US News & World Report reports: The day after Senate Republicans effectively blocked debate on an anti-”surge” resolution, some in the caucus are growing increasingly alarmed over indications that they are losing the public relations battle to the Democrats. The Los Angeles Times says that although Republicans continue “to insist…that they simply want a...
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Are GOP Iraq debate tactics causing leadership split?
Slaughter and spin in the battle for Najaf
As with so much else in the blood-soaked annals of the Bush Administration’s disastrous Babylonian Conquest, it appears this neat story masks a far grimmer, grubbier truth: a mass slaughter of civilians, caught in the toxic fog of hair-trigger tension, sectarian hatred and violent political ambition unleashed by the U.S. invasion. Go to original...
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Journalists in the gunsight
55 world journalists killed in 2006 in USA, 34,000 lost jobs during 2001-2006 It’s not been a good time to be a journalist. Outside the United States, reporters literally take their lives into their own hands to cover dangerous stories.
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Bush slashes aid to poor to boost Iraq war chest
Bill for Iraq conflict will soon overtake Vietnam $78bn squeeze on medical care for elderly and poor
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Murdoch admits Fox pushed Bush’s Iraq war plan
Murdoch was asked if News Corp. had managed to shape the agenda on the war in Iraq. His answer? “No, I don’t think so. We tried.†Asked by Rose for further comment, he said: “We basically supported the Bush policy in the Middle East…but we have been very critical of his execution.†Read the...
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