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  • 2nd Memo to Cheney after 9-11: “The ‘family’ wants their boxes”
    10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Congress continues to ignore explosive memos pointing to secret cash payoffs
    by Tom Flocco
    Washington-November 9, 2005-TomFlocco.com-A November 2, 2001 hand-written memo to Vice President Richard Cheney from former U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Leo Wanta, indicates the White House knew that boxes containing large amounts of U.S. currency were moved from the Philippines seven weeks after the September 11 attacks.
    According to U.S. intelligence agents with knowledge of the document, Wanta’s (…)

  • U.S. Reports Iraqi Civilian Casualties in Anti-Insurgent Sweep
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    By KIRK SEMPLE and SABRINA TAVERNISE Published: November 10, 2005
    HUSAYBA, Iraq, Nov. 9 - The American military command revealed Wednesday that civilians had been killed and wounded in heavy fighting here in the past few days, the first such acknowledgment of civilian casualties since the anti-insurgent sweep of this town in western Iraq began last Saturday.
    The Marines said that, according to a witness, rebels broke into a family’s home, killed two of the occupants and locked the rest (…)

  • Calif. Voters Defeat Abortion Notification
    10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a stinging rebuke from voters who elected him two years ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s efforts to reshape state government were rejected during a special election that darkened his prospects for a second term. Voters also strongly rejected an initiative that would have required parents to be notified when minors seek abortions
    All four of the Republic governor’s signature ballot proposals were rejected in Tuesday’s election, which pitted him (…)

  • White House Briefing: McClellan Deflects Questions on Torture Exemption A Couple Dozen Times
    10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By E&P Staff
    NEW YORK At today’s White House press briefing, Scott McClellan was hit with a number of questions about the "ethics classes" the president’s staffers are now attending. But much of the briefing featured efforts by Helen Thomas, at the start, and then other reporters to get McClellan to explain the apparent contradiction between his claims that the U.S. does not torture anyone and Vice President Cheney’s request for an exemption in this matter.
    Here are the exchanges (…)

  • ’Bird Flu’: From psyOP and population control to "WW4"
    10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    ’Bird Flu’: From psyOP and population control to "WW4" Notes compiled by ewing2001 October 22, 2005
    During 2004, on my old blog at 911skeptics.blogspot.com and in many online e-mail correspondences, i pointed out on the possibility, how to stage the easiest bogus pretext for "WW4" (WW4 is a definition labelled by neocons Eliot Cohen, Norman Podhoretz and James Woolsey. They personally skipped "WW3", which was in their mind already the Cold War):
    ...A fake Al-Quaeda terror cell in taiwan (…)

  • A name that lives in infamy
    10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The destruction of Falluja was an act of barbarism that ranks alongside My Lai, Guernica and Halabja
    Mike Marqusee Thursday November 10, 2005 The Guardian http://tinyurl.com/dzkwm
    One year ago this week, US-led occupying forces launched a devastating assault on the Iraqi city of Falluja. The mood was set by Lt Col Gary Brandl: "The enemy has got a face. He’s called Satan. He’s in Falluja. And we’re going to destroy him."
    The assault was preceded by eight weeks of aerial bombardment. (…)

  • Paranoia and the USA Patriot Act as used by Bushco
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    I’ll just bet J. Edgar Hoover would be so envious with all of this high tech ability at our leader’s finger tips!! To snoop in anyone’s life THEY (Big Brother) desires.
    Bush Leagues
    White House keeps dossiers on more than 10,000 ’political enemies’
    By DOUG THOMPSON
    Spurred by paranoia and aided by the USA Patriot Act, the Bush Administration has compiled dossiers on more than 10,000 Americans it considers political enemies and uses those files to wage war on those who disagree with (…)

  • BUSH ARROGANCE IS NOT LEADERSHIP
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    OUR ARROGANT LEADER
    By Peter Fredson
    November 9, 2005
    George Bush has a firm grasp on fantasy. He revels in the wonderful work that prayer could do for Katrina, the people who drowned because of his inaction, and the fine way in which his lengthy vacations in Crawford have contributed to cultural conflict and disillusion. While his guitar fondling may not ever win any awards, his rap speeches concerning staying his failed course in Iraq, and his dastardly repeated violation of Iraq (…)

  • The Soccer Star and the President
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by DAVE ZIRIN
    If there were a Mount Rushmore of international soccer, Diego Maradona’s face would adorn it. In 2000 he was named by FIFA (the Fédération Internationale de Football Association), along with Pelé, as the greatest player in the history of the sport. But in his native Argentina, Maradona is a lightning rod for love, hate, brutal criticism and passionate defense. He is Muhammad Ali in 1968—if 1968 lasted for twenty years.
    Maradona was in the eye of a media storm last weekend, (…)

  • Youths in Rural U.S. Are Drawn To Military
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Recruits’ Job Worries Outweigh War Fears
    By Ann Scott Tyson
    As sustained combat in Iraq makes it harder than ever to fill the ranks of the all-volunteer force, newly released Pentagon demographic data show that the military is leaning heavily for recruits on economically depressed, rural areas where youths’ need for jobs may outweigh the risks of going to war.
    More than 44 percent of U.S. military recruits come from rural areas, Pentagon figures show. In contrast, 14 percent come from (…)