[pjnews] Never-ending War/ Virtual March on Washington

U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS SYRIA, IRAN WILL BE DEALT WITH AFTER IRAQ WAR Ha'aretz, 2/18/03 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/263923.html U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton said in meetings with Israeli officials on Monday that he has no doubt America will attack Iraq, and that it will be

[pjnews] UN Inspectors call U.S. tips 'garbage'

A wild goose chase: Weapons inspectors call U.S. tips 'garbage' February 21, 2003 Topic: War Terrorism So frustrated have the inspectors become that one source has referred to the U.S. intelligence they've been getting as garbage after garbage after garbage.

[pjnews] Looking for a way out of war with Iraq

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_1796.shtml White House advisors looking for a way out of war with Iraq By CHB Staff Feb 20, 2003, 05:47 Some strategists within the Bush Administration are urging the President to look for an exit strategy on Iraq, warning the tough stance

[pjnews] Diary from a human shield in Iraq

FROM: JOHN ROSS ON THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD [EMAIL PROTECTED] COUNTDOWN TO THE CATACLYSM: HUMAN SHIELDS IN BAGHDAD WAITING FOR BUSH TO BOMB BAGHDAD (Feb 22nd) ­ The Syrian-Iraqi border after midnight is a dimly-lit No Man¹s Land. We sit in a smoke filled café on the Syrian side, dining on kabobs

[pjnews] Native American Women's Way to Peace

Native American Women's Way to Peace Moccasin Makers and War Breakers A call to action by the women of the world. We have the power to stop the war! Before the men can go to war, the women must make their moccasins. In the tradition of our ancestors, it was customary for the women to make the

[pjnews] 2/26 Virtual March on Washington reminder

Don't forget to register and participate. It only takes a few moments, but the combined effect will likely be quite powerful... Virtual March on Washington Headquarters http://www.winwithoutwarus.org/ Welcome. MoveOn.org is hosting the online headquarters for the Virtual March on Washington

[pjnews] 1/2 The Project for the New American Century

For further documentation on The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) go to its website at: http://www.newamericancentury.org/ _ Of Gods and Mortals and Empire By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t .com Friday 21 February

[pjnews] 2/2 Project for the New American Century

continued... Of Gods and Mortals and Empire By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t .com Vice President Dick Cheney is a founding member of PNAC, along with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Defense Policy Board chairman Richard Perle. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is the

[pjnews] MSNBC Internal Memo re: Donahue Firing

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0225-09.htm MSNBC fired Phil Donahue on Tuesday, abruptly ending the veteran talk show host's return to television after six months of poor ratings... -- And now we receive this news... Leaked internal report says Donahue

[pjnews] Upcoming Anti-war Actions

From: War Times [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message comes to you from United for Peace and Justice, a national anti-war coalition. War Times is part of UFPJ's national leadership body. URGENT URGENT ACTION ALERT!! From United for Peace and Justice Reports now emanating from the White House and 110

[pjnews] Iraqi Star Witness Said Weapons Were Destroyed

Fairness Accuracy In Reporting Media analysis, critiques and activism MEDIA ADVISORY: Star Witness on Iraq Said Weapons Were Destroyed: Bombshell revelation from a defector cited by White House and press February 27, 2003 On February 24, Newsweek broke what may be the biggest story of the Iraq

[pjnews] How the news will be censored in this war

http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=381438 A new CNN system of 'script approval' suggests the Pentagon will have nothing to worry about by Robert Fisk INDEPENDENT (London) 25 February 2003 Already, the American press is expressing its approval of the coverage of

[pjnews] Howard Zinn on War

War, by Howard Zinn http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0227-12.htm As I write this, it looks like war. This, in spite of the obvious lack of enthusiasm in the country for war. The polls that register approve or disapprove can only count numbers, they cannot test the depth of feeling. And

[pjnews] E-mail the Pope to Go to Iraq

Subject: An Appeal from Dr. Helen Caldicott to the Pope From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] helen caldicott Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:01 AM Dear Friends, I write this appeal for your help as a pediatrician, a mother, and a grandmother -- and I am writing about the lives of tens of thousands

[pjnews] The Bottom Line On Iraq

Published on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 The Bottom Line On Iraq: It's The Bottom Line by Arianna Huffington Boys, boys, you're all right. Sure, it's Daddy, oil, and imperialism, not to mention a messianic sense of righteous purpose, a deep-seated contempt for the peace movement, and, to be

