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  • “Has Sen. Barbara Mikulski Lost Her Soul?”
    26 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “Iraq, like Vietnam, is a no-win, no-end war.” - Ex-U.S. Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA), and also a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War.
    Baltimore, MD - If her administrative aide said one more time how much her boss, U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), “cares about the troops,” I think I would have burst a blood vessel. On March 13, 2007, about 30 or so Peace activists met with a representative of her office. The senator, of course, was a no-show. I suspect that if it were the lobbyists from (…)

  • Nine Heroes in Congress Make a Stand for Peace
    25 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by David Swanson
    Here are the results of the March 23, 2007, vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to give Bush and Cheney over $100 billion more for war. The bill passed with exactly the 218 votes required. Almost all of the Republicans and six Democrats voted No for the wrong reasons. One Democrat voted "Present". But eight Democrats voted No because they oppose further funding of this war. These eight are the beginning of a movement for peace, and the first indication that some (…)

  • The Right Wing Philosophy: The Glass is ALWAYS half full
    24 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    When we attacked Afghanistan: "We’ll run down bin Laden,smoke him out of his cave, and bring him to justice"
    When Bush asked the FBI "Do we have the evidence?", Tennent responded "It’s a slam dunk!"
    Colin Powell at the U.N. "The evidence is solid. Iraq has the WMDs"
    Rumsfeld, when asked about WMDs (where are they?). He responded "We know for a fact that they are somewhere around the center of Baghdad..here, and here, and around here"
    When we attacked Iraq, Wolfowitz said "It will be (…)

  • Iran’s military says Britons "confessed" entry
    24 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Iran’s military says Britons "confessed" entry By Fredrik Dahl
    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s military said on Saturday British naval personnel seized in the Gulf confessed to entering its waters illegally, but Britain maintained they were detained inside Iraqi territory.
    Iranian forces captured 15 British sailors and marines on Friday at the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, which marks the southern stretch of Iraq’s border with Iran, sparking a diplomatic crisis at a time of increased (…)

  • REAL PROGRESS in IRAQ!
    23 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    According to many Right wing pundits in the US and many "boots on the ground" officers, things are definately on the mend in Iraq.
    Yes, I noticed.
    Daily I.E.D.s, mortars,assassinations and suicide bombers. 3 hours avg. of electricity daily, for most provinces. Sewage lines a mess after 4 years of war!
    Oil pipelines regularly bombed, and black marketeers siphoning off over $5 billion a year for black market sales. Porn houses flourishing! Arms and drug smuggling up! Corrupt Iraqi (…)

  • To Joe Scarborough and Steve Adubato, tell the truth of President Chavez
    23 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    To Joe Scarborough and Steve Adubato, tell the truth of President Chavez By Mary MacElveen March 23, 2007
    As I have watched Scarborough Country go after President Bush’s handling of the Iraq War, I must say that I have enjoyed the barbs being launched against this administration. I just wish that shows like Scarborough Country did that many years ago and fact checked this president as he sent over 3,100 soldiers to their deaths and killed thousands upon thousands of innocent Iraqis.
    In (…)

  • Russians out of Iran nuke site
    22 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Russians out of Iran nuke site
    Associated Press – March 21, 2007
    Russia is pulling out its experts from the Iranian nuclear reactor site they were helping build, U.S. and European officials said Tuesday. The move reflected a growing rift between Iran and Russia that could lead to harsher U.N. sanctions on the Islamic republic for its refusal to stop uranium enrichment.
    The representatives — a European diplomat and a U.S. official — said a large number of Russian technicians, (…)

  • Iraq Border: Turkey keeps cross-border operation on hold
    22 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Lale SARIIBRAMIOGLU (TZ)
    Turkey keeps cross-border operation on hold As the snow started melting in the mountainous border region in southeast Turkey, local media have reported that the Turkish military has reinforced its troop strength in the area with armored vehicles and tanks to deter any Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) infiltration into Turkey from northern Iraq.
    The reports were coupled with reports coming from northern Iraq that Turkish troops had taken up positions there (…)

  • America Calls For Foreign Mercenaries As War Enters 5th Year
    19 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    America Calls For Foreign Mercenaries As War Enters 5th Year
    By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
    March 17, 2007
    As the United States war against the Muslim peoples of the World enters its 5th year this weekend, and as the American Defense Chief, Robert Gates, warns his countrymen that they will be involved in war for ‘decades to come’, the vast American war machine has now turned to Foreign Mercenaries to fill its vastly undermanned ranks.
    For many years the (…)

  • Israel, U.S. hold large-scale Nuke Terror Drill March 21st
    19 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    JERUSALEM: Israel and the U.S. are conducting a large-scale missile defense exercise aimed at combining their systems, American and Israeli officials said Sunday, as both countries warn that Iran could obtain nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
    The operation, code-named "Juniper Cobra," is taking place in the Negev desert in southern Israel with thousands of American and Israeli troops. Both sides described the timing as routine, denying a direct connection to the Iran threat. (…)