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Put the White House Memo into the Media

davidswanson — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:31:07 +0000

WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE MEMO SAYS:

President Bush to Tony Blair: "The US was thinking of flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours. If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach"

Bush: "It was also possible that a defector could be brought out who would give a public presentation about Saddam's WMD, and there was also a small possibility that Saddam would be assassinated."

Blair: "A second Security Council Resolution resolution would provide an insurance policy against the unexpected and international cover, including with the Arabs. "

Bush: "The US would put its full weight behind efforts to get another resolution and would 'twist arms' and 'even threaten'. But he had to say that if ultimately we failed, military action would follow anyway.''

Blair responds that he is: "solidly with the President and ready to do whatever it took to disarm Saddam."

Bush told Blair he: "thought it unlikely that there would be internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups."

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Last year, your efforts forced the Downing Street Memos into the U.S. media. Let's do the same with the new "White House Memo". This memo - reported by British scholar Phillipe Sands in his book "Lawless World" - is a smoking gun exposing pre-war lies. It reveals that Bush and Blair agreed on war in January 2003 - not March 2003, as they insist. It also reveals they knew there was no legitimate case for war, that Bush was hoping to assassinate Saddam Hussein, and that Bush was so desperate to provoke a war that he even proposed painting US planes to look like UN planes and flying them low over Iraq in hopes of getting shot at - which he thought would be grounds for war.

The international media has covered this story extensively. In the U.S., the AP has sent out two articles, but few papers have printed them. See media coverage thus far.

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Days Before Casselton Oil Train Explosion, Obama Signed Bill Hastening Fracking Permits on ND Public Lands

Steve Horn — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 02:17:18 +0000

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog

On December 20, both chambers of the U.S. Congress passed a little-noticed bill to expedite permitting for hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") on public lands in the Bakken Shale basin, located predominantly in North Dakota. And on December 26, President Obama signed the bill into law.

Syria News Mar 26

bartolo — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:52:00 +0000

Arms Airlift to Syrian Rebels Expands With C.I.A. Aid, Size of the Shipments and Degree of Distributions are Voluminous - NYTimes.com

Syrian Jihadist Fighters Getting Western Anti-tank Weapons Meant for FSA groups - VOA

Russia Seeks to Join Probe of Syria Chemical Attack Reports - RIA Novosti

Defected Syrian pilot says he made trips to Russia and Iran to ‘collect cash’ - Alarabiya.net

Rebel mortar fire hits Damascus killing at least two people, army gunners retaliate - Reuters

U.N. to move some staff out of Syria after mortar blasts near hotel - Reuters

Jordan closes main border crossing with Syria - Reuters

Residents of Syria's Aleppo sell belongings to survive - Ahram Online

Tunisian Jihadists fighting in the ranks of Jabhat al-Nusra and FSA, According to newspapers they are funded by Qatar and trained in Libya - Al-Monitor

VIDEO: Rebels target Syrian State TV & Radio With Rockets - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: A new toy for Syrian rebels: U.S. ACOGs? - LiveLeak.com

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Syrian rebel army founder's leg blown off by car bomb - Reuters

VIDEO (GRAPHIC): FSA founder Riad al-Asaad in Turkish hospital having his shredded leg amputated - YouTube

PHOTO: Photo showing Riad al-Asaad's amputated leg - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: FSA founder Ryad El Asaad crying "I want to die" after becoming amputee - YouTube

VIDEO (Arabic): Riad Al-Asaad praising the indepedence and fighting spirit of Jabhat Al Nusra and condemning the political hacks and opportunists who are controlled by foreign powers - YouTube

VIDEO (Arabic): FSA statement about assassination attempt on al Asaad - LiveLeak.com

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Syria rebels win Arab League seat despite rifts - AFP

Iraq: Giving Syria seat at AL to Doha Coalition violation of Charter - SANA, Syria

Syria's Alkhatib to address Doha meeting despite quitting - Reuters

VIDEO (Arabic): Opposition leader Michel Kilo accuses the Muslim Brotherhood and Sabbagh’s Qatari-backed faction of choosing PM Hitto in a non-consensual manner - Youtube

VIDEO (Arabic): Ghassan Hitto, Syrian National Coalition PM visits Aleppo - YouTube

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Syria News - Dec 27

bartolo — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:45:38 +0000

Syria to discuss Brahimi peace proposals with Russia - Yahoo! News

Syria National Coalition chief: Keeping the regime and Assad in place until 2014 – with or without powers – is totally unacceptable — arabsaga

US, Russia Hope for Syrian Power Transfer in Feb. - Israel National News

Turkey objects to transition with Assad - todayszaman

Turkey confirms Syria's Assad asked Venezuela for asylum - todayszaman

Peace envoy Brahimi meets Syrian internal opposition tolerated by the regime - Ahram Online

Russian Warships Gather in Mediterranean for Drills - RIA Novosti

Former Al Jazeera Correspondent Suggests Network Run by Qatar Foreign Policy - Algemeiner.com

Pope in Christmas plea on Syria calls for dialogue and a political solution — www.bbc.co.uk

