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  • Cindy Sheehan to provoke the Second American Revolution July 4th, 2006-Hunger Strike at White House!
    30 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Gold Star Families for Peace will announce a historic hunger strike against the war in Iraq. At 5pm, they will sit down in front of the White House to eat their last meal and hold a press conference before beginning the fast at the same location in the morning of July 4 at 10am.
    “We’ve marched, held vigils, lobbied Congress, camped out at Bush’s ranch. We’ve even gone to jail. Now it’s time to do more,” says peace mom Cindy Sheehan. “While others are celebrating July 4th with barbeques, (…)

  • Fear and Loathing in America
    30 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    (with apologies to the ghost of Hunter Thompson)
    The "fear factor" was initiated immediately after 9/11 in America, and never faded. In fact, it’s stronger than ever right now.
    First it was fear of the evil Taliban, then the dreaded Saddam Hussein and his "smoking nuclear gun and WMDs", the torture rooms and the threat to his neighbors, the world and especially the US of A...all B.S., of course.
    Then came the clever color coding gimmic, always starting with Yellow (never below), then (…)

  • The Hidden General. Stan McChrystal Runs "Black Ops". Don’t Pass It On
    29 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Hidden General Stan McChrystal Runs "Black Ops". Don’t Pass It On By Michael Hirsh and John Barry, Newsweek June 26, 2006 Issue No one would have mentioned his name at all if President George W. Bush hadn’t singled him out in public. Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, West Point ’76, is not someone the Army likes to talk about. He isn’t even listed in the directory at Fort Bragg, N.C., his home base. That’s not because McChrystal has done anything wrong-quite the contrary, he’s one of the (…)

  • Reconciliation In Iraq: If Only Maliki Had Freedom Of Action
    27 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Reconciliation In Iraq: If Only Maliki Had Freedom Of Action Linda Heard, sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk Tuesday, 27, June, 2006 If left to his own devices Iraq’s new Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has a good chance of uniting his fractured country and stamping out the violence. But there is just one problem. US internal politics appear to be thwarting his efforts.
    On Sunday, Al-Maliki presented his Parliament with a 24-point national reconciliation plan that was backed by Sunni opposition (…)

  • Pull Out Of Iraq Now, Congressman Urges. Cover-Up Of Haditha Killings Wrong, He Says
    27 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Pull Out Of Iraq Now, Congressman Urges Cover-Up Of Haditha Killings Wrong, He Says By Elizabeth Baier, South Florida Sun-Sentinel June 25, 2006
    American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to a crowd of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon.
    Murtha was the guest speaker at a town hall meeting organized by U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek, D-Miami, at Florida International University’s (…)

  • So What Is Bush’s Post-Iraq Strategy?
    27 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    So What Is Bush’s Post-Iraq Strategy? By Ellen Goodman 06/24/2006 It was probably not the wisest metaphor to choose for a country with only 58 kilometers of shoreline. "Cut and run’’ is, after all, a nautical term. More to the point, one person’s metaphor for cowardice is another’s description of speed and survival. As for the other mantra of war debate? We’re still at sea on whether to "stay the (disastrous or not) course.’’
    The good news is that the public seems to have finally (…)

  • Iraq Drags Down Bush In Missouri
    27 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Iraq Drags Down Bush In Missouri By Jo Mannies, Post-Dispatch Political Correspondent Sunday, Jun. 25 2006
    When President George W. Bush returns to Missouri on Wednesday, he’ll find hmself in politically unfriendly territory, a new poll indicates.
    That’s an unusual predicament for a Republican who easily carried the state in 2004.
    According to the poll, conducted by Research 2000 for the Post-Dispatch and MOV-TV (Channel 4), a majority of likely voters in Missouri now view the (…)

  • Poll: Majority Of Americans Want Withdrawal Plan For Iraq
    27 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Poll: Majority Of Americans Want Withdrawal Plan For Iraq By Susan Page, USA TODAY Updated 6/26/2006 8:34 PM ET WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans say Congress should pass a resolution that outlines a plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday. Half of those surveyed would like all U.S. forces out within 12 months. The poll finds support for the ideas behind Democratic proposals that were soundly defeated in the Senate (…)

  • The Politics Of The FARC Indictment
    27 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    A "Secret Formula" Against Colombia’s Guerillas?
    by Paul Wolf
    The US State Department has developed the secret formula to dismantle the armed groups of Colombia’s war. Or so it believes. It is believed that the demobilization of 28,000 members of the paramilitary United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) was the result of threatening its leaders-notably Salvadore Mancuso and Don Berna-with extradition to the US.
    Fear of extradition, accompanied by promises of amnesty, convinced (…)

  • Army Wives Get Phone Death Threats From Iraq
    27 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Army Wives Get Phone Death Threats From Iraq By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 25/06/2006)
    Wives and family members of soldiers fighting in Iraq have received telephone calls, believed to include death threats, from insurgents, according to military documents seen by The Sunday Telegraph.
    The "nuisance" calls have been made with increasing frequency over the past few weeks after insurgents managed to obtain home numbers from soldiers’ mobile telephones.
    The growing number (…)