Year: 2006

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121806K.shtml http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-intel18dec18,0,3935943.story?coll=la-home-headlines U.S. seeks to rein in its military spy teams Special Forces units work in allied countries and clash with the CIA. By Greg Miller Times Staff Writer December 18, 2006 WASHINGTON ‹ U.S. Special Forces teams sent overseas on secret spying missions have clashed with the CIA … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121706Z.shtml http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06346/745523-84.stm Despite a $168B budget, Army faces cash crunch Tuesday, December 12, 2006 By Greg Jaffe, The Wall Street Journal FORT STEWART, Ga. — With just six weeks before they leave for Iraq, the 3,500 soldiers from the Third Infantry Division’s First Brigade should be learning about Ramadi, … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122006C.shtml http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR2006121901659.html Repeat Iraq Tours Raise Risk of PTSD, Army Finds By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 20, 2006; A19 U.S. soldiers serving repeated Iraq deployments are 50 percent more likely than those with one tour to suffer from acute combat stress, raising their risk … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121506O.shtml The Cuban Five and US Terrorism By Michael Parenti and Alicia Jrapko t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributors Friday 15 December 2006 December 2006 marks five years since the Cuban Five were sentenced to prison. In 2001, Fernando González, Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: “There is no way to describe what will be necessary other than as a revolution. Energy use is intertwined with virtually every institution of industrial society, as Monbiot’s book makes clear and specific. There is an immediate and urgent need to dramatically reduce energy use and rapidly change over … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121806N.shtml http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/16/AR2006121600791.html Talk of Satellite Defense Raises Fears of Space War U.S. Says Attacks on Crucial Systems Are Possible, Warns It Would Respond Forcefully By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 17, 2006; A12 For a U.S. military increasingly dependent on sophisticated satellites for communicating, gathering intelligence … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6190279.stm US defence chief warns over Iraq New US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that failure in Iraq would be a “calamity” that would haunt the United States for many years. Mr Gates spoke after taking his oath of office from Vice-President Dick Cheney. Mr Gates, who replaces … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121606Y.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/16/world/middleeast/16military.html December 16, 2006 Options Weighed for Surge in G.I.¹s to Stabilize Iraq By DAVID E. SANGER and MICHAEL R. GORDON WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 ‹ Military planners and White House budget analysts have been asked to provide President Bush with options for increasing American forces in Iraq by … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12699486/paul_krugman_on_the_great_wealth_transfer/print Rollingstone.com Paul Krugman on the Great Wealth Transfer The Great Wealth Transfer It’s the biggest untold economic story of our time: more of the nation’s bounty held in fewer and fewer hands. And Bush’s tax cuts are only making the problem worse PAUL KRUGMAN Why doesn’t Bush get … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/16/washington/16gitmo.html December 16, 2006 Military Taking a Tougher Line With Detainees By TIM GOLDEN GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba, Dec. 10 ‹ As the first detainees began moving last week into Guantánamo¹s modern, new detention facility, Camp 6, the military guard commander stood beneath the high, concrete walls of the compound, … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122006F.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/opinion/20wed1.html December 20, 2006 EDITORIAL Only the Jailers Are Safe Ever since the world learned of the lawless state of American military prisons in Iraq, the administration has hidden behind the claim that only a few bad apples were brutalizing prisoners. President Bush also has dodged the full … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121906D.shtml http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/16250266.htm Posted on Sun, Dec. 17, 2006 Desperation in the White House BY JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY •••@••.••• The power brokers in Washington spent the week carefully arranging fig leaves and tasteful screens to cover the emperor’s nakedness while he was busy pretending to listen hard to everyone with … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121506A.shtml http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/45518/ John McCain’s Shameless Call for Escalation in Iraq By Allan Uthman, Buffalo Beast Posted on December 15, 2006, Printed on December 21, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/story/45518/ “I understand the polls show only 18 percent of the American people support my position. But I have to do what’s right… In … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121606Z.shtml http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070101/cooperweb About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal by MARC COOPER [posted online on December 16, 2006] For the first time since Vietnam, an organized, robust movement of active-duty US military personnel has publicly surfaced to oppose a war in which they are serving. Those involved plan to … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121906B.shtml http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/18/AR2006121801477.html White House, Joint Chiefs At Odds on Adding Troops By Robin Wright and Peter Baker Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, December 19, 2006; A01 The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/121806LB.shtml http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16226231/ MSNBC.com US Army might break Goodyear strike By Bernard Simon in Toronto Financial Times Updated: 10:12 p.m. ET Dec. 15, 2006 The US Army is considering measures to force striking workers back to their jobs at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Kansas in the face … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/121806HB.shtml http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/45530/ Corporate Agribusiness Is Behind Our Deadly Food Supply By Sally Kohn, AlterNet Posted on December 18, 2006, Printed on December 21, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/story/45530/ First it was spinach. Now it’s green onions at the Taco Bell. What’s next? The growing anxiety over our nation’s food supply is enough … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121806L.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/17/ap/politics/mainD8M2R0JG0.shtml Reid: Brief Troop Increase OK in Iraq Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he would support temporary troop surge in Iraq WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2006 By HOPE YEN Associated Press Writer (AP) The Senate’s top Democrat offered qualified support Sunday for a plan to increase U.S. … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122006R.shtml Bush “Developing Illegal Bioterror Weapons” for Offensive Use By Sherwood Ross t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor Wednesday 20 December 2006 In violation of the US Code and international law, the Bush administration is spending more money (in inflation-adjusted dollars) to develop illegal, … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122006J.shtml http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR2006121900880.html?nav=rss_email/components U.S. Not Winning War in Iraq, Bush Says for 1st Time President Plans to Expand Army, Marine Corps To Cope With Strain of Multiple Deployments By Peter Baker Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 20, 2006; A01 President Bush acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6182125.stm Blair defends Saudi probe ruling The SFO was investigating claims that Britain’s biggest defence firm BAE had paid bribes to secure an arms deal with Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. BAE has always denied the claims. ‘Effectively blackmailed’ But on Thursday the attorney general said the investigation was … Read more

