Guest guest Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 " t r u t h o u t " <messenger Marjorie Cohn | First Officer Publicly Resists War Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:09:58 -0700 Marjorie Cohn on the legality of the Iraq war and US Army First Lieutenant Ehren Watada's refusal to deploy; Zarqawi killed; father of slain soldier says Bush, not Zarqawi, is to blame for his son's death; narrow election victory signals trouble for GOP in fall elections; Robert Scheer on the media's culpability in the Wen Ho Lee case; Tom Engelhardt on " collateral damage " ; and more ... Browse our continually updating front page at http://www.truthout.org Join fellow bloggers at the Truthout Town Meeting. Get perspective on today's important issues from Truthout's editorial team and prominent guest bloggers. Join the debate! http://forum.truthout.org/blog/ t r u t h o u t | 06.08 Marjorie Cohn | First Officer Publicly Resists War http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060806J.shtml " Yesterday, US Army First Lieutenant Ehren Watada became the first officer to publicly state his refusal to obey an order to deploy to Iraq, " writes Marjorie Cohn. " Lt. Watada asked me to speak about the legality of the war at his press conference. " Father of Beheaded Man Blames Bush, Not Zarqawi http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060806K.shtml Michael Berg, whose son Nick was beheaded in Iraq in 2004, said on Thursday he felt no sense of relief at the killing of the al Qaeda leader in Iraq and blamed President Bush for his son's death. Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq Is Killed http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060806L.shtml Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in an American air strike on an isolated safe house north of Baghdad at 6:15 p.m. local time on Wednesday. Narrow Victory by GOP Signals Fall Problems http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060806M.shtml The victory that Republicans squeezed out in a high-profile race to fill a Congressional vacancy here eased party anxieties Wednesday but signaled future difficulties as they confront tougher Democratic challenges in increasingly contested districts this fall. Robert Scheer | Stooges for the Establishment http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060806N.shtml " Five media giants joined the US government last week in paying maligned Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee $1.6 million while once again denying any serious culpability in his totally unjustified and extremely harsh incarceration, " writes Robert Scheer. " Hiding behind their 'bond' with government sources, the media companies continue to protect officials who broke the law in leaking highly classified information to defame an individual, as they have more recently in the Valerie Plame case. " Tom Engelhardt | Collateral Damage: The " Incident " at Haditha http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060806O.shtml " Those 24 dead noncombatants are not, in fact, an 'incident' at all, nor 'isolated,' nor - another of those then-and-now terms - an 'aberration.' Make no mistake, they are the essence of this war, " writes Tom Engelhardt. " From the beginning, the continual slaughter of civilians, as well as the destruction of civilian property and livelihoods, has been the modus operandi of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. " Retirement Account of DeLay's Wife Traced http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060806P.shtml A registered lobbyist opened a retirement account in the late 1990s for the wife of then-House Whip Tom DeLay and contributed thousands of dollars to it while also paying her a salary to work for him from her home in Texas, according to sources, documents and DeLay's attorney, Richard Cullen. Top UN Official Clashes With Bolton http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060806Q.shtml The UN's Mark Malloch Brown said Washington did not stand up for the UN against domestic critics and used the organization as a diplomatic tool. John Bolton called the remarks " a very, very grave mistake " and called on Kofi Annan to repudiate his deputy's speech. VIDEO | Go Tell It on the Mountain A Film by Rebecca MacNeice http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm Larry Gibson's family roots on West Virginia's Kayford Mountain go back to the 1700s. In 1906, after being swindled by a land company representing coal mine owners (as happened to countless other mountaineers), his family found itself with only 50 acres of its original 500. Now, Gibson hangs onto his mountain and observes family traditions, despite the disappearance of landscape all around him - the result of total environmental destruction caused by mountaintop removal mining. Keeping to family and Appalachian traditions of annually visiting the family graveyard, Gibson this year took other locals, environmental activists and journalists along with him. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Go directly to our home page: http://www.truthout.org Click to SUBSCRIBE -> http://truthout.org/.htm Our Privacy Policy -> http://truthout.org/privacypolicy.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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