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Charge Him or Release Him

"Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." : Henry David Thoreau

Jose Padilla : U.S. Citizen Imprisoned Without Trial or Charges for 3 Years and 163 Days

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Are we going to war with Iran?

By Dan Plesch

The US army and marines are heavily committed in Iraq, but soldiers could be found if the Bush administration were intent on invasion. Donald Rumsfeld has been reorganising the army to increase front-line forces by a third. More importantly, naval and air force firepower has barely been used in Iraq. Just 120 B52 and stealth bombers could target 5,000 points in Iran with satellite-guided bombs in just one mission. It is for this reason that John Pike of globalsecurity.org thinks that a US attack could come with no warning at all.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10651.htm


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Money for Nothing

Billions of dollars have disappeared, gone to bribe Iraqis and line contractors’ pockets.

By Philip Giraldi

When the final page is written on America’s catastrophic imperial venture, one word will dominate the explanation of U.S. failure—corruption. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10659.htm


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The Mindless American: A Tragedy In The Making

by Doug Soderstrom

In Hitler’s Germany there was a determined effort to brainwash the people so they might support Mein Fuhrer’s efforts to conquer the world. However, what if one were to suggest that much the same is occurring in the United States of America, that there has been a determined effort through the socializing influence of our schools, the government, the mass media, the churches we attend, even that of our own parents, to pressure us into believing (just as Hitler) that our country has received the blessing of God.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10653.htm

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Iraqis Say 25 Civilians Killed in U.S. Raids:

Including 18 children: In all, residents and hospital workers said, 39 civilians and at least 13 armed insurgents were killed in a day of U.S. airstrikes in Ramadi.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10662.htm


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U.S. Air Strikes Kill 20 Iraqi Civilians:

Airstrikes by American jets and helicopters killed at least 20 Iraqi civilians and injured another 15 people during a weekend anti-insurgent military operation in the western city of Ramadi, according to interviews today with local police officers and a doctor who treated the injured.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10650.htm


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Killing With Impunity:

Nine-Second Coverage For Dozens of Dead Iraqi Women and Children
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/

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2 U.S. Marines Among 13 Killed In Continuing Violence:

Police said they found the bodies of six members of the Mehdi army, a militia loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in a river bed at Balad
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR824030.htm

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Voting Tallies Provoke Investigation :

In six Shiite-majority provinces in the South, 95 percent or more of voters are reported as having cast votes favoring the constitution.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10652.htm

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Iraq vote result announcement delayed, fraud alleged :

"The fraud was so well-executed it exceeded their wildest expectations," said Mishaan Jabouri.
http://tinyurl.com/7tbsm

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Dahr Jamail : “Elections” and other Deceptions in Iraq:

The vote had many similarities to the farce which took place on January 30-aside from a repeat of the draconian measures to provide security and quite a large dose of propaganda; we once again have what already appears to be rampant election fraud.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10655.htm

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The carve-up of Iraq will spawn a redivision of the Middle East :

The adoption of a weak Iraqi federal constitution is likely to unleash an ethnic and sectarian crisis across the region
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1594437,00.html

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Pro-War Votes May Haunt Democrats :

Potential Democratic presidential candidates who voted to give President Bush the authority to use force in Iraq could face a political problem - they supported a war that their party's rank-and-file now strongly view as a mistake.
http://snipurl.com/iob3

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Iran says arrested British agent for twin bombings :

An individual arrested in connection with Saturday’s twin bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz has confessed to have received British training in Iraq to carry out the attacks, the Iranian Majlis (Parliament) deputy for the oil-rich city announced on Monday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10656.htm

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In case you missed it:

Video: Noam Chomsky Edinburgh Lecture: "Illegal but Legitimate: a dubious doctrine for the times."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8377.htm

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Scott McClellan Says Helen Thomas Opposes 'War on Terrorism' :

Questions today from longtime White House reporter Helen Thomas caused White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to declare that she opposes the war on terrorism. His response caused one of Thomas's colleagues, Terry Moran, to leap to her defense. Here is the exchange from the official transcript:
http://snipurl.com/iob5

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'Bad omens' for the White House :

On top of all President George W Bush's other political worries and woes is the looming prospect that two of his most trusted and powerful advisers might be forced to resign and face criminal charges.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4353070.stm

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Senior White House Officials Face Prospect of Life in Prison for Outing of CIA Agent Plame :

By going after Wilson and his wife, those officials apparently committed serious crimes which they then compounded by obstructing justice and committing and suborning perjury.
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=55142

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CIA leak probe 'widening to include use of intelligence':

Evidence is building that the probe conducted by Patrick Fitzgerald, special prosecutor, has extended beyond the leaking of a covert CIA agent's name to include questioning about the administration's handling of pre-Iraq war intelligence.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ff92e968-3f4b-11da-932f-00000e2511c8.html

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Senior Democrats call for explanation of reporter's 'WMD clearance':

Two senior Democrats have called on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to explain an apparent "top secret" clearance given to New York Times reporter Judith Miller while she was on the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
http://snipurl.com/inx9

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