DISPATCH FROM DOWN UNDER

Scott Ritter: Semper Fraud, Senator Roberts :

"Semper Fi," Senator. "Always Faithful." The words roll out easily; but faithful to what? You are the epitome of faithfulness to your party – less so to the Constitution

http://www.antiwar.com/orig/ritter.php?articleid=5537

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Guantanamo detainees tortured:

Lawyers for six men arrested in Bosnia and detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp sued the federal government Wednesday, leveling new allegations of abuse and torture by U.S. forces.

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/041405/AP__B64NBNFO.050.shtml

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Pentagon's war spending hard to track: watchdog:

The department "doesn't have a system to be able to determine with any degree of reliability and specificity how we spent" tens of millions in war-related emergency funds set aside by Congress

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1344998.htm

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US: Iran is years from nuclear arms

: US officials confirmed on Wednesday that Iran's nuclear ambitions were discussed by President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at their Texas summit on Monday.

TWO OF THE WORST WAR CRIMINALS AND LIARS ARE AT IT AGAIN

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8275292F-9EAC-4FE7-AEFA-60AF6EE8FB3C.htm

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Robert Fisk: Lebanon delays its election despite US demands

: This is far more serious than it might appear. While the country remains leaderless, the possibility of further provocations to restart the 1975-90 civil war grows.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8540.htm

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Texan, 2 Others Charged in Iraq Oil Kickback Scheme:

A Texas businessman and two of his companies were charged with paying secret kickbacks to Iraq in a federal indictment unsealed on Thursday as part of an investigation into the scandal-plagued U.N. oil-for-food program

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8183308

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Complaints Greet Rice Deputy in Fallujah :

Zoellick, the top deputy to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, was confined to a caravan of armored transport vehicles - except for a meeting with civic leaders at a fortified military compound. Marines said the security situation in Fallujah remained tenuous, although daily attacks were down.

WINNING THE WAR FOR DEMOCRACY NAHHHHHHHH

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4934156,00.html

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Don't be fooled by the spin on Iraq :

The US is failing - and hatred of the occupation greater than ever

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8527.htm

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Major media ignoring Gingrich rejection of DeLay defense:
"DeLay's problem isn't with the Democrats. DeLay's problem is with thecountry"


CBS Evening News broadcast an interview on April 12 with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), who bluntly dismissed House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's (R-TX) attempts to blame Democrats for his ethics problems. Gingrich said that "DeLay's problem isn't with the Democrats. DeLay's problem is with the country," adding that the Texas Republican needs to "get everything out in the open" and that the burden "is on him to prove [his case]." But morning TV news shows and major newspapers all failed to note Gingrich's comments on DeLay. And, as of this posting, the wire services Associated Press and Reuters have both failed to report the comments. Read more...

http://mediamatters.org/items/200504130004

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Reports: Italy, U.S. clash over probe
ROME (AP)

— Reluctance by Italian investigators to accept the U.S. version of the killing of an Italian security agent by American troops in Iraq last month is holding up the conclusion of a joint inquiry into the shooting, Italian newspapers said Thursday. Full Story

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/04/14/997352.html

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We ignore internet at our peril, Murdoch warns

Rupert Murdoch today admitted he 'didn't do as much as [he] should have' to confront the digital challenges faced by his newspaper business. Full text: Murdoch's speechMediaGuardian.co.uk

HE WANTS THE INTERNET NOW ; HE WANT FULL CONTROL IF WE LET HIM

http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1459697,00.html

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