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Bush« Previous EntriesBush Reveals True Reason for War in Push for Iraqi AgreementWednesday, July 30th, 2008Huffington Post | For five years the Bush administration has played wack-a-mole with the American people as to why we are in Iraq, with a new justification quickly spawning after the hollow core of the prior position was exposed. WMD's was followed by fighting Al Qaeda and ultimately bringing democracy to the Middle East. Last week the proverbial mole may have met his maker and exposed the true reason over ... tagged Bush and IraqThe Bush Admin’s Biowarfare AgendaMonday, July 28th, 2008By Stephen Lendman - RINF | When it comes to observing US and international laws, treaties and norms, the Bush administration is a serial offender. Since 2001, it's: -- spurned efforts for nuclear disarmament to advance its weapons program and retain current stockpiles; -- renounced the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and asserted the right to develop and test new weapons; -- abandoned the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) because it ... tagged Bush and Stephen-LendmanGUIDE TO SOME OF BUSH REGIME CRIMESMonday, July 28th, 2008Coercive interrogation Can any Bush officials be prosecuted for the policies that paved the way for secret imprisonment, rendition to other countries that torture, or American torture of terrorism suspects? These government lawyers and policymakers decimated the Geneva Conventions, defined their way out of compliance with the Convention Against Torture, and also sailed by the War Crimes Act and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. They either approved or allowed for ... tagged BushBush can hold terrorist suspect indefinitely: US courtSaturday, July 19th, 2008A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that President George W. Bush has the power to keep a terrorist suspect jailed indefinitely, but that the detainee has the right to challenge his detention as an "enemy combatant." The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, took up the case of Ali Al-Marri, the only "war on terror" suspect arrested on US soil, and reversed a June 2007 decision by ... tagged Bush and USA-NewsCourt Backs Bush on Military DetentionsWednesday, July 16th, 2008By ADAM LIPTAK | President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the United States, the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Tuesday in a fractured 5-to-4 decision. But a second, overlapping 5-to-4 majority of the court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, ruled that ... tagged Bush and LawCotati CA Council Votes to Impeach Bush, CheneyMonday, July 14th, 2008Press Democrat | The Cotati City Council is the third in Sonoma County to weigh in on impeachment for President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The council voted 3-2 Wednesday night to approve a resolution calling for impeachment proceedings against the nation’s two top officials. Voting “yes” were Cotati Mayor Pat Gilardi, Councilwoman Janet Orchard and Councilman John Guardino. The “nay” votes were cast by Councilwoman Patty Minnis and ... tagged Bush and USA-NewsArizona JAG officer wants Bush tried for war crimesMonday, July 14th, 2008By Mark Yannone | From the KPHX radio station in Phoenix, Arizona, Colonel Joe Abodeely told his worldwide radio audience on Saturday exactly how and why he expects George W. Bush to be prosecuted for the war crimes he committed as president of the United States. Drawing on his considerable expertise in criminal law and his accomplished ... tagged Bush and USA-NewsPresident George W Bush backs Israeli plan for strike on IranSunday, July 13th, 2008By Uzi Mahnaimi in Washington | President George W Bush has told the Israeli government that he may be prepared to approve a future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations with Tehran break down, according to a senior Pentagon official. Despite the opposition of his own generals and widespread scepticism that America is ready to risk the military, political and economic consequences of an airborne strike ... tagged Bush, Iran and IsraelRed Cross finds Bush administration guilty of war crimesSunday, July 13th, 2008By Andrew McLemore | In a secret report last year, the Red Cross found evidence of the CIA using torture on prisoners that would make the Bush administration guilty of war crimes, The New York Times reported Friday. The Red Cross determined the culpability of the Bush administration after interviewing prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, according to the article. Prisoner Abu Zubaydahwho said he had been waterboarded, "slammed against the walls" ... tagged BushBush signs G8 deal to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050Wednesday, July 9th, 2008guardian.co.uk | George Bush today paved the way for his successor in the White House to strike an historic deal on climate change when he finally signed up to a G8 statement vowing "to consider and adopt" a target of at least a 50% cut in carbon emissions by 2050. It is the first time Bush has committed the US to a long-term target, and represents a big ... tagged Bush and USA-NewsThere’s even more evidence that Bush was wrong on torture approachMonday, July 7th, 2008Who would have thought that Chinese communists would become a model for U.S. interrogators? What a disgrace. The New York Times reported last week that U.S. military trainers at the Guant�namo Bay prison in 2002 taught a set of interrogation techniques that originated with a 1957 Air Force study of how Chinese communists forced confessions, often false, out of American prisoners in the Korean War. U.S. ... tagged Bush, Torture and USA-NewsPretending That Bush is Not a TyrantTuesday, July 1st, 2008Consortium News | All over the world down through history, political leaders who have engaged in torture and other grotesque crimes of state have justified their actions as necessary to protect their governments or their people or themselves. It was true when England’s King Edward I had William Wallace – “Braveheart” – drawn and quartered in 1305 for resisting the crown’s rule in Scotland, and a gruesome death was what King ... tagged Bush and WarfareHow the “Dear Leader” Blackmailed BushTuesday, July 1st, 2008By Mike Whitney | After seven years of nonstop belligerence and saber rattling, the Bush administration has given North Korea everything it has demanded. In return, the US gets nothing. The UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, will not get access to Kim Jong-il's nuclear stockpile or its "Top-Secret" file on weapons programs or be allowed to conduct surprise "go anywhere, see anything" inspections. Kim will continue to develop ... tagged BushThe ‘W.’ Stands for ‘War Criminal’Sunday, June 29th, 2008By Nat Hentoff | In a June 6 letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey—largely ignored by a press immersed in the future of Hillary Clinton—56 Democrats in the House of Representatives asked for "an immediate investigation with the appointment of a special counsel to determine whether actions taken by the President, his Cabinet, and other Administration officials are in violation of the War Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 2441) ... tagged BushBush administration lifts North Korea sanctionsFriday, June 27th, 2008Bush administration lifts sanctions, moves to take North Korea off terrorist list. President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an "axis of evil." The announcement came after North Korea handed over a long-awaited accounting of its nuclear work to Chinese officials on Thursday, ... tagged Bush« Previous Entries |
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