President Bush Ditches Mother of Slain Soldier

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President Bush Ditches Mother of Slain Soldier

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:14:13 -0700

 

 

 

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President Bush Ditches Mother of Slain Soldier

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205A.shtml

Sheehan said that she would remain in Crawford for the whole month, if

need be.

 

 

US Warns: Will Refer Iran to UN Security Council

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205B.shtml

The US government said it will refer Iran to the United Nations

Security Council unless it halts its uranium processing program.

 

 

Top Shiite Politician Joins Call for Autonomous South Iraq

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205C.shtml

One of Iraq's most powerful Shiite politicians strongly backed demands

for the formation of a semi-independent region in the oil-rich south.

 

 

Monica Benderman | 'There Is No Enemy Greater Than Ourselves'

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205D.shtml

Amnesty International declared Kevin Benderman a " prisoner of

conscience " and is seeking his immediate release.

 

 

Oil Climbs above $66 for Fifth Record This Week

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205E.shtml

Oil prices shoot higher for the fifth straight week.

 

 

Elizabeth de la Vega | Plame in the Courtroom

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205F.shtml

Do you have to intend to harm a CIA agent or jeopardize national

security in order to violate the Intelligence Identities Protection Act?

Elizabeth de la Vega says the answer is no.

 

 

Religious Leaders Fault Evangelical Rally

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205G.shtml

Religious leaders criticized this weekend's evangelical rally on

judicial issues, arguing that the event suggests an imposition of

faith on

matters of US public life.

 

 

Corine Lesnes | Bush Confronted by Americans' Doubts about Iraq

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205H.shtml

Corine Lesnes notes that, " during this deadly month of August, the

Pentagon obviously needs support... A sign that the conflation of Iraq

and

the sequel to the September 11 attacks is finally injuring his own

cause, the president is losing ground on what was his strong point, the

fight against terrorism. "

 

 

Crawford's " Camp Casey " Still Growing

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205I.shtml

" The president says he feels compassion for me, but the best way to

show that compassion is by meeting with me and the other mothers and

families who are here, " Sheehan said. " All we're asking is that he

sacrifice

an hour out of his five-week vacation to talk to us, before the next

mother loses her son in Iraq. "

 

 

In Iraq, No Clear Finish Line

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205J.shtml

With surging violence claiming more US forces on the ground in Iraq and

the angry mother of a dead soldier camping out near his ranch in Texas,

Bush plainly cannot count on indefinite public patience.

 

 

Officials See Risk in Release of Abu Ghraib Images

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205K.shtml

Senior Pentagon officials have opposed the release of photographs and

videotapes of the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq,

arguing that they would incite public opinion in the Muslim world and put

the lives of American soldiers and officials at risk, according to

documents unsealed in federal court in New York.

 

 

What Rove Told Bush Starting to Matter

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205L.shtml

Among the many questions surrounding the investigation into who in the

Bush administration leaked the name of an undercover CIA officer is

whether President Bush's top political adviser told his boss the truth

about his connection to the case.

 

 

DeLay Associate Abramoff Indicted, Arrested

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205M.shtml

Abramoff, 46, remains the subject of a separate federal corruption

investigation in Washington stemming from his work for casino-rich Indian

tribes.

 

 

Arianna Huffington | Cindy Sheehan Steps into the Leadership Void

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205N.shtml

She may not be the kind of media figure the cable news channels would

order up from newsmaker central, writes columnist Arianna Huffington.

But she is the kind of unexpected leader who springs from among the

people and makes nonsense of red state/blue state distinctions.

 

 

American Graffiti: Signs of the Times

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205O.shtml

President Bush used to enjoy healthy support for his Iraq policy. But

now freeway 'bloggers' are speaking out.

 

 

Media " Lined Up for White House Lies " in Plame Scandal

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205Y.shtml

Michael Wolff, writing for Vanity Fair (not yet online), states that in

probing the Plame/CIA leak scandal, news media part of the problem.

 

 

Marjorie Cohn | The Murder of Casey Sheehan

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205Z.shtml

Bush claims we must stay in Iraq to honor the sacrifices of those who

have fallen, writes TO's Marjorie Cohn. Cindy says, " the only way he

can honor my son's sacrifice is to bring the rest of the troops home. "

 

 

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