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U.S. Pushed Allies on Iraq, Diplomat Writes
Saturday, 22 March 2008 20:43
UNITED NATIONS -- In the months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of
Iraq, the Bush administration threatened trade reprisals against
friendly countries who withheld their support, spied on its allies, and
pressed for the recall of U.N. envoys that resisted U.S. pressure to
endorse the war, according to an upcoming book by a top Chilean diplomat.
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An Election Without Meaning
Saturday, 22 March 2008 13:10
Will getting rid of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney without
impeachment or indictment really make a difference? Will a 600 billion
dollar war/defense budget be cut in half and used for desperately needed
domestic spending? Will the ninety-three billion dollars profits in the
private health insurance companies those parasitic intermediates between
you and your doctor be used instead for full health care coverage for
all? Will Habeas Corpus and Posse Comitatus be restored to the people?
Will torture stop and the US withdraw from Iraq immediately? Will all
students in public universities be able to enroll for free? Will the US
national security agencies stop mass spying on our personal
communications? Will the neo-conservative agenda of total military
domination of the world be reversed?
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Pentagon Rules Out Including Fallon in Iraq Hearing Next Month
Saturday, 22 March 2008 11:16
The Pentagon on Friday ruled out including Adm. William Fallon as a
witness before Congress when the top U.S. military and diplomatic
officials in Baghdad testify next month on the way ahead in Iraq.
In declaring that Fallon would not join Gen. David Petraeus and
Ambassador Ryan Crocker as witnesses before Congress next month,
Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said the decision had nothing to
do with Fallon's views on Iran or the reasons for his unexpected
resignation and retirement.
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Craig keeps promise to retire
Saturday, 22 March 2008 11:14
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), encumbered by a scandal since last summer,
did not file for reelection by his state’s deadline Friday, keeping a
promise he made and officially marking the end of his congressional career.
Craig’s political future has been in doubt since his arrest and guilty
plea on disorderly conduct charges filed after an incident in a men’s
restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last June.
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Four US soldiers killed in Iraq
Saturday, 22 March 2008 10:32
Four more US soldiers have been killed in Iraq, bringing the death toll
since the invasion in 2003 close to 4,000.
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Top Yesha rabbi says Jewish law forbids renting houses to Arabs
Saturday, 22 March 2008 09:49
The chairman of the Yesha rabbinical council and chief rabbi of Kiryat
Arba, Rabbi Dov Lior, on Wednesday issued a halakhic ruling stating that
it is forbidden by Jewish law to employ Arabs or rent homes to them.
TVNL Comment: How is this not Nazi like behavior?
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U.S. contractor under fire for Katrina jobs
Saturday, 22 March 2008 09:46
Of the dozens of building contractors punished by the state of
Mississippi for preying on victims of Hurricane Katrina, one stands out
from the crowd of mostly small-time, fly-by-night operators: Call Henry,
a Florida-based firm with hundreds of employees that each year earns
tens of millions of dollars from contracts with the Department of
Defense, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency.
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White House: Computer hard drives tossed
Saturday, 22 March 2008 09:39
Older White House computer hard drives have been destroyed, the White
House disclosed to a federal court Friday in a controversy over millions
of possibly missing e-mails from 2003 to 2005.
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Mayhem At Fox News: Anchor Walks Off Set, Wallace Rails Network For
"Obama-Bashing"
Saturday, 22 March 2008 09:32
Fox News' very own anchors are speaking out — and walking off — over
what they perceive to be "Obama-bashing" on their network.
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