Dear God- I pray this is not true
Update: I don't think it was accurate. For me, Sky News has taken a dive in the credibility department.
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Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Today in History...
"Now many a pretty maid did mourn
A lover who'll no more return;
The cruel war has from her torn;
His body lies at Shiloh."
--From the folksong "The Battle of Shiloh," collected by Cecil Sharp from the singing of Philander Fitzgerald of Nash, Virginia
"...In the early dawn of April 6, 1862, a Yankee patrol found the Confederates poised for battle just a mile from the main Union army. Johnston attacked, driving the surprised bluecoats back near a small church called Shiloh, meaning "place of peace."
"Now many a pretty maid did mourn
A lover who'll no more return;
The cruel war has from her torn;
His body lies at Shiloh."
--From the folksong "The Battle of Shiloh," collected by Cecil Sharp from the singing of Philander Fitzgerald of Nash, Virginia
"...In the early dawn of April 6, 1862, a Yankee patrol found the Confederates poised for battle just a mile from the main Union army. Johnston attacked, driving the surprised bluecoats back near a small church called Shiloh, meaning "place of peace."
Headlines
The Nation- The Empire Backfires by Jonathan Schell
NY Times - The Mercury Scandal by Paul Krugman
United Press International - Medical evacuations in Iraq war hit 18,000 by Mark Benjamin
Eric Margolis- Bush And The Uzbek Communists; Uzbekistan plays a key role in White House plans; Bush cites Saddam's torture chambers and rape rooms while ignoring the horrors in Uzbekistan.
Globe and Mail- Uzbekistan: Terrorism's Next Big Trigger by Nicole Jackson
Washington Post- ..What is so perturbing about this administration is not that no one of note has resigned or been fired -- and some of them certainty deserve the ax -- but that there is not the slightest hint that anyone (except Colin Powell) appreciates that mistakes were made not out of sheer bad luck but because the assumptions, driven by ideology, were so bad.- Richard Cohen
The Oregonian - Nader fails to qualify for the Oregon ballot-by Jeff Mapes
CNN - Kerry to campaign in Ohio: Bush should be 'less ideological and more practical'
AOL News - Poll Says Bush Is Losing Support on Iraq: Public approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq has slipped to a new low - alongside his overall job rating - after last week's grisly deaths of four contractors in Fallujah, a poll says by Will Lester
Boston Globe - Kennedy likens Bush to Nixon: 'Credibility gap' is called largest since Watergate by Thomas Ferraro
AP: Howard Dean quote: "The only way to send President Bush back to Crawford, Texas, is to vote for John Kerry because, unfortunately, a vote for Ralph Nader is the same as a vote for George Bush."
USA Today: Nine-term congressman Amo Houghton [(R)-Upstate NY] to retire. Houghton quote: "I would like to make sure the Republican Party is centered. We veered too much to the right. We've always had this problem."
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Iraq, 'the War on Terror' and the 9/11 commission
Toronto Star: An overwhelming U.S. "pacification" of Fallujah will only make future Al Qaeda recruitment drives easier.
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NY Times - Kufa: An Incendiary Cleric Braces His Militia for an Invasion by Jeffrey Gettleman
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CAP: Detailed Timeline of Administration Statements On National Security [pdf]
*From January 20 to September 10, 2001, Al Qaeda Mentioned Only Once*
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CAP: 9-11- Something to Hide
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The Future of Freedom Foundation - Resisting the Occupation (“Liberation”) of Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger
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Washington Post: Rule of Law In Iraq- Justice inaction emboldens the insurgents, who know that unless they are killed while being apprehended, the worst that will happen to them is detention, which demoralizes law-abiding Iraqis. - By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey
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BBC News - Heavy fighting in sealed Falluja
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San Diego.com: Mistake in Iraq hard to correct- Under Bush, we are to Iraq as B'rer Rabbit is to the Tar Baby.
