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  • US forces ’used chemical weapons’ during assault on city of Fallujah
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city of Fallujah during the attack on the city in November 2004, killing insurgents and civilians with the appalling burns that are the signature of this weapon.
    Ever since the assault, which went unreported by any Western journalists, rumours have swirled that the Americans used chemical weapons on the city.
    On 10 November last year, the Islam Online website wrote: (…)

  • GCHQ - Europe’s most powerful intelligence gathering agency
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    GCHQ- Government Communications HeadQuarters Europe’s most powerful intelligence gathering agency
    by Steve Jones
    GCHQ- Government Communications Headquarters- is the United Kingdom’s (and the European Union’s) counterpart to the National Security Agency (NSA) in the United States.
    Commonly referred to as, "her Majesty’s doughnut", GCHQ is Europe’s most powerful intelligence gathering agency. Located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, the massive 176 acre centre, 1.1 million (…)

  • Former US public broadcasting chairman resigns in disgrace
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By David Walsh
    Right-winger Kenneth Tomlinson resigned from the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) November 3, after a report by the agency’s inspector general sharply criticized his performance. Tomlinson has been at the center of efforts to transform public broadcasting into a mouthpiece for the Bush administration.
    Tomlinson, a former director of the Voice of America in the Reagan administration and editor-in-chief or Reader’s Digest, was appointed to the CPB by (…)

  • Hoekstra/Roberts Letter Calls for Inquiry into WP story
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    I just found this on Raw Story....... I can think of all kinds of things to say about this but right now I’m still trying to digest the whole thing!!! Yet no one is screaming about Valeria Plame???????????
    Letter calls for inquiry into Washington Post story on CIA jails
    John Byrne
    Senior Republicans are pushing for an investigation into who revealed the existence of secret CIA prisons overseas for "high-value" al Qaeda suspects to the Washington Post, RAW STORY can confirm.
    The Post (…)

  • GAO report upholds Ohio vote fraud claims
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Joe Baker
    As if the indictment of Lewis “Scooter” Libby wasn’t enough to give the White House some heavy concerns, a report from the Government Accounting Office takes a big bite out of the Bush clique’s pretense of legitimacy.
    This powerful and probing report takes a hard look at the election of 2004 and supports the contention that the election was stolen. The report has received almost no coverage in the national media.
    The GAO is the government’s lead investigative agency, and (…)

  • "What are You Doing? What Have You Become?"
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Israel as an Extension of American Empire
    By JEFF HALPER
    There are many tragic and self-destructive features of the Occupation for Israel itself. Although the country was founded on the "original sin" of exclusivity and the expulsion of the refugees, it nevertheless had (has?) the potential to develop into a normal, even progressive society. Many of the socialist principles that accompanied the Zionist program led in those directions. Israel always talked of democracy, even extending (…)

  • Italian Satellite TV to Broadcast Evidence of US Use of Chemical Weapons on Civilians.
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Get the video (in english or italian) here:
    Shocking revelation on RAI News 24 of the use of chemical weapons by the US military in Iraq. Veteran admits: ’Bodies melted away before us’.
    by: Paper Tigress
    In soldier slang they call it Willy Pete. The technical name is white phosphorus. In theory its purpose is to illumine enemy positions in the dark. In practice, it was used as a chemical weapon in the rebel stronghold of Fallujah. And it was used not only against enemy combatants and (…)

  • Where is Ansel Adams When We Need Him?
    7 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Derrick Z. Jackson
    Ansel Adams came to the White House in 1975 to deliver a print of a photograph from Yosemite National Park desired by President Ford and Betty Ford. Adams, still smarting from President Nixon’s neglect of public lands, asked Ford to redefine the meaning of our parks, maintain their funding, and put a ’’new emphasis on preservation and environmental responsibilities."
    In 1983, Adams met with President Reagan, and not to deliver a photograph. He was a vocal critic of (…)

  • The FBI’s Secret Scrutiny : in Hunt for Terrorists, Bureau Examines Records of Ordinary Americans
    7 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Barton Gellman
    The FBI came calling in Windsor, Conn., this summer with a document marked for delivery by hand. On Matianuk Avenue, across from the tennis courts, two special agents found their man. They gave George Christian the letter, which warned him to tell no one, ever, what it said.
    Under the shield and stars of the FBI crest, the letter directed Christian to surrender "all subscriber information, billing information and access logs of any person" who used a specific computer (…)

  • It’s Time To Start Taking The Theocrats Seriously
    7 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Everyone needs to realize that "history does repeat itself", or does it have to? Therefore, by studying history, we can hopefully avoid the many disasters that have already happened. Or can we? IT’S TIME TO START TAKING THE THEOCRATS SERIOUSLY by Randolph T. Holhut
    DUMMERSTON, Vt. - The nexus of evangelical Christianity and Republican politics is a force that is transforming the United States, and not for the better. As someone who firmly believes that church and state should be (…)