Bush at Bay: Fitzgerald Looks at Niger ForgeriesTue Oct 25, 2005 02:2864.140.158.100
Bush at Bay: Fitzgerald Looks at Niger Forgeries
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102405A.shtml
The CIA leak inquiry that threatens senior White House aides has now widened to include the forgery of documents on African uranium that started the investigation, according to NAT0 intelligence sources. This suggests the inquiry by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald into the leaking has now widened to embrace part of the broader question about the way the Iraq war was justified by the Bush administration.
Another Iraq War Legacy: Badly Wounded US Troops
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The human toll for the US military in the Iraq War is not limited to the nearly 2,000 troop deaths since the March 2003 invasion. More than 15,220 have also been wounded in combat, including more than 7,100 injured too badly to return to duty, the Pentagon said. Thousands more have been hurt in incidents unrelated to combat.
US Military Revives Body Counts to Show Success in Iraq
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Eager to demonstrate success in Iraq, the US military has abandoned its previous refusal to publicize enemy body counts and now cites such numbers periodically to show the impact of some counterinsurgency operations. The revival of body counts, a practice discredited during the Vietnam War, has apparently come without formal guidance from the Pentagon's leadership.
Norman Solomon | Iraq Is Not Vietnam. But ...
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Norman Solomon: With repeated use of violence more massive than any other entity on the planet can dream of mustering, Uncle Sam is the globe's dominant serial killer. This reality, so obvious to most of the world, is hidden in plain sight across the US corporate media spectrum.
California Group Steps into Vacuum on the Left
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Last week a new organization was launched, aiming to build the liberal cause with supporters who have thinner wallets but longer attention spans. The New Progressive Coalition said it will try to create a "marketplace of ideas" in which donors of all sizes can be connected with "progressive innovators and organizations" crafting long-term ideas to rebuild the left.
US Widens Campaign on North Korea
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The Bush administration is expanding what it calls "defensive measures" against North Korea, urging nations from China to the former Soviet states to deny overflight rights to aircraft that the United States says are carrying weapons technology, according to two senior administration officials.
Ethnic Cleansing in Mosul
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"We never demanded that Mosul be integrated into Kurdish territory, even though Kurds have lived here for several generations. Now, the terrorists are attempting a planned strategy of ethnic cleansing there."
William Rivers Pitt | The Bunker Mentality
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William Rivers Pitt writes, "I wrote to Ambassador Joseph Wilson last week to ask how he and his wife were bearing up, and to remind them that they had a lot of friends. 'The outpouring of support has been of great comfort to us these past two years,' he wrote back. 'The stakes are enormous. This is all about whether our government can take us to war on lies without any fear of being held to account, and whether our democracy can survive the coalition of fascist forces that have seized control of the levers of power.'"
Cindy Sheehan Will Protest 2,000th Soldier Killed
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Cindy Sheehan, the military mother who made her son's death in Iraq a rallying point for the anti-war movement, plans to tie herself to the White House fence to protest the milestone of 2,000 US military deaths in Iraq.
Resignations May Follow Charges; Senators Discuss Leak Case
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Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) said yesterday that he expects White House officials will step down if they are indicted this week but stressed that speculation should cease until special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald announces the results of his investigation into the leak of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
Jeffrey Goldberg's Scowcroft Article: "Breaking Ranks"
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In "Breaking Ranks," in the October 31, 2005, issue of The New Yorker, Jeffrey Goldberg reports on the growing divide between the Bush Administration and its Republican critics.
Abramoff Said to Use Ralph Reed to Influence White House
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A TIME investigation shows the lobbyist now at the center of a federal probe had a good friend eager to open doors at the White House: former Christian Coalition chief Ralph Reed.
Letters Show Frist Notified of Stocks in 'Blind' Trusts
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) was given considerable information about his stake in his family's hospital company, according to records that are at odds with his past statements that he did not know what was in his stock holdings.
Pentagon Purchases: Millions in Markups
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The Pentagon paid $20 each for plastic ice-cube trays that once cost 85 cents. A supplier was paid more than $81 each for coffee makers that for years were purchased from the manufacturer for $29.
Bush Picks Bernanke as New Fed Chairman
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President Bush on Monday selected Ben Bernanke, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, to replace Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman, according to an administration official.
Bombs Rock Heart of Baghdad, Killing 17
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Three enormous bombs, including a cement-mixing truck packed with explosives, blew up near an Iraqi police post outside the Palestine Hotel - home to many foreign journalists in Iraq. Iraqi officials said 17 people were killed.
Bob Herbert: How Scary Is This?
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The White House is sweating out the possibility that one or more top officials will soon be indicted on criminal charges. But according to Bob Herbert, the Bush administration is immune to prosecution for its greatest offense - its colossal and profoundly tragic incompetence.
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