Assault on Gaza
1/8/09- UN: 257 Palestinian children killed in Gaza (read).
1/8/09- The Red Cross: Israel is breaking international law by letting children starve in Gaza (read).
1/7/09- Hugo Chavez: Gaza operation is a Palestinian 'holocaust' (read).
12/29/08- World Rallies Around Palestinians Amid Gaza Offensive (read).
12/22/08- Stossel on Bailout: Show Me the Money (watch).
12/16/08- Cheney lauds Obama's choice of national security team (read).
12/13/08- Iran says has proof U.S., UK back police killer group (read).
12/9/08- Musicians protest use of songs by US jailers (read).
11/28/08- Karl Rove praises Obama's economic team -
"Thanksgiving Cheer From Obama - He's assembled a first-rate economic team" (read).
11/26/08- With Gates, Obama Opts for Empire - Matthew Rothschild (read).
11/24/08- Potential Cost of US Financial Bailout: Over $8 Trillion (read).
11/21/08- Obama to delay repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' (read).
11/20/08- Iraq War resister Tony Anderson sentenced to 14 months (read).
11/15/08- Chronic malnutrition in Gaza blamed on Israel (read).
11/13/08- Russian President: No missile deployment if Obama drops anti-missile shield (read).
11/13/08- More than two-thirds of Britons believe British troops should be pulled out of Afghanistan next year (read).
11/8/08- Iran slams Obama's tough language on nuclear arms (read).
AFGHANISTAN
· 11/6/08 - US airstrike kills 7 civilians (read).
· 11/5/08 - US airstrike kills 40 civilians at Afghan wedding party (read).
· Airstrikes in Afghanistan increase 31% (read).
· In the first seven months of this year coalition forces had already killed 577 civilians, the majority of them in air-strikes (read).
10/30/08- The Israeli military seized 15 students from the Palestine Technical College in the West Bank after opening fire on the campus (read).
SYRIA
10/28/08- Syria's foreign minister calls U.S. attack "criminal and terrorist aggression" (read).
10/25/08- According to assistant secretary of defense Mike Vickers, the U.S. has "Special Operations Forces" in sixty countries around the world (read).
10/27/08- Congress grew 13 percent richer in 2007; nearly two of every three senators are millionaires - only 1 percent of all Americans are considered millionaires (read).
PAKISTAN
10/26/08- Pakistani Senate unanimously condemns U.S. attacks (read).
10/22/08- The Fed will make up to $540 billion available to buy assets from money-market mutual funds (read).
10/22/08- Thailand's prime minister was forced to flee one of his own government ministries as protesters demanding his resignation taunted him, tossing sandals and plastic bottles at his entourage (read).
10/22/08- Of 30 "rich" countries, the U.S. has the largest gap between its wealthiest and poorest households (read).
AFGHANISTAN
10/16/08- Disillusioned Afghans turning on Karzai (read).
AFGHANISTAN
10/16/08- A NATO airstrike on a village near the embattled provincial capital of Lashkar Gah killed 25 to 30 civilians, Afghan officials in the area said (read).
10/13/08- Banking crisis challenges US superpower status (read).
AFGHANISTAN
10/9/08- French army chief agrees Afghanistan 'cannot be won' (read).
10/8/08- Latin Leftists Gloating Over 'Comrade' Bush's Bailout (read).
PAKISTAN
10/8/08- U.S. missile strike kills nine people in North Waziristan (read).
10/7/08- "This was the largest single act of class warfare in the modern history of this country," - Dennis Kucinich on the Democrats’ Bailout Betrayal (read).
10/7/08- A general strike by workers in Belgium has brought much of the country to a virtual standstill, with transport, schools and government services hit (read).
10/4/08- Canadian PM Admits Iraq War a Mistake (read).
PAKISTAN
10/4/08- U.S. missile strikes killed 24 people in Pakistan's restive tribal region (read).
PAKISTAN
10/1/08- US Drone Strike Kills at Least Four in Pakistan (read).
9/29/08- Israel will have to give up virtually all of the West Bank and east Jerusalem if it wants peace with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a farewell interview (read).
9/27/08- Iran Resolution Shelved in Rare Defeat for "Israel Lobby" (read).
PAKISTAN
9/26/08- Pakistan Tells U.S. To Keep Out (read).
PAKISTAN
9/23/08- Tariq Ali: Why was the Marriott Targeted? (read).
BOLIVIA
9/22/08- An Open Letter to the U.S. State Department Regarding Recent Violence in Bolivia. (read).
9/17/08- U.S., NATO and Afghan forces have killed 645 civilians in Afghanistan this year. (read).
PAKISTAN
9/17/08- Another U.S. missile strike in Pakistan provokes anger. (read).
BOLIVIA 9/16/08- South American presidents from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela issued a strong statement giving Bolivian President Evo Morales their support. (read).
BOLIVIA
9/14/08- Nicaraqua's President Daniel Ortega accused Washington of trying to foment a coup against Bolivia's Evo Morales. (read).
PAKISTAN 9/14/08- There have been four American attacks on Pakistani soil in the past two weeks. Dozens of innocent women and children have been killed, and outrage is growing (read). The Pakistani army has been ordered to fire back at the next U.S. unilateral strike (read).
GEORGIA/RUSSIA 9/14/08- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had long planned a military strike of South Ossetia, Saakashvili's former defence minister said. (read).
9/14/08- CIA was involved with Uzbekistan's leader Karimov in torture. (read).
BOLIVIA
9/13/08- Opponents of President Evo Morales have recently seized government buildings and a human rights NGO, and cut off Bolivia's natural gas supply to Argentina. A week prior, the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, Phillip Goldberg met with anti-Morales supporters. (read).
GEORGIA/RUSSIA 9/10/08- Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA): military actions in South Ossetia were started by Georgia. "The Russians are right! We're wrong! Georgia started it, the Russians ended it," (read).
9/6/08- Obama declared -- on Fox News, no less -- that Bush's 'surge' in Iraq has "succeeded beyond our wildest dreams." He also proclaimed his "absolute" belief in the "War on Terror," and pledged, once again, "never to take a military option off the table" (not even the nuclear option) against the "major threat" of Iran. (read).
PAKISTAN
9/6/08- About 3,000 Pakistani's chant "Death to America" in protest of recent ground invasion by U.S. that killed 15 (read).
8/26/08- U.N. says has evidence U.S. air strikes killed 90 Afghans - mostly children (read).
GEORGIA/RUSSIA
8/21/08- South Ossetia independence rally blasts Georgia (read).
8/21/08- More than a dozen Afghan civilians were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led troops (read).
GEORGIA/RUSSIA
8/16/08- Conservative Pat Buchanan says Georgia, not Russia is the aggressor (listen).
5/20/08- As US Threatens Iran Over Enriching Uranium, Bush Promises to Give Enriched Uranium to Saudi Arabia (read).
5/18/08- Iran busts CIA terror network (read).
5/15/08- Another US airstrike in Pakistan kills civilians (read).
5/7/08- Gorbachev: US could start new Cold War. "The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently." "I sometimes have a feeling that the United States is going to wage war against the entire world." (read).
5/6/08- U.S. backed Ethiopian troops in Somalia: slitting throats of civilians, gouging eyes, and gang raping according to Amnesty Intl. (read).
4/17/08- Jimmy Carter: 'For every Israeli killed...between 30 to 40 Palestinians are killed because of the extreme military capability of Israel'. (read).
4/30/08- Iran Ends Oil Transactions In U.S. Dollars. (read). This follows the U.S. sending a second carrier to the Persian Gulf as a 'reminder' to Iran (read).
4/11/08- The US is providing military aid to six of the countries cited in the US State Department’s latest series of human rights reports for recruiting and using child soldiers. They are Afghanistan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda. (read).
2008 Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll
·83% have an unfavorable view of the US; ·Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah is the most popular world leader; ·Only 6% of Arabs polled believe that the American surge has worked;
·About 90 percent named Israel and the U.S as their biggest threat
·Nearly three out of four Saudi respondents said that if Iran acquired nuclear weapons, it would have a "positive" influence on the region
·The poll included 4,000 respondents in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the UAE (read pdf poll results) |
4/10/08- Members of Congress invested nearly $196 million of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts. (No wonder Congress keeps voting to fund wars) (read).
4/9/08- Israel places seven employees of a pro-peace radio station under house arrest. (read).
3/29/08- (US-installed) Somalia Govt. Teeters on Collapse (read).
3/29/08- Gaddafi blasts the US - warns that US allies could suffer same fate as Saddam (read).
3/29/08- US airstrike in Basra kills 8 civilians (read).
3/27/08- Pakistan's new leaders tell US: We are no longer your killing field (read).
3/22/08- 12 US soldiers electrocuted in Iraq - KBR blamed (read).
3/14/08- Bush says he would fight in Afghanistan if he were younger (read).
3/12/08- A scant three percent of news stories in February were devoted to the Iraq war (read).
3/11/08- Afghan death toll soars to 8,000 last year (read).
3/11/08- Ten war protesters arrested in Senate (read).
3/5/08- Obama Glosses Over Colombian Attack in Ecuador; Clinton Calls for Escalation Against Venezuela (read).
