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Signs of The Times News Round Up

August 2005

TERROR IN LONDON

Continued fallout and revelations from last month’s London bombings include Blair’s introduction of new strictures on the freedoms of British citizens (and proposals for even more), a rise in general anti-Muslim sentiment, and suggestions of coverup regarding both the bombings and the murder of Jean Charles de Menezes by police. 

Finger points to British intelligence as al-Qaeda websites are wiped out
Over the past fortnight Israeli intelligence agents have noticed something distinctly odd happening on the internet. One by one, Al-Qaeda's affiliated websites have vanished until only a handful remain, write Uzi Mahnaimi and Alex Pell. Someone has cut the line of communication between the spiritual leaders of international terrorism and their supporters. Since 9/11 the websites have been the main links to disseminate propaganda and information. The Israelis detect the hand of British intelligence, determined to torpedo the websites after the London attacks of July 7. The web has become the new battleground of terrorism, permitting a freedom of communication denied to such organisations as the IRA a couple of decades ago.

London faces lockdown to thwart third terror strike
THOUSANDS of police marksmen will be on London's streets and rooftops again today after warnings that another team of suicide bombers is plotting a third attack on the capital.

Blair and ministers go on holiday despite terror crisis

Hate crimes soar after bombings

Muslims who hate us can get out, says Tory
"Gerald Howarth, the shadow defence minister, last night told The Scotsman that extremist Muslims who see the Iraq war as a conflict against Islam should be considered as treacherous as Soviet sympathisers during the Cold War."

PM reveals foreign extremist plan

“Tony Blair is outlining plans to extend powers to deport or exclude foreigners who encourage terrorism. The UK can already exclude or deport those who pose a threat to security.”

Point-by-point: The Prime Minister's anti-terror proposals

“These are the proposed points of Government action listed by Prime Minister Tony Blair during today's news conference:…”

All hail the 'excuse makers'!

“The London bomb attacks emphasized the huge disconnect between the views of the average person and the views of the Anglo-American-Zionist extremists, exemplified in the person of Tony Blair, whose denials of the obvious connections between terrorism and actions of the British state have made him appear to be insane.”

We warned London of the threat of attack: France

“A confidential report by France 's intelligence service that was finalised days before the 7 July London bombings pointed to the threat of an Al-Qaeda attack on Britain …”

Was He Taken Out?

“Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, who quit government over the Iraq war … died on Saturday evening…  Robin Cook had quit as Commons leader in March 2003, in protest over the war in Iraq . He had been one of the most outspoken and prominent critics of Blair's stance on Iraq.”

Post mortem tests over Cook death

Straight-shootin' George Galloway

"I am utterly against the punishing of innocent people for the crimes of the guilty, whether it is done on the underground of London or the streets of Falluja by George Bush's air force…  Blair has decided that he has the right to unilaterally make law from his perch at 10 Downing St. without the consent of Parliament. The fatuous PM now claims the power to close down mosques, deport, clerics and shut down web sites where the views don't meet the dubious standards of the state. Additionally, Israeli trained police-units have been deployed on London 's streets with orders to "shoot to kill" terror suspects (or fleeing Brazilians) if there is a perceived risk to public safety."

Britain signals new anti-terrorism law drive

“Britain said on Friday as part of an anti-terrorism drive it may reform laws to force judges to give equal weight to national security as well as human rights…  Lawyer Gareth Peirce, who represents seven of those held, said Blair's plans were ‘insane and dangerous government at its worst.’”

Leak disputes Menezes death story

The “accidental”shooting death by police of a Brazilian commuter in London .  “The papers, from the probe into Jean Charles de Menezes' death, and leaked to ITV, suggest he was restrained before being shot eight times.”

