Two Western Powers Invade Arab Country

Seeded on Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:50 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)

Fifty years ago, two western powers conspired to invade an Arab country--in defiance of international law and world opinion. Guess which side the United States was on.

history, france, egypt, britain, middle-east, eisenhower, suez, anthony-eden, gamal-abdul-nasser

Best-Connected Were Sent to Rebuild Iraq - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:22 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq attracted all manner of Americans -- restless professionals, Arabic-speaking academics, development specialists and war-zone adventurers.

bush, iraq, fraud, politics, waste, cronyism

Zakaria: The Real Story of Pricey Oil - Newsweek International Editions - MSNBC.com

Seeded on Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:49 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

"Since the mid-1970s the demand for petroleum in Western Europe and Japan has been flat. In the United States it has doubled." Fareed Zakaria makes some good points about pricey oil.

business, energy, environment

Iranian president calls for purge of liberal lecturers : Mail & Guardian Online

Seeded on Thu Sep 7, 2006 12:11 AM EDT (mg.co.za)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's outspoken President, fired an ominous warning at the country's educated elites on Tuesday by calling for a purge of "liberal and secular" academics in the universities.

iran, world-news, mahmoud-ahmadinejad, radical-islam

DenverPost.com - Attacks recall racist history of N.M. town

Seeded on Wed Sep 6, 2006 1:54 PM EDT (The Denver Post)

Navajo leaders are trying to judge whether a beating last month of a Navajo man by three white men and a fatal shooting of another tribal member by a white police officer six days later are aberrations or an old pattern of racism reasserting itself in this reservation border town …

hate-crimes, us-news, native-americans

The Confused Security Situation in Iraq: Some Less Publicized Units

Seeded on Wed Sep 6, 2006 1:02 PM EDT (washingtoninstitute.org)

Cecile Zwiebach has wriiten an excellent piece on the confused security situation in Iraq. She provides information regarding various militia units and some regular Iraqi army units.

iraq, world-news, sunni-militia, shiite-militia

Now Is the Time for a Left-Right Alliance - by Thomas R. Eddlem

Seeded on Tue Sep 5, 2006 6:37 PM EDT (AntiWar.com)

But my views haven't changed one bit since I joined the John Birch Society during the Reagan administration. So this is not a conversion story.

bush, politics, opinion

U.S. Government to Steal 19.5 BILLION dollars from American Indians.

Tue Sep 5, 2006 1:28 PM EDT

The U.S. Government is set to steal 19.5 billion dollars from American Indians. The Indian Trust Fund is valued at $27 billion dollars. The funds in this account have been a source of mismanagement, fraud and theft by the U.S. Government for years.

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american-indians, us-news, bia, native-americans, government-waste, government-fraud

Sistani to Maliki: Security Vacuum Intolerable

Seeded on Tue Sep 5, 2006 11:09 AM EDT (inbrief.threatswatch.org)

Secrecy Surrounds Meeting of All Iraqi Factions with US, UK Diplomats and Iranian Ambassador; Baker Meets with Key Officials

iraq, world-news

Iraq - the Inevitable Outcome.

Tue Sep 5, 2006 12:25 AM EDT

There will be a civil war in Iraq. Our leaders deny it, maybe they even believe their denials. They certainly exhibited their ignorance of the history and culture of the area when they decided to start the war.

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bush, iraq, middle-east, politics, civil-war

Positive Press on Iraq Is Aim of $20 Million Dollar U.S. Contract

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:52 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

U.S. military leaders in Baghdad have put out for bid a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for extensive monitoring of U.S. and Middle Eastern media in an effort to promote more positive coverage of news from Iraq.

iraq, politics

CNN.com - Sen. Stevens is 'the secret senator' - Aug 30, 2006

Seeded on Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:53 PM EDT (CNN)

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has placed a hold on a bill that would require the government to publish online a database of federal spending.

politics, pork

Scoop: Twenty Things We Now Know Five Years After 9/11

Seeded on Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:57 PM EDT (Scoop)

The imminent fifth anniversary of 9/11 provides the proper moment for a good, ol'-fashioned sum-up of the past half-decade under CheneyBush, especially because so much has happened in the past 12-months:

bush, politics, 9-11

Two Illnesses Run Rampant In World

Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:07 AM EDT

There are two illnesses running rampart in our world today. Those who committ atrocities against the young, the weak and the innocent - and those who allow it to be done. I'm not wise enough to know which is worse.

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iran, law, world-news, injustice, radical-islam, child-execution

Democracy Isn't A Gift

Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:35 PM EDT

Democracy is not a gift. You can't "give" democracy to someone. It must be earned. Even here in the oldest, most succesful democracy the world has known we are still working to get it right.

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bush, iraq, politics, democracy, nation-building, freedom-initiative

Congress Spends Billions to Make Wealthy Wealthier

Seeded on Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:24 AM EDT (us.oneworld.net)

Congress has approved billions of dollars in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to rebuild the coast, yet little has been designated for bringing back affordable rental housing—a critical resource for tens of thousands of households.

katrina, congress, government, us-news

Country star accused of killing tame bear - MUSIC - MSNBC.com

Seeded on Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:22 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Troy Lee Gentry, of the country singing duo Montgomery Gentry, has been accused of killing a tame black bear that federal officials say he tagged as killed in the wild.

sports, hunting