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  • THE CIA’S ’BLACK SITES’ : Guantanamos in Europe?
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Is the CIA using secret locations in Europe to interrogate prisoners in America’s war against terror? Reports about "black sites" have unsettled even the Bush administration’s closest European partners.
    Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen considers himself "America’s best friend" in Europe. He even broke a long-standing Danish tradition of seeking parliament-wide consensus in contentious foreign policy issues to back Washington’s decision to invade Iraq.
    But the right-wing (…)

  • Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Jordana Timerman
    Some aspects of George Bush’s travels have become commonplace, including massive protests, sporadic violence and tight security operations. All of these usual elements—notably the imperial-style arrival of the US president with an entourage of 2,000 people and four AWACS surveillance systems—were present at the Fourth Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
    But the opposition to Bush and his proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), as well as (…)

  • The Wal-Mart 22
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Jonathan Tasini
    Jonathan Tasini is president of the Economic Future Group and writes his "Working In America" columns for TomPaine.com on an occasional basis. His blog Working Life chronicles the labor movement and other issues affecting American workers.
    Last week, I attended the screening of Robert Greenwald’s new film, “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price.” It is a great piece of investigative work that gives voice to the people and communities Wal-Mart has destroyed. You have to (…)

  • Chalabi offers the White House an exit route from Iraqi quagmire
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
    Iraq’s deputy prime minister, Ahmad Chalabi, returns to Washington today in his latest incarnation - as a secular Shia leader who could offer Washington a way out of the morass into which he helped lead it two and a half years ago.
    The week-long visit, during which he will meet Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of State, and John Snow, the Treasury Secretary, and possibly Vice-President Dick Cheney, caps a remarkable comeback by a political operator who is (…)

  • United States of America / Yemen : Secret Detention in CIA "Black Sites"
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    "They came to take our father at night, like thieves..." Fatima al-Assad, age 12, daughter of Muhammad al-Assad, who "disappeared" after his arrest in 2003
    "Brother, what is your name, what village are you from?" It was distinctive Yemeni Arabic that greeted Muhammad al-Assad as he stumbled, still hooded and shackled, from the plane at Sana’a. For the first time in nearly 18 months he knew what country he was in. He heard the question repeated twice more, as Salah Nasser Salim ‘Ali and (…)

  • US ’uses incendiary arms’ in Iraq
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Italian state TV, Rai, has broadcast a documentary accusing the US military of using white phosphorus bombs against civilians in the Iraqi city of Falluja.
    Rai says this amounts to the illegal use of chemical arms, though the bombs are considered incendiary devices.
    Eyewitnesses and ex-US soldiers say the weapon was used in built-up areas in the insurgent-held city.
    The US military denies this, but admits using white phosphorus bombs in (…)

  • Stop the eviction of the ’Welcome Home’ Kitchen in New Orleans
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The only kitchen serving fresh, nutritious meals to the people of New Orleans east of Canal St. is being threatened with closure by city officials.
    The loose-knit coalition of groups known as ’the Rainbow Family of Living Light’, best known for their yearly 4th of July Rainbow Gatherings at rotating locations throughout the country, have been instrumental in the relief effort following Hurricane Katrina. The mobile kitchen they founded in Waveland, Mississippi, the area hardest hit by the (…)

  • These Photos of Niger Uranium Forgeries Blow Libby, War Case Wide Open!
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Put the words NIGER FORGERIES and these photocopies (below) into the consciousness of Mr. and Mrs. America, and it could change the course of history. These 4 graphics are worth 4 million words. These are the cause/excuse for the Iraq war. They are not real (they are forgeries), but they are a REAL threat to the nation’s existence! Why? Because they came from foreign sources. FOREIGN AGENTS HAVE BEEN DRIVING US POLICY. That is a bigger threat to America than knocking down the WTC, (…)

  • Mr. Speaker, call the cops. Mr. Chalabi should not be allowed to run free
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    On Ahmad Chalabi, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq’s newly constituted government
    Statement by Congressman George Miller
    November 7, 2005
    Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Madam Speaker, somebody ought to call the cops. Today I am not talking about collusion, corruption and cronyism and the leaking of sensitive classified information that has irreparably damaged the national security of the United States. No, I am not talking about Scooter Libby or Karl Rove, though their involvement in (…)

  • US ’uses incendiary arms’ in Iraq
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Get the video (in english or italian) here:
    Italian state TV, Rai, has broadcast a documentary accusing the US military of using white phosphorus bombs against civilians in the Iraqi city of Falluja.
    Rai says this amounts to the illegal use of chemical arms, though the bombs are considered incendiary devices.
    Eyewitnesses and ex-US soldiers say the weapon was used in built-up areas in the insurgent-held city.
    The US military denies this, but admits using white phosphorus bombs in (…)