3/4/08- Somalis protest over US bombing (read).
2/29/08- Israeli minister vows Palestinian 'holocaust' (read).
2/29/08- US troops under curfew in Okinawa after protests following a series of incidents involving American troops, including two alleged rapes (read).
2/20/08- Iraq war vet faces trial on charge of raping 3 month old girl (read).
2/19/08- Earth First! Blockades Power Plant Construction Site, 27 Arrested (read).
2/19/08- Thousands of protesters greet U.S. wargames in Phillipines (read).
2/12/08- Israeli official: 'IDF should wipe out parts of Gaza' (read).
2/2/08- Berkeley city council: Marines "unwelcome intruders"; protestors chain themselves to Marine recruitment doors (read).
Somalia
1/29/08- Somalia is worst humanitarian crisis- UN official. "...even worse than Darfur." (read)
This crisis follows U.S. military action in Somalia that went largely unnoticed:
12/26/06 - "In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war"(read). 1/9/07 - US Special Forces in Somalia (read). 1/20/07 - US and Ethiopian air strikes in Somalia killed 70 nomadic herdsmen (read). |
1/24/08- Chalmers Johnson: "How to Sink America" (listen to 30 min. interview).
1/28/08- Vermont town to vote on indicting Bush & Cheney (read).
1/30/08- Vermont lawmakers seek National Guard withdrawal from Iraq (read).
1/14/08- The coddled "terrorists" of South Florida (read).
1/10/08- Bush demands end to Israeli 'occupation' of Palestinian territories (read).
1/9/08- Report Reveals Vietnam War Hoaxes, Faked Attacks (read).
1/2/08- Twelve Arrested in Des Moines as Obama Campaign Hinders Press Coverage of Protest (read).
12/30/07- CODEPINK: Let's Toast Ten Good Things About 2007 (read).
12/20/07- 80,000 in Italy march against construction of US military base (read).
12/12/07- The UN's independent investigator on human rights urged the US to release all people detained as "enemy combatants," close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay and abolish military commissions (read).
12/4/07- Medea Benjamin arrested at gunpoint in Pakistan (read).
12/4/07- Peace Group Barred From Florida Schools (read).
11/28/07- More than 12 million children in America went hungry last year (read).
11/19/07- There were at least 7,880 hate crimes in the U.S. last year (read).
11/16/07- Miami Police kill four unarmed African men in less than one month (read).
11/16/07- Basra attacks down 90% since British troops left (read).
War Weary
11/18/07- Australian defense expert: Coalition 'cannot win' in Afghanistan or Iraq (read).
11/18/07- General: British forces can't go on like this (read).
10/30/07- Japan pulls troops from 'war on terror' (read).
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11/15/07- The US military is experiencing a "suicide epidemic" with veterans killing themselves at a rate of 120 a week (read).
11/14/07- Senator: US has become haven for war criminals (read).
11/8/07- Democrats who voted to confirm new Attorney General Michael Mukasey (who, in addition to refusing to answer if waterboarding is torture, was recently an advisor to Rudy Giuliani's campaign) were: Senator's Evan Bayh (IN), Tom Carper (DE), Mary Landrieu (LA), Charles Schumer (NY), Diane Feinstein (CA) and Ben Nelson (NE).
Florida Senator Bill Nelson opposed Mukasey.
Not voting were Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd and Barack Obama. All four had said they opposed Mukasey's nomination. (read) |
· Kucinich: Time to question Bush's mental health (read)
· Chavez: Take Bush to madhouse (read)
· Straitjacket Bush - Rosa Brooks, LA Times (read) |
10/29/07- Secret Move to Upgrade Diego Garcia Air Base for Iran Attack (read).
10/27/07- "We must bomb Iran" says founder of Neo-Con movement (and 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom winner) (read).
10/12/07 - White House won't fund mental health services for Katrina-scarred children (read).
10/10/07 - US ally Pakistan bombs bazaar full of civilians (read).
10/10/07 - US troops backed by attack aircraft kill 15 civilians, including nine children in Iraq (read).  | | 10/9/07 - Flying surveillance devices at Sept. 15 Mass March and Die-in (read). |
10/8/07 - 200,000 Italians march for peace (read).
10/5/07 - AP: Iraqis Say U.S. Targeted Civilians in Air Attack (read).
| 10/2/07 - Arrested for reading the Constitution (read). |  |
9/24/07 - Iran's president: I don't deny Holocaust (read).
9/28/07 - Active duty soldiers to join Syracuse peace rally, speak against Iraq war (read).
9/28/07 - US air raid in Baghdad kills 10 civilians, including women & children (read).
9/28/07 - Soldier: I was told to shoot unarmed man -- sergeant laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the man convulsed on the ground. (read).
9/23/07 - Country Music Deserts George Bush (read).
9/23/07 - Seven CIA Veterans Challenge 9/11 Commission Report - Official Account of 9/11 a “Joke” and a “Cover-up” (read).
9/20/07 - Nearly one of five US Army recruiters was under investigation in 2004 for offenses varying from "threats and coercion to false promises that applicants would not be sent to Iraq." (read).
9/11/07 - Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President of the Hip-Hop Caucus arrested and hospitalized at Petraeus hearing (watch video). Cindy Sheehan, Medea Benjamin and 8 others also arrested at hearing (read).
9/7/07 - Three antiwar activists arrested in front of White House for putting up posters promoting Sept. 15 march.  | | Those arrested include an Iraq war vet and the mother of an Iraq war vet (read, watch video). |
9/5/07 - CBS Early Show Removes Anti-War Protesters from View in Kansas City (read).
9/4/07 - George W. Bush is prone to bouts of crying ... and claims to have seen ghosts emerge from the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House, according to a new book on his presidency (read).
8/28/07 - US in Fallujah: Cars are not allowed on the road, men are executed without trial, hospitals are not provided medicine, and unemployment is at 80% (read).
8/22/07
 | | Fox Attacks Iran - Robert Greenwald's four minute film (watch). |
8/22/07 - New group, Freedom's Watch, launches ads in support of further war in Iraq. Mel Sembler is a board member and donor. The $15M ad campaign is "for people who believe in peace through strength". Former White House spokesperson Ari Fleisher is founding member. (read)
8/17/07 - Man arrested for holding IMPEACH sign (read).
8/20/07 - US is detaining nearly 800 juveniles in Iraq. (read)
8/20/07 - Sadr pledges to work with UN if it replaces US, Britain in Iraq. (read)
8/14/07 - The country’s top government inspector: Learn from the fall of Roman Empire - The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices. (read)
8/9/07 - Listen to US soldier in Iraq tell Air America the war is "bogus" and "genocide" (listen) (via Civilianism.com).
CHINA
8/9/07 - US Hegemony Spawns Russian-Chinese Military Alliance (read).
8/8/07 - China Threatens "Nuclear Option" of US Dollar Sales (read). |
8/3/07 - About 50 Afghan civilians wounded in US-led airstrike (read).
7/31/07 - Couple Terrorized, Assaulted and Arrested for Flying and Upside Down U.S. Flag (read).
7/26/07 - Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour (read & watch video).
7/29/07 - After scoring winning goal in Asia Cup final, Iraqi soccer captain calls for US withdrawal (read).
7/25/07 - FBI Proposes Building Network of U.S. Informants (read).
7/25/07 - Italy calls on US to withdraw from Afghanistan for "morally unacceptable" civilian casualties (read).
7/25/07 - The United States Finds Few Non-Iraqis Among Insurgents (read).
7/11/07 - Pentagon: U.S. troops shot 429 Iraqi civilians at checkpoints in past year (read).
7/18/07 - One in four Israeli men dodges the draft (read).
7/18/07 - Republican Sentator: Bush has 'fucked up' the Iraq war (read).
7/15/07 - Marine: Beating of Iraqis routine. In one incident, Marines dragged an innocent man from his house, fatally shot him, and then planted an AK-47 near the body to make it appear he had been killed in a shootout (read).
7/8/07 - NY Times calls Iraq a 'lost cause' (read).
7/3/07 - America’s Approval Rating Takes a Hit (read).
6/26/07 - Pat Robertson: "[M]ore and more people are saying to me, 'I think you were right' " to call for assassination of Hugo Chavez. (read & video).
6/22/07 - US air strike kills 25 Afghan civilians, including 9 women and 3 babies (read); 90 civilians killed in past 10 days (read).
6/17/07 - Gulf Arab countries will not be used as a launch pad for any military attack on Iran, a powerful Saudi royal was quoted as saying (read).
6/15/07 - CAIR: Anti-Muslim bias in US up 25% (read).
6/11/07 - NY Times: The US is arming Sunnis in Iraq (read). (This confirms Seymour Hersh's story that the US is siding with Sunnis to fight Shia throughout the Middle East (read), and puts to rest the idea that what's happening in Iraq is a 'civil war.')
6/11/07 - Democrats Barack Obama, Joe Biden & Christopher Dodd don't vote on Alberto Gonzales (read).
6/8/07 - Blackwater sues slain employee's families to silence them (read).
