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The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)

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This war was not worth a child's finger 4/12

N Korea 'ready for war' 4/12

Spy case arrest shocks GOP friends. Hmm, Friends of GOP = Spies. Is That Patriotic? Just Asking. 4/12

The Bush Legacy: Mulling Action, India Equates Iraq, Pakistan; Pre-Emption Cited in Kashmir Conflict 4/12

US troops' anguish: Killing outmatched foes. Coalition forces wonder why more Iraqis didn't surrender to survive. Trauma may linger as soldiers return. 4/12

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H'wood Exec Fired for "likening the public's acceptance of the Bush administration's pre-emptive strike on Iraq to the climate of fear that allowed Hitler to rise to power in post-World War I Germany." 4/12

Policing Baghdad not part of U.S. war plan 4/12

Pelosi stands by vote against Iraq war 4/12

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Conservative Paper Dumps O'Reilly 4/12

"Now this administration is laying out a plan for building roads, schools, hospitals (and) providing books in Iraq," Kerry said. "And it's time for us to demand they lay out a plan for the same here in the United States of America." 4/12

The Lie Of Liberation: Cheering Iraqis are just a diversion, folks. BushCo's real goal is only just beginning 4/12

The Shooting Continues in America's Homeland! 4/12

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Cheney Says Iraqi Oil Output Could Be Restored by Year's End 4/12

"Those with a high school education or less were more likely than those with a college education to say that going to war was the right decision" 4/12

Stop the War--Against Our Own; Domestic racism produces conflict as threatening as any overseas 4/12

SEVEN BILLION over Two Years: Details Given on Contract Halliburton Was Awarded 4/12

The Rich Whine About Paying for Their War. Um, Hey Whiney Prowar Rich Folks: Shut Yer Pie-hole! 4/12

An Antiwar Chief (and Proud of It) 4/12

French aid agencies refuse to take US orders in Iraq 4/12

Tests point to domestic source behind anthrax letter attacks 4/11

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Bill Berkowitz: R. James Woolsey: War-hungry non-combatant; Former CIA Director beats the drums for World War IV 4/12

Geov Parrish: The national gloat; On the fall of Baghdad, and the wars to come 4/12

The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things. The Book that Inspired "Bowling for Columbine."

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Victory in the war is not victory in the argument about the war. 4/12

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Powell Says U.S. Has No List of Countries to Attack. Room Goes Quiet, Everyone Starts to Grin, Laughter Erupts. What a Card! 4/12

Iraqis Now Waiting for Americans to Leave 4/12

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After Saddam, the real work starts 4/12

CIA Report: N. Korea Goal Is Two Nukes a Year 4/12

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Iraqi Privatization in Disguise 4/12

The moral decline of a superpower 4/12

Paige's Intemperate Words 4/12

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Experts say US 'discovery' of nuclear materials in Iraq was breach of UN-monitored site 4/12

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Education Secretary Rod Paige saying he finds "Christian schools preferable for the values they teach is an appalling gaffe that cries out for condemnation." 4/12

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Disabled Activists Arrested in Texas 4/12

U.S.: 2 Children Killed in Iraq Checkpoint Error 4/12

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More Bizarre by the Moment: Marines Bomb Mosque in Baghdad Where Saddam May or May Not Have Visited. This Report is Filled with All Sorts of Disturbing Red Flags as to Credibility and the Rashness of Bombing a Mosque. 4/11

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Bodies, Including Children, Litter Streets of Baghdad Suburb."If the price of freedom is this, we don't want it," said one Iraqi helping at the scene.

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The Manufactured Crowds of the Hollywood Staged Toppling of the Statue. By the Way the Soldier Who Put the American Flag Over Saddam's Head Said He Was Told to Do It by His Commander. 4/12

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Oh Yeah, George, What About bin Laden? 4/11

Iraqis Attack Their Embassy in Iran and Denounce Saddam and U.S. Provisional Government 4/11

Another Amateurishly Fraudulent Attempt by the Bush Cartel To Claim They Found WMD in Iraq 4/11

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Spending and Tax Cuts Harming Violence Prevention Efforts 4/11

Read Down the Debka Files to the Five Enigma Questions. They Leave Open the Possibility that the U.S. Secretly Struck a Deal with Someone in the Iraqi Military Hierarchy to Allow the U.S. Military Into Baghdad RELATIVELY Unopposed 4/11

House Okays Alaska Drilling 4/11

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Where's the Outrage Against Racism in the GOP? Nowhere to be Found. 4/11

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Should U.S. Pay for Civilian Casualties? 4/11

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Political Chaos in Basra 4/11

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Kurds Occupy Oil City of Kirkuk 4/11

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U.S. Soldiers Killed in Suicide Attack 4/11

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How Bush Betrayed Our Troops 4/11

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The Past is Prologue: "Secrets," by Daniel Ellsberg. By the Man Who Released the Pentagon Papers. A Warning About a Government that Keeps Secrets.

WORLD VIEWS: British press knocks U.S. troop behavior; world ponders post-war scenarios; surrealist protest in Paris; and more. 4/11

War Update: Iraqi Ambassador, 'The Game Is Over'

Molly Ivins: Let the Real Looting Begin in Iraq 4/11

Dyncorp Rent-a-Cops May Head to Post-Saddam Iraq 4/11

Shi'ite Group to Boycott U.S. Talks on Iraq 4/11

Dean corrals key Bay Area endorsement; Lofgren on board for his presidential run 4/11

Fox plunges after DirecTV deal 4/11

A Letter from David and Mark Wellstone 4/11

"The executive producer of a CBS miniseries about Adolf Hitler's rise to power has been fired after giving an interview in which he compared the current mood of Americans to that of the Germans who helped Hitler rise to power." 4/11

We Don't Mean to be Nitpickers, But Where Exactly are the Thousands of Iraqis Who Allegedly Participated in the Pulling Down of the Big Saddam Statute? (If This Event Wasn't Choreographed Out of Rove's Office, We'll Eat Some Enron Stock for Breakfast)

Veteran Liberal Lions Roar at Bush 4/11

Iraq Aid Groups Plea For Safe Passage 4/11

Republicans Want to Make Patriot Act Dismantling of Constitutionally Guaranteed Civil Rights Permanent: The Slouching Toward the Gulag Continues. These Powers Will Ultimately be Used Against Bush Cartel Political Enemies.

Former FBI agent who helped investigate Clinton-era campaign finance allegations is being charged with passing classified information to a Republican activist in California

Spiritual Warfare Looms 4/11

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U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd: In the Hope for the Safe Return of Missing Soldiers 4/11

The mystery of Saddam's banned arms: Chemical and biological weapons 4/11

Constitution Under Assault: Press Must Stay on Ashcroft's Case 4/11

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GOP struggles to hold together budget deal 4/11

A TV Glossary of the Iraq War Media Coverage 4/11

MOAB bomb moved to Iraq war region 4/11

Where is He? Saddam Hussein and his henchmen disappeared like ghosts as Baghdad fell. 4/11

Arming Iraq and the Path to War: "an accurate chronology of United States' involvement in the arming of Iraq during the Iraq-Iran war." 4/11

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"Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" by Daniel Ellsberg

US lobby could threaten Iraqi heritage 4/11

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The World According to Marie Antoinette, Oh, We Mean Barbara Bush and Her "Beautiful Mind"

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