praetorian Guard
    1 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Walter C. Uhler
    With elections but little more than a month away, President Bush’s do-nothing Republican majority in both houses of Congress is up for grabs. And, thus, so is a genuine investigation into the Bush administration’s lies, deceit and crimes concerning Iraq — especially its "Chicken Little" clamoring about weapons of mass destruction and ties to al Qaeda that, as we would learn later, didn’t actually exist.
    Also requiring investigation, however, is the extraordinary (…)

  • The myths and realities of Iraq
    1 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Nikolas Gvosdev and Ray Takeyh
    AS THE midterm elections approach, Iraq dominates the headlines. In a remarkable misappropriation of history, President Bush is conjuring the ghost of Hitler and outlandish World War II analogies to justify his policies. In the Bush administration’s distorted lexicon, calls for withdrawal are appeasement, and dissent is yet another form of disloyalty.
    But if the United States wants to achieve its strategic objectives in the Middle East — after three and (…)

  • Wal-Mart factory workers assaulted, fired for going on strike
    1 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Action urgently needed: Contact Wal-Mart now!
    Maquila Solidarity Network
    Workers producing clothes for Wal-Mart at the Korean-owned Chong Won Fashion garment factory in the Philippines desperately need your support to put a stop to their employers’ attempt to destroy their union through violence, mass firings and intimidation.
    This morning (September 27), a combined force of municipal and free trade zone police and private security guards attacked the strikers who were peacefully (…)