Author Archives: RagBlog

U.S. intel warns Al-Qaida has rebuiltBy KATHERINE SHRADER and MATTHEW LEE,APPosted: 2007-07-11 22:14:47 WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded al-Qaida has rebuilt its operating capability to a level not seen since just before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, … Continue reading →

Ex-Surgeon General Says He Was MuzzledBy KEVIN FREKING,APPosted: 2007-07-11 12:51:40 WASHINGTON (July 11) – President Bush’s most recent surgeon general accused the administration Tuesday of muzzling him for political reasons on hot-button health issues such as emergency contraception and abstinence-only … Continue reading →

When you read the article just posted recounting numerous horrid memories of soldiers in Iraq, reading this analysis of the leadership is vaguely challenging. After Rumsfeld, a new dawn?By Mark Perry In the American movie Cool Hand Luke – a … Continue reading →

The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear WitnessChris Hedges & Laila Al-Arian Over the past several months The Nation has interviewed fifty combat veterans of the Iraq War from around the United States in an effort to investigate the effects of … Continue reading →

Message: Stay the CourseThere was nothing new in Bush’s weird, rambling speech.By Fred KaplanPosted Tuesday, July 10, 2007, at 6:24 PM ET Some officers and midlevel officials have been telling me and other reporters that President George W. Bush is … Continue reading →

Mission Miracle, a wonderful gift to humanity from Venezuela and CubaBy Arthur ShawJul 6, 2007, 10:16 Mission Miracle, the three-year old Venezuelan-Cuban anti-blindness program initially for Latin America and the Caribbean, has already restored the sight of about 700,000 people … Continue reading →

Reflections from a Target of the CIA: The Killing MachineBy FIDEL CASTRO It was announced that the CIA would be declassifying hundreds of pages on illegal actions that included plans to eliminate the leaders of foreign governments. Suddenly the publication … Continue reading →

Bank of the South: Toward Financial AutonomyWritten by Raúl ZibechiTuesday, 10 July 2007, Source: IRC Americas The launch of the Bank of the South is an ambitious and strategic gambit in regional integration, one that could result in a truly … Continue reading →

Too quiet in the US and not enough support for the “war on terror” – ratchet up the fear factor a little by making noise of “unspecified threats” and “gut feelings.” We are led by morons …. Officials Worry of … Continue reading →

Dr. Dahlia Wasfi – Life in Iraq Under U.S. Occupation

From Arab Woman Blues A Postcard from Iraq.Thursday, July 05, 2007 Have you ever felt numb? Like a paralytic numbness? I put the receiver down, stared at the wall, beyond the wall and saw yet another wall, and more walls…Unable … Continue reading →