More on de Menezes

For the Cliffs Notes version, Jim Henley:DO NOT BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT WHEN IT TELLS YOU THINGS!For those of you who need some historical context, Arthur Silber unearths this quotation from a similar episode in the U.S.: "Burning to death was too good for them. They’d...

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Notes from Camp Casey

For a few days early this week, I had the honor of playing host to my friend Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers, who flew all the way from Japan to Texas to show support for Cindy Sheehan and the other families in Crawford who are demanding a direct answer to the question: "What...

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de Menezes murder: Police Lies Unravelling….

The Observer | Focus | Death in Stockwell: the unanswered questionsWhy is there no CCTV footage? Cameras at Stockwell tube should have provided footage of the ticket halls, the escalators and the platforms. Most modern tube carriages also have cameras inside. Yet...

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Camp Casey Attacked

The hate campaign conducted by the War Party against Cindy Sheehan has finally culminated in an attack on "Camp Casey," the site of a growing protest against the Iraq war in Crawford, Texas, according to this report. Apparently, a man in a pick-up truck barreled into...

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Iraqi constitution delay illegal under TAL

News services are currently reporting:BREAKING NEWSMSNBC News Services Updated: 3:39 p.m. ET Aug. 15, 2005BAGHDAD, Iraq - Several members of the committee drafting Iraq's constitution said Monday they had agreed to seek a 10-day extension to the Aug. 15 deadline to...

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Gaza evacuation: It’s hard work!

via WIIIAI, an Israeli commander tells the Times: “Normally we would storm a house killing everyone inside, whereas here we have to storm the house and keep everyone alive,” said one commander. “It’s not an easy job.”

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Cindy Sheehan and the threat of peace

The debate continues to rage in the blogs over the number one Technorati search topic, Cindy Sheehan. Fortunately one of my favorite bloggers, Michael Dietz of Reading A1, sorts through the most interesting of the clashes, that of John Cole of Balloon Juice vs. Andrew...

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Sibel Edmonds Speaks and Bob Dreyfuss Explains

Saturday on the Weekend Interview Show I'll be talking with Sibel Edmonds about the new Vanity Fair article which finally disclosed the reason for her gagging: The corruption of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. National Security indeed. In the second hour...

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Green Day’s Anti-Recruitment Video

The Rude PunditSimple. A bit sappy. And as effective as a mallet to the head. Or that bleeding heart grenade on the cover of the album itself.We have entered the hottest part of the summer. Between this, a song on the Rolling Stones' new album, and Cindy Sheehan's...

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