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October 7, 2005
"Terrorism Comes With Empire"
"Why Are They Killing Us?"
"The U.S. Is a Terrorist State"
"Hillary on the Right"

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Counterpunch
     Feb. 16, 2005

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     Feb. 1, 2005

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     Feb. 7, 2005

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Feb. 2, 2005


Pat Buchanan
Jan. 26, 2005


The New Yoker
Jan. 24, 2005


Newsday
Dec. 9, 2004


Christian Science Monitor
Nov. 29, 2004

OVERLOOKED
STORIES
11/3/05 - Bush approval rating now 35% - CBS poll (read)

11/2/05 -
US military massacres Iraqi civilians near Syrian border - 40 killed, most women & children according to hospital (read)

10/31/05 -
Rumsfeld cashing in on bird flu scare (read)

10/29/05 -
Syrians tense as Iraq war laps at Border (read)

10/24/05 -
Stop the Troops! No Glory or Honor in Iraq (read)

10/25/05 -
Cindy Sheehan: "It's time to start practicing non-violent civil disobedience ( C.D.) on a large scale." (read)

10/24/05 -
Pat Tillman: anti-Iraq war, pro-Chomsky (read)

10/23/05 - 82% of Iraqis "strongly opposed" to presence of coalition troops, according to British military survey  (read)

10/18/05 - 
Catholic High School Teacher Forced Out Over Flag (read)

10/18/05 - 
Iraqi Civilians Killed in US Raid - at least 39 according to witnesses (read)

10/16/05 - 
Iran blames UK for bombings - reports (read)

10/15/05 - 
GIs and Syrians in Tense Clashes on Iraqi Border (read)

10/12/05 - 
"They're determined to have martial law." Republican Congressman Slams Bush On Militarized Police State Preparation (read)

10/12/05 - 
At least 2,225 Children Sentenced to Life without Parole in U.S. (read) The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world (read)

10/12/05 - 
Two mainstream polls: Bush approval below 40%, two-thirds think U.S. headed in wrong direction (read 1, 2)

10/7/05 -  Ex-marine says soldiers committed atrocities in Iraq - including shooting unarmed protesters (read)

10/6/05 - 
BBC: Bush claimed God told him to invade Iraq, Afghanistan; White House denies claim (read)

WHO'S BEHIND THE BOMBINGS IN IRAQ?

10/2/05 - FBI: Cars stolen in US used in suicide attacks in Iraq (read)

9/19/05 - Two British Marines disguised as Arabs carrying out a "special security task", arrested for firing on civilians in Basra, Iraq; may have been planting a car bomb (read) (more)

10/5/05 -  Fox's Bill O'Reilly calls for assassination of Syrian leader Assad (read)

10/5/05 - 
Israeli Defense Minister: US 'aiming at Syria regime change' (read)

10/1/05 -    A 'Dear Judy' Letter from 'Scooter'--With 'Admiration'  (read)

9/30/05 - 
Israeli lawmakers: use force to stop Iran's nuke goals, if necessary (read)

9/29/05 - 
Survey: 6 in 10 Military Women Harassed (read)

9/29/05 - 
Army captain calls prisoner abuse ‘systemic’ (read)

9/28/05 - 
U.S. military treatment of journalists 'out of control', says Reuters chief (read)

9/28/05 - 
Free speech victory in Miami (read)

9/27/05 -  FBI murders Puerto Rican independence figure (read)

9/24/05 -  Tal Afar Residents Return to Ghost City, Razed Homes (read)

9/25/05 -  GI: anything short of death was acceptable in abusing Iraqis (read)

9/26/05 - Top Democrats Flee Peace Protests (read)

9/21/05 -
Bush Waives Saudi Child Sex Trafficking Sanctions (read)

9/23/05 -  Prisoners in New Orleans city jail were 'abandoned' (read)

9/20/05 -
Hurricane Contractors Get Affirmative Action Exemption (read)

9/20/05 -
Afghan president wants end to many U.S. operations (read)

9/14/05 -
Hugo Chavez tells Ted Koppel he has proof U.S. is planning Venezuelan invasion. (article) (transcript)

9/12/05 -
Norway elections: Christian right out, left-leaning gov't in.  (read) [watch Norwegian video 'Banned by the Feds']

9/14/05 - More Gitmo detainess join hunger strike - now 128 (read)

9/11/05 - Draft U.S. Defense Paper Outlines Preventive Nuclear Strikes  (read)

9/8/05 -
Court Rules U.S. Can Indefinitely Detain Citizens (read)

9/3/05 - Fox News reporters rail government response to hurricane victims (link to video: "Horror Show")

8/28/05 -
Protest Warriors mistreated at a pro-war rally in Crawford (video - IE req'd)

9/1/05 -
"Spying on the Protesters" - The Nation (read)

8/30/05 - U.S. airstrikes kill 56 civilians, 7 'insurgents' (read)

8/26/05 - 5000 soccer fans in Haiti witness a machete massacre of up to 50 victims by national police (read)

8/26/05 - Nine of 10 people surveyed in the U.S. say it's OK to protest the Iraq war (read)