Brazil team to probe Tube death

Brazil "outraged" at new info on wrongly killed man

“If the original story we were spun had had some truth in it, then it could have been argued the police might have had some excuse for shooting Jean Charles…”

The events at Stockwell tube station

Police shot for more than 30 seconds at Brazilian in London subway: witness

“…Seven shots hit De Menezes in the head…”

Police and Tube firm at odds over CCTV footage of innocent Brazilian's shooting

“None of the cameras at the scene of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July were working, a police document revealed…  However in a statement to The Mail on Sunday, Tube Lines said: "We are not aware of any faults on CCTV cameras at that station on that day…”  I’m reminded of footage I’ve seen of police brutally beating suspects with excessive force while one or more other officers attempts to obscure the view of the camera.  “Clare Short, the former Cabinet Minister, said it was now clear that the public had been misled over the death of Mr de Menezes. She told ITV News: ‘We've been lied to. This should be bigger than just calling for Sir Ian Blair to go. We need to find out exactly what happened. Who was telling the lies?’  …  If the cameras had failed, why did the station log book contain no details of the fault?”

US warns of new attacks on London

U.S. Training to Stop London-Style Attack

"It's not 'if' it's going to happen," he says. "It's 'when' it's going to happen."

Britain Rejected Russian Aid in London Terrorist Attack Investigations — FSB Head

Wouldn’t actually want to find out the truth, now would we? 

No terror mastermind behind London bombers - report

UK Becomes First International Customer For LockMart's Guided MLRS Rockets

UK unveils grounds for banning hate preachers

”The list of activities deemed unacceptable, which covers non-UK citizens in Britain or abroad, includes expressing opinions which "foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence" or seeking to provoke others to commit terrorist acts.” 

HURRICANE KATRINA 

This month, the first part of the Hurrican Katrina saga played out as the storm hit the U.S. coast of the northern Gulf of Mexico, wreaking havoc on New Orleans. 

Tropical Storm Katrina Moves Toward Fla.

Hurricane Katrina hits South Florida

Four Dead As Katrina Plows Through Florida

Katrina's floodwaters inundating Gulf Coast

“ New Orleans pumps fail; Mississippi coast like 'hell on earth'”

Hurricane Could Leave 1 Million Homeless

The Geopolitics of Katrina

“The Port of Southern Louisiana is the fifth-largest port in the world in terms of tonnage, and the largest port in the United States . The only global ports larger are Singapore , Rotterdam , Shanghai and Hong Kong …  If the damage to the river and port facilities could not be repaired within 30 days when the U.S. harvests are at their peak, the effect on global agricultural prices could be substantial…  About 2 percent of world crude production and roughly 25 percent of U.S.-produced crude comes from the Gulf of Mexico and already is affected by Katrina.”

Katrina kills at least 55 in Mississippi

“ New Orleans levee breaks; 80 percent of city flooded…”

Mayor blasts failure to patch levee breaches

Looters Take To Streets; Conditions Deteriorate

Prisoners Riot, Take Hostages in New Orleans

IRAQ AND THE PHONY WAR ON TERROR

If you’ve never heard that the current wars were planned, years before they began, by the U.S. administration for purely political, self-serving reasons, please read the document, signed by many in the current government, “Project For A New American Century (PNAC) – Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century, September 2000.”  Meanwhile, the media won’t cover attempts to find out the truth about Americans were led to these war by deception, downplays the hell that Iraq has been descending into, takes the military’s word for everything without investigation, doesn’t investigate the true number of Americans dead/wounded/AWOL, doesn’t mention or count the staggering number of Iraqi dead, doesn’t reveal the extent or the make-up of the resistance to the occupation,  

Why, oh why, did it come to this?

”…the dismissed Army General, the planned Terror Drill, Bush's plummeting approval ratings and the administration's overall lack of interest in even the most basic public policy initiatives… Some event of great proportions is about to transpire. Though inductively, my argument may be weak, we've all seen the same patterns. Perhaps it was an unintended conditioning effect but I'd like to believe it lies closer to intuition…  It sounds easy enough to piece together. Yet another "false-flag" attack to trick the nation into another war… given the current administration's lack of support for the floundering war in Iraq, how else would they be able to connive the American people into yet another costly, deadly, and devestating war?” 

The gates of hell

“The headline of this article is not a title of a science fiction film. It truthfully translates what is currently taking place in Iraq .”

