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"The Future of Iraq: The Spoils of War," Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most precious commodity, by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, The Independent/UK, Jan. 7, 2007 "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 Compilation of Washington insiders speaking out on Bush administration policies and actions 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
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"Martial Law Threat is Real," by Dave Lindorff, commondreams.org, July 27, 2007 "ACLU: US Constitution in Grave Danger,"United Press International, July 25, 2007 "Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state," by Muriel Kane, Rawstory.com July 19, 2007 "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps," by Naomi Wolf, The Guardian, April 24, 2007 "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 "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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![]() in Iraq and Afghanistan Breed Fear and Hatred Interview with Foreign Policy in Focus columnist Conn Hallinan, conducted by Scott Harris ![]() The Associated Press reported that there has been a five-fold increase in the number of bombs dropped on Iraq during the first six months of 2007, coinciding with President Bush's troop escalation. More than 30 tons of the ordinance dropped have been cluster weapons, which take an especially heavy toll on civilians. Afghanistan has also endured an intensification of U.S. and NATO airstrikes which has resulted in a sharp increase in the number of civilians killed. In mid-2007 Afghan President Hamid Karzai held a press conference to condemn what he called the "careless operations of NATO and international forces" that he asserted was killing innocent victims. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Foreign Policy in Focus columnist Conn Hallinan, who examines the U.S. military's bombing tactics and how the resulting civilian casualties exacerbate hostility toward occupation forces. Hallinan is former director of the journalism program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Read his articles online at www.fpif.org Related links:
![]() in Presidential Campaign Interview with Gloria Feldt, former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, conducted by Melinda Tuhus ![]() Yet, the presidential candidates have been virtually silent on the issue of reproductive rights, even with a strong pro-choice woman in the race. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Gloria Feldt, long time reproductive rights activists and former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 1996 to 2005. Feldt, currently a writer and lecturer, discusses why she believes abortion is not yet an issue in the presidential race, but should be. And she explains how pro-choice advocates can find new approaches to support the threatened Roe v. Wade decision. Gloria Feldt recently endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Read Feldt's articles online at www.gloriafeldt.com or visit the Planned Parenthood Federation of America's website at www.plannedparenthood.org. ![]() Into Primary Election Battles Interview with the Rev. Graylan Hagler, Plymouth Congregational United Church senior pastor, conducted by Scott Harris ![]() Just days before Republican voters went to the polls in South Carolina's Jan. 19 primary election, GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appealed to voters on the issue of race, asking his fellow candidates to stop calling for the removal of the Confederate flag from government offices. In what seemed like a coordinated effort, an Atlanta-based group, Americans for the Preservation of American Culture, ran radio ads which attacked John McCain for his opposition to flying the Confederate flag on public buildings. Columnist Max Blumenthal wrote that making coded appeals to white racism is nothing new for Huckabee, "Indeed, well before he was a nationally known political star, Huckabee nurtured a relationship with America's largest white supremacist group, the Council of Conservative Citizens. As America celebrated the life and work of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 21, the 2008 presidential election is increasingly becoming both a magnet for racial tension and providing opportunities to transcend a volatile issue which has long divided the people of the United States. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Rev. Graylan Hagler, senior pastor of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Wash., D.C. Hagler, a longtime activist, looks at the issues of race and social justice, which have emerged in the 2008 presidential campaign. Visit The Plymouth United Church of Christ website at www.plymouth-ucc.org
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