[pjnews] Advisors Warn Bush of Humiliating Defeat at UN

Capitol Hill Blue http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_1870.shtml Advisors warn Bush he faces humiliating defeat on UN resolution By CHB Staff Mar 4, 2003, 06:22 Senior aides to President George W. Bush say he faces a humiliating defeat before the United Nations Security

[pjnews] American Media Dodging UN Surveillance Story

AMERICAN MEDIA DODGING U.N. SURVEILLANCE STORY By Norman Solomon / Creators Syndicate Three days after a British newspaper revealed a memo about U.S. spying on U.N. Security Council delegations, I asked Daniel Ellsberg to assess the importance of the story. This leak, he replied, is

[pjnews] MSNBC's Double Standard on Free Speech

Fairness Accuracy In Reporting Media analysis, critiques and activism ACTIVISM UPDATE: MSNBC's Double Standard on Free Speech Turd World is OK-- anti-war, anti-Bush is not March 7, 2003 MSNBC's claim to be championing free speech by hiring hate-talk radio host Michael Savage is disingenuous

[pjnews] Bush Presses for War

BUSH PRESSES FOR WAR Bill Hartung There was a surreal quality about President Bush's news conference setting out his case for why the United States must abandon diplomacy and accelerate the march toward war with Iraq. In a mood that many analysts described as somber but which I perceived as

[pjnews] UN Inspectors Criticize CIA Data on Iraqi Sites

Top Inspectors Criticize CIA Data on Iraqi Sites By Bob Drogin and Greg Miller, LA Times Staff Writers Saturday 08 March 2003 Blix and Elbaradei reject key intelligence claims. Some U.S. officials admit quality is poor. UNITED NATIONS -- On the eve of a possible war in Iraq, a question looms

[pjnews] Some US Evidence on Iraq Called Fake

Some Evidence on Iraq Called Fake U.N. Nuclear Inspector Says Documents on Purchases Were Forged By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 8, 2003; Page A01 A key piece of evidence linking Iraq to a nuclear weapons program appears to have been fabricated, the United Nations'

[pjnews] US Canvassing the Votes to Gain Legitimacy

Canvassing the Votes to Gain Legitimacy March 13, 2003 By DAVID E. SANGER NY Times WASHINGTON, March 12 - As President Bush called around the world today with an intensity his father might admire, his aides were arguing behind the scenes over a single question: how many votes does it take to

[pjnews] 2/16 Candlelight Vigils Worldwide

Join a Candlelight Vigil, Or Start Your Own Sunday, March 16 at 7PM citizens around the globe will be holding candlelight vigils for peace. To find out about the one nearest you, or to plan one in your own neighborhood, please visit http://www.globalvigil.org. Hundreds have already been planned,

[pjnews] Robert Fisk in Baghdad

Bubbles of Fire Tore into the Sky Above Baghdad Robert Fisk - The Independent 21 March 2003 It was like a door slamming deep beneath the surface of the earth; a pulsating, minute-long roar of sound that brought President George Bush's supposed crusade against terrorism to Baghdad last night.

[pjnews] Updates from Iraq Peace Team

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IPT Update: A Campaign Unlike Any Other (March 22, 2003) Dear Friends, In Baghdad as I write, things are relatively quiet. Today Iraq Peace Team delegate Wade Hudson had a chance to take a limited drive around Baghdad with a driver and a government minder.

[pjnews] Reporter Robert Fisk Visits Baghdad Hospital

http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=389918 This is the reality of war. We bomb. They suffer Veteran war reporter Robert Fisk tours the Baghdad hospital to see the wounded after a devastating night of air strikes 23 March 2003 Donald Rumsfeld says the American attack

[pjnews] Talking Points Next Steps As War Begins

UNITED FOR PEACE JUSTICE Talking Points Next Steps As War Begins 20 March 2003 by Phyllis Bennis John Cavanagh This preventive war (it isn't even preemptive because there is no imminent threat to preempt) is among the most dangerous and reckless actions ever taken by a U.S. president. It isn't

[pjnews] Wartime Propaganda and Censorship

Latest Information on Iraqi Civilian Causalities Al-Jazeera show dead kids killed by US bombing in Basra http://www.aljazeera.net/news/arabic/2003/3/3-22-26.htm 50 civilians dead in Basra: filmed - 23.03.2003 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=89923 Iraq Body Count

[pjnews] Weaponsgate: Is Lying About The Reason For War An Impeachable Offense?

