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Water cut adds to Baghdad's misery- 'I didn't think it could get worse - and then it did,' she said, her kitchen filled with dirty plates and the lavatories unflushed. 'The children are crying. All we want is to pour some water on our bodies.'
'I now wish we could go back to Saddam's time. We suffered then, but not like the suffering nowadays. There is no water or electricity. I can't sleep because of the heat. How are we to live these lives of misery?'
The most cowardly war in history
8 Iraqi policemen killed west of Baghdad - Gunmen attacked a police station near the city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on Saturday, killing eight police officers, a police chief said.
The truth about Iraq- 'What I found in Iraq after eight years abroad shocked me' -
The Americans are not in control, they control their bases, they travel around in huge convoys, they bully people in the streets, making fun of them and humiliating them in public. Not even Saddam's security forces did that. If there is an incident they have no problem destroying a whole block and those living inside it rather than to confront the enemy
The Carve-up Begins- As the costs of the Iraq occupation spiral, British and American oil companies meet in secret next week to carve up the country's oil reserves for themselves. Tom Burgis reports
Car Bomber Slams Into US Convoy in Iraq- west of Baghdad and there were casualties, the military said Friday. A top US commander testified before Congress that the foreign fighter problem in Iraq has worsened.
Recruiters Sink to New Lows: While the stunning list of recruiting abuses has received some needed media attention, it's worth reviewing the extremes to which the military has gone to fill its ranks.
Democrats Demand Rove Apologize for 9/11 Remarks: Leading Democrats reacted furiously to remarks by Karl Rove that liberals had responded to the Sept. 11 attacks by wanting to "offer therapy and understanding for our attackers," with some Democrats calling for him to apologize or resign as a White House adviser.
In case you missed it: War critics astonished as US hawk admits invasion was illegal: International lawyers and anti-war campaigners reacted with astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal.
Censorship:
So the American government is pressuring foreign countries to
censor their news. Aside from the fact that this act is the
height of arrogance by the United States, it makes it exceedingly
clear why so many Americans who rely on the corporate media
for their news continue to be so misinformed/un-informed about
the goings on in Iraq.
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We knew
they would keep playing semantics, so for everyone, here is
the definition of 'fixed around',- from
a graduate in English language.
Our Titular Attorney General...
By William Fisher
CAPITOL KABUKI...
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Murder in the Abstract- by Jason Miller
U.S. image still sinking abroad
Fire, explosions rock St.Louis gas plant
Grilled Rumsfeld, anyone? -
Noting that he had not uttered the 'last throes' line, an obviously exasperated Rumsfeld said of Cheney's choice of words: 'I didn't use them, and I might not use them.' Perhaps Kennedy should have asked Rumsfeld if Cheney ought to resign.
Storm clouds for GOP
RACISM REBOOTED -
Forty years after the fact, Edgar Killen is finally
convicted of manslaughter in the killings of three civil
rights workers. But the system that produced him remains
alive and well.
The New York Times reporter who helped spread the fallacy
that Saddam Hussein had WMD has a new beat: discrediting
the United Nations.
Bush's Empathy Shortage
A War Waged by Liars and Morons
What is Bush's Agenda in Iraq?-
byy Paul Craig Roberts:
In his June 18 weekly radio address last
Saturday, Bush again lied to the American
people when he told them that the US was
forced into invading Iraq because of the
September 11 attack on the WTC. Bush, the
greatest disgrace that America has ever had to
suffer, actually repeated at this late date the
monstrous lie for which he is infamous
throughout the world
BLACK MEN: MISSING?-
Salim Muwakkil, In These Times It's downright depressing
how, besieged by poverty, disease, violence and mass incarceration,
African-American men are conspicuously missing from families
and communities.
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Bush aid to Africa called ‘crumbs’-
by Tim Wheeler, 06/23/05
WASHINGTON — Aid groups blasted
President George W. Bush for refusing
additional development aid for Africa, branding
his offer of $674 million during a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair 'crumbs.'
How
Europe cheats Africa- Heather Stewart
describes how the EU's cosseted farmers are helping to
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things
they misname empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.
– Calgacus
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Europe's Socialists believe new jobs will ease crisis
Bulgaria's ex-Communists win election victory
Cheney back in hospital
When America breaks the law- When Dick Cheney said last week that detainees at the American prison camp in Guantánamo Bay were treated better than they would be "by virtually any other government on the face of the earth," he was carrying on what has become a campaign to whitewash abuse.
'US bigger killer than Saddam'- "With two wars and 13 years of criminal sanctions, the United States have been responsible for more deaths in Iraq than Saddam Hussain," Larry Everest, a journalist, told hundreds of anti-war activists gathered in Istanbul.
Socialists lead in Bulgaria elections
CONCERN AFTER CHINA BIDS FOR U.S. OIL CO...
Canadian Campaign to Give US Army Deserters Refuge Persists-NDP MP Bill Siksay is lending his support to a campaign aimed at allowing a growing number of American military deserters to find refuge in Canada.According to the British Columbia MP, the issue resonates with a lot of Canadians.
For example, Siksay told CTV's Canada AM early Wednesday, Canadians are widely opposed to the prison abuse reported at the Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay prisons.
When America breaks the law-When Dick Cheney said last week that detainees at the American prison camp in Guantánamo Bay were treated better than they would be "by virtually any other government on the face of the earth," he was carrying on what has become a campaign to whitewash abuse.
Chavez vows to defend social 'revolution' -
President Hugo Chavez told thousands of troops Friday that Venezuelans would defend the nation's social "revolution" with their lives if attacked by a foreign power such as the United States.
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Tim Robbins' controversial
antiwar play, "Embedded,"- which debuted onstage
in Los Angeles and was followed by a major run at NYC's Public Theatre,
has been released on DVD in conjunction with NetFlix. The arrangement, which
takes the film directly to DVD, making it available to the nation's three
million Netflix subscribers, is a new trend in film distribution.
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