They can’t keep their lies straight… Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez approved the use of sleep deprivation, intimidation by guard dogs, excessive noise and inducing fear as interrogation methods against a single Iraqi inmate at Abu Ghraib prison, according to a…

Go ahead, Bop Bush!

Surviving Mount Rainier climber evacuated A helicopter evacuated a climber stranded on Mount Rainier Tuesday, the day after his severely injured companion died on a copter flight to a hospital. Mt. Ranier, in the state of Washington, is a  mere…

Rumsfeld is toastFrom Seeing the Forest, comes this excellent analysis “Apparently Rumsfeld has been chosen as the fall guy for Iraq, as this piece by Martin Sieff, “UPI Senior News Analyst” shows: “Even worse for Rumsfeld and his coterie of…

Same-sex couples marry in Massachusetts! Gay couples began exchanging marriage vows in Massachusetts on Monday, marking the first time a state has granted gays and lesbians the right to marry and making the United States one of at least four…

Iraqi leader dies in suicide attack US efforts to stabilise Iraq ahead of next month’s transfer of sovereignty were dealt a huge blow yesterday when the head of Iraq’s US-appointed governing council was killed by a suicide car bomber. Targeted…

Children of Bush’s America: Naomi Klein  The torturers of Abu Ghraib were McWorkers who ended up in Iraq because they could no longer find decent jobs at home.