Yearly Archives: 2007

More Palestinians fleeing Baghdad arrive at Syrian border26 Jan 2007 11:00:30 GMTSource: UNHCR At least 73 frightened Palestinians have arrived in El Waleed, at the Iraq-Syrian border, after fleeing Baghdad earlier this week following the detention and release of 30 … Continue reading →

PHOTO: An injured man left a Baghdad hospital after receiving treatment, after a car bomb in a Shiite neighborhood killed 25 people. (Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud/Reuters)

Tarot by Kate 512-454-2293http://www.tarotbykate.bigstep.com/kate_braun2000@yahoo.com“I See the Moon and the moon sees me /Under the shade of the old oak tree…”Friday, February 2, 2007 is Candlemas, also called Imbolc. It falls on a Friday, Freya’s day, and coincides with a Full … Continue reading →

Mi Lai Massacre / GI Mutiny

We mentioned this a couple of weeks ago. Not a particular surprise that the reason is US hegemony, as Juan Cole pointed out. Greek militants claim U.S. embassy attack, voice support for Iraq insurgents, HezbollahThe Associated PressPublished: January 25, 2007 … Continue reading →

A Most Unusual Meat Loaf (26 October 2002) My name for it is exactly right, but it is called “Polpettoni” in Trieste. The city is in the northeast corner of present-day Italy and it has had some trials in its … Continue reading →

Iraq in Talks With Chevron, ExxonBy SPENCER SWARTZ Dow Jones Newswires© 2007 The Associated Press LONDON — Iraq is in negotiations with Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. to build a new $3 billion petrochemical facility, and is in talks … Continue reading →

Bush Orders More CIA Activity in VenezuelaBy Eva GolingerJan 24, 2007, 20:45 Caracas, January 19, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— During a briefing before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Intelligence, current CIA chief General Michael V. Hayden revealed President George … Continue reading →

Evo Morales, President of Bolivia Addresses the 2007 World Social Forum in NairobiBy Evo Morales; translated from Spanish by Manuel Talens, Tlaxcala; revised by Les BloughJan 25, 2007, 16:21 “I hope that this Forum will issue proposals to stop the … Continue reading →

Rumsfeld Cleaning out the Sewer and the People Cleaning out WashingtonBy Les Blough, EditorJan 25, 2007, 20:12 According to a report in the Washington Times yesterday, Donald Rumsfeld has a new job. Yep, he has been given the job of … Continue reading →

Maybe they can coax Burt Gerding out of retirement to help them. Government Reportedly Monitoring Anti-War Groups In AustinJan 24, 2007 06:49 AM KXAN’s Shannon Wolfson has been investigating a new report that says the federal government is monitoring anti-war … Continue reading →

From Reality-Based Educator They Thought Iraq Was Only Going To Be The First Last night on Countdown, Keith Olbermann asked Newsweek writer Richard Wolffe about an interview Senator Chuck Hagel gave to a magazine in which Hagel said that when … Continue reading →