5/28/07 - Putin issues sharp warning to US - vows to counter 'imperialism' (read). Gorbachev Criticizes US ‘Empire’ (read).
5/30/07 - New Peace Index Ranks US Among Worst Nations. Israel ranks 119th out of 121 countries (read).
5/28/07 - The US Empire in Africa: The creation of the Defense Department Africa Command has heightened concerns among African countries and in the US government over the militarization of US foreign policy (read).
5/22/07 - Spring Hill protester arrested for holding a sign (read).
5/24/07 - Seymour Hersh: US joining with Britain, Israel, and other 'moderate Sunni governments' (Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt) to fight the Shia (Hizbollah, Hamas, Iran, and Shia in Iraq) (read, listen).
5/24/07 - Israeli terror continues: Israel arrests (kidnaps) 30 democratically elected Hamas officials (read). Israel considers assassinating Palestinian Prime Minister (read). Last year Israel 'arrested' 60 Hamas politicians (read). Israel killed 650 Palestinians last year, 120 of which were children (read).
5/18/07 - US role in Palestine:
In addition to supporting Israel's occupation of Palestine, the US is spending $86 million to help arm and train Palestinian Fatah members who are trying to overthrow the democratically elected government of Hamas (read). Bush's Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams said in January that there should be a "hard coup" to overthrow Hamas (read). Additional evidence of US involvement was unveiled when a Jordanian newspaper obtained a US document outlining plans for undermining and replacing Hamas (read). |
5/9/07 - US airstrike kills 21 Afghan civilians. (read)
5/8/07 - A US commander in Afghanistan has said that he is "deeply ashamed" by the killings of 19 Afghan civilians by US Marines in early March. (read)
5/8/07 - US helicopter attack in Iraq kills a number of children at a primary school. (read)
4/26/07 - US-supported Ethiopian tanks kill hundreds of Somali civilians. (read)
5/5/07 - One in ten US troops admit abusing Iraqis. Two-thirds of Marines said they would not report a member of their unit for killing or wounding an innocent civilian. (read)
5/5/07 - 13 Afghan civilians die in US raid (read)
5/2/07 - Women Leading Grassroots Movement in Italy to Oppose U.S. Military Base (read)
4/27/07 - Sen. Durbin says he knew the public was being lied to about Iraq, but he didn't say anything (read)
4/26/07 - The Lies of the Times: NYT Pushes Bush Line on Somalia (read)
4/11/07 - Russia threatening new cold war over US missile defence (read)
4/11/07 - Hizbullah accuses US of secret war and arming opponents (read)
4/8/07 - We want the Taliban back, say ordinary Afghans (read)
4/9/07 - US backing Pakistani terrorist attacks against Iran (read) 4/9/07 - US accused of using neutron bombs in Iraq (read)
3/29/06 - Rosie O'Donnell's 9/11 views reach 30 million viewers (read)
3/29/07 - MC Rove - Karl Rove rapping and dancing as the country goes to hell. (watch)
3/27/07 - Senator McCain gets slammed by a CNN journalist and laughed at by the military after claiming the Iraq surge is working. (read & watch)
3/19/07 - A new ABC News/USA Today poll of Iraqis has found that 78% oppose the US presence in Iraq. By a margin of more than 3 to 1, Iraqis say the presence of US forces is making the security situation worse. (read)
3/16/07 - Donald Trump: Bush "probably the worst president in the history of the United States" (read)
3/12/07 - 69% of respondents to a Wall Street Journal poll think the war in Afghanistan is not going well (read)
2/28/07 - Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet (read)
2/25/07 - US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran (read)
2/25/07 - Seymour Hersh: Bush Funneling Money to al Qaeda-Related Groups (watch video & read)
2/25/07 - More than 1,000 GIs petition Congress to end Iraq war (read)
2/23/07 - UN report compares Israel's actions to Apartheid South Africa (read)
2/16/07 - USA Today founder calls Bush worst president of all-time (read)
2/12/07 - Putin accuses US of wanting to dominate the world (read)
2/15/07 - Neo-Nazi rally in Orlando was organized by FBI informant (read)
2/14/07 - Urgent call for support for the struggle for freedom in Guinea, by Omali Yeshitela (read)
12/8/06 - Saudis reportedly financing Sunni insurgency in Iraq (read) (This story resurfaced at the time the US began making claims that Iran is giving weapons to Iraqis)
2/10/07 - New York Times Reporter Who Got Iraqi WMDs Wrong Now Highlights Iran Claims (read)
2/7/07 - KKK growing, fed by anti-immigrant feelings. Current membership estimated to be up to 8,000 nationwide. In the 1920's, the Klan numbered about 4.5 million (read)
2/8/07 - U.S. airstrike kills 45 civilians in Iraq (read)
2/3/07 - Six "Grannies" Arrested at Anti-war Protest (read) Grannies do Heavy Lifting, by Cindy Sheehan (read)
2/3/07 - War a Calamity, former Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski Tells US Congress - warns of a terrorist act or some provocation blamed on Iran (read)
2/2/07 - Justifications For Attacking Iran On Shaky Ground -- A new US intelligence report concluded that Iranian meddling is "not likely" a major cause of the bloodshed in Iraq (read)
2/1/07 - Iraq "surge" could actually total 50,000 (read)
1/23/07 - Israeli President to Be Indicted on Rape, Abuse of Power Charges (read)
1/15/07 - Report: U.S. GIs Fighting in Philippines (read)
1/20/07 - US and Ethiopian air strikes in Somalia last week killed 70 nomadic herdsmen (read)
1/16/07 - '24': a neocon sex fantasy? (watch video)
1/12/07 - Condi Rice loves 'her' Fox News anchors (read)
1/10/07 - CIA gets the go-ahead to take on Hizbollah (read)
SOMALIA
1/9/07 - US Special Forces in Somalia (read).
1/9/07 - US strikes in Somalia reportedly kill 31 civilians (read). Another report says 100+ killed (read)
1/5/07 - American Passports Found on Bodies of Al Qaida Fighters in Somalia (read).
1/4/07 - US warships guard Somali coast (read).
12/26/06 - "In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war" - Int'l Herald Tribune (read).
12/28/06 -
COMMENTARY
US involvement in Ethiopia's attacks in Somalia (read). |
1/1/07 - US troops kill Iraqi family of 4 (read) 12/31/07 - Afghans protest killing of 2 civilians by US troops (read)
12/28/06 - Many Soldiers Say Iraq Troop Surge a Bad Idea (read)
12/28/07 - Arrested Mexican president was CIA agent (read)
12/23/06 - A Florida congress woman has acknowledged calling for Castro's assassination after previously claiming a video clip of her making the comments was fake (read)
12/23/06 - A Bad Year for Empire (read)
12/23/06 - Indonesian cleric who blamed CIA for Bali '02 bombings (read) has his conviction overturned (read)
12/15/06 - The US Army is considering measures to force striking workers back to their jobs at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Kansas (read)
12/13/06 - Iran's President says Israel's "Zionist regime" will be wiped out' NOT 'Israel will be wiped out' as was reported (read)
12/5/06 - Bush Sr. sobs while talking of Jeb (watch video)
12/5/06 - Top Democrat Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops in Iraq (read)
12/5/06 - America's first Muslim congress member, Keith Ellison should not be allowed to take oath with Quran because it "undermines American civilization," said radio host & Bush appointee to Holocaust Memorial Museum (read)
FASCISM WATCH
12/1/06 - The US plans this month to launch the nation's first airport screening system that takes potentially revealing X-ray photos of travelers (read)
12/1/06 - US government quietly rates millions of travelers for 'terrorism potential' (read)
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11/26/06 - Survey Says: "US Most Unfriendly Country To Visit" (read)
11/18/06 - CIA analysis finds no Iranian nuclear weapons drive (read)
11/18/06 - Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Lieberman wants Hamas leaders killed (read). Same official previously said he wanted to "ethnically cleanse" Israel of its Arabs (read), and that all Palestinian prisoners should be drowned in the Dead Sea (read)
FASCISM WATCH
11/14/06 - House passes Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act which makes it a felony for animal rights activists to engage in non-violent protests that result in businesses losing money (read - scroll down) 11/13/06 - Bush: Immigrants may be held indefinitely on suspicion of terrorism (read) 11/13/06 - Administration: Gitmo Detainees Have No Rights (read)
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11/10/06 - Cities For Peace - 162 out of 162 communities vote to get out of Iraq (read)
11/8/06 - 18 civilians killed by Israeli shells (read). Related - 57 unarmed Palestinian minors killed by Israel since June (read)
11/1/06 - Top neocons now regret supporting war. "..the idea of a tough foreign policy.., the idea of using our power for moral good in the world"—is dead, at least for a generation (read)
11/1/06 - Growing anger
as US accused of being behind Madrasa attacks in Pakistan that killed 80 (read)
FASCISM WATCH
11/1/06 - US near the bottom of privacy study - determined to be an "extensive surveillance society,” (read)
10/24/06 - US Rank of Press Freedom Slides Lower (53rd) (read)
10/20/06 - US admits (and defends) use of propaganda in Iraq (read)
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10/24/06 - About 12% of Iraqis have fled since start of war; in Syria alone they are arriving at the rate of 40,000 a month (read)
10/22/06 - Israel: Flights over Lebanon to continue (read)
10/22/06 - Poll: Iraqi Youth Want US to Leave (read)
10/20/06 - Bush's Paraguay Land Grab - Hideout or Water Raid? (read)
10/20/06 - Hillary says the president should have "some lawful authority" to use torture ... in a so-called ticking-bomb scenario (read)
10/17/06 - "Bodies arrived severely fragmented, melted and disfigured." Gaza doctors say patients suffering mystery injuries after Israeli attacks (read)
10/16/06 - Police say  Israel's President should face rape charge (read)
10/12/06 - U.S. Neo-Cons Call For Japanese Nukes, Regime Change. "This crisis is not just about North Korea, but about Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and Cuba as well," (read)
FASCISM WATCH
10/12/06 - Surveillance of Florida Peace Activists - Defense Department Tracked Quakers, Student Groups Nationwide. Report cites acts of civil disobedience and vandalism as cause to label anti-war protests as “radical” and potential terrorist threats (read)
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10/6/06 - Greenpeace Warns of Toxic Risks to Two Million in Lebanon (read)
10/6/06 - Meet the "Whack Iran" Lobby (read)
FASCISM WATCH
10/5/06 - Bush Signings Called Effort to Expand Power - part of his "comprehensive strategy to strengthen and expand executive power." Bush: 800 signing statements; all other U.S. presidents: 600 combined (read) -- A day after this report, Bush does it again (read)
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10/3/06 - Bill Frist: Afghan war against Taliban can't be won militarily (read)
9/21/06 - THE NATION: Pentagon has reportedly issued orders for a major "strike group" of ships to head for the Persian Gulf, just off Iran's western coast (read)
FASCISM WATCH
10/3/06 - Software Being Developed to Monitor Opinions of U.S. - the software would let the government monitor negative opinions of the United States or its leaders in newspapers and other publications overseas (read)
9/26/06 - Military Commissions Act: Almost anyone who actively opposes the President or the government could be locked up indefinitely. 
