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Martin 17 Jan 2009 Three days before the inauguration of the 44th =
president of the United States, the distinctions have largely been =
effaced between the outgoing and incoming administrations. George W. =
Bush is, as even the corporate-controlled media admits, the most hated =
and despised president [sic] in American history. Barack Obama is, at =
least according to the opinion polls that measure popular moods, the =
beneficiary of a temporary honeymoon period in which hope outweighs =
experience and many are inclined to "give him a chance." Far more =
decisive than these illusions are the policies of the Obama =
administration.

Iraqi election candidate shot dead 16 Jan 2009 Friday, [Blackwater?] =
gunmen shot to death a candidate belonging to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri =
al-Maliki's Dawa Party, while campaigning ahead of provincial =
'elections' scheduled for month-end. Reports quoting police said the =
gunmen intercepted a convoy of Hashim al-Husseini, who was proceeding to =
the town of Jbela, south of Baghdad, for campaign.

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<P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2>'In=20
some places, Washington will look like an occupied city.' <A=20
href=3D"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-security=
_bdjan18,0,4860438.story"=20
target=3Ddisplay>High-tech security bubble wraps Washington</A> --<FONT=20
color=3D#ff0000>The military, supporting civilian authorities, is using=20
sophisticated new surveillance systems developed for Iraq and =
Afghanistan=20
wars</FONT> </FONT></B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif"=20
size=3D2>18 Jan 2009 As the multitudes arrive for the historic =
inauguration of=20
Barack Obama, the most high-tech security bubble ever created is in =
place to=20
protect the incoming president from any foreseeable act of God, nature =
or man=20
[or Bush]. At least 150 multi-agency "intel teams" will deploy =
throughout the=20
region so that undercover FBI agents and other behavior-analysis =
specialists can=20
look for trouble. In some places, Washington will look like an occupied =
city.=20
Sharpshooters will be on virtually every building. Law-enforcement and=20
intelligence nerve centers and mobile command posts are sprouting. The =
FBI is=20
deploying an armored assault vehicle and a weapons-of-mass-destruction =
response=20
truck. The military, supporting civilian authorities, is using =
sophisticated new=20
surveillance systems developed for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to =
monitor the=20
mall...</FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/18/israel-war-crimes-gaz=
a-conflict"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Israel accused of war crimes over 12-hour assault on =
Gaza=20
village</A> --White flags ignored and houses bulldozed with families =
inside,=20
claim residents</FONT></B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif"=20
size=3D2> 18 Jan 2009 Israel stands accused of perpetrating a series of =
war crimes=20
during a sustained 12-hour assault on a village in southern Gaza last =
week in=20
which 14 people died. In testimony collected from residents of the =
village of=20
Khuza'a by the Observer, it is claimed that Israeli soldiers entering =
the=20
village: attempted to bulldoze houses with civilians inside; killed =
civilians=20
trying to escape under the protection of white flags; opened fire on an=20
ambulance attempting to reach the wounded; used indiscriminate force in =
a=20
civilian area and fired white phosphorus shells. <FONT =
color=3D#ff0000><B>If the=20
allegations are upheld, all the incidents would constitute breaches of =
the=20
Geneva conventions</B></FONT>. </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/tungsten-bomb=
s-leave-israels-victims-with-mystery-wounds-1418910.html"=20
target=3Ddisplay>'Tungsten bombs' leave Israel's victims with mystery =
wounds</A>=20
--As it declares a unilateral ceasefire, Jerusalem faces a UN call for a =
war=20
crimes investigation</FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2> 18 Jan 2009 =
Israel was=20
facing demands for war crimes investigations as it declared a unilateral =

