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The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder |
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Written by Vincent Bugliosi
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
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There is direct evidence that President George W. Bush did not honorably lead this nation, but deliberately misled it into a war he wanted. Bush and his administration knowingly lied to Congress and to the American public — lies that have cost the lives of more than 4,000 young American soldiers and close to $1 trillion. Common Dreams -- Thanks to Information Clearinghouse for forwarding the article.
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Written by Philip Giraldi
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
There is considerable speculation and buzz in Washington today suggesting that the National Security Council has agreed in principle to proceed with plans to attack an Iranian al-Qods-run camp that is believed to be training Iraqi militants. The American Conservative, Sunday, May 11 - (Thanks to Information Clearinghouse for forwarding the article.)
Please check News and Opinion for updates. 3454
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Iran to offer new deal to break nuclear deadlock |
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Written by IRNA (Iran News Agency)
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
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Iran is to present the international community with a new package of proposals aimed at breaking the diplomatic deadlock over the country's nuclear program, Iranian ambassador to London Rasoul Movahedian has revealed. Islamic Republic News Agency
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U.S. declines to help present nuclear deal to Iran |
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Written by Sue Pleming
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World powers will in the coming days offer a revised package of incentives to Iran but Washington has refused to send its own envoy to help present the deal, diplomats and a U.S. official said Thursday. Reuters
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Pandemic response plan: let the elderly, the sick, and the poor die |
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Written by Larry Chin
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
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The Bush-Cheney administration’s Department of Homeland Security, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) have collectively set guidelines that recommend---in the event of a
"pandemic" or mass crisis---that the elderly, the sick, the severely injured, and
the poor will be denied life-saving medical treatment. Global Research
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Should the U.S. End Aid to Israel? |
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Written by Allison Weir
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Friday, 04 April 2008 |
During periods of recession, when Americans are thrown out of work, homes are repossessed, school budgets cut and businesses fail, Congress continues to give Israel massive amounts of our tax money; currently, about 7 million dollars per day. Counterpunch
Please note that Alison Weir will be one of the speakers at the Peace in the Holy Land conference next weekend (April 11-12) in Columbia.
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La-Z-Boy, Whirlpool Moving Hundreds Of Jobs To Mexico |
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Written by the Chattanoogan
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Friday, 04 April 2008 |
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La-Z-Boy and Whirlpool are moving jobs to new plants in Mexico, bringing job losses to hundreds of workers in Dayton and Cleveland. La-Z-Boy employees in Dayton were told today that the cutting and sewing operation is being moved to Mexico. Kathy Liebmann, La-Z-Boy spokesperson, said the Dayton facility has over 2,000 employees . . . the Chattanoogan.com
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Rapid Withdrawal Is Only Solution |
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Written by General William E. Odom
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Friday, 04 April 2008 |
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON IRAQ
By William E. Odom, LT General, USA, Ret. Information Clearinghouse
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Five Things You Need to Know to Understand the Latest Violence in Iraq |
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Written by Joshua Holland and Raed Jarrar
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
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Heavy fighting has spread across Shia-dominated enclaves in Iraq over the past two days. The U.S.-backed regime of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered 50,000 Iraqi troops to "crack down" -- with coalition air support -- on Shiite militias in the oil-rich and strategically important city of Basra, U.S. forces have surrounded Baghdad's Sadr City and fighting has been reported in the southern cities of Kut, Diwaniya, Karbala and Hilla. Basra's main bridge and an oil pipeline connecting it to Amara were destroyed Wednesday. Six cities are under curfew, and acts of civil disobedience have shut down dozens of neighborhoods across the country. Civilian casualties have reportedly overwhelmed poorly equipped medical centers in Baghdad and Basra. AlterNet
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Video of Sermon by the Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright |
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Written by Anna Shockley
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
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This is the sermon which Fox News has been quoting out of context in an effort to discredit Obama's church.
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Gates Orders Inventory of US Nukes |
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Written by Lolita C. Baldor
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
28/03/08 -- - WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a full inventory of all nuclear weapons and related materials after the mistaken delivery of ballistic missile fuses to Taiwan, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Earlier this week, Gates directed Navy Adm. Kirkland H. Donald to take charge of a full investigation of the delivery mistake in which four cone-shaped electrical fuses used in intercontinental ballistic missile warheads were shipped to the Taiwanese instead of the helicopter batteries they had ordered. Information Clearinghouse
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Written by Hamish McDonald
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
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US draws on its dominion to wreak havoc in Iran
The warning came last week in an advisory notice posted by the US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network or FinCEN, titled "Guidance to Financial Institutions on the Continuing Money Laundering Threat Involving Illicit Iranian Activity".
- originally published by the Sidney Morning Herald . To bypass ads, you can read the article at Information Clearinghouse , which also published a similar article by John McGlinn.
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NPR News: National Pentagon Radio? |
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Written by Norman Solomon
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Saturday, 29 March 2008 |
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While the Iraqi government continued its large-scale military assault in Basra, the NPR reporter's voice from Iraq was unequivocal on the morning of March 27: "There is no doubt that this operation needed to happen." Media Monitors Network, MMN
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Bush tells Olmert US 'firmly with Israel' after attack |
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Written by Anna Shockley
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
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US President George W. Bush on Thursday assured Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that the United States stands with Israel after the "barbaric and vicious attack" on a school in west Jerusalem. the raw story
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Question for Barack Obama: Why is Afghanistan the 'Right War'? |
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Written by Robin Blackburn
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
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Barack Obama evidently needs to sharpen up his act. Probably most urgent is his need to develop a more radical economic program. But he should also reconsider his posture on the US mission in Afghanistan as fighting the right war while Iraq has been the wrong war. Counterpunch
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PA Suspends Peace Talks with Israel over Gaza Violence |
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Written by Haaretz
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
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The Palestinian Authority leadership in the West Bank on Saturday announced it was halting peace talks with Israel over Israel Defense Forces raids in the Gaza Strip, in which two IDF soldiers and at least 61 Palestinians were killed over the course of the day. Haaretz
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Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril |
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Written by Anthony Faiola
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 |
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The U.S. government's humanitarian relief agency will significantly scale back emergency food aid to some of the world's poorest countries this year because of soaring global food prices, and the U.S. Agency for International Development is drafting plans to reduce the number of recipient nations, the amount of food provided to them, or both, officials at the agency said. Washington Post (If the link does not work, click below)
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The Real Story Behind Kosovo's Independence |
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Written by Jeremy Scahill
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Sunday, 24 February 2008 |
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"We have in Serbia a situation in which the U.S. has forced an action --the proclamation of independence by the Kosovo Albanians -- that is in clear violation of the most fundamental principles of international law after World War II," argues Robert Hayden, Director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. "Borders cannot be changed by force and without consent -- that principle was actually the main stated reason for the 1991 U.S. attack on Iraq." AlterNet
Details, updates: Balkan Insight
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Opening a Pandora's Box: Kosovo "Independence" and the Project for a "New Middle East" |
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Written by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
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Many in Kosovo’s ethic Albanian majority celebrated what they believed was a shift towards self-determination. The truth of the matter is that the Kosovar declaration of independence was a declaration of dependency, . . . Kosovo would have had greater independence as an autonomous province in an agreement of autonomy with Serbia, which had been envisaged in bilateral talks between Belgrade and Pristina. Global Research
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Written by Linn Cohen-Cole
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
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Who are you with?
National Black Farmers Association, boycotting Monsanto? Babies drinking
rBGH milk? Women fearing breast cancer? Suffering animals? Children
eating Bt-corn in processed food, soft drinks, and candy? Despairing
farmers?
Or Monsanto?
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