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  • THE BUSH STRATEGERY FOR FAILED VICTORY
    5 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The New Old Strategery for Failed Victory
    By Peter Fredson
    December 5, 2005
    After a recent Bush speech to Annapolis Cadets the Pentagon announced a “growing consensus” to cut down on the number of U.S. troops in Iraq.
    It seems to me a stronger statement would have been that, in view of very strong criticism, Bush is now, at least, considering doing “something” about the Iraq quagmire. He’s not considering doing very much but is pulling out all emotional stops to defend his (…)

  • We Gotta Get Out Of This Place:Insider Says Troops Want Out of Iraq Now
    5 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Nov 27, 2005 by egrass, Stevegilliard.blogspot.com [Excerpt]
    I’m back from Thanksgiving with my wife’s family and I’ve got some first-hand feedback from the troops on Iraq, leaving Iraq, and Murtha.
    You see, my wife is a former military officer and her brother is an active-duty Major, decorated Army Ranger, and West Point graduate with more than 15 years in and about to ship out to Afghanistan. My wife is a good liberal on military issues, while my brother-in-law has always been a (…)

  • Wilkes Corporation is a fake company set up to funnel public funds from national defense to G.O.P.
    5 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Deeper into the Wilkes/MZM scandals (Updated) (Note: If you came here by way of LiePar Destin’s excellent piece in Kos, you may want to read "Wilkes: The Invisible Empire" first. Also, I’m happy to report that this blockbuster piece on Wilkes in the San Diego Union Tribune strengthens the thesis presented here.) The good news is that reporters working for the mainstream media have caught on — in part. They understand that Randy "Duke" Cunningham is hardly the only Republican (…)

  • Oklahoma City Terrorism Institute Lies About CIA Agent David Edger
    5 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Michael P. Wright — Norman, Oklahoma, USA mpwright9@aol.com
    See the website of the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, in Oklahoma City.
    Edwin Corr and CIA agent David Edger are good friends of University of Oklahoma president David Boren, the former U.S. Senator widely known as the mentor and patron of George Tenet. The Institute website is lying about Edger when it says he arrived at OU in 2004. Edger actually was brought to OU a few weeks before the 9/11 (…)

  • Bush Wows Annapolis Cadets
    4 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bush Wows at Annapolis
    By Peter Fredson
    December 4, 2005
    President George W. Bush gave an eloquent and emotional speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland recently to another captive audience of bright and shiny cadets, plus enough admirals, generals and politicians to let the public think that someone with some sense was backing him up.
    He included a 35-page policy paper "OUR NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ," a rehash of his arguments for the past 3 years, including (…)

  • ACLU, el-Masri SUING CIA --- Suits Could Kill CIA Flights
    4 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    ACLU, el-Masri SUING CIA for Flight to Prison, Torture
    CIA prisons and CIA flights are a growing front-page story, and Khaled el-Masri is a good example of why we all should oppose such extrajudcial flights and prisons. El-Masri is the first to sue the CIA for "rendition," or kidnapping-to-torture. The ACLU in New York will assist. This article presents the kind of information they will use. He can’t sue the CIA? He can, and there are individuals he can sue, including top officials (…)

  • IRAQ: Strategic City Stabilization Initiative (Worth $1,020,000,000.00)
    4 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Just found this application on HuffPo. Thought it was interesting. Anyone out there looking for work? I did notice the last sentence under the "Description" regarding "no funds available yet".
    _ FGO for Applicants
    AID logo IRAQ: Strategic City Stabilization Initiative (SCSI)
    General Information Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: RFA 267-06-001 Posted Date: Nov 30, 2005 Original Due Date for Applications: Jan 31, 2006 The Request for (…)

  • US: White phosphorus use legitimate
    4 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The top US general has defended the use of white phosphorus munitions in combat against Iraqi fighters as a legitimate tool of the military.
    Allegations that civilians were victims of white phosphorus bombs in the Falluja battle last year has put the spotlight on a weapon that showers down incendiary particles that burn right through skin.
    "A bullet goes through skin even faster than white phosphorus does," General Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a Pentagon (…)

  • FBI Reopens Inquiry Into Forged Niger Documents
    3 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    FBI Is Taking Another Look at Forged Prewar Intelligence By Peter Wallsten, Tom Hamburger and Josh Meyer, Times Staff Writers
    WASHINGTON - The FBI has reopened an inquiry into one of the most intriguing aspects of the pre-Iraq war intelligence fiasco: how the Bush administration came to rely on forged documents linking Iraq to nuclear weapons materials as part of its justification for the invasion.
    The documents inspired intense U.S. interest in the buildup to the war - and they led the (…)

  • Bush’s Bloody Strategy for Victory
    3 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Matthew Rothschild
    We’re beginning to see the outlines of Bush’s military strategy in Iraq. It’s not withdrawal. Don’t kid yourself.
    Bush intends to prevail.
    While he may, under domestic pressure, bring 10,000 or 20,000 or even 50,000 troops home, he has no intention of ending this war.
    As Seymour Hersh notes in the latest issue of The New Yorker, Bush plans on replacing a reliance on U.S. troops with a reliance on U.S. bombers.
    "Departing American troops will be replaced by (…)