Backtalk, September 2

Kerry: Unwavering Support of IsraelAs a wounded WWII U.S.M.C. combat machine gunner, 2 years in combat, 19 island landings, Okinawa the last, and a voting Democrat, I think Kerry is nuts with his support of Israel and their atrocities against the Palestinians.Kerry...

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US-Backed Armies Firing Blanks

Fear of being linked to U.S.-backed regimes that lack authority has inhibited potential recruits in violence-prone Iraq and Afghanistan from heeding calls to join nascent or rebuilding national armies, say U.S. academics and political and military analysts. "The...

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Iraq’s Oil Is Still Flowing, Somehow

BAGHDAD - Saboteurs attacked an oil pipeline in southern Iraq over the weekend, sending up pillars of smoke and bringing a slowdown in supply. It was by no means an isolated incident. Another pipeline 150km (93 mi.) north of the southern port of Basra was attacked....

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Kerry Joins Campaign Against Iraq Contract

The conviction of British mercenary Simon Mann by a Zimbabwean court could not have come at a worse time for Tim Spicer, Mann's fellow former Scots Guards officer and erstwhile colleague in security firm Sandline International. Mann's alleged coup plot in Equatorial...

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The Hague Showdown

Slobodan Milosevic's defense at the Hague Inquisition began this week, after several delays. Reporters in The Hague, who are without exception partial to the Tribunal and scornful of Milosevic, described his opening statement as "defiant" but pointless, as he...

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Congress Must Investigate Spy Scandal

I write to ask that the Judiciary Committee commence an immediate full investigation and examine substantial and credible evidence that Pentagon officials have engaged in criminal wrongdoing in their handling of classified material and have engaged in unauthorized...

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Is America Finally Coming Home?

At the close of his address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars a week ago, President Bush announced a redeployment of 70,000 U.S. troops and 100,000 family members and civilian employees from overseas bases. Some of the troops may go to East Europe or Central Asia, but,...

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‘War on Terror’ Hits Michigan Town

CHICAGO - Ibrahim Parlak's customers and friends know him as the gentle, hard-working Kurdish immigrant from Turkey who runs Café Gulistan in the placid lakeside town of Harbert, Michigan. Before he was incarcerated by U.S. authorities and threatened with...

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Bhutanese Refugees Suffer Over Terror Allegations

DAMAK, NEPAL - Suspecting Maoist infiltration in their ranks, security forces have tightened restrictions and surveillance on the 100,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, making it difficult for them to find work, even as geopolitical intrigues are impeding their return...

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