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Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address."
"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004
"Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004
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"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
"Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
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Between The Lines
For The Week Ending July 22, 2005
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Interview with Rahul Mahajan,
A woman is helped by a police officer after the July 7 terrorists' bombing in London's mass transit system. The four bombs that tore through three subway cars and a double-decker bus in London during the morning rush hour on July 7 killed 52 transit riders and injured more than 700 others. British Prime Minister Tony Blair declared that the terrorist attack on his nation, the worst since World War II, was likely the work of Islamic extremists and pledged not to rest until the bombers are identified and brought to justice. Speculation is, that the bombings were timed to coincide with the opening of the Group of 8 industrialized nations summit meeting in Scotland, hosted by Blair -- President Bush's most important ally in the Iraq war. Counterterrorism officials believe that four British-born men, Muslims of Pakistani heritage, detonated the explosives in four separate suicide bombings. British police are hunting a fifth man who may have been involved in planning the attack. Investigators identified the explosives used as high grade, military quality and technically advanced. The bombing of London, reminiscent of the March 11, 2004 attack on Madrid's train system that killed 190 people, has stoked fears across Europe and America that more terrorist attacks targeting civilians could soon be launched by groups associated with al Qaeda. While President Bush has long maintained that the war in Iraq was being waged in order to prevent terrorist attacks in the west, it's clear that his reasoning is without foundation. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with commentator Rahul Mahajan, author of "The New Crusade, America's War on Terrorism." Mahajan looks at the debate over effective ways to fight terrorism in the wake of the bombing of London's transit system. Rahul Mahajan is author of the book, "Full Spectrium Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond," published by Seven Stories Press. Read Mahajan's commentaries online at www.empirenotes.org Related stories:
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Mark Danner, New Yorker writer and author of "Torture and Truth," MacArthur Fellow
Barbara Olshansky, deputy director at the Center for Constitutional Rights
The Honorable John Conyers Jr., Congressman, Michigan's 14th District Broadcast-quality MP3s of these speeches available at www.radio4all.net U.S. Politics "Liberal Legislative Caucus Envisions Post-Bush Era," San Francisco Chronicle, July 5, 2005 "If Ax Falls On Roe, It May Also Split GOP," Los Angeles Times, July 4, 2005 "'Nuclear Option' Re-Emerges For Supreme Court Fight," Knight Ridder, July 2, 2005 "CAFTA Squeaks By Senate, By Tiniest Margin For Any Trade Bill In History," by Deborah James, Common Dreams, July 1, 2005 "Stage Set For Battle Over Supreme Court Future," by David Paul Kuhn, Salon.com, July 1, 2005 Bush Regime " At White House, a Day of Silence on Rove's Role in CIA Leak," The New York Times, July 12, 2005 "Karl Rove Was Source Of Plame Leak," by Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, July 11, 2005 "Bush, The Obstacle to a Deal On Global Warming," Independent/UK, July 5, 2005 "Bush's Nuclear Nonsense," by Mark Hertsgaard, TomPaine.com, July 5, 2005 "Bush Speech Reveals Ongoing Deceptions About Iraq," by Stephen Zunes, Common Dreams, July 4, 2005 "Rove 'Knowingly' Refusing Interviews On Plame Leak," Editor & Publisher, July 4, 2005 "The Biggest Of Big Lies: A Speech Written And Delivered To Deceive," Capital Times editorial (Madison, WI), June 30, 2005 "Backing For Bush Is Gone, Say Local Veterans," by Michael Mayo, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, June 29, 2005 American Empire/War Profiteering "It's Imperialism, Stupid," by Noam Chomsky, Uruknet, July 5, 2005 "Military Recruiters Find The War A Difficult Sell," Boston Globe, July 5, 2005 "Barbarism, Inc.," by Gil Hubbard & David Miller, MediaChannel.org, July 1, 2005 "Bolton's Ready To Bomb Iran," by Michael Tomasky, The American Prospect, June 30, 2005 "Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan "The Rumsfeld Solution: Liberating Iraq, One Journalist At A Time," by Mike Whitney, SmirkingChimp.com, July 5, 2005 "U.S. Bombs Kill 17 Afghan Villagers As Search Continues For Soldiers," Guardian/UK, July 5, 2005 "Iraq Seen Emerging As Prime Training Ground For Terrorists," Knight Ridder, July 4, 2005 "Acid Attacks On 'Immodest' Women On The Rise In Iraq," Reuters, July 4, 2005 "UK Aid Funds Iraqi Torture Units," Observer/UK, July 3, 2005 "June One Of The Deadliest Months For Troops In Iraq," Knight Ridder, June 30, 2005 Civil Liberties/ Human Rights "The Right's Assault On The Academy: An Interview With Robert Jensen," by Bob Libal, Counterpunch, July 5, 2005 "Morphing The Gestapo," by Doris Colmes, SmirkingChimp.com, July 5, 2005 "Bush Team Uses 'Skin Game' To Attack Porn," by Patrick Moore, Newsday, July 5, 2005 "Patriotism Versus The PATRIOT Act," by Dorothy M. Ehrlich, San Francisco Chronicle, July 4, 2005 "Governmwent Secrecy Reaches Record High," The New York Times, July 3, 2005 "TSA Secretly Snoops On Air Passengers," by Jim Hightower, AlterNet, July 2, 2005 "California Spying, Schwarzenegger-Style," by Seth Sandronsky, Common Dreams, July 2, 2005 "The Stain Of Torture," by Burton J. Lee III, Washington Post, July 1, 2005 "Code Dumb: Look Who's Spying On Your Granny," Sacramento Bee (California) editorial, June 29, 2005 Media Issues "Koran Desecration Is Part Of The Torture Plan; So Is Media Silence," by Saul Landau, ZNet, July 5, 2005 "Court Limits Student Publishing Freedom," by Laura Van Hyfte, Michigan Daily News, July 5, 2005 "This July Fourth, Where's The Press?," by Mark Fitzgerald, Editor & Publisher, July 3, 2005 "Pliant American Press Behaving Like Pravda In Coverage Of U.S. President," by Linda McQuaig, Toronto Star/Canada, July 3, 2005 Activism "Protesters Prepare 'Warm' Welcome For G-8 Leaders," Inter Press Service, July 5, 2005 "Tens Of Thousands Of Anti-Poverty Demonstrators March Through Edinburgh," Associated Press, July 2, 2005 |
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