Archive for February 2nd, 2010

Campaign for Liberty 2/2/10 By Ron Paul Last week politicians in Washington made a few things clear about how they really feel about the state of the union. First, they are beginning to hear the growing discontent with the size and scope of government and the broken promises that keep piling up. Certain events in Massachusetts recently...
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Al Jazeera 2/2/10 Missiles fired by suspected US drones have killed at least 17 people and wounded many more in Pakistan, residents and security officials say. Officials said the missiles rained down on Dattakhel village in the Degan area of North Waziristan, part of Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal region near the Afghan border, on Tuesday. They said the missiles struck suspected...
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Bloomberg 2/2/10 President Barack Obama still intends to meet with the Dalai Lama, a spokesman said today, after China said formal contact between the Tibetan spiritual leader and Obama would set back U.S.-China ties. Obama told Chinese officials during his visit there in November that he planned to meet with the Dalai Lama and “he intends to...
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The London Guardian 2/2/10 By James Sturcke Clare Short, the former international development secretary, today accused Tony Blair of lying to her and misleading parliament in the build-up to the Iraq invasion. Short, giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry into the war, also said that the 2003 conflict had put the world in greater danger of international terrorism. Declassified...
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After Downing Street 2/2/10 By David Swanson Add Congressman Bill Delahunt to the list of misrepresentatives who claim to oppose wars when a Republican is president but agree to support them when a Democrat moves into the White House. When Bush was president, Delahunt sometimes voted for war funding bills and sometimes voted against them. The inclusion in...
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Times Online 2/2/10 By Jane Macartney Strained ties between the US and China could deteriorate further if President Obama goes ahead with a meeting with the Dalai Lama, Beijing warned today. China’s anger at the Tibetan spiritual leader’s overseas visits and the warm reception he is afforded by foreign leaders spilled over in tough words from officials...
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The Michigan Messenger 2/2/10 By Ed Brayton The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s office finally released the autopsy of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the Detroit area Imam who was gunned down during an FBI raid in October on a warehouse in Dearborn. The Michigan Messenger and several other news outlets had filed a Freedom of Information Act request in...
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WSWS 2/2/10 By Bill Van Auken Ten members of a Baptist Church-affiliated “rescue” group from Idaho have been detained in Haiti, accused of child trafficking for attempting to spirit 33 Haitian children out of the country without any official permission. The group claimed to be taking the children to an orphanage in the neighboring Dominican Republic, ultimately to...
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TIME 2/1/10 By Christopher Ketcham The President on Wednesday may have reassured Americans that the state of the Union is “strong,” but, just the week before, a group of Vermont secessionists declared their intention to seek political power in a quest to get their state to quit the Union altogether. On Jan. 15, in the state...
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