Secrets of the morgue - Baghdad's body count

“July was the bloodiest month in Baghdad's modern history - in all, 1,100 bodies were brought to the city's mortuary; executed for the most part, eviscerated, stabbed, bludgeoned, tortured to death. The figure is secret.  We are not supposed to know that the Iraqi capital's death toll last month was only 700 short of the total American fatalities in Iraq since April of 2003. Of the dead, 963 were men - many with their hands bound, their eyes taped and bullets in their heads - and 137 women. The statistics are as shameful as they are horrifying. For these are the men and women we supposedly came to "liberate" - and about whose fate we do not care…  No Western official, no Iraqi government minister, no civil servant, no press release from the authorities, no newspaper, mentioned this terrible statistic. The dead of Iraq - as they have from the beginning of our illegal invasion - were simply written out of the script. Officially they do not exist…  While Saddam's regime visited death by official execution upon its opponents, the scale of anarchy now existing in Baghdad, Mosul, Basra and other cities is unprecedented.” 

Iraqi Doctors Warn Of Humanitarian Crisis

“Doctors for Iraqi is calling for an independent investigation into the serious breaches of the Geneva Convention, the alleged killing of civilians and obstructing medical personal…  The military operations in the West of Iraq have left the healthcare system paralysed. Hospitals in the area are unable to provide sufficient medical services for the population. The new military attacks are further compounding the suffering of people in the area….”

Hundreds killed in Iraq stampede

"Some 637 deaths have been accounted for and 238 wounded according to information obtained from five hospitals," a security official told AFP, while a hospital official said 20 people had died of poisoning.  The stampede occurred shortly after the Kadhimiya shrine had come under mortar fire, which left at least seven people dead and dozens wounded…”

Coup in Baghdad

“The rule of law is no longer operating in Iraq , and no pretence of constitutional procedure is being striven for. In essence, the prime minister and president have made a sort of coup, simply disregarding the interim constitution. Given the acquiescence of parliament and the absence of a supreme court (which should have been appointed by now but was not, also unconstitutionally), there is no check or balance that could question the writ of the executive…”

Another Embarrassment for Bush

“No amount of crowing over a fig leaf Iraqi constitution by President Bush can hide the fact that the region's autocrats, theocrats and terrorists are stronger than ever. Who lost Iraq ?”

President Makes It Clear: Phrase Is 'War on Terror'
"President Bush publicly overruled some of his top advisers on Wednesday in a debate about what to call the conflict with Islamic extremists, saying, "Make no mistake about it, we are at war." In a speech here, Mr. Bush used the phrase "war on terror" no less than five times. Not once did he refer to the "global struggle against violent extremism," the wording consciously adopted by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and others..."

Bush renews vow to fight terror

"An immediate withdrawal of our troops in Iraq or the broader Middle East, as some have called for, would only embolden the terrorists and create a staging ground to launch more attacks against America and free nations…"  Since when did terrorists get a whole country? 

USA TODAY Poll: 57% Say War Has Made USA More Vulnerable to Terrorism

“American attitudes toward the war in Iraq continue to sour in the wake of last week's surge in U.S. troop deaths…”

Elusive sniper saps US morale in Baghdad

“Commanders weigh their options as ' Juba ' notches up more kills…”

A View Of Iraq From A Soldier

“George Bush and his political advisors have been successful in presenting a false image to the American people that Saddam Hussein was an "imminent" threat to the security of the United States …  Donald Rumsfeld said, ‘We know where the weapons are.’  After 9/11, comments like this proved to be a successful scare tactic to use on the American People to rally support for the invasion…  I participated in the invasion, stayed in Iraq for a year afterward, and what I witnessed was the total opposite of what President Bush and his Administration stated to the American People…  the bulk of the insurgency I faced was primarily the people of Iraq who were attacking us as a reaction to what they felt was an occupation of their country…  As a soldier who fought in that war, I feel misled. I feel that I was sent off to fight for a cause that never existed.”

 Back From Iraq, Colorado Soldier Kills Himself, Wife

“He was at least the second Fort Carson-based soldier to commit suicide shortly after serving in Iraq .”

U.S. Marine opens fire outside Mass. nightclub

“A decorated U.S. Marine, who had been treated for post-war stress since serving in Iraq , opened fire outside a Massachusetts nightclub, wounding two people, Boston media reported on Monday.”

