Author Archives: RagBlog

Inside Baghdad: A city paralysed by fearBy Patrick CockburnPublished: 25 January 2007 Baghdad is paralysed by fear. Iraqi drivers are terrified of running into impromptu checkpoints where heavily armed men in civilian clothes may drag them out of their cars … Continue reading →

End Corporate Control Over Our MediaBy Sen. Bernie Sanders

Your Local Police Force Has Been MilitarizedWednesday, 24 January 2007By Paul Craig Roberts 01/24/07 “ICHBlog” — — In recent years American police forces have called out SWAT teams 40,000 or more times annually. Last year did you read in your … Continue reading →

C0lb£rt Defends Alberto Gonzalez

This is the second time in six months that a case such as this has surfaced. The first was a fourteen-year-old kid. Seems to us that he oughta quit worrying – his final judgement is not in the hands of … Continue reading →

Off the Rails: Big Oil, Big Brother Win Big in the State of the UnionPublished by Greg Palast January 24th, 2007 in Articles by Greg PalastTuesday, 23 January, 2006 There was that tongue again. When the President lies he’s got … Continue reading →

U.S. Prisoners Exposed to Deadly Chemicals in Toxic SweatshopsBy Christopher Moraff, In These Times. Posted January 24, 2007. For more than a decade, the Federal Prison Industries has been forcing inmates to handle toxic “e-waste” containing arsenic, mercury, lead and … Continue reading →

Aliens in an Alien Land: Iraq Through the Lens of Soldiers’ Memoirsby Stephen Soldzwww.dissidentvoice.orgJanuary 23, 2007 Not so many years ago, perhaps five, there was a country known as “Iraq.” That Iraq no longer exists. It has been replaced by … Continue reading →

Prominent Iraqi tribal leader says a truce between U.S. and insurgents is possibleThe Associated PressPublished: January 23, 2007 AMMAN, Jordan: A truce between insurgents and the U.S. forces in Iraq is possible if the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad is dismissed … Continue reading →

Aka, depleted uranium. This is a lengthy, revealing article about the serious dangers that weapons made from U-238 pose. Depleted Uranium Poison Explosions Target US CitizensBy Cathy GargerJan 23, 2007, 21:13 I Left My Heart In (a 2500 miles radius … Continue reading →

Iraq’s sectarian violence haunts PakistanWeb posted at: 1/24/2007 2:57:28Source ::: REUTERS ISLAMABAD • Plagued by sectarian violence imported from the Gulf during the 1980s, Pakistan is on guard for any spillover from the conflict between Sunnis and Shi’ites gripping Iraq. … Continue reading →

Pt.3 The Antiwar Party – Underground GI Movement