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  • Memo Becomes Focus in CIA Leak Probe
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Memo Becomes Focus in CIA Leak Probe
    By BARRY SCHWEID
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A State Department memo that has caught the attention of prosecutors describes a CIA officer’s role in sending her husband to Africa and disputes administration claims that Iraq was shopping for uranium, a retired department official said Tuesday.
    The classified memo was sent to Air Force One just after former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson went public with his assertions that the Bush administration overstated the (…)

  • WHAT BUSH FORGOT TO TELL HIS SOLDIERS
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WHAT BUSH DIDN’T TELL HIS SOLDIERS
    By Peter Fredson
    July 22, 2005
    One wonders if President Bush told his soldiers about his (or Karl Rove’s) plans for world conquest before he sent them to make war on Iraqis.
    For Instance did he inform his troops that:
    He and his neocon friends had planned to go to war with Iraq before he even was selected to become President?
    The Downing Street Memos revealed his intentions to make war long before he sought any kind of UN authorization to go to (…)

  • ’25,000 civilians’ killed in Iraq
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Nearly 25,000 civilians have died violently in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003, a report says.
    The dossier, based on media reports, says US-led forces were responsible for more than a third of the deaths.
    The survey was carried out by the UK-based Iraq Body Count and Oxford Research Group - which includes academics and peace activists.
    The Iraqi government criticised their conclusions, saying Iraqis were most at risk from terrorists who target them.
    The Dossier on (…)

  • Israel denies access to a caravan for justice in Palestine
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    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 to hold provocative activities,” and that “every country has the right to (…)

  • Rep. Barbara Lee Introduces Resolution of Inquiry into Iraq War Planning
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Dem., Calif.) today introduced - along with 26 co-sponsors - a Resolution of Inquiry in the House of Representatives which, if passed, will require the White House and the State Department to "transmit all information relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq."
    109TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 375
    Requesting the President and (…)

  • Invitation to World Peace Forum 2006, June 23 - 28, 2006
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada "Cities and Communities: Working Together to End War and Build a Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World" World Peace Forum 2006 #420 - 550 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1A1 Tel: 604-687-3223/ Fax: 604-687-3277 Email: admin@worldpeaceforum.ca Web: www.worldpeaceforum.ca An Invitation to the World:
    The World Peace Forum Society and the City of Vancouver Peace and Justice Committee invites you to attend the World Peace Forum 2006, June 23 - 28, (…)

  • In London, the war against Iran has started
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    In London, the war against Iran has started
    by MICHEL COLLON
    His name was Jack. Or Robert. Or Hassan. He was against the war and he hated Bush & Blair. Just as many Londoners who were going to work on that Thursday morning. But he didn?t know that this was going to be the last trip he ever took.
    A majority of Londoners is against the occupation of Iraq and Londoners had voted in an anti-war mayor. Many of the other victims, misled by their own domestic media, simply did not (…)

  • Chavez’s ’citizen militias’ on the march
    22 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Mike Ceaser In Caracas, Venezuela
    Rafael Cabrices does not know whether the attack will come by sea, by land, or even from within Venezuela.
    But he is sure that US President George W Bush is plotting to oust leftist President Hugo Chavez - and Mr Cabrices is preparing his people to fight.
    "That crazy man wants the petroleum," Mr Cabrices, 60, says in his office decorated with posters of Che Guevara, Simon Bolivar and President Chavez.
    In the empty parking lot outside, civilian (…)

  • Give the terrorists what they want, what do they want?
    21 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    I’m guessing that if we don’t invade Iran, create laws that further restrict civil liberties, and/or establish more secret interrogation facilities where we smear doo-doo on people in a humane way, the terrorists will strike again.
    After all, they hate us because of our freedom, so if we give in to their demands they might stop terrorizing us.
    Main Entry: ter·ror Pronunciation: ’ter-&r Function: noun
    1 : a state of intense fear 2 a : one that inspires fear : SCOURGE b : a (…)

  • MEDIA ALERT: BIASED, BLINKERED, CULPABLE
    21 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    John Pilger, Hans von Sponeck, Dahr Jamail and Others Respond to BBC Statement Regarding The World Tribunal on Iraq
    "Why say more? Observe this distinction: between the fool who longs for his own advantage and the sage who acts for the advantage of others." (Shantideva, 8th century)
    Media Lens recently issued a media alert about the lack of British media coverage given to the World Tribunal on Iraq, held in Istanbul last month. Our alert, The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing World (…)