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Current News & Views
Wars
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Kissinger:
Iraq War Unwinnable
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Winds of Change –Saudi king's
outburst reflects US Mideast policy failures: April 1, 2007, AFP
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Tal Afar Bomb
Killed 152, the Deadliest of War
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Saturday: 1
GI, 67 Iraqis Killed; 96 Iraqis Wounded
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Sunday: 7 US,
1 UK Soldiers, 50 Iraqis Killed, 19 Iraqis Kidnapped
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Monday:
56 Iraqis Killed, 257 Wounded
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Iraq Toll
Up 15 Percent Despite Crackdown
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March
Toll: Twice as Many GIs Killed as Iraqi Troops
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CNN: Military
Sources Respond To McCain’s Escalation Success Remark With ‘Laughter Down
The Line’
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Spanish
Judge calls for architects of Iraq invasion to be tried for war crimes: by Vicky Short, March 28, 2007, Global Research - Canada
Poolside in Washington’s “Emerald
City”
Meanwhile, in the Empire's Iraq “Bubble”- Imperial Life in Washington’s
‘Emerald City’: Inside Baghdad’s Green Zone: by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, March
18, 2007, The Sunday Times - London
UK/Iran
Border Dispute
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How I know Tony Blair faked
Iran/Iraq disputed water boundaries map: by CRAIG MURRAY, Former
British Ambassador to Uzbekistan and Head of the British Foreign Office's
Maritime Section, March 31, 2007, The
Daily Mail Co. - UK
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Brit
“Hostage” Drama Pales in Comparison to MI6 and CIA Crimes Against Iran: by
Kurt Nimmo, March 28, 2007, kurtnimmo.com
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Subverting
Iran, Washington's Covert War
inside Iran: by Gregory
Elich, March 23, 2007, Global Research-Canada
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UK Ministers Seek Deal With Iran
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U.S.
rejects Iran captives exchange - Bush’s Casus Belli:
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Washington’s belligerence hurting
British bid to free crew - Tough words
from U.S. highlight rift between White House and Downing Street over 15
sailors held by Iran… April 2, 2007, Globe
& Mail - Canada
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Iranian officer reports
incursion by US warplanes: April 02, 2007, Agence
France Presse (AFP)
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Israeli Intel Chief:
Iran and Syria Preparing for Summer Attack by US: Haaretz - Israel
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Emasculating
Iran: The UN Security Council Helps Disarm a Prospective Further Victim of
U.S. Aggression: by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson, April 1, 2007, ZNet
Iranian Political & Military Power (Chart) Der Spiegel - Germany
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A
Dangerous Game of Power and Propaganda -- Is it a local border conflict or the beginning of a dangerous
confrontation? In the
drama surrounding the 15 captured British sailors, Tehran is resorting to
propaganda while London is relying on the West for support. Iran has a long
history of using hostages as diplomatic pawns: by Dieter
Bednarz, Hans Hoyng, Georg Mascolo and Bernhard Zand -- April 2, 2007, Der Spiegel, Germany
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Despite
CIA Director Michael Hayden's early warnings to the White House about the
possibility of a dangerous escalation of the US's conflict with Iran, Bush opted for intimidation tactics.
According to Vali Nasr, an Iranian-born political science professor and
one of the foremost experts on Iran in the United States, the CIA
believed it was winning the intimidation game, "but now the Iranians
have shown that they can play the same game."
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The U.K.-Iran Crisis: The
West Confronts a Rising Iran: Drafted
By: Dr. Harsh V. Pant, April 2, 2007, PINR
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Russian
Intel: 'US Ready to Strike Iran on Good Friday'
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UK- Armed forces' suicides surpass combat
deaths: by Sophie Goodchild and Jonathan Owen, April 1, 2007, The Independent - UK
Proxy
Wars
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Israel
rejects Arab League refugee proposal - Israel will not accept the return of
Palestinian refugees, PM Olmert said: March 30, 2007, RIA Novosti - Russia
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ISRAEL: IDF
Ready for Possible Major Gaza Incursion
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The Political
History of the Car Bomb: by Ron Jacobs, March 24-25 Edition, 2007, Counterpunch.org
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US Launches
Campaign to Isolate and Embarrass Syrian President Assad
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Scores
Dead in Battle-Ravaged Somali Capital
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Somali
Civilians Hit Hard in Fighting in Mogadishu
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Human
Rights Watch - US, Eastern African countries secretly detaining Somalis: AND
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US, Kenya,
Ethiopia cooperate in secret detentions - HRW: March 31, 2007, Sudan Tribune - Sudan
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HRW Letter to Kenyan
Director of Political Affairs Thomas Amolo: March 22, 2007
Guantanamo
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The Pentagon's
Crooked "Judicial" Process: by Jacob G. Hornberger, Future of Freedom
Foundation
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Trial Would Have Done Stalin Proud: by Josh White and Carol Williams, Sydney
Morning Herald
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This Was a Trial? by Jennifer Daskal, International
Herald Tribune
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Send Jihadists to Federal Court: by Nat Hentoff, Washington
Times
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Rights for Gitmo Detainees: Editorial - Los Angeles Times
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Let's Vote the Detainees Off the Island: by Elizabeth Sullivan, Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Around
The Empire
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Major portion of U.S. multi-billion
dollars missile defense wiped out by rain: March 29, 2007, SpaceWar.com
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