Big Military Establishment Harms Liberty: Washington I understand Bush tried to invoke George Washington as a supporter of the Iraq War. Here is what George actually thought about maintaining large scale military institutions on a permanent basis for the purpose of fighting foreign wars: ‘ While, then, every part of our country thus feels an […]
Archives for February 2007
Security Plan Mocked By Massive
Security Plan Mocked by Massive Explosions Al-Hashimi Seeks “Terrorist” Status for Sadr Movement Reuters reports that 2 US soldiers were killed by guerrillas on Saturday. In addition to the massive bombings at a Shiite market in East Baghdad that killed 70 and wounded 150 (- al-Hayat) on Sunday, another bomb, detonated in a restaurant in […]
Car Bombs In Shiite East Baghdad Kill
Car Bombs in Shiite East Baghdad Kill 55, Wound 128 Baathis, Salafis Baiting Shiites into Attacking Sunni Arab guerrillas detonated two huge car bombs in a mainly Shiite market in east Baghdad on Sunday, killing 55 and wounding 128. These bombings of Shiite markets are provocations against the Mahdi Army. The Sunni guerrillas want it […]
Senate Comes Close To Condemning Iraq
Senate Comes Close to Condemning Iraq Escalation Twin Bombings kill 11, Wound 65 at Kirkuk The US Senate came very close to passing a resolution condemning Bush’s escalation of the Iraq War. It needed 60 to pass and got 56. Several Republicans voted for the resolution. In fact, if only 4 more had, it would […]
Austrian Rifles Via Iran Another Crock
Austrian Rifles via Iran?: Another Crock An extremely well-informed observer sent me this comment on the story that Iran is sending high-powered Austrian rifles to Iraqi Shiites. Like the whole USG story about Iran supplying deadly weapons to dangerous Shiite militias, this one turns out to be riddled with falsehoods. ‘ Please allow me to […]
Congressional Revolution On Iraq Blasts
Congressional Resolution on Iraq Blasts Bush Policies 56% Say Iraq War is hopeless. The House passed a non-binding resolution opposing the escalation of the Iraq War by a significant margin, 246 to 182. Only 17 Republicans broke ranks to vote with the Democrats on the “surge,” while 2 Democrats rejected the resolution. The resolution is […]
53 Of Americans Want Us Out Of Iraq Car
53% of Americans Want US Out of Iraq Car bombs, 20 Bodies in Baghdad Despite Crackdown The percentage of Americans in a Pew Research Center poll who want US troops out of Iraq surged by 5 percent in the past month to 53 percent. Sunni Arab guerrillas killed a US GI in al-Anbar Province on […]
Brandeis Defunded By Rich Likudniks
Brandeis Defunded by Rich Likudniks Super-wealthy donors have retaliated against Brandeis University for inviting former president Jimmy Carter to speak on campus in connection with his book on Israeli Apartheid in the West Bank. They said they will withold further donations to the school. The president of Brandeis, Jehuda Reinharz, once commented on Middle East […]
5 Us Troops Killed In Sunni Arab Areas
5 US Troops Killed in Sunni Arab Areas US Raids Office of SCIRI Leader Saghir The US military is reporting the deaths of 6 US troops in Iraq. Four were killed by a roadside bomb in Sunni-majority Diyala Province where the US has been fighting Sunni Arab guerrillas. Another was killed “north of Baghdad” (i.e. […]
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