Democrats to back down on Iraq war conditions
By Richard Cowan June 16, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the Congress, who came to power last year on a call to end the combat in Iraq, will soon give President George W. Bush the last war-funding bill of his presidency without any of the conditions they sought for [...]
By: William Galberson NYT
A day after the Supreme Court’s ruling granting detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the right to challenge their detention in federal court, military defense lawyers said they planned to use the decision to mount new attacks on the government’s war crimes prosecutions that could stall or stop trials.
The new attack on the [...]
Is Gitmo a day spa?
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A former Army JAG officer who was a member of the Guantanamo prosecution team says the detention facility in Cuba is not the concentration camp the media portrays, but a place where detainees actually receive more privileges than many American [...]
Obama’s Plan for Defeat
Charles Krauthammer
Friday, June 13, 2008
WASHINGTON — In his St. Paul victory speech, Barack Obama pledged again to pull out of Iraq. Rather than “continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave men and women in uniform and nothing of Iraqi politicians. … It’s time for Iraqis to take responsibility [...]
Iraq, perceived hypocrisy fuel record anti-Americanism: report
by Alice Ritchie
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Anti-Americanism is at record levels thanks to US policies such as the war in Iraq, and Washington’s perceived hypocrisy in abiding by its own democratic values, US lawmakers said Wednesday.
A House of Representatives committee report based on expert testimony and polling data reveals US [...]
Adviser Says McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
WASHINGTON — A top adviser to Senator John McCain says Mr. McCain believes that President Bush’s program of wiretapping without warrants was lawful, a position that appears to bring him into closer alignment with the sweeping theories of executive authority pushed by the Bush administration legal team.
In [...]
Mohammed Wants to Be ‘Martyred’ for Sept. 11 Attacks
James Rowley 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
June 5 (Bloomberg) — Self-proclaimed al-Qaeda commander Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appearing at a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said he would welcome the martyrdom of execution for masterminding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 people.
“This is what [...]
OBAMA’S IRAQ ACHILLES HEEL
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published in The New York Post on June 3, 2008.
John McCain needs to go on the offensive against Barack Obama over the Iraq war.
Polls tell us that his support for the Iraq invasion is one of voters’ chief problems with McCain. Obama’s chief credential, on the other [...]
Ahmadinejad:
Israel Will Soon Disappear
Monday, June 02, 2008
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Iraq cites problems with US security pact
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 1, 2008
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s chief spokesman acknowledged differences with the United States over a proposed long-term security agreement and pledged on Sunday that the government will protect Iraqi sovereignty in ongoing talks with the Americans.
Australia became the latest member of the [...]
