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  • Al-Qaeda gives European states month to quit Iraq
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Al-Qaeda gives European states month to quit Iraq
    Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades warn European nations to face London-style attacks if they do not quit Iraq.
    By Habib Trabelsi - DUBAI
    The Al-Qaeda terror network warned European nations to pull their troops out of Iraq within a month or face more attacks like the deadly London bombings, according to an Internet statement.
    "This message is the final warning to European states. We want to give you a one-month deadline to bring your soldiers (…)

  • Memo Becomes Focus in CIA Leak Probe
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    Memo Becomes Focus in CIA Leak Probe
    By BARRY SCHWEID
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A State Department memo that has caught the attention of prosecutors describes a CIA officer’s role in sending her husband to Africa and disputes administration claims that Iraq was shopping for uranium, a retired department official said Tuesday.
    The classified memo was sent to Air Force One just after former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson went public with his assertions that the Bush administration overstated the (…)

  • ’25,000 civilians’ killed in Iraq
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Nearly 25,000 civilians have died violently in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003, a report says.
    The dossier, based on media reports, says US-led forces were responsible for more than a third of the deaths.
    The survey was carried out by the UK-based Iraq Body Count and Oxford Research Group - which includes academics and peace activists.
    The Iraqi government criticised their conclusions, saying Iraqis were most at risk from terrorists who target them.
    The Dossier on (…)

  • Israel denies access to a caravan for justice in Palestine
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Israel denied access to a group of 130 international human rights and peace activists of the Caravan for Justice in Palestine, who tried to access the country, coming from Jordan, Palestinian sources reported on Friday.
    The activists were interrogated for nine hours, according to the source, before they were forced to return to Jordan.
    The Israeli embassy to Amman claimed the activists want “to go to Israel to hold provocative activities,” and that “every country has the right to (…)

  • Rep. Barbara Lee Introduces Resolution of Inquiry into Iraq War Planning
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Dem., Calif.) today introduced - along with 26 co-sponsors - a Resolution of Inquiry in the House of Representatives which, if passed, will require the White House and the State Department to "transmit all information relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq."
    109TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 375
    Requesting the President and (…)

  • In London, the war against Iran has started
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    In London, the war against Iran has started
    by MICHEL COLLON
    His name was Jack. Or Robert. Or Hassan. He was against the war and he hated Bush & Blair. Just as many Londoners who were going to work on that Thursday morning. But he didn?t know that this was going to be the last trip he ever took.
    A majority of Londoners is against the occupation of Iraq and Londoners had voted in an anti-war mayor. Many of the other victims, misled by their own domestic media, simply did not (…)

  • Give the terrorists what they want, what do they want?
    21 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    I’m guessing that if we don’t invade Iran, create laws that further restrict civil liberties, and/or establish more secret interrogation facilities where we smear doo-doo on people in a humane way, the terrorists will strike again.
    After all, they hate us because of our freedom, so if we give in to their demands they might stop terrorizing us.
    Main Entry: ter·ror Pronunciation: ’ter-&r Function: noun
    1 : a state of intense fear 2 a : one that inspires fear : SCOURGE b : a (…)

  • MEDIA ALERT: BIASED, BLINKERED, CULPABLE
    21 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    John Pilger, Hans von Sponeck, Dahr Jamail and Others Respond to BBC Statement Regarding The World Tribunal on Iraq
    "Why say more? Observe this distinction: between the fool who longs for his own advantage and the sage who acts for the advantage of others." (Shantideva, 8th century)
    Media Lens recently issued a media alert about the lack of British media coverage given to the World Tribunal on Iraq, held in Istanbul last month. Our alert, The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing World (…)

  • Flashback: Buying Your Brain With Your Money For War
    21 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bush Administration Launches Unprecedented $200 Million Propaganda Campaign To Win You Over On Iraq War (using your money to do it!)
    George W. Bush and his staff can get any and all media time they want simply by calling up a journalist and saying, "Hey, want an interview?" But the "Bullypulpit" has limitations, all the more so given the FACT that the case Bush and Blair have made is flimsy, at best.
    So, what’s a "good" president to do? Slippery Karl Rove and other notorious spin master (…)

  • American Terror and the Coming Attack on Iran
    21 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    More than two years ago, we wrote here of a secret Pentagon plan to foment terrorism by sending covert agents to infiltrate terrorist groups and goad them into action — in other words, committing acts of murder and destruction. The purpose was two-fold: first, to bring the terrorist groups into the open, where they could be counterattacked; and second, to justify U.S. military attacks on the countries where the terrorists were operating — attacks which, in the Pentagon’s words, would put (…)