Brown must seize the day - and break with Bush now
The new man in No 10 was a fervent supporter of the war. The only way to signal a fresh start is by taking Britain out of Iraq Jonathan Steele Friday June 29, 2007 The Guardian There’s an odd myth about Gordon Brown. His views on the war in Iraq are said to be unknown. Whether the myth is put out by Brownites to hint that change is imminent or by wishful thinkers on both left and right who desperately hope for a new Downing Street line on the Iraq disaster, it has no substance. It is not just...
June 30, 2007
Foreign air strikes kill 65 Afghan civilians: mayor
Sat Jun 30, 2:00 PM ET Anti-Taliban air strikes by US- and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan killed 65 villagers including children, a local official said Saturday, amid growing anger here over civilian deaths. The toll from Friday’s operation in the southern province of Helmand given by a district mayor was the highest since 2001, when US-led forces used heavy bombing in their campaign to drive the extremist Taliban from power. It was impossible to independently verify the number of civilians...
June 30, 2007
Iraq condemns U.S. raid; 26 Iraqis killed
By HAMID AHMED Associated Press BAGHDAD — American soldiers rolled into Baghdad’s Shiite Sadr City slum today in search of Iranian-linked militants and as many as 26 Iraqis were killed in what a U.S. officer described as “an intense firefight.” But residents, police and hospital officials said eight civilians were killed in their homes and angrily accused U.S. forces of firing blindly on the innocent. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemned the raids and demanded an explanation...
June 30, 2007
Chávez hints at nuclear future for Venezuela
Luke Harding in Moscow Friday June 29, 2007 Guardian President Hugo Chávez yesterday hinted that Venezuela could try to become a nuclear power, during a visit to Russia apparently timed to antagonise the White House. Mr Chávez defended Iran’s right to pursue a nuclear programme and said it might be a good idea if Venezuela eventually did the same thing. Speaking before an audience of communists and other elements hostile to America, Mr Chávez said: “Iran has a right to have a peaceful...
June 30, 2007
Clinton derides U.S. missile shield plan
Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:58PM EDT YALTA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton on Friday cast doubt on the effectiveness of a planned U.S. missile shield, deriding it as a “colossal waste of money”. Clinton said the defense system, parts of which are to be deployed in Poland and the Czech Republic, had created unnecessary difficulties with Russia, which denounces the plan as an attempt to undermine its defense capabilities. “My facts may be wrong, but my impression is that...
June 30, 2007
Oil Settles Above $70 a Barrel
Friday June 29, 6:48 pm ET By John Wilen, AP Business Writer Oil Futures Settle Above $70 a Barrel for the First Time Since August on Gas Supply Worries NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices settled above the psychologically important $70 a barrel mark on Friday for the first time since August 2006 on worries about gasoline supplies in the heart of the summer driving season. Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $1.11 to settle at $70.68 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after rising...
June 30, 2007
Obama: Impeachment is not acceptable
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out list of political shortcomings he sees in the Bush administration but said he opposes impeachment for either President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney. Obama said he would not back such a move, although he has been distressed by the “loose ethical standards, the secrecy and incompetence” of a “variety of characters” in the administration. CAMPAIGN 2008: Barack Obama “There’s...
June 30, 2007
Supreme Court to Hear Guantánamo Detainees’ Case
June 29, 2007 Supreme Court to Hear Guantánamo Detainees’ Case By WILLIAM GLABERSON The United States Supreme Court reversed course today and agreed to hear claims of Guantanamo detainees that they have a right to challenge their detentions in American federal courts. The decision, announced in a brief order released this morning, set the stage for a historic legal battle that appeared likely to shape debates in the Bush administration about when and how to close the detention center that has...
June 30, 2007
ZEITGEIST, The Movie
Zeitgeist was created as a not for profit expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective and to understand that very often things are not what the population at large think they are. The information in Zeitgeist was established over a year long period of research and the current Source page on this site lists the sources used / referenced. Soon, an interactive transcript will be online with detailed footnotes and links. Read More →
June 30, 2007
City May Seek Permit and Insurance for Many Kinds of Public Photography
By RAY RIVERA Some tourists, amateur photographers, even would-be filmmakers hoping to make it big on YouTube could soon be forced to obtain a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures or filming on city property, including sidewalks. New rules being considered by the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting would require any group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour to get a city permit and...
June 29, 2007
The Raw Story- Congress requests special counsel on rendition
- Did Rove bolt from the country to avoid testifying?
- Journo: FISA vote 'step toward fascism'; ACLU sues gov't
- Impeach bill: Bush lied America into war
- US: Real or not, Iranian missile tests must stop
- Poll: Turnout expected to skyrocket in November
- After FISA flip, Obama vets Dodd for VP
- Group: Obama finance disclosure less than Bush
- McCain questioned about PNAC, 9/11
- Poll: Obama up 48-40
- Antiwar
- The Most Dangerous Man in America
- The Narrative Versus the News
- Why Bush Will Pardon AIPAC for Espionage
- Big Three Block Iran Attack
- Bush Covered Up Musharraf Ties With al-Qaeda, Khan
- Kosovo Casts Shadow on South Ossetian Standoff
- Double Standards in the Global War on Terror: Anthrax Department
- Please Mr. President, Don't Make Promises to Fools
- Who Started Cold War II?
- Arar Faces Uphill Legal Battle
- Truth News
- The Matrix & Other 9/11 Hollywood Symbolism
- Did Tom Clancy’s “lucky assertions” foretell the Georgia Conflict of 2008 in 2001 and the SPP of 2005 in 2004?
- We Are Change L.A. questions Dennis Kucinich about 9/11
- Fmr President Ford secretly told FBI about panel’s doubts on JFK murder
- Flashback: U.S.-Georgia training begins amid Russia strain
- Pentagon closes controversial intelligence unit
- What the Iraq Forgery Says About 9/11
- Chemical Traces of High Explosives in WTC Debris
- Law Professor: Counter Terrorism Czar Told Me There Is Going To Be An i-9/11 And An i-Patriot Act
- Get Outraged And Get Active About Internet Censorship
