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  • CNN leads MSN is telling the truth- Reports on Congress’ call for answers on secret Iraq Plan
    8 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Eighty-eight members of Congress call on Bush for answers on secret Iraq plan
    RAW STORY
    Eighty-eight members of Congress have signed a letter authored by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) calling on President Bush to answer questions about a secret U.S.-UK agreement to attack Iraq, RAW STORY has learned.
    In a letter, Conyers and other members say they are (…)

  • AN ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT
    8 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A recent poll discovered that half of Americans know that the government intentionally lied about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. The actual figure is probably a lot higher since there is a large percentage of Americans still willing to let their neighbors’ children die than ever admit they were wrong to support the war in the first place. So, the majority of Americans know the government lied to create a war.
    A majority of Americans now know there were no weapons of mass destruction (…)

  • Reality check: We’re not making "really good progress" in Iraq
    8 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    You’d never know it by watching network and cable news, but we’re still involved in two wars that are, for all practical purposes, going down the crapper. Thank God "The Runaway Bride" is still planning on exchanging marital vows, because now a few hundred more armchair shrinks are free to gas-bag about her mental state 24/7, thus keeping her at the top of the vaudeville review sometimes called the news. And if the wedding goes bust? Well, we still have Michael Jackson’s circus to entertain (…)

  • How to End the War
    6 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Naomi Klein
    The central question we need to answer is this: What were the real reasons for the Bush administration’s invasion and occupation of Iraq?
    When we identify why we really went to war-not the cover reasons or the rebranded reasons, freedom and democracy, but the real reasons-then we can become more effective anti-war activists.
    The most effective and strategic way to stop this occupation and prevent future wars is to deny the people who wage these wars their spoils-to make (…)

  • Iran & Syria Armed With Russian S-300 Missiles
    6 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    During a visit to Ramallah in Palestine on April 29, 2005, President Putin commented: "Expecting Mahmoud Abbas to fight terrorism effectively, we have to realize that a slingshot and a handful of stones won’t do the job." Then Putin paused, before adding, "Which Israel clearly understands." When Vladimir Putin arrived in Palestine recently, the western media was curiously muted, perhaps painfully aware of the fact that the Russian President was one (perhaps the only) head of state, who (…)

  • Turkey Is Gathering Troops Along Southern Border With Iraq
    6 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Turkey Is Gathering Troops Along Southern Border With Iraq
    Worldtribune.com
    Turkey is gathering troops along its southern border with Iraq.
    Kurdish opposition sources said thousands of Turkish troops have been gathering in positions near the Iraqi border. They said the Turkish military formation was taking place in the Kurdish areas of southeastern Turkey.
    The Turkish troops deployed near the Iraqi border were identified as units of two commando brigades, Bolu and Kayseri. The (…)

  • The President is a War Criminal
    6 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The President is a War Criminal
    http://www.pnews.org/PhpWiki/index.php/BlowingThingsUp
    Iraq didn’t use cluster bombs. The U.S. used cluster bombs in every conflict. Iraq didn’t use nuclear weapons. The U.S. used depleted uranium munitions in every comflict.
    Nor did Iraq use depleted uranium in its conventional weapons - which can cause long term medical problems, all types of cancer, and kill innocent civilians who come in contact with it. The U.S. used napalm in Vietnam. It may (…)

  • The Quagmire. As The Iraq War Drags On, It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Vietnam
    5 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Quagmire As The Iraq War Drags On, It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Vietnam Robert Dreyfuss May 05, 2005 The news from Iraq is bad and getting worse with each passing day. Iraqi insurgents are stepping up the pace of their attacks, unleashing eleven deadly bombings on April 29th alone. Many of the 150,000 Iraqi police and soldiers hastily trained by U.S. troops have deserted or joined the insurgents. The cost of the war now tops $192 billion, rising by $1 billion a week, and the (…)

  • Mistrial for Lyndie England: Graner says was following orders, photos intended for training manual !
    5 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A military judge threw out a guilty plea by Lynndie England, a key figure in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, after new evidence in her trial indicated she considered herself innocent.
    The decision by Judge Colonel James Pohl yesterday throws into doubt the fate of the 22-year-old reservist private, made infamous by photos showing her pointing at a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners and holding one naked inmate on a dog-leash.
    The turning point was testimony by Private Charles Graner (…)

  • 32 days left before war with Iran
    5 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Are we going to stand idly by as more sovereign countries are attacked? This farce has nothing to do with getting rid of nuclear weapons in the Middle East or else the US would shut down the billions of dollars of aid that Israel receives. Money that is funneled into its massive chemical, biological and nuclear arsenal, which is turning Israel into a dominant superpower. Their military & political might remains unchecked. They are in firm control of the world’s remaining superpower, the (…)