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Iraq Attacks Stayed Steady Despite Troop Increase, Data ShowBy JAMES GLANZPublished: May 16, 2007 Newly declassified data show that as additional American troops began streaming into Iraq in March and April, the number of attacks on civilians and security forces … Continue reading →

Prince Harry Spared Service In Iraq Jenna Bush to Not Go, As WellQueen Elizabeth II May Go Instead, Say Brits London, UPMay 16, 2007by Paul Crassnerd, Ragblog News Svc A final decision by the British Military Command has determined that … Continue reading →

Dear Attorney General Gonzales: Twenty-five years ago we, like you, graduated from Harvard Law School. While we arrived via many different paths and held many different views, we were united in our deep respect for the Constitution and the rights … Continue reading →

Embassy staffers assail U.S. securityBY LEILA FADELMcClatchy News Service Dismayed employees at the U.S. Embassy complained about their security as they work within Baghdad’s Green Zone. BAGHDAD — U.S. Embassy employees in Iraq are growing increasingly angry over what they … Continue reading →

War Emperor Appointed to Oversee War Tsar “I’m the appointer guy,” President Bush reminds public Military experts express confusion, question proprietyWashington, May 16 2007Paul Crassnerd (Spars & Straps News Syndicate) It remains unclear exactly what Gen Lute’s Real function will … Continue reading →

Benchmark as Theft: Iraq Oil Workers Strike to Stop PrivatizationBy BEN TERRALL In ongoing negotiations between Congress and President Bush about continued funding of the Iraq war, the President late last week began to make accommodating statements about negotiating on … Continue reading →

Starving the poorBy Noam Chomsky The chaos that derives from the so-called international order can be painful if you are on the receiving end of the power that determines that order’s structure. Even tortillas come into play in the ungrand … Continue reading →

Domestic spying program was `without legal basis,’ ex-official saysBy Jonathan S. Landay and Marisa TaylorMcClatchy Newspapers, (MCT) WASHINGTON – The Bush administration ran its warrantless eavesdropping program without the Justice Department’s approval for up to three weeks in 2004, nearly … Continue reading →

Disappeared without a trace: more than 10,000 IraqisBy Shashank BengaliMcClatchy Newspapers BAGHDAD, Iraq – When her heart is heaviest, Sahira Kereem tries to think of the little things her husband did that annoyed her. She remembers times when she suggested … Continue reading →

From TomDispatch Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson, Ending the Empire Way back in 1999, when I was still a Tomdispatch-less book editor, I read a proposal from Chalmers Johnson. He was, then, known mainly as a scholar of modern Japan, though years … Continue reading →

Let’s be clear. Elliot Abrams is a convicted perjurer; he lied to Congress, no less, and was forbidden from ever holding a high office in government. What he is tacitly admitting here is that BushCo has killed the Middle East … Continue reading →