It will be interesting to see how the administration tries to downplay this report: United Nations inquiry has called for the immediate closure of America’s Guantanamo Bay detention centre and the prosecution of officers and politicians “up to the highest level” who are accused of torturing detainees. The UN Human Rights Commission report, due to […]
Schumer and Gonzalez are going round and round about the issue of previous AGs testifying to the committee. Schumer wants to know if the administration would try to limit what they would be allowed to say and if the rules will be the same for them as Gonzalez. Gonzalez is refusing to give a direct […]
Earlier this week reports broke in the U.K. the Tony Blair had to talk Bush out of bombing al Jazeera. Since then the British Media has been gagged by Downing Street from reporting further on the memo. Channel 4 news in London has reported that the gag order came from pressure by the White House. […]
The Associated Press is reporting that al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, Al-Zarqawi, may be amongst the dead from a gun fight that erupted between our forces and insurgents held up in a house in Mosul. This of course would be an expected victory for Bush. There is a problem though. We have heard these rumors […]
This in via Reuters: Five US soldiers charged with abuse: military Five U.S. soldiers in Iraq have been charged with abusing detainees whom it is claimed they had punched and kicked, the U.S. military said on Monday. “The allegations stemmed from an incident on September 7 in which three detainees were allegedly punched and kicked […]
It seems that the United States media is once again to blame. As Rumsfeld addressed reporters yesterday about the allegation of U.S. forces burning Taliban corpses in Afghanistan he made it clear that he was upset this story was getting reported. Take this quote from today’sChicago Sun Times: ”We also recognize the damage that can […]
Senate passed with a 90-9 vote an amendment to the defense bill which would limit torture of suspects in United States custody. This high rate of passage should send a shock to the White House, where Bush has already promised a veto. Only problem now is that Senate has enough votes to overturn Bush’s veto. […]
I been meaning to post on this and kept forgetting but now I got an extra special link to include. This was from Bush’s speech to the VFW on Monday (via the Canadian Press). Bush says anti-war protests threaten to weaken the United States Canadian Press Tuesday, August 23, 2005 DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) – President […]
It has been four years since President Bush was at his ranch in Crawford and recieved a national security briefing that said “Osama determined to attack on United States soil”. What have we learned in those four years? More importantly – Is he ignoring any other security briefings while driving around the ranch? Post your […]
In a sad farewell to diplomacy, today George Bush did what he promised. He has installed John Bolton as our ambassador to the UN. The man who not only lied to Senate but also has unquestionably been abusive to subordinates is now our man sitting at the head of diplomacy. Bush has taken the stance […]