Olmert: Thank God for Dead Iraqis and U.S. Soldiers On numerous occasions here, I have linked to Philip Zelikow’s remark that the Iraq “war” was launched in the name of Israel’s security, not because Saddam Hussein was a threat to the United States, as our unitary decider and his minions have declared ad nauseam since the invasion.
"Why would Iraq attack America or use nuclear weapons against us? I’ll tell you what I think the real threat (is) and actually has been since 1990—it’s th... (more)
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Iraqi guerillas destroy myth of America's invincible military“We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism -- and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The strategic end of this struggle should be the destruction of imperialism. Our share, the responsibility of the exploited and underdeveloped of the world, is to eliminate the foundations of imperialism: our oppressed nations, from where they extract capital, raw materials, technicians, and cheap labor, and to which they export new capital-instruments... (more)
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U.S.: Reinstate Key Charge Against PadillaFederal prosecutors are asking an appeals court to reinstate a terrorism conspiracy charge against alleged al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla that could bring him a life sentence.
The motion argues the Miami trial judge used “incorrect legal analysis” in finding the first count duplicated two other counts in the indictment against Padilla and four codefendants.
The men are charged with being part of a North American “jihad” support cell for Isla... (more)
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David Rockefeller: Unashamed Predatory Globalist "Some even believe we (the Rockefeller family) are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure---one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it."
--David Rockefeller, Memoirs, page 405
"We are grateful to ... (more)
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Paris fan shot dead by policeman A French football fan has been shot dead by a plain-clothed police officer after a European football match.
The officer reportedly fired tear gas, then live ammunition in an effort to disperse a fighting crowd near Paris' Parc des Princes football stadium.
The group of 150 Paris Saint Germain supporters were surrounding a fan of the Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv, who had beaten PSG 4-2 in the Uefa Cup.
An investigation has be... (more)
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It’s Not 1970 Anymore I don’t know if it is the flouride in the water or disassociation from too much television gazing. But in 1970, on the UCLA campus, cops would not have strolled into a library and abused a student, not without a helmeted riot squad armed with batons backing them up.
On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard felt so intimidated by agitated demonstrations on the Kent State Campus, they opened fire and killed four students.
Now? ... (more)
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Man grabs girl's arm – now he's a sex offenderA man who grabbed a 14-year-old girl's arm to chastise her after she walked in front of his car, causing him to swerve to avoid hitting her, must register as a "sex offender," the Appellate Court of Illinois has ruled.
Fitzroy Barnaby, a 28-year-old Evanston, Illinois, man was prosecuted for attempted kidnapping and child abduction charges following a November 2002 incident in which he nearly hit the teen with his vehicle.
The girl testified Barnaby yelled, "Come he... (more)
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Segregating Children From Men Frances Kemp booked an aisle seat on a recent British Airways (BA) flight because she had a bad leg that required extra space. Her 76-year-old husband Michael occupied the middle seat. A nine-year-old girl took the window position.
When a stewardess asked Frances to switch seats with her husband, she declined. The stewardess explained that the seating arrangement breached the airline's child-welfare regulations and moved the child.
Michael is a retired journalist w... (more)
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France okays firing at Israeli Air Force over LebanonFrench soldiers in Lebanon who feel threatened by aggressive Israeli overflights are permitted to shoot at IAF fighter jets, a high-ranking French military officer told The Jerusalem Post.
Wednesday, several days after meeting with an IDF general in Paris to discuss what he said was a "blatant violation of the cease-fire."
Last weekend, Maj.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan, head of the IDF Planning Directorate, traveled to Paris and met with military officials to explain why th... (more)
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Putin's new secret weaponPresident Vladimir Putin came to the conclusion three years ago that Russia was sitting on a secret weapon more powerful than all its military might.
Ownership of 30% of the world's gas supply and being the second-biggest oil producer has given him a new and powerful economic bargaining counter.
And the former KGB officer has shown that he intends to use these resources to restore pride in Russia, which suffered in the years after the downfall of communism.
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The Democrats and the Slaughterhouse Imagine a steer in the stockyards hollering to his fellows, "We need a phased withdrawal from the slaughterhouse, starting in four to six months. The timetable should not be overly rigid. But there should be no more equivocation." Back and forth among the steers the debate meanders on. Some say, "To withdraw now" would be to "display weakness". Others talk about a carrot and stick approach. Then the men come out with electric prods and shock them up the chute.
The way you end a sl... (more)
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Sacramento anti-war leader accuses federal government of withholding surveillance information of his group BAKERSFIELD - The leader of an anti-war protest group in Sacramento accused the federal government of withholding surveillance information of his group.
The Pentagon issued a report on its surveillance following a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The report confirms the National Security Agency collected information on the Sacramento chapter of Veterans for Peace for five months in 2005. ... (more)
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Dems want to see citizen-monitoring database A year ago, an NBC News investigation revealed the existence of a secret Pentagon database that included information on antiwar protests and American peace activists.
