Daily Archives: August 12, 2008 »
Georgia Tries out the Bush War Doctrine, Loses Badly
By Gary Brecher | There are two basic facts to keep in mind about the smokin’ little war in Ossetia: 1. The Georgians started it. 2. They lost. If you want to get all serious
Read More »Indian police shoot dead Kashmir demonstrators
By Rahul Bedi in New Delhi | The violence followed a simmering row over the transfer of land to a Hindu organisation in the country’s sole Muslim-majority province. Police and military personnel enforced a
Read More »Bloody cost of the new world order
By Lindsey German, convenor of the Stop The War Coalition | The outbreak of war in the Caucasus over the past week has stunned the world. More fighting, more bombing, thousands dead and tens
Read More »Hypocrite Bush: “Unacceptable in the 21st Century”
By Matthew Rothschild | Just back from mugging for the cameras with the bikini-clad U.S. Olympic volleyball team, Bush put his serious face on in Washington and denounced Russia’s incursion into Georgia. Bush called
Read More »Memo to the President
It’s basically what you would expect: Appoint a national cyber security advisor, invest in math and science education, establish standards for critical infrastructure, spend money on enforcement, establish national standards for securing personal data
Read More »Boris Johnson pulls out of Mayors for Peace
By Kate Hudson | Last month, Boris Johnson announced the withdrawal of London’s membership of the global ‘Mayors for Peace’ initiative. This was founded by the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1982, in
Read More »More than 115,000 detainees released under pardon law
Voices of Iraq | The number of detainees released under the general amnesty law, launched by the government in February, reached 115615, the official spokesman for the Higher Judicial Council said on Monday. “A
Read More »Report: US using ‘money as a weapon’ in Iraq
US program has spent $2.8 billion using ‘money as a weapon’ in Iraq AP A U.S. Army program in which soldiers pay cash to Iraqis to help with expenses, large and small, has spent
Read More »The Cover-up of the Impeachment Coverage
By Chris Stevenson | A 7/31/08 report by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) shows even the most token coverage of the impeachment hearings as receiving no respect: “CNN’s Election Center program devoted a
Read More »This War Report Has Been Approved by Your Government
By Dave Lindorff | We Americans got a graphic illustration of the demise of any independent American corporate news media these past few days as the coverage on TV and in print was saturated
Read More »US planes make secret landings in Kenya
Press TV | US military planes have been making secretive landings in Kenya in what is feared to be an effort to move terror suspects. The night landings by US military planes at Nairobi’s
Read More »Bush escalates confrontation with Russia over Georgia
By Barry Grey | In a provocative statement delivered from the White House Rose Garden on Monday, President George W. Bush escalated the confrontation between the United States and Russia over the current fighting
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