ceasefire in Gaza last night after a 22-day assault in which more than =
1,200=20
Palestinians, a third of them children, were killed and 13 Israelis =
died. Two=20
children were killed yesterday when Israeli tanks shelled a UN school in =
which=20
families were sheltering, leading a UN spokesman, Chris Gunness, to say: =
"There=20
has to be an investigation to determine whether a war crime has been =
committed."=20
['A' war crime, singular? Uh, *boatload.* The boatload of war crimes =
needs to=20
be investigated, along with the *financial backers* (US govt) of such =
war=20
crimes. --LRP]
<A=20
href=3D"http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/17/gaza-armsfactory-prot=
est"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Military components factory ransacked in Gaza =
protest</A> --Nine=20
people held after break-in at plant near Brighton allegedly making parts =
for=20
Israeli missiles 18 Jan 2009 Nine people are being questioned by police =
following=20
extensive damage at an arms factory where protesters claim military =
components=20
are being made for Israeli warplanes bombing Gaza. The group, which =
calls itself=20
Smash EDO, entered the EDO MBM Technology plant in Moulsecoomb, =
Brighton, in the=20
early hours of this morning. During the incident computers and furniture =
were=20
hurled from the windows of the Sussex factory. Police described the =
damaged=20
as "substantial". Demonstrators said they =
were=20
"decommissioning" the site in protest agains<FONT=20
color=3D#ff0000>t the=20
killings of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli=20
military.
<A=20
href=3D"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7834487.stm=
"=20
target=3Ddisplay>MP makes Israeli troops Nazi link</A> 16 Jan 2009 A =
prominent=20
Jewish MP has compared the actions of Israeli troops with Nazis who =
forced his=20
family to flee Poland. Sir Gerald Kaufman, MP for Gorton in Manchester, =
drew the=20
parallel during a Commons debate on the Gaza conflict. 
<A=20
href=3D"http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-jews-attac=
ked-for-progaza-solidarity-1418909.html"=20
target=3Ddisplay>British Jews attacked for pro-Gaza solidarity</A> =
18 Jan 2009=20
British Jews have been attacked for expressing support for Palestinians=20
suffering under Israeli military strikes in Gaza. Police confirmed =
yesterday=20
that they have provided protection to a number of people believed to be =
victims=20
of UK-based Zionist extremists angered by expressions of solidarity with =

Palestinians.
<A=20
href=3D"http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657530,00.html"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Iranian cleric calls for shooting Livni</A> =
17 Jan=20
2009 A high-level Iranian cleric has called for the shooting of the =
Israeli=20
foreign minister in a speech before worshippers. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati =
said=20
during Friday prayers at Tehran's main mosque that he wanted someone to =
shoot=20
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. "Every time the picture of this woman =
is shown,=20
I really wish that somebody would expend a bullet on her," he said =
according=20
to a recording of the sermon obtained by the Associated Press. =

<A=20
href=3D"http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657477,00.html"=20
target=3Ddisplay>US journalists call Livni a 'terrorist'</A> 17 Jan =
2009=20
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was surprised Friday night by three =
journalists who=20
shot accusations at her over the fighting in the Gaza Strip. The =
incident took=20
place at the Washington Press Club, after Livni signed a cooperation =
agreement=20
with US Secretary of State [war criminal] Condoleezza Rice aimed at =
preventing=20
the smuggling of weapons from Iran to Hamas. One of the journalists =
called Livni=20
a "terrorist" and complained that Israel was preventing reporters from =
covering=20
the war in Gaza. "What, are you like Zimbabwe?" another woman told the =
foreign=20
minister. 
<A=20
href=3D"http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/hamas-announc=
es-ceasefire-after-israel-declares-truce-1419133.html"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Hamas announces ceasefire after Israel declares =
truce</A> 18=20
Jan 2009 Hamas said today it would cease fire immediately along with =
other=20
militant groups in the Gaza Strip and give Israel, which already =
declared a=20
unilateral truce, a week to pull its troops out of the territory. A =
spokesman=20
for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said earlier that if a ceasefire =
held in=20
the Hamas-ruled enclave, Israel could start the process of withdrawing =
its=20
forces. 
<A=20
href=3D"http://uk.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUKN17548723"=20
target=3Ddisplay>UN chief relieved about Gaza, urges Israel =
withdrawal</A> 17=20
Jan 2009 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he was =
relieved=20
about an Israeli ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and urged the Jewish state =
to=20
withdraw all of its troops as soon as possible. "I am relieved that the =
Israeli=20
government has decided to cease hostilities as of midnight GMT," Ban =
told=20
reporters. "This should be the first step leading to the full withdrawal =
of=20
Israeli troops from Gaza," he said, adding that he wanted the withdrawal =
"as=20
soon as possible".
<A=20
href=3D"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php?sid=3D454797"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Massive air raid over Gaza kills dozens</A> 17 Jan =
2009 In a=20
last minute onslaught, the Israeli army has unleashed a savage crescendo =
to its=20
three-week long military offensive in Gaza. With a ceasefire looming, =
which=20
could come as early as Saturday, the Israel army was going all-out to =
inflict as=20
much damage as it could before hostilities end. 
<A=20
href=3D"http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2009/2009-01-16-01.asp"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Gaza Hospital, Tons of Food, Medicine Set =
Ablaze</A> 16 Jan=20
2009 Israeli shells destroyed the United Nations warehouse in its main =
Gaza=20
compound yesterday, sending hundreds of tons of food and medicine up in =
flames.=20
The fire continues to burn today. "Massive devastation and destruction" =
was=20
reported in the area of the compound, said John Ging, who heads the UN =
Relief=20
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA. =