Talking Wounded

“Terry Rodgers Came Back From Iraq a Changed Man, and Not Just Because of the Bomb…  One day a nurse came in to ask Rodgers if he wanted to meet President Bush, who was visiting the hospital.  Rodgers declined.  "I don't want anything to do with him," he explains. "My belief is that his ego is getting people killed and mutilated for no reason -- just his ego and his reputation. If we really wanted to, we could pull out of Iraq. Maybe not completely but enough that we wouldn't be losing people -- at least not at this rate. So I think he himself is responsible for quite a few American deaths."

Over 8,000 US Dead in Iraq?

“Actual death toll of US Military in Iraq is in excess of 8,000, "far more realistic than the government's current official number of 1,800-plus," according to 'Deep Throat' data researcher Brian Harring….  ‘Bush has never attended any kind of a memorial service for his dead soldiers,’ states Harring. ‘He never will because he is terrified some parent might curse him in front of the press, or, worse, attack him.’”

5,000 US Troops Have Gone AWOL
Getting Out of Iraq ... One Way or Another

Casualties in Iraq hit Bush's standing

“The survey by Newsweek magazine indicated only 34 percent of Americans approved of the way Bush was handling the situation in Iraq while 61 percent expressed their disapproval.  The findings, made public Saturday, represented the president's lowest rating on Iraq ever…”

Senior US officials unsure about planned pullout from Iraq

“When asked about when Iraqi forces can take the lead in fighting militants, Myers replied, ‘nobody knows.’ … it is highly likely for the US military to temporarily raise the troop levels in Iraq …”

Pentagon Plans to Send More Troops to Iraq

Italy starts withdrawal from Iraq ahead of schedule

State Dept. Warned of Poor Iraq Planning

“In a memorandum dated Feb. 7, 2003 - one month before the beginning of the Iraq war - State Department officials also wrote that ‘a failure to address short-term public security and humanitarian assistance concerns could result in serious human rights abuses which would undermine an otherwise successful military campaign, and our reputation internationally.’”

Cindy, Don, and George

Retired four-star Army General Barry McCaffrey to Time Magazine: ‘The Army's wheels are going to come off in the next 24 months. We are now in a period of considerable strategic peril. It's because Rumsfeld has dug in his heels and said, I cannot retreat from my position.’”

700 more US troops head for Iraq to guard prisons

“Responding to the need to manage a rising number of detainees in Iraq , the Pentagon announced Wednesday that it will send an additional 700 troops to that country… ‘The basic fact driving this deployment is the steady rise of the prison population,’ he said.  The number of prisoners held in US military detention centers in Iraq has more than doubled since the autumn, climbing from 5,400 in September to more than 10,800 now, according to the latest Pentagon figures.”

Army Whistleblower Draws Fire

“She has asked many questions: Why is Halliburton - a giant Texas firm that holds more than 50 percent of all rebuilding efforts in Iraq - getting billions in contracts without competitive bidding? Do the durations of those contracts make sense? Have there been violations of federal laws regulating how the government can spend its money? … Now Bunny Greenhouse may lose her job - and her reputation, which she spent a lifetime building...  ‘They want me out,’ Greenhouse said.”

An Honor To Stand Up Against War

“The criminals in charge don't give a damn about democracy. They want CONTROL. Just like they did in Vietnam …  You'll remember that ‘support the troops’ was code for ‘support the war’, then as now, though the preferred hawk bumper sticker was ‘ America , Love It, or Leave It’.”

Bush vows to fight on in Iraq, rejects pullout date

US rejects Putin's Iraq timetable call

New US black operations unit said to have arrived in Baghdad
"Quds Press reported that it had learned from "exclusive sources" that a special American detachment had arrived in the country about a week ago with the task of carrying out "dirty operations" that could be blamed on the Iraqi Resistance in an effort to try to erode mass support for the independence movement. The sources said that the American unit, dubbed "gnawing rats," was to carry out assassinations, sabotage of government installations and random bombings, all of which could be blamed on the Iraqi Resistance."

Inconsistencies in the War on Terror Why Extradict Hamdi Isaac and Not Posada Carriles?

Fising the War on Terror
"Once upon a time, a dangerous radical gained control of the US Republican Party... The American Right, having created the Mujahideen and having mightily contributed to the creation of al-Qaeda, abruptly announced that there was something deeply wrong with Islam, that it kept producing terrorists."

