Yearly Archives: 2007

Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destructionBy Sidney Blumenthal Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq. On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George … Continue reading →

This comes from a guy who was a correspondent for the Stars and Stripes in Iraq for two years. There are many others with comparable expertise who make the same assertion. The Myth of AQIBy Andrew Tilghman Fighting al-Qaeda in … Continue reading →

Pattern Cited in Killings of Civilians by U.S.By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: September 4, 2007 Newly released documents regarding crimes committed by United States soldiers against civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan detail a pattern of troops failing to understand and follow … Continue reading →

Craig: I Will Not Blow This Job – Idaho Senator Withdraws Resignation Less than one week after announcing his intention to resign from office, embattled Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) changed course today, telling reporters in Washington, “I will not blow … Continue reading →

From Riverbend’s Baghdad Burning, wrenchingly. I do not need to remind you that one person is solely responsible for this story, and we need to make sure that man spends his retirement years in prison. Leaving Home… Two months ago, … Continue reading →

What Gore Vidal had to say about September 11, 2001By Gabriele Zamparini and Gore VidalAug 28, 2007, 07:28 Even I question the ‘truth’ about 9/11 As it was easily predictable, Independent’s Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk’s latest column, Even I … Continue reading →

In Mariann Wizard’s words, “An interesting article (and discussion after) which reminds me in many ways of Gary Thiher’s old “Desolation Row” columns for the original Rag — interminable, yet worthy of interminableness; gloomy beyond belief yet there you have … Continue reading →

The CFR Controls American Media

As Juan Cole points out in Informed Comment, “Bush’s reply, however, does not prove that he read Bremer’s letter, only that Rumsfeld passed it on to him. You have a sense that Bush gets a lot of memos he doesn’t … Continue reading →

From Another Day in the Empire. Porter: Kill More Iraqis or Pay $9 per GallonKurt Nimmo No doubt, for a large number of Americans, it is a good enough excuse: “Gasoline prices could rise to about $9 per gallon if … Continue reading →

The Right to Unionize: Key to Democracyby Dean BakerSeptember 04, 2007, t r u t h o u t For the last quarter century, corporate America has been at war against the labor movement. After a long period in which … Continue reading →

Well, there’s a fair measure of class warfare tossed in for additional consistency with US domestic policy. The Crimes Continue: Katrina and the Progress of the SystemBy SUNSARA TAYLOR On the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, George Bush stood … Continue reading →