After Giving Boost to Bush, Allawi Heads to UN

UNITED NATIONS - In his first address to world leaders gathered at UN headquarters, Iraq's Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi urged the wealthiest countries to forgive Iraq's debts and described his nation's future as a battle between the forces of democracy and...

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Iraq Elections a Disaster in the Making

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani continues to be concerned as to whether elections will be held in January in Iraq, and whether the outcome will reflect the Shi'ite majority in Iraq. He is worried that the system adopted, of nationwide party lists, favors a small set of...

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Iran’s Golden Offer

The Pentagon has just conducted war games, modeling a preemptive attack against the Iranian uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz – which is still several years from becoming operational – and the Russian nuclear power plant nearing completion at Bushehr....

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Neoconservatism: An Alien Ideology

Scott Horton interviews Lt. Col. (ret.) Karen Kwiatkowski about the lies that justified the Iraq war, the liars who told them, why they wanted to invade Iraq, the failures of the 9/11 Commission Report, and the election. Check out Scott's other interviews with...

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Allawi, the Cheerleader

Was Iyad Allawi, America's Iraqi sock-puppet and the country's unelected "prime minister," lying when he told the U.S. Congress: "In Samarra, the Iraqi government has tackled the insurgents who once controlled the city. Following weeks of discussions between...

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PATRIOT Act II: Back From the Dead

Civil liberties advocates are once again raising concern over legislation moving through Congress meant to enhance the controversial USA PATRIOT Act rushed into law in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Last Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a...

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Turkey: One Step Forward, Two Back

BRUSSELS - Turkey took a step closer to the European Union Thursday after EU enlargement commissioner Guenter Verheugen said he was "satisfied" that a row over Turkey's penal code had been resolved. Verheugen told media representatives after a meeting with...

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A Debate at Last?

It would be difficult to exaggerate my profound lack of confidence, let alone faith, in the political system of this or any other country to make your life or mine better. I'm with Thomas Jefferson, who once put it something like this: If I have no choice but to be in...

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Torture and Rape Rampant in Iraq Prisons

HUNTINGTON WOODS, MICH. - American legal investigators have discovered evidence of abuse, torture and rape throughout the U.S.-run prison system in Iraq. A Michigan legal team meeting with former detainees in Baghdad during an August fact-finding mission gathered...

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