The Iraqi Constitution and the Sunni Arabs

"The Iraqi constitution: DOA?" Angry and marginalized, Sunnis are threatening to torpedo Iraq 's constitution. Disaster looms, and the Bush administration's blunders are largely to blame.  See also Phillip Robertson's touching article in Salon on the death of culture in Baghdad in the conditions of guerrilla war. And Joe Conason's "Iraq's Unhealthy Constitution, also at Salon.”

Iraq on brink of meltdown

Will the U.S. ever leave Iraq? Russian Authorities Fabricate Terrorism Cases Against Muslims - Rights Group
"Leading Russian rights activists have accused authorities of fabricating criminal cases and falsely prosecuting people on Islamic-extremism charges in an attempt to show successes in fighting terrorism, the Associated Press news agency reports."

Vacationing Bush Poised to Set a Record -- This is a "War President," eh?
"With Long Sojourn at Ranch, President on His Way to Surpassing Reagan's Total..."

World police chiefs: Shoot suicide bombers in the head
"An international organization representing the heads of police departments across the world has issued new guidelines recommending that officers who confront a suicide bomber should shoot the suspect in the head, the Washington Post reported."

Mossad agents Killing Oz Tourists to Steal their Identity to use in fake al-Qaeda Operations

“The Israeli Mossad agent Zev Barkan has been running Asian criminal gangs used to obtain Australian Identity documents and other passports stolen from Australians Killed in Asia, a New Zealand security official has said…  A New Zealand security official says his services have uncovered an Israeli operation to create al-Qaeda cells in Thailand . The security official in Thailand said Israeli terrorist are posing as operatives of al-Qaeda.”

General warns of long mission in Afghanistan

“’Every time you kill an angry young man overseas, you're creating 15 more who will come after you,’ he said.”

Do Freedom of Information Act Files Prove FDR Had Foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor?

”When Thomas Dewey was running for president against Roosevelt in 1944 he found out about America’s ability to intercept Japan’s radio messages, and thought this knowledge would enable him to defeat the popular FDR. In the fall of that year, Dewey planned a series of speeches charging FDR with foreknowledge of the attack. Ultimately, General George Marshall, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, persuaded Dewey not to make the speeches. Japan ’s naval leaders did not realize America had cracked their codes, and Dewey’s speeches could have sacrificed America ’s code-breaking advantage…  meticulous research led Stinnet to a firmly held conclusion: FDR knew.”

PEARL HARBOR:  Official Lies in an American War Tragedy?

What we need to know about Pearl Harbor and why

Review of: DAY OF DECEIT: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor

US prisoners claim Roosevelt left them in Philippines deliberately

30-Year Anniversary: Tonkin Gulf Lie Launched Vietnam War

“Thirty years ago, it all seemed very clear.  ‘American Planes Hit North Vietnam After Second Attack on Our Destroyers; Move Taken to Halt New Aggression’, announced a Washington Post headline on Aug. 5, 1964.  That same day, the front page of the New York Times reported: ‘President Johnson has ordered retaliatory action against gunboats and 'certain supporting facilities in North Vietnam ' after renewed attacks against American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin .’  But there was no ‘second attack’ by North Vietnam -- no ‘renewed attacks against American destroyers.’ By reporting official claims as absolute truths, American journalism opened the floodgates for the bloody Vietnam War…  The truth was very different…  We Americans are the ultimate innocents. We are forever desperate to believe that this time the government is telling us the truth.”

The Bombing of the USS Maine

“The Spanish-American War was a watershed event. It was the first eruption of militarism on the part of the United States , which until that time had rested content with consolidating its internal position, and marked the emergence of America as a world power…  Was the explosion on the Maine a deliberate provocation by US militarists or their agents to foment war with Spain ?”

US expats in Paris hold anti-war vigil

Cheney's 'Spoon-Benders' Pushing Nuclear Armageddon

This article will be extremely valuable to you if you are unaware of the extent of the military’s psychological operations and their vast range or research projects into anything that might be weaponized, including sound, light, and other energies.