Now, newly disclosed documents reveal new details on who was targeted and which other government agencies may have helped monitor Americans. At universities across the country, an antiwar group called Veterans for Peace has staged protests by setting up crosses for soldiers killed in Iraq.... (more)
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The Snooping Goes Beyond Phone Calls Furor and confusion over allegations that major phone companies have surrendered customer calling records to the National Security Agency continue to roil Washington. But if AT&T Inc. (T ) and possibly others have turned over records to the NSA, the phone giants represent only one of many commercial sources of personal data that the government seeks to "mine" for evidence of terrorist plots and other threats.
The Departments of Justice, State, and Homeland Security spend millions... (more)
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Russian Spies Protect Canadian Troops — Russian OfficialRussian Canada spying case is postponed while Russia says Moscow’s agents were handing over secret intelligence to help protect Canadian troops in Afghanistan, the Reuters news agency reported Thursday.
Last week, Montreal police arrested a man who Ottawa says is an elite Russian spy who had been living under a false Canadian identity for more than 10 years. Canada says the alleged Russian spy who went by the false name Paul William Hampel worked for Rus... (more)
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EFF sues US over passenger data The US Government faces a lawsuit demanding information about the controversial programme which forces airlines to disclose information about European travellers to the US.
The suit follows the Government's apparent refusal to give up information following a freedom of information request.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the digital rights group, has filed the case against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The suit demand... (more)
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Dollar loses ground against euroThe dollar has plunged to its lowest level against the euro since April 2005 amid concerns for the US economy.
The euro surged to $1.3086 against the dollar, with many other currencies following suit.
Sterling rose almost 1% to $1.93, the yen hit a two-month high and Russia's rouble rose to a seven-year high.
Analysts have voiced concerns about the US economy after the White House downgraded its growth forecasts amid a sharp slowdown in the housing ma... (more)
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Home Office to grab for more CCTV power The police and Home Office are to press for regulatory powers that will insist that every one of the 4.2 million CCTV cameras in Britain is upgraded so it can be deputised to gather police evidence and provide a vehicle for emerging technologies that will automatically identify people and detect if they are doing anything suspicious.
The CCTV strategy for crime reduction, which is expected to be published in December after a joint review by the Home Office a... (more)
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Teens Frustrate Military Recruiter's ASVAB ScamWith MySpace.com bulletins and a handful of homemade flyers, two teens have struck a blow against the American Warfare State, Lindale, Georgia Division.
On a Friday afternoon the 17th of November, 17-year-old high school seniors Robert Day and Samuel Parker decided to act after Day overheard some teachers at Pepperell High School saying that first thing Monday morning the school's juniors would be made to take the ASVAB military aptitude test.
Often administered und... (more)
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US and Colombia sign trade deal The Bush administration has signed a multi-billion dollar free trade agreement with Colombia.
The pact comes despite warnings from Congress - which is now controlled by the opposition Democratic Party - that it has deep reservations over the deal.
Colombia's finance minister said the move would benefit Colombia's economy and its efforts to improve security.
The deal is America's biggest in the Western Hemisphere since 1994's ... (more)
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Rescind the Authorization for Use of Military Force: The First Task of the New Congress Forget Nancy Pelosi's "100 Hours" agenda for the new Democratic Congress.
The first thing Democrats need to do when they walk into the Senate and House chambers this January is to vote out a joint resolution repealing the September 18, 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which was the authorization for the U.S. attack Al Qaeda forces and the Taliban government of Afghanistan.
That AUMF has been used, wholly inappropriately and... (more)
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It's Time to Re-Open the Investigation of RFK and JFK Assassinations Planning to write a film script about the case, Shane O’Sullivan, an independent researcher, investigated the assassination of RFK. But, O’Sullivan found much more than he had hoped.
On Monday night, the BBC broadcast O’Sullivan’s report on their high-profile programme, "Newsnight." O’Sullivan’s findings shocked many people. Working through an exhaustive analysis of videotapes made at the Ambassador Hotel on the night of... (more)
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Time to sweep away secrecy and corruption "A Utopian adventure headed for disaster" headlined one of five articles published in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that I wrote four years ago, opposing the U.S. invasion of Iraq. That it is a disaster is unquestionable, as the voters have decided. Whether the electorate understands the utopian ideology of the neocon proponents of the Iraqi war, as contrasted to the realists who opposed it, is open to debate.
The question that needs to be examined by Con... (more)
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'US troops kill four' on Iraq bus US troops have killed four passengers on a minibus in Baghdad's Sadr City district, say security sources in Iraq.
The troops opened fire during a raid in the impoverished suburb of the capital, which is dominated by a militia loyal to a radical anti-US Shia cleric.
Elements of Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army are suspected of capturing a US solider last month and kidnapping scores of hostages at a government office.
There has been... (more)
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