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From Empire Burlesque Annals of Liberation: Bush Surge Accelerates Assault on Iraq AcademicsWritten by Chris Floyd Tuesday, 20 February 2007 ‘Security Forces’ Rob Baghdad Academics (Sunday Times) One of the most curious, and ominous, aspects of life in the Bush … Continue reading →

ECC professor’s observations of IraqPosted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Editor’s note: Jabria Jassim, an Elgin Community College chemistry professor, recently visited Baghdad to see relatives. She left Iraq years ago. Here is an edited essay on her observations. Baghdad in … Continue reading →

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From Mother Jones The Iraq Effect: War Has Increased Terrorism Sevenfold Worldwide Has the war in Iraq increased jihadist terrorism? The Bush administration has offered two responses: First, the moths-to-a-flame argument, which says that Iraq draws terrorists who would otherwise … Continue reading →

10. The Neocons – “We’re Gonna Find Those Evil Doers”

Blind to the Consequences of OffshoringPublished on Tuesday, February 20, 2007.By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS At a Washington, D.C., press conference last November, Harvard University professor Michael Porter claimed that globalism was bringing benefits to Americans (Manufacturing & Technology News, Nov. … Continue reading →

Iraqi women to hang for acts of resistanceBy LeiLani DowellWorkers World NewspaperPublished Feb 17, 2007 7:56 AM At a time when U.S. occupation troops and puppet Iraqi troops have committed hundreds of thousands of murders of Iraqi civilians, three women … Continue reading →

Jake Shimabukuro plays “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

The Imperial System: Hierarchy, Networks and Clients. The Case of SomaliaBy James Petras*Feb 20, 2007, 08:19 Introduction The imperial system is much more complex than what is commonly referred to as the “US Empire”. The US Empire, with its vast … Continue reading →

We’ll say it because few, if any others, will – we reserve for the likes of you the very words that your venerable vice prez used in the senate, but for a rather different reason. This is from Another Day … Continue reading →

From Baghdad Burning The Rape of Sabrine… It takes a lot to get the energy and resolution to blog lately. I guess it’s mainly because just thinking about the state of Iraq leaves me drained and depressed. But I had … Continue reading →

These tit for tat news articles sadly remind us of children in a school yard play fighting, but with deadly weaponry. Weapons used in Iran attacks came from the U.S.2/18/2007 12:36:00 PM GMTBy: Emile Tayyip Local police have restored security … Continue reading →