Bush: 'My opinion hasn't changed' towards Iran
• RawStory.com"Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous, and Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon," Bush said.
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WAR: About that War
China: Cyber Wars on the Horizon
• GinnAre Americans ready for the Chinese hackers. China hacks the U.S., as well as the rest of the world. Are US hackers good enough?
Basra Violence Declines 90% After British Troops Leave
• International Herald TribuneWhoda thunkit? The presence of British forces in downtown Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, was the single largest instigator of violence, Maj. Gen. Graham Binns told reporters.
"An Electronic Warfare Capabilities Display Like The World Has Never Seen"
• MondorebAn awesome display of electronic warfare capabilities by Israel in September sparked a sharp reaction in Russia today. It all may bode ill for Iran tomorrow.
Railroading A Journalist In Iraq
• Washington PostAt long last, prize-winning AP photographer Bilal Hussein may get his day in court. The trouble is, justice won't be blind in this case -- his lawyer will be. We believe Bilal's crime was taking photographs the U.S. government did not want it
Cheney Energy Task Force Carved up Iraq Oil Fields Months Before 9/11
• Judicial WatchThese are documents turned over by the Commerce Department, under a March 5, 2002 court order as a result of Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit concerning the activities of the Cheney Energy Task Force. The documents contain a map o
US, Iraq deal sees long-term US presence
• APPresident Bush signed a deal setting the foundation for a potential long-term U.S. troop presence in Iraq, with details to be negotiated over matters that have defined the war debate at home - how many U.S. forces will stay in the country, and for ho
Volunteering On A Two Front War
• HuffPoWhen we were sent into Iraq it was not in the defense of our country. It was for a neoconservative experiment destined for failure. When troops are placed in that situation all they have is each other. I'm sure by now I don't have to explain
The Interventionism of the Right
• 10th Amendment CenterI recently received a promotional email from the so-called “right-wing” RedState.com. In it was a plea to support the troops - by promoting a “national expression of thanks to our military men and women during the Thanksgiving Day holiday.” Gratitud
US knew Musharraf planned to institute emergency rule
• Raw StoryThe Bush Administration knew that Pakistani strongman Pervez Musharraf planned to institute emergency rule but did not act or speak out about the plan, according to officials with knowledge of the discussion who spoke anonymously in the Wall Street J
Likelihood of Iran Attack Gains Credence
• CounterpunchAs someone who has been writing about this crazed administration's plans to launch an attack on Iran now for over a year, I have always noted that the real sign that it might happen would be when oil industry analysts started to worry about it.
20,000 vets' brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally
• USA TodayAt least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records. The data, provided by the Army, Navy and Department of Vete
Yell Fire
• YouTube - Michael Franti & SpearheadPEACE & 3VOL
Needing Peace<br>by Monica Benderman
Powell GammillI received an email last week. Almost two pages long and...coming from a place I knew all too well and recognized instantly – the heart of a military wife who wanted to lose control but knew she was all that stood between her husband and heartbreak.
Pentagon Cover Up:15,000 or more US casualties in Iraq War
• The Smirking ChimpThe Pentagon has been concealing the true number of American casualties in the Iraq War. The real number exceeds 15,000. CBS’s Investigative Unit wanted to do a report on the number of suicides in the military and “submitted a Freedom of Information
Iraq's Laboratory of Repression
• Robert ParryThe Bush administration is turning Iraq into a test tube for modern techniques of repression, from sophisticated biometrics that track populations to devastating weapons systems that combine night-vision optics from drone aircraft, heat resonance ima
Backlash claimed over taping of commander
• Marine Corps TimesA Marine-turned-whistleblower says he is getting the cold shoulder from other leathernecks after he publicly acknowledged recording his commander coaching their unit in Iraq to get their stories straight for military investigators.
Bush Admin pressures gutless CONgress again for neverending war
• Christian Science Monitor[note the MSM's connivance] Congress's failure last week to agree whether and how to fund the war puts the onus on the Pentagon, at least for now, to find a way to cover expenses in Iraq, potentially forcing the Defense Department to close do
US contractor kills Iraq cab driver
• english.aljazeera.netA spokesman for US-based DynCorp International said one of its teams opened fire at a vehicle in Baghdad after it approached a convoy in a "threatening manner".
Give peace a chance
• Florida TodayGroup says wearing their shirts on campus has caused quite a stir
Sane Officers Oppose Cheney
• TruthdigThe Pentagon has launched a preventive strike against a target that military chiefs presumably regard as one of the most active current threats to U.S. and world security—namely, the office of the vice president of the United States. Thrusting back h
Puerto Rico, Not Iraq
Michael HeratyAt least the liberal’s futile obsession with hallow slogans is good for something.......
Entered By: No One
US House defies Bush with Iraq funding vote
• AFPThe Democratic-led House of Representatives defied a White House veto threat Wednesday and inserted timelines for an immediate troop withdrawal in a 50 billion dollar Iraq war funding bill.
F.B.I. Says Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause
• New York TimesFederal agents investigating the Sept. 16 episode in which Blackwater security personnel shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians have found that at least 14 of the shootings were unjustified (Yeah,... Now what?)
Washington Stirs a Witch's Brew in Pakistan - by Eric Margolis
• Eric Margolis for LewRockwell.comI’ve been in regular contact with former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. She calls the situation "grim."
Cheney Tried to Stifle Dissent in Iran NIE
• Gareth PorterA National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran has been held up for more than a year in an effort to force the intelligence community to remove dissenting judgments on the Iranian nuclear program, and more supportive of Vice President Cheney's mi
McCain Campaign To Take Out $3M Loan
• APRepublican John McCain, climbing in polls but lagging in money, is negotiating a $3 million loan while some of his backers launch an independent advertising effort seemingly at odds with his years of fighting outside influence in campaigns. The ad
Paying for the Wars' Wounded
• AntiWarAs the extent of the deficiencies became clearer, as more and more members of Congress visited hospitals they learned of the extensive treatments that would have to last a lifetime, they at last began to fathom the woeful under funding of veteran
White House frustrated with Brown over Iran
• Daily TelegraphThe Bush administration is losing patience with Gordon Brown over Iran, with senior American diplomats frustrated by his reluctance to declare bluntly that the Islamic state must never be allowed nuclear weapons.
House Dem defends leadership decision to quash impeachment
• RawStory.comIn a heated exchange Thursday with liberal radio host Ed Schultz, Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the deputy Democratic whip, said the party, which dramatically swept into power last year, was more focused on other priorities.
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