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  • Dying for Good: Tony Blair and the great fight
    29 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Ahh, the charming poodle, Tony Blair. How absolutely charming he can be at the podium, with his upperclassman diction and typical British aloofness!
    But when he gets around to speaking to the world press he doesn’t waste any time placing his foot firmly in his mouth and demonstrating his elitist disdain for 3rd world lives.
    Aside from his crass and incredible statements about how he feels "grief" for the dead civilians in Lebanon but still says me "must continue what we’re doing for we (…)

  • Opinion: Why Do They Hate Us?
    29 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Opinion: Why Do They Hate Us? 07/30/2006 12:06 AM
    Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, frustrated Americans including top administration officials cried out aloud: Why do they hate us? They were referring to Arabs and Muslims.
    Curiously, five years later, during which the US waged and encouraged at least two regional wars, the Americans have yet to get it.
    A year ago, Karen Hughes, a long-time adviser to President George W. Bush, was appointed Undersecretary of State (…)

  • Meaningless In New York
    29 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Meaningless In New York Gulf News Editorial 07/29/2006 12:00 AM The UN Security Council has expressed "shock and horror" at the death of four of its peacekeepers in Lebanon.
    "Shock and horror" is that the best the Security Council can come up with?
    If so, then this august body that believes itself capable of ruling the world should be ashamed of itself.
    But, of course, it is the very best the Council can think of without upsetting either the US Administration or, more importantly to (…)

  • Mysterious Wounds From Israeli Shells In Gaza
    29 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Mysterious Wounds From Israeli Shells In Gaza Agence France Presse Friday, 28, July, 2006
    GAZA CITY, 28 July 2006 - “When the bomb exploded from the plane. I felt I was in hell. Real hell,” shouts 31-year-old Ghassan stabbing the air with his finger and straining over the side of his grubby hospital bed.
    Professing allegiance to Palestinian national security, Ghassan went to Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp last week to fight the Israelis during a particularly bloody incursion.
    “I feel (…)

  • U.S. Intelligence On Hizballah And Iran
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    U.S. Intelligence On Hizballah And Iran Posted By SusanUnPC Saturday, 29 July 2006 at 09:26
    From Ray Close, via Larry Johnson, and posted by SusanUnPC.
    A few days ago, I received a report from a friend in Washington who has very close connections to high-ranking intelligence analysts at the Pentagon. I will omit the names of the individuals identified, but will summarize the information that this excellent source provided to me. (Please note: This source is NOT the one who told me a (…)

  • Bush And Blair Blowing Bubbles
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    Bush And Blair Blowing Bubbles By SusanUnPC Friday, 28 July 2006 at 14:34
    From Ray Close, via Larry Johnson and posted by SusanUnPC.
    Dear Friends:
    It became very clear during the Bush-Blair press conference on Friday morning, 28 July, that the American and British "formula" to resolve the Lebanon crisis rests on a hallucinatory expectation that several critically important developments can and will take place successfully between now and the time early next week when the U.N. Security (…)

  • HUMINT In History
    29 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    HUMINT In History Posted By SusanUnPC Friday, 28 July 2006 at 15:30
    From Ray Close, via Larry Johnson and posted by SusanUnPC. Ray Close is a former CIA analyst in the Near East division and a member of the steering group for Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity; his recent posts here are "Truth in Simplicity," "From Rasha in Beirut," and "U.S. Policy in Lebanon."
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    Addressed primarily to Chas Freeman, the former U.S. (…)

  • Israel Tries To Be A Bush
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    Israel Tries To Be A Bush By Larry C Johnson Friday, 28 July 2006 at 07:20
    You may remember Campaign George Bush. You know, the "uniter not a divider". Well, it appears Israel, under the leadership of Ehud Olmert, has opted to try to be like George. How else to explain their ability to unite the Arab and Muslim world behind Hezbollah. Way to go guys!
    Check out the full story in the New York Times: (
    DAMASCUS, Syria, July 27 - At the onset of the Lebanese crisis, Arab governments, (…)

  • Musharraf Unable To Shake Off Taliban Suspicions Despite Pledges
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    Musharraf Unable To Shake Off Taliban Suspicions Despite Pledges Reuters 07/28/2006 12:44 AM
    Islamabad: Almost five years after thousands of Taliban fighters fled Afghanistan to escape a US-led invasion, Pakistan is unable to shake off suspicions that it is allowing them to operate from its soil.
    Just as India is losing patience with Pakistan’s failure to act more forcefully against numerous anti-Indian militant groups, Afghanistan, the United States and other Nato powers have been (…)

  • Israel’s War On Lebanon Threatens Political Comeback For Bush
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    Israel’s War On Lebanon Threatens Political Comeback For Bush By Peter Baker, Los Angeles Times-Washington Post 07/28/2006 09:55 PM
    The latest crisis in the Middle East has disrupted US President George W. Bush’s plans domestically and internationally at a sensitive juncture, reopening divisions with allies abroad and jeopardising attempts to restore public confidence at home, according to officials, analysts and diplomats.
    The discord at a conference in Rome on Wednesday over a proposed (…)