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"Crossfire" Shipped Out of Primetime by CNN 4/17
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Nothing Left to Drink in Basra 4/17
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Will Sharon Bush Tell All about the Bush Dynasty? Or is She Trying to Leverage a Larger Divorce Settlement? 4/17
US admits Mosul killings 4/17
Fear reigns, as one detested militia replaces another 4/17
Priest Decries Looting of Iraqi Artifacts 4/17
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Blair's Former Minister Hits Out at Bush 4/17
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U.S. Firm Wins Contract to "Restore" Education in Iraq 4/17
Why is This Man Smiling? 4/17
Interesting Dust-Up About U.S. Role in Coup Against Allende and His So-Called "Suicide" 4/17
"Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" by Daniel Ellsberg
Long-Term Damage from a Short-Term War 4/17
More Headlne Grabbing Disinformation from the Pentagon and Karl Rove: "AMERICAN commanders have promised to launch a “snatch-and-shoot” raid for Saddam Hussein if they track him to a hiding place in Syria." 4/17
Did Bush's Brother, Marvin, Ask Dale Petroskey to Cancel the "Bull Durham" Event at The Now, Apparently, Republican Baseball Hall of Fame? Just Asking.
A Dissenter Looks at Wars Consequences 4/17
War Appealed to Americans' Fears 4/17
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Annan Snubs Blair on Envoy Issue 4/17
Filmmaker Moore urges liberals not to despair, better days ahead 4/17
U.S. Central Command has admitted its soldiers shot dead seven Iraqis demonstrating in the northern Iraq town of Mosul. An Outrage!
Power Outage Continues in Baghdad 4/17
Bob Dylan: With God on Our Side
Was the Iraq Museum Looting Planned? 4/17
You'll Never See This on American Television: An Australian Media Critique that Slices and Dices FOX News and Serves It Up on a Platter (Flash Presentation) 4/17
The Shooting Continues Here in America 4/17
Report in Canadian Paper: A coalition of lawyers and human rights groups yesterday unveiled a bid to use the UN's new International Criminal Court as a tool to restrain American military power 4/17
A Passover Primer 4/17
More Work, Less Pay -- Republicans Call It Family Time Flexibility 4/17
Gore Details How Republicans/Bush/Industry Use the Argument That "There is No Scientific Evidence" To Thwart Efforts to Reduce Global Warming 4/17
Republicans WON'T Fix Broken Voting Machines in New York 4/17
Who Controls Our Voting Machines? 4/17
Cronkite on Famine, Pestilence and Death - Thursday 4/17 on PBS
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The April 16th BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)
The Bush Legacy: The Economy Collapses in Wichita 4/17
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Gephardt: Scrap Tax Cuts for Healthcare 4/17
Bombard the Baseball Hall of Fame!
U.S. May Punish Cuba for Imprisoning Critics
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Frist Off to Rocky Start 4/17
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The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)
Embedded Photographer 4/17
Agent Orange in Vietnam Used More Than Previously Admitted by Military 4/17
Ashcroft's New Ally: Senator Schumer Pushes to Make Covert Surveillance Easier 4/17
Relief for GI students backed by Sen. Harkin 4/17
Terror Alert Falls From Orange to Yellow. Bush Supporters Take Less Soma. 4/17
Evaluating Gun Policy
GOP Rep. Hefley Hit for Air Force Academy Reform Changes; Group says Hefley Weakened Legislation that would have Held Academy Leaders Accountable 4/17
Is Saddam Hussein in Moscow? 4/17
U.S. faces repercussions if weapons are not found 4/17
Strike Up The Banned! If Robbins and Sarandon are Banned, So Should These Ball Players 4/17
Homeland Security Dept. Fills Privacy Post with Former DoubleClick Executive. DoubleClick was Sued for Privacy Violations. 4/17
Iran won't recognize U.S.-led government in Iraq 4/17
A Prayer For George Dubya: What might the universe have to say to Shrub right now? Hint: It ain't exactly fan mail 4/17
No Americans Have Investigated the Bombed Site of Saddam's (Alleged) Last Hideout 4/17
W.’s Sister-in-Law Schleps Tell-All About First Family 4/17
GOP Rep in N.C. Tries to Use Legislation to Get Back at State Worker. GOP Ethics at its Finest. 4/17
Repost: Carving Up The New Iraq 4/17
Shop owner free to hang his U.S. flag upside down; Cops tried to charge him with "Contempt of Flag" 4/17
Arianna Huffington's "Pigs at the Trough" and a BuzzFlash.Com Honest-to-Goodness Piggy Bank! Can You Beat a Combination Like That?
