As if the death of 150,000 Iraqi’s wasn’t enough. 08/29/05 "ICH" — – President Bush’s latest milestone in the war on terror has been predictably ignored in the mainstream media. Bush, who is now in the fifth year of his presidency, has served 1727 days in office. With the death toll in Iraq currently at 1873 servicemen, Bush can now boast that at least one American has died for every day he’s been in office; a sobering tribute to a man who wants to be remembered "a war president". Article It’s amazing that it takes such a bold...

 I read this over on my cousins blog and I just had to post it: I was reading the newspaper today when i came across this in the letters section of the Guardian Justice and Israel I am mystified by the fuss Israel is making over the removal of 2% of it’s illegal settlers from the Occupied Territories. Israel managed to ethnically cleanse half a million Palestinians from their homes during the 1948 war. In recent years, it has destroyed thousands of Palestinian homes. So are we supposed to be so impressed by the "trauma" of removing 8,000 squatters from Gaza, that we no...

50 dead and 1000 injured after explosions on the Underground network and a double-decker bus in London. A police spokesman said there were "quite a large number of casualties" at Aldgate Tube Station. And Scotland Yard confirmed one of several reports of explosions on buses in the city – in Tavistock Place – but said the cause was not yet known. One caller to BBC Five said his friend had seen "the bus ripped open like a can of sardines and bodies everywhere". Update 15.50:- Police say 40 have been killed and apparently Al-Qaeda has claimed the attacks (they...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has secured an agreement from Israel and the Palestinians for settler homes to be razed after the Gaza Strip pullout. Rice said on Sunday that both sides agreed that the homes occupied by about 8000 illegal Jewish settlers would do little to address the housing needs of the 1.3 million Palestinians living in the occupied territory. "The view is that there are better land uses for the Palestinians to better address their housing needs," she told a news conference before heading to Jordan on the next leg of her Middle East tour. "The important...

Iraq In The Name Of Freedom Warning Video contains images depicting the reality and horror of war and should be viewed by a mature audience. YOU MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO  Stream Video ICH article + Video

By: Greg Palast  Reporting for BBC Newsnight  03/17/05 – "BBC" – The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq’s oil before the 9/11 attacks sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC’s Newsnight has revealed. Watch the video here Click read more to read the transcript.  Continue reading “Secret U.S. Plans For Iraq’s Oil” »

Contractors say they were treated like insurgents Jamie Wilson in WashingtonThursday June 9, 2005The Guardian [ here ] A group of American security guards in Iraq have alleged they were beaten, stripped and threatened with a snarling dog by US marines when they were detained after an alleged shooting incident outside Falluja last month.    If they’re not beating up Iraqi’s – they’re beating up everyone else. Pathetic abuse of power which they don’t deserve!

By Cindy Sheehan  06/06/05 "ICH" – -  For years, Saddam was one of our government’s propped up and militarily supported puppets. Many people have seen the famous footage of Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam. I suppose the two are smiling so big for the cameras because they are kindred spirits. After all of the hand-shaking and weapon brokering, when did Saddam become such a bad guy to Bush, Cheney, Halliburton and Co.? (Insert your favorite reason here).  During the Clinton regime the US-UN led sanctions against Iraq and the weekly bombing...