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The U.S.-led war in Iraq has made flying more dangerous than ever, by spurring Islamic militants to plot revenge attacks on civilian targets including commercial planes and airports 4/14
It Gets Uglier. Human Rights Violator Negraponte Said to be Bush's Next Ambassador to Iraq. Many Dead Bodies Turned up in Honduras Due to Death Squads When Negraponte Was Ambassador There -- And It Was Just Fine With Him. 4/14
83 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq in April, And It's Only April 14. Who Will Save Our Soldiers? 4/14
Ashcroft's Efforts on Terrorism Criticized 4/14
9-11 Commission wants to know who Authored Aug. 6 '01 PDB. 4/14
Chickenhawk Ashcroft Never Accepts Responsiblity for His Mistakes, Like Making Anti-Terrorism Efforts a Low, Very Low Priority: Pickard later appealed to Ashcroft for more money for counterterrorism. On Sept. 10, the report said, Ashcroft denied it.4/14
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Bereaved father in plea to Pentagon: "The sacrifice that this family's made can never be understood by someone who hasn't gone through it " Hey, George 'ChickenHawk' Bush, Are You LISTENING? 4/14
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Parsing Bush's "Performance" as a Presidential News Conference is Now Referred To -- And Accurately. But What a Bad Performance. Bush Simply Spouts Inane, Sometimes Frighteningly Ignorant, Gibberish. 4/14
Four U.S. Marines killed in Iraq's west 4/14
Russia Prepares for Iraq Pullout 4/14
Bush’s Quiet War: "We must not allow more than thirty years worth of responsible environmental legislation to be dismantled by immoral politicians and corporate greed." -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
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The Buying of the President 2004: Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers--and What They Expect in Return -- The Center for Public Integrity and Charles Lewis
U.S. Forces Battle Gunmen in Fallujah 4/14
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The US military has been accused of threatening the media covering the conflict in Iraq and pressuring journalists into presenting a one-sided picture of events. 4/14
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The Daily Mislead: Ashcroft's Record of Lying to Congress About 9/11 4/14
Bush Says More Troops May Deploy to Iraq 4/14
NYT Editorial Section Has Come Alive in Calling Bush on His Incompetence. Too Bad Their News Section Still Swings Pro-Bush/Government Propaganda. 4/14
Four Bodies Found in Iraq, May Be U.S. Civilians 4/14
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Robert Scheer: Drug war led Bush astray before 9/11; U.S. aid to Taliban didn't prevent 9/11, and opium production is now at all-time high 4/14
Republican PA Deputy AG steps down under fire; FBI seized the hard drive of his office computer in a child pornography investigation. Known as Republican Partisan. And This is From Richard Mellon Scaife's Newspaper in Pittsburgh. 4/14
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Arroyo says Philippines may pull out troops from Iraq 4/14
Condoleezza Rice and the credibility gap; The White House has a problem with the truth 4/14
Must Read Blistering Letter to Rumsfeld from Wife of First Inf. Div. Soldier. 4/14
What a Scumbag. Ashcroft Blames Clinton Administration for Leaving Country Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack 4/14
Iraq Hostage Count as of This Posting: 40 4/14
Iraqi Insurgents Display New Sophistication 4/14
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U.S., France Block UN Probe of Aristide Ouster 4/14
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Bush news conference may be sign of anxiety 4/14
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Daily Reality Check: Meeting the Press, and Passing the Buck 4/14
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GI Killed As Troops Deploy Outside Najaf 4/14
Watchdog: Probe Needed Into U.S. Action in Falluja 4/14
Pittsburgh Family bids farewell to area Iraq casualty 4/14
Molly Ivins: Didn't you get the memo? Bush, Fox react to declassified PDB; plus, a peek inside the Iraq press office at the Republican Palace 4/14
Cheney Took in $178,437 from Halliburton in 2003. What Was it Bush Said, Even the "Appearance" of Impropriety? 4/14
Ashcroft's Pre-9/11 Priorities Scrutinized; "the memo reflects the low priority that Ashcroft placed on terrorism during his first seven months in office." 4/13
John F. Kerry: A Strategy for Iraq 4/14
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If The Invading Boots Were Not Our Own -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
