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  • No Valentine for Bolkestein !
    13 February 2006

    Dear friends,
    After two years of discussion on the Bolkestein directive, the plenary of the European Parliament on 14-16/02/06 will be decisive.
    No Valentine for Bolkestein !
    It is time for all members of parliament to take action and to sustain the demonstrations of Saturday 11 (NGO’s and social movements) and Tuesday 14 (Unions) in Strasbourg for « another directive on services ».
    www.StopBolkestein.org
    After almost two years of debates raging across Europe, discussions on the (…)

  • ’10,000 would die’ in A-plant attack on Iran
    13 February 2006

    By Thomas Harding
    A major American attack on Iran’s nuclear sites would kill up to 10,000 people and lead to war in the Middle East, a report says today.
    Hundreds of scientists and technicians would be targets in the opening salvos as the attacks focused on eliminating further nuclear development, the Oxford Research Group says in Iran: Consequences of a War.
    The research coincides with reports that strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for "a last resort" strike if (…)

  • More Evidence Nuking Iran is on Schedule
    13 February 2006

    In a story appearing in the Sunday Telegraph, the newspaper once owned by the Canadian criminal finagler and neocon “Lord” Conrad Black, amoral strategists “at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran’s nuclear sites as a ‘last resort’ to block Teheran’s efforts to develop an atomic bomb.” If not so deadly serious, the idea that the Straussian neocons will shock and awe Iran only as a “last resort” (…)

  • Debating Impeachment Among Democrats
    13 February 2006

    by David Swanson
    Can you even imagine Republicans, even if they were in a minority in Congress, debating whether or not to call for the impeachment of a Democratic president known and documented as guilty of a wide range of high crimes and misdemeanors? In particular, if you can imagine that, can you imagine the Republicans who opposed impeachment arguing that they were doing so for strategic political reasons?
    This is hard to imagine, because the Republicans won a majority in Congress (…)

  • James and Sarah Brady Comment on the Vice President’s Hunting Mishap
    13 February 2006

    To: National Desk
    Contact: Peter Hamm of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, 202-289-5792
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ — James and Sarah Brady made comments today related to Vice President Cheney’s reportedly accidental shooting yesterday in Texas.
    "Now I understand why Dick Cheney keeps asking me to go hunting with him," said Jim Brady. "I had a friend once who accidentally shot pellets into his dog - and I thought he was an idiot."
    "I’ve thought Cheney was scary for (…)

  • Chavez and the good people of Venezuela have only the best of intentions for USA
    12 February 2006

    by Mary MacElveen
    There are times when I read an article that borders on comedy ... where I actually sit there laughing, as well as shaking my head, knowing that an ill-informed public will actually believe it.
    I first want to state to my readers around the globe and especially here within the United States, that if you think that Venezuela is a threat to you ... you really do need to get a life.
    The piece I am referring to is Pentagon document mentions Venezuela as a concern and I (…)

  • Agenda 21 - A World-wide Blueprint for International Totalitarian Control
    12 February 2006

    According to the United Nations, "Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment."
    Agenda 21 is actually a world-wide blueprint for international totalitarian control of all the earth, and its resources - including "human resources". The goal of Agenda 21 is "sustainable development" - a term used to expound upon the (…)

  • Cheney Shoots Man
    12 February 2006

    Posted on Sun, Feb. 12, 2006
    Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunterAssociated PressWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.
    Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong.
    Armstrong said Cheney turned to shoot a bird and (…)

  • Britain to probe Iraq ’abuse’ video
    12 February 2006

    Pictures from a video apparently showing British soldiers beating a group of Iraqi teenagers have been published on Sunday by the News of the World, a British tabloid.
    The footage appeared to show soldiers dragging youths and kicking them.
    A military spokesman in Iraq condemned "all acts of abuse and brutality" by British troops, saying the allegations related to a "tiny number" of soldiers.
    The Royal Military Police are probing the incident, which the newspaper said happened in (…)

  • Blair orders probe into Iraq abuse allegations
    12 February 2006

    By Ben Hall
    Tony Blair promised a full investigation into fresh allegations of abuse of Iraqis by British troops after a Sunday newspaper obtained a video apparently showing soldiers beating a group of youths.
    The Ministry of Defence launched an urgent probe after the News of the World published images from the video of soldiers kicking, punching and striking young civilians with batons. The newspaper said the incident was filmed during street riots in Basra in early 2004.
    The (…)