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Don’t know if it has already been posted but that this was a must read. Sorry if this is a dupe.
Found at www.valenzuelasveritas.blogspot.com Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price—we think the price is worth it. 60 Minutes (5/12/96)
Oil, Simply (…)

Congressman Bart Gordon
2304 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4231
Fax: (202) 225 6887
To Congressman Gordon, _ January 23, 2006
My name is Mary MacElveen and I am a journalist for VHeadline.com and came across a letter written by you to one of your constituents which I will post on my personal blog at RadioLeft.com where you state (…)

By Wayne Madsen
Researchers and investigators have uncovered links between a Miami bank that collapsed in 2002 amid a fraud scandal that was highlighted by billions of dollars in questionable cash and fraudulent loans and money movements linked to the Bush family and businesses linked to funding pilot training for the 9-11 hijackers. After the collapse of Hamilton Bank of Miami, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), an entity that WMR has reported has been transformed by the (…)

by Humberto Márquez
CARACAS, Jan 25 (IPS) - Although the sixth World Social Forum grants equal importance to all of the myriad workshops, seminars and other activities taking place this week in the Venezuelan capital and to all of the participating civil society groups and figures, that has not kept some personalities from standing out, like U.S. peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose soldier son Casey was killed in Iraq.
"We need to bring our troops home immediately," Sheehan told the (…)

If FEMA could distribute the fortune spent on trailers directly to those in need of housing, the recipients might find a much nicer place to live, and even have money left over for home repairs. But there’s a catch: That’s illegal
Those displaced by Hurricane Katrina and seeking a temporary trailer don’t get to kick the tires or discuss financing plans, but a look at the ultimate sticker price might make them wish they could: $59,800.
That’s the cost to taxpayers for the trailer’s (…)

WASHINGTON - The White House has unleashed a hard-line defense of the Bush administration’s spying on Americans without a warrant, claiming that only “credible threats” linked to al-Qaeda have been under surveillance and the snooping is necessary to protect “national security.”
Conveniently, a new Osama bin Laden tape diverted attention from a tidal wave of angry questions about the spying. But targets of the eavesdropping called it a dangerous assault on their constitutional rights, aimed (…)

WASHINGTON - The word "impeachment" is popping up increasingly these days and not just off the lips of liberal activists spouting predictable bumper-sticker slogans.
After the unfounded claims about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and recent news of domestic spying without warrants, mainstream politicians and ordinary voters are talking openly about the possibility that President Bush could be impeached. So is at least one powerful Republican senator, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman (…)

A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military’s plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks.
Internet cafe in Iraq The document says information is "critical to military success"
Bloggers beware.
As the world turns networked, the Pentagon is calculating the military opportunities that computer networks, wireless technologies and the modern media offer.
From influencing public opinion (…)

Prensa Latina: The naval attache of the US Embassy in Venezuela, John Correa, has left the country after his participation in an espionage case involving several Venezuelan low-ranking officers was revealed.
When he realized the espionage network had been discovered, Correa organized the escape of several of the officers involved to Miami, and then he fled when Venezuelan authorities called him up for a meeting, according to a report on Friday’s VEA newspaper.
Vice President Jose (…)

Hamas’ stunning victory underlines the contradictions and hypocrisies in Bush’s Mideast policies.
By Juan Cole
Jan. 27, 2006 | The stunning victory of the militant Muslim fundamentalist Hamas Party in the Palestinian elections underlines the central contradictions in the Bush administration’s policies toward the Middle East. Bush pushes for elections, confusing them with democracy, but seems blind to the dangers of right-wing populism. At the same time, he continually undermines the (…)