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War And Profiteering
"Cheney is Longtime Bad News for U.S.," by John Nichols, by the Madison Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 16, 2007
"Bush administration provokes open war on Iran: Irbil raid, and other operations, authorized "several months ago," by Larry Chin, Global Research, Jan. 15, 2007
"Iran: The Next War," by James Bamford, Rolling Stone, July 24, 2006
Those Who Dared to Come Forward
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
"Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002
"The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003
The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, U.N. Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan
"Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004
"Pipeline
Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central
Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001
"War
Profiteering," by The Nation editors, April 24, 2003
"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
Civil Liberties
"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004
"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"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:
The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003
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For The Week Ending June 22, 2007
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The effort by Senate Democrats to hold a non-binding "no confidence" vote on the conduct of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez failed when Republicans blocked a motion to end debate and move on to vote on the measure. The June 11 "no confidence," vote grew out of increasing criticism of Gonzalez's firing of nine U.S. Attorneys, an action that many observers believe was motivated by partisan politics. In the face of disturbing questions about Gonzalez's competence to head the Justice Department and honesty during congressional testimony, President Bush has maintained his support for the embattled attorney general. New questions about the firings arose after testimony by Monica Goodling, an assistant to Alberto Gonzalez when she spoke about the involvement of Arkansas U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin in an illegal scheme to challenge African American voters during the 2004 election, known as "voter caging." Griffin, a close associate of White House political strategist Karl Rove, resigned May 31 after BBC Television's Greg Palast reported that John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, requested the network's evidence on Griffin's involvement in the voter "caging" lists. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Greg Palast, about the confidential emails he obtained from the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign outlining the GOP voter challenge program, and the evidence of a larger scandal that prompted Griffin to resign. Read Greg Palast's articles online at www.gregpalast.com. His book, "Armed Madhouse," which reveals some of the evidence in the U.S. attorney scandal, is out in a new paperback edition. Related links:
Interview with Omar Masri,
The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians rages on in the Gaza strip, where Israeli airstrikes have killed dozens of combatants and civilians, while Palestinian militant groups fire rockets on Israeli border towns. Meanwhile, escalating battles between the two rival Palestinian parties, Hamas and Fatah, have killed more than 90 people so far this year. Thousands of miles away from the interminable violence in the Middle East, protesters took to the streets of Washington, D.C. on June 10 to voice their opposition to U.S. policies that have supported 40 years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In what organizers claimed was the largest-ever national demonstration against the Israeli occupation, an estimated 5,000 protesters from across America rallied at the Capitol and marched to the White House, marking the 40th anniversary of the 6-Day War and Israeli annexation of Palestinian land. One day after the protest, on June 11, hundreds of activists descended on Capitol Hill to lobby members of Congress. Organizers of the action, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice -- along with 300 other organizations around the country, demand a change in U.S. policy that they maintain has resulted in collective punishment and suffering for almost 4 million Palestinians through land seizures, curfews, checkpoints, and extra-judicial executions. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Omar Masri, an organizer with the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, who explains the historic nature and goals of the protest. Contact the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation by calling (202) 332-0994 or visit their website at: www.endtheoccupation.org
Interview with Father Jim Manship,
On June 4, New Haven, Conn., became the first city in the country to establish a municipal identity card that will be made available to citizens and non-citizens alike, including undocumented immigrants. Less than 36 hours later, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, conducted dawn raids in the city's heavily Latino Fair Haven neighborhood in which 32 immigrants were arrested and taken into custody. Agents had warrants for some of those arrested, but many others without documents were swept up in the raids, according to city officials who condemned the action. Many in New Haven viewed the raids as retaliation for the ID program and an effort at intimidation. After the raids, the neighborhood was gripped by fear, but Mayor John De Stefano Jr. has pledged to begin issuing the ID cards July 1. St. Rose of Lima church in Fair Haven has been at the center of the struggle of the undocumented in New Haven, working with organizations such as Junta for Progressive Action and Unidad Latina en Accion. Its parishioners are mostly immigrants from Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru. Some of those arrested by ICE are members of the church, and on June 7, St. Rose was the site of a Mass and protest rally attended by about 1,500 people. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Father Jim Manship, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church. He talks about the federal raids, the city's ID card program and the role of the church in the midst of community anger. For more information on New Haven's municipal ID card program and the federal immigration raids, contact the Junta for Progressive Action at (203) 787-0191, or visit their website at www.juntaINC.org.
 This week's summary of under-reported news
Compiled by Bob Nixon
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