FW: John Pilger: The Warlords of America :

["Craven, Jim" <JCraven@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.  It is not so desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right: Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849

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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.  If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality: Bishop Desmond Tutu

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He does not believe who does not live according to his belief: Thomas Fuller

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1 YEAR & 152 DAYS ... AND STILL NO WMD FOUND IN IRAQ.

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US missiles pound Falluja: 

Aljazeera reported that dozens of Iraqi civilians were among those wounded and killed in the latest air strike. Local hospitals were overwhelmed with women and children seeking medical assistance and refuge. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8200FC16-5926-4D1D-9455-A06BF4933FF0.htm

http://tinyurl.com/47lu6

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Two U.S. soldiers killed in attacks in Iraq : 

The attacks will raise the official Pentagon U.S. death toll to at least 1,003 since the start of the Iraq war last year. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/memorial/20040908-0548-iraq-soldier.html

http://tinyurl.com/6a4xg

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In their own words: Letters from U.S. casualties: 

Writings from U.S. troops who have died in Iraq http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6875.htm

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- IRAQIS - 

TROOPS KILLED: 30,000 (April 2003) - TROOPS SERIOUSLY INJURED: 54,000 (April 2003) - CIVILIANS KILLED: 11,690 (Aug. 2004) http://www.unknownnews.net/casualties.html

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Deputy Governor Of Volatile Iraqi Province Kidnapped: Official : 

The deputy governor of Iraq's volatile Al-Anbar province was kidnapped from his home by gunmen who shot his son in the chest, the interior ministry said Wednesday. http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=26585

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White House, Pressure Quashes AIPAC Spy Case Prosecutions: 

An FBI investigation into suspected security breaches involving Pentagon officials and Israel is unlikely to result in prosecution of senior figures following pressure from the White House, according to people familiar with the case. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/344aa23c-0103-11d9-9d96-00000e2511c8.html

http://tinyurl.com/6z56y

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Spy-scandal lobby blitz

AIPAC secures wide backing after secrets charges http://www.thehill.com/news/090804/spy.aspx

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Patrick J. Buchanan: America needs a Middle East policy made in the USA, not in Tel Aviv: 

If there has been a recurrence of Pollardism at the Pentagon, we need to know and the president needs to act, as Truman did not with Alger Hiss and Harry Dexter White. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6871.htm

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John Pilger: The Warlords of America : 

Wading through the blood, a new breed of popular historian, the journalist in the pay of rich newspaper owners, spun the heroic myths of a supersect called Americanism http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6874.htm

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Kerry and the Mideast : 

New Democrats of Kerry's sort are all for the American empire; understandably, they would prefer that those words remained unsaid." http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=51120&d=7&m=9&y=2004

http://tinyurl.com/5c3vh

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Roger Burbach : Securing The Empire : 

To impose its imperial fiats on the world the United States has over 730 military bases in 132 countries. The military deploys over half a million soldiers, spies, technicians, teachers, dependents and civilian contractors abroad. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6872.htm

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In case you missed it?: 

Video: The Secret Government: : 

Bill Moyer's, documents U.S. support of terrorist regimes and the brutality of Americas foreign policy. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3281.htm

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Minister unwilling to blame Chechens: 

Not a single Chechen has been found among the dead gunmen who took children hostage in Beslan last week, Sergei Ivanov, Russia's defence minister, told the Guardian yesterday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6878.htm

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Russia prepared for pre-emptive strikes on 'terror bases' worldwide
 
Russia is prepared to make pre-emptive strikes on "terrorist bases" anywhere in the world, the Interfax news agency cited the country's chief of staff as saying. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/040908/1/3mzlv.html

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William Pfaff: The pattern is global, but the causes are local : 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has mistakenly (or culpably) assigned an international cause to his crisis. He has followed George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon in identifying his national problem as "international terrorism." This is not true. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6873.htm

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Witness: Killing of civilian was 'compassionate response' : 

He testified that it was impossible to transport the injured man to get medical care, because "it would have compromised the lives of the soldiers." http://www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/iraqchi08.html

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US soldier escapes manslaughter charge: 

