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  • SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF AL-AQSA INTIFADA PASSES STILL UNRESOLVED
    1 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Sixth Anniversary of al-Aqsa Mosque Intifada Passes Still Unresolved - by Stephen Lendman
    September 28 marked the sixth anniversary of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s provocative visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem (the Noble Sanctuary for Muslims and Temple Mount for Jews and Christians) that caused the eruption of the al-Aqsa Intifada still raging today with Palestinians on the painful receiving end of most of it. From that time till now, the Israeli (…)

  • Confronting the "Cut and Run" Slander of Bush’s Praetorian Guard
    1 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Walter C. Uhler
    With elections but little more than a month away, President Bush’s do-nothing Republican majority in both houses of Congress is up for grabs. And, thus, so is a genuine investigation into the Bush administration’s lies, deceit and crimes concerning Iraq — especially its "Chicken Little" clamoring about weapons of mass destruction and ties to al Qaeda that, as we would learn later, didn’t actually exist.
    Also requiring investigation, however, is the extraordinary (…)

  • The myths and realities of Iraq
    1 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Nikolas Gvosdev and Ray Takeyh
    AS THE midterm elections approach, Iraq dominates the headlines. In a remarkable misappropriation of history, President Bush is conjuring the ghost of Hitler and outlandish World War II analogies to justify his policies. In the Bush administration’s distorted lexicon, calls for withdrawal are appeasement, and dissent is yet another form of disloyalty.
    But if the United States wants to achieve its strategic objectives in the Middle East — after three and (…)

  • A Closer Reading of the National Intelligence Estimate: Iraq a Bigger Factor in the Rise of Terror than Reported
    1 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Plus, Anti-Globalization Forces Equated with Terrorists!
    By Matthew Rothschild
    So it turns out that the National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism does confirm what we’ve been saying all along: that the Iraq War is fueling terrorism.
    A lot of the news reports said that the estimate listed “the Iraq jihad” as one of the “four underlying factors [that] are fueling the spread of the jihadist movement,” which is “increasing in both number and geographic dispersion.”
    But if you read the (…)

  • We’ll Always Have Geneva
    1 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Evan Eisenberg
    "A senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said in an interview that Bush essentially got what he asked for in a different formulation that allows both sides [Bush and dissident Republican senators] to maintain their concerns were addressed. ’We kind of take the scenic route, but we get there,’ the official said." —Washington Post
    MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006
    SEC. 8 - IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATY OBLIGATIONS
    (a) IN GENERAL. — For (…)

  • Why Does Al Qaeda Sound Like The DNC?
    30 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Why Does Al Qaeda Sound Like The DNC?
    Reposted of noplannodirection
    Al Qaeda’s number two man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has come out with a taped message for the world and America (just in time for our upcoming elections) which sounds just like DNC talking points:
    “Can’t you [Bush] be honest at least once in your life, and admit that you are a deceitful liar who intentionally deceived your nation when you drove them to war in Iraq,” al-Zawahri said in a portion of the video released by the (…)

  • World can’t wait, massive demonstrations set for October 5
    30 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    check this site after you read the statement
    http://www.worldcantwait.net
    YOUR GOVERNMENT, on the basis of outrageous lies, is waging a murderous and utterly illegitimate war in Iraq, with other countries in their sights.
    YOUR GOVERNMENT is openly torturing people, and justifying it.
    YOUR GOVERNMENT puts people in jail on the merest suspicion, refusing them lawyers, and either holding them indefinitely or deporting them in the dead of night.
    YOUR GOVERNMENT is moving each day (…)

  • HOT HOT INTEL: Plame-Gate Won’t Go Away
    29 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

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    IDENTIFY THE ENEMIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND ANNIHILATE THEM.
    by Tom Heneghan
    Sept 29, 2006
    PLAME-GATE WON’T GO AWAY
    Mark Grossman former Under-Secretary of State under Colin Powell, takes center stage in the Valerie Plame leak case.
    Yes Extortion-Friendly U.S. Media. The case has not gone away.
    It can now be reported that another FBI sting has been underway for sometime linking Grossman and his relationship with noted Iran-Contra Arms Dealer (…)

  • Iran Freedom Support Act Passes House...Again
    29 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “Enough with the carrots. It’s time for the stick.”
    Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., sponsor of the measure.
    With scant media attention yesterday, the House of Representatives has again passed the Iran Freedom Support Act even as over 100 Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Leaders united to urge Congress to assert its oversight function to prevent a preemptive attack on Iran citing five causes for concern...
    1) If passed, the Iran Freedom Support Act would add sanctions that could (…)

  • The Impossibility of Iraqi Democracy
    29 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    History, indeed, is like a picture gallery in which there are few originals and many copies.
    Alexis deTocqueville "The Old Regime and the French Revolution." 1856
    For years now, as both "the War on Terror" and the War in Iraq have devolved more clearly into tragic blunders, the Administration has consistently relied on two themes to sustain their legitimacy: 1. "fighting the terrorists over there," and 2. making the world safer by establishing democracy in Arabia and the Middle East. (…)