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[pjnews] Media's War Coverage: The China Syndrome

May 13, 2003 The China Syndrome By PAUL KRUGMAN A funny thing happened during the Iraq war: many Americans turned to the BBC for their TV news. They were looking for an alternative point of view — something they couldn't find on domestic networks, which, in the words of the BBC's director

[pjnews] US Troops in Iraq Afraid To Go Out At Night

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[pjnews] Bush's Christian Blood Cult

Bush's Christian Blood Cult: Concerns Raised by the Vatican by Wayne Madsen (The following story was originally published by CounterPunch www.counterpunch.org on April 22, 2003. Reprinted with permission from the author) April 28, 2003, 1700 hrs PDT (FTW) -- George W. Bush proclaims himself a

[pjnews] Action: AARP is selling out on Medicare

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[pjnews] 2/2 Cover-up: Insecticide causes Mad Cows

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[pjnews] The Awful Truth about George W. Bush

The New York Times 13 January 2004 The Awful Truth By Paul Krugman People are saying terrible things about George Bush. They say that his officials weren't sincere about pledges to balance the budget. They say that the planning for an invasion of Iraq began seven months before 9/11, that there

[pjnews] US military 'brutalised' Reuters journalists

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[pjnews] Emotional Elder Bush Attacks Son's Critics

see also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40578-2004Mar31.html Bush Counsel Called 9/11 Panelist Before Clarke Testified http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/02/politics/02PANE.html?hp Bush Aides Block Clinton's Papers From 9/11 Panel - This is actually pretty funny...

[pjnews] Rice's Testimony: Claims vs. Facts

Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org/) Claim vs. Fact: Rice's QA Testimony Before the 9/11 Commission Planes as Weapons CLAIM: I do not remember any reports to us, a kind of strategic warning, that planes might be used as weapons. [responding to Kean] FACT: Condoleezza

[pjnews] Time to Act

http://www.soulofacitizen.org/articles/Time.htm TIME TO ACT By Paul Rogat Loeb The ad in the airline magazine shows a young boy on a swing, the backdrop for an interactive pager being held by a man’s hands. “Maybe you don’t have to send an e-mail right now,” says BellSouth’s ad for their

[pjnews] Why Rice is a bad national security adviser

see also: http://www.counterpunch.com/madsen04082004.html Rice (and the record) proves it: Bush knew, but failed to act - A thorough summary and analysis... http://slate.msn.com/id/2098499/ Condi lousy: Why Rice is a bad national security adviser By Fred Kaplan One clear

[pjnews] Snares and Delusions in Iraq

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,295119,00.html The New York Times 13 April 2004 Snares and Delusions By PAUL KRUGMAN In his Saturday radio address, George Bush described Iraqi insurgents as a small faction. Meanwhile, people actually on the scene described a rebellion with

[pjnews] New Reports on U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0413-02.htm Published on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 by the Mehr News Agency (Tehran, Iran) New Reports on U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq BASRA -– Fifty days after the first reports (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0313-08.htm) that the U.S. forces were

[pjnews] Even true believers fear Iraq civil war

http://www.boiseweekly.com/more.php?id=1191_0_1_0_M 21 April 2004 Fables of the reconstruction: Secret coalition memo revealed A Coalition memo reveals that even true believers see the seeds of civil war in the occupation of Iraq By Jason Vest AS THE SITUATION in Iraq grows ever more

[pjnews] From Terrell Unit in Texas to Abu Ghraib

see also: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0510-06.htm Bush Circles Wagons, But Cavalry Has Joined the Indians http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0510-07.htm Bush's Backing of Rumsfeld Shocks and Angers Arabs http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0510-03.htm Red Cross Was Told

[pjnews] U.S. may be winning battles in Iraq, losing war

see also: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0511-04.htm Coalition military intelligence officials estimated that 70% to 90% of prisoners detained in Iraq since the war began last year had been arrested by mistake, according to a confidential Red Cross report given to the Bush