2006-12-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121806A.shtml http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/relatedstories/160717.php Published: 12.17.2006 Tucson military recruiters ran cocaine Some kept visiting schools for 3 years after FBI caught them on tape By Carol Ann Alaimo ARIZONA DAILY STAR A Midtown strip mall that should have housed the best of the best served as Corruption Central in Tucson. Two … Read more

2006-12-18 Richard Moore This article comes from LaRouche’s website. Some people object to LaRouche because they consider him to be anti-semitic. Personally, I don’t care about the nature of any messenger, I’m interested in the message — learning what I can about what’s going on in the world. This particular article, for example, makes a … Read more

2006-12-18 Richard Moore This article illustrates the hypocrisy of the War on Terror. If they were really worried about terrorists, they would certainly want to know who enters and leaves the country. When it comes to making war and taking away our freedoms they don’t seem to be bothered by budgetary constraints. rkm ——————————————————– Original … Read more

2006-12-18 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2006/151206mccainbill.htm McCain Bill Is Lethal Injection For Internet Freedom Exploits fear of sexual predators and basic misunderstanding of Internet to attack blogs critical of the warmongering agenda he fronts for Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Friday, December 15, 2006 Republican Senator John McCain has introduced legislation that would fine … Read more

2006-12-15 Richard Moore I downloaded a copy of this video, in case it disappears from the web, or if anyone wants a personal copy. cheers, rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2006/141206trafficcontroller.htm Boston Air Traffic Controller Says 9/11 An Inside Job Knew people in FAA on day of hijackings who said intercept procedures should have been … Read more

2006-12-15 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.counterpunch.org/heller09022006.html Weekend Edtion September 2 / 3, 2006 Blanket Immunity from War Crimes When Criticism of Cluster Bombs is “Anti-Semitic” By STANLEY HELLER The Israeli paper Ha’aretz reports that the head of Germany’s Jewish community accused a minister in Angela Merkel’s German government of “anti-Semitism” because of the minister’s … Read more