VIDEO: Pope calls for peace in Syria in Christmas Day message.... - YouTube

VIDEO: Senior Syrian Military Official Defects to Rebels - YouTube

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Senior Israeli officials confirm: Netanyahu met Jordan king for secret talks on Syria chemical weapons - Haaretz Daily Newspaper

Israel Says No Proof Poison Gas Used in Syria - VOA

Did Syria Use Chemical Weapons Against Rebels? — www.thetrumpet.com

Lavrov To RT: The Biggest Threat Is Rebels Taking Control Of Chemical Weapons In Syria - The Sacramento Bee

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FSA fears being edged out of uprising by secular and Islamist extremists - Yahoo! News

VIDEO: Al Nusra Group Declares War on the FSA - LiveLeak.com

Jabhat Al-Nasra Reportedly In Lebanon - Al-Monitor

Syrian Rebel Group Linked to Al-Qaeda Declared Jihad on Hezbollah (VIDEO) - Algemeiner.com

Syria: Interview with Official of Islamist Militia Jabhat Al-Nusra - TIME.com

Syrian Kurds demand Barzani to intervene to save them from siege and slow death: "what increases our suffering is the presence of those armed groups claiming its affiliation to the Syrian revolution" - ekurd

VIDEO: Aleppo Residents are Resisting the Hardships Brought by FSA - LiveLeak.com

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Policy Bankrupt, Diplomats Dead

Ray McGovern — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:08:14 +0000

The Real Blame for Deaths in Libya

Editor Note: Rep. Darrell Issa and the Republicans are making political hay from last month’s killings in Libya of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. But the real blame traces back to Official Washington’s endless interventions in the Middle East.

By Ray McGovern

If you prefer charade to reality, inquisition to investigation, trees over forest – the House Government Oversight Committee hearing last Tuesday on “Security Failures of Benghazi” was the thing for you.

The hearing was the latest example of the myopic negligence and misfeasance of elected representatives too personally self-absorbed – and politically self-aggrandizing – to head off misbegotten wars and then too quick to blame everyone but themselves for the inevitable blowback.

Pennsylvania Judge's Ruling Revives 'Taxation Without Representation'...and Jim Crow

dlindorff — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:41:03 +0000

By Linn Washington, Jr.

One week before a Pennsylvania court judge upheld that state’s controversial Voter ID law by concluding the measure’s impact was “neutral and nondiscriminatory,” critics of that law released a disturbing study documenting the law’s discriminatory impact on voters in Philadelphia.

It Ain't Necessarily So

Ray McGovern — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:43:02 +0000

Iran’s Phantom Menace

April 16, 2012

Editor (Consortiumnews.com) Note: For years, a propaganda drumbeat has been rising to justify a war to stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb, though U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran isn’t building one and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has decried nukes as a “great sin.” But nothing has stopped the drumbeat, ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern notes.

By Ray McGovern

Last Thursday, I took part in a panel discussion on “Targeting Iran: Sanctions and War” at California State University, Fresno. The panel discussion took place against the backdrop of all-too-familiar warnings to Iran that it has one “last chance” to stop doing what the CIA and pretty much all serious intelligence agencies say it is not doing — namely, working on a nuclear weapon.

Herman Cain, Front-Man for Billionaires

Andrew Kreig — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:32:29 +0000

GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain serves as front man for the billionaire Koch brothers in a way rarely, if ever, seen in modern times for a prominent U.S. major party candidate.

That relationship should be a huge campaign story. It’s arguably far more important in its implications for voters than the sex allegations raised against Cain two weeks ago that I’ve been covering in Washington, or last week’s Rick Perry “Oops” gaffe in a debate.

That’s because the secretive brothers are using Cain to sell their overall agenda to transform the United States in ways that could mean poverty resulting in premature death for many by destruction of the safety net along with support for the war culture.

Don't Shoot Up "The Audacity of Hope"

Ray McGovern — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:23:05 +0000

Obama, Tell Netanyahu – Don’t Mess With Flotilla to Gaza

Ed. Note: The U.S. boat, “The Audacity of Hope,” will depart for Gaza next month with 50 on board, including Ray McGovern, who wrote this open letter to President Barack Obama after watching his speech Thursday on the Middle East. Speaking for passengers and crew, McGovern asks the President to serve notice on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday that Obama will hold him accountable for ensuring safe passage.

May 19, 2011

Dear Mr. President:

Your speech on the Middle East earlier today emboldens me to claim your protection as we set out to put flesh on your rhetoric. Fifty of your fellow citizens will be sailing on “The Audacity of Hope” to Gaza in June.

TCBH! Exclusive: Statement by President Barack Obama on Release of his Democratic Party Registration Certificate

dlindorff — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:18:25 +0000

The intrepid journalists at ThisCantBeHappening! have obtained and exclusive: documentary proof from the White House that President Obama is actually a Democrat and has been since he turned 18. See the president's actual 1979 Democratic Party registration, at www.thiscantbehappening.net Finally we can put this canard to rest...