9/29/06 - Hundreds Arrested in Week of Antiwar Actions (read)
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9/27/06 - Iraqi poll: Majority tells U.S. to leave - immediate exit would improve safety, they say (read)
9/21/06 - Only 11% worldwide favor military strikes against Iran (read)
9/21/06 - Democrats Charles Rangel and Nancy Pelosi blast Hugo Chavez over Bush is 'the devil' remarks - "...don't condemn my president" (read)
FASCISM WATCH
9/18/06 - Congress Considering Strip Searching Students (read)
9/19/06 - Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on users (read)
9/16/06 - IRS goes after church for anti-war sermon (read)
9/12/06 - Military Wants to Use Microwave Weapons on American Citizens (read)
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9/14/06 - Washington Post Hires Top Bush Speech writer (read)
9/12/06 - Israeli commander says his own actions in the bombing of Lebanon were insane and monstrous; 1.2 million cluster bomblets released (read)
9/10/06 - 62,006: The Number Killed in the "War on Terror" (read)
9/13/06 - Neo-Con favorite Newt Gingrich declares World War III (read) (Bush's prior remark about WWIII)
9/12/06 - Iraq's political process has sharpened the country's sectarian divisions, report says Also, in spite of a sharp increase in Sunni-Shiite violence, attacks on U.S.-led coalition forces are still the primary source of bloodshed in Iraq (read)
FASCISM WATCH
· 9/10/06 - War's Critics Abetting Terrorists, Cheney Says (read)
· 9/8/06 - Miami airport to train all 35,000 workers to spot suspicious people - even Starbucks coffee servers may be trained to watch travelers for suspicious movements (read)
· 9/8/06 - BYU professor put on leave over 9/11 claim (read) |
9/6/06 - Most French and Americans would support military action against Iran as a last resort, a major transatlantic opinion survey showed (read)
8/31/06 -
Republican Senator Conrad Burns (MT) says the U.S. is up against a faceless enemy of terrorists who "drive taxi cabs in the daytime and kill at night" (read)
8/29/06 -
 Abu Bakar Bashir says the CIA was involved in the 2002 Bali bombings. "The bomb ... it was an American (micro nuclear) bomb" (read 1, 2)
8/30/06 -
Israeli Raid in Gaza Kills 9 Palestinians, including a 14 year old (read) 8/28/06 - Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians on Monday (read)
8/23/06 -
 Israeli president allegedly coerced a female employee to have sex with him (read)
8/24/06 -
New Yorker arrested for broadcasting Hizbollah TV (read)
8/18/06 -
"Nicole and stars unite over terror" -- Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, Michael Douglas, Dennis Hopper, Sly Stallone, Danny De Vito, Don Johnson, James Woods, Kelly Preston and William Hurt condemn Hamas and Hizbullah (read)
8/20/06 - More than 100 young women who expressed interest in joining the military in the past year were preyed upon sexually by their recruiters. Women were raped on recruiting office couches, assaulted in government cars and groped en route to entrance exams (read)
8/14/06 - US bomb kills 12 Afghan cops; Karzai 'shocked, angry' (read)
8/14/06 - The Bush administration was informed in advance and gave the "green light" to Israel's military strikes against Hizbollah - with plans drawn up months before two Israeli soldiers were seized - it has been claimed (read)
7/25/06 - Nobel peace peace prize winner 'could kill' Bush (read)
8/1/06 - Hizbullah's attacks stem from Israeli incursions into Lebanon - CS Monitor opinion (read)
(9/29/03) - (recently referenced) "(Iraq) was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan...and there were a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia, and Sudan." From four-star general Wesley Clark's 2003 book Winning Modern Wars (read original)
8/2/06 - More Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza: 14 and 15 year old boys, a 14 year old girl, and a 24 year old woman (read 1, 2)
8/1/06 - Col. Michael Steele, whose "heroics" were portrayed in the movie "Black Hawk Down," is under investigation for allegedly encouraging his men to go on a killing spree (read) (more on US soldier violence)
8/1/06 - NATO Takes Command of Security in Southern Afghanistan (read)
7/30/06 - You're all targets, Israel tells Lebanese in South: Israel's justice minister said everyone remaining in southern Lebanon must evacuate, and those who don't would be regarded as terrorists and subject to attack (read),
and as promised, two days later an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Qana killed 56 people, including at least 34 children (read). Israelis shrug at Qana massacre (read) |
7/21/06 - US sergeant witnessed a plot by his fellow soldiers to kill three handcuffed Iraqis; squad leader threatened to kill anyone who talked about it (read)
7/21/06 - Afghanistan close to anarchy, warns British general (read)
7/21/06 - Teacher under fire for his Cheney-9/11 theory (read)
7/18/06 - Progressive Democrats of America reiterate call for an end to Israeli occupation of Palestine (read) but Senator Feingold (read) and and all but 7 Reps. (read) support the Israeli assault on Lebanon
7/18/06 - Hillary Clinton Speaks Up for Israel at U.N. Rally (read 1, 2). The day before, Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch threw a fundraising breakfast for Clinton in New York (read)
7/17/06 - Nearly nine out of 10 Israelis say the country's aerial campaign in Lebanon is justified and almost 60 percent say Israel should fight until Hezbollah is destroyed (read) 7/18/06 - Antiwar protests in Israel (read)
7/17/06 - Former CIA director Woolsey calls for US airstrikes on Syria (read)
7/11/06 - Afghans say civilians killed in US force bombing (read) 15 Afghan civilians killed in US strike (read)
7/10/06 - Family barbecue in Gaza ends in tragedy - three killed including 6 year-old girl (read) Three Palestinian teens killed while playing soccer (read)
7/7/06 - Palestinians have captured one Israeli soldier, but Israel holds more than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners (read)
7/5/06 - Thousands of troops say they won’t fight; Pentagon says 40,000 have deserted (read)
6/25/06 - US admits that 350 innocent Iraqis were killed by US troops on checkpoint and convoy duty last year (read, 2nd paragraph)
6/23/06 - For the fourth time in two weeks, Palestinian civilians (including a pregnant woman) have been killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli air strike (read)
6/20/06 - Thirteen Iraqis (in Baquba) Killed in Alleged US Fire on Poultry Farm (read)
6/9/06 - "War Criminal Nation" (read)
UPDATED 6/9/06 - Three women (no children) killed in Zarqawi strike (3rd to last paragraph)
5/31/06 - One year ago Dick Cheney said the insurgency in Iraq is "in the last throes". Since then: 799 U.S. fatalities and 5013 wounded (read)
5/29/06 - Bush "Planted Fake News Stories on American TV" (read)
5/27/06 - Protest tunes bubble up as war's popularity sinks (read)
5/27/06 - Chavez Spreads His Oil Wealth in Bolivia
(read)
5/24/06 - Canadian newspaper apologizes for fake Iran story (read)
5/24/06 -
London Police Target Anti-War Protester and Make off with Banners (read)
5/18/06 - U.S. expanding behavior profiling at airports - TSA agents to monitor passengers for signs of ‘stress, fear and deception’ (read)
5/18/06 - Congressman says Marines killed at least 30 Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood' (read)
5/17/06 - U.S. Secretly Backing Warlords in Somalia (read 1, 2)
5/5/06 - John Pilger: US death squads trying to create civil war in Iraq (read)
5/5/06 - Rupert Murdoch (Fox News) backs Hillary Clinton (read)
5/5/06 - Bush says fight against terror is 'World War III' (read)
5/5/06 - Poll: Republican right abandoning Bush - 45% of self described conservatives disapprove of president (read)
4/16/06 - U.S. aims to up nuclear warhead production capability to 250 a year (read)
4/13/06 - Iraq unrest forces 65,000 to flee (read)
4/10/06 - Wash. Post: US propaganda magnifies Zarqawi threat (read)
4/5/06 - British man held as terrorism suspect over punk song (read) Woman gets $100 ticket for "BUSHIT" bumper sticker (read)
3/31/06 -
Photographer Canned In Scalia Flap (read) (original story)
3/30/06 -
Jamaica's first female prime minister to be sworn in (read) Syria: woman named vice president (read) South Korea: woman named prime minister (read)
3/23/06 -
US-led forces round up whole Iraq village in security sweep (read)
3/21/06 -
Cuba to give WBC prize money to Katrina victims (read)
3/23/06 -
Bush's 'Uncle Bucky' Earned Millions in War Firm Sale (read)
3/16/06 - Five Iraqi children killed so far in "Operation Swarmer" say Iraqi police (read) Related: "Iraqi police have accused American troops of executing 11 people, including a 75-year-old woman and a 6-month-old infant" (read)
3/13/06 - Chile to Give Seniors Free Hospital Care (read)
3/13/06 - Secretary of Health and Human Services: Americans should start storing canned tuna and powdered milk under their beds as the prospect of a deadly bird flu outbreak approaches the U.S. (read)
3/6/06 - '14,000 detained without trial in Iraq' (read)
3/7/06 - Cindy Sheehan and three others arrested at the UN (watch Real video - 7 mins.)
