Another Grim Week in Iraq ( t r u t h o u t )

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the place for terrorism in Pakistani peace talks; Pentagon

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t r u t h o u t | 03.10

The New York Times | Another Grim Week in Iraq

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007A.shtml

"Anyone who wanted to believe that all Mr. Bush was seeking was a

short-term security push - as part of a larger strategy to extricate

American troops from this unwinnable war - now needs to face up to a

far less palatable reality. What is under way is a significant and

long-term escalation," says the New York Times.

J. Sri Raman | Train Tragedy Fails to Help Anti-Terror Cause

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007B.shtml

J. Sri Raman writes: "The hawks of India and Pakistan can heave a sigh

of relief. A terrorism-hit train has failed to carry the South Asian

peace process forward even fractionally, as many had fondly hoped.

This should come as no surprise to watchers of the region, considering

the place for terrorism in the political themes official India and

Pakistan have pursued in the past, especially in the post-9/11 period.

Before coming to that, a brief look at the latest twist in the tale."

Gonzales, Mueller Admit FBI Broke Law

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007C.shtml

The nation's top two law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday the

FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about

Americans. They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal

intrusions.

International Meeting Underway in Baghdad

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007D.shtml

Iraq's prime minister has appealed to neighboring states to cooperate

in tackling the insurgency which has left tens of thousands dead since

2003. Addressing an international meeting in Baghdad, he did not name

any particular country. But the US accuses both Iran and Syria of

stoking the violence.

Pentagon Struggles to Find Fresh Troops

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007E.shtml

Military leaders are struggling to choose Army units to stay in Iraq

and Afghanistan longer or go there earlier than planned, but five

years of war have made fresh troops harder to find. Faced with a

military buildup in Iraq that could drag into next year, Pentagon

officials are trying to identify enough units to keep up to twenty

brigade combat teams in Iraq.

Democrats Cancel Presidential Debate Co-Hosted by Fox News

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007F.shtml

The Nevada Democratic Party on Friday canceled an August presidential

debate in Reno that was to be co-hosted by Fox News, citing comments

Thursday by the network's chairman. Liberal activists and bloggers had

been protesting the debate plans, calling the channel biased.

Angry Crowds Protest Bush During Latin American Tour

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031007G.shtml

Some arrived clutching banners telling "Mr. Butcher" to go home.

Others brought effigies of "The Warlord" dangling miserably from a

hangman's noose. A handful dressed up as the grim reaper, while some

women paraded through the streets with stickers of George Bush and

Adolf Hitler placed tastefully over their nipples.

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Canaries in the Mine: Inuit Warn World of Human Cost of Climate Change

A Report by Sari Gelzer and Kelpie Wilson

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030807A.shtml

"Global warming is a human rights issue," says Sheila Watt-Cloutier,

Inuit activist and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. In her lifetime,

Watt-Cloutier has witnessed the drastic effects of climate change that

threaten her community's livelihood and cultural identity.

Watt-Cloutier testified in a hearing on March 1, 2007 to the

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights which was set up to

investigate the relationship between human rights and climate change

in North and South America. The hearing was a result of a petition

that she and 62 other Inuit in Alaska and Canada filed in 2005 in an

attempt to hold the United States accountable for its failure to curb

greenhouse-gas emissions.

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