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-- President Bush's policy in Iraq "is not working," the Iraq Study Group said in releasing its long awaited report. --400 Iraqis Killed Daily in Baghdad Alone JOE CONASON ON FACING THE FACTS IN IRAQ "Joe Conason: Time to Face Facts in Iraq" -- Bush made his bed with the Iraq quagmire. Now he has to deal with the consequences: diplomacy with Iran and Syria. --At least 163 killed in Iraq attacks... Iraqi troops and police in western Anbar province killed 63 insurgents during a two hour battle, a local official said DENNIS KUCINICH ON IRAQ WAR FUNDING "Rep. Dennis Kucinch: No More Money for War on Iraq" -- In an interview with Truthdig contributor Joshua Scheer, the Democratic congressman argues that the Pentagon's new spending proposal would not only escalate the Iraq war but could be used to fund an attack on Iran. »More Iraq News
--PM: Israel ended war to save soldiers...
Olmert acknowledged that Israel had difficulty stopping the firing of Kassam rockets through
military means, prompting his office to pursue a cease fire. ...
More Asia/M.E./Africa news -- Another Bloodbath in Lebanon?... By Mike Whitney "Class struggle" is a big part of the present confrontation. The media has tried to emphasize the religious differences to promote their theory of a "clash of civilizations"; the ongoing struggle between modernity and Arab reactionaries. It's all the same gibberish Americans read every day in op ed columns by Tom Friedman, David Brooks or the other neocon scribes. -- Up to 80 "Taliban militants" killed in Helmand fighting: An estimated 70 to 80 Taliban militants were killed by Nato soldiers in fighting in southern Afghanistan after police told military authorities where insurgents had gathered. -- 8 killed in Afghan attack : Nato copter is downed:: Three civilians died when the bomber struck a military convoy and five more were shot by troops afterwards -- U.S. report says Afghan police unfit for duty: A U.S. government report have concluded that the U.S.trained police force in Afghanistan is largely unable to do routine police work, The New York Times reported Monday. |
--Searchers find missing dad's body --Pants believed to be missing man's found More
-- Iran to replace dollar with euro in foreign trade given the continual impediments and hostile policies directed by U.S. toward the country, Iranian finance minister said on Monday. -- U.S. Recession Looms in 2007 »More Business News
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--First Native American Astronaut to Lead Science, Space Studies... The first U.S. Native American astronaut will lead the university's Center for Space Studies. John B. Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 2002, will direct the Center for Space Studies, one of three centers within the National Institute of Science, Space and Security Studies at UCCS.
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
--The U.S. executes its citizens every ten days
JABARI ASIM ON THE SHOOTING OF SEAN BELL
"Jabari Asim: Here We Go Again" -- The recent shooting of an unarmed black man in New York is another chapter in a long and heartbreaking tradition.
-- Video reveals US torture of "enemy combatant" José Padilla
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International --Germany urged to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes ... Tony Paterson Human rights activists are trying to persuade German prosecutors to open a war crimes investigation against the outgoing US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over his alleged role in abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. In a 220 page document lodged with Germany's federal prosecutor's office, the US-based Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR) alleges that Mr Rumsfeld and 11 other high ranking US intelligence and military figures either ordered, aided or failed to prevent war crimes at both places... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo
--Graham: Putin a ‘1 man dictatorship’: Vladimir Putin is a "one man dictatorship" and he should do more to help the U.S. confront Iran's nuclear ambitions, Sen. Lindsey Graham (news, bio, voting record), R-S.C., said Sunday.
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Canada --U.S. fails to protect asylum-seekers, group says: A Canadian refugee group says the United States is no longer a safe haven for people who need protection, accusing Washington of flouting international rules against torture.
--False Arar testimony costs RCMP boss his job
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David Icke update
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Opinion–Editorials TRUTHDIG INTERVIEW WITH MIDDLE EAST SCHOLAR NIKKI KEDDIE
"The Good News Behind the Bad for Middle Eastern Women" -- Nikki Keddie, one of the nation's leading Middle East scholars, argues that despite Western stereotypes, women in many Middle Eastern countries are making great strides in terms of civil liberties and legal rights. But America's disastrous occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan threaten to undo much of the progress.
‘Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy’: A Documentary Film By John Pilger: Pilger uncovers the shocking complicity of the US and Great Britain governments in the East Timor genocide the same governments who were willing to go to war with Saddam Hussein for his invasion of Kuwait, but who stood aside as Indonesia broke the exact same UN regulations to rape and pillage East Timor using Western arms.
ROBERT SCHEER ON THE DETENTION AND ABUSE OF JOSE PADILLA
"Robert Scheer: Becoming What We Despise" -- Truthdig's editor in chief Robert Scheer writes that the Founding Fathers won a war, but their true contribution to human history was to tackle head-on the reality that humans and their institutions can so easily become that which they despise.
CHRIS HEDGES ON THE PERSECUTION OF SAMI AL-ARIAN
"Chris Hedges: George Bush's America" -- In his bi-weekly column for Truthdig, Hedges argues that the show trial of Sami Al Arian speaks to the government's persecution of Muslims after 9/11, and the perils of dissent in a world gone mad with terror.
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