3/6/06 -
World in Peril, Chomsky Tells Overflow Crowd (read)
2/28/06 -
Seven Arrested at White House Protest against Iraq War (read)  3/1/06 - 15 Arrested at White House in Anti Torture Protest (read)
2/28/06 - A poll of US troops currently serving in Iraq shows that 72% advocate a US pullout within a year (read) CBS Poll: Support for the war & Bush at an all-time low (read)
2/22/06 - Latin Americans dismayed by a bill approved by the U.S. House which calls for a 700-mile wall along the border with Mexico (read)
2/22/06 - Leading neo-con and PNAC charter member denounces Neoconservatism (read)
2/17/06 - US Church Alliance: Washington is 'Raining Down Terror' with Iraq War, Other Policies (read)
2/17/06 - "If you like your freedoms, don't thank a soldier, thank a protester." (read)
2/13/06 - U.S. Money Aids World’s Worst Dictators (read)
2/12/06 - Two Pakistani women killed (4 children injured) in US strike - third incident this year in which civilians killed (read)
2/11/06 - Environmentalists & anarchists protest at Olympics - bearers of the Olympic torch repeatedly had to change course to avoid confrontation (read)
2/11/06 - Mideast boycott a ‘nightmare’ for Danish firms - exports of Danish products to the Middle East and North Africa have come to a virtual standstill (read)
2/4/06 - Chavez says Bush worse than Hitler (read)
2/3/06 - Police Officers Sue over Police Surveillance of Their Protests (read)
2/2/06 - A 9/11 Conspirator in King Bush's Court?
Sheehan Wasn't Welcome But a Saudi Accused of Support for al Qaeda Was (read)
1/31/06 - New Patriot Act Provision Creates Tighter Barrier to Officials at Public Events (read)
1/27/06 - Survey: 57% Americans support military action in Iran (read)
1/27/06 - Pentagon exposing US public to propaganda (read)
1/24/06 - Jury orders reprimand, no jail time for U.S. soldier who killed an Iraqi general during interrogation (read) Judge sends war protester to prison for six months for throwing his own blood in a military recruiting office. (read)
1/20/06 - Activists Vow to Shut Down Army Recruiting Sites (read)
1/19/06 - Hillary Clinton calls for Iran sanctions - says Bush administration has 'downplayed' Iranian threat (read)
1/19/06 - Rightwing group offers students $100 to spy on UCLA professors (read)
1/17/06 - Children Can’t “Opt Out” of Pentagon Recruitment Database (read)
1/14/06 - Thousands of Protesters Tear-Gassed After US Airstrike Deaths in Pakistan (read)
1/11/06 - Judge Demands Police Video of Grandmothers' Protest (read)
1/9/06 - U.S. can open private mail in terrorism fight (read)
1/9/06 - 28 US troops killed in 4 days in Iraq (read)
1/8/06 - US Missile Blamed as 8 Pakistani Villagers Killed (read)
1/2/06 - US military 'shuts down' soldiers' blogs (read)
12/28/05 - Latin American mercenaries guarding Baghdad’s Green Zone (read)
12/23/05 - Italy warrants for 22 purported CIA operatives (read)
12/19/05 - Ohio Bill Would Allow Arrests For No Reason In Public Place (read)
12/19/05 - Congress Acceptable for Only 1/4 of Americans (read) Sen. Reid Calls US Congress 'Most Corrupt in History' (read)
12/18/05 - Air Force Pilot Accused of Anti-Bush Graffiti (read)
12/11/05 - Former Republican Congressmember Bob Barr says America is in danger of slipping into a totalitarian society (read)
12/5/05 - Hillary Clinton Co-Sponsors Anti-Flag Burning Law. (read) Code Pink to Hound Hillary (read)
12/5/05 - In Venezuela, Chavez' Party Sweeps Legislative Vote (read)
11/23/05 - Israel drops bombs on civilian areas of Lebanon (listen) (related)
11/29/05 - Miami Police Plan New Tactics on 'Terror' (read)
11/27/05 - Iraq abuse 'as bad as Saddam era' (read)
11/24/05 - Baywalk owner Mel Sembler takes charge of Scooter Libby's defense fund (read)
11/23/05 - US intelligence classified white phosphorus as 'chemical weapon' (read)
11/17/05 - Attacks on oil costing Iraq at least $28 million a day (read)
11/21/05 - Children killed as US troops fire on van at roadblock (read)
11/16/05 - U.S. Has Detained 83,000 in 'War on Terror' (read)
11/4/05 - Claim: US Created al-Zarqawi Myth (read)
11/15/05 - U.N. Report: 10,000 Iraqi families displaced by recent US-led attacks on Syrian border (read)
11/4/05 - For the 12th straight year, the UN voted overwhelmingly (179-3) against Washington's four-decade old economic embargo against Cuba (read)
11/9/05 - US admits killing civilians in bombings along Iraq/Syria border (read)
11/6/05 - Source of impeachment banner remains unknown (read)
11/3/05 - Bush approval rating now 35% - CBS poll (read)
11/2/05 - US military massacres Iraqi civilians near Syrian border - 40 killed, most women & children according to hospital (read)
10/31/05 - Rumsfeld cashing in on bird flu scare (read)
10/29/05 - Syrians tense as Iraq war laps at Border (read)
10/24/05 - Stop the Troops! No Glory or Honor in Iraq (read)
10/25/05 - Cindy Sheehan: "It's time to start practicing non-violent civil disobedience ( C.D.) on a large scale." (read)
10/24/05 - Pat Tillman: anti-Iraq war, pro-Chomsky (read)
10/23/05 - 82% of Iraqis "strongly opposed" to presence of coalition troops, according to British military survey (read)
10/18/05 - Catholic High School Teacher Forced Out Over Flag (read)
10/18/05 - Iraqi Civilians Killed in US Raid - at least 39 according to witnesses (read)
10/16/05 - Iran blames UK for bombings - reports (read)
10/15/05 - GIs and Syrians in Tense Clashes on Iraqi Border (read)
10/12/05 - "They're determined to have martial law." Republican Congressman Slams Bush On Militarized Police State Preparation (read)
10/12/05 - At least 2,225 Children Sentenced to Life without Parole in U.S. (read) The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world (read)
10/12/05 - Two mainstream polls: Bush approval below 40%, two-thirds think U.S. headed in wrong direction (read 1, 2)
10/7/05 - Ex-marine says soldiers committed atrocities in Iraq - including shooting unarmed protesters (read)
10/6/05 - BBC: Bush claimed God told him to invade Iraq, Afghanistan; White House denies claim (read)
WHO'S BEHIND THE BOMBINGS IN IRAQ?
