Afghans: US Troops Shot at Civilians ( t r u t h o u t )

Violence in Afghanistan kills sixteen, injures dozens; bereaved wives,

families present growing problems for the military; and more ...

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t r u t h o u t | 03.04

Afghans: US Troops Shot at Civilians

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030407A.shtml

US Marines fleeing a militant ambush Sunday opened fire on civilian

cars and pedestrians on a busy highway in eastern Afghanistan, wounded

Afghans said. Up to 16 people were killed and 34 wounded in the

violence.

The New York Times | The Must-Do List

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The New York Times writes: "The Bush administration's assault on some

of the founding principles of American democracy marches onward

despite the Democratic victory in the 2006 elections. The new

Democratic majorities in Congress can block the sort of noxious

measures that the Republican majority rubber-stamped. But preventing

new assaults on civil liberties is not nearly enough."

US Forces Begin Sweep of Sadr City

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Hundreds of US soldiers entered the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City on

Sunday in the first major push into the area since an American-led

security sweep began last month around Baghdad. The move into Sadr

City came following negotiations with political leaders in the

neighborhood.

Frank Rich | Bring Back the Politics of Personal Destruction

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030407D.shtml

"If you had to put a date on when the Iraq war did in the Bush

administration," says Frank Rich,"it would be late summer 2005. That's

when the bungled federal response to Hurricane Katrina re-enacted the

White House bungling of the war, this time with Americans as the

principal victims. Now this pattern is repeating itself: a searing

re-enactment of the Iraq war's lethal mismanagement is playing out on

the home front, again with potentially grave political consequences."

Military Faces Growing Ranks of Bereaved

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Over the past fifteen years, America's armed forces have taken huge

strides to retain married service members - improving schools, health

programs and child care. But now, as never before in this

family-embracing era, the military is struggling with the toughest

home-front problem of all: Doing right by the often outspoken and

ever-growing ranks of the bereaved.

Lawmakers Squabble Over Anti-Terrorism Bill

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Senators left town Friday with little to show for a week of debate on

a massive anti-terrorism bill and squabbling over whether to let

federal airport screeners join unions and risk a veto of a Homeland

Security bill by President Bush.

Voter Turnout Among the Young Still Lags

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030407G.shtml

Ah, youth, that fickle force in politics. Young people bring energy,

passion, creativity and technical wizardry to the presidential

campaign - everything, it seems, except impact on Election Day. With

their Web logs, Facebook profiles and college rallies, the 2008

presidential candidates are lavishing attention on a group that

displays unbridled enthusiasm early in the campaign but tends to lose

interest when the voting starts.

VIDEO | Keith Olbermann: Condi Goes Too Far

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022707A.shtml

Keith Olbermann presents one of his "special comments" on remarks made

by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during an interview on Fox

News, where she compared Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler.

VIDEO | Hersh: Bush Funneling Money to al Qaeda-Related Groups

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Seymour Hersh reports that the Bush administration is funding

anti-Shiite Sunnis linked to al Qaeda without Congressional approval

and without appropriate appropriation. Hersh speculates that the money

is coming from the pallet-loads of cash floating around Iraq and has

already reached "three Sunni jihadist groups." He says, flatly, that

the president is "supporting groups indirectly that are involved with

the same people that did 9/11."

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