Thompson criticizes appeal to Saudis — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Appealing to Saudi Arabia to encourage higher oil production to help lower prices is not in the long-term interest of the United States, Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said on Wednesday.
US fails at enforcing prosecution of contractors: Report The US government has the legal authority to prosecute private contractors mercenaries for [war] crimes they commit in Iraq but often declines to use it, according to a report released today by a leading human rights group. The findings by Human Rights First come amid renewed uncertainty about whether employees of the US security company Blackwater can be prosecuted for a September shooting in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqis dead. The Bush regime has warned that inconsistency in federal law may allow the mercenaries to evade charges, the New York Times reported today.
Iraq's healthcare left in disarray after invasion --Experienced staff emigrate due to lack of protection --Bribery is part of system, says independent report 16 Jan 2008 The full extent of the destruction of Iraq's healthcare system and the devastating impact it has had on its people is documented today in a new report which indicts the allied invasion force for failing in its duty to protect medical institutions and staff. The report, by an independent team of researchers and advisers from Iraq, the UK, the US and elsewhere, says the provision of healthcare "has become increasingly difficult" since the invasion.
US House votes to exempt Hussein's Iraq from lawsuits The U.S. House of Representatives, bowing to pressure from President [sic] George W. Bush [as they do every day] and the Iraqi government, passed a defense bill on Wednesday that would exempt Iraq from lawsuits dating back to the government of executed former President Saddam Hussein. The House, by a vote of 369-46, approved the measure allowing the exemption and authorizing a range of U.S. military programs. The Senate is likely to pass the bill after it returns from recess next week.
US fails at enforcing prosecution of contractors: Report The US government has the legal authority to prosecute private contractors mercenaries for [war] crimes they commit in Iraq but often declines to use it, according to a report released today by a leading human rights group. The findings by Human Rights First come amid renewed uncertainty about whether employees of the US security company Blackwater can be prosecuted for a September shooting in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqis dead. The Bush regime has warned that inconsistency in federal law may allow the mercenaries to evade charges, the New York Times reported today.
Iraq's healthcare left in disarray after invasion --Experienced staff emigrate due to lack of protection --Bribery is part of system, says independent report 16 Jan 2008 The full extent of the destruction of Iraq's healthcare system and the devastating impact it has had on its people is documented today in a new report which indicts the allied invasion force for failing in its duty to protect medical institutions and staff. The report, by an independent team of researchers and advisers from Iraq, the UK, the US and elsewhere, says the provision of healthcare "has become increasingly difficult" since the invasion.
US House votes to exempt Hussein's Iraq from lawsuits The U.S. House of Representatives, bowing to pressure from President [sic] George W. Bush [as they do every day] and the Iraqi government, passed a defense bill on Wednesday that would exempt Iraq from lawsuits dating back to the government of executed former President Saddam Hussein. The House, by a vote of 369-46, approved the measure allowing the exemption and authorizing a range of U.S. military programs. The Senate is likely to pass the bill after it returns from recess next week.
France to get military base in UAE Nicolas Sarkozy, the rightist French president, has signed a deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for France to establish its first permanent military base in the Gulf. The agreement reached on Tuesday will make France one of the first Western countries other than the United States to have a permanent base in the region.
How the Pentagon Planted a False Hormuz Story Senior Pentagon officials, evidently reflecting a broader administration policy decision, used an off-the-record Pentagon briefing to turn the Jan. 6 U.S.-Iranian incident in the Strait of Hormuz into a sensational story demonstrating Iran's military aggressiveness, a reconstruction of the events following the incident shows. The initial press stories on the incident, all of which can be traced to a briefing by deputy assistant secretary of defence for public affairs in charge of media operations Bryan Whitman, contained similar information that has since been repudiated by the Navy itself.
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Well now the truth is out about the fake story about Iran.
Fred is doing his best now he's attacking his buddy Bush.
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