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TOP STORIES » Deputy Defense Minister: Israel may be forced to attack Iran...Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh suggested in comments published Friday that Israel might be forced to launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear program ­ the clearest statement yet of this possibility from a high­ ranking Israeli official. »War Crimes Suit Prepared Against Rumsfeld...By Democracy Now!  The president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Michael Ratner, is heading to Germany today to file a new case charging outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with war crimes for authorizing torture at Guantanamo Bay. » Will the Democrats Become Part of the Problem?  Paul Craig Roberts:  If the Democrats are to make a real difference, their first task is to repeal the Orwellian­ named "Patriot Acts," the torture legislation, the detention without court evidence legislation, and the right­ to­ spy and invade privacy without court warrant legislation. The White House tyrant needs to be quickly told that one more "signing statement" and he will be impeached, convicted, and turned over to the War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague. » Our Long National Nightmare Has Just Begun... By Ted Rall  As ugly secrets surface, Bushists will turn desperate. Democracy has failed their grand schemes; token resignations like Rumsfeld's come too little, too late. Only tyranny can save their skins. Will the beleaguered neocons led by Cheney and Bush, cornered like rats, unleash their brand-new police state on their political opponents? Or will they tough it out and suck up the fines and prison sentences to come? The next year or two could go either way. »Bush Replaces Rumsfeld with... Another Rumsfeld...Because who but another "Rummy" would stay the course in Iraq with the Bush administration? » Pelosi's support for Israel... With Pelosi as speaker, Jewish activists and officials are confident that the U.S. Congress will remain strongly pro-Israel. »More Top Stories .... »Yesterday's News.... » Archive Iraq »Mubarak warns on Saddam execution : Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has warned that hanging former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will lead to even more bloodshed in Iraq. » Iraq: 6 killed, 18 wounded in suicide attack... At least six Iraqi soldiers were killed and 10 wounded when a suicide bomber drove his explosives­ rigged car into an army checkpoint in the northern city of Tal Afar on Friday, the military said. » Bechtel Departure Removes More Illusions...[Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches] »Journalists' Coverage of Middle East Shallow and Distorted...: By Robert Fisk  Journalists in the "West" should feel a burden of guilt for much that has happened in the Middle East because they have, with their gullibility, sold a fictitious version of events. More Iraq News Asia  |  Middle East  |  Africa » 18 "Taliban" killed by NATO occupation forces: : Afghan soldiers backed by Nato forces and warplanes killed 18 Taliban militants in a series of clashes in south-eastern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Friday. » French troops almost fired at Israel jets: minister... French peacekeeping troops in Lebanon recently came within two seconds of firing missiles at Israeli fighter jets that approached as if to attack them, French Defense Minister Michele Alliot­ Marie said. » 34 "Taliban" killed in clashes in occupied Afghanistan... Clashes between "insurgents" and NATO­led and Afghan troops have left 34 Taliban and three policemen dead in the latest violence in Afghanistan. »Somalia: US troops operate at Somalia Kenya border... US troops are reported to have been seen on Thursday involving in military movements at Somalia­ Kenya border as Kenya government said it had tightened its security to protect any aggression from Somalia. KENYA??? What the blip are we doing in Kenya, and whose assets are we ‘protecting’? And remember: Kenya has huge oil, mineral, and gas deposits to exploit. »More

Other »Anna Nicole heats up Bahamas in voting season »‘Stolen’ ideas big business in Hollywood ... "Pirates of the Caribbean." "The Matrix." "The Last Samurai." "Broken Flowers." "Amistad." Success isn't all these films have in common. Each was also challenged by a lawsuit claiming "idea theft" — a common Hollywood problem that lawyers say is likely to continue as long as huge movie studios wield enormous power. More   Business » Global jobs, market rely less on U.S.   » Experts predict wave of bankruptcies »China says it long has had a dollar diversification plan. Do you? » China will power gold upward for years, »Bush's Chernobyl Economy;  hard times are on the way ­ Mike Whitney »More Business News   Tech »Yahoo to offer instant messaging inside e­ mail, to choose between e­ mail and instant­ messaging tools by bringing the two together in its popular free Yahoo Mail program »Archives   Humor »Cleaning list with poem »Archives

