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The Media’s Plan to Ambush Ron Paul :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it First we stop the killing, and then we restore the Constitution. These are our two main priorities. And that’s why I’m voting for Ron Paul. He is the only candidate (with a chance to win) who’s promising to do either. And he’ll keep his word. That makes him the only truly American candidate running for president. Paul is serious about withdrawing US troops from Iraq. He knows that the war was a mistake and believes that the American occupation must end. He has promised to stop the ongoing slaughter of Iraqi civilians. That should be the primary moral consideration for anyone casting a ballot on November 3. Will you vote to stop the killing or not? It’s as simple as that.

: " It’s no secret that the dollar is on a downward spiral. Its value is dropping, and the Fed isn’t doing a whole lot to change that. As a result, a number of countries are considering a shift away from the dollar to preserve their assets. These are seven of the countries currently considering a move from the dollar, and how they’ll have an effect on its value and the US economy. It’s no secret that the dollar is on a downward spiral. Its value is dropping, and the Fed isn’t doing a whole lot to change that. As a result, a number of countries are considering a shift away from the dollar to preserve their assets. These are seven of the countries currently considering a move from the dollar, and how they’ll have an effect on its value and the US economy."

A Vote for Mukasey Is a Vote for Torture Judge Michael Mukasey admits waterboarding is repugnant, but refuses to say whether it amounts to torture. Yet Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein voted for his confirmation as U.S. attorney general anyway. Mukasey, Schumer and Feinstein should talk to French journalist Henri Alleg. An editor of a paper in Algeria, he was waterboarded by the French military in 1957, when the French were trying to crush the Algerian independence movement. The 86-year-old journalist spoke to me from his home in Paris: “I was put on a plank, on a board, fastened to it and taken to a tap [water faucet]. And my face was covered with a rag. Very quickly, the rag was completely full of water. You have the impression of being drowned. And the water ran all over my face. I couldn’t breathe. It’s a terrible, terrible impression of torture and of death, being near death.”

Blair 'knew Iraq had no WMD' TONY BLAIR privately conceded two weeks before the Iraq war that Saddam Hussein did not have any usable weapons of mass destruction, Robin Cook, the former foreign secretary, reveals today.

: "It's weird how old quotes like the one penned above still hold true even today. Indeed, yes it is, and that's why this article is written with you in mind. I guess we’re not all born into this world to be the brightest 'candle' at the alter of democracy, now are we? Nope, because not even hardly a 'flicker'of tenacity for truth seems to remain these days. In fact, most of the 'free' world rightfully sees America as an old melted heap-of-wax whose bright light burned out long ago when we morphed into a military state dictatorship."

allAfrica.com: Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Closed Some Streets in Mogadishu City (Page 1 of 1) : "The Ethiopian troops sealed off some parts of the Industrial Street and entered Gubta and Isse Abdi sections of Dainele district in Mogadishu city. Dawn this morning an infantry of Ethiopian troops closed some parts of the industrial area including: Arafat, Towfiiq, Ifka-Halane, and some parts of Dainile were the Ethiopian troops started operations."

allAfrica.com: Somalia: Fierce Battle in Mogadishu City Overnight (Page 1 of 1) : "Fierce clashes have been reported in Ceel Tuba Wayne area in Yaqshid district in northern part of Mogadishu, between government forces and unknown armed group but thought to be insurgents. The fierce clashes started around 10:00 PM a local time and both the combat groups exchanged heavy weaponries."

allAfrica.com: Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Launch Slow Massacre Against Civilians (Page 1 of 1) : "Heavily armed Ethiopian soldiers with armored vehicles have raided in Gubta settlement in Somali capital Mogadishu early on Tuesday morning, conducting security operations there. According to residents in Gubta, Ethiopian forces were mercilessly beating civilians with batons and thick clubs in Gubta."

John Edwards Takes on the War Party- by Justin Raimondo : "After all, it's no secret who was plumbing for war for a solid decade and beating the drums ever louder after 9/11. This war didn't come about spontaneously; it wasn't an act of God or nature, like Hurricane Katrina. It was planned, hoped for, wished for, and carried out by a very definite – and relatively small – group of men and women who had (and have) the ear not only of the president but of the major Washington power players, with the nexus of their network centered in the vice president's office."

NPR : The Changing Face of Al Qaida in Anbar Al Qaida in Iraq once held sway in Anbar Province, the vast Sunni region west of Baghdad. Now the terrorist group is smaller in numbers, with more homegrown fighters. And it is operating in smaller pockets in the remote desert areas north of the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah.

NPR : U.S. Special Forces Obscure in Iraq U.S. Special Forces are the undetectable side of the war in Iraq, but is being used more and more in the fight against Sunni and Shiite militants. Iraqis complain some units often use excessive force, killing innocent people. Regular U.S. military units are often uncomfortable with their methods. NPR

Al Jazeera English - News - Iraq's Forgotten Refugees Hundreds of Sudanese refugees stranded in no man's land in Iraq's western desert are calling on the international community for help.