AMERICA
BETRAYED: WILL PROGRESSIVES TAKE THE FALL?
By Joe Brewer, Scott Parkinson, AlterNet
We cannot allow the right to
shift blame for disasters theycreated.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/75646/
VIOLENCE
DRAWS VEIL OVER IRAQI WOMEN
By Dahr Jamail, Ahmed Ali, IPS
News
As in all conflict areas, women,
along with children and the elderly, have suffered most in occupied Iraq.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/75642/
OBAMA,
CLINTON AND THE WAR
By Robert Scheer, Truthdig
We should pay attention to Sen.
Ted Kennedy's endorsement for president -- he was a rare sane voice among Dems
in opposing the Iraq war.
http://www.alternet.org/stories/75535/
"SURGE"
IN WAR CRIMES?
Middle East Online
U.S. Army unit Probed for
killing Iraqi prisoners.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/75481/
IMPROVED
SECURITY IN IRAQ IS A MYTH
By Michael Shank, Foreign Policy
in Focus Calling this country secure is not only indefensible but unethical.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/75480/
IRAQIS
USING YOUTUBE TO MOCK LEADERS, U.S. SOLDIERS
By Ammar Karim, Bryan Pearson,
Middle East Online Iraqis in high stress situations, oppressive environments use
dark humour to help them survive.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/75371/
IRAN
AND BUSH'S CRISIS OF TRUTH
By Peter Dyer, Middle East
Online Iran is not run by saints, but it has never threatened the U.S. or
invaded another country.
http://www.alternet.org/audits/75218/
U.S.
'THE BIGGEST PRODUCER OF TERROR'
By Dahr Jamail, Ahmed Ali, IPS
News "Every one of these prisoners has a family, and these families now
have reason to hate Americans."
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/75060/
HOW
I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE WAR
By David Michael Green, AlterNet
Thank God for the Bill Kristol and
the liberal New York Times
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/75055/
"JACKASSES
WITH GUNS": MERCENARIES TERRORIZE IRAQ
By Ali Gharib, IPS News Thousands
of serious allegations of crimes in Iraq and only one mercenary has been
prosecuted.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/74955/
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JOHN
MCCAIN AS GEN. BUCK TURGIDSON IN "DR. STRANGELOVE" [VIDEO]
By Robert Greenwald, Brave New
Films
Pass it far and wide and pitch
us your casting ideas for
John McCain in the comments.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/election08/75696/
BUSH
ISSUES SIGNING STATEMENT ON DEFENSE ACT, WAIVING BAN ON PERMANENT IRAQ BASES
By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress
Throughout his presidency, Bush
has issued more than 151 signing statements challenging 1149 provisions of
laws.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/75365/
EVERY
GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (EXCEPT RON PAUL) PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO IRAQ WAR
[VIDEO]
By Adam Howard, AlterNet McCain,
Romney, Huckabee, and Giuliani think the Iraq war was a GREAT idea
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/74974/
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TWO YEARS AGO:
MEASURING
VICTORY
Rebecca Solnit, Tomdispatch.com
The author of Hope in the Dark explores how we measure
success in a world gone mad -- specifically, the 'victory'
of debt cancellation for the poorest countries, as
addressed at Scotland's G8 Summit.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23709/
THE
HOUSE OF LABOR AND THE FUTURE
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation Mag CEO/Publisher
More principle and less testosterone in the AFL-CIO debates
might have halted the process that has split the labor
movement in half.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23712/
A SELF-MADE DEATH
Monica Mehta, AlterNet
PBS documentary makes the case that the end of
life is something we should be preparing for -- and not
just with a 401(k).
http://www.alternet.org/movies/23713/
NOT-SO-MUSICAL CHAIRS
Ian Williams, AlterNet
The current debate over enlarging the U.N. Security Council
distracts from more important reforms Kofi Annan has
proposed.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23685/
WHERE TERROR BREEDS
John Thorne, James Brandon, Christian Science Monitor
A new breed of British radicals is inspiring impressionable
urban Muslims to consider killing their fellow Britons.
http://www.alternet.org/story/23674/
ARKANSAS' REAL WELFARE QUEEN
Doug Monroe, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
In Georgia, there are already 93 Wal-Mart Supercenters and
19 regular-sized Wal-Marts. So why do the boys in
Bentonville keep planning to open more?
http://www.alternet.org/story/23688/
WHAT IS PROGRESSIVE?
Andrew Garib, Campus Progress
A young person attempts to define the meaning of
progressivism today.
http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/23706/
THE SHIELD
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet
Why is the White House opposed to a law giving federal
protection to the media's confidential sources?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/23715/
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*** Check out what's new in THE MIX, AlterNet's staff blog:
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* Monica Mehta on the new
Bush-blocked torture pics:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/23704/
* Matt Wheeland calls for less
MTBE, more daylight energy:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/23705/