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As Petraeus Urges Delay of Troop Withdrawal, a Debate on Iraq and Iran’s Role in the War. Today’s Headlines * Petraeus Urges Freezes on US Troop Withdrawals from Iraq * Sadr Cancels Million-Man March Against US Occupation * Study: Lawmakers Invest $196M in Pentagon Contractors * Protesters Storm National Palace in Haiti over Food Prices … Continued
EXCLUSIVE…In Their First Joint Interview, Two Ex-KBR Employees Say They Were Raped by Co-Workers in Iraq; Stuffed and Starved: As Food Riots Break Out Across the Globe, Raj Patel Details "The Hidden Battle for the World Food System." Today’s Headlines * Petraeus & Crocker to Testify on Capitol Hill * Heavy Fighting in Baghdad … Continued
State Dept. Renews Blackwater Contract in Iraq Despite Pentagon Labeling Sept. Baghdad Killing of 17 Civilians "A Criminal Event"; Chilean Writer Isabel Allende on Her Memoir, Her Family, Michelle Bachelet, Torture and Immigration. Today’s Headlines * Report: US No Closer to Achieving Its Goals in Iraq * Clinton’s Top Strategist Steps Down After Trade … Continued
Democracy Now! Special: Martin Luther King’s Life and Legacy 40 Years After His Assassination. Headlines * NATO Backs US Missile System in Eastern Europe * Iraqi PM Halts Raids on Shia Forces * Official: 1,000 Iraqis Deserted Anti-Shia Crackdown * KBR Faces New Rape Allegations in Iraq * Zimbabwe Police Raid Opposition Party, Journalists … Continued
The Green Light: Attorney Philippe Sands Follows the Bush Administration Torture Trail; 1968, Forty Years Later: A Look Back at the Orangeburg Massacre When SC Police Opened Fire on Black Students Protesting Segregation; 1968, Forty Years Later: President Lyndon Johnson Announces No Second Term Amid Low Support for Vietnam War in Aftermath of Tet Offensive. … Continued
"Iraq Has Really Become Somalia…A Collection of Different Militias", Back from Baghdad, Journalist Nir Rosen Paints a Picture of a Broken Iraq; EXCLUSIVE…Bush’s Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story. Today’s Headlines * Death Toll in Iraq … Continued
"Exodus: Where Will Iraq Go Next?" Deborah Campbell on the Iraq Refugee Crisis; Cesar Chavez Day: United Farm Workers Co-Founder Dolores Huerta Reflects on the Life and Legacy of the Legendary Labor Activist; Loretta Napoleoni on "Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality." Headlines * Sadr Orders Mahdi Army to Stop Fighting * Iraq Gov’t Controls … Continued
Amy Goodman Questions Sen. Obama on Heeding Iraqis’ Call for Full US Withdrawal; "From the Frontlines of Humanity": Former UN Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland on World Crises — Congo, Darfur, Iraq, Colombia and Palestine; Following Mixed Court Ruling, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Lead Attorney Maintains Hope for Overturning Conviction. Headlines * Despite Bush Claims, US Forces … Continued
In New Book, Chilean Ambassador to the UN Details Bush Admin’s Pre-War Efforts to Coerce Allies into Supporting Iraq Invasion; British Correspondent Patrick Cockburn on Iraq’s Growing Sectarian Divide and the Myth of "Success" in the US "Surge." Headlines * Up to 60 Iraqis Killed in US Attack on Hilla * Oil Rises to … Continued
