Yearly Archives: 2007

Blowback, Detainee-style: The Plight of American Prisoners in IranBy Karen J. Greenberg For Americans, it should be startling to see the word “detainee” suddenly appear in a different country, on a different continent, and referring not to alleged jihadi terrorists … Continue reading →

Iraq’s Lost Generation: impact and implications – IK Jalili15 June 2007 Abstract Problems facing the intelligentsia of Iraq have been neglected in the scale of that country’s ongoing tragedy. Since 2003, the new phenomenon of targeted and systematic assassinations, kidnappings … Continue reading →

How Not to Do It: Countering TerrorismBy Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity MEMORANDUMFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Countering Terrorism; How Not To Do It On June 6, 2002, former FBI Special Agent Coleen Rowley testified before the Senate Committee … Continue reading →

Swarming Congress: Building a Resistance to the 2008 Iraq War Supplemental Funding BillBy JEFF LAYS On August 6, Congress begins its month long recess. August 6 also marks the start of Year 62 After Hiroshima-the one and only time that … Continue reading →

A dream called electricityAli al-Fadhily, Electronic Iraq, Jun 18, 2007 BAGHDAD (IPS) – Simmering in the summer heat, Iraqis now have a dream called electricity. It is a part of the bigger dream of reconstruction that collapsed. On all measurable … Continue reading →

No measure of safety The Iraqi government scoffs at claims by international human rights organisations that security and living conditions in Iraq are deteriorating, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad In a country where no less than 70 civilians are killed … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Join the Iraq Moratorium! This is a new peace initiative for everyone. The IraqMoratorium is based on the simple idea of asking people to stop business as usual on a specific day to express their desire to end … Continue reading →

Compañero Renato Espinoza: September 5, 1942-May 18, 2007by Alice EmbreeJune 15, 2007 It is ironic that September 11, 2001, is exploited in the United States as a reason to “spread democracy” in Iraq. On another September 11—in 1973—democracy was dismantled … Continue reading →

With thanks to Earth Family Alpha for finding this one. Protesters spring hoax on oil expo audience: Yes Men ejected from conferenceSean Myers, with files from Ashok Dutta and Gina Teel, Calgary HeraldPublished: Friday, June 15, 2007 By the time … Continue reading →

Is Bush Planning to Nuke Iran? If So, Say Goodbye to Democratic OutcomesThe Reign of the Tyrants is at HandBy PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS “It is the absolute responsibility of everybody in uniform to disobey an order that is either illegal … Continue reading →

Nation of Mutes: America’s Guilty SilenceBy JAMES BROOKS Crimes against humanity don’t happen unless it is possible to commit them with impunity. Government corruption and gross imbalances of power will bring them closer to the edge of possibility. But the … Continue reading →

Rewriting the Constitution in Bolivia and VenezuelaWritten by Sujatha Fernandes Monday, 18 June 2007, Source: Venezuelanalysis.com After gathering proposals during a six-week trip around the country, members of Bolivia’s National Constituent Assembly met on April 30, 2007, to present the … Continue reading →