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Written by Benjamin Dangl
Controversy is raging in Paraguay, where the US military is conducting secretive operations. Five hundred US troops arrived in the country on Jul. 1, 2005 with planes, weapons and ammunition. Eyewitness reports prove that an airbase exists in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay, which is 200 kilometres from its border with Bolivia and may be utilized by the US military. Officials in Paraguay claim the military operations are routine humanitarian efforts and deny that (…)

03/11/06 "Counterpunch"
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, two top outlaws smashing our country’s rule of law and democratic liberties, are testing the American people’s resistance. Every day they are testing. Every day they think by flaunting the words, "war on terror", they can get Americans to concede more and more of what makes the United States a constitutionally-abiding government under the rule of law.
You know what? With not enough exceptions, they are right. Day by day, we’re (…)

Revolution or Tyranny, it’s Time to Choose Again.
Almost two-hundred-and-thirty years ago a group of fifty six American colonials signed a Declaration of Independence in which they declared themselves to be finally free from the corrupt, decadent and manifestly unjust rule of the British Crown. In that most sacred declaration its signatories recognized the essential rights of all men and women to live freely, in the pursuit of their happiness.
And, "whenever any Form of Government (…)

There Are Criminals, and Then There Are CRIMINALS Written by Cindy Sheehan Friday, 10 March 2006
As I lie here in bed recuperating from the injuries that I received from a federal agent and the NYPD in front of the US Mission to the UN (USUN) the other day, I have had time to reflect on the experience, the state of our union and its descent into a fascist state.
When the four of us. Missy Beattie, Rev. Patricia Ackerman, Medea Benjamin, and I, were arrested the other day, I was (…)

An Interview With Former Labour MP Tony Benn
We have an extended conversation with Tony Benn, one of Britain’s most distinguished politicians and the longest serving MP in the history of the Labour party. Benn discusses the new revelations the British government helped Israel build the atom bomb. Benn also speaks about U.S. and U.K. relations, extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo Bay, torture, religion, and the state of the media.BBC News revealed Thursday the British government secretly (…)

The Sydney Morning Herald.
By Frank Walker and agencies March 12, 2006
THE United States is pushing the United Nations Security Council to give Iran a two-week deadline to halt nuclear work that could be related to the making of weapons.
The ultimatum to Iran to step down from its nuclear defiance or face sanctions could come as soon as Friday when the 15 members of the Security Council meet in New York.
A draft text prepared for the council by European nations yesterday said Iran (…)

It was the wrong sort of courage and she was defending the freedom of the wrong people
03/11/06 "The Independent" — — You’ve got to fight. It’s the only conclusion I can draw as I see the renewed erosion of our freedom to discuss the Middle East. The most recent example - and the most shameful - is the cowardly decision of the New York Theatre Workshop to cancel the Royal Court’s splendid production of My Name Is Rachel Corrie.
It’s the story - in her own words and emails - of the brave (…)

The Bush Administration defends it’s lies.
THE WAR: We didn’t lie,we just overestated the facts to insure safety for the US people.
SADDAM/bin LADEN CONNECTION: We didn’t lie. At one time our PNAC folks found out that bin Laden knew a guy who was married to the gardener of the brother-in-law of Saddam’s uncle.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Not a lie by any means.Bush was told that we had "sort of" chased some terrorists away with helicopters, and that the first part of our hundred part (…)

Having declared unitary dicktator George "Oedipus" Bush soft on Iran , it must be just a matter of time before near certain ’ 08 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton picks up the coveted Scoop Jackson Freedom Award sponsored by those swell guys and gals at JINSA...... As Oedipus Bush lusted after Iraq to show up dear ole dad , the Princess in PNAC , by supporting the slaughter , is excorcising inner demons - the result of strained relations with Daddy Dearest. .... Of (…)

www.theinternationalforecaster.com Train Wreck of the Week By Bob Chapman
March 11 2006
We are n the verge of the greatest inflationary binge in history. Our perceived wealth is the manifestation of one of the greatest misallocation of created assets and as such its existence will have profound ramifications. Our society, world society, has inflated expectations based upon financial leverage and useless credit. Our asset inflation and bubbles have created unsound distortions driven by (…)