Tompkins County Against War & Occupation

Le Monde Diplomatique
Global confidence in the US economy has reached zero, as was proved by last
month’s stock market meltdown. But there is an enormous anomaly in the US
economy above and beyond the subprime mortgage crisis, the housing bubble
and the prospect of recession: 60 years of misallocation of resources, and
borrowings, to the establishment and maintenance of [...]

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Amman, Jordan,
November 25, 2007
Recent media reports depict large numbers of Iraqis returning to their country. “Thousands of Iraqis living in Syria have headed back home in the past weeks.” (Jordan Times, Feb. 23,2007) Some reports attribute this to improved security in Iraq. While the death rate and incidence [...]

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——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Harassment of antiwar soldiers at Ft. Drum
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:29:08 -0500
From: Jessica Maxwell

Reply-To: Jessica Maxwell

To: PEACE-LIST@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Eli Wright - mentioned below - was one of the main organizers of Ft. Drum
IVAW’s participation in the 9-29 march and rally. We’ll let you know if we
receive any calls for support…
>From Courage to [...]

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Dear Democrat,
The Senate is now poised to approve the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general. Late today, Schumer and Feinstein came out in his support, thereby assuring a majority vote for confirmation on the floor. Once again the Democrats have become the Bush enablers and have abandoned the bulk of the Democratic rank and [...]

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Ill-Equipped Soldiers Opt for “Search and Avoid”
Inter Press Service
By Dahr Jamail
WATERTOWN, New York, Oct 24 (IPS) - Iraq war veterans now stationed at a base here say that morale among U.S. soldiers in the country is so poor, many are simply parking their Humvees and pretending to be on patrol, a practice dubbed “search and [...]

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THE ROVING EYE
Behind the Anbar myth
By Pepe Escobar
excerpt//
Way beyond any “success” claimed by Petraeus, what’s happening in Anbar is once again a replay of what happened in eastern Afghanistan in 2001. Local tribes profit from US largesse - and weapons - and then proceed with their own tribal and/or nationalist agenda. What matters for [...]

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Capitol Hill Police “football tackled” Hip Hop Activist who was in line to enter hearing room for General Petreaus’ testimony
PRESS RELEASE
PRESS CONFERENCE
September/10/2007
For Immediate Release
Hip Hop Caucus
Contact: Liz Havstad - liz@hiphopcaucus.org or 510 206 6749
Capitol Hill Police “football tackled” Hip Hop Activist who was in line to enter hearing room for General Petreaus’ testimony on Capitol [...]

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This just in:
Just received an email from our Washington reporter, Erin Kelly, who just got off the phone with Rep. Jim Walsh. She’s writing a story for tomorrow’s paper that reports the moderate Republican is switching gears and is now calling for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Not only that but Walsh, who visited Iraq [...]

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Go to original article on IVAW website.
It seems that in all measurable aspects, the troop surge has failed. Despite what general Petraeus said before Congress, numerous preliminary reports outline what is clearly a failure in this surge strategy. Casualties, both US and Iraqi have exceeded the numbers from last year for every month in 2007. [...]

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When protesters interrupted the hearing, Mr. Skelton ordered them removed from the room, which is understandable. But then he said that they would be prosecuted. That seemed like an unnecessarily authoritarian response to people who just wanted to be heard.

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