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Who Wants to Bomb Iran? Democrats, Not Republicans, Says Seymour Hersh Submitted by davidswanson on Fri, 2007-10-05 13:56. Iran
By Jon Wiener, Huffington Post
When George Bush and Dick Cheney talk about their plans to bomb Iran, they are told "You can’t do it, because every Republican is going to be defeated"—that’s what a Republican former intelligence official told legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. "But," the former official went on, "Cheney doesn’t give a rat’s ass about (…)

Senator Barack Obama will propose on Tuesday setting a goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons in the world, saying the United States should greatly reduce its stockpiles to lower the threat of nuclear terrorism, aides say.
In a speech at DePaul University in Chicago, Mr. Obama will add his voice to a plan endorsed earlier this year by a bipartisan group of former government officials from the cold war era who say the United States must begin building a global consensus to reverse a (…)

By Andrew G. Marshall
Global Research, October 4, 2007
PART 1
In recent months and even years, the United States and it’s close allies have been stepping up efforts to display Iran in a very negative light, labeling it as a terrorist nation bent on developing nuclear weapons to use against Israel and other allies of the United States in the Middle East, and possibly further outside of the region, or to deliver those nuclear weapons to the hands of terrorists hoping to use them against (…)

The United States is planing to implement a massive chemical-spraying program in Afghanistan, emulating the failed Plan Columbia program that has been in operation for the last decade in Latin American.
“The recent appointment of a former US ambassador to Colombia as envoy to Kabul is seen as the most overt move by Washington to ensure that spraying takes place in Afghanistan. William Wood, who has acquired the nickname ‘Chemical Bill’ among British and other Nato officials for his (…)

Iran labels CIA ’terrorist organization’ By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press WriterSat Sep 29, 6:09 PM ET Iran’s parliament voted Saturday to designate the CIA and the U.S. Army as "terrorist organizations," a largely symbolic response to a U.S. Senate resolution seeking a similar designation for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
The parliament said the Army and the CIA were terrorists because of the atomic bombing of Japan; the use of depleted uranium munitions in the Balkans, Afghanistan (…)

Beytushebab Massacre: Lies and Crimes of Turkish Militarists Garbis Altinoglu, 3-4 October 2007
On September 29th, Turkish news agencies informed the Turkish and world public about a so-called PKK attack in which 12 people of Kurdish origin (7 of whom were Village Guards working for the “security” forces) were said to have lost their lives. They were mowed down in their minibus near the village of Hemkan attached to Beytushebab town of Shirnak province (…)

I want to preface my article, by stating it is important that you go to the link at the bottom to read all the embedded hyperlinks as well as watch the YouTube.com feed that is also embedded within the piece.
AIPAC, Israel, and the United States, oh my
By Mary MacElveen
October 4, 2004
As it pertains to the use of nuclear weapons or our concern whether or not a country does have them or our belief that a country is trying to build one, I often wonder if we even have the moral (…)

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BLACKWATER WATCH OVER ME. There’s a company of mercenaries friends of George Bush, hey! won’t you please.... Blackwater, watch over me. The State Department was told that they should... free them from law, pay them "real good" Blackwater, watch over me. Although they may be just a tad trigger happy they’re just killing heathens, that’s OK, you see... Won’t you tell Congress to get off their case... criminal (…)

Special report New revelations in attack on American spy ship
Veterans, documents suggest U.S., Israel didn’t tell full story of deadly ’67 incident By John Crewdson | Tribune senior correspondent
Remember the USS LIBERTY!
– http://www.chicagotribune.com/servi...

MONDAY 8 OCTOBER 2007: MARCH TO PARLIAMENT, IN DEFIANCE OF THE BAN
Tony Benn, Brian Eno, Mark Thomas, Walter Wolfgang, George Galloway and Ben Griffin (ex SAS trooper) will head the march to Parliament in defiance of the ban. Make sure you are there to demand troops out and in defence of our civil liberties. It is vital that we defy the ban. Don’t miss this demo.
Assemble at 1.00PM in Trafalgar Square
“If they are planning an Iranian attack they will have a public even more upset and (…)