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Bush Sets Target for Transition in Iraq

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Bush Sets Target for Transition in Iraq

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031406J.shtml

President Bush vowed for the first time yesterday to turn over most of

Iraq to newly trained Iraqi troops by the end of this year, setting a

specific benchmark as he kicked off a fresh drive to reassure

Americans alarmed by the recent burst of sectarian violence.

 

 

US Monitoring Israel's Iran Options

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031406K.shtml

The Pentagon is looking into the possibility of Israel launching a

strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. In the past months, there

were several working-level discussions trying to map out the possible

scenarios for such an attack, according to administration sources who

were briefed on these meetings.

 

 

William Fisher: Experts Question Credibility of US Human Rights Report

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031406L.shtml

William Fisher writes: Foreign policy, legal, and human rights

authorities are raising serious questions about the credibility of the

US State Department's annual report on human rights, released last week.

 

 

Leaked Memo: Blair Told US Iraq Strategy " Unbelievable Mess "

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031406M.shtml

Senior British diplomatic and military staff gave Tony Blair explicit

warnings three years ago that the US was disastrously mishandling the

occupation of Iraq, according to leaked memos.

 

 

Iraqis Find 85 Bodies in 24-Hour Period

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031406N.shtml

In the past 24 hours, Iraqi police have found the bodies of at least

85 people killed by execution-style shootings - a gruesome wave of

apparent sectarian reprisal slayings, officials said Tuesday.

 

 

Is Rising US Public Debt Sustainable?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031406O.shtml

Between 1989 and 2000, an electronic display near New York's Times

Square tracked the rise of the nation's red ink until it reached $5.7

trillion. When it shut down, the federal budget was running a surplus.

Today, the national debt totals $8.3 trillion, a level that could

force Congress this week to raise the debt ceiling for the fourth time

in George W. Bush's presidency.

 

 

US, Google Set to Face Off in Court

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031406P.shtml

The Bush administration will renew its effort to find out what people

have been looking for on Google Inc.'s Internet-leading search engine,

continuing a legal showdown over how much of the Web's vast databases

should be shared with the government.

 

 

VIDEO SPECIAL | Rebecca MacNeice: Cindy Sheehan's Arrest at UN

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

On Monday, March 6th, Cindy Sheehan and three others were arrested

while attempting to deliver a petition to the US Mission at the UN. t

r u t h o u t's Rebecca MacNeice was on the ground and filmed the

arrests.

 

 

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