McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam : Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor who has called upon Christians to wage a "war" against the "false religion" of Islam with the aim of destroying it. http://tinyurl.com/3at2nk
=== 'False Religion' Video McCain 'Spiritual Guide' Says America Founded to See Islam Destroyed. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19983.htm === The War Camp is Intent on Striking Iran By Mehrnaz Shahabi The current accusations and threats against Iran are in clear violation of the United Nations Charter. The tragic death of over a million Iraqis and thousands of coalition soldiers must be a dire warning to politicians and journalists alike that the consequences of a possible war on Iran would be even more catastrophic, not only for the people of Iran, but globally. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19981.htm === Expanding The "War" In Order To End It By Jane Stillwater Did you know that Richard M. Nixon was elected to the US presidency in 1968 on a platform that claimed he would end the war on Vietnam? It's true. And what did Nixon do once he was safely elected? He broke his promise, escalated the war on Vietnam and then went on to bomb Cambodia! "Why did you bomb Cambodia?" the press asked Mr. Nixon. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19987.htm === Insanity By Charley Reese Nothing alarms me more than the thought of an irrational person in the White House. I'm OK with stupid. I can live with venal. I can tolerate a womanizer, even a drunk, but a crazy person in command of our nuclear forces gives me the heebie-jeebies. Somebody who can't tell the difference between a nuclear-free Iran with no ICBMs and Russia with thousands of nuclear warheads sitting atop advanced intercontinental missiles has no business being allowed in the White House, even as a tourist. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19988.htm === Oil: A Global Crisis By Geoffrey Lean The Iraq War means oil costs three times more than it should, says a leading expert. How are our lives going to change as we struggle to cope with the $200 barrel? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19982.htm === Wake Up, America. We're Driving Toward Disaster By James Howard Kunstler The public, and especially the mainstream media, misunderstands the "peak oil" story. It's not about running out of oil. It's about the instabilities that will shake the complex systems of daily life as soon as the global demand for oil exceeds the global supply. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19986.htm === Carter Urges 'Supine' Europe To Break With US Over Gaza Blockade By Jonathan Steele and Jonathan Freedland Ex-president says EU is colluding in a human rights crime. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19985.htm === The Old Lie Dulce et decorum est - Pro patria mori By Kristina M. Gronquist As Memorial Day approaches, much of the media will roll over backwards to glorify war and all the soldiers slaughtered in wars. Tributes to the dead are easy; the dead don't talk back. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8970.htm === Clinton, You Invoked a Political Nightmare Special Comment By Keith Olbermann - Video and Transcript Olbermann: Referencing RFK's assassination as a reason for staying in the race is unforgivable. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19984.htm === Iraq: At least 8 killed as US occupation grinds on: A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least six members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol and wounded 18 in the town of Tarmiya, just north of Baghdad http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL2622281620080526 === US occupation forces kill another two civilians, child wounded: Two civilians were killed and a child was wounded on Saturday by alleged U.S.ocupation force fire in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a local police source said. http://tinyurl.com/49j9on === Hezbollah 'to back Iraq resistance' : Hassan Nasrallah, 'the secretary-general of Hezbollah, has said that his organisation "is siding with the resistance in Iraq" in a speech to hundreds of thousands of supporters in Beirut, the Lebanese capital. http://tinyurl.com/3qu6cb === Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:: Iran 'paid Iraq insurgents to kill UK soldiers': Iran has secretly paid Iraqi insurgents hundreds of thousands of American dollars to kill British soldiers, according to a leaked government document obtained by The Telegraph. http://tinyurl.com/3lgh6p === Building a Case for Attack on Iran's Nuclear Sites: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) is preparing the case for why an attack - either by the U.S. or Israel - on Tehran's nuclear facilities might not be as calamitous as most analysts, including top Pentagon brass, believe. http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=147 === Jimmy Carter says Israel had 150 nuclear weapons: Israel has 150 nuclear weapons in its arsenal, former President Jimmy Carter said yesterday, while arguing that the US should talk directly to Iran to persuade it to drop its nuclear ambitions. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4004300.ece === Jimmy Carter calls for US to make friends with Iran after 27 years: Mr Carter also suggested the US should provide nuclear power technology and fuel to Iran as a show of goodwill. http://tinyurl.com/5yny6k === Fact or fiction? Palestinians reject Israeli offer to hand over 91.5% of W. Bank : The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because the negotiations are being conducted behind closed doors, said Palestinians were ready to trade only 1.8 percent of the West Bank for Israeli land. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/986883.html === Lebanon's New President to Strengthen Ties with Syria: After a six-month vacancy, Lebanon swears in a new president Sunday. The vote in parliament for Gen. Michel Suleiman ends 18 months of political stalemate. http://tinyurl.com/4o8c62 === Bush Invites New Lebanese President To White House: President George W. Bush on Monday invited incoming Lebanese President Michel Sleiman to Washington for talks after congratulating him on taking office, Bush's spokesman said http://tinyurl.com/4jrfpu === Seven civilians killed in heavy Somali fighting, witnesses say: At least seven civilians including a two-year- old boy died and several others were injured Monday during heavy fighting between Islamic insurgents and government forces in occupied, south Mogadishu, witnesses said. http://tinyurl.com/4x58ng === Possible US Attack On Somalia: Officials in Somalia say a series of air strikes, possibly by US planes, have caused explosions in the country's south. http://tinyurl.com/3fu9zd === Foreign Occupation Force' In Somalia Rejected: A Somali Islamist commander yesterday rejected a United Nations resolution that could see UN peacekeepers sent to the war-racked African nation, calling for a "war" against any such deployment. http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=541479 === FBI files indict Bush, Cheney and Co. as war criminals: The report makes it absolutely clear that torture was ordered and planned in detail at the highest levels of the government-including the White House, the National Security Council, the Pentagon and the Justice Department. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/fbi-m23.shtml === 'Sleeper cell' case questions Bush authority to hold US residents as enemy combatants: Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is a U.S. resident being held in a South Carolina military brig; he is the only enemy combatant held on U.S. soil. That makes his case very different. http://www.startribune.com/nation/19233959.html === UK: MPs warn that defence giant could give census secrets to US spy chiefs: Personal details from the next census could be disclosed to US authorities if an American defence company wins the contract to run it, the Treasury Select Committee says today. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3987594.ece === Does Lieberman Still See Hagee As Moses Incarnate?: Though this disturbing information was widely disseminated, and was accessible simply by Googling Hagee's name, the John McCain campaign courted Hagee's endorsement, and ultimately accepted it in a highly publicized ceremony three months ago. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/322989 === Former Bush aide Rove again subpoenaed in probe: The former deputy White House chief of staff quickly indicated through his attorney he would again refuse, citing executive privilege that protects conversations between a president and his staff. http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2250668820080522 === George Soros: rocketing oil price is a bubble: Speculators are largely responsible for driving crude prices to their peaks in recent weeks and the record oil price now looks like a bubble, George Soros has warned. http://tinyurl.com/58m3yh ===
