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By Staff and Wire Reports
With American deaths climbing and public support falling, President Bush stubbornly says the U.S. will "stay the course" and American troops will remain in the dangerous, war-ravaged country, fighting a war that many military experts say cannot be won.
An AP-Ipsos poll taken early this week showed public support of Bush’s handling of the war had dropped to 38 percent, the lowest since Bush ordered the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
But Bush, facing a grim and (…)

By Greg Palast
Here it is. The smoking gun. The memo that has "IMPEACH HIM" written all over it.
The top-level government memo marked "SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL," dated eight months before Bush sent us into Iraq, following a closed meeting with the President, reads, "Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." (…)

About 1000 protesters have clashed with Iraqi police in the town of Samawa, south of Baghdad, leaving at least one person dead and about 60 others injured, police say.
The protest on Sunday was over the poor state of water and power supplies.
Witnesses said police opened fire on the crowd.
At least one person was killed and 46 civilians injured in the fighting, said Captain Hussein Manwar. Thirteen police officers were injured, he said.
Witnesses said the demonstration in front of (…)

September 24 Will Be a Huge Success - But We Can’t Do It Without Your Help
Dear A.N.S.W.E.R. friend,
The September 24 National March on Washington DC will be the largest antiwar protest since the November election. Volunteers are working around the clock, and buses from all over the country have been reserved to bring people to DC.
The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition relies on the generous contributions of people who are committed to building this movement. The costs of renting buses, sound (…)

PHOENIX - Politicians who support issues like abortion and gay rights have been banned from speaking at Catholic churches in the Phoenix Diocese.
So far, Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano has been the only one affected by the edict from Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted.
Napolitano was forbidden to speak last year at a Catholic church in Scottsdale at an event opposing Proposition 200, a ballot measure that restricted the rights of undocumented immigrants. The event was moved to another (…)

By Deborah Hastings
WASHINGTON (AP) - Others besides Bunnatine Greenhouse have testified that Halliburton, the biggest holder of American rebuilding contracts in Iraq, has deceived the government and cheated taxpayers.
The company denies the claims.
Rory Mayberry, who worked for Halliburton subsidiary KBR from February through April 2004, testified from Iraq, via videotape, to the Democratic Policy Committee in June.
As a food manager at a U.S. military camp, Mayberry said he (…)

By Hamil R. Harris
ATLANTA, Aug. 6 — Thousands of marchers joined many of the icons of the American civil rights movement Saturday morning as they walked through the streets of Atlanta to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and to built support for extending protections from that bill.
"Keep Hope Alive, Extend the Voting Rights Act," chanted the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, one of the leaders of the march. He was joined by former (…)

By Greg Moses
“I’m back here where I met you, in the tent!” says 53-year-old Vietnam Veteran Michael Young, speaking by cell phone Saturday evening, with lots of commotion in the background to back him up. Yes, he went to Crawford like he said, and here’s what he reports:
“Well, I got up around 7:30. Was already running a little late, because I didn’t get home until midnight. I put on a pot of coffee and then got in such a hurry that I forgot it. Didn’t take any of it with me. And I got (…)

BY SADIA LATIFI
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Sixty years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, a film documenting the aftermath is reminding Americans about the horrors of nuclear war.
Footage from a U.S. government-produced film, which was labeled top secret and kept out of public view for decades, is included in "Original Child Bomb," a documentary that will air on many cable stations Saturday, the 60th anniversary of the day that Hiroshima (…)

by Ben Frank
To all who want peace in America, now is the time to expose the corruption. We urge everyone to drop their schedules and go to Crawford, Texas right now. It’s time to stage the Party to end all parties, camping out in the heat of texas will make for great tv ;-)
The truth has emerged, it’s just a matter of getting it to the masses. They all Deliberately lied, they Used 9/11 as a pretext for war.
Now Bush, Cheney and all those dopes in Congress are on Vacation! While more (…)