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"Ain’t Gonna Study War No More…"
Vets for Peace hold “Sangha” for Ft. Hood GI’sBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog / June 9, 2008 [Doug Zachary is a regular contributor to The Rag Blog. A veteran, he is president of the Austin chapter of Veterans … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, GI's, Iraq, Music, Peace Movement, Rock 'n Roll, Social Action, Veterans, Vietnam
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Blackwater : New Markets for Corporate Thugs
Blackwater’s Private SpiesBy Jeremy Scahill This past September, the secretive mercenary company Blackwater USA found its name splashed across front pages throughout the world after the company’s shooters gunned down seventeen Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisour Square. But by early … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Iraq, Latin America, Pentagon
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Blackmailing Iraq – Just Another Day at BushCo
US issues threat to Iraq’s $50bn foreign reserves in military dealBy Patrick Cockburn / June 6, 2008 Under the planned pact, reported in The Independent yesterday, US soldiers in Iraq will enjoy legal immunity The US is holding hostage some … Continue reading
BushCo Crimes Build a Mountain
George Bush with General David Petraeus at Al-Asad Air Base in Anbar Province, Iraq, last year; JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty ImagesRevealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US controlBy Patrick Cockburn / June 5, 2008 Bush wants 50 military bases, control of … Continue reading
We Will Reap What We Have Sown
Justice?By Monica Benderman / June 2, 2008 Earlier this week I was put in contact with the mother of a young Iraq veteran. Michael is twenty years old, with experiences no young person should have to face. Michael chose to … Continue reading
The Waste, the Fraud, and the Abuse : Staggering
Byron Dorgan’s Contracting Fraud CrusadeBy Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium / May 31, 2008 The North Dakota senator has made investigating contractor corruption his mission, but will he succeed in creating a congressional committee devoted to it? In the wake … Continue reading
Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts
What the Jihadists REALLY Have in MindBy James Retherford / The Rag Blog / May 30, 2008 [An earlier version of this article was published by New York Times Online, October 29, 2004. James Retherford is an Austin activist, graphic … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, Economy, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Terrorism, The World, U.S. Government
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Arianna Huffington : Scotty Come Lately
Seven takes on Scott McClellan’s new bookby Arianna Huffington / May 28, 2008 Take One: What Took You So Long? In What Happened, Scott McClellan offers withering portraits of George Bush, Karl Rove, Condi Rice, and Scooter Libby, confirms that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, Iraq, Media, Political Corruption, Politics, White House
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Senators Reportedly Briefed on Eminent Iran Attack
Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’By Muhammad Cohen / May 28, 2008 NEW YORK — The George W Bush administration plans to launch an air strike against Iran within the next two months, an informed source tells Asia Times … Continue reading
Former Press Secy McClellan Bashes Bush in Memoir
President George W. Bush listens as his Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, announces his resignation at the White House April 19, 2006 in Washington, DC. Photo by Win Mcnamee / Getty ImagesPolitico Exclusive: McClellan whacks Bush, White HouseBy Mike Allen / … Continue reading
Carter: Stop the Brinkmanship and Belligerence
Carter wants Iraq troop deadlineMay 25, 2008 Former US president Jimmy Carter has called for a clear deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Mr Carter, who now spends much of his time in international diplomacy also called … Continue reading
Will You Explain the Surgical Use of a Five-Hundred Pound Bomb in a Densely Populated Suburb?
On Generals Testifying Before Congress: A Mash NoteBy Fred Reed, April 14, 2008 Whenever I see that some dismal general will testify to Congress regarding the war against Iraq, I imagine the first paragraph of his Power Point presentation: “All … Continue reading
