Month December 2005

L.A. Protest military recruiters!

Picket, rally and youth & student speak-out! Sat., Dec. 10, 12 noon5051 Rodeo Road, Los Angeles At the Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion(Just east of La Brea, near MLK Blvd) On Saturday, December 10, students, young people, and anti-war and community…

Pentagon memo considered using torture

Although Bush administration officials have denied that they transfer terrorism suspects to countries where they are likely to be abused, a classified memorandum described in a court case indicates that the Pentagon has considered sending a captured militant abroad to…

Sing, birdies, sing

Abramoff associate may plead guilty in Florida wire-fraud case Adam Kidan, a businessman who was indicted in Florida along with Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy, may plead guilty next week, according to a court…

Abramoff must be jealous

Britain trying to stall 740 million theft inquiry that could hurt Allawi’s election chances’ The government wants to postpone the investigation to help its favoured candidate Iyad Allawi, the former prime minister, in the election on 15 December. The money…

See, we’re ALL sleazebags

Republicans aim to link Democrats to Abramoff The National Republican Senatorial Committee "is planning a public-relations offensive tying leading Democrats to lobbyist Jack Abramoff in an effort to neutralize accusations that Republicans have been embroiled in a ‘culture of corruption,’"…