Military officials have dropped criminal charges against a soldier accused of forcing an Iraqi civilian to jump to his death from a bridge over the Tigris River. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4ED10D8E-ACA6-4B87-97C3-5619B907DD53.htm

http://tinyurl.com/5y5st

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Cheney: Vote for Bush or Die: 

"It's absolutely essential that eight weeks from Wednesday, on Nov. 2, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice then the danger is that we'll get hit again and we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States," http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20040908-0029-cheney.html

http://tinyurl.com/67coj

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Juan Cole: Cheney, Halliburton and Iraq: 

Why was Dick Cheney so eager to invade Iraq? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6876.htm

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Bush fell short on duty at Guard: 

He didn't meet his commitments, or face the punishment, the records show. The 1973 document has been overlooked in news media accounts. The 1968 document has received scant notice. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6877.htm

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Exclusive Interview: Ben Barnes:

 Correspondent Dan Rather talks exclusively to former Texas House Speaker and Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, a Democrat, about the role Barnes says he played in getting President George W. Bush into the Texas Air National Guard -- and why he now regrets it. Will be broadcast Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/05/24/60II/main48284.shtml

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Apocalypse Bush! : 

Why care for the planet when the End Times are almost here? Vote Bush and hop on the salvation train! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fgate%2Farchive%2F2004%2F09%2F08%2Fnotes090804.DTL

http://tinyurl.com/3tq64

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Calif. Joins Electronic Voting Lawsuit: 

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer joined a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that voting equipment company Diebold Inc. sold the state shoddy hardware and software, exposing elections to hackers and software bugs. http://ca.us.biz.yahoo.com/ap/040907/electronic_voting_lawsuit_2.html?printer=1

http://tinyurl.com/4bckl

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Four Die in Fierce Fighting in Iraq's Falluja: 

The hospital official, Dr. Mohammed Aboud, said the dead included an eight-year-old child and a 65-year-old man. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6171554

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þIraq should be certified free of WMD "at the soonest", UN council told þ   

The council should find how best to settle the absence of WMD in þþIraq and terminate UNMOVIC, as quickly as possible, because its staff is being þþpaid from the defunct oil-for-food program. 
http://www.kuna.net.kw/English/Story.asp?DSNO=662456

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Forget terrorism, Chechnya is Putin's war: 

Chechnya was a thorn in Russia's side - and the Russians were an almost unlimited curse for the Chechens - long before anybody had heard of Osama bin Laden. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/07/1094530608641.html

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Russia Wakes Up to a Nuclear Threat
 
As fears of new terrorist attacks jolted Russia, President Vladimir Putin last week issued a first-time-ever order that should have been front page news everywhere. 
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5205.shtml

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The Chechens' American friends

The Washington neocons' commitment to the war on terror evaporates in Chechnya, whose cause they have made their own http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5010448-103610,00.html

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In case you missed it: 

Chechen separatist granted asylum in USA http://www.gateway2russia.com/art/Unrubricated/Chechen%20separatist%20granted%20asylum%20in%20USA_248454.html

http://tinyurl.com/629e5

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The war on terror is being lost : 

The greatest obstacle to reducing the threat is the US administration http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1299413,00.html

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U.N. Inspectors Dispute U.S. Theories on Iraqi Drones: 

U.N. inspectors said they had no evidence that Iraq had developed drones capable of delivering chemical or biological weapons, as the Bush administration contended in making its case for war http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6171416

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Picture Of Deadly Iraqi Drone http://www.independent-media.tv/images/story/drone.jpg

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In case you missed it?: 

Iraqi Drones May Target U.S. Cities :

 Iraq could be planning a chemical or biological attack on American cities through the use of remote-controlled "drone" planes equipped with GPS tracking maps, according to U.S. intelligence. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,79450,00.html

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'President George W. Bullsh*t': 

George W Bush is proud to be a Texan. So no doubt he can recognise the smell that now fills the halls of the White House. http://tinyurl.com/3tz6c

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US : 422-billion-dollar deficit for current year:

 "Only George W. Bush could celebrate over a record budget deficit of 422 billion dollars, a loss of 1.6 million jobs and Medicare premiums that are up by a record 17 percent," Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry said in a statement. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/105464/1/.html

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