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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 (…)

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
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
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 (…)

51% Is Not A Mandate Especially When All The Votes Were Not Counted Rep. John Conyers, Jr. May 05, 2005 The mainstream media seems to be waking up to the idea that all of the post-election talk about a mandate was just that: talk. Under the understated headline, "Doubts About Mandate for Bush, GOP," the Washington Post reports that the President’s poll numbers are plummeting, his social security privatization plan and cuts are unpopular, and Congressional Republicans are abusing their (…)

FBI Protects Osama bin Laden’s "Right To Privacy" In Document Release Judicial Watch Investigation Uncovers FBI Documents Concerning Bin Laden Family and Post-9/11 Flights April 20, 2005 (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that fights government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) has invoked privacy right protections on behalf of al Qaeda (…)

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 (…)

George Galloway, the Respect candidate in Bethnal Green and Bow, today called for a police inquiry into ballot fraud and ghost voting which the party has uncovered. He called it "a brazen conspiracy to steal the election".
He also slated Toward Hamlets Council’s electoral office for publishing an electoral roll which he said was "so shot through with errors and anomalies, deliberate or not, as to be almost meaningless". In particular he instanced more than 200 votes registered at an (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)