WASHINGTON -- The raid by the U.S.-appointed Iraqi officials on an Arab television network bureau in Baghdad and the ban on its broadcasts hardly fits my idea of how to spread democracy in the Middle East.
Big, solid, and a cop in his soul for thirteen years, the officer asserts that the threat doesn't bother him. "I do my work," he says. "I know perfectly well that the people take us for collaborators, but I work for Iraq. Not for the Americans, who despise us, don't listen to us, and don't supply us with the equipment we need to assure order. If you ask me my opinion, I'd say they're stupid, that's all."
It's official: Cointelpro is back.
Iraqi police and U.S. defense officials said the coordinated timing of the attacks and the use of suicide bombers bore the hallmarks of foreign extremists.
"We believe from our intelligence that it is either the Syrians or the Wahhabis," Fattah said, referring to a fundamentalist Islamic sect. He did not elaborate.
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"We used to have security," Murad said. "If it weren't for Bush, this wouldn't have happened."
"I want to underscore that most of the attacks on our forces are by former regime loyalists and other Iraqis, not foreign forces," said the officer, Maj. Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr., commander of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Michael Getler: Capturing the Faces of WarThe Foreign Office Minister who said that British Muslims had to make a choice between 'the British way' or the values of terrorism was facing fresh criticism last night from the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality.
Enlistment oath
I, ___________________________________, do solemly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed overme, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
Tommy Franks
It means the potential of a weapon of mass destruction and a terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event somewhere in the Western world — it may be in the United States of America — that causes our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass, casualty-producing event. Which in fact, then begins to unravel the fabric of our Constitution. Two steps, very, very important.
Not suitable for children. Or adultsWASHINGTON (AP) -- Environmental groups suing to keep off-road vehicles off pristine Western lands were dealt a setback Monday as the Supreme Court agreed to consider the government's argument that the case is invalid.
Food flies, blood spurts and bottoms are bared when Dubya takes tea with the Queen Mum. Adrian Searle enters the disturbing world of Paul McCarthy
World Hunger Increasing, New U.N. Report Finds U.S. War Tactics Questioned by Rights Groups Bill Keller's Changing Times Kucinich Says Media Unfairly Bypasses Him as 'Fringe' Candidate Many Turks Blame U.S. Policy for Bombings Have We Seen the Tipping Point? What We Can Gather from the Killing of the "Making a Killing in Iraq" Conference US Wages Media War as Iraq Insurgency Deepens George Monbiot: The Moral Myth: Superpowers Act Out of Self-interest, Not Morality, and the US in Iraq is No Different Explosion rocks central Baghdad IBM put gag on medics: Ex-nurse testifies company tried to avoid illness blame F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies E-Votes Must Leave a Paper Trail Iraqi mob beats bodies of slain U.S. soldiers Iraqi mob mutilates bodies of US troops killed by guerrillas Briton is held in Iraq drive on terror 15 dead in Iraq as attacks grow Soldiers to sue over new Gulf War syndrome A war that can never be won The very secret service US defences in Baghdad breached by donkey carts Iraq rebels launch 'donkey cart attacks' Iraq War Providing a Boost to al-Qaida: Terror network is using clash as propaganda tool in holy war against West F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies Rights in Bush's America Michael Doliner: The Motive for the Invasion 200,000 MARCH AGAINST BUSH IN LONDON Bush Britons' Unwanted GuestWhen Ann Coulter expresses regret that Timothy McVeigh didn't blow up The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal laughs it off as "tongue-in-cheek agitprop." But when Al Franken writes about lies and lying liars in a funny, but carefully researched book, he's degrading the discourse.
Undercover palace breach as Bush arrives in England"This is the least-welcome guest these shores have seen since William the Conqueror," said George Galloway, a left-wing member of the British parliament who was recently expelled from the ruling Labor Party and is a leading anti-war and anti-Bush campaigner. "This is the most dangerous man in world politics today. This is a giant with the mind of a child."
Palace security breach as Bush flies inCoalition chairman Andrew Murray said Mr Bush was "the most unwelcome visitor to these shores since William the Conqueror."
At the Friends Meeting House, hundreds of protesters gave a rapturous welcome to campaigners including the former Labour MP Tony Benn at a rally designed to galvanise support for Thursday's demonstration. Andrew Murray, chairman of the Stop the War Coalition, said Mr Bush was "the most unwelcome visitor to these shores since William the Conqueror". Mr Pinter said the US "more and more resembles Nazi Germany in its ambitions" claiming it aspires to total control of the world. Mr Galloway said the President was "mad, bad and dangerous to know. This president, who hears voices, on Tuesday must hear 100,000 British people saying 'go home George Bush, we don't want you here'." Ron Kovik, the Vietnam veteran turned peace campaigner, told protesters they had a "rendezvous with history".
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