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The government of Iraq hopes that U.S. combat troops can be out of Iraq by 2010, according to Iraq's government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbag.

In 1986, McCain told a joke about a woman being raped and liking it. In his "defense," bizarrely, his own spokesman says "this kind of stuff is an example of McCain being McCain."

Gen. David Petraeus claims Al Qaeda shifting focus from Iraq to Afghanistan.

President George W. Bush is a "total failure" according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

When Bush took office, gas was under $1.50.

Attorney General attempting to use executive privilege to avoid turning over an FBI report to the House Oversight Committee.

U.S. military to prosecute Salim Hamdan, one of Osama bin Laden's drivers, for helping the FBI in the month following the 9-11 attack.

In the 1970s and '80s, Iraq's public and higher education systems were the pride of the Arab world. The impact of international sanctions in the 1990s ushered in a period of decline that was worsened by the disruption and sectarian conflict that followed the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

In addition to an exodus by Iraq's best and brightest since then, violence has also taken its toll on the system. The Ministry of Human Rights reported at the end of June that 340 academics were killed around Iraq from 2005-2007.

The Church of England has decided to "allow" women to become bishops.

A 550-metric-ton stockpile of concentrated natural uranium ("yellowcake") dating from before 1991 and known to U.N. inspectors but potentially valuable to Iran has been removed from Iraq and delivered to Canada for processing into nuclear fuel.

Economy stagnant. The stock market has experienced the worst June since the Great Depression as the total gain since the Clinton administration edges closer to zero.

A yearlong investigation by Justice Department's inspector general and the Office of Professional Responsibility has revealed that the Bush Justice Department ignored the department's tradition of fierce independence from White House influence and awarded jobs to political conservatives rather than to the most qualified applicants.

30,000 American troops have been wounded since the occupation of Iraq began. The Bush administration has given only HALF of them the health care they need.

Congress agrees to gut the 4th Amendment and allow surveillance without a warrant.

To the dismay of the Bush administration, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. The principle of habeas corpus allows the courts to conduct proceedings in order to determine whether a prisoner is being held illegally.

In 1782 a woman in Glarus, Switzerland confessed to being a witch after being tortured and was convicted and given the death penalty. She was then beheaded. The Swiss Parliament is considering a resolution to clear her name.

Australia, one of America's staunchest allies, is withdrawing its 550 combat troops from Iraq because none of the justifications for the war turned out to be valid.

U.S. secretly detaining terror suspects
on prison ships, more Abu Ghraibs?

The Vatican announced that all female priests (Roman Catholic) will be excommunicated.

Karl Rove refusing to answer questions, fighting Congressional subpoena

Consumer Confidence is now at the lowest level it's been since Bush Sr.

GOP attacks Michelle Obama, in echo of 1992

Stark contrast: Obama believes we should continue America's tradition of starting new wars only as a last resort. Bush/McCain propose using war as the *only* form of communication.

DrLemur was arbitrarily detained when he tried to fly into Detroit and then forced to fly back to Brisbane, Australia against his will for no reason, by the apparently completely incompetent Department of Homeland Security (which was created by guess who).
See AustrALIEN, the featured video.

2.7 million refugees within Iraq plus 1.5 million Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan = roughly four million Iraqi citizens displaced from their homes solely because of the war

The last few legitimate sources of original reporting are disappearing. Rupert Murdoch pledged to the Bancroft family that he would not force out the Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal without the consent of a committee of independent overseers . . . and he has now broken that pledge.

John McCain mixed up on foreign policy -- repeatedly asserts that Al Qaeda fighters (Sunni) in Iraq are being trained by Iran (Shiite).




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