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U.S. Army in Brzezinki’s Afghan Trap

alex — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:33:08 -0400

"That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Soviets into the Afghan trap ... The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving to the Soviet Union its Vietnam war." So said Zbigniew Brzezinski in a media interview in 1998.

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It was Oil, All Along

alex — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:27:55 -0400

“The war in Iraq has absolutely nothing to do with oil,” so we were told. It actually is about oil, all along.

BY BILL MOYERS AND MICHAEL WINSHIP
Truthout.org
ALTERNATIVE READER
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 22, July 6-12, 2008

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A Time to Demand a Stand With Workers

benjie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:12:46 -0400

The federal government is blocking the freedom of working people to make their own decisions about joining a union.

BY ISAIAH J. POOLE,
Truthout/The Campaign for America's Future
ALTERNATIVE READER
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 21, June 29-July 5, 2008

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General Taguba Knew Torture Scandal Went to the Top

benjie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:07:36 -0400

General Anthony Taguba and his investigators sifted and probed and assessed the blame as high as they were permitted to go. Taguba believed - no, he KNEW - that the responsibility for this outrage went much higher. He knew it reached to the office of then Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and likely beyond to the lawyers who served President George W.

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A Victory for the Rule of Law

alex — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:31:20 -0400

BY EUGENE ROBINSON, THE WASHINGTON POST
Truthout.org
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Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 20, June 22-28, 2008

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that detainees at Guantanamo Bay have the right to a trial in U.S. civilian courts.

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Roadmap to Torture

alex — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:29:49 -0400

BY SPENCER ACKERMAN
The Washington Independent
Truthout.org
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Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 20, June 22-28, 2008

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Rep. Kucinich Files 35 Articles of Impeachment Against President Bush

alex — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:27:56 -0400

FROM THE BALTIMORE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
ALTERNATIVE READER
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 20, June 22-28, 2008

On Monday, June 9, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) filed a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush. The resolution lists 35 separate Articles of Impeachment.

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John McCain’s Chilling Project for America

alex — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:00:20 -0400

BY ELLIOT COHEN
TRUTHDIG
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Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 19, June 15-21, 2008

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Kiss American Security Goodbye: 15 Numbers That Add Up to an Age of Insecurity

benjie — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:34:37 -0400

When the history of this era is finally written, based on the Tai Chi Principle, Osama bin Laden and his scattering of followers may be credited for goading the fundamentalist leaders of the United States into using the power in their grasp so - not to put a fine point on it - stupidly and profligately as to send the planet's "sole superpower" into decline.

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‘We Are Workers, Not Criminals’

admin — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:47:23 -0400

BY DAVID BACON
T r u t h o u t | Perspective
ALTERNATIVE READER
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 14, May 11-17, 2008

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