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Obama VP Is Pro-War, Pro-Patriot Act Neo-Con The man who many are tipping to become
Barack Obama's running mate is a pro-war, pro-patriot act, Bilderberg
member who was an honorary co-chair of the neocon Committee for the
Liberation of Iraq, a group that aggressively propagandized for the
invasion of Iraq in 2003. Ladies and gentlemen - meet Senator Evan Bayh.
NKorea
says war games could impede nuclear deal
North Korea Wednesday stepped up its criticism of a major US-South Korean
military exercise, saying it could impede progress on an international
nuclear disarmament deal.
MSNBC:
Bush creating 'embryonic police state' "Now that the Democrats were nice enough
to fold up on FISA," MSNBC's Keith Olbermann said, "the issue
is all contained now. Right? Not exactly."
Russia’s
financial crisis of 1998 plotted by IMF As it turns out, the default, which hit Russia
ten years ago, was not merely a consequence of the ungifted economic
policy of the Russian government during the second half of the 1990s.
Russia
Never Wanted a War THE acute phase of the crisis provoked by the
Georgian forces’ assault on Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia,
is now behind us.
Russia
Never Wanted a War
THE acute phase of the crisis provoked by the Georgian forces’
assault on Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, is now behind us.
Condoleezza
Rice signs missile defence deal with Poland The deal to install a silo of 10 interceptor
missiles on Poland's Baltic coast has infuriated Moscow, which has already
threatened to respond, potentially with nuclear weapons.
BBC:
Some residents 'furious' over NYC terror checks 'Operation Sentinel,' a project of the New York
Police Department which would have every vehicle in Manhattan tracked
by a series of license plate scanners, is cause for fury among some
New York City residents.
Georgian
war leaves 1492 Ossetians dead - local authorities The total number of causalities of the Georgian
– South Ossetian conflict has been revealed. According to local
authorities the conflict has taken the lives of 1492 Ossetians. More
than 5,000 people from South Ossetia are still in refugee camps in the
south of Russia.
Rice:
Military power is ‘not the way to deal in the 21st century.’ Yesterday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
sharply criticized Russia for relying on its “military power”
to accomplish its goals. Ironically, she said that it “is not
the way to deal in the 21st century.”
NYC
settles with anti-war protesters New York City has agreed to pay a $2 million
settlement to protesters arrested during a 2003 rally against the Iraq
war who said their civil rights had been violated, lawyers for both
sides said on Tuesday.
Disgraced
Former Denver Officer Hired to Work the DNC The Democratic National Convention Committee
has hired a disgraced former Denver police lieutenant, Gary Lauricella,
to coordinate security at the Colorado Convention Center during the
convention.
