Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Sunday, May 27, 2007

On the brink of a bloodbath...

"Not far from the Islamic extremists holed up in northern Lebanon this weekend, a boy called Yousef Abu Radi was lying on his side, swathed in bandages. He had escaped the hell of Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, but only just.

“I was with my father and my mother and my little sisters and we were trying to get out of the camp,” said the 12-year-old, his brown eyes wide and fearful as he clung to a blue sheet. “We were about 40 metres from the army checkpoint when there was shooting at the bus.

“The bus flipped and I was trying to shield my little sister when I felt something hit my back. I saw my mother was hit in the head and she was dead instantly. My little sister doesn’t know yet.”

Yousef’s mother, Montaher, 38, was six months pregnant. In the mayhem the driver of the bus was also killed."


full story here....





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Thursday, May 24, 2007

U.S. navy begins war games on Iran's doorstep


"The U.S. navy began war games on Iran's doorstep on Thursday, navy officials said, a day after a large flotilla of U.S. ships entered the Gulf in a dramatic daytime show of military muscle..." More on these games here...




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Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran

The decider continues doing what is best for our country and the world...

"The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell..."

Read more from the ABC News "leak" here...






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Saturday, May 05, 2007

Despair stalks Baghdad as plan falters...



"The Sunni extremist surge seems to be having more effect than the American one..."

"...the young men and women sent out here to implement President Bush's plan are paying a heavy price. An average of 80-90 Americans die each month. And US personnel have just had their tours extended by another three months. But, as it has always been since the 2003 invasion, it is the Iraqis who suffer most. No-one knows the exact figures, but at the end of another week of unspeakable, random carnage, hundreds more Iraqi families are grieving. Exhaustion and despair hang over the country. And there are no signs of change."

No signs of change in Iraq, or the Oval Office...

Full Story here...




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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Bush Vetoes Troop Withdrawal Bill...

...and now for something completely different... "stay the course some more..."


Full Story


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