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Kuwait media: U.S. military strike on Iran seen by April
www.chinaview.cn 2007-01-14 15:19:28
Special report: Iran Nuclear Crisis
KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — U.S. might launch a military strike on Iran before April 2007, Kuwait-based daily Arab Times released on Sunday said in a report.
The report, written by Arab Times’ Editor-in-chief Ahmed al-Jarallah citing a reliable source, said that the attack would be launched from the sea, while Patriot missiles would guard all (…)

Dear Mr. President,
Thanks for your address to the nation. It’s good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November.
Listen, can I be frank? Sending in 20,000 more troops just ain’t gonna do the job. That will only bring the troop level back up to what it was last year. And we were losing the war last year! We’ve already had over a million troops serve some time in Iraq since 2003. Another few thousand is simply not enough to find those weapons of mass destruction! (…)

“The ultimate measure of a man is...where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
Baltimore, MD - On Saturday, January 13, 2007, Dr. Suzan D. Johnson Cook gave the annual Enoch Pratt Library’s Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative lecture. It was held in the Wheeler Auditorium, at the Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street. She touched on three main themes in recalling the impressive legacy of the slain Civil Rights hero. Dr. Cook said: “The ‘spirit of (…)

does anything else really need be said?

USC4P&J is a group of U.S. citizens and international friends who firmly believe there can be no peace without justice. We work to spark debate, raise consciousness and promote positive change through self-education, outreach events and direct nonviolent action.
We believe in the sovereignty of nations and oppose any attempt at military and economic domination of other peoples; in particular we oppose attempts at "regime change" through invasion and occupation and reject the concept of (…)

by David Swanson
There is a decent chance that within the next month or two the New Mexico State Legislature will ask the U.S. House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice President Cheney. And there is the definite possibility that a Congress Member from New Mexico will take up the matter when it gets to Washington. The Jefferson Manual, rules used by the U.S. House, allows for impeachment to be begun in this manner. It only takes one state (…)

ANKARA, January 12 (RIA Novosti) - A Moldovan An-26 cargo plane that crashed in Iraq January 9, killing 34 people, was downed by a missile, an eyewitness said Friday.
"The plane is said to have crashed due to fog, but I saw no fog," Ozcan Sahin, a brother of Hamdi Sahin, a Turkish worker killed in the crash, told Turkish NTV television. He said he was 300-400 meters from the crash site, near Balad, north of Baghdad.
"The plane was downed by a missile that struck the right section of (…)

Of Savage Imperialism, Pigskin Monopolists, and Intellectual Emasculation
By Jason Miller
"Two things only the people anxiously desire — bread and circuses."
Juvenal
Searching for masculine bliss incarnate?
Look no further than NFL football and its myriad machismo delights….
Fierce armor-clad gladiators applying wicked hits, battering each other relentlessly, engaging in bone-jarring collisions, and performing feats of near super-human athleticism….
Provocatively undressed (…)

Press release from Central Ohio chapter of Military Families Speak Out :
President Bush tells us that in the end, more bloodshed will justify that which has already come about.
Most military families agree that this president proceeded with reckless indifference to the consequences of the troops, their families, and the people of Iraq. Mr. Bush is unwilling to accept advice that does not adhere to his insulated vision of Iraq. Our loved ones were there and we understand what kind of (…)

January 12, 2007 — U.S. violates Vienna Convention status of Iranian liaison office in Irbil, Iraq. U.S. forces take Iranian diplomats hostage.
In a major escalation of Middle East tensions, the Bush administration authorized two U.S. Special Forces operations against the Iranian liaison office in Irbil, Iraq and took six officials assigned to the diplomatic compound hostage. It was the first such attack on an Iranian diplomatic mission in the region since August 1998 when the Taliban (…)