“The paper was titled ‘From PSYOP to MindWar: The Psychology of Victory,’ and it presented a Nietzschean scheme for waging perpetual psychological warfare against friend and enemy populations alike, and even against the American people…  the subsequent paper co-authored by Vallely went way beyond ESP and the other paranormal techniques advocated by Alexander: "Strategic MindWar must begin the moment war is considered to be inevitable," the document stated. "It must seek out the attention of the enemy nation through every available medium, and it must strike at the nation's potential soldiers before they put on their uniforms. It is in their homes and their communities that they are most vulnerable to MindWar....  ‘To this end,’ Vallely and co-author continued, ‘MindWar must be strategic in emphasis, with tactical applications playing a reinforcing, supplementary role. In its strategic context, MindWar must reach out to friends, enemies, and neutrals alike across the globe… MindWar must target all participants to be effective. It must not only weaken the enemy; it must strengthen the United States . It strengthens the United States by denying enemy propaganda access to our people, and by explaining and emphasizing to our people the rationale for our national interest in a specific war.’ …  President Dick Cheney's push for military confrontation with Iran —one that could see the United States carry out the first pre-emptive nuclear attack in history….”

'Le Sheriff' predicts al-Qaeda attack in Asia

“Al-Qaeda is preparing an attack on a big financial centre in Asia, such as Tokyo , Singapore or Sydney , to undermine investor confidence in the region, France 's top terrorist investigator says.”

Al-Qaida will retreat to Africa, says general

“Gen Lute predicted that Zarqawi would take the ‘path of least resistance’ and leave for such countries as Sudan , Ethiopia and Somalia … Gen Lute said 90% of what he called the "enemy" in Iraq was domestic. There was only a ‘slither’ of foreign fighters ‘sponsored from outside’…  he refused to be drawn on a timetable for a reduction in US forces - now about 138,000 - in Iraq.”

How US fuelled myth of Zarqawi the mastermind

US wants to renegotiate draft UN reform agreement: report

“…the US government proposes to eliminate new pledges on foreign aid to poor nations, scrap provisions calling for action to halt climate change and urging greater progress by nuclear powers in dismantling their nuclear arms.  The US proposals also call for tougher action against terrorism, promoting human rights and democracy and halting the spread of the world's deadliest weapons…  The US administration also opposes language that urges the five permanent members of the UN Security Council not to cast vetoes on resolutions to halt genocide, war crimes or ethnic cleansing, the daily added.”

Islamic radical

“A couple is being protected by police after their home was wrongly identified on Fox News as belonging to an Islamic radical.  After the report aired on Aug.7, people have shouted profanities at Randy and Ronnell Vorick, taken photos of their house, and spray-painted "terrorist" (misspelling it "terrist") on their property.”  Does Fox News still think there are WMD in Iraq or that Saddam planned 9/11, too?

CINDY SHEEHAN PROTEST

In what was termed a “news vacuum,” attention turned to grieving mother Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq.  She camped out near President Bush’s vacation home in Crawford TX demanding an audience with the Commander-in-Chief, who snubbed her while media pundits launched a cruel smear campaign against her.

Bush plans 50th ranch trip in five years... McClellan said Bush also will be preparing for a busy September, when he plans to deliver major addresses on the war on terror and push the Senate to confirm Roberts.

Mom Protesting Iraq War Meets Bush Aides

"They were very respectful. They were nice men. I told them Iraq was not a threat to the United States and that now people are dead for nothing. I told them I wouldn't leave until I talked to George Bush…  I want to ask the president, 'Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?’"

Cindy Sheehan to Be Arrested Thursday

“Cindy Sheehan phoned me from Texas a few minutes ago to say that she's been informed that beginning Thursday, she and her companions will be considered a threat to national security and will be arrested.”

Authorities Getting Ready To Throw Anti-War Protestors From Bush Ranch For Trespassing

“I am tired of all the lies while young men continue to die. I want him to finally admit that my son, Casey, didn’t die for a noble cause, but died in order that President Bush’s friends could get rich and line their greedy pockets with oil money.”

A Mother's Texas Vigil

”Even as other members of military families, activists and ordinary citizens rally to her cause, the right-wing attack machine has already kicked into gear, questioning her motives and distorting her statements.”

