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  • Another Downing St Memo - Wrongfooting Saddam
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Thursday, 9 June 2005, 4:37 pm Article: The Scoop Editor
    SCOOP EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a transcript of another document leaked to the media concerning the build up to the Iraq war. It concerns a discussion in early 2002 between the UK Ambassador to the US and then Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.
    Importantly the following document appears to confirm the thrust of the allegations made concerning the so-called "Downing Street Memo" < > , namely that the Bush (…)

  • US Troops Cannot Stop Saddam-Friendly Clans In Triangle Of Death
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    US Troops Cannot Stop Saddam-Friendly Clans In Triangle Of Death Edited By Rob Gibran June 05, 2005
    Attempts by 40,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops to close off Baghdad from armed groups is destined to fail, according to Iraqi sources, because of a series of roads loosely referred to as the "Mujahedeen Road." These access routes are often controlled by tribal clans that once formed part of Saddam’s protective shield. The road that connects Baghdad with Iraq’s southern cities passes through what (…)

  • LEAKS-BRIEF.ZIP - GRAB IT QUICK!
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    These documents shed light on how "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."
    ZIP file of 6 leaked documents from Downing Street. Copy and save to your hard drive.
    http://tinyurl.com/dyqfd

  • Bush and Blair Lie to the World again - Enough is Enough
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Yesterday, George Bush and Tony Blair LIED before the world again..Harry Truman once said of Richard Nixon, "He’s one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides", but if ever a description was to be applied to Bush and Blair, this would be it.
    How long is this going to go on? How long are these two war criminals going to be allowed to LIE repeatedly to the world before anything is (…)

  • How the World Can Help Americans Halt Bush Administration War Crimes
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher are co-editors, with Jill Cutler, of the forthcoming book In The Name Of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond (New York: Metropolitan/Holt, 2005) and regular contributors to Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org).
    On May 17 a legal summons was delivered to U.S. and UK embassies in capitals around the world-including Istanbul, Tokyo, Lisbon, and Brussels-on behalf of the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI). The (…)

  • Where Have the Right Wing Trolls Gone...?
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    In the absence of any right wing lunatic postings on this site, ( incidentally does anyone know whether they’ve been sent to Iraq or just had their medication increased ?). Anyway, I thought I’d play devils advocate so we can practice and shoot down the pro war arguments.
    I think they’ve given up on the WMD fairy tale -but now the general tenet is ’We’re there now and there would be chaos if it was left to the Iraqis’
    Other spurious justifications include ;
    ’It was worse under Saddam’ (…)

  • Demand Resolution of Inquiry into Downing Street Memo
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Members of Gold Star Families for Peace will be meeting with members of Congress on 15 June, 2005 to demand that each individual member act in accordance with his/her conscience, integrity, courage and duty as employees of America sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America and abide by its contents.
    GSFP believes that the so-called Downing Street Memo is the "smoking gun" proof that is a validation of the fact that the invasion/occupation of Iraq is based on deceit (…)

  • John Conyers And Deep Throat
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    John Conyers And Deep Throat Margaret Kimberley June 09, 2005 Deep Throat was the anonymous source who helped Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break the Watergate story. For the past 30 years the identity and in some cases the very existence of Deep Throat has been called into question until Mark Felt recently revealed himself to be the mystery man.
    There have been many opportunities for eager reporters to bring down the current White House occupant, but no one (…)

  • Parents Are Right To Protect Their Children From The Military
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Parents Are Right To Protect Their Children From The Military Jacob G. Hornberger June 8, 2005 A recent front-page story in the New York Times reported growing opposition among parents to the US military’s efforts to contact and recruit their children to join the US armed forces. In the process, parents are also discovering some uncomfortable things about the federal government. One thing parents are learning is that federal funds to local school districts have less to do with federal (…)

  • Evidence shows clear path of premeditated war
    9 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    There is a slow but perceptible drumbeat calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush on grounds he fixed the facts to justify invading Iraq, and deliberately timed the invasion to influence midterm elections. These revelations come from leaked secret minutes of a July 23, 2002 meeting where the head of British MI6, after visiting the Bush administration in Washington, reported back to Prime Minister Tony Blair that "Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military (…)