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Galloway Says Blair and Bush 'Have Blood on Their Hands'

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Galloway Says Blair and Bush 'Have Blood on Their Hands'

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505A.shtml

Tony Blair and George Bush have " far more blood on their hands " than

the terrorists who carried out the London tube bombings, George Galloway

said today.

 

 

Never Again? How the War in Iraq Spurred a New Nuclear Arms Race

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505B.shtml

As the world prepares to mark the anniversary of Hiroshima, Iran is

poised to go nuclear amid a new global arms race.

 

 

Dahr Jamail | " What Have We Done? "

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505C.shtml

In today's editorial Dahr Jamail writes " As the blood of US soldiers

continues to drain into the hot sands of Iraq over the last several days

with at least 27 US soldiers killed and the approval rating for his

handling of the debacle in Iraq dropping to an all-time low of 38%, Mr.

Bush commented from the comforts of his ranch in Crawford, Texas today,

" We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. " "

 

 

Chevron Paid Agents Who Destroyed Villages

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505D.shtml

The bodies of the dead Nigerian villagers had not yet grown cold when

the Nigerian navy captain presented Chevron with a bill: 15,000 naira,

or $165 for responding to " attacks from Opia village against security

agents. "

 

 

The Myths of Hiroshima

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505E.shtml

The hard truth is that the atomic bombings were unnecessary. A million

lives were not saved. Indeed, McGeorge Bundy, the man who first

popularized this figure, later confessed that he had pulled it out of

thin air

in order to justify the bombings in a 1947 Harper's magazine essay he

had ghostwritten for Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.

 

 

Two Ex-Lobbyists for a Key Pro-Israel Group Indicted in Spy Probe

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505F.shtml

Two former employees of a pro-Israel lobbying group were charged

yesterday with conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US defense

information ... A five-count indictment unsealed in US District Court in

Alexandria, Va., named Steven Rosen, formerly the director of

foreign-policy issues for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee

(AIPAC), and

Keith Weissman, the group's former senior Iran analyst.

 

 

Suzan Shown Harjo | How Many Indians Must Die?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505G.shtml

Suzan Shown Harjo writes on the current Congressional hearings

concerning the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act's

definition of " Native American. "

 

 

Gerard Dupuy | Universal Studio

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505H.shtml

Gerard Dupuy writes, " From now on, the electronic eye will follow Cain,

and Abel too, from the cradle to the grave. The installation of video

cameras in public places will be accelerated now that we've been able to

measure their utility in the investigations conducted of the two London

attacks. "

 

 

As Soldiers Die, Americans Question Bush

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505I.shtml

Lethal bombings over the past few weeks, including a roadside bomb that

claimed the lives of 14 Marines on Wednesday, have made the situation

look even bleaker than US military experts suggest it is.

 

 

Afghanistan to Take Guantanamo Detainees

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505J.shtml

" I don't expect it will be too long before the actual transfer of

detainees will start. It should be a matter of months to build the

facilities, " said Karim Rahimi, a spokesman for Karzai.

 

 

Rumsfeld, Bolton Warn Iran, Syria

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505K.shtml

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday criticized Syria's

leaders for " not behaving in a wise manner " by aiding Iraqi insurgents

and

warned that such conduct could come back to haunt them.

 

 

Michael T. Klare | The Twilight Era of Petroleum

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505L.shtml

A slowdown in the global production of petroleum will almost certainly

threaten resource wars of all sorts, writes Professor Michael T. Klare.

 

 

Roberts's Role in Gay-Rights Case Sparks Debate

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505M.shtml

Supporters and opponents of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr.

were caught off guard Thursday by news that he once had worked behind

the scenes to help gay rights activists win a key case before the

nation's highest court.

 

 

Julie Hilden | Toad Case Reveals Roberts as Activist

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505N.shtml

As an appeals court judge in the 2003 case of Rancho Viejo v. Norton,

Roberts ventures into the very kind of judicial activism conservatives

most condemn, writes FindLaw columnist Julie Hilden.

 

 

Paul Krugman | Design for Confusion

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505O.shtml

I'd like to nominate Irving Kristol, the neoconservative former editor

of The Public Interest, as the father of " intelligent design, " says New

York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

 

 

Schwarzenegger and National Guard Withhold E-mails in Spying Probe

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505P.shtml

The Schwarzenegger administration and California National Guard are

refusing to make public a series of 20 e-mails between two of the

governor's spokesmen and a Guard official regarding a Mercury News

story in

June that revealed the existence of an intelligence-gathering unit.

 

 

Rebel Offensive Kills 48 US Soldiers in 12 Days

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505Y.shtml

At least 1,825 members of the US military have died since the Iraq war

started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Bombs in

vehicles or planted alongside roads account for up to 80 percent of US

deaths in Iraq, military spokesman Lt. Col. Steven Boylan said.

 

 

CNN Suspends Novak Following On-Air Outburst

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505Z.shtml

He swore and walked off set during a debate with James Carville.

 

 

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