Yearly Archives: 2007

Marine says he erased photos of Haditha victimsBy Tony Perry, Times Staff WriterJune 8, 2007 The testimony is the first evidence suggesting that any officer may have engaged in a coverup in the 2005 deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians. CAMP … Continue reading →

Lies and outrages… would you believe it?By Robert Fisk It was Israel which attacked Egypt after Nasser closed the straits of Tiran 06/09/07 “The Independent” — — – When I was a schoolboy, I loved a column which regularly appeared … Continue reading →

Gitmo and the Bogus ‘Enemy Combatants’ Trials Should Be Ceased Immediatelyby Marjorie CohnJune 09, 2007, AlterNet In 2002, Donald Rumsfeld famously called the detainees at Guantánamo “the worst of the worst.” General Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint … Continue reading →

What Luttwak didn’t sayby Charles GlassJune 09, 2007, Prospect Magazine Over the past few weeks, American planes have landed at Beirut airport with arms and ammunition for the Lebanese army. The army’s battle with a small Islamist militia in a … Continue reading →

It’s as though every single person either directly part of the federal administration or indirectly involved with it became instantly stupid on 20 January 2001. Critics Say U.S. Focus On Al-Qaida In Iraq Is OverblownBy CHARLES J. HANLEY The Associated … Continue reading →

Bush Says We’ll Be in Iraq for 50 Years, But Reporters Don’t Bother to Ask Iraqis to CommentBy Joshua Holland and Raed Jarrar, AlterNet. Posted June 8, 2007. When George Bush announced that he favored keeping troops in Iraq for … Continue reading →

Here’s what’s happening: And here’s what you can do on 11 and 12 June 2007:

Sooner will make human survival more likely. Efficiency equals profitBy Ian PinkusJun 8, 2007, 05:35 Editor’s Note: Ian Pinklus reflects on how the ideology of individualism has trumpeted and triumphed over almost all individuals living under monoply capitalism’s “free market” … Continue reading →

Lament for Iraq

Cuba’s Cure: Why is Cuba exporting its health care miracle to the world’s poor?by Sarah van Gelder Cubans say they offer health care to the world’s poor because they have big hearts. But what do they get in return? They … Continue reading →

The Great American Disconnect: Iraq Has Always Been “South Korea” for the Bush AdministrationBy Tom Engelhardt Finally, the great American disconnect may be ending. Only four years after the invasion of Iraq, the crucial facts-on-the-ground might finally be coming into … Continue reading →

Or saying a spade is a spade is a spade …. Human rights slain on US global battlefield: AmnestyAfp, London Amnesty International yesterday launched a scathing attack on the United States accusing it of trampling on human rights, and using … Continue reading →