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BBC: Bush Claimed God Told Him to Invade Iraq, Afghanistan:Shaath, now the Palestinian information minister, said: " President Bush said to all of us: 'I'm driven with a mission from God. 'God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan'.' "And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq...' And I did. "'And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East.' And by God I'm gonna do it'," said Shaath.
Huge change in Iraq  US-led forces have bombed eight bridges on the Euphrates River in western Iraq to stop insurgents using them, US military spokesperson Major General Rick Lynch said Thursday (...) Why is this a big deal? Because we are actually destroying infrastructure in a country we occupy. We are saying that the military value of the bridges to the insurgancy is greater than the value to us in either a military or economic/social way (...) For the first time I believe we have lost!
Troops stranded in Iraq by grounded planes More indications that the war machine is coming apart.
Kill! Kill! Kill! : Ex-Marine tells his story about US brutality in Iraq
26 Killed In Continuing Violence:  At least 10 people were killed and another eight wounded when a suicide car bomber blew himself up near Iraq's Oil Ministry in Baghdad
US 'lacks moral authority' in Iraq   "I don't know if I have the moral authority to send troops into combat anymore," a senior American general recently told United Press International. - "I'm no longer sure I can look (a soldier or a Marine) in the eye and say: 'This is something worth dying for.'"

U.S. News

High Security Law as New Yorkers Head to Work Police briefly close part of train station even as feds downplay dangers
Chris Floyd: Moot Court : Last week, President George W. Bush filled the final vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court -- and right on cue, all the knee-jerk Bush-bashers were up in arms, sputtering the usual objections: Unqualified crony! Right-wing apparatchik! Fawning, groveling Bush Family factotum! Wheel-greasing goon in high-priced threads!
Senate Approves Detainee Treatment Rules : The Republican-controlled Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to impose restrictions on the treatment of terrorism suspects, delivering a rare wartime rebuke to President Bush.
Rove to testify again in CIA leak case : Bush adviser is warned by prosecutors they could file charges against him
A DOOZIE OF A RECESSION  Recessions begin when consumers suddenly discover they can no longer keep pace with their bills. And this one has already begun.

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A Spy in the White House: Cheney Staffer Linked to Philippines Coup Plot
Bush says torture is vital to US security policy
Bush repeats threat to veto torture ban
Washington Insider: Subway Alert Is Fake Terror To Distract From Indictments : Bush's 'war speech' before the National Endowment for Democracy and a late Thursday afternoon report that "19 operatives" have arrived in New York City to place bombs on subway trains are blatant attempts by the White House to divert attention from the impending indictments against the Bush White House.
Cheney tells us to prepare for decades of mass murder :As well, when Cheney tells us we “must be prepared to fight the war on terror for decades,” what he really means is we must surrender our civil liberties, consent to 24/7 surveillance, national ID cards, subdermal chips, and other pervasive aspects of the corporate-plutocratic Panopticon conveying a “sentiment of an invisible omniscience” in true Orwellian fashion.
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Chávez tax collectors shut down multinationals  Venezuela's tax authority, citing alleged irregularities, has ordered the temporary closure of the local offices of US-based computer groups IBM and Microsoft and those of several other multinationals.
US stocks plummet amid fear of slowing economy
Signals of the end of the dollar standard As Voltaire said in 1729 “paper money eventually goes down to its intrinsic value – zero.” Every fiat paper currency before or since has confirmed to this prediction. A fiat paper currency that is also the global reserve currency becomes this problem writ large. A US Treasury official of old - Sam Cross - put it this way: “if you postulate a system that depends on one country always following the right policies, you will find that sooner or later no such country exists. The system is eventually going to break down”.
U.S. fears Russia-China axis Recent joint military exercises between Russia and China have prompted fears that a new axis is emerging in Asia.
THE OUTSOURCING OF FOOD   American farmers are battling a new kind of pest -- imports from international rivals who can produce essential foodstuffs cheaper than they can be grown here.
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Democrats sink deeper into the ooze Away to prison for three years goes Lynndie England, her pleas for mercy ignored by the military judge in Fort Hood, Texas. So who are the penalized thus far to indicate America's revulsion over the systematic use of torture by its own forces? It tots up to a handful of rednecks.
Bush Is Cooking Up Two More Wars ---the Bush administration is planning to make the US the first country in history to initiate war with nuclear weapons. The Pentagon document, "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations," calls for the use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear adversaries in order "to ensure success of US and multinational operations."
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Two Americans, a German win Nobel Physics Prize for explaining light
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Aspartame Industry Seeks To Block NM Hearings If they are so sure it's safe, why do they oppose a public hearing on it?
Alternative "Touch Therapies" May Relax Heart Patients  Some medical centers are integrating alternative treatments known as "touch therapies" into their cardiac care practices. And several studies of these treatments have shown positive results in people hospitalized for heart trouble.


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Katrina
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TRAPPED IN NEW ORLEANS BY THE FLOOD--AND MARTIAL LAW  Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky wrote an incredible account of being trapped in New Orleans, first by Hurricane Katrina, and then by a martial law cordon around the city. Their story shot around the Internet, electrifying everyone who read it.
MIKE DAVIS: THE STRUGGLE OVER THE FUTURE OF NEW ORLEANS  Author Mike Davis explains how the wealthy elite of New Orleans will try to control the rebuilding of the city on their terms.
WHY DID FEMA FAIL AFTER KATRINA?   A former employee explains why the Federal Emergency Management Agency has had less and less to do with protecting people from natural disaster.
World News
Putin draws a line in the sand
Fears mount as US opens new military installation in Paraguay : The tri-border area is home to the Guarani Aquifer, one of the world's largest reserves of water. Near the Estigarribia airbase are Bolivia's natural gas reserves, the second largest in Latin America. Political analysts believe US operations in Paraguay are part of a preventative war to control these natural resources and suppress social uprisings in Bolivia.
Nicaragua party 'outraged' by US : Nicaragua's opposition Liberal Party has condemned criticism by a US diplomat as "outrageous interference".
US meddling in Nicaragua again
Chávez moves reserves out of US Treasuries
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Middle East|Asia

Lebanon Palestinian camps encircled: The Lebanese army has ordered its units deployed around Palestinian refugee camps to confront what the government said was a likely Israeli assault, Aljazeera's correspondent in Lebanon says.
Four Years After US Campaign, Perils Abound : Afghanistan still ranks among the half-dozen poorest countries in the world, and, according to a State Department report published in July, has the highest level of malnutrition in the world at 70 percent.
Uzbek preacher 'died of torture' : An Uzbek imam has died in prison as a result of torture, his relatives and a rights activist claim.
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