Riding the Antiwar Backlash

Bush knew! says Capitol Hill Blue, a Washington-based website, a rumor which, if true, is perhaps why POTUS is getting himself a lawyer: "Witnesses told a federal grand jury President George W. Bush knew about, and took no action to stop, the release of a covert CIA...

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A View from Iraq It's hard to watch the world turn as I sit here in Iraq and watch the biggest US mistake unfold. It's absolutely ludicrous the facts that are hidden by the US government. I have been here 5 months and take no pride in being here or even have the...

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More Imperial Intrigue as CIA Director Resigns

The abrupt resignation of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George Tenet adds new grist to Washington's rumor mills, already churning at warp speed due to the ongoing prisoner-abuse scandal in Iraq and reports that the Bush administration's favorite in...

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Entering the Interim

So now there's an interim government in Iraq, and at least there's the appearance that the Iraqis exercised a bit of independence from the United States in the choice of a prime minister (Iyad Allawi, a Shia with longstanding military and CIA connections, head of the...

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The Sorrows of Empire

Foreign policy scholar Chalmers Johnson, author of The Sorrows of Empire and, Blowback, discusses his works with Saul Landau. Check out his other interviews High Bandwidth (DSL or Cable modem): Low Bandwidth (dial-up modem):

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Beware of ‘Credible Intelligence’

Last Wednesday it was Attorney General John Ashcroft – joined Friday by me-too Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge – claiming that "credible intelligence from multiple sources indicates that al-Qaeda plans to attempt an attack on the United States" between...

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Egypt Eager to Help Israel Out of Gaza

CAIRO (IPS) - Egypt has presented a security initiative to support an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, but wants to avoid being drawn into a "security trap." The initiative calls for a bilateral ceasefire agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis, and the...

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