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I'm a moderate to liberal Democrat. Conservative Republicans are often a mystery to me. |
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Arab backlash warning to Bush |
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Topic: Current Events |
10:19 pm EDT, Sep 5, 2002 |
"A U.S. war against Iraq would "open the gates of hell" in the Middle East, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said on Thursday. Speaking at the end of an Arab League foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo, Moussa urged Iraq to allow U.N. weapons inspections to resume in a bid to head off a U.S. attack. But he warned, "No Arab country will accept any strike on any other Arab country." " Does this kind of talk make anyone else nervous??? Arab backlash warning to Bush |
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Military: Tanks, guns not headed for war |
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Topic: Current Events |
10:17 pm EDT, Sep 5, 2002 |
"Military officials Wednesday downplayed reports that a recent order to ship large quantities of military equipment to Central Asia was the beginning of a secret buildup of firepower and support equipment as the United States ponders an attack on Iraq. " Military: Tanks, guns not headed for war |
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Seventy-five little reasons to be terrified of the FISA court. |
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Topic: Current Events |
1:58 am EDT, Sep 3, 2002 |
This week, a federal court of appeals declared that "democracies die behind closed doors" and demanded that Attorney General John Ashcroft open up the immigration hearings for suspects connected to Sept. 11 roundups. But wherever the courts open one door, Ashcroft and the Bush administration manage to close another. And so we find ourselves in peril of losing the right to search warrants granted by real judges in real courts, as the attorney general again attempts to drag the Constitution into dark caverns and windowless towers. -- very good article! [ Originally from w1ld. Welcome to AmeriKKKa. --Rek ] Seventy-five little reasons to be terrified of the FISA court. |
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Op/Ed. GEORGE W. BUSH HATES AMERICA |
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Topic: Current Events |
1:36 am EDT, Sep 3, 2002 |
"Sadly, legal guarantees that every American considered a sacred birthright have been shredded virtually overnight, and many people don't seem to care. ...a presidential impostor has used a phony "war on terror" to systematically unraveled two centuries of basic jurisprudence in less than a year. " Political Prisoners and the Post-9/11 Police State Op/Ed. GEORGE W. BUSH HATES AMERICA |
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Saddam: U.S. 'believes it should control the world' |
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Topic: Current Events |
1:14 am EDT, Sep 3, 2002 |
"Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, accusing the United States of coveting Middle Eastern oil and believing it should "control the world," said Monday that such U.S. designs are starting to dawn on European leaders and should concern all the world's citizens. " Saddam: U.S. 'believes it should control the world' |
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Bush: Patient Is As Patient Does |
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Topic: Current Events |
12:45 am EDT, Sep 3, 2002 |
"Is the administration, as Bush suggested, biding its time as it carefully figures out how best to confront Saddam? Or, as Cheney hinted, does an attack have to happen by yesterday?" Bush: Patient Is As Patient Does |
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Gadhafi Says Libya No Longer Rogue State |
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Topic: Current Events |
12:36 am EDT, Sep 3, 2002 |
"Eager to shake off his pariah image, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Saturday his country is no longer a rogue state and has even detained some Islamists suspected of links with the al-Qaida terror network." Gadhafi Says Libya No Longer Rogue State |
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