» Would Tom Paine end up in an orange jumpsuit today?... Mickey Z, Online Journal ­ The coast­ to­ coast mall known as America just loves to sing the praises of its revolutionary heroes: the land­ owning white slaveholders affectionately called "Founding Fathers." But America, the land of denial, would rather ignore the revolutionary roots and spirit behind its birth. In other words, if pamphleteer Tom Paine were around today, well, he might not be around today. Can you say "enemy combatant"?
»Selective Justice and the Trial of Saddam Hussein: Who will pass judgment on those who judge?... Gregory Elich, Global Research:  At one time, Saddam Hussein was backed and promoted by the U.S. His brutal methods were regarded as effective tools in the struggle to further U.S. objectives. But as his actions began to threaten U.S. interests, he earned opprobrium. A closer look at the history of Hussein's relationship with the U.S. reveals much about how foreign policy is conducted.
»Hubris followed by nemesis: The verdict on perhaps the worst presidency in US history... By Rupert Cornwell:  That old Bush self­ certainty and swagger (‘In Texas, we call it walking’) is dead and buried.
» Vermont's Bernie Sanders Becomes First Socialist Elected to U.S. Senate
» War crimes suit prepared against Rumsfeld
»Bush turns to old hands
» THE END OF THE REPUBLICAN ERA... The 2006 election provided the final confirmation that the "Republican Revolution" has disintegrated under the weight of its own arrogance, corruption and cruelty.
» A STRIKING TEACHER FROM OAXACA ON THE STRUGGLE AHEAD... A representative of striking Oaxaca teachers describes the backdrop to the struggle and what the future holds.
»THE OBAMA MYTH
 
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» Sweden Violated Torture Ban in CIA Rendition... The United Nations' ruling that Sweden violated the global torture ban in its involvement in the CIA transfer of an asylum seeker to Egypt is an important step toward establishing accountability for European governments complicit in illegal US renditions, Human Rights Watch said today.
» Cleric Details CIA Abduction, Egyptian Torture... In an account smuggled out of prison, a radical Muslim cleric has detailed how he was kidnapped by the CIA from this northern Italian city and flown to Cairo, where he was tortured for months with electric shocks and shackled to an iron rack known as "the Bride."
»CHAVEZ: DEATH PENALTY FOR EL DIABLO
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The end of Canadian conservatism?: Is conservatism in Canada on its last legs? Mark Wegierski believes that all the signs are pointing to its eventual death
»Lost: The exit strategy of The Jack Layton Show: It's not only America's Democrats that aren't serious about the War on Terror. Jackson Murphy examines recent statements made by Canada's top socialist, Jack Layton

CIDA's malaria meltdown: Dr. Amir Attaran wants to know why the Canadian International Development Agency is standing in the way of preventing thousands of malaria­ related deaths in Africa
» Canada has detailed lists of activists to put in concentration camps... THE federal government had detailed lists of political activists and subversives it planned to arrest in the aftermath of a nuclear war or other national emergency, keeping such plans on the books until at least the early 1980s, according to new records obtained by an Ottawa historian.
» New Democrats launch filibuster over softwood lumber deal ... New Democrats launch filibuster over softwood lumber deal OTTAWA (CP) - A bit of old-fashioned political theatre is being played out in Ottawa today over the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber
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MidEast Dispatches... Protecting Neither Facilities nor People [from Dahr Jamail]
»Voice of the Hawk Elder
» Please Join Us ! Coalition for Anti–Racism Education, Action, and First Nations' Solidarity
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»AS I LAY DYING...Sadly, little coming from America's politics can fire my enthusiasm. During my lifetime, America has busied itself with the task of burying liberalism, reminding one of October's frenetic squirrels hunting and burying acorns. [John Chuckman]
» Mid­ Term Election Post Mortem
»Evolution...by Michael Ruppert, [www.fromthewilderness.com] from Eric G
»Field of Screams...The real election winners and losers
»Disregarding Democracy...by Ivan Eland
» The masochistic moralist strikes again! ... In this piece I assert that We the People could depose the ruling elite AND remake the United States as Enlightened founders like Thomas Paine had intended it to be. As a means, I propose truly embracing and practicing the spiritual teachings of Christ (without necessarily committing to the religion of Christianity). I include a relatively detailed glimpse of the hypothetical results of such a spiritual (r)evolution.
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