Giuliana Sgrena speaks: Sgrena, the 56-year-old correspondent of the communist daily Il Manifesto, told Italian investigators the US troops' intense fire had been in no way justified by the speed of her car, ANSA news agency said. "Our vehicle was running at normal...
Today on the Weekend Interview Show (4 to 6 Eastern): In the first hour I'll be speaking with William Norman Grigg, senior editor of The New American magazine about Russia, China, Just War, Cowboys, Yankees, and Neocons. More info here archives listenlive Update:...
Here's an interesting site, gathering information on war resistors, IE. soldiers who refused orders, draft resistors etc., none of this "fighting for our freedom" crap; We honor those soldiers who risked loss of liberty, economic deprivation, and social ostracism....
The State-worshipping warmonger known as Ann Coulter has struck again. Defending the White House from allegations that it's policy of issuing 'press passes' is partisan, Coulter suggests that "that old Arab" Helen Thomas is allowed in. That wasn't really a response to...
Oops! The US military almost killed the freed hostage: An Italian journalist was injured when a U.S. armoured vehicle mistakenly fired on her car after her release from captivity in Iraq, news reports said Friday. One Italian secret service agent was killed in the...
I'd give all the cedars of Lebanon to know how the "opposition" and their American amen corner will spin the latest news from the investigation into the assassination of Rafik Hariri: "Lebanon's investigations show that ex-Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was almost...
From an ACLU press release: Members From Both Sides of the Aisle Promise to Investigate Problems at FBI After Hearing Wednesday "WASHINGTON - Two Members of Congress promised to investigate whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ allegations against the FBI and raised concerns...
In Backtalk: Steve Vinson: the real Bush plan for the Mideast can be found in "Securing the Realm" -- which doesn't mention democracy. Tom Harper: no one spit on Vietnam vets. Leon Hadar: Britain would fail Rice's "town-square test." Cheryl Hutchinson: (Ex-communist)...
Amy Goodman interviews the great journalist and author of Pity the Nation Robert Fisk, who lives in Lebanon, about the gruesome assassination of Rafik Hariri, in which 18 people were dashed to pieces; ... at one point, I saw a woman's hand ... Fisk has many...
Last night, Brian Williams released a breaking story on NBC: that the presiding judge on the Saddam tribunal had been assassinated. It turned out it was an error: one of the lower judges and a lawyer were killed. Not a major error in the news report, except.... NBC...