[pjnews] The America We Know

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18659 The America We Know By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, Berkeley Daily Planet May 11, 2004 There is videotape of the beatings by the six guards, available on the Internet for download. Soft, grainy and shot from a distance, still, what is happening is

[pjnews] NYT: Harsh Methods Aren't Torture

see also: http://snipurl.com/6g8j Iraqi Says He Is Prisoner in Photo Saleh blames his arrest on a misunderstanding and bad luck. He went to the Iraqi police to report a suspicious vehicle. He was carrying a large amount of cash, which he planned to use to buy furniture for his wedding. Once

[pjnews] 1/2 Rumsfeld Pushed for Expanded Interrogation

see also: http://snipurl.com/6g8r Report: Rumsfeld OK'd Prisoner Program http://snipurl.com/6gsc Abuse Scandal Focuses on Bush Foundation -- http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040524fa_fact Annals of National Security: THE GRAY ZONE by SEYMOUR M. HERSH How a secret Pentagon

[pjnews] Guantanamo Abuse Same as Abu Ghraib

see also: http://snipurl.com/6hpa US forces were taught torture techniques: Soldiers' accounts reveal widespread use of sleep deprivation and mock executions http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=23734 Bush torture techniques not confined to interrogation, or to Iraq Evidence Grows

[pjnews] Iraq War Planner on the Way Out

http://www.prospect.org/web/printfriendly-view.ww?id=7760 Ye of Little Feith Why one of Doug Feith's underlings thinks he might go to jail. By Laura Rozen Web Exclusive: 05.18.04 There was a time when Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith seemed to run a secret foreign policy from his office

[pjnews] Justice Memos Explained How to Skip Prisoner Rights

see also: http://snipurl.com/6kfj Washington Post: New Details of Prison Abuse Emerge http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0521-03.htm New Iraq Prison Abuse Images Show 'Savage Beatings' http://snipurl.com/6l5x Prisoners faced 'mock' executions, says soldier -

[pjnews] Bush Outsourced His Own Fundraising!

http://www.moveon.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Smith, Trevor FitzGibbon, Fenton Communications 202-822-5200 Friday, May 21, 2004 BUSH OUTSOURCES HIS OWN FUNDRAISING VOTER OPERATIONS Plays Up Patriotism at Home, Operates Key Political Centers in India The Bush Administration has

[pjnews] Outsourcing Blame

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/outsourcing_blame.php Outsourcing Blame William D. Hartung May 21, 2004 The U.S. policy of privatize first, ask questions later has led to some sticky situations—not the least of which was the training of Iraq's new army. William Hartung explains why nations tend

[pjnews] Rafah Aftermath

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0522-03.htm Published on Saturday, May 22, 2004 by the Guardian/UK The Day the Tanks Arrived at Rafah Zoo Among ruined houses, a haven for Gaza's children lies in rubble by Chris McGreal in al-Brazil, Rafah Ask to be directed to the latest wave of

[pjnews] The religious warrior of Abu Ghraib

see also: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0521-08.htm Iraq: The Picture Gets Worse Two pictures put up in an internet café in Baghdad make for a vivid statement how Iraqis have come to see U.S. occupiers. One shows a woman in the United States hugging her dog. A second shows a hooded

[pjnews] DOJ Reclassifies Public Information

see also: http://www.thehill.com/news/051804/binladen.aspx Who let bin Ladens leave U.S.? Bush refuses to answer 9/11 commission's queries http://villagevoice.com/issues/0420/mondo5.php Why Were We on Our Own? 9-11 inquiry merely hints at the feds' inaction on the fatal day -

[pjnews] Did Somebody Say War?

http://snipurl.com/6me1 A videotape obtained Sunday by Associated Press Television News captures a wedding party that survivors say was later attacked by U.S. planes early Wednesday, killing up to 45 people. The dead included the cameraman, Yasser Shawkat Abdullah, hired to record the

[pjnews] Ebert's Review of Fahrenheit 9/11

http://www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment/cst-ftr-cannes18.html LESS IS MOORE IN SUBDUED, EFFECTIVE '9/11' May 18, 2004 BY ROGER EBERT, FILM CRITIC CANNES, France -- Michael Moore the muckraking wiseass has been replaced by a more subdued version in Fahrenheit 9/11, his new documentary

