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Fleischer contradicts Libby's timeline in CIA leak case

Seeded on Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:04 PM EST (CNN)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former White House spokesman testified Monday that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby informed him about a CIA operative three days before the date that Libby told investigators he had learned her identity from a reporter.

politics, cia, fleischer

George W. Bush: A Symptom of Disease

Seeded on Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:57 PM EST (informationliberation.com)

Sometimes you look around and wonder how things could have gone so wrong so quickly. America has become the antithesis of everything she purports to be.

politics, bush, usa, george-w-bush

Soldiers Banned From Talking To Press After Lunch With Bush

Seeded on Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:49 PM EST (informationliberation.com)

The pictures were just what the White House wanted: A teary-eyed President Bush presenting the Medal of Honor posthumously to a slain war hero in the East Room, then flying here to join the chow line with camouflage-clad soldiers as some of them prepare to return to Iraq.

politics, bush, white-house, george-w-bush, army, soldiers

Bush: Iraq troop boost 'going forward'

Seeded on Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:38 PM EST (Associated Press)

WASHINGTON - Digging in for confrontation, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney say they will not budge from sending more U.S. troops to Iraq no matter how much Congress opposes it.

politics, iraq, army, washingtondc

100,000 Mercenaries, the Forgotten "Surge"

Seeded on Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:43 PM EST (Information LIberation)

What is striking about the current debate in Washington - whether to "surge" troops to Iraq and increase the size of the U.S. Army - is that roughly 100,000 bodies are missing from the equation: The number of American forces in Iraq is not 140,000, but more like 240,000.

us-news, mercenaries

Bush awards Medal of Honor to Marine killed in Iraq

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:54 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

WASHINGTON — President Bush awarded the Medal of Honor on Thursday to Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, who on a dusty road in western Iraq in 2004 threw his Kevlar helmet and his body on an insurgent's grenade, saving the lives of two Marines while sacrificing his own.

us-news, iraq, bush, marines, los-angeles-times, medal-of-honor

Baghdad on the Mississippi?

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:53 PM EST (TIME)

Living in New Orleans — an aberration in the Red State South, a place more in touch with the Caribbean than the Heartland — can often feel like living in a parallel universe.

us-news, new-orleans, mississippi, orleans

First Look: Apple's iPhone Truly Is a Revelation

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:51 PM EST (FOXNews.com)

A day after Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPhone during his Macworld Expo keynote on Tuesday morning, I actually got my hands on one. For all of 10 minutes.

technology, apple, iphone, apple-iphone

White House Spokesman Blasts Sen. Boxer's Exchange With Secretary Rice

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:48 PM EST (FOXNews.com)

WASHINGTON — The White House fired back Friday at Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer's verbal slap at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, calling the California Democrat's caustic comments about Rice's family life "outrageous."

politics, white-house, condoleezza-rice, barbara-boxer

'No timetable' for Iraq progress

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:47 PM EST (BBC News)

The US defence secretary has said there is no timetable for Iraq to prove it has fulfilled commitments required by the US in President Bush's new plan. But Robert Gates said the US would have a "good idea" of the Iraqi government's success before many new troops went in.

politics, iraq, defense, robert-gates

Two Missouri Boys Missing since 2006 Found Alive

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:46 PM EST (CNN)

ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) -- Two missing St. Louis-area boys, one of them missing since 2002, were found alive in a Kirkwood, Missouri, apartment, and a suspect was arrested, Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said Friday.

missing, missouri, st-louis

Terrified Soldiers Terrifying People

Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:54 PM EST (informationliberation.com)

FALLUJAH, Iraq, Jan 8 (IPS) - Ten-year-old Yassir aimed a plastic gun at a passing U.S. armoured patrol in Fallujah, and shouted "Bang! Bang!"

world-news, iraq, fallujah

Iraq PM is 'on borrowed time'

Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:14 PM EST (BBC News)

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki is living "on borrowed time", but that she is confident he can give Iraq security.

politics

U.S. raid on Iranian consulate angers Kurds

Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:14 PM EST (CNN)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military operation Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil that resulted in the arrests of six Iranians has drawn a sharp denunciation from Iraq's Kurdish regional government.

politics, kurds

City Hall pushed to buy $1.5m system to track gunshots

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:22 PM EST (informationliberation)

Boston city councilors, law enforcement officials, and community leaders are pressing City Hall to come up with $1.5 million to buy a promising acoustic gunshot-detection system.

politics, boston, track, gunshots

Iraq war could cost US over $2 trillion, says Nobel prize-winning economist

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:21 PM EST (informationliberation)

The real cost to the US of the Iraq war is likely to be between $1 trillion and $2 trillion (£1.1 trillion), up to 10 times more than previously thought, according to a report written by a Nobel prize-winning economist and a Harvard budget expert.

politics, iraq, iraq-war, economist

Texas Prison Camp Future American Gulag?

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:20 PM EST (informationliberation)

A detention camp in Tyler Texas that currently holds hundreds of rebuffed asylum seekers who legally entered the country, half of which are children swept up in midnight raids, is a potential prime location for the enforced transfer of American citizens during a time of national …

us-news, texas, prison, camp, prison-camp

China's Massive Port Grab

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:17 PM EST (informationliberation)

American Free Press has confirmed that the huge Chinese shipping conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. has a significant presence at the Lazaro Cardenas seaport in Mexico, as well as other Mexican ports.

world-news, china, trade, ports

Bush faces uphill battle in selling troop surge

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:08 PM EST (msnbc.com)

As the White House puts the final touches on President Bush's Iraq speech, there are fresh signs of just how much the public and members of the president's own party oppose an escalation.

politics, iraq, bush, george-w-bush, george-bush

US 'targets al-Qaeda' in Somalia

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:07 PM EST (BBC News)

US air strikes in Somalia are aimed at al-Qaeda leaders in the region, and based on "credible intelligence", a Pentagon spokesman has said.

politics, somalia, al-queda, alqueda

Baghdad fighting 'kills dozens'

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:05 PM EST (BBC News)

US and Iraqi troops have killed at least 50 militants during a battle in a Sunni stronghold of Baghdad, the Iraqi defence ministry says. At least 1,000 soldiers backed by US aircraft fought the militants in the Haifa Street district.

world-news, iraq, baghdad, fighting

Hitman Emails to Pittsburgh professionals

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:04 PM EST (Associated Press)

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Dentists, doctors, lawyers and other professionals in the Pittsburgh area have been targeted by a "hit man" e-mail scheme, receiving messages that tell them to pay up to spare their lives, the FBI said.

odd-news, pittsburgh, hitman

Soldier returns home only to be hit by a car - twice

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:03 PM EST (Associated Press)

NEW MILFORD, New Jersey (AP) -- A U.S. Army specialist who had just returned from Iraq was hit by a car as he walked toward his grandmother's house, then dragged a half-mile by another vehicle. "It's amazing he's still alive," New Milford Police Lt. Michael Burns said.

odd-news, car, accident, soldier, car-accident

Iraqi PM says he refused U.S. request to delay execution

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 9:02 PM EST (CNN)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's prime minister said Tuesday that he turned down a U.S. request to delay Saddam Hussein's hanging because he wanted to show Iraqis that no deal would let the former dictator escape punishment.

politics, iraq, saddam

Tapes of Saddam and cousin discussed killing thousands

Seeded on Mon Jan 8, 2007 11:06 PM EST (Reuters)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein and his cousin "Chemical Ali" discussed how chemical weapons would exterminate thousands before unleashing them on Kurds in 1988, according to tapes played on Monday in a trial of former Iraqi officials.

world-news, saddam, wmd, kurds, chemical-weapons

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