US Marines Arrest Baghdad-area City Council Members

With very little publicity, on Nov. 2, US Marines arrested the Chairman of the Nasar Wa Sulaan City Council (a suburb of Baghdad) and an unknown number of other council members. The only report of it is part of an Associated Press photo caption accompanying their Nov....

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Hoax: 70-Year-Old Called Up for Iraq Duty

A few days ago I posted a blog entry about a 70-year-old reservist called up for Iraq duty. I recorded the segment from the evening news on KNTV (NBC in San Jose, California) and then transcribed the information into my blog entry. I received many emails from people...

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70-Year-Old Called Up for Iraq Duty

Updating this story: apparently Mr. Wallace played a hoax on KNTV Television. KNTV admited to KGO radio last night that they had been taken in by a hoax. I apologize for repeating a hoax story. Old story below. KNTV (NBC's San Francisco Bay Area affiliate) reports...

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Iran Endorses Bush!

Seriously. The head of Iran's security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush was in Tehran's best interests. Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's...

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Learning From US, Putin Moves to Restrict Parties

If you have paid any attention to the ballot access battles that non-Demopublican candidates have to go through, you know one reason that candidates like Ralph Nader and Libertarian Michael Badnarik have such a hard time getting their campaigns off the ground. Third...

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Iraq Contractor Threatens Antiwar.com Partner

CACI International, the contracting firm accused of systematic torture and abuse in Iraq, has threatened to sue the original publisher of a recent article that appeared on Antiwar.com. Antiwar.com has an agreement withThe New Standard, an alternative news Web...

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Cheney’s Double-OOPS!

In his defense of Edwards' attack on the Halliburton issue in last night's debate, Vice President Cheney mentioned a Website that had defended him against an accusation over his former employer. However, he mistakenly said FactCheck.com, a private advertising company,...

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How One Elector Could Yet Tilt US Election

Can one person's vote make a difference for President? West Virginia GOP elector Richard Robb says he is ready to prove it can. As a Republican elector, Robb will get to vote as one of 538 members of the Electoral College in actually deciding who becomes President....

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Scott Taylor Kidnapped, Beaten, Released in Iraq

Veteran war correspondent Scott Taylor, well-known to readers of Antiwar.com, was released after five days by kidnappers in Iraq. During that time, Scott was badly beaten, chained, blindfolded and handcuffed during his ordeal and repeatedly threatened with beheading...

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