2006-12-15 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121406J.shtml http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061214/D8M0ACP80.html Judge Upholds Detainee Rights Terror Law Dec 13, 8:17 PM (ET) By MATT APUZZO WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge upheld the Bush administration’s new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts. The ruling … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121206B.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1970086,00.html Routine and systematic torture is at the heart of America’s war on terror In the fight against cruelty, barbarism and extremism, America has embraced the very evils it claims to confront George Monbiot Tuesday December 12, 2006 The Guardian After thousands of years of practice, you might … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120906F.shtml http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120701482.html New Orleans to Raze Public Housing Many Units Closed Since Katrina to Be Demolished, Despite Protests By Julia Cass and Peter Whoriskey Special to The Washington Post and Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 8, 2006; A03 NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7 — Public housing officials decided Thursday … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120906Y.shtml http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-juhasz8dec08,0,4717508.story?track=tottext It’s still about oil in Iraq A centerpiece of the Iraq Study Group’s report is its advocacy for securing foreign companies’ long-term access to Iraqi oil fields. By Antonia Juhasz ANTONIA JUHASZ is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and author of “The Bush … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:45:20 -0800 From: •••@••.••• Subject: MidEast Dispatches: Cornered Military Takes to Desperate Tactics ** Dahr Jamail’s MidEast Dispatches ** ** Visit the Dahr Jamail website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** ** Website by http://jeffpflueger.com ** Cornered Military Takes to Desperate Tactics *Inter Press Service* Dahr Jamail and Ali Al-Fadhily … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6215290.stm Iraq panel demands urgent change A major report on US policy in Iraq has called for a new approach and urgent action to stop “a slide towards chaos”. The current US strategy of staying the course was no longer viable, Iraq Study Group leader James Baker said. The … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nypost.com/seven/12072006/business/top_level_insiders_selling_their_stock_business_paul_tharp.htm TOP-LEVEL INSIDERS SELLING THEIR STOCK By PAUL THARP December 7, 2006 — America’s corporate chiefs are unloading their own stocks at one of the boldest paces in 20 years. In cases of the very rich, such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Google’s top brass, the executives are selling … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:06:04 -0800 From: •••@••.••• Subject: MidEast Dispatches: Locals Accuse U.S. of Massacre in Ramadi ** Dahr Jamail’s MidEast Dispatches ** ** Visit the Dahr Jamail website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** ** Website by http://jeffpflueger.com ** Locals Accuse U.S. of Massacre in Ramadi *Inter Press Service* Dahr Jamail and … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Westaway” <•••@••.•••> Subject: [Peace-l] Animated Map of Middle East for 3000 years – 90 seconds Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 15:17:56 -0800 http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf — ——————————————————– Escaping the Matrix website http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website http://cyberjournal.org subscribe cyberjournal list mailto:•••@••.••• Posting archives http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ Blogs: cyberjournal forum http://cyberjournal-rkm.blogspot.com/ Achieving real democracy http://harmonization.blogspot.com/ for readers … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore It was the civilians of Musa Qala who made the first bid for peace, Mr. Daud explained. ³They made a council of elders and came to us saying, ŒWe want to make the Taliban leave Musa Qala,¹ ² he said in a telephone interview from the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. ³At first … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore A spokeswoman for the US Treasury Department confirmed that meetings had taken place with senior UK bankers. However, she stressed that the talks had been set up so that US government officials could “equip banks with information” about the dangers of allowing Iran to remain part of the international financial community. I … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore As late as last month, Bush, through his top aides, said he would not relent in his defense of Bolton, despite unwavering opposition from Democrats who view Bolton as too combative for international diplomacy. Bush continues to play the heavy, as his White House crumbles around him. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: … Read more

2006-12-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://rense.com/general74/spirit.htm The people of Mexico have shown they’re fed up with decades of fraud, corruption and abuse and for months have taken to the streets in numbers large enough to make a difference and for the world to take note. They’re joined in protest by their comrades in Oaxaca, … Read more