Monday, January 28, 2008

Headlines for 01-27-08

Bill Moyers on Rhetoric and Reality It was one of the most smoothly orchestrated and successful propaganda campaigns in our history, and it was one big lie. The war it produced still has no end in sight, five years later.


Pakistan rebuffs U.S. plan for CIA buildup: report


Lebanon Shiite cleric calls for Bush trial over Iraq US President George W. Bush should go on trial for lying to the world about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the 2003 invasion, a leading Lebanese Shiite cleric said on Sunday.


Iran Vows to Retaliate Against US Bases in Gulf if US Attacks First** General Mohammad Ali Jaafari, commander of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards, told Al-Jazeera television that it is Iran's "natural right to respond" if attacked by land or air.


Tip-Off Thwarted Nuclear Spy Ring Probe Phillip Giraldi, a former CIA officer, said: ?It?s pretty clear Plame was targeting the Turks. If indeed that [State Department] official was working with the Turks to violate US law on nuclear exports, it would have been in his interest to alert them to the fact that this woman?s company was affiliated to the CIA. I don?t know if that?s treason legally but many people would consider it to be.?


Brattleboro to Vote on Arresting Bush, Cheney


Iran extends olive branch to Israel and U.S "Iran is not threatening Israel and does not want nuclear weapons." "Israel has nuclear weapons and it is threatening Teheran," he said


Amal, Hezbollah call for end to Beirut clashes Lebanese Shiite movements Amal and Hezbollah have called on their supporters to leave the streets, after at least seven people were reported killed in clashes with demonstrators in the southern suburbs of Beirut.


Seven killed in Beirut violence

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