10/2/05 - FBI: Cars stolen in US used in suicide attacks in Iraq (read)
9/19/05 - Two British Marines disguised as Arabs carrying out a "special security task" arrested for firing on civilians in Basra, Iraq; may have been planting a car bomb (read) (more 1, 2)
10/13/05 - Al-Qaeda: Letter is a U.S. fake (read)
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10/5/05 - Fox's Bill O'Reilly calls for assassination of Syrian leader Assad (read)
10/5/05 - Israeli Defense Minister: US 'aiming at Syria regime change' (read)
10/1/05 - GOP Senators want Negroponte to head spies (read)
10/2/05 - Iraq's President Calls for Prime Minister to Step Down (read)
10/1/05 - A 'Dear Judy' Letter from 'Scooter'--With 'Admiration' (read)
9/30/05 - Israeli lawmakers: use force to stop Iran's nuke goals, if necessary (read)
10/2/05 - Torture of Iraqis Was for 'Stress Relief,' Say US Soldiers (read)
9/29/05 - Survey: 6 in 10 Military Women Harassed (read)
9/29/05 - Army captain calls prisoner abuse ‘systemic’ (read)
9/28/05 - U.S. military treatment of journalists 'out of control', says Reuters chief (read)
9/28/05 - Free speech victory in Miami (read)
9/27/05 - FBI murders Puerto Rican independence figure (read)
9/24/05 - Tal Afar Residents Return to Ghost City, Razed Homes (read)
9/25/05 - GI: anything short of death was acceptable in abusing Iraqis (read)
9/26/05 - Top Democrats Flee Peace Protests (read)
9/21/05 - Bush Waives Saudi Child Sex Trafficking Sanctions (read)
9/23/05 - Prisoners in New Orleans city jail were 'abandoned' (read)
9/20/05 - Hurricane Contractors Get Affirmative Action Exemption (read)
9/20/05 - Afghan president wants end to many U.S. operations (read)
9/14/05 - Hugo Chavez tells Ted Koppel he has proof U.S. is planning Venezuelan invasion. (article) (transcript)
9/12/05 - Norway elections: Christian right out, left-leaning gov't in. (read) [watch Norwegian video 'Banned by the Feds']
9/14/05 - More Gitmo detainess join hunger strike - now 128 (read)
9/11/05 - Draft U.S. Defense Paper Outlines Preventive Nuclear Strikes (read)
9/8/05 - Court Rules U.S. Can Indefinitely Detain Citizens (read)
9/3/05 - Fox News reporters rail government response to hurricane victims (link to video: "Horror Show")
8/28/05 - Protest Warriors mistreated at a pro-war rally in Crawford (video - IE req'd)
9/1/05 - "Spying on the Protesters" - The Nation (read)
8/30/05 - U.S. airstrikes kill 56 civilians, 7 'insurgents' (read)
8/26/05 - 5000 soccer fans in Haiti witness a machete massacre of up to 50 victims by national police (read)
8/26/05 - Nine of 10 people surveyed in the U.S. say it's OK to protest the Iraq war (read)
8/25/05 - American Legion Declares War on Peace Movement. ALSO: MSNBC Journalist Calls Crawford Protesters ‘Anti-war Extremists’ (read)
8/24/05 - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez offers cheap gas to poor in U.S. (read)
8/20/05 - Pittsburgh counter recruitment demonstrators shot with tasers, bitten by dogs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) SPfP SOLIDARITY STATEMENT
8/19/05 - Free Speech & The War on Terror - Thomas Friedman's Blacklist (read)
8/16/05 - 26 Iraqi workers wounded as US troops mistake them for 'rebels' (read)
8/14/05 - Angered farmer fires shots near Cindy Sheehan's Iraq war protest at Bush ranch (read) (more)
8/15/05 - The Iraqi constitution under Saddam prohibited all forms of discrimination and guaranteed freedom of expression. (read)
8/12/05 - Voices in the Wilderness refuses to pay U.S. gov't $20,000 fine for bringing medicine to Iraqi citizens (read)
8/9/05 - Pentagon devising scenarios for martial law in US (read)
8/10/05 - 5 died in recent taser police shootings. This brings the total number of people killed in the United States by stun guns to at least 147 (story near bottom of page)
8/11/05 - A series of massacres by Haitian death squad police leave dozens wounded and dead, including a pregnant woman and a teenager (read) (more)
8/5/05 - Karl Rove was fired from 1992 Bush Sr. campaign reportedly for leaks to Robert Novak (read)
7/31/05 - New U.S. military base at Syria-Iraq border (read)
8/1/05 - Cheney orders contingency plan for a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons (read)
7/26/05 - Who's Taking Blame for Christian Violence? (read)
7/31/05 - U.S. forces recruiting overseas (read)
7/21/05 - News Flash: The Military Doesn't Protect Our Freedom (read)
7/29/05 - Pakistan rounds up 600 Muslims - can be detained without charge for 1 year. (read) Pakistan says 1,400 foreign students at religious schools must immediately leave country (read)
7/28/05 - 30% of Returning GIs Have Mental Problems. (read)
7/28/05 - Targeting the 15 Democratic Sellouts Who Passed CAFTA (read)
7/27/05 - US majority doubts America will win Iraq war; 51% now think that Bush intentionally misled on WMD's; 58 to 37% believe the U.S. will not be able to establish a stable democracy in Iraq - USA Today/Gallup poll (read)
7/27/05 - Iraqi Prime Minister: "The great desire of the Iraqi people is to see the coalition forces on their way out." (read)
7/26/05 - Bush Administration Files 11th Hour Papers Blocking the Release of More Photos and Videos Of Abu Ghraib Torture (read)
7/26/05 - 'Die America!' chants Afghan mob at U.S. base (read)
7/26/05 - Innocent Iraqi civilians are increasingly being killed by US troops (read)
7/26/05 - Iraq constitution may erode women's rights (read)
7/22/05 - Haitian Priest Assaulted by Mob at Funeral and Arrested for Murders (read)
7/19/05 - Bush: U.S. probes possible IRAN links to 9/11 (read)
7/21/05 - Yemen: 13 Dead in Riots Over World Bank-Backed Price Hikes (read)
7/17/05 - Study by Israel and Saudi Arabia: the vast majority of foreign fighters in Iraq are not former terrorists and became radicalized by the war itself (read)
7/15/05 - Iran Ayatollah says Blair government could have bombed London (read)
7/12/05 - Democrats (including Hillary Clinton) aim to increase size of Army (read)
7/9/05 - The claim of responsibility for the London attacks was first posted on a website that is hosted in Houston, Texas. (read)
7/12/05 - 128,000 Iraqis have been killed - of which 55% were women and children according to an Iraqi humanitarian organization (read)
7/11/05 - Protesters not allowed to distribute leaflets. (read)
7/7/05 - Israeli Embassy in London was warned minutes before blasts. (read)
7/5/05 - Afghanistan condemns US airstrike - up to 17 Afghan civilians killed. (read)
6/28/05 - The USA: World's Biggest Prison. (read)
6/28/05 - Two FL 'anarchist' teens arrested in flag burnings. (read)
6/29/05 - Patriots owner gives Super Bowl ring to Russia's Putin as Rupert Murdoch looks on. (read)
6/27/05 - Chavez says Venezuela has "the largest petroleum reserves in the world.". (read)
6/27/05 - Former Iraqi PM Allawi: Militants from Syria not backed by Damascus. (read)
6/27/05 - Bogus Analysis Led to Terror Alert in Dec. 2003. (read)
6/26/05 - U.S. General Admits to Secret Air War. (read)
6/25/05 - Cheney's Gitmo resort comment rebuked (read)
6/23/05 - Ecuador Refuses to Sign U.S. Immunity Pact (read)
5/12/05 - UN: "Daily living conditions in Iraq dismal." (read)
6/20/05 - Uzbek units linked to deadly crackdown got U.S. training. (read)
6/19/05 - 82 members of Iraqi Parliament demand U.S. pullout. (read)
6/17/05 - U.S. military drops nine 500 pound bombs on Iraq. (read)
6/18/05 - Bush says U.S. in Iraq because of 9/11. (read)
6/17/05 - Police in Haiti continue the killing. (read)
6/19/05 - New U.S. Move to Spoil Climate Accord. (read)
6/16/05 - Senate's No. 2 democrat Dick Durbin compares Gitmo to Nazis, gulags, and Pol Pot. (read) But later apologizes (read)
6/16/05 - Ex-Marine detained by U.S.: "I was more worried about my life from the (U.S.) military than from the insurgents". (read)
6/15/05 - Only 4 of Gitmo's 520 detainees have been charged. (read)
6/14/05 - Antiwar protesters face federal conspiracy charges. (read)
6/14/05 - Sept. 11 WTC Collapse Likely Due to Controlled Demolition, "Inside Job" According to Former Bush Team Member. (read 1, 2)
6/14/05 - Marines, Iraqis kill five civilians. (read)
6/14/05 - US Blocks Probe of Uzbekistan Killings. (read)
6/9/05 - Repression 101: Anti-War Students Sanctioned at San Francisco St. (read)
6/9/05 - Former CIA director calls for Iraq withdrawal (read)
6/8/05 - Ethiopia: Another Pro-U.S. Ruler Goes Berserk, Massacres Protestors (read)
5/18/05 - Iraqis Endure Worse Conditions Than Under Saddam, UN Survey Finds (read) (survey)
5/31/05 - Six Burnt Alive as Protesters Torch US Fast Food Outlet in Pakistan (read)
5/31/05 - Israel's leading TV anchor: "Since 1967, we have been brutal conquerors, occupiers, suppressing another people" (read)
5/31/05 - Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi admits Israel comes first; denounces Iran (read)
5/25/05 - U.S. Selling More Weapons to Undemocratic Regimes (read)
5/30/05 - U.S. ally Azerbaijan bans protests of its president (read)
5/28/05 - Analysts Behind Iraq Intelligence Were Rewarded (read)
5/19/05 - Nazi-like Experiments at N.I.H.
