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  • The Iraq Election Backfired On Conservatives
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Iraq Election Backfired On Conservatives Jim Hightower March 02, 2005 Reality can be hard on theorists — just ask that gaggle of conservative geniuses who designed and pushed the invasion of Iraq.
    The theory propounded by Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, and President Bush’s other "Big-Thinker" war hawks (none of whom have ever actually been in a war) was that crushing Saddam Hussein would cause the flowering of a pro-American democracy in Iraq. In the glorious vision of these (…)

  • March 19 Global Day of Action
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Quote of the Week from George Bush on the incompatability of foreign occupation and the holding of free and democratic elections: Bush insisted in his March 5 Radio Address: "that Lebanon’s sovereignty be respected and that all foreign forces be withdrawn, and that free and fair elections be conducted without foreign influence."
    Seven weeks ago tens of thousands of people demonstrated on the very first day of Bush’s second term of office. The Counter Inaugural protests in Washington D.C., (…)

  • Giuliana Sgrena : my Truth
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Giuliana Sgrena I’m still in the dark. Friday was the most dramatic day of my life. I had been in captivity for many days. I had just spoken with my captors. It had been days they were telling me I would be released. I was living in waiting for this moment. They were speaking about things that only later I would have understood the importance of. They were speaking about problems "related to transfers."
    I learned to understand what was going on by the behavior of my two guards, the (…)

  • Sofia Says US Troops Killed Bulgarian Soldier In Iraq, Demands Explanation
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Sofia Says US Troops Killed Bulgarian Soldier In Iraq, Demands Explanation UPDATE 2: President Summons US Ambassador 07.03.2005 SOFIA (bnn) - Staunch U.S. ally Bulgaria on Monday demanded explanation from Washington after a probe showed American troops shot and killed a Bulgarian soldier in Iraq by negligence.
    “This is a grave incident and the confirmation of the facts leads to the conclusion of problems in coordination and operative interaction between the allies,” President Georgi (…)

  • No Trust Left, In America Or In The World, For The Bush Administration
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    No Trust Left, In America Or In The World, For The Bush Administration Sam Hamod, PhD March 06, 2005 Princeton, NJ
    The lies being told by the Bush administration to the American people about Social Security, about our “success” in Iraq, about the causes of attacks on our country and now the attempted killing of the Italian journalist, Ms. Guilana Sgrena, have become too much for anyone to believe. No intelligent American or foreigner believes anything emanating (…)

  • Doublespeak Comes Easy To Bush
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Doublespeak Comes Easy To Bush Bill Gallagher March 08, 2005 ’’I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions." — Dorothy Day (1897-1980).
    DETROIT - The hollow words of politicians dominate public life in America and the nonsense they spew is repeated, usually unchallenged, in the echo chambers corporate media dutifully provides. Their words are worshiped, their deeds escape (…)

  • Editorial: Iraq - A Quarterly Report
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Editorial: Iraq - A Quarterly Report March 8 2005 Are you one of the millions of delusional Americans who believe things are "getting better" in Iraq? You can hardly be blamed. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and your own president, George W. Bush, tell you nearly every day that it’s so.
    Our forces captured Saddam Hussein, killed his evil sons, turned the government over to the Iraqi people and oversaw successful elections, right? Things couldn’t (…)

  • Slaughter Leads Charge To Compel House Vote On Gannongate Probe
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Slaughter Leads Charge To Compel House Vote On Gannongate Probe Mike Hudson March 08, 2005 Don’t put Rep. Louise Slaughter on the "pay no mind" list.
    The congresswoman, who serves as ranking member on the House Rules Committee, has joined the ranking members of the Judiciary, Government Reform, Homeland Security and Ways and Means committees to author what is known as a Resolution of Inquiry, which would require the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security to release (…)

  • Explain to me how you lose 9 billion dollars?
    7 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Hello campers,
    We’ve all overdrawn our checking account and there are times when we can’t account for a few dollars here or there. It’s no surprise to anyone that we seem to be shelling out more and more money each year for more or less the same things. But explain to me how you lose 9 billion dollars! That’s right I said billion, with a B! The U.S. occupation authority in Iraq was unable to keep track of nearly $9 billion it transferred to government ministries. These ministries lacked (…)

  • Bush takes questions from male prostitute, refuses veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas
    7 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Helen Thomas, who spoke at Siena College’s First Woman President symposium Friday, also had plenty to say about serving as a White House correspondent for United Press International. Not all of it was encouraging.
    "This president (Bush) doesn’t think he has to answer any questions. ... He even says (during press conferences) this is scripted," bemoaned Thomas, 83, who gave up her reporter job to become a syndicated columnist two years ago and routinely trashes Bush on economic and military (…)