8.26.2006

Israeli strike hits journalists' vehicle - Yahoo! News

Israeli strike hits journalists' vehicle - Yahoo! News: "The front seats of the car were covered in blood and shrapnel had ripped up much of the inside of the vehicle. One of the bulletproof windows was completely destroyed.
The white sport utility vehicle was emblazoned with the Reuters logo and had 'TV' and 'Press' written on it in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
'This is a cold-blooded crime,' "

8.25.2006

Bush and Saddam Should Both Stand Trial, Says Nuremberg Prosecutor - Yahoo! News

Bush and Saddam Should Both Stand Trial, Says Nuremberg Prosecutor - Yahoo! News: "SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25 (OneWorld) - A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes along with Saddam Hussein. Benjamin Ferencz, who secured convictions for 22 Nazi officers for their work in orchestrating the death squads that killed more than 1 million people, told OneWorld both Bush and Saddam should be tried for starting 'aggressive' wars--Saddam for his 1990 attack on Kuwait and Bush for his 2003 invasion of Iraq."

8.17.2006

Judge nixes warrantless surveillance - Yahoo! News

Judge nixes warrantless surveillance - Yahoo! News: "DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate end to it."
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.

8.14.2006

AlterNet: Blogs: David DeGraw: Sy Hersh: Cheney Helped Plan Israel's Attack on Hezbollah

AlterNet: Blogs: David DeGraw: Sy Hersh: Cheney Helped Plan Israel's Attack on Hezbollah: "Sy Hersh has just released information claiming that the Bush administration, especially Dick Cheney's office, was involved in planning Israel's attack on Hezbollah and considers it 'a prelude to a potential American preemptive attack' on Iran:"