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This is a Partial Transcript form Conyers Downing Street Minutes Hearing June 16
REP JIM MORAN: What I would like to do is to get back to why we did do it. We understand that the reasons that we were given were part of an endemic pattern of deceit. They were not the real reason. But what do you think was the real reason?
It’s been suggested that the oil companies were concerned Saddam was giving contracts to Russia and France, and maybe that’s what it was, we wanted to get control over (…)

THE BUSH BLAIR THEORY OF WAR
By Peter Fredson
July 17, 2005
President Bush recently addressed soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina regarding his war on Iraq, as follows:
“The soldiers and families of Fort Bragg have contributed mightily to our efforts to secure our country and promote peace. America is grateful, and so is your commander in chief. The troops here and across the world are fighting a global war on terror. The war reached our shores on September 11, 2001.” “The (…)

The Number One Reason For Withdrawal: Iraqis Oppose U.S. Occupation by Chris Bowers
(Via Donkey Rising). Don’t care what Americans think about withdrawal? Well, we should care what Iraqis think:
The survey, conducted March 15-22 in 15 cities across all regions of Iraq, has been distributed to top officials at the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency and State Department. A copy was obtained by Bloomberg News.
Professional pollsters cautioned about the reliability of data from (…)

A Permanent Presence by Ari Berman
In his first debate with President Bush, John Kerry made a surprisingly bold assertion about US policy toward Iraq: "I think a critical component of success in Iraq is being able to convince the Iraqis and the Arab world that the United States doesn’t have long-term designs on it," Kerry said. "As I understand it, we’re building some 14 military bases there now, and some people say they’ve got a rather permanent concept to them."
Though the media (…)

The family of one of the London suicide bombers today said he may have been “brainwashed” into carrying out such an evil act.
Seven people, including the bomber, died in the Edgware Road blast on July 7, which was one of four devastating explosions across the capital.
The number of people killed in the atrocity rose to 55 today after a man died overnight at the Royal London Hospital, in the East End.
Of the dead, 41 have been positively identified by police and 31 named publicly. (…)

The Downing Street Memos have faded from the headlines, overshadowed by the furor over Karl Rove and whether he leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame to reporters.
We know it’s tough for the Washington press corps to focus on more than one story at a time, but we’ll make it easy for them.
Both the Downing Street Memos — the secret documents from Britain’s intelligence agency on the Bush administration’s preparations for invading Iraq — and the ongoing scandal involving President (…)

Karl Rove has screwed the American people. When Bill Clinton was condemned for getting a famous stain on a famous blue dress, the GOP went after him for over two years, crying "Impeachment! Clinton is a liar! IMPEACH!!!"
Well, now. Let’s cut to the chase, shall we? Karl Rove has outed a CIA agent and risked the lives of said agent as well as all her contacts in the world. His action, with the enthusiastic compliance of a couple of so-called unbiased news reporters, has made our country (…)

UNUTTERABLE EVIL AND HARRY POTTER
By Peter Fredson
July 16, 2005
Another Harry Potter book went on sale yesterday, with bookstores opening at 12 o’clock midnight. People stood in long lines to purchase the long awaited book. When children actually got a copy in their hands they squealed with pleasure and skipped off happily to their homes to read the book.
Although millions of people are fans of Harry Potter, yet there are many others that are very unhappy with the books. They find (…)

Moral Cowards In Hiding Butler Shaffer July 11, 2005 “Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.” -Thomas Jefferson Many Americans are acting like members of a lynch mob who later become aware of their viciousness and attempt to disguise their involvement. When President Bush finally got his long-planned Middle East war games going, most Americans hid their erstwhile (…)

An Interview with Bob Smith
Depleted Uranium: States Take Action to Protect Their Soldiers and Veterans
By KEVIN ZEESE
Louisiana recently passed legislation giving all returning veterans the right to get a best practices health screening test for exposure to depleted uranium. Interviewed here is Bob Smith, one of the activists that helped make this bill possible. He is with the Louisiana Activist Network. He is also I am a member of Veterans for Peace and the Viet Nam Veterans Against (…)