[pjnews] 1/3 Gore speech

http://MoveOnPAC.org Former Vice President Al Gore delivered a major foreign policy address in New York City today [5/26], sponsored by MoveOn PAC, linking the Abu Ghraib prison abuses to deep flaws in President Bush's Iraq policy and calling for the resignation of 6 members of the Bush

[pjnews] 2/3 Gore speech

continued: And the worst still lies ahead. General Joseph Hoar, the former head of the Marine Corps, said I believe we are absolutely on the brink of failure. We are looking into the abyss. When a senior, respected military leader like Joe Hoar uses the word abyss, then the rest of us damn

[pjnews] 3/3 Gore speech

continued: When a business enterprise finds itself in deep trouble that is linked to the failed policies of the current CEO the board of directors and stockholders usually say to the failed CEO, Thank you very much, but we're going to replace you now with a new CEO -- one less vested in a

[pjnews] DU Sickness in Returning US Troops

http://snipurl.com/6jd6 Depleted Morality: The first signs of uranium sickness surface in troops returning from Iraq By Frida Berrigan, In These Times It’s a year into the occupation and U.S. troops are being killed at a rate of more than four a day. These deaths from roadside bombs, suicide

[pjnews] Who Would Try US Civilian Contractors for Iraqi Abuses?

see also: http://snipurl.com/6qov Amnesty International blasts US 'war on terror'; 'The United States has lost its moral high ground' http://snipurl.com/6qp9 The U.S. civilian interrogators questioning prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq work not under a military contract but on one from

[pjnews] 1/2 How Ahmed Chalabi used NYT reporter Judith Miller

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/27/times/ 27 May 2004 Not fit to print: How Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraq war lobby used New York Times reporter Judith Miller to make the case for invasion. By James C. Moore When the full history of the Iraq war is written, one of its most scandalous

[pjnews] 2/2 How Ahmed Chalabi used NYT reporter Judith Miller

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/27/times/ Not fit to print: How Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraq war lobby used New York Times reporter Judith Miller to make the case for invasion. continued... It turned out that the aluminum tubes were covered with an anodized coating, which would have

[pjnews] From the Military Ranks to the Streets

http://snipurl.com/6r4g From the Ranks to the Street By Jocelyn Y. Stewart, Los Angeles Times After the homecomings are over and the yellow ribbons packed away, many who once served in America's armed forces may end up sleeping on sidewalks. This is the often-unacknowledged postscript to

[pjnews] Meet the New Leader of Iraq

see also: http://snipurl.com/6rju Iraq War Woes Deepen Internal Pentagon Tensions http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2004-05/30jensen.cfm It's Not Just The Emperor Who Is Naked, But The Whole Empire -- http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=526008

[pjnews] Unhappy Birthday, World Bank!

-- If you pass this comment along to others -- periodically but not repeatedly -- please explain that Commentaries are a premium sent to Sustainer Donors of Z/ZNet and that to learn more folks can consult ZNet at http://www.zmag.org Today's commentary:

[pjnews] Lawyers Ascribed Broad Power to Bush on Torture

see also: http://snipurl.com/71ly Prisoners sue Abu Ghraib security firms http://snipurl.com/71lt Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the senior U.S. military officer in Iraq, borrowed heavily from a list of high-pressure interrogation tactics used at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,

[pjnews] NYT on the Roots of Abu Ghraib

additional info: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26814-2004Jun9.html The head of the interrogation center at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told an Army investigator in February that he understood some of the information being collected from prisoners there had been requested by

[pjnews] The torturers among us

http://snipurl.com/71nl The torturers among us By Robert Kuttner | June 9, 2004 Boston Globe WHAT HAVE we learned so far about officially sponsored torture by the US government? First, it is unambiguously clear that the torture of prisoners in Afghanistan, at Guantanamo, and at Abu Ghraib was

[pjnews] The Bush orthodoxy is in shreds

see also: http://snipurl.com/71gw Behind the Scenes, US Tightens Grip on Iraq's Media, Future http://snipurl.com/71to A group of 26 former senior diplomats and military officials, several appointed to key positions by Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, plans to issue a

[pjnews] Hugo Chavez Ready for Recall Vote

see also: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0613-04.htm Chavez Says Bush is His Real Adversary in August 15 Recall Referendum --- http://snipurl.com/71f6 Ready for a Recall Vote By Hugo Chavez Washington Post Wednesday 26 May 2004 Caracas, Venezuela - For

[pjnews] Dismay at Attempt to Find Legal Justification for Torture

see also: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0616-01.htm Bluntly contradicting the Bush administration, the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks reported Wednesday there was ``no credible evidence'' that Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaida target the United States...