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Guerrilla News Network - Guerrilla of the Week: Raed Jarrar, The Baghdad blogger who warned this day would come
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*The sky may not be falling, but the Shia are rising up furiously*
National Review - Sadr Signs: The sky is not falling by Michael Rubin
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BBC News - US considers Iraq reinforcements
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American Prospect - Collateral Damage: Why the real harm done by Bush's Iraq policy is found in Afghanistan by Matthew Yglesias
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BBC News - Chemical 'bomb plot' in UK foiled
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*The writer fails to talk about America's complicity (direct or indirect) in creating a great many of the mass graves.*
The Weekly Standard - Bodies of Evidence: Mass graves will show that the United States was justified in liberating Iraq by Terry Eastland
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Other Articles
NY Times: Sharon Hints He Has Dropped Vow Not to Harm Arafat
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ENN News - Federal plan announces transportation of nation's nuclear waste across New Mexico by rail
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The American Conservative - Suicide by Free Trade by Pat Buchanan
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The Nation- The Empire Backfires by Jonathan Schell
NY Times - The Mercury Scandal by Paul Krugman
United Press International - Medical evacuations in Iraq war hit 18,000 by Mark Benjamin
Eric Margolis- Bush And The Uzbek Communists; Uzbekistan plays a key role in White House plans; Bush cites Saddam's torture chambers and rape rooms while ignoring the horrors in Uzbekistan.
Globe and Mail- Uzbekistan: Terrorism's Next Big Trigger by Nicole Jackson
Washington Post- ..What is so perturbing about this administration is not that no one of note has resigned or been fired -- and some of them certainty deserve the ax -- but that there is not the slightest hint that anyone (except Colin Powell) appreciates that mistakes were made not out of sheer bad luck but because the assumptions, driven by ideology, were so bad.- Richard Cohen
The Oregonian - Nader fails to qualify for the Oregon ballot-by Jeff Mapes
CNN - Kerry to campaign in Ohio: Bush should be 'less ideological and more practical'
AOL News - Poll Says Bush Is Losing Support on Iraq: Public approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq has slipped to a new low - alongside his overall job rating - after last week's grisly deaths of four contractors in Fallujah, a poll says by Will Lester
Boston Globe - Kennedy likens Bush to Nixon: 'Credibility gap' is called largest since Watergate by Thomas Ferraro
AP: Howard Dean quote: "The only way to send President Bush back to Crawford, Texas, is to vote for John Kerry because, unfortunately, a vote for Ralph Nader is the same as a vote for George Bush."
USA Today: Nine-term congressman Amo Houghton [(R)-Upstate NY] to retire. Houghton quote: "I would like to make sure the Republican Party is centered. We veered too much to the right. We've always had this problem."
---------------------------------------------
Iraq, 'the War on Terror' and the 9/11 commission
Toronto Star: An overwhelming U.S. "pacification" of Fallujah will only make future Al Qaeda recruitment drives easier.
-----------------------------------------------
NY Times - Kufa: An Incendiary Cleric Braces His Militia for an Invasion by Jeffrey Gettleman
-----------------------------------------------
CAP: Detailed Timeline of Administration Statements On National Security [pdf]
*From January 20 to September 10, 2001, Al Qaeda Mentioned Only Once*
-----------------------------------------------
CAP: 9-11- Something to Hide
-----------------------------------------------
The Future of Freedom Foundation - Resisting the Occupation (“Liberation”) of Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger
---------------------------------------------
Washington Post: Rule of Law In Iraq- Justice inaction emboldens the insurgents, who know that unless they are killed while being apprehended, the worst that will happen to them is detention, which demoralizes law-abiding Iraqis. - By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey
----------------------------------------------
BBC News - Heavy fighting in sealed Falluja
---------------------------------------------
San Diego.com: Mistake in Iraq hard to correct- Under Bush, we are to Iraq as B'rer Rabbit is to the Tar Baby.
---------------------------------------------
Guerrilla News Network - Guerrilla of the Week: Raed Jarrar, The Baghdad blogger who warned this day would come
---------------------------------------------
*The sky may not be falling, but the Shia are rising up furiously*
National Review - Sadr Signs: The sky is not falling by Michael Rubin
---------------------------------------------
BBC News - US considers Iraq reinforcements
---------------------------------------------
American Prospect - Collateral Damage: Why the real harm done by Bush's Iraq policy is found in Afghanistan by Matthew Yglesias
---------------------------------------------
BBC News - Chemical 'bomb plot' in UK foiled
---------------------------------------------
*The writer fails to talk about America's complicity (direct or indirect) in creating a great many of the mass graves.*
The Weekly Standard - Bodies of Evidence: Mass graves will show that the United States was justified in liberating Iraq by Terry Eastland
---------------------------------------------
Other Articles
NY Times: Sharon Hints He Has Dropped Vow Not to Harm Arafat
---------------------------------------------
ENN News - Federal plan announces transportation of nation's nuclear waste across New Mexico by rail
---------------------------------------------
The American Conservative - Suicide by Free Trade by Pat Buchanan
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