On the March

January 26th, 2007 at 08:15 Björn Hallberg

• “WIPED OFF THE MAP” - The Rumor of the Century - Or how the world was duped into believing that Iran’s President had threatened to destroy Israel. I’ve mentioned this many times over, but this preposterous and malicious claim seems to refuse to go away. The question is if people are gullible and / or lazy or are spreading this lie on purpose, hoping to precipitate an armed conflict with Iran.
• US Expands Military Base Network in Europe - Italy will house 1800 more troops at Ederle. And the Czech Republic will house part of the interceptor network. Much to Russia’s dismay. But goading Russia, infiltrating states and the fact that the interceptor program doesn’t work as advertised is obviously no problem for military planners.
• Open Season on Every Religion But One - Christian conservatives on the ADL and Judaism. I guess you have to go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you want, as they say.
• White House Originally Wanted 2002 Iraq War Resolution to Cover Entire Middle East - Original Iraq resolution was hastily rewritten by Congress to avoid giving the president carte blanche in the region. Sloppy wording by the White House or an attempt at subversion?
• Pentagon shows off new ray gun - Billed as non-lethal but that isn’t much to be bragging about. Hacking someone’s arm off is non-lethal as well. And more to the point, blindness from having your eyeballs cooked is also non-lethal.
• Uranium killing Italian troops - “Italian soldiers are still dying following exposure to depleted uranium in the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, their relatives say. US says it fired around 40,000 depleted uranium rounds during the Bosnian and Kosovo conflicts.”
• Secure beneath the watchful eyes - British Government poster outside a London Metro. Police state? At least they weren’t eyes in triangles. Remember the Terrornoia Posters on US commuter trains?
• They met in Teheran - Shamir: “[Y]ou may deny the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection of Christ, you may besmirch Muhammad, but if you have any doubt that six million of Jews were executed by Germans in gas chambers within the framework of a total annihilation project you may find yourself in a jail in Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland and other ‘free’ countries. The Teheran Conference is the first one ever to deal critically with the sad events of the World War Two.”
• Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on habeas corpus - “Alberto Gonzales testified that habeas corpus — the right to go to federal court and challenge one’s imprisonment — is not protected by the Constitution.” Senators eager to know why the constitution regulates the suspension of a right that according to Gonzales doesn’t exist. Illustrates much larger problem of serious gaps in the US constitution. Some gaps, like the expressed right to vote, have been temporarily mended from time to time with legal patches but the situation is more dire than constitution-hugging Americans would like to admit. Nor can we afford any new legislation in times like these, given the grave danger that the US will be stuck another 200 years with such abominations like the Patriot Act and so forth.

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