[pjnews] 'I Killed Innocent People for Our Government'

see also: http://snipurl.com/752c GIs Marching Away From Re-enlistment: War may have some Fort Carson troops leaving the ranks - http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/051804A.shtml Atrocities in Iraq: 'I Killed Innocent People for Our Government' By Paul Rockwell

[pjnews] Homebuyers checked against terrorist lists

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5131685/site/newsweek/ The 'Patriot' Search Buying a home? Prepare to pay to have your name checked against a government list of suspected terrorists By Brian Braiker, Newsweek Buying a home can be stressful, expensive and bewildering. “Essentially,” humorist Dave Barry

[pjnews] Travesty of Justice

see also: http://www.oilempire.us/understanding.html Terrorist Attack Analogy -- http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/15/opinion/15KRUG.html Travesty of Justice By PAUL KRUGMAN No question: John Ashcroft is the worst attorney general in history. For this column, let's just focus on Mr.

[pjnews] Republican Convention 2004 schedule

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CONVENTION SCHEDULE Here is the convention opening night schedule. 6:00 PM Opening Prayer led by the Reverend Jerry Falwell 6:30 PM Pledge of Allegiance 6:35 PM Burning of Bill of Rights (excluding 2nd amendment) 6:45 PM Salute to the Coalition of the

[pjnews] 9/11 Panel Asks Cheney for Iraq / Al Qaeda Evidence

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0619-04.htm Saddam/Al Qaeda Link: Bush Team Tries to Brazen It Out ''The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al-Qaeda'', U.S. President George W Bush told reporters Thursday, is ''because there was a

[pjnews] Bush Has a Lot to Answer for on Iraq Torture

http://snipurl.com/77dl A group of more than 450 professors of law, international relations, and public policy - led by Harvard Law School faculty members - today sent a letter calling on Congress to hold accountable, through impeachment and removal if appropriate, civilian officials from the top

[pjnews] Lynn Stewart on Trial

http://snipurl.com/78v0 21 Jun 2004 23:23:56 GMT Reuters Lawyers' rights tested in US terror cases By Gail Appleson NEW YORK, June 21 (Reuters) - A controversial case pitting a lawyer's freedom to represent clients against what many see as a Bush administration attempt to chip away at civil

[pjnews] Fox News Spins 9/11 Commission Report

http://www.fair.org/activism/fox-commission.html Fairness Accuracy In Reporting ACTION ALERT: Fox News Spins 9/11 Commission Report June 22, 2004 The Bush administration's long-running attempts to link Iraq and Al Qaeda were dealt a serious blow when the September 11 commission's June 16

[pjnews] Iraq War and Racism: Media Denial

http://snipurl.com/79ro Public anxiety over mounting casualties in Iraq and doubts about long-term consequences of the war continue to rise and have helped to erase President Bush's once-formidable advantage over Sen. John F. Kerry concerning who is best able to deal with terrorist threats,

[pjnews] Ashcroft's Ideological Leanings Affect Terrorist Prosecutions

http://snipurl.com/7aot New York Times June 22, 2004 Noonday in the Shade By PAUL KRUGMAN In April 2003, John Ashcroft's Justice Department disrupted what appears to have been a horrifying terrorist plot. In the small town of Noonday, Tex., F.B.I. agents discovered a weapons cache containing

[pjnews] Fahrenheit 9/11 open 6/25

http://snipurl.com/760x Conservatives to Counter 'Fahrenheit 9/11' from moveon.org: Last night, I got a chance to see a sneak preview of Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 9/11. It is an incredibly powerful movie that lays bare the cynicism and greed behind Bush's war policy.

