Aljazeera have published a report by Amnesty International that the use of torture by US Military trained security forces have increased. Is it not about time that some independant organization was commisioned to look into this and report once and for all on the ‘goings’ on in these jails. If the US have nothing to hide […]
One of Murtha’s original arguments for wanting us to phase the troops out of Iraq was due to a poll that showed many Iraqi’s favored attacks aimed at our troops. Today a new poll has been released reaffirming that argument: A new poll found that nearly half of Iraqis approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, […]
Bush made a big lie yesterday about progress in Iraq. This should come as no shock but still merits attention.Think Progress has the details on it. The progress of the Iraqi forces is especially clear when the recent anti-terrorist operations in Tal Afar are compared with last year’s assault in Fallujah. In Fallujah, the assault […]
So what is Bush’s definition of “democracy in the Middle East”? Would it involve listening to the leaders of the country we now occupy? Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — Iraqi leaders, meeting at a reconciliation conference in Cairo, urged an end to violence in the country and demanded a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops […]
Why the sudden uproar over Rep. Murtha’s plan? Most likely it is because he stole the thunder from the GOP. CNN is reporting that General Casey has issued a plan to the Pentagon outlining a phaesed withdrawal starting first of the year. The top U.S. commander in Iraq has submitted a plan to the Pentagon […]
Yesterday, Donald Rumsfeld took the spotlight as he started accusing Iran of sending explosives to Iraq. Rumsfeld told reporters at a Pentagon news conference “It is true that weapons clearly, unambiguously from Iran have been found in Iraq,. That’s a big border and it’s notably unhelpful for the Iranians to be allowing weapons of those […]
President Bush’s speech on Tuesday night was the kind of acting job you would expect a back drop of porn music too. He acted out his reasons for the war in Iraq which have changed time and time again. Shortly paused by one short round of applause that was reported by two major news networks […]
Today was a day of great spin by our own Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. In an interview with Meet the Press, host Tim Russert fired away some hard questions. The secretary seemed to be coming up with answers rather quickly, but if you listen closely you can hear how his own spin was catching […]