FPF - April 7 - 2005 - According to the latest polls more than half (52%) of the Americans still wrongly believe the 9/11 WTC disaster was the result of the murderous action by the ’Red Barons’ of Al Qaida, with Iraq’s Saddam Hussein as the bad genius behind it all.
A sordid example of indoctrination of the americans, with the ’spin’ of the official 9/11 version. The world is confronted with an American/Israeli terrormachine, with guided missiles and misguided people, paying the bloody (…)
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The origin of the 9/11 mysterious ’melt down’?
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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More US Troops Questioning Iraq Duty
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsMore US troops questioning Iraq duty By Christian Henderson
As soldiers continue to leave Iraq in body bags or on stretchers in increasing numbers, so too the number of US soldiers who balk at the prospect of serving in the war is growing.
US army figures indicate that since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, about 5500 military personnel have absconded.
In 2003 an independent advisory service for US military personnel, the GI Rights Hotline, received 32,000 calls, twice as many as in (…) -
America’s Broken Electoral System: Get over it, says mainstream press
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsThroughout 2004, the “swing state” of Ohio was in the media spotlight. Prior to the election, it was a site of alleged voter fraud and suppression; as Extra! reported (12/04), the news media tended to portray the charges as partisan ploys rather than significant threats to the electoral process.
Then, on November 2, Ohio became this election’s Florida: Once again a tight race hinged on the electoral votes of a state too close to call. At the end of the night, with only about 130,000 votes (…) -
Once Invincible Schwarzenegger Looking More Mortal
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
9 commentsBy Adam Tanner
SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is showing himself to be an ordinary mortal after all with a significant policy retreat on Thursday and a new poll showing his approval rating down sharply.
Swept into office in an unprecedented recall election in 2003, the Republican’s approval rating fell to 43 percent from 59 percent in January, according to a Survey and Policy Research Institute poll released on Thursday.
The former bodybuilding and Hollywood (…) -
Two Women Bound by Sports, War and Injuries
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsBy JULIET MACUR WASHINGTON - For 25 days at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Specialist Danielle Green wondered if anyone could ever understand. But on the 26th day, a nurse told her: "A new female patient came in today. You have a lot in common."
"Really?" Specialist Green said, and the nurse nodded.
Like Specialist Green, the new patient was a 20-something firecracker, a 5-foot-8 former college basketball player, an Army soldier in the military police serving in Iraq.
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The Psychodynamics of Occupation and the Abuse at Abu Ghraib: An Interpretation After One Year of Revelations
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
by Stephen Soldz
There are various explanations for what went on at Abu Ghraib. The official US position is that a "few bad apples" among the reservist military police (MPs) there went out of control, violating orders to treat the prisoners humanely — "Animal House on the night shift," as former defense secretary James Schlesinger described it.(1) The MP defendants claim that they were following orders to soften up the prisoners as a prelude to interrogation. Investigative journalists have (…) -
Prosecutor to probe Cuyahoga County recount
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsProsecutor to probe Cuyahoga County recount
2 written complaints allege problems in ’04 presidential election
By Stephen Dyer
Beacon Journal staff writer
CLEVELAND - Erie County Prosecutor Kevin J. Baxter is investigating whether the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections broke the law in its recount of ballots from the November presidential election.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor William Mason appointed Baxter as a special prosecutor in the case because the board of elections is Mason’s (…) -
Iraq War protest still needed
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
“All Syrian military forces and intelligence personnel must withdraw before the Lebanese elections for those elections to be free and fair.”
President George Bush said that, and I agree with it. Free and fair elections cannot, by definition, take place under the occupation of a foreign regime. Yet Bush trumpets the recent Iraqi elections held under an American occupation 10 times the size of Syria’s. He holds one standard for the military that he oversees and quite a different standard for (…) -
Are Bush & Co. War Criminals?
10 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
9 commentsSome lawyers claim the U.S. is guilty of crimes against humanity
by Charlie Smith
Serving tea in her kitchen in her home on Vancouver’s West Side, Gail Davidson seems more like a friendly neighbour than a wild-eyed revolutionary. Davidson, a grandmother, laughs easily, enjoys gardening, and speaks with a remarkable absence of egotism. In this setting, it’s hard to comprehend that she is a key figure in an international campaign to hold U.S. President George W. Bush accountable for (…) -
Americans Increasingly Reject Bush. Are Hard Times And Absurd Lies Finally Getting Through?
10 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
9 commentsWith George Bush’s Approval Rating Now At The Lowest Level Of Any Incumbent President Since World War II, Are The Hard Times And Absurd Lies Finally Getting Through To Americans?
by Martin Graham On the weekend prior to the November elections, I moved. One of the movers who packed up my goods felt obliged to offer me some political insight. "Don’t get me wrong," he explained, "I don’t care for either of these guys, but you just don’t change presidents in the middle of a war."
Since I (…)