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WAR: About that War

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Associated Press

President Bush abandoned his everything-is-OK pitch: He was wrong about the rationale for going to war in Iraq; he underestimated the dangers; the country has suffered "terrible loss"; and the bad news isn't over. But we have to stay th

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London Times

Most of the 184 allegations investigated were completed without criminal or disciplinary action, but 14 soldiers have faced trial and 15 more are awaiting court martial. He agreed that the allegations had “damaged the Army”, but said it would be wors

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Herald Sun

If a terrorist suspect in detention had information about an imminent attack represented a possible exception to the ban. "It would not shock the conscience. And in that million-to-one situation, then the president would authorize it and take r

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by Sam Bostaph (FFF)

Sheehan pulls absolutely no punches in deeming the president and his top aides war criminals, liars, murderers, cowards, and morally corrupt political figures. As she reminds us, all they offer to justify the blood on their hands is smoke and mirrors

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Alternet

Finally get a glimpse into the Iraqi experience, from four intrepid independent photojournalists. Begins with the American invasion and moves through the rise of the insurgency in Falluja and Sadr City and culminates with the siege of Najaf and the M

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by Jordan Paust (Jurist)

Repeated protestations from President Bush, Secretary of State Rice and other officials that "we do not torture" miss the point that the US has by any meaningful standard engaged in illegal cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoner

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Associated Press

A leading Sunni politician said Friday his party would be open to an alliance with secular Shiites and Kurds to form a coalition government to run the country once the results are in from this week's parliamentary elections.

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Associated Press

In a 279-109 vote, the GOP-controlled House approved a resolution saying the chamber is committed "to achieving victory in Iraq" and that setting an "artificial timetable" would be "fundamentally inconsistent with achieving v

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UPI

Just as the dust from the storm over the wrongful kidnapping of a German citizen by the CIA was settling, a new intelligence scandal surfaced in Berlin when a senior government official said German agencies had interrogated prisoners at Guantanamo Ba

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by Fawaz A. Gerges (Christian Science Monitor)

Convincing Muslims and Sunni Iraqis, the backbone of the rebellion in Iraq, that US troops will return home sooner, not later, is prerequisite to dismantling the terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,

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Reuters

The futuristic F-22A "Raptor" fighter jet, designed to dominate the skies well into the 21st century, joined the U.S. combat fleet on Thursday, 20 years after it was conceived to fight Soviet MiGs over Europe.

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by Jorge Hirsch (AntiWar.com)

Are U.S. tactical nuclear weapons deployed in the Persian Gulf, on hair-trigger alert, and ready to be launched against Iran at a moment's notice? The answer is contained in presidential directive NSPD 35, "Nuclear Weapons Deployment Author

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by William Fisher (AntiWar.com)

By the end of the current session of Congress later this month, the Pentagon could have legal authority to "covertly" gather intelligence on U.S. citizens in the United States – a power taken away following excesses during the Vietnam War.

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by William D. Hartung (Common Dreams)

The domestic debate on US policy towards Iraq is finally shifting against the war, with a majority of Americans supporting either immediate withdrawal or withdrawal within 2 years time. Two years might seem like a long while, but considering that the

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