The Bush administration has authorized US military forces in Iraq to hunt down and kill Iranian government personnel operating in that country, according to a report that first appeared in the Washington Post last Friday.

Stop him before he kills again. That is the judgment of the American people, and indeed of the entire world, as to the performance of our president, and no State of the Union address can erase that dismal verdict.

Speaking to the House of Commons, Respect MP George Galloway lashed out at the U.S. and UK governments’ policies in Iraq.

AT least somebody still thinks that Tony Blair is an image-booster. Supporters of the church of Scientology have got him to pose unwittingly with a DVD promoting the aims of L Ron Hubbard, its founder.

Chancellor Gordon Brown has spoken of the need for a “new world order” to deal with future security and environmental challenges.

A little-known, year-old amendment to the USA Patriot Act is allowing the Bush Administration to replace outgoing U.S. Attorneys with controversial appointments in a process that circumvents the usual approval process in the Senate, and three Democrats are charging that an unknown number of attorneys have been asked to resign “without cause.”

The global government movement was designed by the wealthiest men in our world. It was designed to support their corporations, their foundations, their opinions, and the continuance of their family dynasties. It was designed to merge their corporate powers with and into governmental powers. It was designed to hand themselves total control of the world’s wealth, which means land.

In remarks broadcast Sunday on national television, President Bush and Vice President Cheney brushed aside the mass opposition to their war policy among the American people, declared that the US government would do “whatever it takes” to win a military victory in Iraq, and suggested that Iran could well be the next target for American military aggression.

Israeli police have evidence which could see Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, and other Israeli politicians charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby goes on trial Tuesday over the administration’s response to one critic who questioned assertions President George W. Bush made four years ago to justify waging war against Iraq.

If George Bush’s remodelled strategy for halting the Iraq disaster fails to work, it is becoming clear where the US administration will point the finger of blame: Tehran. For some months Washington has been moving aggressively on a range of fronts to “pin back” Iran, in Tony Blair’s words.

The pressure on John Reid over the criminal records fiasco intensified amid claims that two of his junior ministers had been alerted to the crisis.

All those who helped President George W. Bush launch a war of aggression - termed by Nuremberg “the supreme international crime” - have blood on their hands and must be held accountable. This includes corrupt intelligence officials. Otherwise, look for them to perform the same service in facilitating war on Iran.

In Washington, Democrats are warning President George Bush he’ll be under intense pressure to explain why he wants to send more troops to Iraq.

The White House and the Secret Service quietly signed an agreement last spring in the midst of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal declaring that records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public.