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  • Big, Bad Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: The creation of a myth
    2 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Is it time to ’dispose’ of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi? Has he ’outlived’ his usefulness?
    "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - a man notorious for his alleged ruthlessness - is suspected of direct involvement in the kidnap and beheading of several foreigners in Iraq - even of wielding the knife himself." news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3483089.stm
    A headline to conjure with no doubt, though clearly whoever writes this drivel needs to go back to journalism school and get a lesson in sentence construction. (…)

  • A ’Civilized’ Nation Respecting the Dead
    2 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Many historians consider Iraq as the cradle of civilization. It was in Iraq that of writing was invented. It was in Iraq that the great Hammurabi’s Code of Laws was first engraved. Iraq was the birthplace of Abraham, father of the Jews and the Arabs.
    The territory now called Iraq was the center of the greatest powers of the day. At other times it was conquered by Alexander the Great, ravaged by the Mongols and dominated by empires based in Persia, Turkey, Britain and now the United States. (…)

  • SIMPLE QUESTIONS DESERVE SIMPLE ANSWERS
    1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    SIMPLE QUESTIONS
    By Peter Fredson
    June 1, 2005
    As a simple person, living a simple life, in a small town, I have some simple questions to help untangle a complicated web of misdirection, misinformation, deception, propaganda, and untruths that have been spun by the disastrous Bush administration. Even though several administration controlled “investigations” have brought out some of the architecture of this web, I am still not at all satisfied that we have gotten at any simple truth. (…)

  • Perle’s pogrom
    1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Richard Perle spoke to the AIPAC conference and proclaimed, to loud hosannas, that the United States must start dropping bombs on Iran to stop its dangerous nuclear program. From Dana Milbank’s brave article:
    ". . . at a luncheon ’debate’ in between, Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and informal administration foreign policy adviser Richard N. Perle tried to one-up each other in pro-Israel views."
    and: "Perle provoked cheers from the crowd when he favored a military raid on Iran, saying that (…)

  • The "War on Terror" is a Global Corporation PsyOps campaign to create unending profit through WAR
    1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Profit is the mantra of the CEO. It is the goal that embodies the motives, agendas, and actions of the modern corporation. And it is this very goal that will lead all "profit at any cost" corporations to their own self destruction. How is this so?
    Well behavior eminates from motivation and from that agendas are set and parameters of operational strategies to enable these profits are put into place. It can be seen today that an almost psychopathic set of events have transpired and with it (…)

  • On Memorial Day Praise bravery, seek forgiveness
    1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Nothing young Americans can do in life is more honorable than offering themselves for the defense of their nation. It requires great selflessness and sacrifice, and quite possibly the forfeiture of life itself. On Memorial Day 2005, we gather to remember all those who gave us that ultimate gift. Because they are so fresh in our minds, those who have died in Iraq make a special claim on our thoughts and our prayers.
    In exchange for our uniformed young people’s willingness to offer the gift (…)

  • A Broad Coalition Is Pushing Congress To Rein In The Patriot Act
    1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A Broad Coalition Is Pushing Congress To Rein In The Patriot Act Dave Lindorff May 27, 2005 Last October, agents from the FBI and Treasury Department, accompanied by a gaggle of TV news crews, raided the Columbia, Mo., offices of a small charity called the Islamic-American Relief Agency (IARA). Computers and records were seized, and several hundred thousand dollars in donated funds destined for relief work in Kenya were frozen. There were no arrests or charges, though federal agents (…)

  • Open Letter to Representatives about the Downing Street Memo (minutes)
    1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    June 1, 2005
    Dear Senator/Rep___________:
    The American media may be too intimidated to openly challenge the Bush administration regarding the “Downing Street Memo,” but the American legislature has a constitutional obligation to investigate. These documents demonstrate President Bush’s prior knowledge and state of mind when he broke the law in fulfilling his legal obligation to Congress.
    I am disturbed by the media silence regarding this issue, particularly the claim by producers and (…)

  • $1000 Reward for Getting Bush to Answer this Question
    1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Democrats.com is offering a reward of $1,000 to anyone, professional journalist or citizen activist who gets President Bush to answer a particular question.
    The question is: "In July 2002, did you or your administration ’fix’ the intelligence and facts about non-existent Iraqi WMDs and ties to terrorism — which were disputed by US intelligence officials — to sell your decision to invade Iraq to Congress, the American people, and the world - as quoted in the Downing Street Minutes?" (…)

  • The ’I’ Word :Bush and Cheney have committed ’’high crimes and misdemeanors"
    1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution, should be part of mainstream political discourse.
    Minutes from a summer 2002 meeting involving British Prime Minister Tony Blair reveal that the Bush administration was ’’fixing" the intelligence to justify invading Iraq. US intelligence used to justify the war demonstrates repeatedly the truth of the meeting minutes — evidence was thin and needed fixing.
    President Clinton was (…)