Category Archives: RagBlog

The Man Who Knows Too Little: What Rudy Giuliani’s greedy decision to quit the Iraq Study Group reveals about his candidacy.By Fred KaplanPosted Thursday, June 21, 2007, at 6:44 PM ET If you don’t read Newsday, you might not know … Continue reading →

Chilling stories from the Mahdi ArmyBy Leila Fadel | McClatchy NewspapersPosted on Fri, June 22, 2007 BAGHDAD — In 2005, Abu Rusil was a penniless Shiite Muslim taxi driver who could barely afford to rent a room. Then Sunni gunmen … Continue reading →

Today’s reading is from the Book of Corporate Life, Chapter 11, Verses 1-15: 1. In the beginning was the Plan. 2. And then came the Assumptions. 3. And the Assumptions were without form. 4. And the Plan was without Substance. … Continue reading →

Nicked, with gratitude, from CounterPunch, this one is worth dropping in for a minute or two: Stop Me Before I Vote Again: Dedicated to the deconstruction of the Democratic Party. “The American Left may not be much, but it won’t … Continue reading →

Out of the Flames of Gaza: Chronicle of a Chaos ForetoldBy RAMZY BAROUD All my forewarnings have suddenly been actualised, all at once: Gaza has descended into total and utter chaos; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has capitulated to Israel and … Continue reading →

The Big Profits in Biowarfare Research: Corporate America’s Deadliest SecretBy SHERWOOD ROSS A number of major pharmaceutical corporations and biotech firms are concealing the nature of the biological warfare research work they are doing for the U.S. government. Since their … Continue reading →

Chavez, Ortega, and the Latin American RevolutionBy Arthur Shaw. An Axis of Logic ExclusiveJun 21, 2007, 12:14 In March 2007, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke in Ciudad de Leon, Nicaragua’s second largest city, and he summed up the thing we … Continue reading →

Interviews with Leuren Moret and Alfred Webre on International 9/11 Citizen’s War Crimes TribunalBy Cathy GargerJun 22, 2007, 16:06 Wealth is never created by destroying things. This is extreme capitalism killing itself.” ~ Leuren Moret, June 20, 2007 An unprecedented … Continue reading →

From Arab Woman Blues. As a commenter on her blog writes, “but I have come to the realization that you are the only one, that I know of, that brings the true pain of this situation to us.” Endless Beginnings…Thursday, … Continue reading →

Hayden’s hypocrisy is revealing: “The documents provide a glimpse of a very different time and a very different agency,” Hayden told a conference of historians. What he means is that NOW the agency is much, much better at hiding its … Continue reading →

An Interview with Liam Madden: The Intimidation of a VetBy RON JACOBS Liam Madden is a Marine veteran who spent seven months in Iraq. After returning to the United States, he became a co-founder of the Appeal for Redress. This … Continue reading →

Iraq: The World’s Fastest Growing Refugee Crisis Since November 2006, Refugees International has led the call for increased assistance to Iraqi refugees and displaced people. The displacement of Iraqis from Iraq is now the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world. … Continue reading →