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  • The Horrors of Bush’s War Legacy
    22 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    George W. has recently stated that historians will eventually honor his invasion and subesequent occupation of Iraq. The basis of his claim is, or course, that "we took out a tyrany who threatened his neighbors and the world with weapons of mass destruction". Of course we know now that the statement is entirely false. Well, except for the "tyrant" part.
    But what IS the real legacy of our actions? And will the textbooks and historical tomes of the future reveal the full extent of our "noble (…)

  • Former CIA officer: US to attack Iran within 6 months
    21 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Former CIA officer: US to attack Iran within 6 months
    – http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Forme...

  • Muqtada al-Sadr : The British are retreating from Basra
    20 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By By Nizar Latif in Kufa, Iraq and Phil Sands in Damascus
    The British Army has been defeated in Iraq and left with no option but to retreat from the country, claims radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Violent resistance and a rising death toll among UK troops has forced a withdrawal, he said in an interview with The Independent.
    "The British have given-up and they know they will be leaving Iraq soon," Mr Sadr said. "They are retreating because of the resistance they have faced. (…)

  • Darfur: pornography for the chattering classes
    19 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Brendan O’ Neill
    Normally, when one of Britain’s stuffy media watchdogs decrees that some public figure or broadcaster has said something less than honest, it causes a commotion. When the Advertising Standards Authority said earlier this year that Gillian McKeith, TV’s self-styled healthy eating guru, should stop using the title ‘Dr’, the media had a feeding frenzy.
    The Office of Communications’ harsh judgement against Channel 4 over the bullying of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty on (…)

  • USA : Army Suicides Highest in 26 Years
    18 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Washington - Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report.
    The report, obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its scheduled release Thursday, found there were 99 confirmed suicides among active duty soldiers during 2006, up from 88 the previous year and the highest number since the 102 suicides in 1991 at the time of the Persian Gulf War.
    The (…)

  • ANSWER COALITION : "We will not pay one penny for our First Amendment rights"
    16 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    The ANSWER Coalition today sent the following statement to its supporters.
    "We will not pay one penny for our First Amendment rights" Washington Post article and video of news coverage below
    We want to thank the thousands of people who have called or e-mailed — and are still calling and e-mailing — government authorities in support of the ANSWER Coalition which was hit with $10,000 in fines on Monday. The government has said it is sanctioning us for putting up political posters calling (…)

  • World Against War Conference : London on 1st December (Stop the War Coalition)
    15 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    World Against War Conference
    The Stop the War Coalition will be holding an international peace conference in London on 1st December. The World Against War conference is a follow up to the successful international conference we hosted in 2005.
    We expect peace and anti war groups from South America, the Middle East, USA, South Asia, Canada and Europe. The conference will discuss the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and opposition to any attack on Iran. It will also look at the broader (…)

  • I Spy an American
    15 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Trish Schuh
    HARET HREIK, Lebanon - When he heard my American accent, the Hezbollah cabbie yelled "You are an American spy." He swings off the main road and onto a deserted lot. The interrogation begins. "What are you doing here? Why are you in Dahiyeh?"
    Very late on a stormy January night I attended Ashura celebrations in Hezbollah’s shelled-out neighborhood in south Beirut. It was the annual Shia commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, and Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan (…)

  • ANSWER Coalition Fined $10,000 for Promoting Sept. 15 March: Stop Government Attacks against AntiWar
    14 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Stop Government Attacks Against the Anti-War Movement! ANSWER Fined $10,000 for Promoting Sept. 15 March
    The ANSWER Coalition, which initiated the Sept. 15 mass anti-war march in Washington, DC circulated this statement to its supporters after it received more than $10,000 in fines today for putting up antiwar posters in Washington, DC.
    In an unprecedented action, the ANSWER Coalition today received citations fining the organization $10,000 for the placement of posters announcing the (…)

  • Massive Antiwar March on Washington Planned for September 15, 2007
    13 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Hundreds of antiwar organizations are planning to bring people from all over the United States to Washington DC for a massive antiwar protest on Saturday, September 15, timed to coincide with the report by Gen. David Patreas about progress of the Iraq war. The September 15 demonstration was initiated by the ANSWER Coalition, which has organized most of the large-scale demonstrations in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities since 2002.
    August 5, 2007 — Hundreds of (…)