Top Stories from AlterNet for June 9, 2005

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Grudge Match: Private Contractors vs. U.S. Marines

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 03:00:00 -0700

 

Top Stories from AlterNet for June 9, 2005

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ON THE WRONG SIDE OF 'FRIENDLY FIRE'

David Phinney, CorpWatch

Tension and confusion are on the rise in Iraq after a group

of American security contractors were thrown in jail under

suspicion of shooting at the U.S. Marines in Fallujah.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/22183/

 

THE PIMPING OF THE PRESIDENT

Lou Dubose, Texas Observer

Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist have been caught billing

clients for face time with George W. Bush. Don't believe

it? Just follow the paper trail.

http://www.alternet.org/story/22182/

 

THE HOUSEWIFE THEORY OF HISTORY

Rebecca Solnit, Orion Magazine

By taking the qualities that are supposed to render them

irrelevant and using them strategically, women have been

slowly but surely changing the world.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/22186/

 

PAPERS REACH IRAQ BOILING POINT

Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher

Many of the nation's newspaper editorialists have roused

themselves from seeming acceptance of the continuing

slaughter in Iraq to voice outright condemnation of the war.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/22184/

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OFFSHORING THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY

Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor

Proposed federal legislation aims to move enormous fish

farms up to 200 miles from the coast -- and, some fear, far

away from public oversight.

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/22187/

 

CLOSE CAMP DELTA

Michael Posner, AlterNet

Closing the detention center at Guanatanmo Bay would not

only show the world the U.S.'s commitment to the rule of

law, it is also in our security interests.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/22185/

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