Testing AIDS Drugs on Unwitting Foster Children (read)
5/24/05 - North Carolina church puts up sign "Koran Needs to Be Flushed" (read)
5/23/05 - Afghan president Karzai says recent protests "not related to the Newsweek (Koran) story." (read); Richard Myers previously made a similar statement. (read) .
5/21/05 - Afghan prisoners 'tortured to death' by American guards. (read)
5/20/05 - Muslim protesters called for the bombing of New York
in a demonstration outside the US embassy in London. (read)
5/20/05 - Iraqi Government, in Statement with Iran, Admits Fault for 1980s War. (read)
5/16/05 - Marine-led Campaign Killed Friends and Foes, Iraqi Leaders Say - "The Americans were bombing whole villages and saying they were only after the foreigners. (read)
5/9/05 - 84 percent of Iraq's higher education establishments were "destroyed, damaged and robbed" ; 50 University teachers assassinated according to U.N. study (read)
5/11/05 - Eight civilians killed by U.S. in Afghanistan (read) U.S. Army mistakenly kill innocent Iraqi (read)
5/11/05 - Real Wages Fall at Fastest Rate in 14 years (read) Ford and GM Now Junk Bonds (read)
5/11/05 - Jay Shaft: 'When Silence Becomes Betrayal' (read)
5/6/05 - Palestinian Local Elections - Hamas wins 23 of the 84 contests (read)
4/30/05 - Student 'sting' leads to Army recruiter's suspension (read)
4/29/05 - Pepper Spray Trial Jury Agrees Excessive Force Used by Officers Against Protesters (read)
4/28/05 - Ahmad Chalabi named Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq; his nephew named Finance Minister (read)
4/27/05 - Marine hung 'death sign' by bodies, witnesses testify (read)
4/26/05 - U.S. Inspectors find no proof Iraq hid weapons in Syria (read)
4/21/05 - Greenspan Warns Senate of 'Unsustainable' Budget (read)
4/21/05 - Condi Rice calls for change in Belarus (read)
4/15/05 - There were more terrorist attacks in 2004 than any year since 1985 - in response, the State Dept. will stop publishing the annual report (read)
4/15/05 - 73 Democrats Side With Credit Card Industry Over Consumers (read)
4/13/05 - TV ad portrays Iran nuking the U.S. (read) (watch video) Washington gives $3m to 'boost democracy' in Iran (read)
4/11/05 - U.S. Funds to Promote Democracy in Iran (read)
4/9/05 - Mexico mounts huge protest over threat to left wing presidential candidate. (read 1, 2, 3)
4/5/05 - UC Santa Cruz students kick miliary recruiters off campus. (read)
4/4/05 - NYU antiwar protesters force CIA to cancel appearance. (read)
4/5/05 - Afghanistan likely to have permanent U.S. military. (read)
3/16/05 - Seventeen leading democrats: 'winning the war against jihadist extremism the party's first priority.' (read)
4/1/05 - Government searches and wiretaps up 75 percent. (read)
3/30/05 - Woman, children killed by U.S. attack in Afghanistan. (read)
3/29/05 - US admits killing Arab journalists in Iraq. (read)
3/16/05 - At least 108 people have died in American custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, most of them violently. (read)
3/29/05 - U.S. backed UN forces prevent pro-democracy demonstrations in Haiti. (read)
3/30/05 - General Ricardo Sanchez Approved Extreme Interrogation Methods. (read)
3/28/05 - Mexicans boo the U.S. national anthem and a spattering of fans chanted "Osama! Osama!" at a World Cup soccer game. (read)
3/29/05 - US to sell F-16 fighter jets to rivals India and Pakistan. (read)
3/28/05 - Howard Dean Still Selling Out the Antiwar Movement. (read)
3/23/05 - Florida Aims to Control 'Leftist' Professors. (read)
3/18/05 - Preemptive Strikes Now Official U.S. Policy. (read)
3/10/05 - Ex-Marine Says Public Version of Saddam Capture Fiction. (read)
3/11/05 - MoveOn.org Makes Peace With The War. (read)
3/7/05 - Iran tells U.S. to 'back off or suffer oil shock.' (read)
3/1/05 - One in Four Americans Would Use Nukes Against Terrorists, Gallup Finds. (read)
3/1/05 - Uruguay Veers Left, in a Latin Pattern. (read)
2/15/05 - U.S. contractors tell MSNBC they witnessed shooting of unarmed Iraqi civilians. (read)
2/11/05 - F. Yoo! UC Irvine protesters humiliate torture-memo author. (read)
2/11/05 - The New Republic magazine has decided to publish an article that fantasizes about torturing and murdering antiwar activists, including Arundhati Roy and Stan Goff. (read)
2/6/05 - VA: On any given day, as many as 250,000 veterans (male and female) are living on the streets or in shelters. (read)
1/28/05 - Project for a New American Century letter to Congress: at least 25,000 more troops per year needed for "missions in the Middle East." (read)
1/24/05 - Saudi Suicide Bomber Claims Zarqawi was Captured, Then Released. (read)
1/21/05 - Cable News Inauguration Coverage: Republican and conservative guests and commentators outnumbered Democrats and progressives 19 to 7 on FOX, 10 to 1 on CNN , and 13 to 2 on MSNBC. (read)
2/2/05 - CNN: U.S. Condoned Iraq Oil Smuggling. (read)
1/26/05 - Two Ocala special education students, ages 9 and 10, were charged with felonies and taken away from school in handcuffs, accused of making violent drawings of stick figures. (read)
1/26/05 - The U.S. Air Force is flying combat aircraft into Iranian airspace in an apparent attempt to lure Tehran into turning on air defense radars, thus allowing U.S. pilots to grid the system for use in future targeting data. (read)
1/19/05 - U.S. Building Forts On Iraq Border. (read)
1/13/05 - James Baker advises administration to consider a phased withdrawal of troops. (read)
1/13/05 - 16 Dems Urge Bush to Start Pullout From Iraq. (read)
1/9/05 - Conservative Rep. Howard Coble, R- N.C. suggests Iraq withdrawal. (read)
1/6/05 - Jesse Jackson , Jr. (D-Ill.) "Americans don't have the right to vote in their Constitution!" (read)
| 1/4/05 | History Channel spinoff to have military theme. (read) | | 12/31/04 | The Top Ten War Profiteers of 2004. (read) | | 12/30/04 | Analysis: U.S.-Russia teamwork unraveling. (read) | | 12/28/04 | Asian Disaster May Affect Two Civil Wars. (read) | | 12/27/04 | Pat Buchanan: 'Staying the Course' Won't Do. (read) | | 12/23/04 | USA Today founder Al Neuharth: bring the troops home from Iraq. (read) | | 12/18/04 | U.S. soldier admits he killed Iraqi teenager after sex. (read) | | 12/21/04 | Poor Health Care Access Cost 900,000 African American Lives in Past 10 Years. (read) | | 12/19/04 | UK Army: Antiwar Movement Causing Drop in Recruits. (read) | | 12/21/04 | 2004 Media Follies!
