Month July 2004

World Court rules Israel’s West Bank barrier is illegal What’s more, they ordered it be torn down!

AP: Iraq insurgency larger than thought There are upwards of 20,000 well-armed, dedicated guerillas in Iraq. Homegrown guerillas. Not foreign, and not jihadists either. Just Iraqis who want the US out. <A US> official and others told The Associated Press…

Connect the dots Venezuela and Cuba, major targets indeed of the neocons, have something else in common. Oil. Venezuela has huge deposits of oil, and sells to Cuba. And Cuba may be on the verge of a major oil finds…

Protest the twin parties of the war machine You are going, aren’t you? Well of course you are, everyone will be there, and you don’t want to miss what might be the biggest demos ever in US history, do you?…

Getting a bit testy, aren’t we, Dubya? When asked here how Edwards would stack up against Vice President Cheney, he snapped: “Dick Cheney can be president. Next?” Then Bush pivoted away from his questioner and toward the next one. Bush’s…