More Proof that Polling of Bush is Rigged: Poll Shows Bush Ahead in California '04 Vote. Yeah, Right. Our Guess is They Talked to 695 Residents of Orange County. 4/17
U.S., N. Korea, China to Hold Nuke Talks 4/17
Ted Rall: How We Lost the Iraq War 4/17
Inquiry demanded over US failure to stop library looting 4/17
Karenna Gore Schiff inks $200k Miramax Book/TV Deal 4/17
Iraq to Use Dollar, Other Units for Now 4/17
‘Just Say Know’ An advocate of drug law reform says D.A.R.E. is a 20-year old failure 4/17
Ethnic Hatred Gripping Kirkuk 4/17
How war coverage helped put Murdoch on a media roll in Bush's America; Fox TV's rabble-rousing footage makes its owner flavour of the month in the White House 4/17
Daughter of Senator Hollings Found Dead 4/17
Senior aides to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld thwarted Gulf War veteran Rep. Steve Buyer’s (R-Ind.) chance to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom 4/17
Ballots Can Keep Bullets From Flying; A Call To Register For Peace 4/17
GOP Orchestrates Dixie Chick Protests; Dixie Chicks CD Still in Top 20 (#2 Country CD). Hmmm. Does That Mean No One Cares What GOP Thinks? 4/17
Baseball attendance flagging; War and economy blamed 4/17
The Bush Legacy: In bombed neighborhoods, everyone 'wants to kill Americans' 4/17
Security Biz Thrives on Fear 4/17
Teamsters, GOP Join Forces to Destroy Environment 4/17
FCC Head Michael Powell Won't Delay Media Ownership Vote 4/17
Civil war in Washington: Intramural fighting between House and Senate Republicans has never produced more animosity 4/17
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Arianna Huffington: Why The Anti-War Movement Was Right 4/17
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EU to organise airlift for wounded Iraqis: Chirac 4/17
PM set to see Clinton, if not Bush; U.S. confirms visit off, but Chrétien plans golf with ex-president 4/17
James Ridgeway: Our Man in Baghdad; That's Saddam We're Talking About 4/17
Bill Berkowitz: Report card Afghanistan; Heroin production soars, women remain in danger, violence abounds 4/17
The Photographic Truth behind the Saddam Statue Story 4/17
Busted, broke, and on the back burner: The Bush administration is breaking its vow to rebuild Afghanistan. Why should we believe it will do a better job in Iraq? 4/17
Trading with the enemy: U.S. companies risk only a wrist slap 4/17
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Sen. Byrd: "Protecting the Constitutional Authorities of Congress" 4/16
Now Free to Protest, Iraqis Complain About Americans
A National Baseball Hall of Fame Voter and Sportswriter Lectures the Hall's President on Our Sacred American Constitution
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"I don't believe the United Nations would be able to play a central role in Iraq. It has become a de facto ally of Saddam Hussein," Chalabi said. If the U.N. is an ally of Saddam, maybe that's where he's hiding -- right on 1st Avenue in NYC!! 4/16
Petroskey Won't Get to Throw out First Pitch in Puerto Rico. He Should Get the Same Treatment Wherever He Goes. 4/16
Hoping to Seize Moment, Bush Pushes Tax Cut Plan. What Moment is That? Killing Civilians? 4/16
Republican David Duke Begins 15-Month Prison Term 4/16
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Hmmm, Still no WMD Found in Iraq. It's Time for the Bush Cartel to "Embed" Some WMD There. Got to Save Face. 4/16
Joe Conason: Was it coincidence that troops were sent to defend the Oil Ministry and not the National Museum of Antiquities? 4/16
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The Pentagon Office of Disinformation Reports on Basra Were Apparently Disinformation. Imagine That? 4/16
Jobs for the boys: the reconstruction billions; Questions over favoured firms' links to Bush administration 4/16
Michael Moore: Debunking the Oscar 'Backlash' 4/16
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History Up In Flames: America's Double-Standard on Historical Artifacts 4/16
Another Stage Managed, Controlled White House Communications Effort That Will Screen Out All But the Puff Ball Questions 4/16
Kerry tries to motivate S.C. Democratic party 4/16
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Democratic Presidential Aspirants Talk About Syria Issue 4/16
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US meets opposition to chart Iraq future, crowds rally in protest 4/16
FROM THE BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL ARCHIVES: Oh, Those Republican Chickenhawks
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Immigrant Marine Fights for Citizenship; Application Denied Because of 'Mistakes'. Hey, Dubya Made Mistakes, And They Let Him Play President. 4/16
A Fictional Letter from Wolfowitz, But Could be the Truth 4/16
So Really Who Did Save Private Jessica? 4/16
US 'blocks' Syria pipeline: The US says it has blocked a pipeline used to pump Iraqi oil to Syria, in volume that allegedly violated UN sanctions. Oh, That Should Go Over Well with the Syrians. 4/16
Robert Novak: The last deficit hawk 4/16
Sen. Byrd: The Sham of the Federal Budget Resolution 4/16
Moore slams Bush in Texas 4/16
Neil Bush Divorce Getting Nasty. Report He Met Current Girlfriend When She Worked for Barbara Bush Foundation. Neat Family Values Thing Going On Here. 4/16
Renewing Negotiations with Syria 4/16
Hundreds of U.S. Soldiers Reportedly Seek Conscientious Objector Status 4/16
Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore by John Prine
The Draft Wesley Clark Website 4/16
"Messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife" Lawrence of Arabia's brilliant memoir reminds us that the hard part is not defeating Iraq, but occupying it. 4/16
EPA Probes Widely Used Chemical; Compound May Pose Health Risk to Women and Young Girls 4/16
BuzzFlash Interview with the Man Who Knows About Fear in American Culture
Shouldn't We Know Why We're at War Before the War Starts? - The Angry Liberal
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Vandals Loot Rumsfeld’s Home As Expression Of Liberation 4/17
These are Ironic Times 4/17
Ted Rall: The Law of Conservation of Democracy 4/16
Salt Lake Tribune Political Cartoon hits the NAIL ON THE HEAD! 4/16
137 More Oil Wells Liberated For Democracy 4/15
The Top Ten Conservative Idiots are Back 4/15
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