8/25/05 - American Legion Declares War on Peace Movement.  ALSO: MSNBC Journalist Calls Crawford Protesters ‘Anti-war Extremists’ (read)

8/24/05 - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez offers cheap gas to poor in U.S. (read)

8/20/05 - Pittsburgh counter recruitment demonstrators shot with tasers,  bitten by dogs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) SPfP SOLIDARITY STATEMENT

8/19/05 - Free Speech & The War on Terror - Thomas Friedman's Blacklist (read)

8/16/05 - 26 Iraqi workers wounded as US troops mistake them for 'rebels' (read)

8/14/05 - Angered farmer fires shots near Cindy Sheehan's Iraq war protest at Bush ranch  (read) (more)

8/15/05 - The Iraqi constitution under Saddam prohibited all forms of discrimination and guaranteed freedom of expression. (read)

8/12/05 - Voices in the Wilderness refuses to pay U.S. gov't $20,000 fine for bringing medicine to Iraqi citizens  (read)

8/9/05 - Pentagon devising scenarios for martial law in US  (read)

8/10/05 - 5 died in recent taser police shootings. This brings the total  number of people killed in the United States by stun guns to at least 147  (story near bottom of page)

8/11/05 - A series of massacres by Haitian death squad police leave dozens wounded and dead, including a pregnant woman and a teenager (read) (more)

8/5/05 - Karl Rove was fired from 1992 Bush Sr. campaign reportedly for leaks to Robert Novak (read)

7/31/05 - New U.S. military base at Syria-Iraq border (read)

8/1/05 - Cheney orders contingency plan for a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons (read)

7/26/05 - Who's Taking Blame for Christian Violence? (read)

7/31/05 - U.S. forces recruiting overseas (read)

7/21/05 - News Flash: The Military Doesn't Protect Our Freedom (read)

7/29/05 - Pakistan rounds up 600 Muslims - can be detained without charge for 1 year. (read)  Pakistan says 1,400 foreign students at religious schools must immediately leave country (read)

7/28/05 - 30% of Returning GIs Have Mental Problems. (read)

7/28/05 - Targeting the 15 Democratic Sellouts Who Passed CAFTA (read)

7/27/05 - US majority doubts America will win Iraq war; 51% now think that Bush intentionally misled on WMD's; 58 to 37% believe the U.S. will not be able to establish a stable democracy in Iraq - USA Today/Gallup poll (read)

7/27/05 - Iraqi Prime Minister: "The great desire of the Iraqi people is to see the coalition forces on their way out." (read)

7/26/05 - Bush Administration Files 11th Hour Papers Blocking the Release of More Photos and Videos Of Abu Ghraib Torture (read)

7/26/05 - 'Die America!' chants Afghan mob at U.S. base (read)

7/26/05 - Innocent Iraqi civilians are increasingly being killed by US troops (read)

7/26/05 -  Iraq constitution may erode women's rights (read)

7/22/05 -  Haitian Priest Assaulted by Mob at Funeral and Arrested for Murders (read)

7/19/05 -  Bush: U.S. probes possible IRAN links to 9/11
(read)

7/21/05 -  Yemen: 13 Dead in Riots Over World Bank-Backed Price Hikes (read)

7/17/05 -  Study by Israel and Saudi Arabia: the vast majority of foreign fighters in Iraq are not former terrorists and became radicalized by the war itself
(read)

7/15/05 -  Iran Ayatollah says Blair government could have bombed London (read)

7/12/05 -  Democrats (including Hillary Clinton) aim to increase size of Army (read)

7/9/05 -  The claim of responsibility for the London attacks was first posted on a website that is hosted in Houston, Texas. (read)

7/12/05 -  128,000 Iraqis have been killed - of which 55% were women and children according to an Iraqi humanitarian organization (read)

7/11/05 -  Protesters not allowed to distribute leaflets. (read)

7/7/05 -  Israeli Embassy in London was warned minutes before blasts. (read)

7/5/05 -  Afghanistan condemns US airstrike - up to 17 Afghan civilians killed. (read)

6/28/05 -  The USA: World's Biggest Prison. (read)

6/28/05 -  Two FL 'anarchist' teens arrested in flag burnings.
(read)

6/29/05 -  Patriots owner gives Super Bowl ring to Russia's Putin as Rupert Murdoch looks on. (read)

6/27/05 -  Chavez says Venezuela has "the largest petroleum reserves in the world.". (read)

6/27/05 -  Former Iraqi PM Allawi: Militants from Syria not backed by Damascus. (read)

6/27/05 -  Bogus Analysis Led to Terror Alert in Dec. 2003. (read)

6/26/05 -  U.S. General Admits to Secret Air War. (read)

6/25/05 -  Cheney's Gitmo resort comment rebuked (read)

6/23/05 -  Ecuador Refuses to Sign U.S. Immunity Pact (read)

5/12/05 -  UN: "Daily living conditions in Iraq dismal." (read)

6/20/05 -  Uzbek units linked to deadly crackdown got U.S. training. (read)

