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Is the Military Our Last Hope? By Paul Craig Roberts Is the high command of the US military breaking ranks with the Bush Regime?

The Horrors of Extraordinary Rendition

By Maher Arar Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who is barred from entering the United States, delivered his acceptance speech for the Letelier-Moffitt International Human Rights Award in a pre-recorded videotape. This is a transcript of his speech, which was viewed at the award ceremony hosted by the Institute for Policy Studies on Oct. 18, 2006 in Washington, DC. 10/27/06 "Counterpunch' --- - Hello my name is Maher Arar. Sorry I could not join you for today's ceremony. All Center for Constitutional Rights Staff and I are humbled to have been chosen this year's recipient for the Letelier-Moffitt International Human Rights Award. This award means a tremendous amount to us. It means that there are still Americans out there who value our struggle for justice. It means that there are Americans out there who are truly concerned about the future of America. We now know that my story is not a unique one. Over the past two years we have heard from many other people who were, who
“There has never been an American army as violent and murderous as the one in Iraq” Pulitzer-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh slams Bush at McGill address
The US-Saudi-Wahabi Nexus ! "Between 1990 to 2004, Saudi Arabia spent a whopping $ 268.6 billion dollars on Arms (United Arab Emirates; $38.6 billion with population of 2.6 million.)The Saudi arsenal has more than 1015 Tanks including 315 high quality M1A2s, over 5000+ APCs/ AFVs, 780 artillery pieces, over 2000 anti-tank missile launchers, over 340 high quality combat aircrafts including F15S/C/Ds and Tornados, with 48 Typhoons (Euro -fighter) to be delivered in 2008. On top of this they own over 228 helicopters, 160 training and liaison aircrafts and 51 transport aircrafts. Saudi navy operates over 27 major combat vessels including missile frigates and missile corvette. Kuwait spent $ 73.1 billion dollars (population 1.1 million ), but writes Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar , a consultant and a former associate professor at Nord land University, Norway, " When Iraqis crossed the border on August 2, 1990, the Kuwaiti generals used their mobile phones to gather all the top ranking militar

Never forget

Nato pilots have been accused of killing 13 Afghan civilians, including nine children, during an attack close to the British base at Musa Kala in Helmand province. "We stopped the car," said Abdul Habib, 40. "Then the plane dropped a bomb ahead of us and went away. After a while we started driving again, but the aircraft came back. I told my wives to stand up so that the pilot would see they were women, but at that moment it opened fire."
If America's So Great, Where's Our Health Care? Lack of health insurance kills six times as many Americans each year as 9/11 did. This article put one of many problems people face everyday. As for me fear of staggering health care cost I seldom venture to the hospital.
A few month a go Pepe Escobar wrote why the US staying the cource. US staying the course for Big Oil in Iraq is a very good article from him as always. The article was on Asia Times but the link here is from Information Clearing House.
Last year IAEA protests "erroneous" U.S. report on Iran. This year George the kid finding a way to hit Iran to submission through bombardments. The reason for hitting Iran this time is, Iran supposedly supplied weapons to resistance movements in Iraq.