wOrE aNd PiEcE

A Special Report
Bush’s Investment Plan | Profits for Halliburton: Nothing for Workers
Republican allegiance to corporate interests has distorted the direction of US policies both at home and abroad. But there is a better way: it is time for a new vision on energy policy and national security. It is time for an Apollo Project that reinvests in American communities, creates jobs at home, and ends our dependence on foreign oil and its corrupting political influence once and for all.
By: Bracken Hendricks and Skye Perryman, November 6, 2003, Apollo Alliance

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AlterNet.org:

Bush's Iraq Policy: A Quagmire of Confusion
Jim Lobe, December 11, 2003

Business as Usual: The Assault on American Workers
Bracken Hendricks and Skye Perryman, December 11, 2003

Who the Hell Said That?
Will Durst, December 10, 2003

America's Hidden Human Rights Problem
Mark Weisbrot, December 9, 2003

American Apocalypse
Robert Jay Lifton, The Nation and TomDispatch.com, December 9, 2003

Baker Takes the Loaf
Greg Palast, December 9, 2003

Shop Till You Stop
By James Westcott, December 7, 2003

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Fill 'er up -- with taxpayer dollars
Congressional watchdog Henry Waxman attacks Dick Cheney's former employer Halliburton for pumping up the price of gas in Iraq.
By Mark Follman, Dec. 12, 2003, Salon.com

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The Los Angeles Times:

THE WORLD
Israel Is Warned on Annexing Land
Imposing boundaries on a future Palestinian state without talks would be a 'bad mistake' and result in more violence, Korei tells Sharon.
By Laura King, Times Staff Writer, December 12, 2003

Facing Heat, President Stands by Decision to Limit Iraq Contracts
By Paul Richter, Times Staff Writer, December 12, 2003

Firm May Have Overbilled in Iraq
Pentagon finds evidence that a subsidiary of Dick Cheney's former company, Halliburton, possibly overcharged up to $61 million for fuel.
From Times Staff and Wire Reports, December 12, 2003

Report Notes Toll of Cluster Bombs, Strikes in Iraq
By Maggie Farley, Times Staff Writer, December 12, 2003

IN BRIEF / PAKISTAN
Two Nuclear Scientists Are Being Questioned
From Times Wire Reports, December 12, 2003

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Guerrilla chiefs to undercut Karzai
Afghanistan's Soviet-era guerrillas will control a majority at the constitutional loya jirga, scheduled to open this weekend.
By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, from the December 12, 2003 edition

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The New York Times:

DISPATCHES: THE MILITARY
Marines Plan to Use Velvet Glove More Than Iron Fist in Iraq
By MICHAEL R. GORDON, December 12, 2003

A Bush Aide Criticizes Israel for Not Doing More for Peace
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, December 12, 2003

Bremer Expects Rise in Violence as Iraq Builds Democracy
By SUSAN SACHS, December 12, 2003

Bush Defends Barring Nations From Iraq Deals
By ELISABETH BUMILLER, December 12, 2003

U.S. Sees Evidence of Overcharging in Iraq Contract
By DOUGLAS JEHL, December 12, 2003

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Gulf troops put at risk by failures
Watchdog says vital equipment missing
Richard Norton-Taylor, Friday December 12, 2003, The Guardian

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BBC News:

Iraqi civilian deaths 'avoidable'
Cluster bombs are blamed for causing civilian casualties
Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence correspondent

Oil firm 'overcharged' US in Iraq
An oil services firm formerly run by US Vice President Dick Cheney may have overcharged US forces in Iraq by some $61m, a Pentagon audit has found.

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Tough New Tactics by U.S. Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns
By DEXTER FILKINS The New York Times via Yahoo! News, Sat Dec 6, 2:34 PM ET

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Mass Resignation hits New Iraqi Army
ABOUT 300 of the 700 members in the first new Iraqi army battalion set up by the US-led coalition have resigned, a coalition official said today.
Arab Times, 11th - 12th Dec 2003 : Web Edition No: 11744

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The BBC's I have a right to page!

