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Intent on spreading their unique brand of "catastrophic sucess" Cheney and his Boy Blunder have set their sights on Iran.
They tell us that the mad , psychopathic mullahs are men of such deranged mindset , that no negotiation is possible.
This vile demagogy plays to the worst instinct of Americans who have been brainwashed since birth to harbor this infantile view of the country.
Cheney ,if not Bush, certainly knows that :
a) Iran is a signatory country to the non (…)

Turkish officials boasted of giving “tens of thousands of dollars in surreptious payments” to House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) in exchange for political favors.
That allegation is contained a profile of Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) whistleblower Sibel Edmonds in the current issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
The article, “An Inconvenient Patriot,” by British writer David Rose, reports that Edmonds was asked to listen to wiretaps as part of what appeared to be an FBI public (…)

Album "pA/Ris-casbah"
digipack 13 tracks +
"clandestin" - duo with Manu Chao.
Label Demain la veille/DLV005
Karim Chaya : author, writer, lead vocal and guitar
Julien Pestre : guitar
Kayou : sax ténor, soprane et baryton
Raphaël Sibertin-Blanc : violin
Hakim Bouyacoub : bass
Mazigh Agsous : derbouka
Benjamin Devers : congas
Recording by Thomas Vingtrinier at café La Pêche of Montreuil and at studio Sequenza.
Mixed and produced by Thomas Vingtrinier et Antoine (…)

By David Swanson
We’ve all heard the line. "That would make us look weak on national security." That line is supposed to be based on public opinion, not just the opinions of media corporations and pundits working for Pentagon-funded think tanks. That line is supposed to have something to do with the general American public. But it does not.
Take a look at this survey from last spring by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (University of Maryland): http://tinyurl.com/8jzp5 (…)

January 20 - The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today called on the United Nations to launch a broad and thorough discussion of the report of Timor-Leste’s Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (known by its Portuguese acronym, CAVR). The group said such attention to the report’s findings and recommendations is needed to prevent others from suffering as the East Timorese have.
"Widespread understanding of the truth commission’s report and recommendations is (…)

by Monica Benderman
Terrorism is the use of fear tactics to coerce others to bend to your will or way of thinking. Terrorists employ threats as a means of controlling the actions of others.
The root of terrorist actions lies in simple aggressive behaviors, often referred to as disciplinary actions, designed to scare a person enough to make them “tow the line” and follow directions even when the directions lead to a violation of their own ethical principles.
The most severe acts of (…)

By Remi Kanazi
The people of Gaza are living under occupation. The prison quarters diminished as Israel implemented “no-go” areas in the northern Gaza Strip and took military control. Israel remains firmly in control of the airspace as well as the sea and all borders except the European Union monitored Rafah border, which according to Israel can be shut down at any time. All the while, human rights reports come and go, asserting that the harsh conditions of “post disengagement” are (…)

UPI Intelligence Watch
By JOHN C.K. DALY, UPI International Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) — The Venezuelan government President Hugo Chavez Frias believes that the Bush administration is plotting it, and Vheadlines.com reports that Venezuelan intelligence believes that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is preparing the ground for a coup.
Among the allegec contenders for leadership in Washington’s post-Chavez contingency planning is billionaire Gustavo Cisneros. Cisneros is (…)

If the United States government does try another coup d’etat against Chavez, it will show both their arrogance and stupidity...
VHeadline.com commentarist Mary MacElveen writes: To my readers, you may have noticed no columns from me since I am presently serving as a juror in a civil matter. While I am not able to relay the particulars of the case that I am serving on due to the oath that I took, I feel like screaming.
After I wrote the piece "Blow Back" ... then to read Roy Carson’s (…)

VHeadline.com editor & publisher Roy S. Carson writes: A United States move to ’deal with’ Washington D.C.’s perceived problem with Hugo Chavez Frias could be close to execution if usually accurate intelligence sources are to be believed ... warning that Venezuela’s President should take extreme care as the ’Ides of January’ approaches this Sunday, January 15.
While we at VHeadline.com sincerely hope and trust that, contrary to indications, the imminent threat is baseless, the zeal (…)