Book Review – The War on Terror, Ninan Koshy
'The people there are dead because we wanted them dead' was the response of a Pentagon spokesperson to a journalist’s question about the 'accidental' bombing of civilians in Chowkar Karez, Afghanistan in late October 2002. In the drive to conquer Afghanistan, Ninan Koshy reports in The War on Terror, the Bush administration and the Pentagon deliberately and indiscriminately bombed enormous areas populated by civilian non-combatants.
Blue Jays Slugger Carlos Delgado Stands Up to War
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Carlos Delgado is known throughout the baseball world as one of the most feared sluggers in the game. Last year the 32 year old All-Star hit 42 homers and drove in 145 runs. He has averaged almost 40 home runs a year over the last six seasons. Lately he has put the baseball world on notice that he will use his fame to fight the US’s war on the world.
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Against the Grain: Krauthammer's French Follies
It is interesting to read between the lines of some of the ultra-right’s more illogical proponents – such as Charles Krauthammer who regularly bloviates on the last page of Time magazine. Krauthammer's attacks on the French indicate the lengths to which the far right will go to distract attention from the bankruptcy of Bush's Iraq war policy.
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Bush's War of Lies
Bush and Cheney have in recent days flip-flopped on the their claims about an imagined link between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.