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Making ‘global’ and ‘ethical’ rhyme: an interview with Mary Robinson
The former Irish president and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, now architect of the Ethical Globalisation Initiative, talks to openDemocracy about the 21st century human rights agenda – one that connects universal principles to the daily lives and needs of the world’s poorest people.
OpenDemocracy, 9 - 12 - 2003

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Bush asks Europe to forgive Iraq debt
By David Sanger, Douglas Jehl, Washington, December 12, 2003

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Laureate accuses West of human rights violations
By Inger Sethov, Oslo, December 12, 2003

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Dangerous Citizen

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...The Village Voice...

Mondo Washington
Rumsfeld Watch
The Defense Secretary Justifies Attacks, Downplays Politics
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Settling Some Debts
Like Fox to Henhouse, Baker Goes to Iraq
by James Ridgeway, December 10th, 2003 3:00 PM

The Bodies Come Home
The president is grieved by U.S. casualties. He also worries they'll cost him votes.
by Sydney H. Schanberg, December 10 - 16, 2003

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Remind Us: Why did the United States invade Iraq?

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WHAT DICK CHENEY REALLY BELIEVES.
The Radical
by Franklin Foer & Spencer Ackerman

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...Intervention Magazine...

Ralph, Don't Run!
Nader is considering another run for the presidency; four years ago Ralph gave Americans an interesting alternative to Bush & Gore, this time Ralph could give Americans four more years of brutal, insane war.
By Stewart Nusbaumer

Where The Blame Lies
The evidence shows President Bush was asleep or incompetent or indifferent and the horror of 9/11 happened because his Administration did not act on overwhelming intelligence.
By Regis T. Sabol

The Presidential Incarcerators
During wartime, even the best presidents deny opponents their rights. George Bush, more like the worse, has expanded this tradition using "enemy combatants" to deny due process.
By William Marvel

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Two Americas
George W. Bush and Robert F. Kennedy, two different Americans in two different Americas.
By Michael Arvey

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...Globe and Mail...

Martin wades into spat over U.S. contracts
By JEFF SALLOT and PAUL KORING, From Thursday's Globe and Mail, UPDATED AT 12:24 AM EST

Street battles rage in Liberia
Associated Press, POSTED AT 8:06 AM EST

Ethiopia seeks millions to feed its hungry
Associated Press, POSTED AT 8:54 AM EST

Iran to authorize snap nuclear inspections
Associated Press, POSTED AT 7:07 AM EST

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...The Nation...

Facing the Human Rights Abyss
by ROGER NORMAND

American Apocalypse
by ROBERT JAY LIFTON

Death Takes No Holiday in Iraq
column left by Robert Scheer

Sacred Rage
by BARUCH KIMMERLING

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...I thought Kucinich was a better bet, but if this is what it takes to get W's boys out...

CANCEL THE PRIMARIES
Time for Democrats to Rally Around Dean
Ted Rall, 12/9/03

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...The Guardian...

Special investigation
The privatisation of war
· $30bn goes to private military
· Fears over 'hired guns' policy
· British firms get big slice of contracts
· Deals in Baghdad, Kabul and Balkans
Ian Traynor, Wednesday December 10, 2003

Firms on the frontline
David Pallister, Wednesday December 10, 2003

Bombs shatter Iraq's brief calm
Rory McCarthy in Baghdad, Wednesday December 10, 2003

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...MyWay News...

Six Afghan Children Killed in U.S. Attack
By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Dec 10, 3:31 AM (ET)

Helicopter Likely Downed by Ground Fire
By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Dec 10, 3:08 AM (ET)

Iraqi Council OKs War Crimes Tribunal
By JIM KRANE, Dec 10, 1:16 AM (ET)

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A COLD DRAFT
Will Bush Bring Back the Draft?
TED RALL 12/2/03

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