The Joseph Göbbels of the US, Karl Rove, attacked democrats and alleged that their critique had placed American troops in greater jeopardy. That is like saying that German troops invading the rest of Europe during WW2 were put in greater danger (than being to war, in foreign territory and unwanted) by information leaking about concentration [...]
Continue Reading June 23rd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Pentagon Creating Student Database The Defense Department has begun working with a private marketing firm (BeNow Inc) to create a database of high school students ages 16 to 18 and all college students to help the military identify potential recruits in a time of dwindling enlistment in some branches. And here I thought the US [...]
Continue Reading June 23rd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Amendment to repeal the 22nd amendment As reported by Prison Planet, this can’t be good. This is what the 22nd amendment says, namely it regulates Presidential Tenure and guarantees that no person holds the office of President for more than two terms. Sure, the US worked for its first 160+ years without the 22nd but [...]
Continue Reading June 19th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
ABC - Saddam Hussein’s lead Iraqi lawyer, Kaleel Dolami, recently sat down with ABC News producers in Amman, Jordan. Hussein’s Jordanian lawyer, Ziad Al Khasawneh, was also present. Dolami talks about Saddam’s allegations of torture, the dictator’s contention that he was not captured in the "spider hole" and how curious U.S. interrogators have been about [...]
Continue Reading June 19th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Reuters - The dispute centers on Israel’s sale of Harpy attack drones and other advanced technology to China. The dispute has strained security ties between Israel and the United States, its main ally and provider of about $2 billion in annual defense aid, at a time when it seeks U.S. assistance to help implement its [...]
Continue Reading June 19th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Morgan Reynolds on 9/11 inside job So the story is going nowhere. Not getting picked up by any major networks. It remains hearsay at UPI. People are instead debating the outcome of the Jackson trial. It figures. It seems clear that after the Newsweek "debacle" (even though it was true), outlets are afraid to publish [...]
Continue Reading June 18th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
UPI - Two years after President George W. Bush proclaimed "mission accomplished" in Iraq, some thoughtful officers are beginning to question who the insurgents actually are. In a recent interview the head of the US 42nd Infantry Division which covers key trouble spots, including Baquba and Samarra Major General Joseph Taluto said he could understand [...]
Continue Reading June 18th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
CNN - The reform bill, sponsored by House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Illinois, seeks to have the United Nations adopt 39 reforms, and threatens, if the reforms are not adopted within two years, to withhold half of U.S. dues, which amount to roughly one-quarter of the United Nations’ operating funds. The Hyde [...]
Continue Reading June 18th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Impeaching Bush?Impeachment or that threat of the same has been used before for much less. And even though it is a long shot, at least it can trump up a nasty legal process that could stifle the war machine somewhat. The war that will not end. Is ‘Downing Street Memo’ a smoking gun?. Launch drive [...]
Continue Reading June 17th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Independent - American officials lied to British ministers over the use of "internationally reviled" napalm-type firebombs in Iraq.
Yesterday’s disclosure led to calls by MPs for a full statement to the Commons and opened ministers to allegations that they held back the facts until after the general election.
Despite persistent rumours of injuries among Iraqis consistent with [...]
Continue Reading June 17th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
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