The Most Overhyped and Underreported Media Stories of the Year. (read) | | 12/12/04 | Scottish Anti-War Protesters Call for Wave of Civil Disobedience. (read) | 12/16/04
12/9/04
12/6/04
11/26/04
11/26/04
| UKRAINE SITUATION
How the U.S. funded Ukrainian opposition via the National Endowment for Democracy. Note: Senator John Kerry and other leading Democrats have staunchly supported the NED and its covert interventions. (read)
Republican congressman Ron Paul (TX) says the U.S. is guilty of trying to influence Ukrainian elections. (read)
Conservative Pat Buchanan says it appears the U.S. is intervening in Ukraine election process. (read)
Other: (read) (read)
| | 12/8/04 | The Pentagon says more than 5,500 servicemen have deserted since the war started in Iraq. (read) | | 12/6/04 | Pakistan President Musharraf says Iraq war a mistake and has made the world more dangerous. (read) | | 12/3/04 | Russia's Putin Calls U.S. Policy 'Dictatorial;' criticizes U.S. for giving refuge to Chechan terrorists. (read) | | 12/3/04 | Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) think tank president, Will Marshall signed on with the Project for a New American Century. (read) | | 11/26/04 | Turk lawmaker says US in Iraq worse than Hitler. (read) | | 11/26/04 | CIA Knew of Plot Against Venezuela's Chavez. (read) | | 11/19/04 | Mounting evidence of US destabilisation of Sudan. (read) | | 11/17/04 | CIA Plans Riskier, More Aggressive Espionage. (read) | | 11/14/04 | AP Photographer Witnessed U.S. Helicopters Firing on and Killing Iraqis who Were Trying to Flee Falluja. (read) | | 11/12/04 | Bush Snubs Spain's Leader Zapatero and Instead Courts Former PM Aznar. (read) | | 11/12/04 | Osama bin Laden now has religious approval to use a nuclear device against Americans, says the former head of the CIA unit charged with tracking down the Saudi terrorist. (read) |
| 10/14/04 | Saudis blame U.S. role in Iraq for rise in terror. (read) | | 10/13/04 | 25 Chechen terrorists said to have entered the U.S. from Mexico in July. (read) | | 10/11/04 | U.S. to double military in Colombia. (read) | | 10/8/04 | Bush to aid 'moderate' parties in Iraq election. (read) | | 10/8/04 | U.S. airstrike on wedding party in Falluja - groom among 14 killed. (read) | | 10/6/04 | Video: U.S. pilots celebrate as they target unarmed Iraqi civilians. (read) (watch video - authenticity not confirmed)
| | 10/4/04 | 41 of 70 killed by U.S. in Samarra were women and children. (read) | | 10/1/04 | Barack Obama would consider missile strikes on Iran. (read 1, 2) |
9/30/04
| Pentagon wants 'uplifting accounts' about Iraq. Bush administration will 'curtail' bad news about Iraq. (read) | | 9/28/04 | Crisis looms due to weak dollar. (read) | | 9/25/04 | Mikhail Gorbachev: Iraq war was a mistake. (read) | | 9/25/04 | Pakistan President and key U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf: U.S. NOT welcome in Iraq. Also, the Israeli/Palestine issue causes anti-American feeling in Muslim world and is the root cause of terrorism. (read) |
| Project Censored 2005
The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-04 | | 9/15/04 | U.S. underwriting terrorism in Indonesia? (read) | | 9/15/04 | Sharon says Israel will not follow Bush's "road map." (read) | 9/13/04
| Students undeterred as FBI targets activists around the country. (read) | 9/13/04
| House Republicans and Democrats Unite in Linking Iraq and 9/11. (read) | | 9/7/04 | Israeli rabbis: Don't Spare Civilians - killing enemy civilians during war is 'normal'. (read) | | 9/1/04 | Anti-Bush Sticker Gets Terrified Teen a Visit From Secret Service. (read) |
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| | 8/31/04 | NPR leads the charge for war with Iran. (read) | | 8/30/04 | The State Dept. recently gave $30 million to a dissident movement in Cuba to help overthrow Fidel Castro, according to the co-Chair of the Republican campaign in Florida. (Sorry, only available via Real Audio. Listen to this on Free Speech Radio at the 19:45 mark). RELATED VIDEO: Panama slaps Cuba in the face. | | 8/30/04 | 70% of Iraqis prefer a "religious" state, 57% positively view Moqtada al-Sadr according to U.S. poll done by an offshoot of the Republican Party chaired by John McCain. (read) | | 8/30/04 | John Edwards said a Kerry presidency would confront Iran on it's nuclear plans. (read) | | 8/30/04 | Half of New Yorkers believe US leaders had foreknowledge of impending 9-11 attacks and “Consciously Failed” to act, according to Zogby poll. (read) | | 8/28/04 | Kissinger Backed Dirty War Against Left in Argentina. (read) | | 8/23/04 | North Korea: "Bush is a tyrant [who] puts Hitler in the shade." (read) | | 8/23/04 | U.S. journalist hostage was released at the request of Muqtada al-Sadr. (read) | | 8/20/04 | Iraqi Olympic soccer players warn Bush not to use their success in his campaign. "How will he meet his god having slaughtered so many men and women?" (read 1, 2) | | 8/18/04 | NYC Mayor says protesting is a 'privilege.' (read) | | 8/16/04 | Kerry appoints former AIPAC member Mel Levine to be top Middle East Advisor. (read) | 8/16/04
| NYC - Police Raid on IndyMedia Fundraising Event. (read)
| | 8/12/04 | US Plans to Expand in Okinawa Spark Furious Resistance (read)
| | 8/6/04 | Tennessee Republican candidate for Congress admits supporting Eugenics - the fake science that resulted in thousands of people being sterilised in an attempt to purify the white race (read), wins GOP Primary. (read)
| 3/9/04
Posted 8/5/04
| Kerry opposes Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. (read)
| | 7/29/04 | Bush Using Drugs to Control Depression, Erratic Behavior. (read) Sullen, Depressed President Retreats Into Private, Paranoid World. (read) NOTE: We are not able to determine the credibility of these two stories, both of which come from the same source, Capitol Hill Blue)
| | 7/28/04 | Disgraced judge picked for Homeland Security post. (read)
| | 7/27/04 | Democracy in Iraq? Iraq sets up committee to impose restrictions on news reporting. (read)
| | 7/27/04 | U.S. using Darfur crisis to topple the Sudanese gov't according to Khartoum's envoy to the African Union (AU). (read)
| | 7/27/04 | USA Today Censors Ann Coulter's Coverage of Democratic Convention. (read)
| | 7/27/04 | Spain Gov't Puts 'Social' Back in Socialism. (read)
| | 7/23/04 | U.S. policy on Israel a key reason for the Sept. 11 attacks, according to mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. (read) | | 7/20/04 | Sen. John W. Warner's office acknowledged yesterday that the Virginia Republican arranged for religious activists to use a Senate office building last March for a ceremony in which the Rev. Sun Myung Moon declared himself the Messiah and said his teachings have helped Hitler and Stalin be "reborn as new persons." (read) | | 7/19/04 | Alabama Doctor Reactivated for Iraq War at 68. (read) (video, Real Player required, excuse the 15 second CBS commercial) | | 7/19/04 | Anti-war protestor groups growing: "Protest Warrior" is now growing at rate of five to six new members a day, with chapters in 13 cities. (read) (video, Real Player required, excuse the 30 second Fox commercial) | | 7/18/04 | Downing Street admits that repeated claims by Tony Blair that '400,000 bodies had been found in Iraqi mass graves' is untrue, and only about 5,000 corpses have so far been uncovered. (read) | | 7/15/04 | Two people arrested for wearing anti-Bush t-shirts at the president's July 4th rally - charges eventually dropped. (read) | | 7/14/04 | Foreigners Face Slavery-Like Life in Saudi. (read) | | 7/14/04 | Life expectancy in various African countries now less than 40 years (read) | | 7/6/04 | Sexist Judge Confirmed by Senate - "The wife is to subordinate herself to her husband" and "the woman is to place herself under the authority of the man." (read) | | 7/6/04 | Foreign Detainees are Few in Iraq. Data Suggest Administration has Overstated Role of Jihadists in the Insurgency. (read) | | 7/3/04 | Congressman McDermott suggests Bush is hiding Osama. (read) | | 7/3/04 | Army stage-managed fall of Hussein Statue. (read) | | 6/29/04 | Iraq is worse off than before the war began, GAO reports. (read) | | 6/29/04 | More than 4,000 scientists have signed a petition accusing George Bush of twisting their work to further his political agenda. (read) | | 6/28/04 | President Bush said that coalition forces in Iraq would support a possible decision by the new Iraqi leadership to declare martial law to deal with escalating violence and terror attacks. "Iraqis know what we know, that the best way to defend yourself is to go on the offensive," he said. (read) | | 6/27/04 | U.S. to control much of Iraqi Gov't even AFTER elections take place - Bremer has issued 97 legal orders which are "binding instructions ... to the Iraqi people" that will remain in force even after the transfer of political authority. A seven-member commission will be given the power to disqualify political parties and any candidates they see fit. Bremer also appointed at least two dozen Iraqis to government jobs with multi year terms who will remain in place even after elections are held. (read)
| | 6/22/04 | Ashcroft accused by then acting-FBI Director off brushing off terror warnings before 9/11 - may have lied about it to 9/11 Commission. (read) | | 6/17/04 | Pentagon seeks OK to spy on Americans - new bill would allow Pentagon to gather intelligence on US residents without their knowledge. (read) | | 6/15/04 | A Coalition Provisional Authority poll of Iraqis reveals anger towards the U.S. Fully 92% of Iraqis consider the U.S. an occupying force, and more than half believe they would be safer if U.S. troops simply left. (read) | | 6/10/04 | The State Department is revising its annual report on terrorism amid concerns that it significantly undercounted the number of attacks last year. Administration officials had hailed the reduced number of incidents as a sign the war on terrorism is working. But the department says now revised figures could be "up sharply" from those first reported — according to the Los Angeles Times, the new number could be a 20-year high. (read) | 6/8/04
5/27/04
12/14/03 | New Iraqi leader Ayad Allawi helped CIA launch terrorist attacks (read). Allawi was responsible for bogus 45-minute WMD claim (read) and he claimed Saddam was connected to al-Qaeda and Sept. 11. (read) NOTE: the supposed Atta/Iraq link was refuted by the 911 Commission. (read) | | 6/8/04 | More Enron tapes, more gloating. (read)
| | 6/4/04 | U.S. told Saudis to let al-Qaeda gunmen escape after they killed 10 hostages in the oil hub of Khobar, Saudi Arabia. (read) | | 6/3/04 | U.N.'s Brahimi: Paul Bremer is the "dictator of Iraq... I will remind you that the Americans are governing this country." (read) |
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