Author Archives: RagBlog

Belgian defense min: Israel must pay for cluster bomb cleanupBy Cnaan Liphshiz Belgium’s Defense Minister said last week that he would act to extract payment from Israel for the removal of cluster bomb fragments that the Israel Defense Forces fired … Continue reading →

Claims Detail Grim Civilian Tollby Eli CliftonApril 16, 2007IPS WASHINGTON (IPS) – Newly released documents have made public hundreds of claims for damages by Iraqi civilians requesting compensations for the death and injury of family members as a result of … Continue reading →

Torture, Secrecy, and the Bush AdministrationBy Scott Horton 04/16/07 “Harpers” 04/14/07 — — I want to give a bit of pre-constitutional history, and share with you the story of John Lilburne, an Englishman born in the early 1600s because his … Continue reading →

Cheney’s NemesisBy Matt Taibbi For forty years, Seymour Hersh has been America’s leading investigative reporter. His latest scoop? The White House’s secret plan to bomb Iran 04/16/07 “Rolling Stone” 04/02/07 — — – On May 29th, 1975, an aide to … Continue reading →

So, you want democracy?By Neil ClarkApr 16, 2007, 11:40 After an absence of 30 years, the finest US detective finally returned to British television screens last summer. The decision of the BBC to rescreen several episodes of the classic 1970s … Continue reading →

The first half is kind of slow and nothing new but the second half is about petro-dollars and why it is so important to the U.S. to have oil traded in dollars rather than euros, or god forbid, yuan. Alan … Continue reading →

Endgame: Iraqi Insurgents Press For Final BlowAdam Elkus, Electronic Iraq, 16 April 2007 By all indicators, America’s Iraqi expedition has failed miserably. One by one, American allies draw down their forces or resist increasing public pressure to do so. The … Continue reading →

RESULTS OF ‘DRUG WAR’: SINCE THEY MAKE OUR LICENSE PLATES IN HUNTSVILLE, SHOULDN’T THE MOTTO ON THEM BE: ‘TEXAS, THE PRISON STATE’? For taxpayers, the incentives are in the very act of relegalization: save money and increase public safety. The … Continue reading →

An Account of April 11-13, 2002, in Venezuela: The 47-Hour Coup That Changed Everythingby Gregory WilpertApril 15, 2007Venezuelanalysis.com The April 2002 coup attempt against President Chavez represented the perhaps most important turning point of the Chavez Presidency. First, it showed … Continue reading →

Number 3291by Cindy SheehanApril 15, 2007CommonDreams.org Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few — the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of … Continue reading →

Hijacking Catastrophe: Politics of Citizenship (10 of 10)

WAR ON HEMP: No PEACE, No JUSTICEby Mariann G. Wizard “Scratch a stupid law, find a special interest.” Liberals, progressives, and leftists know this. Stupid laws serving special interests get our goat — we fight ’em, and often, we win. … Continue reading →