Peace
Report: 655,000 Iraqis dead
October 21, 2006A new study by U.S. and Iraqi public health doctors estimates that approximately 600,000 Iraqis have been killed in the violence that the U.S. unleashed with its March 2003 invasion. An additional estimated 55,000 deaths from...
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Offering hope on nuke nightmare
October 13, 2006MovieREVIEWThe Last Atomic Bomb: A Survivor’s Story Directed by Robert Richter 92 minutes By Marliyn Bechtel This gripping documentary, tells the story of Sakue Shimohira, who as a 10-year-old girl survived the U.S. atomic bombing of...
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Just say no to war on Iran
October 13, 2006A new U.S. intelligence report, representing the consensus of all 16 intelligence agencies, comes to the same conclusion many have known for a long time: The Iraq war isn’t making us safer. It’s putting us all...
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Ahmadinejad and Bush: twin deceivers
October 13, 2006Iran’s nuclear issue has preoccupied the international community for more than two years. Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration is tightening its oppressive, suffocating grip on every aspect of life in Iran. Workers, women, youth and...
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EDITORIAL: 600,000-plus Iraqis dead
October 13, 2006A just-released report by U.S. and Iraqi public health researchers estimates that 600,000 Iraqi civilians have died in violence there since President George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops to invade in March 2003. In the study,...
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