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by Tom Hayden
The possibility of saving Iraq as a viable Arab nation is in question, even if American public opinion forces the withdrawal of US troops. For some American hawks, a dismembered Iraq may not be ideal but would no longer be a strategic threat.
Those were the morbid impressions I formed after two days of discussions with Iraqis gathered in Amman, Jordan, at an unprecedented meeting initiated by Code Pink and attended by Cindy Sheehan and a smattering of peace activists that (…)

Chavez: U.S. needs a democratic transition August, 12 - 11:03 AM Hugo Chávez assures United States is governed by a genocidal mafia, that violates Human rights and does not respect freedom of expression
CARACAS.- Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, reiterated that he looks forward to see the United States going through a "process of transition towards democracy", which removes from power the "imperialistic Mafia, genocidal and fascist " who, in his opinion, governs that country.
Chávez (…)

What Has Happened to the Israeli Army? by Uri Avnery 14/08/06 So what has happened to the Israeli army?
This question is now being raised not only around the world, but also in Israel itself. Clearly, there is a huge gap between the army’s boastful arrogance, on which generations of Israelis have grown up, and the picture presented by this war.
Before the choir of generals utters its expected cries of being stabbed in the back - "The government has shackled our hands! The politicians (…)

by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
In the days after Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon into Israel, on July 12th, to kidnap two soldiers, triggering an Israeli air attack on Lebanon and a full-scale war, the Bush Administration seemed strangely passive. “It’s a moment of clarification,” President George W. Bush said at the G-8 summit, in St. Petersburg, on July 16th. “It’s now become clear why we don’t have peace in the Middle East.” He described the relationship between Hezbollah and its supporters in Iran (…)

ISRAELI MOSSAD PLANNED AND EXECUTED 9-11 ATTACK ON AMERICA SAYS GERMAN INTEL REPORT,June of 2002.
The German Intelligence Report
• Original Document including German and English Translation http://tbrnews.org/Archives/a652.htm • Original German Document Scan PDF
Source and authenticity of the document
The following document was published in June of 2002. If genuine, it must rank as one of the most remarkable documents in history. It purports to be a top-secret report from the (…)

By Alec Russell in Washington
Anyone who wants to understand why Israel has such unwavering support from the United States should speak to one man.
Fiery television evangelist Pastor John Hagee has emerged as the rallying voice for thousands of American Christians who believe Israel is doing God’s work in a "war of good versus evil".
When he strode on to a stage in Washington last month, he was cheered to the rafters by 3,500 prominent evangelicals - as well as by Israel’s ambassador (…)

Rival union federations agree to coordinate get-out-the-vote and other efforts for November.
By Amanda Paulson
CHICAGO - One year after America’s labor movement saw its largest schism in decades, unions are gearing up for a high-stakes political battle in November.
It’s the first test of how the split between the AFL-CIO and the new seven-union Change to Win labor federation will affect the political activities of the labor movement. It’s also a chance for unions to demonstrate that (…)

Tranlslation courtesy of M. Abu Nasr.
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The Lebanese Communist Party.
Latest developments: 12 August 2006.
Will the American-Israeli aggression against Lebanon stop after the unanimous adoption by the Security Council of Resolution 1701 yesterday?
One month and a day after the start of the American-Israeli aggression against Lebanon, after the failure of that aggression and its inability to achieve its aims, after America’s repeated use of stalling tactics, delaying (…)

As the 6am ceasefire takes effect... the real war begins
Robert Fisk - The Independent August 14, 2006
The real war in Lebanon begins today. The world may believe - and Israel may believe - that the UN ceasefire due to come into effect at 6am today will mark the beginning of the end of the latest dirty war in Lebanon after up to 1,000 Lebanese civilians and more than 30 Israeli civilians have been killed. But the reality is quite different and will suffer no such self-delusion: the (…)

Sham UN Resolution Guarantees No End To Israel’s War of Illegal Aggression - by Stephen Lendman
On August 11, the UN Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1701 jointly proposed by the US and France and with all provisions in it signed off on by Israel before it was put to a vote. Neither Lebanon nor Hezbollah was afforded that same right. In a UN dominated by the world’s only superpower and having to operate within the constraints it sets, only US client states are allowed that (…)