The Photo Bush and Cheney Won't Let You See 4/13
Earth to White House: "the White House's assertion that [the 8/6/01 PDB] had too little information to act upon is revealing of the administration's apathy and bureaucratic malaise." 4/14
Quagmire quotient: "a quagmire of the Bush administration's own making." 4/14
Kidnappers in Iraq free eight Russian energy company workers 4/14
GOP Employee Who Filed Bias Complaint Is Fired. Republican Compassionate Conservatism at its Finest 4/14
Plea Bargain Takes Shape in Boeing Tanker Case; Former Official Agrees To Conspiracy Count 4/14
Sarajevo on the Euphrates: An Eyewitness Account From Inside the US siege of Falluja 4/14
Poll: Balanced Budget Beats Tax Cuts, By almost a 2-1 margin 4/14
Ending The “War On Terror” Myth 4/14
A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq 4/14
As Usual, the Wrong Question Is Being Asked. Why is no one asking "why did the hijackers knowingly give up their lives to destroy the World Trade Center?" 4/14
Thom Hartmann: Exposing the Conservative Straw Man - "Productivity" 4/14
Jeb Bush lobbies for drug-tracking database to stop Doctor Shopping. No mention of Rush Limbaugh in article. Jeb says he's doing it because of his daughter. 4/14
Deaths of scores of mercenaries hidden from view; At least 18 000 mercenaries, many of them tasked to protect US troops and personnel, are now believed to be in Iraq 4/14
Kerry Cites 'Misjudgment' by Bush on Iraq; Democrat Says U.S. Is Paying the Price for Policy Mistakes by Administration 4/14
New Reports on U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq. We Can't Vouch In Any Way for This Report from Iran, But Make of It What You Will 4/14
Jesse Jackson: 9/11 excuses won't work on Iraq 4/14
Washington Wrap: Cindy McCain Stable After Stroke; Misery is in the Eye of the Indexer; Could Gun Owners be the New NASCAR Dads and Soccer Moms of 2004? and more 4/14
St. Petersburg Democratic club ad says 'pull trigger' on Rumsfeld 4/14
Foreign workers told to quit Iraq as governments and private companies react to growing insecurity and a wave of kidnappings. 4/14
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The Enemy Within: "The enemy, you see, is greater than merely Al Qaeda. The enemy is among us. ... the enemy is us." 4/14
CBS, 12 Others Among 'Muzzle' Winners 4/14
Firestorm Over Timber Plan: "if the Bush administration has its way, the Northwest Forest Plan will die on their watch" 4/14
A perfect GOP candidate: Neil Bush for Colorado Senate. He's Corrupted in All the Right Ways. 4/14
Kerry May Avoid Economic Gaffes Via Aid From Rubin 4/14
Jim Hightower: The BS of Bush's mad cow policies 4/14
E.J. Dionne, Jr.: 'A culture of responsibility'; Bush preaches accountability while maintaining innocence for 9/11 failures 4/14
13 Questions for Bush: Some help for the starstruck media covering tonight's White House press conference. 4/14
Did the White House Pull a Bait and Censor with the August 6th PDB?
FBI Missed Chances to Disrupt 9/11 Attack 4/14
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The Bush Doctrine's Vietnam Paradox 4/14
Former Rep. Bob Barr, Not Content To Fade Away to the Insignificance He Deserves, Tries to revive Clinton-Flynt suit 4/14
Iraqi clerics say coalition 'must pay' for crisis. U.S. general wants 10,000 more troops. 4/13
The Bush Excuse. What More Do You Want from Us? We're Just Plain Incompetent. Now, Scram. 4/13
From the Archives: Ashcroft Quits Flying on Commercial Airplanes on July 7, 2001: "Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines" 4/13
Sisters of slain woman may ask not to return 4/13
How They Let Us Down on August 6, 2001 -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution from One Citizen
Kerry Says U.S. Must 'De-Americanize' Iraq Policy 4/13
Slain Soldier's Family is Bitter Against Bush 4/13
The National Guard and Army Reserve are crucial to the U.S. military, yet its soldiers get hand-me-down equipment and fewer benefits 4/13
Paul Krugman: When will we learn that we're not going to end the mess in Iraq by getting bad guys? There are always new bad guys to take their place. 4/13
Un-Fair and Un-Balanced Coverage -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
U.S. Troops Deploy Outside of Najaf. Another U.S. Apache helicopter crashed and was in flames on the ground. 4/13
Halliburton's Role in Iraq -- from Meals to Oil 4/13
How do you spell fiasco? B - U - S - H 4/13
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Bush's Harvest of Failure and Lies: At least 73 U.S. troops have died in hostile action this month in Iraq, according to the military.
