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  • Our new Supreme Ct Nominee: His wife is big in satellite systems; her company is targeting Iraq
    27 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Yet another first for our boundary-breaching White House: for the first time in American history, we’re going to have a justice on the high court whose spouse facilitates financing and putting together global satellite systems.
    Also, the company in which she is a partner, Shaw Pittman, emphasizes among other things its expertise in facilitating business in Iraq:
    “We offer one-stop service to clients pursuing projects in Iraq, from solicitation and RFP counseling to working with key (…)

  • Angry Afghans confront US forces
    27 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    At least 1,000 protesters have staged a demonstration outside the main US base of Bagram in Afghanistan.
    The demonstrators, chanting "Die America", were angry at the arrest of a number of villagers on Monday night. Some threw stones at military vehicles.
    Piles of tyres were burned on the main road near the base, sending clouds of black smoke billowing over the area.
    Eyewitness say US troops fired warning shots at the demonstrators. The US military are denying this .../... (…)

  • Thief in the White House
    26 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION by Adam Southwick
    Long before 9/11 or the invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush’s biographer Mickey Herskowitz quoted the presidential candidate as saying, "One of the keys to being a great leader is to be seen as a Commander-in-chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it." And: "If I have a chance to invade, if I had that much capital, I’m not going to waste it."
    After a mere 26 months in (…)

  • Bush=Milosevich?
    26 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The more I see and hear, the more this war in Iraq appears to be a form of "ethnic cleansing", although it’s not portrayed as such. When I hear the words related to "democracy" and "freedom" used by this gang/cult in the white house, I now think "torture, imprisonment, intimidation, and tyranny" by this administration. Thousands upon thousands of innocent Iraqis’ lives are being snuffed out. These are not "insurgents". These people were like you and me- farmers, policemen, teachers, (…)

  • EXCLUSIVE: 85% BLAME BOMBS ON WAR IN IRAQ
    26 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    EXCLUSIVE: 85% BLAME BOMBS ON WAR IN IRAQ
    By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent
    AN overwhelming 85 per cent of people blame the Iraq invasion for the London bombings, a Daily Mirror/GMTV poll reveals today.
    The survey is a hammer blow to Tony Blair, who insists Britain’s role in the war had nothing to do with the 7/7 terror attacks.
    His words were greeted with incredulity by critics who are convinced Muslim anger on Iraq has fuelled Islamic extremism. And now that view has been (…)

  • Reality of war rewrites the script
    26 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Reality of war rewrites the script
    by Gerard Henderson is executive director of the Sydney Institute.
    At times of war, Anglo-Celtic societies tend to support their leaders, writes Gerard Henderson.
    LAST Thursday was the second night of David Hare’s play Stuff Happens at Sydney’s Seymour Centre. Company B’s production of the British playwright’s latest work was extremely well acted and directed. Yet the play seemed strangely out of step with the times.
    Stuff Happens is a docudrama (…)

  • Ricky Martin Seeks End To Arab Stereotypes
    26 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Ricky Martin Seeks End To Arab Stereotypes Dale Gavlak, AP AMMAN, Jordan (July 25) - On his first visit to the Middle East, Ricky Martin declared he will try to change negative perceptions of Arab youth in the West. "I promise I will become a spokesperson, if you allow me to, a spokesperson on your behalf. I will defend you and try to get rid of any stereotypes," the 33-year-old singer told youngsters from 16 mainly Arab countries at a youth conference on Monday.
    The children, ages 14 to (…)

  • Let’s Go Terror. Jihad Travel Guide
    26 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Let’s Go Terror Jihad Travel Guide Yassin Musharbash July 25, 2005 The terror in Iraq seems to be getting worse by the day. Now, a new guide has appeared on the Internet advising would-be terrorists on the best way into the country. It isn’t easy, but a disguise of jeans and a Walkman may be just the ticket. Warning that entering Iraq is a journey fraught with peril, the author of the four-page pamphlet tells his readers, "It’s a long and difficult route. It’s no bed of roses." But by (…)

  • Jane Fonda To Tour In Antiwar, Vegetable Oil-Fueled Bus
    26 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Actress and activist Jane Fonda said she intends to take a cross-country bus tour to call for an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq.
    Fonda said her antiwar tour in March will use a bus that runs on "vegetable oil." She will be joined by families of Iraq war veterans and her daughter.
    Fonda was speaking Saturday in Santa Fe, N.M., where she was promoting her book, "My Life So Far." The actress released the book in April, which among other things gave her side of the story in regard (…)

  • Cheney’s Plan: Nuke Iran
    25 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Stand athwart the apocalypse, and shout: "No!"
    by Justin Raimondo
    A recent poll shows six in ten Americans think a new world war is coming: the same poll says about 50 percent approve of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. Somewhat inexplicably, about two-thirds say nuking those two cities was "unavoidable." One can only wonder, then, what their reaction will be to this ominous news, revealed in a recent issue of (…)