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UK Iraq Newswire Archive

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Bush: The First Permanent President of America?

24-08-2007 21:57

Conquering the Drawbacks of Democracy
Following are links to some responses to a (deleted) article on the Family Security Matters web site, image attached, which argued that Bush should be a dictator for life:

"Caesar pacified Gaul by mass slaughter; he then used his successful army to crush all political opposition at home and establish himself as permanent ruler of ancient Rome. This brilliant action not only ended the personal threat to Caesar, but ended the civil chaos that was threatening anarchy in ancient Rome – thus marking the start of the ancient Roman Empire that gave peace and prosperity to the known world.

If President Bush copied Julius Caesar by ordering his army to empty Iraq of Arabs and repopulate the country with Americans, he would achieve immediate results: popularity with his military; enrichment of America by converting an Arabian Iraq into an American Iraq (therefore turning it from a liability to an asset); and boost American prestige while terrifying American enemies.

He could then follow Caesar's example and use his newfound popularity with the military to wield military power to become the first permanent president of America, and end the civil chaos caused by the continually squabbling Congress and the out-of-control Supreme Court.

President Bush can fail in his duty to himself, his country, and his God, by becoming “ex-president” Bush or he can become “President-for-Life” Bush: the conqueror of Iraq, who brings sense to the Congress and sanity to the Supreme Court. Then who would be able to stop Bush from emulating Augustus Caesar and becoming ruler of the world? For only an America united under one ruler has the power to save humanity from the threat of a new Dark Age wrought by terrorists armed with nuclear weapons."

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President Bush’s history lesson

24-08-2007 20:30

On Wednesday, President Bush delivered what the White House billed as a “major foreign policy speech” to the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, meeting in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Hillary’s “New War”

24-08-2007 19:28

Come November, 2008, Democrats will, not unlike pre-programmed Stepford wives, line up behind Hillary Clinton. Democrats have no other choice, as most of them are disgusted with two terms of Bush, that is to say the neocons. Of course, Hillary is not much different, maybe in minor style but hardly in substance, and a vote for Hillary—call it the Clinton dynasty, following on the heels of the Bush dynasty—will be a vote for more mass murder and incalculable misery.

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September 30 Target Practice for Compostables.

24-08-2007 12:46

Old Fruit and veg overflowing from your compost bin? Overwhelmed with flour and eggs? The redoubtable Evening Post informs us of s olution to your problems...

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Smash EDO Press Release - Anti Arms Trade Campaigner plan Action Camp

24-08-2007 09:19

24th August 2007
Smash EDO Press Release
Tel. 07875708873, email  smashedopress@yahoo.co.uk
Anti arms Trade Campaigners Plan Third Protest Camp in Wild Park

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Smash EDO Camp Details

24-08-2007 08:28

here they are

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US moves to oust Iraqi prime minister

23-08-2007 13:34

Open calls by Democratic Party leaders this week for the removal of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, combined with ongoing expressions of frustration by Bush administration officials, indicate that the Iraqi government’s days are numbered. Moves are underway in Washington and Baghdad to remove Maliki when the Iraqi parliament returns from a summer break on September 4.

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Remember the quagmiristas: todays odd "mainstream" media spin :the war on peace

23-08-2007 13:33

commentary about a few strange logic jumps in the recent middle east coverage
22nd + today, aug 07

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Location of Smash EDO Camp

23-08-2007 09:32

Here it is

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Iraq: Divide et Impera

23-08-2007 08:17

The US is using a hoary imperial tactic dating back to the Romans to dominate Iraq and to justify a long-term military presence in the country

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War Against Iran: Hawks Winning the Argument?

22-08-2007 15:44

"It could just stop exporting oil itself. Pulling only Iran’s three and a half million barrels per day off the market, in its present state, would send oil prices shooting up into the stratosphere. Or it could get tough and close down all oil-tanker traffic that comes within range of those missiles — which would mean little or no oil from Iraq, Saudi Arabia or the smaller Gulf states either. That would mean global oil rationing, industrial shutdowns, and the end of the present economic era."

Maybe we should share this around? I wonder if these outcomes are what Cheney and his Neocon pals really want? Great for the price of "their" oil. Good cover for crimes of treason.

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Alice in Wonderland – ZNet and the art of numbers

21-08-2007 21:26

“Can you do Addition?” the White Queen asked. “What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?”
“I don't know,” said Alice. “I lost count.” [Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, Chapter IX, Queen Alice]

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Cindy Sheehan: "Inshallah"

21-08-2007 21:03

"The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. - "Chronicle of Young Satan" Mark Twain"

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Smash EDO Action Camp Update

21-08-2007 11:23

Smash EDO Camp is coming soon

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The UN: An Instrument Of Terror

20-08-2007 22:51

On 10 August 2007, the United Nations Security Council has voted to give the UN an “extended role” in U.S.-British occupied Iraq after more than four years in which the UN was ignored and considered irrelevant by the U.S. and its few willing allies. The new UN Resolution, sponsored (as usual) by the U.S. and Britain, is a propaganda designed to manipulate the public and legitimise ongoing U.S.-British terror in Iraq.

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Oil Wars: Fueling Both U.S. Empire & Ecocide

20-08-2007 22:39

Dripping, spilling, spreading, burning. Welcome to the New World Chaos, what the Bush administration is now calls “the long war”.

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Vine and Fig Tree Planters at SAAB Microwave - a reflection on it

20-08-2007 21:12

How the plantings of vine and fig trees confronted the weapons factory at in a Gothenburg suburb.

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Parliament Square Peace Camp Eviction - Update

20-08-2007 16:36

GLA Spokesperson replies to the eviction and my repley to them and Ken Livingstone

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The Plight of the Christians in the Middle East

20-08-2007 15:30

Following the invasion of Iraq and the removal of Saddam Hussein, the Christian community in the country have been subjected to assassination, their churches are destroyed and a massive exodus is underway. This article deals with the status of the Christians in the Middle East.

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Iraqi prisoners pleading innocence

19-08-2007 21:01

"The Shi'ite-run Interior Ministry was criticised over the treatment of detainees in 2005 after U.S. forces said they discovered secret cells in which detainees had been tortured."
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