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  • The year in politics
    1 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Bush began 2005 celebrating his electoral victory and proclaiming a "turning point" in Iraq. But in every crisis he faced this year — from Terri Schiavo to Hurricane Katrina to Iraq — the tide turned against him
    By Sidney Blumenthal
    Dec. 29, 2005 | In his second inaugural address, George W. Bush four times summoned the image of fire — "a day of fire," "we have lit a fire," "fire in the minds of men," and "untamed fire." Over the course of the first year of his second term, all four of (…)

  • An Open Letter To the Congress of the United States
    1 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Monica Benderman
    .... at the exclusion of the few courageous members who are willing to stand on their own and speak the truth... with all due respect.
    What are you afraid of? That without your office you are nothing? That it is your elected office that makes you who you are, and if you lose it, you will be nothing more than a common citizen again? Perhaps that is what has to happen, for you to realize that even in office, you are a common citizen. You are failing us - time to go (…)

  • POLITICS-IRAQ: US-Shiite Struggle Could Spin out of Control
    1 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Gareth Porter*
    WASHINGTON, (IPS) - The George W. Bush administration has embarked on a new effort to pressure Iraq’s militant Shiite party leaders to give up their control over internal security affairs that could lead the Shiites to reconsider their reliance on U.S. troops.
    The looming confrontation is the result of U.S. concerns about the takeover of the Interior Ministry by Shiites with close ties to Iran, as well as the impact of officially sanctioned sectarian violence against (…)

  • Their two cents: Protesters hang up on tax for Iraq war
    1 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Beth Potter
    Peace activist Bill Sulzman in Colorado Springs protests the war in Iraq by refusing to pay the federal excise tax of about 50 cents on his monthly phone bill.
    Sulzman also recruits others who are against U.S. military involvement in Iraq to stop paying the tax, which was first adopted in 1898 to pay for the Spanish- American War.
    The tax raises about $5 billion a year, which activists say goes to fund war efforts. The Internal Revenue Service won’t confirm that the (…)

  • CONFLICT IN IRAQ: Kurds preparing takeover; U.S. exit strategy at risk
    1 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    The U.S. plan for leaving Iraq is in trouble, with more than 10,000 Kurds in the Iraqi army prepared to seize control of northern Iraq for an independent state.
    BY TOM LASSETER
    Knight Ridder News Service
    KIRKUK, Iraq - Kurdish leaders have inserted more than 10,000 of their militia members into Iraqi army divisions in northern Iraq to lay the groundwork to swarm south, seize the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and possibly half of Mosul, Iraq’s third-largest city, and secure the borders of an (…)

  • Domestic Spying & Incident of Intimidation of Military Families- From Bushworld
    31 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Posted by: Prissy Patriot http://prissypatriot.blogspot.com
    Domestic Spying & Incident of Intimidation of Military Families Submitted by Bob Fertik on December 20, 2005 - 11:55pm.Military
    Letter from a Military "Mom":
    I am sending this letter to you in hope of finding a source to hear my concerns. It is something that has bothered me since the occurrence, and I know it is not something that should have happened, and I worry for my family’s safety as I step out to speak about this. (…)

  • Happy New Year from Sydney Indymedia
    30 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Krude Going Under
    I’m going under, going under, and I can’t turn round!
    – http://www.dump.com/nqmp/thesmokingbums
    Related:
    2005 in Review
    No More War! & Repeal Draconian Laws!
    Rave Mission and Gimme a Sign
    See the movie trailer
    – http://www.dump.com/trir/gimmeasign
    2005 in Review2
    Revolution 30A
    Revolution inc and Corporate Greed
    See the movie trailer
    – http://www.dump.com/beyw/corporate-greed

  • UNANSWERED QUESTONS FROM 2005
    30 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OF 2005
    By Peter Fredson
    December 30, 2005
    As 2005 is fading into history there are some questions regarding George W. Bush that have not yet been answered. Perhaps in his State of the Union Message, in a couple of weeks, he will answer these nagging questions, perhaps not.
    First of all: Cindy Sheehan says she would like to know what were the noble purposes for which George Bush hastily declared war on Iraq. I too would very much like to know. So far I have (…)

  • Sovereignty or Slavery
    29 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Sovereignty
    By Peter Fredson
    December 29, 2005
    When I become confused by lies I often turn to my Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary that has been my companion since 1950. Today I read some articles published since 2004 about Iraqi Sovereignty put out by the Neocoms of the Bush Administration and the more I read the more I was confused.
    The meaning to the Bush thugs of Sovereignty is similar to the meanings of Liberty, Democracy, Freedom, and Constitution. That is, those words mean (…)

  • Michael Berg Changes His Story About Nick and Moussaoui
    29 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Michael P. Wright — Norman, Oklahoma, USA mpwright9@aol.com In May 2004, after his son Nick was decapitated in Iraq, Michael Berg told a very strange story to CNN to account for the fact that Nick’s University of Oklahoma computer password had come into the possession of Al Qaeda member Zacarias Moussaoui, who spent six months in Norman in 2001. In 2005 Moussaoui pled guilty to all six counts of an indictment charging him with terrorism. The elder Berg said that while his son (…)