6/19/05 -  82 members of Iraqi Parliament demand U.S. pullout.
(read)

6/17/05 -  U.S. military drops nine 500 pound bombs on Iraq. (read)

6/18/05 -  Bush says U.S. in Iraq because of 9/11.  (read)

6/17/05 -  Police in Haiti continue the killing. (read)

6/19/05 -  New U.S. Move to Spoil Climate Accord. (read)

6/16/05 -  Senate's No. 2 democrat Dick Durbin compares Gitmo to Nazis, gulags, and Pol Pot. (readBut later apologizes (read)

6/16/05 -  Ex-Marine detained by U.S.: "I was more worried about my life from the (U.S.) military than from the insurgents". (read)

6/15/05 -  Only 4 of Gitmo's 520 detainees have been charged. (read)

6/14/05 -  Antiwar protesters face federal conspiracy charges. (read)

6/14/05 -  Sept. 11 WTC Collapse Likely Due to Controlled Demolition, "Inside Job" According to Former Bush Team Member. (read 1, 2)

6/14/05 -  Marines, Iraqis kill five civilians. (read)

6/14/05 -  US Blocks Probe of Uzbekistan Killings. (read)

6/9/05 -  Repression 101: Anti-War Students Sanctioned at San Francisco St.
(read)

6/9/05 -  Former CIA director calls for Iraq withdrawal (read)


6/8/05 -  Ethiopia: Another Pro-U.S. Ruler Goes Berserk, Massacres Protestors (read)

5/18/05 -  Iraqis Endure Worse Conditions Than Under Saddam, UN Survey Finds (read) (survey)

5/31/05 -  Six Burnt Alive as Protesters Torch US Fast Food Outlet in Pakistan (read)


5/31/05 - Israel's leading TV anchor: "Since 1967, we have been brutal conquerors, occupiers, suppressing another people" (read)

5/31/05 - Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi admits Israel comes first; denounces Iran (read)

5/25/05 - U.S. Selling More Weapons to Undemocratic Regimes (read)

5/30/05 - U.S. ally Azerbaijan bans protests of its president (read)

5/28/05 - Analysts Behind Iraq Intelligence Were Rewarded  (read)

5/19/05 - Nazi-like Experiments at N.I.H.
Testing AIDS Drugs on Unwitting Foster Children 
(read)

5/24/05 - North Carolina church puts up sign "Koran Needs to Be Flushed"  (read)


5/23/05 - Afghan president Karzai says recent protests "not related to the Newsweek (Koran) story." (read); Richard Myers previously made a similar statement. (read) . 

5/21/05 - Afghan prisoners 'tortured to death' by American guards. (read)

5/20/05 - Muslim protesters called for the bombing of New York

in a demonstration outside the US embassy in London. (read)

5/20/05 - Iraqi Government, in Statement with Iran, Admits Fault for 1980s War. (read)

5/16/05 - Marine-led Campaign Killed Friends and Foes, Iraqi Leaders Say - "The Americans were bombing whole villages and saying they were only after the foreigners.
(read)

5/9/05 - 84 percent of Iraq's higher education establishments were "destroyed, damaged and robbed" ; 50 University teachers assassinated according to U.N. study (read)

5/11/05 - Eight civilians killed by U.S. in Afghanistan (readU.S. Army mistakenly kill innocent Iraqi (read)

5/11/05 - Real Wages Fall at Fastest Rate in 14 years (readFord and GM Now Junk Bonds (read)

5/11/05 - Jay Shaft: 'When Silence Becomes Betrayal' (read)

5/6/05 - Palestinian Local Elections - Hamas wins 23 of the 84 contests
(read)

4/30/05 - Student 'sting' leads to Army recruiter's suspension
(read)

4/29/05 - Pepper Spray Trial Jury Agrees Excessive Force Used by Officers Against Protesters (read)

4/28/05 - Ahmad Chalabi named Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq; his nephew named Finance Minister (read)

4/27/05 - Marine hung 'death sign' by bodies, witnesses testify (read)

4/26/05 - U.S. Inspectors find no proof Iraq hid weapons in Syria (read)

4/21/05 - Greenspan Warns Senate of 'Unsustainable' Budget (read)

4/21/05 - Condi Rice calls for change in Belarus (read)

4/15/05 - There were more terrorist attacks in 2004 than any year since 1985 - in response, the State Dept. will stop publishing  the annual report (read)

4/15/05 - 73 Democrats Side With Credit Card Industry Over Consumers (read)

4/13/05 - TV ad portrays Iran nuking the U.S. (read)  (watch videoWashington gives $3m to 'boost democracy' in Iran (read)

4/11/05 - U.S. Funds  to Promote Democracy in Iran (read)

4/9/05 - Mexico mounts huge protest over threat to left wing presidential candidate.  (read 1, 2, 3)

4/5/05 - UC Santa Cruz students kick miliary recruiters off campus. (read)

4/4/05 - NYU antiwar protesters force CIA to cancel appearance. (read)

4/5/05 - Afghanistan likely to have permanent U.S. military. (read)




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