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Toll Road Giant Buys Newspapers to Silence Critics Critics charge that the Macquarie purchase of American Consolidated Media is designed to silence critics of a Texas toll road project. Trans Texas CorridorAustralian toll road giant Macquarie agreed Wednesday to purchase … Continue reading →

From Fred On Everything Fred: A True Son of TzuGuderian Was the MotherJanuary 23, 2007 Being a military thinker of the profoundest sort, I offer the following manual of martial affairs for nations yearning to copy the American way of … Continue reading →

The Timid Chorus and the Mad Marchers: Bush the Empire SlayerBy BERNARD CHAZELLE If you fancy losing an argument, try shooting down my contention that Mikhail Gorbachev is the leading historical figure of our time. Not one to miss a … Continue reading →

You may know him as Cat Stevens. Click Here for Peacetrain and a Slideshow of Iran

What are we missing here? We paint these scenarios only in terms of the impact on the US or on the wider region. Hello !!!! Iraq is not our country to do with as we please. We take a simple … Continue reading →

Dutch Iraqi suspect flown to US Dutch authorities say an Iraqi-born Dutch citizen, suspected of plotting attacks on American forces in Iraq, has been extradited to the United States. Wesam al-Delaema was put on a plane and flown to an … Continue reading →

From Kurt Nimmo’s Another Day in the Empire As Iran’s Nuke Program Stands in Shambles, Neocons Press Onward with Shock and Awe CampaignSaturday January 27th 2007, 10:23 pm As it turns out, it does not matter if Iran “stands-down” from … Continue reading →

Thanks to Charlie Loving for bringing this to our attention. Some of this is so far-fetched it defies belief. We offer it here as received (that’s our disclaimer), although Snopes has an urban myth explanation of this list. Just a … Continue reading →

And we should be surprised? This is a direct consequence of the way this war was conceived, initiated, and consumated. BushCo yields another predictable result. Army probes war contractor fraudBy JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer Sat Jan 27, 10:14 PM … Continue reading →

Thousands rally against Iraq war: Fonda, Conyers among speakersJanuary 28, 2007FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON — Convinced this is their moment, tens of thousands marched Saturday in an antiwar demonstration linking military families, ordinary people and an icon of the … Continue reading →

Just to be perfectly clear, this non-binding resolution business is inadequate for us. We would really prefer to see a resolution with articles of impeachment for both Junior and his honcho, Richard Bruce. The Rag Vietnam memories force Warner to … Continue reading →

U.S. expresses displeasure over Kyuma’s claim that ‘Iraq was a mistake’ Washington told Tokyo it is displeased with recent remarks by Japan’s defense minister that were critical of the U.S. decision to invade Iraq, Kyodo News reported Sunday. Last Wednesday, … Continue reading →