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  • About those permanent bases...why not ask the Iraqi people how they feel?
    5 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Basic questions about bases By Ashraf Fahim
    Hardly a day has gone by in the past few weeks without a new press report detailing the US military’s plans to reduce its footprint in Iraq next year. First it was a leaked British memo saying that Britain would hand over southern Iraq to the Iraqis and the US would cut its troops in half. Then it was General George W Casey, the senior commander in Iraq, promising a "fairly substantial" US withdrawal by the summer of 2006. Finally, there was the (…)

  • HOW MUCH DOES A BULL DEFECATE?
    5 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    HOW MUCH DOES A BULL DEFECATE?
    By Peter Fredson
    August 4, 2005
    I wish to formally protest the recent suspension of poor Robert Novak simply because he became irritated and indicated his displeasure with the taunting of James Carville by pointing to a biological act of a bovine in producing valuable material for vegetable gardens. Surely that is not as egregious as the words of Dick Cheney when irritated, used a word that beings with “F” but which if enunciated would overturn the (…)

  • Pro-Israel lobbyists charged in Pentagon case
    5 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By James Vicini
    ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - Two former officials of the pro- Israel lobbying group AIPAC were charged on Thursday with conspiring with a Pentagon analyst to obtain and disclose classified national defense information, U.S. prosecutors said.
    They said the indictment charges Steven Rosen, 63, the former foreign policy director for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, with conspiracy to communicate national defense information provided by analyst Lawrence Franklin. (…)

  • Military-Indusrial Complex.
    5 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Every once in a while,it’s good to read the short speach as Eisenhower left office.This reminded of the dangers and traps that the U.S. should avoid in the future.Would that they had listened with more attention.

  • CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set
    5 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By DAVID BAUDER
    CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville.
    The exchange during CNN’s "Inside Politics" came during a discussion of Florida’s Senate campaign. CNN correspondent Ed Henry noted when it was through that he had been about to ask Novak about his role in the investigation of the leak of a CIA officer’s identity.
    A CNN spokeswoman, Edie Emery, called Novak’s (…)

  • Campus Antiwar Network Statement on Self-Determination and Unity in the Antiwar Movement
    5 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    As students organizing against the war on campuses across the United States, we stand in support of full self-determination throughout the Middle East, including the self-determination of Iraqis and of Palestinians. As our generation is asked to sacrifice our consciences and our lives for the sake of U.S. empire-building, we are committed to opposing that empire-building in its entirety.
    In the Middle East today, illegal occupations exist not only in Iraq, but also in Palestine. We (…)

  • LARRY FRANKLIN/Michael Ledeen/Israeli SPY CASE Blown Wide Open by NIGERGATE Prosecutor
    4 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    [Alexandria, VA] Reuters reported that US Attorney Paul McNulty, whose grand jury has been investigating Israeli espionage against the US, involving Bush Administration figures, will announce this afternoon new charges against Defense Department analyst Larry Franklin. Franklin had already been accused of illegally disclosing classified defense information to Israeli lobbyists.
    For the first time, Reuters says, McNulty will announce charges against two former employees of the Israel (…)

  • BUSH AND CHENEY INDICTED
    4 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A Chicago grand jury has indicted the President and Vice-President of the United States along with multiple high officials in the Bush administration
    Chicago — August 2, 2005 — TomFlocco.com — U.S. federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s Chicago grand jury has issued perjury and obstruction of justice indictments to the following members of the Bush Administration: President George W. Bush, Vice-President Richard Cheney, Bush Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Cheney Chief of Staff I. Lewis (…)

  • Some Reasons Why I Do Not Trust the DLC
    4 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Mary MacElveen
    To My Fellow Democrats,
    In the piece below "Hillary Clinton: Democratic mediator?" which appeared in yesterday’s Newsday, bothered me for many reasons. Some points brought out within this piece add to my total distrust for the Democratic Leadership Council. Last week, I wrote an editorial for the LiberalPatriot.org called, "How Can There Be Unity in the Democratic Party When Liberals are Shunned?" If you have not read that piece, please visit the Liberal Patriot by (…)

  • GSFP goes to Crawford to stop the killing
    4 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    George Bush said speaking about the dreadful loss of life in Iraq in August: (08/03/05): "We have to honor the sacrifices of the fallen by completing the mission." "The families of the fallen can be assured that they died for a noble cause." In reaction to these two assinine and hurtful statements, members of Gold Star Families for Peace (GSFP) are going to George’s vacation home in Crawford, Tx this Saturday, August 6th at 11:00 am to confront him on these two statements. 1) We want (…)