Hypocrites and Liars

“…we have a couple of anti-peace people on the other side of the road holding up signs that remind me that "Freedom isn't Free" but I don't see them putting their money where their mouths are. I don't think they are willing to pay even a small down payment for freedom by sacrificing their own blood or the flesh of their children. I still challenge them to go to Iraq and let another soldier come home. Perhaps a soldier that is on his/her third tour of duty, or one that has been stop-lossed after serving his/her country nobly and selflessly, only to be held hostage in Iraq by power mad hypocrites who have a long history of avoiding putting their own skin in the game…  Now they have to twist, distort, lie, and scrutinize anything I have ever said when they never scrutinize anything that George Bush said or is saying…  Why are our nation's children still in harm's way and dying everyday when we all know you lied? Why do you continually say we have to ‘complete the mission’ when you know damn well you have no idea what that mission is and you can change it at will like you change your cowboy shirts?” 

An Open Letter to Cindy Sheehan, Crawford, Texas

“May You Prevail, Where Others Have Failed…  This rogue regime, led by two draft-dodgers and officially counseled by similar pro-war evaders during the Vietnam War, is not ‘our country.’”

BUSH PROTESTING MOM CALLS FOR 'ISRAEL OUT OF PALESTINE'; VOWS NOT TO PAY TAXES

“"You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism," Sheehan declares…  ‘And now I'm going to use another 'I' word - impeachment - because we cannot have these people pardoned. They need to be tried on war crimes and go to jail.’”

CINDY UNLEASHED: 'THE BIGGEST TERRORIST IN THE WORLD IS GEORGE W. BUSH'

US right targets anti-war mother

“Pro-war commentators characterised her as a "nut" who was being manipulated by the left.”

The Savaging of Cindy Sheehan

“The shameless savaging of Cindy Sheehan continues.  Bill O’Reilly says she’s a tool of ‘far left elements.’”

Hitchens Slimes Cindy Sheehan

McCarthyism Watch

“The invective toward Cindy Sheehan seems to know no bounds. Phil Hendrie’s ‘ignorant cow’ line drew some criticism at the posting site, but it also attracted the following remarks:  ‘In a more civil society, we’d toss her ass in jail for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.’”

It Takes a Village to Smear Cindy Sheehan

“The right wing attacks on Cindy Sheehan -- desperate, pathetic, and grasping at straws -- expose much less about their target than about the attackers…  How much longer can the Bushies get away with mauling the very values they profess to stand for before their supporters start getting wise to the fact that the only value they really value is power?”

Bush will `go on with life' -- Defends refusal to meet protester

Anti-War Mom Opposition Mounting

Karl Rove's War Against Cindy Sheehan

A good read for more on ex-Enron executive Rove’s smear campaigns and other underhanded political tactics.  “To slander opponents so their political positions are discredited -- Karl Rove's doctrine has been immensely effective in defeating Bush's challengers; will it now be effective in defeating grieving mother Cindy Sheehan? …  George Bush and Karl Rove are not just back-stabbers -- they make Richard Nixon look like an angel. Rove and Bush are unique. Their vulgarity is wrenching, their lies are outrageous, their maliciousness is extreme, and their morality is nonexistent.”

Why Are the Media Having Such a Hard Time Covering Cindy Sheehan?

“Paula Zahn referred to her as ‘this woman.’ Edmund Morris alluded to her in the New York Times as an ‘emotional predator.’ And Dana Milbank wanted to ‘determine, once and for all, whether Cindy Sheehan is Rosa Parks or Lyndon Larouche.’”

My Response to George by Cindy Sheehan

“…President Bush charged Tuesday that anti-war protesters like Cindy Sheehan who want troops brought home immediately do not represent the views of most U.S. military families and are "advocating a policy that would weaken the United States."  Bringing our troops home from the quagmire that he has gotten us into will be weakening the United States ? George: Even if you pretend you didn't know that Saddam did not have weapons of mass destruction and Iraq was not a threat to the USA before you invaded -- Americans know differently. We have read the reports and the Downing Street Memos. We know you had to "fit the intelligence around the policy" of invading Iraq . I want to know what your real reasons were….”

Parents of Fallen Marine Make Plea to Bush

“The soldier's father said his son and other Marines were being misused as a stabilizing force in Iraq .”

Parents of war victims to keep pressure on Bush