Monthly Archives: February 2007

Leaders of Iraq’s Kurdish Region Reportedly Approve Draft Oil LawBy Ernesto LondoñoWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, February 25, 2007; 7:30 AM BAGHDAD, Feb. 24 — Leaders of Iraq’s oil-rich Kurdish region have apparently approved a draft oil law that will be … Continue reading →

Foreign devils in the Iranian mountainsBy M K Bhadrakumar 02/24/07 “ICH” — – In a rare public criticism of Pakistan, the Tehran Times commented last week that an exclusive Islamabad-Washington nexus is at work manipulating the Afghan situation. The daily, … Continue reading →

14. The Neocons – Fear is the Only Agenda

Venezuela’s Revolution: Giving Power to the PoorBy Stuart Munckton 02/23/07 “Green Left Weekly” — — “We, and millions of people around the world … believe another world is possible, a world free from war, poverty and hunger. Here in Venezuela … Continue reading →

“Theater Iran Near Term” (TIRANNT)By Michel Chossudovsky 02/23/07 “Global Research” – DUBAI, UAE, 21 February 2007. (revised 23 Feb 2007). Code named by US military planners as TIRANNT, “Theater Iran Near Term” has identified several thousand targets inside Iran as … Continue reading →

U.S. Army refiles charges against war objectorSat Feb 24, 2007 12:50AM EST SEATTLE (Reuters) – The U.S. government refiled charges on Friday against an Army officer who refused to fight in Iraq after his first court martial ended in a … Continue reading →

Prosecutors seek OK to create phony filesBy DAN CHRISTENSEN AND PATRICK DANNER Florida’s prosecutors are floating a proposal to the Legislature to give them the power to secretly falsify public court records — with a judge’s approval — for undercover … Continue reading →

A Domestic Marshall Plan to Transform America’s ‘Dark Ghettos’By Ron DanielsFeb 23, 2007, 13:55 Black America must revive the concept of a Domestic Marshall Plan to reverse the deterioration of the nation’s ‘dark ghettos’ – most immediately, to restore New … Continue reading →

A David and Goliath Story: Iraq Labor vs. ExxonMobil, BP and ShellBy Kathlyn StoneFeb 23, 2007, 13:10 According to British media, the US and UK governments are on track to achieve a March victory in Iraq. This victory will not … Continue reading →

As we’ve been saying since we started publishing, “it’s about the oil, stupid.” Oily truth emerges in IraqJuan Gonzalez (jgonzalez@nydailynews.com)Originally published on February 21, 2007 Throughout nearly four years of the daily mayhem and carnage in Iraq, President Bush and … Continue reading →

Lest there’s any misconception about it …. h/t InfoWars

A split that is 1,300 years oldBy BARBARA KARKABICopyright 2007 Houston Chronicle A dispute about who should lead Islam after Muhammad died ultimately split the faith into two branches, the Sunnis and the Shias. The young Muslim community faced a … Continue reading →