Yearly Archives: 2007

Cheney Attempting to Constrain Bush’s Choices on Iran Conflict: Staff Engaged in Insubordination Against President BushMay 24, 2007 There is a race currently underway between different flanks of the administration to determine the future course of US-Iran policy. On one … Continue reading →

Misión Barrio Adentro: Experiencing Health Care as a Human Right in VenezuelaWritten by Rebecca Trotzky Sirr Thursday, 24 May 2007 For once in my career as a medical student, I have absolute faith that my patients will be taken care … Continue reading →

Remember what we said just a couple of posts ago about accountability? U.S. quietly, dramatically increasing Iraq troop levelsBy STEWART M. POWELLHEARST NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops … Continue reading →

Then we think YOU’RE fucked up. The fundamental infrastructure in Baghdad and most of Iraq has been destroyed to the point that many people have neither power nor running water, but the Iraqi government is buying weapons. That’s just WRONG. … Continue reading →

Journalists Face Repression on All SidesMohammed A. Salih, Electronic Iraq, 23 May 2007 ARBIL (IPS) – The working environment for Iraq’s journalists is becoming increasingly dangerous and difficult, with 31 killed just since the start of this year, according to … Continue reading →

Where Nobody Is AccountableAli al-Fadhily* BAGHDAD, May 21 (IPS) – Killings, crime, lack of medical care, collapse of educationàthe list goes on. But with the occupation by U.S.-led forces now into a fifth year, and a supposedly democratic government in … Continue reading →

Former Australian army lawyer says Rumsfeld’s handling of Iraq almost criminalThe Associated PressPublished: May 22, 2007 CANBERRA, Australia: Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s handling of the Iraq war verged on criminal negligence, a former Australian army lawyer turned political … Continue reading →

Guerrilla Reconstruction in New Orleans: Showing FEMA a thing or two about rebuilding communities… Common Ground takes chargeby Greg PalastMay 23, 2007Yes! Magazine A full year after Hurricane Katrina, 73,000 New Orleans residents remained encamped in FEMA trailer parks, an … Continue reading →

From Fred On Everything A New Improved America: The Coming of God Knows What Something is wrong with the United States. I think most of us have noticed it. There is a mortal rot in the country, made manifest by … Continue reading →

Not a Costly Experiment Gone Wrong, But a Catastrophe: Who’s to Blame for Iraq?By NIVIEN SALEH In Germany, at the age of nine, I saw something on television that horrified me. It was a table lamp with a shade that … Continue reading →

Applauding Torture and Giuliani’s Put Down of Ron Paul: Republicans in Self-Destruct ModeBy PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS As everyone except for a dwindling band of Bush supporters now knows, the US is in a terrible situation in Iraq from which it … Continue reading →

REFLECTIONS BY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF: The english submarineBy Fidel Castro RuzMay 22, 2007, 13:56 The press dispatches bring the news; it belongs to the Astute Class, the first of its kind to be constructed in Great Britain in more … Continue reading →