wOrE aNd PiEcE

Is the President a Pathological Liar?
Bush’s unhealthy relationship with reality
by David Corn, LAWeekly, December 5 - 11, 2003

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Alternet has this to say (+ more at their site, of course)...

James Yee's Supporters: We're Relieved, Outraged
Pueng Vongs, Pacific News Service, November 28, 2003

A Chickenhawk Thanksgiving in Baghdad
David B. Livingstone, AlterNet, November 28, 2003

Good-bye, Mr. President: The Secret Resignation Letters
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet, December 3, 2003

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Letter from an Army vet
A disabled Vietnam-era vet visits a Minneapolis V.A. hospital and discovers that many fellow vets oppose the Bush administration's war in Iraq.
Terry Dobbelaere, salon.com, Dec. 5, 2003

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Los Angeles Times, December 5, 2003:

THE WORLD
Ex-General Says Israel Inflated Iraqi Threat
Shlomo Brom asserts his nation's spy agencies helped U.S. and Britain make case for war.
By Laura King, Staff Writer

COLUMN ONE
An Awful Truth Sinks In
After years of hope, survivors of Iraq's slaughter of Kurds now know the missing won't be coming back. At least 100,000 died.

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Oh! My!

PunkVoter.com!

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Beating a dead turkey:

The Bird Was Perfect But Not For Dinner
In Iraq Picture, Bush Is Holding the Centerpiece
By Mike Allen, Washington Post Staff Writer, Thursday, December 4, 2003; Page A33

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Rockers Unite to Oust Bush

never mind where the link is to... it's the cause that counts... urg

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Soros Vs. Bush [+ many a comment]
Posted by felixrayman, at kuro5hin.org, Mon Dec 1st, 2003 at 06:35:04 PM EST

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Remember:



Peace!

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bush lies.
'nuff said.

or, no?
there's always: bushlies.net.
keep it peaceful, y'all

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Face it: U.S. foreign policy contributes to acts of terrorism
by Charley Reese, Published in The Orlando Sentinel, August 18, 1998

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Check out The Guardian's Guantanamo Special Report page, featuring:

People the law forgot
December 3:
It is almost two years since the Guantanamo prison camp opened. Its
purpose is to hold people seized in the 'war on terror' and defined by
the Bush administration as enemy combatants - though many appear to
have been bystanders to the conflict.
People the law forgot (part two)

and

US fires Guantanamo defence team
December 3:
A team of military lawyers recruited to defend alleged terrorists held
by the US at Guantanamo Bay was dismissed by the Pentagon after some of
its members rebelled against the unfair way the trials have been
designed.

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US Military Gives Details on Massive Iraq Firefight
Alisha Ryu, Baghdad, 01 Dec 2003, 21:18 UTC
Listen to the report (Real Audio) here.

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Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian in Raid
By MARK LAVIE, MyWay News, Dec 2, 10:52 AM (ET)

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U.S. Warns of Saudi Arabia, Kenya Attacks
By ADNAN MALIK, MyWay News, Dec 2, 7:50 AM (ET)

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Iraqi: U.S. Kills or Captures 'Big Fish'
By MARIAM FAM, MyWay News, Dec 2, 11:13 AM (ET)

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Shifts in States May Give Bush Electoral Edge
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, The New York Times, December 2, 2003

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Comment
Bottom of the barrel
The world is running out of oil - so why do politicians refuse to talk about it?
George Monbiot, Tuesday December 2, 2003, The Guardian

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Bush and Iraq: Mass Media, Mass Ignorance
by Jeff Cohen, Published on Monday, December 1, 2003 by CommonDreams.org

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This war not against terrorists
[ Jay Bookman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 12/1/03 ]

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The War on Terror's Newest Bad Cliche
" . . . or the terrorists will have won" is replaced by a new, equally-annoying trope.
by Matt Labash, The Weekly Standard, 11/26/2003 12:00:00 AM

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...blowback...karma...

South Asia
On the job with a Taliban recruiter
By Massoud Ansari, Asia Times, Nov 26, 2003

...haven't we had just about enough?...

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Why Bush Needs Osama and Saddam
The United States and the Bogeyman
By GREG WEIHER, CounterPunch, November 29 / 30, 2003

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US Foreign Policy: a Monstrous Mess
US Intelligence Policy: Also a Monstrous Mess
By BILL CHRISTISON, former CIA analyst, from CounterPunch, December 1, 2003

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...a bit late, but worth a quick read...

Streets of Loathing
George W. Bush and the London protests
by Brendan Bernhard, LAWeekly, Nov. 28 - Dec. 4

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Check out www.AntiWar.com for more Iraq-specific articles.

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Mystery shrouds whereabouts of bodies of 54 insurgents said killed by US
AFP, Mon Dec 1, 3:31 PM ET

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Ferocious gun battle that left no bodies
Americans say 54 attackers died in the fiercest engagement since the war ended while Iraqis insist that eight civilians were killed by reckless US fire,
writes Jack Fairweather, news.telegraph.co.uk, (Filed: 02/12/2003)

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Iraqis deny US accounts of fierce fight with 'guerrillas'
By Phil Reeves in Samara, The Independent, 02 December 2003

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Long-Term U.S. Presence in Iraq is Hard-Sell at Home
Linda Feldmann, Christian Science Monitor/Yahoo! News, Mon Dec 1,10:13 AM ET

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Iraqis do not trust U.S.-led forces
By Gideon Long, www.mirror.co.uk, 15:55, Dec 1 2003

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If you check NOW you will find this article:

The squawking chicken

at TomDispatch.com ... If you don't, look it up!

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Interesting...

Who Owns What

... check it out.

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Press Clips
Knifed in Kabul
The Price of Satire in Afghanistan
by Cynthia Cotts, The Village Voice, November 26 - December 2, 2003

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The Essay
Concerning Sotoligarchy
What happens when the rich and powerful rule the stupid? It's called America.
by Curtis White, The Village Voice, December 1st, 2003 1:00 PM

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Thank you, Mr. President
We should all thank George Bush for making things so bad Americans can’t ignore it any longer.
By Mick Youther, Intervention Magazine

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Allies alarmed as Iraqi insurgents seek them out
By Phil Reeves in Baghdad, The Independent, 01 December 2003

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The New Marlboro Man
The Marlboro Man has moved from the billboards to the White House; instead of lung cancer, he is now giving America a bloody war.
By John Greeley, Intervention Magazine

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Bush Dishonors Fallen Soldiers
The Bush Administration says it respects the killed soldiers and their families, what the Administration respects is winning the next election.
By Frederick Sweet, Intervention Magazine

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Send in the Clowns
If you want the truth, don’t look to the networks or to talk radio; look to Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Al Franken, and Michael Moore.
By Regis T. Sabol, Intervention Magazine

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Commentary: Bush's Exit Strategy?
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is." --Candidate George W. Bush, criticizing Clinton's Kosovo policies, 4/9/99
By Mick Youther, from Intervention Magazine

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