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Archive for June 1st, 2008

By- Suzie-Q @ 4:00 PM MST

McClellan: Bush Should Have Fired Rove After Plame Leak (VIDEO)
AP | BEN FELLER | [...]

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GEF 2:38 PM MST

Australia’s Iraq Combat Operations Have Ended
SYDNEY, Australia — Australia, a staunch U.S. ally and one of the first countries to commit troops to the Iraq war five years ago, ended combat operations there Sunday, a Defense Department official said.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was swept into office in November largely on the [...]

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by Geezer Power…11:48 am

Researchers at Purdue University have created a simulation that uses scientific principles to study in detail what likely happened when a commercial airliner crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001. The simulation research, funded by the National Science Foundation, was carried out by [...]

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GEF @ 12:08 PM MST
THE NEO CON STENCH SOURS EVEN THE GOP KOOL-AID!!
Cheney Urges Conservatives Not To Run From Bush Administration’s Policies
With his approval rating hovering around 30 percent, Vice President Cheney nevertheless went to Virginia yesterday to rally conservatives around the Bush administration. The Virginian-Pilot reports that he urged state Republican activists “to [...]

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Cluster Bombs, Made in America

Sudhan @19:00 CET

Editorial
The New York Times, June 1, 2008
On Friday, 111 nations, including major NATO allies, adopted a treaty that sets an eight-year deadline to eliminate stockpiles of cluster arms — pernicious weapons that scatter thousands of small bombs across a wide area, where they pose a long-term deadly threat to innocents. The Bush administration [...]

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The Iran Attack, We Can’t Count it Out..

GEF @ 9:48 AM MST

About That Iran Attack Thingy…

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GEF @ 9:01 AM MST
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Behind the Scenes, US Congress continues selling us and our families down the toilet! Treason for money is fashionable and encouraged up in the Capitol. Their Oath of Office is worthless…
AIPAC is the main reason that Congress will not Impeach Bush and Cheney! AIPAC is lobbying hard to keep that from [...]

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“This Is Barack Obama’s Party Now”

By- Suzie-Q @ 8:30 AM MST

From: Politico- Mike Allen’s Playbook
“This is Barack Obama’s party now”
By: MIKE ALLEN on June 1, 2008 @ 8:26 AM
Good Sunday morning. Jill Abramson, managing editor of The New York Times, cuts through the hot air with a “Week in Review” piece: “Washington insiders have been demonized in [...]

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McCain’s Short List For VP…

By- Suzie-Q @ 7:30 AM MST
From: 23/6 via Huffington Post
McCain’s Short List for VP Leaked to Press
By- Lee Camp May 28, 2008
With the decision just around the corner, there has been much speculation as to who John McCain will pick for a running mate. Here’s his own personal list recently leaked to the press.

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Former high-ranking Bush officials enjoy war profits

Sudhan @10:40 CET

Now working inside America’s “shadow” spy industry, George Tenet, Richard Armitage, Cofer Black and others are cashing in big on Iraq and the war on terror.
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from Tim Shorrock’s book, “Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing,” published this month by Simon & Schuster and reprinted [...]

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Privatising war

Sudhan @10:10 CET
Al-Ahram Weekly Online, May 29 – June 4, 2008

As quelling foreign populations becomes a staple of warfare, private mercenary forces are increasingly relied upon as a tool of foreign policy, writes Galal Nassar

It is not just government forces, the resistance and sectarian strife that have wrought chaos in Iraq. The US invasion [...]

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How the Pentagon shapes the world

Sudhan @09:50 CET
By Frida Berrigan | Asia Times, May 31, 2008
A full-fledged cottage industry is already focused on those who eagerly await the end of the George W Bush administration, offering calendars, magnets and t-shirts for sale as well as counters and graphics to download onto blogs and websites. But when the countdown ends [...]

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