http://www.independent.org/tii/antiwar/e050809.html
Presence of US Troops Upsets Paraguay’s Partners
BUENOS AIRES Although Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have formally accepted the fact that Paraguay has allowed U.S. troops to enter the country and granted them immunity from prosecution, the decision has become a thorn in the flesh of South America's Mercosur...
Backtalk, August 9, 2005
Who's Behind the Coming War With Iran? An otherwise informative article was badly damaged by your repeated reference as a Trotskyite someone in the State Department. I fail to see the necessity to dredge up this red-baiting with references to a Bolshevik who has been...
Big Star-Spangled Lies for War
A lot of people want to believe that the current war on Iraq is some kind of aberration a radical departure from the previous baseline of U.S. foreign policy. That's a comforting illusion. Yes, the current administration in Washington is notable for the extreme...
Medical Professionals Bending Ethics in Terror War
Medical ethics have been corrupted because doctors and medical bodies have taken direct and indirect part in abusing prisoners detained as part of what U.S. and other officials call the "war on terror," a senior British Medical Association (BMA) official...
The Neocons’ Childish Theory
As of this writing, more than 1,800 young Americans have died in Iraq. The combined cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is $340 billion. This is what happens when we elect people who refuse to accept the limits set by the United States Constitution. The...
The EU vs. Iran: Who’s Right?
While making courtesy calls, John Bolton, our newly appointed ambassador to the United Nations, reportedly "raised possible Security Council action on Iran's announcement that it plans to resume enriching uranium, said one diplomat, speaking on condition of...
Letter From an Iraq Vet
Editor's note: Following is a letter by Army Sgt. John Bruhns, excerpts of which were read on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) on July 19, 2005. I am a concerned veteran of the Iraq war. I am not an expert on the vast and...
Bizarro Iraq
Cindy Sheehan is on a mission. The death of her son in combat in Iraq has sent her on her own personal odyssey, a quest for the answer to the question: Why? The latest stop in that journey: Crawford, Texas, right outside the presidential ranch, where she and a few...
The Bush Administration’s Not-so-Silly Season
"Asked about continued political challenges such as Iraq and Social Security, Bush said he doesn't care about the polls. "Q: But power is perception. "THE PRESIDENT: Power is being the president." -George Bush in an interview with Texas reporters G-SAVE Yourself! Last...


