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Iraq: The Never-Ending (Dismal) Story
Witnesses Link Chemical to Ill US Soldiers: Highly toxic substance used at Iraq plantBy Farah Stockman / June 21, 2008 WASHINGTON – US soldiers assigned to guard a crucial part of Iraq’s oil infrastructure became ill after exposure to a … Continue reading
Home of the Brave: We Should All Be Ashamed
Omar KhadrProsecuting Children as Terrorists: Keeping America SafeBy Dave Lindorff President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and the rest of the warmongers and terror-pimps in the White House would have us believe that Omar Khadr is a monster. Khadr is … Continue reading
Louisiana – Stepping Back into the Middle Ages
Louisiana’s Latest Assault on DarwinJune 21, 2008 It comes as no surprise that the Louisiana State Legislature has overwhelmingly approved a bill that seeks to undercut the teaching of evolution in the public schools. The state, after all, has a … Continue reading
Suppressing the Research That Matters
Here you can see the effect of the treatment on the two patients with brain cancers. VEGFR-2 activation is shown in green and its expression in red. Cell nuclei are stained in blue. Relative values of activated-VEGFR-2 pixels are displayed … Continue reading
It Would Turn the Middle East Into a Fireball
U.N atom watchdog chief says to quit if Iran attackedJune 29, 2008 DUBAI — The chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said in remarks aired on Friday that he would resign if there was a military strike on Iran, … Continue reading
The "SuperCorridor" – Likely Still Alive and Kickin’
SuperCorridor Defeat? Don’t Bet On Itby Stephen Lendman / June 20, 2008 The title refers to the I-69/Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) portion of the North American SuperCorridor Coalition (NASCO) project. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced that, for now at … Continue reading
Facts That Are Ignored in the US Mainstream Media
We’re Number Two! By Jerome Doolittle Peter sends wonderful news. The global leader in whom the world has least confidence is Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. One step above him is our own lovable scamp, George Walker Bush of Greenwich, Connecticut. … Continue reading
Leaving the Rest of Us to Twist in the Breeze
Energy ReportBy Edgar Alpo The latest energy report from the EIA: Total petroleum consumption of liquid fuels and other petroleum products averaged 20.7 million bbl/d in 2007, similar to 2006 (U.S. Petroleum Products Consumption Growth). Based on prospects for a … Continue reading
A Perfect Storm Seems to Be Gathering Over Iran
Bomb Iran? What’s to Stop Us?By Ray McGovern / June 20,l 2008 It’s crazy, but it’s coming soon – from the same folks who brought us Iraq. Unlike the attack on Iraq five years ago, to deal with Iran there … Continue reading
Torture Is a War Crime – When Will We Act?
Top Pentagon Officials Developed Brutal Interrogation Methods at Guantanamo By Jason Leopold / June 19, 2008 Top Pentagon officials developed the harsh interrogation methods used against detainees at Guantanamo less than a month before the Justice Department issued two now … Continue reading
Insisting on the Pursuit of Justice
Lawrence VelvelLaw School to Plan Bush War Crimes ProsecutionJune 17, 2008 A conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at … Continue reading
We Love an Optimist
Iraqi ParliamentIraq’s parliament prepares to leave Green ZoneJune 17, 2008 BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament will relocate just outside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone compound in September for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, a sign security is improving, the … Continue reading
