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  • Cyprus Govt. Admits CIA Campaign Against Indymedia
    14 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Cyprus Indymedia
    The scandal is unfolding in gigantic proportions... and we can hardly keep up with the developments. Responding to a publicity and solidarity campaign by Indymedia, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus has been forced to admit that they were acting under orders from the US Government to carry out an intelligence investigation of Cyprus Indymedia and of one of its founding members, Petros Evdokas, in order to assess whether he "constitutes a threat to US interests." (…)

  • Slaughter as US forces attack Najaf
    13 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    Nicolas Rothwell
    AT LEAST 165 people were killed and more than 600 wounded in heavy fighting across Iraq over the past 24 hours as US marines moved to wipe out Moqtada al-Sadr’s militia forces in the holy city of Najaf.
    As US tanks, armoured vehicles and helicopter gunships attacked the radical cleric’s Mehdi Army, the rebels fired mortar rounds from the courtyard of the Imam Ali mosque, one of the holiest Shi’ite sites.
    Within hours of the onslaught, US marines claimed to control the (…)

  • Iraqi officials resign over US ’aggression’
    13 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    Several Iraqi officials working within the interim government have resigned in protest of the US-led assault on Najaf and Kut.
    Sixteen of Najaf’s 30-member provincial council resigned in protest at the US-led assault on the Najaf as fighting between the Mahdi Army loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr and US occupation forces entered its eighth day.
    "We have decided to resign due to what has befallen Najaf and all of Iraq from the hasty US invasion and bombardment of Najaf," the council said in a (…)

  • The CIA is preparing a plan to overthrow the Venezuelan president
    13 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Vasily Bubnov
    On August 15th citizens of Venezuela are going to decide, if they want President Hugo Chavez to resign. The controversy is gathering steam as the voting day is drawing near. Numerous pro and anti-Chavez meetings have swept over the country recently. Local authorities control the situation, although clashes in several cities were not possible to avoid.
    Spanish newspaper El Mundo published a front-page article on Monday. The CIA, the newspaper wrote, is preparing a plan to (…)

  • Young Marines frustrated by lack of progress
    13 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Anne Barnard
    RAMADI, Iraq — Four months into their tour of duty at one of the most dangerous American bases in Iraq, young Marines say the slow pace of progress is shaking their faith in their mission.
    Playing cards one recent evening while on call to respond to any outburst of violence, Lance Corporal David Goward and the rest of his squad expressed two growing concerns: that the US military will linger here indefinitely and that the troops’ very presence is provoking the fighting it (…)

  • The Post on WMDs: An Inside Story
    12 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Howard Kurtz
    Days before the Iraq war began, veteran Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus put together a story questioning whether the Bush administration had proof that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
    But he ran into resistance from the paper’s editors, and his piece ran only after assistant managing editor Bob Woodward, who was researching a book about the drive toward war, "helped sell the story," Pincus recalled. "Without him, it would have had a tough (…)

  • PAINFUL RETURN
    12 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Sandra Cuffe Intibucá, Honduras
    That’s the headline on the front page of today’s paper (El Tiempo), beside a photo of an adolescent in a wheelchair, crying. He and four other young Hondurans, aged 8 to 26, were flown back into the country yesterday afternoon, minus a few legs.
    They had been on their way to the United States, where they probably would have worked long hours in miserable conditions in order to send money back to their families here in Honduras. Cold and tired, they did (…)

  • Darfur: New Atrocities Disprove Khartoum’s Claims
    11 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Human Rights Watch
    International Support Needed to Ensure Protection of Civilians
    The Sudanese government’s pledges of progress in Darfur show little credibility as civilians face further atrocities amid growing insecurity in the region, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Instead of disarming the government-backed militias known as the Janjaweed, Khartoum has begun to incorporate them into police and other security forces that could be used to secure proposed "safe (…)

  • Iraq: Reimposition of death penalty is a step backwards
    11 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Amnesty International deplores the decision of the Interim Government of Iraq to reimpose the death penalty and believes that it will do nothing to restore security for the people of Iraq.
    "The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It violates the right to life. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent," Amnesty International said.
    Government officials announced on Sunday that capital punishment would be reinstated for a range of crimes (…)

  • Sunday, August 29: The World Says No to the Bush Agenda!
    10 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    United for peace & justice
    Massive NYC March and Rally on the Eve of the Republican National Convention
    On Sunday, August 29th, one of the biggest and most important protests in a generation will take place in New York City: a massive march and rally on the eve of the Republican National Convention, organized by United for Peace and Justice. If you’re alarmed by the direction that the Bush Administration has taken this country, you will want to make your voice heard at this historic (…)