Yearly Archives: 2005

Far right and football gangs plot ‘revenge’

Plans by an alliance of rightwing extremists and football hooligans to exact “revenge” on Muslims after last week’s bomb attacks are being monitored by police. The Guardian has learned that extremists are keen to cause widespread fear and injury with … Continue reading

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Iraqis Press Donors for Billions More in Reconstruction Aid

As fresh violence engulfs Iraq, the officials in charge of its government pressed a major meeting of donor nations here on Monday for billions of dollars in new financing to repair a country that remains in a state of physical … Continue reading

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Suicide Bombs Potent Tools of Terrorists

Unheard of only a few decades ago, suicide bombings have rapidly evolved into perhaps the most common method of terrorism in the world, moving west from the civil war in Sri Lanka in the 1980s to the Palestinian intifada of … Continue reading

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Reporter Says He First Learned of C.I.A. Operative From Rove

Matthew Cooper, a reporter for Time magazine, said the White House senior adviser Karl Rove was the first person to tell him that the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV was a C.I.A. officer, according to a first-person … Continue reading

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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have already cost taxpayers $314 billion

Many question long-term cost The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have already cost taxpayers $314 billion, and the Congressional Budget Office projects additional expenses of perhaps $450 billion over the next 10 years.   The could make the combined campaigns, … Continue reading

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For Soldiers’ Farewell, a Crucial Drill

For Soldiers’ Farewell, a Crucial Drill — Burial Teams for War Dead Often Trained on the Fly By Christian DavenportWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, July 16, 2005; A01 CORAOPOLIS, Pa. — The pallbearers held the coffin at a perilous tilt. Their … Continue reading

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Senators Propose Curbs on Patriot Act

Two senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced legislation yesterday that would lead to more restrictions on the government’s powers under the USA Patriot Act, setting the stage for a protracted legislative battle in coming months over the controversial … Continue reading

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2004 Vote Fraud?

2004 Vote Fraud?  Did party politics cloud non-partisan voter registration efforts during the 2004 election? by Mark Crispin Miller and Jared Irmas, July 14, 2005 A huge expense In the months before the presidential election, a firm called Sproul & … Continue reading

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Report cites ‘degrading’ Guantanamo treatment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Guantanamo Bay interrogators degraded and abused a key prisoner but did not torture him when they told him he was gay, forced him to dance with another man and made him wear a bra and perform dog … Continue reading

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War’s Wounded Roll Their Message Into Washington

Heath Calhoun is cycling across America. Because he has no legs, he is doing this with his hands, pushing his pedals mightily up the sides of mountains, through rolling stretches of farmland, across suburban byways and city streets, with one … Continue reading

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