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American Oil companies offered five million dollars to each Iraqi MP to pass the Oil law
6.2.2008 - roadstoiraq.com
Reported today on Akhbar Alkhaleej newspaper [link updated]
An Iraqi member of Parliament who preferred to remain anonymous told the newspaper that...
American Intellectuals Support Czech Resistance Against U.S. Military Base
1.2.2008 - The New York Review of Books
Below is a summary version of an open letter presented to the Czech ambassador to the UN Martin Palouš on November 16, 2007, organized by the New...
Space Defense Program Gets Extra Funding
31.1.2008 - The Washington Post
While wrestling with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is preparing weapons to fight the next battle from space, according to information in the...
Priests Jailed for Protesting Torture Training
29.1.2008 - Truthout.org
Louis Vitale, 75, a Franciscan priest, and Steve Kelly, 58, a Jesuit priest, were sentenced to five months each in federal prison for attempting to deliver a...
Canada puts US on torture list
28.1.2008 - BBC
The United States has been listed as a country where prisoners are at risk of torture in a training document produced by the Canadian foreign ministry.
It...
Belgium's Government Reveals NATO Secret
28.1.2008 - The Brussels Journal
Yesterday, Belgium’s interim Minister of Defense, the Christian-Democrat Pieter De Crem, revealed a NATO top secret which his predecessor, an anti-American...
NATO must prepare to launch nuclear attack
27.1.2008 - The Daily Telegraph
NATO must prepare to launch pre-emptive nuclear attacks to ward off the use of weapons of mass destruction by its enemies, a group of former senior military...
Slovak prime minister slams U.S. for missile defense adventure
27.1.2008 - Reuters
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico criticized the United States for bypassing NATO with a plan to deploy a missile defense system in...
Canada Rejects Missile Shield Plan
15.1.2008 - The Washington Post
Decision Is a Snub to Bush, Who Had Sought Partnership
TORONTO, Feb. 24 -- Canada announced Thursday that it has decided not to participate in a U.S....
The Poles Get Cold Feet
4.1.2008 - The New York Times
Poland’s new government is right to be taking a skeptical second look at the Bush administration’s proposal to station 10 interceptor missiles there as...
US and UK forces establish 'enduring bases' in Iraq
23.12.2007 - The Independent
Despite talk of withdrawal 'when the job is done', there are signs that coalition troops will be there for the long term
The Pentagon has revealed that...
Thousands march in latest protest against larger US base in Vicenza, Italy
16.12.2007 - International Herald Tribune
ROME: Thousands of demonstrators marched peacefully Saturday in the northern Italian city of Vicenza in the latest protest against a planned expansion of a...
Ex-Italian President: Intel Agencies Know 9.11. An Inside Job
11.12.2007 - Prison Planet
Man who set up Operation Gladio tells Italy's largest newspaper attacks were run by CIA, Mossad
Former Italian President and the man who revealed the...
U.S. report: Iran stopped nuclear weapons work in 2003
5.12.2007 - CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iran halted work toward a nuclear weapon under international scrutiny in 2003 and is unlikely to be able to produce enough enriched uranium...
Poland having second thoughts about participating in U.S. missile defence
3.12.2007 - CBC News
WARSAW, Poland - Poland is reconsidering it's participation in Washington's European-based missile defence system.
Defence Minister Bogdan Klich says he...