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  • Train Wreck of the Week
    25 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    In three votes the Senate, unable to reach a consensus on how much to spend, rejected proposals to increase the Homeland Security Department’s budget for mass transit and rail by amounts from $100 million to $1.4 billion. It finally voted 96 to 1 to adopt a $31.9 billion spending plan for Fatherland Security in the 2006 budget, which is preposterous. There is little if no terrorist threat in America.
    By next June the British plan to cut their forces in Iraq from 8,500 to 3,000 at the same (…)

  • Much more than 25,000 Iraqis civilians were killed by the invation !
    25 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Much more than 25,000 Iraqis civilians were killed by the invation !
    The number given by the IBC is very little compared with the civilians killed in Iraq. The reasons are:-
    1- The USA troops kill from the Iraqis and do not bother to keep an account of their killing. General Tomy Franks was quoted to say: "We do not do body count". 2- In the first few months after invasion of Iraq there were no real government in Iraq and health offices were not in position to give accurate statistics (…)

  • Ban all backpacks!
    25 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    I’ve got the best solution: Ban all backpacks!
    No, seriously, folks, I think what we have here is (as the "program" says) self-will run riot. We’ve got a hybrid mob/cult/dictatorship running the world. And the cruellest irony of all is that these bastards are using the very constitution we created to methodically destroy everything we have ever had and believed in. The only way to stem the tide of this juggernaut is to do what Toyota, Inc. is doing- taking their business elsewhere. When (…)

  • Cook: War in Iraq boosted terrorism
    24 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Former foreign secretary Robin Cook has said the invasion of Iraq had "undoubtedly" boosted terrorism around the world.
    Mr Cook, who quit the Cabinet over his opposition to the war, said that unless the Government addressed the issue it would struggle to win over young Muslims in Britain.
    He stressed that he was not arguing that the attacks on London would not have occurred if Britain had not joined the invasion.
    However he said intelligence agencies had warned Tony Blair on the eve of (…)

  • The Reality Of War In Iraq
    24 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    http://johnmccarthy90066.tripod.com/id362.html
    Warning:
    The above link includes multiple pictures, most of which have obviously been taken by Americans because of the proximaty of the camera to the subject. I do not believe the photographers would put this material on the net. And yet, somehow, this information supposedly made it into the hands of the resistance. Some pictures have been posted on other sites. Some are unique in this presentation. Some are of a graphic nature.
    Question (…)

  • Crowds Overflow at Downing Street Memo gatherings, irate citizens chant "Impeach Bush"
    24 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    How the United States Marked the 3rd Anniversary of the Downing Street Memo By David Swanson
    Hundreds of people were turned away today as capacity crowds packed public forums in U.S. cities to discuss the Downing Street Memo and related evidence that President Bush lied about the reasons for war. Halls were filled to capacity and beyond in LA, Oakland, Seattle, Detroit, Northampton, New York, and elsewhere, for events led by Congress Members, including Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee, Jim (…)

  • Republicans speak out against war
    23 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “You can support the troops but not the president” -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)
    “[The] President...is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation’s armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy.” -Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) (…)

  • Israel denies access to a caravan for justice in Palestine
    23 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Israel denies access to a caravan for justice in Palestine
    by George Rishmawi
    Israel denied access to a group of 130 international human rights and peace activists of the Caravan for Justice in Palestine, who tried to access the country, coming from Jordan, Palestinian sources reported on Friday.
    The activists were interrogated for nine hours, according to the source, before they were forced to return to Jordan.
    The Israeli embassy to Amman claimed the activists want “to go to Israel (…)

  • By July 2005, about 10,000 American troops have died from the war in Iraq
    23 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    American Dead and Dying
    by Hank Roth
    By July 2005, about 10,000 American troops have died from the war in Iraq. The number given by the Bush administration is bogus. They say officially over 1,800 now dead and about 12,000 wounded. Those numbers are horrific but they are also a lie. When has this administration ever told the truth?
    U.S. Military Personnel who died in German hospitals or en route to German hospitals have not previously been counted. They total about 6,210 as of 1 (…)

  • Al-Qaeda gives European states month to quit Iraq
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Al-Qaeda gives European states month to quit Iraq
    Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades warn European nations to face London-style attacks if they do not quit Iraq.
    By Habib Trabelsi - DUBAI
    The Al-Qaeda terror network warned European nations to pull their troops out of Iraq within a month or face more attacks like the deadly London bombings, according to an Internet statement.
    "This message is the final warning to European states. We want to give you a one-month deadline to bring your soldiers (…)