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http://www.rense.com/general74/honey.htm


Informant: ranger116



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pelosi

http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200701/010407b.html


Informant: ranger116



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leahy

US Marines gunned down five unarmed Iraqis who stumbled onto the scene of a 2005 roadside bombing in Haditha, Iraq, according to eyewitness accounts that are part of a lengthy investigative report. The accounts provide evidence that as the Marines came under attack, they responded in ways that are difficult to reconcile with their rules of engagement.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010607G.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haditha

The White House and the Secret Service quietly signed an agreement last spring in the midst of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal declaring that records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010607F.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Abramoff

Joseph L. Galloway writes: "President Bush in a few days will present the results of his painful month-long examination of the options for continuing his mistaken adventure in Iraq, but there's little evidence that he's discovered any new way forward. The word in the halls of the Pentagon and inside the Beltway is that The Decider will choose some sort of temporary bump in the numbers of American troops currently assigned to fight a war without end and without purpose."


http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010607C.shtml

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Continuing the Flight from Reality
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0110-24.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joseph+Galloway

"One needs a well-honed sense of irony to truly appreciate 2006," says William Fisher. "Some of these ironies were funny. Some were embarrassing. A lot were downright tragic. Before we finally consign the old year to the historians, let us recount some of them."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010607A.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Fisher

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c70b7cfc-9ce4-11db-8ec6-0000779e2340.html


Informant: binstock

FRANCIS BOYLE, (217) 333-7954, fboyle @law.uiuc.edu

Professor of international law at the University of Illinois, Boyle said today:

"Concerning the proposed 'surge' by the Bush administration of 20,000-plus U.S. troops into Iraq, this requires further authorization by the U.S. Congress under the terms of the War Powers Resolution. Section 4(a)(3) makes it quite clear that the War Powers Resolution is triggered ... 'In the absence of a declaration of war [which we do not have for Iraq], in any case in which United States Armed Forces are introduced ... (3) in numbers which substantially enlarge United States Armed Forces equipped for combat already located in a foreign nation....'

"We currently have about 140,000 troops in Iraq. Sending in an additional 20,000-plus would 'substantially enlarge' those forces. Therefore, the Bush administration would require further authorization from Congress for this euphemistic 'surge,' which is really a substantial escalation. Failure to obtain additional authorization from Congress for this substantial enlargement of U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq would constitute an impeachable offense under the terms of the United States Constitution for violating the Constitution's War Powers Clause and Congress's own War Powers Resolution."

Francis A. Boyle Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA

Author of Destroying World Order: American Imperialism in the Middle East Before and After September 11
http://www.bookmasters.com/clarity/b0024.htm
217-333-7954 (Voice)
217-244-1478 (Fax)


Informant: Amy Sasser

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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Boyle
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach

http://electroniciraq.net/news/2799.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jim+Lobe
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=surge+troop

"It is no surprise to hear that the US health care system is in shambles. Health care costs are increasing faster than wages and nearly 47 million Americans - 8 million of whom are children - are uninsured. Millions more are underinsured," writes Meredith L. King.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010507HA.shtml

As the White House polished a new Iraq strategy that includes replacing key US military leaders and possibly sending more soldiers to Iraq, Congress' new Democratic chiefs said they would oppose any troop buildup.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010507R.shtml

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Pelosi, Reid Urge Bush to Begin Iraq Pullout

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid declared yesterday that "it is time to bring the war to a close" and warned President Bush that sending more US troops to Iraq would be unacceptable to the Democratic majorities that have just taken over Congress.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010607B.shtml



Democrats Vow to Resist Buildup

Democratic Congressional leaders vowed yesterday to use their powers of spending and policy oversight to challenge President Bush's expected proposal this week, as part of a broad revision of Iraq strategy, to boost US military forces in the country by as many as 20,000 troops.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010807B.shtml



The History of Surges
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010807C.shtml



Quagmire of the Vanities

Paul Krugman writes, "The only real question about the planned 'surge' in Iraq - which is better described as a Vietnam-style escalation - is whether its proponents are cynical or delusional."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010807E.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6226687.stm


Informant: Julien Ball

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The execution of Saddam Hussein
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3112587/



http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Death+Penalty+-+Todesstrafe/

The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon, supporters hope it might win hearts and minds in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill as a future "prompt global strike" weapon that could attack so-called "high value" targets anywhere around the globe within one hour of an order to attack.

http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,121633,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Here's a piece of muck history unearthed yesterday from deceased Supreme Court justice William Rehnquist's FBI files.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002280.php


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bolton

"Counterterrorism is one of the US' goals in Somalia. We feel we have a right to pursue al-Qaeda terrorists wherever they are," said Robert Kerr, a counsellor for public affairs at the US embassy in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

http://tinyurl.com/y54p4d


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Somalia

"The United States has once again behaved hastily and unwisely," Konstantin Kosachov, head of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Russian Duma, told Moscow radio station Eco.

http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/01/05/en_pol_art_05A821481.shtml


From Information Clearing House

The lawyer for an Army officer from Honolulu who refused to deploy to Iraq said military prosecutors do not want the lieutenant to have the chance to defend himself by arguing that the war in Iraq is illegal.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/03/america/NA_GEN_US_War_Objector.php


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Watada

Month by month restive Anbar province seems to drift farther away from Baghdad. Fallujah, the war-torn city at its heart, has become a magnet for the country’s displaced Sunnis, with potentially devastating consequences for Iraq.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2532427,00.html



The Death Squads

Video
http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/245/59/


From Information Clearing House

Video

"Lacking direct evidence, Bush administration officials argue that Iran's nuclear program must be a cover for bomb-making. Vice President Cheney recently said, "They're already sitting on an awful lot of oil and gas. Nobody can figure why they need nuclear as well to generate energy."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16077.htm

By Ray McGovern and W. Patrick Lang

Lies have consequences. All those who helped President George W. Bush launch a war of aggression - termed by Nuremberg “the supreme international crime” - have blood on their hands and must be held accountable. This includes corrupt intelligence officials. Otherwise, look for them to perform the same service in facilitating war on Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16069.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ray+McGovern

by Joel Turtel

Miss Johnson, I will write that apology letter. But my letter will be to Mary, not you. I have been almost criminally negligent with my child's education. I will humbly apologize to her for not having investigated your school a long time ago......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Turtel/joel32.htm

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0105-30.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Molly+Ivins

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0105-24.htm

The execution of Saddam Hussein
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3112587/

In Business for Life
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0105-21.htm

http://www.ivawdeployed.org/


Informant: ranger116



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Watada
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=redress

http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,,OID6266294_REF1,00.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=BenQ

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5533/


Informant: jensenmk

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