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  • The BBC: apologising to torturers
    6 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    John Pilger - Information Clearing House May 17, 2005
    Can you imagine the BBC and other major broadcasters apologising to a rogue regime which practises racism and ethnic cleansing; which has “effectively legalised the use of torture” (according to Amnesty International); which holds international law in contempt, having defied hundreds of UN resolutions and built an apartheid wall in defiance of the International Court of Justice; which has demolished thousands of people’s homes and given (…)

  • Uri Avnery : From Bad to Worse
    6 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    ...I stood with a group of demonstrators at the gate of the General Staff building to protest against his appointment. Our slogan was: "You have blood on your wings!" ­ a reminder of his remarks when the Air Force dropped a one-ton bomb on a residential area in Gaza, in order to kill Hamas leader Salah Shehadeh. As will be remembered, the bomb also killed 14 uninvolved people, including nine children...
    From Bad to Worse
    by Uri Avnery
    While Israel’s new chief of staff, Air Force (…)

  • A Lie of Historic Proportions
    6 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Iraq has been the tragic Lie of Historic Proportions of Washington, DC since before the first gulf war. For years, Saddam was one of our government’s propped up and militarily supported puppets. Many people have seen the famous footage of Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam. I suppose the two are smiling so big for the cameras because they are kindred spirits. After all of the hand-shaking and weapon brokering, when did Saddam become such a bad guy to Bush, Cheney, Halliburton and Co.? (…)

  • Shards of memory
    6 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Gideon Levy This is the most Arab-free area in Israel. It was the scene of total ethnic cleansing, which left not a vestige apart from the heaps of ruins and the sabra bushes. On the coastal plain, between Jaffa and Gaza, not one Palestinian village remains intact. Now the settlers of the Gush Katif bloc from the Gaza Strip are to be brought here. In a bitterly ironic jest of fate, the settlers who sowed ruin and destruction in the Gaza Strip will now live on the ruins of the (…)

  • A greater threat now looms over mankind
    6 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Kenneth T. Tellis
    Today, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov spoke out against the U.S. Missile Defence System, because it would set a dangerous precedent. Consider the reasons why Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov was against the U.S. Missile Defence System. What were the guarantees that they would not be used by a rogue government in the U.S. to subjugate peaceful countries? If the U.S. has already voided international covenants like the United Nations Charter, the (…)

  • Hello,’ they lied: Can we all say: "Impeachment?"
    5 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    ’Hello,’ they lied Filed under: Constructive Criticism - MrBogle @ 7:41 pm
    Remember the good old days when, if our government made a mistake, it readily admitted it? Naaah, me neither. I am, however, always awestruck by the way members of this Administration can stare into a TV camera and consistently lie through their teeth. It’s a talent they’ve elevated into an art form of the caliber not seen since "Hogan’s Heroes"- Sergeant Shultz uttered the immortal line: "I know nussing! NUSSING!" (…)

  • BUSH’S IMPEACHABLE OFFENCES
    5 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Compiled by "Son of a Bush" 1) The now famous Downing Street Memo, along with the testimony of former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neil constitute direct evidence of a decision by Bush to invade a sovereign foreign nation on entirely specious grounds.
    2) The decision to deploy chemical weapons in Fallujah came from Rumsfeld who no doubt covered his ass by receiving assent from Bush to use these banned weapons
    3) The decision by Bush to dig up dirt on UN diplomats when the General Assembly (…)

  • Kerry To Push For Bush Impeachment
    5 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Sher Zieve - The Conservative Voice June 3, 2005
    We carry the following report but caution against taking it at face value. It is still unconfirmed and we suspect that it may be disinformation intended to discredit those media outlets, like this one, that carry it. One way or the other, we should know in the next few days. Ed.
    John Kerry announced Thursday that he intends to present Congress with The Downing Street Memo, reported by the London Times 1 May 2005. As reported by NewsMax, (…)

  • Million Veteran March on Washington DC - 8 June 2005
    5 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    This march will inform the lawmakers in Washington DC and the American Public about the lack of adequate VA Funding, VA Performance and Veteran Benefits in General. All military veterans are encouraged to attend. Additionally, this March is opened to the Public and they are all invited.
    (PRWEB) June 2, 2005 — The purpose of this march is to bring to light the deep concern the veteran’s community has regarding the consistent under funding of the Veterans Affairs Health Care system. (…)

  • Flip Flopper Alert: The Bush Administration Was For Amnesty International Before It Was Against It
    4 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Bush Administration Was For Amnesty International Before It Was Against It
    Tonight, Vice President Cheney will appear on CNN’s Larry King Live and reportedly condemn a recent Amnesty International report that faults the U.S. for its treatment of detainees in the war on terror. Cheney has said:
    For Amnesty International to suggest that somehow the United States is a violator of human rights, I frankly just don’t take them seriously.
    Other Administration officials have similarly (…)