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  • WHAT ELSE DID THE BASTARDS LIE ABOUT?
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The evidence for the US Government having deliberately lied to the people of this nation to trick them into supporting a war of conquest is now overwhelming. The Downing Street Memos, the "Dodgy Dossier", the forged Nigerian "Yellow Cake" papers, Colin Powell’s fraudulent presentation to the UN, .etc .etc .etc all establish a clear pattern of intentional deception.
    The government lied to us all. The mainstream media helped them do it. So did Israel. Yes, all those necessary hundreds of (…)

  • Netanyahu announces his resignation from gov’t
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Yossi Verter
    In a dramatic step following cabinet ratification of the first phase of the disengagement plan, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday announced his resignation from the government, citing his opposition to the pullout.
    "We have reached the moment of truth today," Netanyahu wrote in a letter he placed on the cabinet table before abruptly leaving the ministers’ weekly session. "There is a way to achieve peace and security, but a unilateral withdrawal under fire and (…)

  • Israeli Finance Minister Netanyahu Quits
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    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigned from his post Sunday to protest next week’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, a ministry spokesman said.
    Netanyahu, seen as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s biggest political rival within the Likud Party, submitted a letter of resignation during the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, said the Finance Ministry spokesman, Eli Yosef. The resignation will take effect within 48 hours.
    After Netanyahu (…)

  • IMPEACHMENT TIME: "FACTS WERE FIXED."
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Greg Palast
    Here it is. The smoking gun. The memo that has "IMPEACH HIM" written all over it.
    The top-level government memo marked "SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL," dated eight months before Bush sent us into Iraq, following a closed meeting with the President, reads, "Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." (…)

  • The September 24 National March on Washington DC will be the largest antiwar protest...
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    September 24 Will Be a Huge Success - But We Can’t Do It Without Your Help
    Dear A.N.S.W.E.R. friend,
    The September 24 National March on Washington DC will be the largest antiwar protest since the November election. Volunteers are working around the clock, and buses from all over the country have been reserved to bring people to DC.
    The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition relies on the generous contributions of people who are committed to building this movement. The costs of renting buses, sound (…)

  • Ex-Employees Faulted Halliburton Role in Iraq
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Deborah Hastings
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Others besides Bunnatine Greenhouse have testified that Halliburton, the biggest holder of American rebuilding contracts in Iraq, has deceived the government and cheated taxpayers.
    The company denies the claims.
    Rory Mayberry, who worked for Halliburton subsidiary KBR from February through April 2004, testified from Iraq, via videotape, to the Democratic Policy Committee in June.
    As a food manager at a U.S. military camp, Mayberry said he (…)

  • A Day in the Bar Ditch of Democracy USA
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Greg Moses
    “I’m back here where I met you, in the tent!” says 53-year-old Vietnam Veteran Michael Young, speaking by cell phone Saturday evening, with lots of commotion in the background to back him up. Yes, he went to Crawford like he said, and here’s what he reports:
    “Well, I got up around 7:30. Was already running a little late, because I didn’t get home until midnight. I put on a pot of coffee and then got in such a hurry that I forgot it. Didn’t take any of it with me. And I got (…)

  • Suppressed footage of Hiroshima after the bomb to air on cable TV
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    BY SADIA LATIFI
    Knight Ridder Newspapers
    WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Sixty years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, a film documenting the aftermath is reminding Americans about the horrors of nuclear war.
    Footage from a U.S. government-produced film, which was labeled top secret and kept out of public view for decades, is included in "Original Child Bomb," a documentary that will air on many cable stations Saturday, the 60th anniversary of the day that Hiroshima (…)

  • Urgent: Woodstock 2005 Bands Needed NOW- Crawford, Texas- Drop your sched and GO
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Ben Frank
    To all who want peace in America, now is the time to expose the corruption. We urge everyone to drop their schedules and go to Crawford, Texas right now. It’s time to stage the Party to end all parties, camping out in the heat of texas will make for great tv ;-)
    The truth has emerged, it’s just a matter of getting it to the masses. They all Deliberately lied, they Used 9/11 as a pretext for war.
    Now Bush, Cheney and all those dopes in Congress are on Vacation! While more (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan: "The Secret Service is Trying to Intimidate Us"
    7 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Cindy Sheehan called After Downing Street moments ago at 10 p.m. ET to report that the Secret Service is trying to intimidate her and members of Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Veterans for Peace into leaving their protest near Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch.
    This morning Cindy led dozens of protesters as close as they could get to the ranch; they were stopped by local police about five miles away. Cindy and others plan to stay there throughout Bush’s (…)