'America's Outrageous War Economy!'
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:41:12 GMT
'America's Outrageous War Economy!'
Pentagon can't find $2.3 trillion, wasting trillions on 'national defense'
By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch
Last update: 7:27 p.m. EDT Aug. 18, 2008
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/why-we-love-americas-outrageous/story.aspx?guid=0D31C880-32CD-4BA1-8133-329EA57CB069&di ...
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Bush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on Terror
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:24:18 GMT
Bush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on Terror
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
August 30, 2008
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/washington/30terror.html
WASHINGTON a?? Tucked deep into a recent proposal from the Bush administration
is a provision that has received almost no public attention, yet in many
ways ...
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Chomsky: Britain has failed US detainees
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:05:13 GMT
Chomsky: Britain has failed US detainees
By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor
Independent
Saturday, 30 August 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chomsky-britain-has-failed-us-detainees-913318.html
http://tinyurl.com/6gy45e
Britain has failed in its duty to stop the US from committing "shameful
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There are much worse places than Gitmo
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:20:05 GMT
I watched this video several times, to try to catch everything the
"interrogator" is saying. The prisoners are from the Qaida-endorsed group
Fateh al-Islam, which was based among a teeming mob of Palestinian civilians
in Nahr al-Bared, Lebanon. From that base they would sneak into Tripoli,
posing as civilians, ...
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Look out! Here come the terrorists !!!!
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:19:34 +0200
Or not, as the case may be. An interesting report from the New Scientist.
"Terrorism has a distorting effect on people's decision making"? Surely
not....
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How to keep your head in scary situations
a.. 27 August 2008
b.. Michael Bond
c.. Magazine issue 2671
YOU'RE at ...
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Miliband wants to cover up kidnap and torture
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:12:45 GMT
UK considers Guantanamo man move
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/7588257.stm
Published: 2008/08/29 16:41:00 GMT
The government has been given a further week by the High Court to consider
its refusal to disclose material involving a UK resident held in Guantanamo
Bay.
Biny ...
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Georgian Fantasies: Where are the Americans?
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:03:31 GMT
Georgian Fantasies: Where are the Americans?
Doug Bandow
August 29, 2008
http://www.antiwar.com/bandow/?articleid=13377
It's still not certain what motivated the Georgian government to launch its
attack on South Ossetia in the face of ongoing Russian hostility and recent
military maneuvers which all-but gu ...
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Russia test-launches ballistic missile
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:43:21 +0100
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=67828§ionid=351020602
Russia undertook prescision ballistic missiles tests as the country takes
safety precautions against the encroachment of the US missile shield.
Carrying a new warhead reportedly undetectable by any conventional
technology, the Topol RS-12M Interc ...
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Putin blames US for Georgia role
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:42:00 GMT
Putin blames US for Georgia role
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/7586605.stm
Published: 2008/08/28 16:30:06 GMT
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of provoking the
conflict in Georgia, possibly for domestic election purposes.
Mr Putin told C ...
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Milliband: quo vadis?
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:31:19 GMT
Foley, below, says Brown's first task when he returns from hols should be
to sack Millband.
interesting trying to figure out what Milliband is doing - and, separate
question, what he thinks he is doing?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/25/davidmiliband.foreign
policy
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