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This report from CNN International news. The killing of a Japanese jounalist in Myanmar is caught on video.

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By Juan Cole
I made two claims about the transcript published by El Pais of Bush’s conversations with Spanish leader Jose Maria Aznar on 22 February, 2003, at Crawford, Texas.
The first is that the transcript shows that Bush intended to disregard a negative outcome in his quest for a UN Security Council resolution authorizing a war [...]

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Then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney explaining why *not* to invade Iraq. What changed?

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) vowed Friday to resurrect negotiations with a key Republican to forge a bipartisan compromise on Iraq, after the chamber voted to shut down debate on a defense policy bill and effectively delay the fight over the war until at least next month.
Talks between Levin and Sen. George [...]

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NoShame McCain knows full well what the law is. So do these 7 soldiers, who came from a recruiting station. Bookem Dano!
Seven on-duty Army personnel participated in a campaign event for Senator John McCain earlier this month in Londonderry, New Hampshire, in an apparent violation of a Pentagon directive against partisan political [...]

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He’d accept but the problem is he can’t speak.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has extended an invitation to U.S. President George W. Bush to speak at an Iranian university if the American leader ever traveled to the Islamic Republic, state-run television reported Friday.
As part of his controversial trip to New York, the hardline Iranian [...]

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I’ve been wondering how on earth the Kyl-Lieberman amendment could have passed. Wonder no more……….
From the Asian Times, regarding the passage of the Kyl-Liberman amendment:
But its huge margin of approval, which some observers said was boosted by this week’s controversial visit to New York by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, helped demonstrate once again how [...]

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Olbermann: Uncle Sam is Watching You. Keith discusses NSA spying with Jonathan Turley.
This statement has been on my mind the past week…..
“When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” ~Sinclair Lewis~

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59 U.S. deaths thus far in September.
Turkey and Iraq have signed an agreement and pledged to stop terrorist activity in Northern Iraq, primarly the PKK.
You’re gonna love this one. Yesterday an intelligence official testified to congress that part of the reason they couldn’t find three kidnapped soldiers in Iraq last May was [...]

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