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Ex-Officer Describes Lewd Tactics At Guantanamo Paisley Dodds, Associated Press January 28, 2005
San Juan, Puerto Rico - Female interrogators tried to break Muslim detainees at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with sexual touching, by wearing a miniskirt and thong underwear, rubbing a prisoner’s back with her breasts and in one case, smearing a Saudi man’s face with fake menstrual blood, according to an insider’s written account.A draft manuscript obtained by The Associated (…)

Senators To Introduce "Stop Government Propaganda Act" Brian Orloff January 27, 2005 New York In response to continued revelations of government-funded "journalism" — ranging from the purported video news releases put out by the drug czar’s office and the Department of Health and Human Services to the recently uncovered payments to columnists Armstrong Williams and Maggie Gallagher,who flacked administration programs — Sens. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.) will (…)

Can 4,000 Or 120,000 Iraqis Battle The Insurgents? Sarah Whalen January 30, 2005 As columnist George Will critically noted on the Sunday news shows, the US is presently losing its war in Iraq. We control little of that country, we are loathed there and about the neighborhood, and Iraqi infrastructure under our control is barely operational.
Prayer? Virtually every member of the Bush administration is availing himself of it right now. On their knees. Heads bowed low, pressing into the (…)

Jeb, Marvin & Neil - 3 Profiteering Bush Brothers Evenlyn Pringle, Independent Media TV January 28, 2005 Its time to take a closer look at First Brothers, Jeb, Neil, and Marvin Bush, and see how much they stand to benefit from W’s presidency and his perpetual war on the world. First, there’s brother Marvin. He’s the quietest member of the Bush clan. Marvin is co-founder and partner in Winston Partners, a private investment firm. In turn, Winston Partners is part of a larger firm (…)

George Bush - Top Lobbyist For Pharmaceutical Evelyn Pringle January 28, 2005 As the debate over importation of cheaper drugs from other countries heats up, keep an eye on the politicians listed below. In the year leading up to the passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill, the drug company PACs, employees, and their families gave more than $3 million in political contributions to these eleven elected officials, largely credited with negotiating the bill, and also responsible for (…)

Are Most Republicans Sheep? David Corn January 26, 2005 I try not to denigrate entire groups of people—like the French, professional wrestling fans or even telephone solicitors. Actually, the French were quite nice to me on a recent trip to Paris, and I find it difficult not to condemn all telephone solicitors to the most unpleasant nooks of hell. But I may have to break this rule altogether for Republicans. I’m starting to wonder: do Republicans know how to process facts and think for (…)

US Count Votes Response to Edison/Mitofsky Election System 2004 Report http://exit-poll.net/election-night/EvaluationJan192005.pdf
Background
After last November’s presidential election, there were numerous reports of irregularities. Reported problems[1] included: voting machine shortages ballots counted and recounted in secret lost, discarded, and improperly rejected registration forms and absentee ballots touch-screen machines that registered "Bush" when voters pressed "Kerry" (…)

Into History’s Cauldron
By Manuel Valenzuela
In an immoral war with no cause, in an aggressive invasion without reason, in a dehumanizing occupation with no justification, those pawns fighting the battles implemented by elite warmongers and corporatists in power have no enthusiasm to risk their lives, sacrifice their minds and endanger their bodies to the horrors befalling men fighting their fellow men. Yet today, in the lands of deserts ancient and wise, where once glorious rivers (…)

George Bush’s apparent desire to create a state of perpetual war spells disaster
Last week, courtesy of Seymour Hersh and The New Yorker, we learned that a long-held prediction of mine had come true. American forces have been operating inside Iran, thus extending yet further the President’s "war on terror".
There is no war, other than the one the President unilaterally is waging against a weak Congress and weak countries with oil. It’s true that Congress has given the President certain (…)

Public Can Force Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Lawmakers and Critics Say Emerging Splits Over Occupation Policy Give Hope to Antiwar Activists
Jan 28 - As Congress weighed the Bush administration’s recent proposal for $75 billion in supplemental funding to bolster military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, some individual members of Congress have diverged from the predominant Washington agenda with proposals for a complete, immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq. The polarization in (…)