Learn More About the REAL Condi Rice, Lynne Cheney, Laura Bush and the Other Bush Women. We Recommend "Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species," by Laura Flanders
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LOL: Bush Sees Need for Reorganizing U.S. Intelligence. Okay, Then Mr. Can't Protect America from Terrorists. If You Want to Reorganize Intelligence, Resign. 4/13
Swatting Flies - A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
Message to Osama bin Laden from BuzzFlash: Next time you fly airplanes into American buildings, Bush wants you to draw him a map. The Village Idiot of the World is Occupying the White House. The 26th BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week is George W. Bush.
The April 12th World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia
Send the Message Across the Nation: "Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died" Postcards. The Perfect Message to Your Senators and U.S. Representatives.
RNC Choice of NYC Convention May Backfire 4/13
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THE 9/11 INVESTIGATION: Bending reality 4/13
"FRAUD: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and Why the Media Didn't Tell You."
David Corn: One Cover-up Revealed and Who Knows How Many More to Go? 4/13
BuzzFlash Discloses Alleged Memorandum Bush Sent to 9/11 Commission A Breaking News Satire Alert That Is Too Close to the Truth
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Women & The Media: Taking Our Place in the Public Conversation. A Conference. 4/13
Abizaid seeks more combat troops for Iraq 4/13
Family of Military Dead Start to Revolt Against Bush in Increasing Numbers 4/13
Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else, by David Cay Johnston
Sharon: Israel Keeping 5 Settlement Blocs 4/13
Scalia Apologizes for Seizure of Reporters' Audio. Hey, Antonin, They Will be Able to Record Your Phone Conversations When You End Up in Jail. Just an FYI. 4/13
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'The Texas Try' on Terrorism: "the clever timing of this release can not hide the Bush administration's failure to act decisively in attempting to thwart al Qaeda activities in the United States prior to 9/11." 4/13
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Slain Soldier's Kin Want Sibling GIs Home 4/13
Shiite Cleric Pulls Back Iraqi Militias 4/13
Bill Moyers Talks to Kevin Phillips 4/13
U.S. Army Says It Intends to 'Kill or Capture' Sadr 4/13
Iraq Kidnappings Continue; 12 Released 4/13
Already Stretched, Afghan Leaders Face New Threat 4/13
FDA held back results of child suicide study 4/13
Forest Service caught using misleading photo; Area shown suggested natural area but was actually logged 4/13
Three Czech Journalists Missing in Iraq 4/13
Waking up to body bags: The taboo against media coverage of US war casualties has broken down, reports Catherine Hours. 4/13
Hamburger Consumption Spurs Amazon Deforestation 4/13
DuPont to Cut 3,500 Jobs, 70% in U.S. 4/13
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In a disclosure likely to rekindle privacy-concern fires, AMR Corp.'s American Airlines admitted giving information on 1.2 million passengers to outside research companies vying for contracts with the Transportation Security Administration.
"Bush's War," By James Moore, Author of "Bush's Brain." Moore Doesn't Forget the Military Victims of the Bush Cartel War Machine and Neither Do We. This is a Book that is Written With Heart, Soul, and a Sense of Deep Betrayal by Bush and His Cohorts.
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"Lies That Kill, Part Two" -- Episode #13 of "The Last Chance Democracy Cafe" -- Political, Historical Fiction by Steven C. Day
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"Chickenhawk Dick" -- Iraq Sketchbook, a tribute to the service and sacrifice of the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Will the 2004 Election Be Called Off? Why Three Out of Four Experts Predict a Terrorist Attack by November -- BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell
"Bush, Cheney, and Rice to Testify: How They Will Avoid Telling the Truth" by BuzzFlash Columnist The Angry Liberal
BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell: Deconstructing a Bush Cartel Character Assassination Attack Dog
Only George W. Bush could study a memo titled "Bin Laden Determined To Strike in US", and then blithely assert that it "said nothing about an attack on America." 4/13
2001 FBI Memo Warned Of Bin Laden Aviation Cadre. Remember When Ashcroft Quit Taking Commercial Flights? 4/13
Rep. Waxman asks Justice Department to Release Information on Post-Sept. 11 Departure of Saudi Citizens (PDF) 4/13
E.J. Dionne: A culture of responsibility is a good idea. And it starts at the top.
"A Lost Opportunity" -- BuzzFlash Columnist P.M. Carpenter
BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell: Clear Channel, Howard Stern, the Bush Cartel, and the De Facto Emergence of a Government Aligned Media.
U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
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The Dubya Chronicles 4/12
This Modern World: Talking Points 4/14
More Presidential Daily Briefings Discovered To Be 'Not Specific Enough' 4/14
Bush: "Intelligence Did Not Support An Imminent Threat From Iraq…I Mean Al- Qaeda." 4/14
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Dubya's Doodles 4/14
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