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  • George W. Bush : War Terrier
    3 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Could our glorious news media ask President George W. Bush if he has any comment on reports emanating from the Manila Times that Mr. Bush authorised the "rescue" of "treasure hunter" Michael Meiring . Mr. Meiring was under arrest recovering from wounds resulting from an an accidental bombing that took place in his hotel room when agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , operating under the authority of US National Security Council, whisked his personage away . The Manila (…)

  • THE STATE DEPARTMENT’S MIXED MESSAGES
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By William Fisher
    Amidst undenied charges that the Pentagon is paying Iraqi journalists to write “good news” stories about the country’s progress, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has announced a new international exchange program for journalists named for famed broadcaster Edward R. Murrow and emphasizing “the democratic principles that guided Mr. Murrow’s practice of his craft: integrity and ethics and courage and social responsibility”.
    Rice added, “We all know that the bedrock (…)

  • What Peace Needs
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Monica Benderman
    The Regional Corrections Facility at Ft. Lewis, Washington is vintage World War II. The windows are cracked and can’t be closed. It’s below freezing on most nights now.
    I could go on - but what good will it do in this country of warmongers, idealistic pacifists, and evangelicals? Nothing like love for a cause - any cause - as long as it’s impersonal enough that everyone can remain detached, can share their emotions through the war cries and protest chants, staring (…)

  • Keepers at the Gate: He Who Controls Television Controls the Masses
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Manuel Valenzuela
    In this age of modernity and technology, where the television monitor has become the center of the average American household, from cradle to grave acting as surrogate parent, teacher, role model and as influencer of human thought, it should come as no surprise that entire populations can be controlled with such facility and efficiency, turning once thinking humans into grazing sheeple. For in today’s day and age, he who controls television controls the masses, and he (…)

  • Vice President lied as White House sought to defuse leak inquiry
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Jason Leopold
    Did Vice President Dick Cheney help cover-up the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson in the months after conservative columnist Robert Novak first disclosed her identity?
    That’s one of the questions Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is likely trying to figure out. It’s unclear what Cheney said to investigators back in 2004 when he was questioned-not under oath-about the leak, particularly what he knew and when he knew it.
    The five-count criminal (…)

  • War without end : only justice, not bombs, can make our dangerous world a safer place
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Robert Fisk
    12/30/05 "The Independent" — — This was the year the "war on terror" - an obnoxious expression which we all parroted after 11 September 2001 - appeared to be almost as endless as George Bush once claimed it would be. And unsuccessful. For, after all the bombing of Afghanistan, the overthrow of the Taliban, the invasion of Iraq and its appallingly tragic aftermath, can anyone claim today that they feel safer than they did a year ago?
    We have gone on smashing away at the (…)

  • A Gestapo Administration: Bush tactics parallel Hitler’s rise to power
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Caught in gratuitous and illegal spying on American citizens, the Bush administration has defended its illegal activity and set the Justice (sic) Department on the trail of the person or persons who informed the New York Times of Bush’s violation of law.
    Note the astounding paradox: The Bush administration is caught red-handed in blatant illegality and responds by trying to arrest the patriot who exposed the administration’s illegal behavior.
    Bush has actually declared it treasonous to (…)

  • Two Distinct Wars in Iraq
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    It is widely known that President Bush led the United States into an “unjustified war” against Iraq based on deceptions and lies linking Hussein Saddam with ties to 9-11 attacks and al Qaeda terrorists, and with possession of WMDs. It is also vastly accepted that Bush has initiated a “global war” against terrorism. However, it is not commonly acknowledged that these two wars in Iraq are distinct and different. The U.S. Congress only authorized Bush to remove the supposedly impending threat (…)

  • NSA Spying on Americans: Official objected; decision on who to monitor left up to a shift supervisor
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 - A top Justice Department official objected in 2004 to aspects of the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program and refused to sign on to its continued use amid concerns about its legality and oversight, according to officials with knowledge of the tense internal debate. The concerns appear to have played a part in the temporary suspension of the secret program.
    The concerns prompted two of President Bush’s most senior aides - Andrew H. Card Jr., his (…)

  • German media: U.S. prepares Iran strike
    1 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Martin Walker
    December 31, 2005 UPI
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) — The Bush administration is preparing its NATO allies for a possible military strike against suspected nuclear sites in Iran in the New Year, according to German media reports, reinforcing similar earlier suggestions in the Turkish media.
    The Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel this week quoted "NATO intelligence sources" who claimed that the NATO allies had been informed that the United States is currently investigating all (…)