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International Herald Tribune [France]

05/04/07

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed Thursday that Congress repeal the authority it gave President George W. Bush in 2002 to invade Iraq, injecting presidential politics into the congressional debate over financing the war. Clinton’s proposal brings her full circle on Iraq — she supported the war measure five years ago — and it sharpens her own political positioning at a time when Democrats are vying to confront the White House. … Her stance emerged just as congressional leaders and the White House opened delicate negotiations over a new war-financing measure to replace the one that Bush vetoed Tuesday...

https://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/04/america/04congress.php


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

According to the local Christian Peace Association (CPA), the fatwa, issued by extremists and distributed in every Christian neighbourhood, said that Christians can only stay in their homes if they convert to Islam.

https://snipurl.com/1j922


From Information Clearing House

The recent upsurge in violence continued to exact a heavy toll on Iraqi civilians Tuesday, while members of the national parliament said they moved a step closer to voting on a controversial bill to equitably distribute oil revenue.

https://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimes978.html


From Information Clearing House

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6618075.stm


From Information Clearing House

By Michael Bell

The former chairman of the fund for Iraq's reconstruction no longer believes the country can be saved.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17639.htm

Der YouTube-Channel des Pentagon

Das Pentagon versucht, mit Videos im Medienkrieg gegen die Gegner im Irak anzutreten, während "friendly information" wie Blogs und E-Mails der US-Soldaten stärker kontrolliert werden.

https://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25198/1.html

https://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/05/02/stephanie-miller-maxine-waters-educate-america-on-iraq/

Waters Against The War

On the Stephanie Miller Show, Maxine Waters and Stephanie Miller get tough on the Bush administration.

https://ga3.org/ct/Bd20pgF1BRHu/



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Maxine+Waters

William Fisher reports, "Evidence of widespread corruption, shoddy work and poor management has called into question the Bush administration's claims that sabotage by insurgents is responsible for the failure of its multi-billion-dollar Iraq reconstruction effort."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050307J.shtml



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Fisher

Salt Lake Tribune

President Bush meets today with Democrats and Republicans from Congress to work on an Iraq war funding measure both sides can accept. Bush’s veto of an Iraq war spending bill that set timelines for U.S. troop withdrawals puts new pressure on Democrats in Congress to craft a compromise even as their caucus grows more fractious on the topic. The party’s most liberal members, especially in the House, say they will vote against money for continuing the war if there’s no binding language on troop drawdowns. Bush and almost all congressional Republicans continue to insist on a spending bill with no strings attached on troop movements. Bush on Tuesday rejected legislation pushed by Democratic leaders that would require the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later... [editor’s note: This one should be simple and easy: Reid and Pelosi should schlep on over to the White House and cheerfully explain that they will continue to re-submit and re-pass the same bill until it’s signed — and that that’s the ONLY money Bush will see for ANYTHING until then - TLK] (05/01/07)

https://tinyurl.com/35528l


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pelosi
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Harry+Reid

Reporter Steven Vincent and his translator put their lives on the line each day in Iraq to uncover the truth about sectarian violence. In August 2005 they were kidnapped by the very people they had been reporting on. Vincent was shot dead, becoming the first US journalist murdered in Iraq. On Friday, May 4, at 8:30 p.m. (check local listings), NOW's Maria Hinojosa travels to the Middle East to talk to his Iraqi translator, Nour Al Khal, an extraordinary woman who, despite being shot three times, survived. Like two million of her compatriots, Nour, who still fears for her life, has fled Iraq and lives in limbo as a refugee in a neighboring country.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050207U.shtml