Mar 15, 2006, 21:21
Why does the Bush Administration refuse to discuss withdrawing occupation forces from Iraq? Why is Halliburton, who landed the no-bid contracts to construct and maintain US military bases in Iraq, posting higher profits than ever before in its 86-year history?
Why do these bases in Iraq resemble self-contained cities as much as military outposts?
Why are we hearing such ludicrous and outrageous statements from the highest ranking military general in the United (…)
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IRAQ : U.S. Military There are no plans to leave Iraq. By Dahr Jamail
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U.S. Military Soldiers flee to Canada to avoid Iraq duty By Duncan Campbell The Guardian
2 April 2006Mar 29, 2006, 11:57
"Mainly, what they discuss is being asked to do things they consider repugnant. Most are quite patriotic ... Many say they feel tricked by the military." Lee Zaslofsky, 61, coordinator of the War Resisters’ Support Campaign in Toronto
Tuesday March 28, 2006 Hundreds of deserters from the US armed forces have crossed into Canada and are now seeking political refugee status there, arguing that violations of the rules of war in Iraq by the US entitle them to asylum.
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IRAQ : Food Rations Hurt Poor
2 April 2006By Daud Salman in Baghdad (ICR No. 170, 29-Mar-06)
March 31, 2006
A government decision to cut food rations has hurt poor Iraqis who cannot afford high prices on the open market, say economists and Baghdad residents.
Despite rising poverty, the government has decided to cut the food ration budget from four to three billion US dollars in 2006, as the country shifts from a socialist to a free market economy.
The Iraqi government has provided subsidies on basic food items such as flour (…) -
VENEZUELA : Breaking Imperial Ties: Venezuela and ALBA By: Tim Anderson - Green Left Weekly
2 April 2006Monday, Mar 27, 2006 In late 2005, while war raged in the Middle East and oil prices rose drastically, governments and oil companies repeated the “market forces” mantra, saying there was nothing they could do about oil prices. However, the Venezuelan government-owned US-based petrol distribution company Citgo (with eight refineries and 14,000 petrol stations across the US) decided to discount up to 10% of its US sales, so that poor families in cold-weather US states could have access to (…)
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"Israel Lobby" Essay Creates Firestorm in US
2 April 2006IslamOnline.net
CAIRO, March 31, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) - An essay by two prominent American professors challenging the pro-Israel lobby in the United States and its sway over the US foreign policy has created a firestorm, drawing immediate anti-Semitism accusations and scathing criticism, a leading British newspaper reported Friday, March 31.
"Accusations of powerful Jews behind the scenes are part of the most dangerous traditions of modern anti-Semitism," Jeffrey Herf and Andrei (…) -
Venezuela Experienced Record Growth of 17% in 2004 By: Sarah Wagner
2 April 2006Venezuelanalysis.com
Caracas, February 17, 2005-Venezuela’s gross domestic product grew 17.3% in 2004, closing the year with a "notable recuperation" according to the Central Bank of Venezuela. The oil economy, which accounts for 80% of the country’s exports, experienced an 8.7% growth rate. This growth "constitutes the highest level reached since the Central Bank of Venezuela began to calculate the figure (GDP)," said the Central Bank.
The average growth rate for non-oil economy was (…) -
At OAS Venezuela Says US Interventionism is Prelude to Aggression By: Jonah Gindin & Gregory Wilpert
2 April 2006Wednesday, Feb 23, 2005
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez at the OAS Credit: Reuters
Caracas, Venezuela, February 23, 2005-Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Alí Rodriguez took the issue of US intervention in Venezuela’s affairs to the Organization of American States (OAS) today, where he made a presentation calling for an investigation into a possible attempt to “liquidate” the Venezuelan President.
Rodriguez cited statements from US officials, who referred to Chávez as a (…) -
Caracas Mayor’s Office to Expropriate Buildings for renters
2 April 2006www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1930
Thursday, Mar 30, 2006
Greater Caracas Mayor Juan Barreto Credit: Alcaldia Mayor
Caracas, Venezuela, March 29, 2006-The mayor of Greater Caracas, Juan Barreto, announced Monday that the city will confiscate some 400 buildings and sell them to the people currently renting apartments within them.
“All good rented buildings which were constructed between 10 and 30 years ago, or longer and of which the sum of the rental contributions has (…) -
War Against Iran, April 2006 Biological Threat and Executive Order 13292 by Jorge Hirsch
2 April 2006April 1, 2006
H istory repeats itself, but always with new twists. We are back to the good old days when a Declaration of War preceded the start of a war. Such declaration occurred on March 16th, 2006. Reversing the old order, we are now in the "Sitzkrieg", to be followed shortly by an aerial "Blitzkrieg" in the coming days.
In the old days, Congress declared war, and directed the Executive to take action. In the new millenium, the Executive declared war last March 16th, then Congress (…) -
On the Occupation’s Third Anniversary: What did Iraqis Gain from the ‘Liberation’? Mohammed Ali
2 April 2006March 31, 2006
These days see the third year since the beginning of the tragedy of the catastrophe of the invasion-turned-occupation by the world’s most aggressive countries. The Iraqi people have never experienced such a catastrophe over the course of their ancient and modern history. The invasion, its subsequent occupation and installation of a puppet regime in Iraq is a by-product of the wanton intentions of the colonialist powers and their disrespect to recognised international law. (…)