[pjnews] One million black votes didn't count in 2000

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=342row=1 One million black votes didn't count in the 2000 presidential election It's not too hard to get your vote lost -- if some politicians want it to be lost San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, June 20, 2004 by Greg Palast In the 2000 presidential

[pjnews] U.S. Drops Effort to Gain Immunity for Its Troops

http://snipurl.com/7ch0 Cheney Utters 'F-Word' in Senate -- http://snipurl.com/7ch1 U.S. Immunity in Iraq Will Go Beyond June 30 The Bush administration has decided to take the unusual step of bestowing on its own troops and personnel immunity from prosecution by Iraqi

[pjnews] Worst Justice Department in Memory

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1248928,00.html US hands over power in Iraq: The US-led coalition today transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government, two days ahead of the scheduled June 30 handover date. http://snipurl.com/7dha Iraq war 'will cost each US family $3,415

[pjnews] Private Military Contractors in Iraq and Reyond

PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ AND BEYOND: A Question of Balance Prepared Statement by William D. Hartung Senior Research Fellow, World Policy Institute For the Briefing on An Incomplete Transition: An Assessment of the June 30th Transition and Its Aftermath American News Women's Club

[pjnews] Negroponte's Miserable Human Rights Record

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1248928,00.html US hands over power in Iraq Former US Administrator Paul Bremer hitches the first flight out of the country. US Embassy Open and John Negroponte becomes the new US Ambassador to Iraq -- http://snipurl.com/7ebv Jun. 27,

[pjnews] Supreme Court: Detainees Can Have Court Hearings

http://snipurl.com/7fha The European Parliament has asked the EU's highest court to annul a treaty between the EU and the United States that would allow authorities to share data about airline passengers, writes Denis Staunton in Brussels. MEPs voted against the agreement earlier this year,

[pjnews] GAO: Iraq is Worse Off Than Before the War Began

http://snipurl.com/7fgs U.S. Edicts Curb Power Of Iraq's Leadership http://www.smirkingchimp.com/print.php?sid=16778 Billions of dollars have disappeared: Who is stealing Iraq's oil revenues? http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0629-10.htm Published on Tuesday, June

[pjnews] A cut-and-run transition in Iraq

http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=1520 A cut-and-run transition 28 June 2004 When the transition moment occurred in Baghdad -- so tightly was the secret held that not even comrade-in-arms Tony Blair knew the schedule -- George Bush, in Turkey for the NATO summit, is reported to have

[pjnews] Who Lost Iraq?

http://snipurl.com/7g96 Who Lost Iraq? By PAUL KRUGMAN, New York Times The formal occupation of Iraq came to an ignominious end yesterday with a furtive ceremony, held two days early to foil insurgent attacks, and a swift airborne exit for the chief administrator. In reality, the occupation will

[pjnews] Bush Interviewed By Irish Television

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040625-2.html Interview of the President by Radio and Television Ireland The Library June 24, 2004 4:08 P.M. EDT Q Mr. President, you're going to arrive in Ireland in about 24 hours' time, and no doubt you will be welcomed by our political

[pjnews] A Eulogy For Our Marlon Brando

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0702-14.htm A Eulogy For Our Marlon Brando by Dave Zirin Marlon Brando's death at the age of 80 will begin a battle over how the greatest actor of all time will be remembered. Some will focus on his latter day isolation, his bizarre behavior, and the many

[pjnews] 1/2 Gore: Democracy Itself is in Grave Danger

OUR FOUNDERS AND THE UNBALANCE OF POWER: Democracy Itself is in Grave Danger by Al Gore American Constitution Society Georgetown University Law Center June 24, 2004 When we Americans first began, our biggest danger was clearly in view: we knew from the bitter experience with King George III that

[pjnews] Robert Fisk: The New, 'Free' Iraq

news odds and ends: http://snipurl.com/7lko The Sept. 11 commission, which reported no evidence of collaborative links between Iraq and al Qaeda, said on Tuesday that Vice President Dick Cheney had no more information than commission investigators to support his later assertions to the contrary.

[pjnews] Health Versus Wealth

http://snipurl.com/7ngj Health Versus Wealth By PAUL KRUGMAN, New York Times 9 July 2004 Will actual policy issues play any role in this election? Not if the White House can help it. But if some policy substance does manage to be heard over the clanging of conveniently timed terror alerts,

[pjnews] In Place of Gunfire, a Rain of Rocks

http://snipurl.com/7op3 NYT: The Senate's report on prewar intelligence about Iraq, which asserts that warnings about its illicit weapons were largely unfounded and that its ties to Al Qaeda were tenuous, also undermines another justification for the war: that Saddam Hussein's military posed a

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