Monday, November 5, 2007

Headlines for 11-04-07

US navy to stage oil spill exercise at Bahrain port US forces began exercises in the Gulf on Thursday including response to "a tropical cyclone that devastates a notional regional nation, destroying its critical infrastructure ... and displacing thousands of citizens," the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said. Mm k.


Experts: No evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons program


Russia raps Saudi atomic fuel proposal for Iran: RIA


Rice says US will defend Israel in peace process That's like saying bears sh#t in the woods. Goes without saying. And then people wonder why Karen Hughes can't shore up our image in that part of the world.


Bush could take us from bad to worse Some people argue that pursing accountability would be a distraction from the real things that matter. But Congress is not accomplishing much anyway. Until Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are stifled, things will continue to be bad -- and will get a lot worse if Bush attacks Iran.


Go Ahead On ? Start WWIII


Subpoenas in AIPAC trial could reveal Bush team's inner workings "Defendants are entitled to show that, to them, there was simply no difference between the meetings for which they are not charged and those for which they are charged," Ellis wrote, "and that they believed that the meetings charged in the indictment were simply further examples of the government's use of AIPAC as a diplomatic back channel." Who was using whom here?

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