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"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
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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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"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
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"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
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"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
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For The Week Ending July 13, 2007
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Interview with Sonali Kolhatkar,
In early June, two prominent Muslim women journalists were murdered, one in Afghanistan the other in Iraq. Zakia Zaki, 35, owner and manager of the non-governmental outlet, Peace Radio, was shot to death in her home. She was also a school headmistress and attended the 2003 meeting which drew up Afghanistan's post-Taliban constitution. The next day, Sahar Hussein Ali al-Haydari, 44, a correspondent for the National Iraqi News Agency and the independent news agency Aswat al-Iraq, was shot to death while shopping in the city of Mosul. She was also a correspondent for the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting, an organization that trains local journalists in war coverage. Her husband and four children had already fled Iraq because of death threats against her and her family. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Sonali Kolhatkar, of the Afghan Women's Mission based in the U.S. She provides some historical background on the role of journalists in Afghanistan and describes the impact of Zakia Zaki's murder on freedom of the press. Contact the Afghan Women's Mission by calling (626) 676-7884 or visit their website at www.afghanwomensmission.org
Interview with Tyson Slocum,
While U.S. consumers have been grumbling about rising gas prices during the spring, big oil companies seem to be on track to raking in continued record profits. Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit in U.S. history for 2006, earning $39.5 billion, up from its previous record $36.1 billion in 2005. The world's second largest oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, reported $25.4 billion in profits for 2006, up from $25.3 billion in 2005. In May, oil refiners earned record gross profits of $37.48 a barrel, or nearly $1 per gallon of gasoline. While the price of gas around the U.S. has come down from a record high of $3.23 a gallon on May 24, over the last five years, gas prices have nearly tripled. During that period, the average American family has seen their annual spending on gasoline increase $1,000. Rep. Bart Stupak, Democrat of Michigan, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, recently proposed a bill that would make price gouging at the pump a crime. Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen's Energy Program, recently testified before Stupak's committee about gasoline prices, oil company profits and Congress' responsibility to take action on behalf of the American consumer. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Slocum, who discusses measures Congress could take that will stop price-gouging at the pump, and help decrease U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources. Contact Public Citizen at (202) 588-1000 or visit their website atwww.citizen.org Related links:
Interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter,
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges, author of the acclaimed book, "War, A Force That Gives Us Meaning," is a Harvard Divinity School graduate and the son of a Presbyterian minister. In his new bestseller, "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America," this former New York Times foreign correspondent argues that the Christian Right in the U.S. resembles the young fascist movement in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 30s. Those political movements, he asserts, like the Christian Right, often masked the full extent of their drive for totalitarianism and were willing to make concessions until they achieved unrivaled power. In recent years, conservative Christian groups and their political allies have asserted their power. Through their influence in Congress, this religious coalition has moved the Supreme Court to erode women's reproductive rights, worked to block gay marriage rights, defied family members and the courts in the grotesque case of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, attacked the power of judges -- and attempted to introduce the teaching of "Creationism" in public schools. Observers say that with millions of dollars from the Bush administration's taxpayer-funded, Faith-Based Initiative and a growing number of TV and radio stations under their control, the Christian Right is on a course to gain evermore influence in government and the nation. Between The Lines Scott Harris spoke with Chris Hedges about the warning he issues in his book that Dominionist Christians, who seek to establish a Christian state, are now waiting for an economic, social or political crisis, to move to replace America's democratic form of government. Visit Chris Hedges' website at www.chrishedges.org
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