<A=20
href=3D"http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/16/2467224.htm"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Patients flee as flames engulf Gaza hospital: =
medics</A> 16=20
Jan 2009 Desperate patients tried to flee a hospital in Gaza City this =
morning=20
as it became engulfed in flames after being earlier set on fire by an =
Israeli=20
tank shell, medics and witnesses said. In scenes of utter panic, =
patients who=20
had been wounded in the ongoing war in the territory could be seen =
trying to=20
struggle from their beds, an AFP photographer at the scene said. =

<A=20
href=3D"http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129476"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Israel Discovers Gas!</A><FONT=20
face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2> 18 Jan 2009 The =

Houston-based Noble Energy company, drilling for Israel=92s Delek fuel =
company,=20
announced that it has discovered a huge deposit of natural gas under the =

Mediterranean Sea near Haifa. Infrastructures Minister Binyamin =
Ben-Eliezer=20
(Labor) said that the find was of "historic proportions," and that it =
could=20
change the face of Israel=92s economy. </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5goykFnHZsAqRUFl=
1bXBuWbVNcpkgD95OV16O0"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Iran court convicts 4 over alleged US-backed =
plot</A></B> 17 Jan=20
2009 Iran's official news agency reports that four Iranians have been =
convicted=20
and sentenced to prison in an alleged US-backed plot to topple the =
government.=20
IRNA says Tehran's Revolutionary Court sentenced the four to jail on =
charges of=20
trying to overthrow the Islamic government with the alleged support of =
the U.S.=20
State Department and the CIA. </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jVLyMfz24UHwB7R=
ZrnMiwnTkD6HQD95OEC2G0"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Iraqi guards said to throw party for =
shoe-thrower</A></B> 16 Jan=20
2009 The Iraqi journalist jailed since throwing his shoes at President =
[sic]=20
George W. Bush got a visit from his brother Friday and a birthday party =
from his=20
guards as he turned 30. Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who has gained cult status =
for his=20
protest, is in good shape but has been denied access to his lawyer, =
relatives=20
said after his brother Maitham visited him for two hours in his =
detention cell=20
in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=3D2009%5C01%5C17%5C=
story_17-1-2009_pg7_33"=20
target=3Ddisplay>500 troops to Afghanistan to prepare for buildup:=20
Pentagon</A></B> 17 Jan 2009 Hundreds of troops from a US naval =
engineering unit=20
will deploy to Afghanistan next month to build facilities needed to =
accommodate=20
a 30,000-troop buildup, the Pentagon said on Friday. The deployment =
order is=20
going to 500 troops of the 25th Naval Construction Regiment based in =
Gulfport,=20
Mississippi, which had been scheduled to deploy to Kuwait. </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/5-killed-30-wounded=
-in-kabul-suicide-attack"=20
target=3Ddisplay>5 killed, 30 wounded in Kabul suicide attack</A></B> 17 =
Jan 2009=20
Four Afghan civilians and a U.S. service member were killed and 30 =
people were=20
wounded in a suicide car bomb attack outside a U.S. military base and =
the German=20
Embassy in the Afghan capital on Saturday, officials said. "Initial =
reports=20
indicate a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was the =
cause of=20
the incident," the U.S. military said in a statement. </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3D6664947" =
target=3Ddisplay>Secret List=20
of U.S. Military Bases to Replace Guantanamo</A> </B>16 Jan 2009 The =
U.S.=20
military has prepared a list of U.S. military bases that could be used =
to house=20
as many as 250 prisoners currently being held at the U.S. Naval base in=20
Guantanamo Bay, military officials tell ABCNews.com. The list -- which =
includes=20
Camp Pendleton in California, Fort Leavenworth in Kansas; the Marine Air =
Station=20
in Miramar, California; and the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig in South =
Carolina=20
-- has been circulated in a classified brief to members of Congress and =
was=20
prepared by the Pentagon's Joint Staff. </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/01/17/1231609054532.html"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Pentagon cleared of propaganda violations</A></B> 17 =
Jan 2009 An=20
internal investigation has cleared the Pentagon of violating a ban on =
domestic=20
propaganda by using retired military officers to comment positively =
about the=20
war in Iraq in the US media. In a report posted on its website, the =
Pentagon's=20
inspector general said "we found the evidence insufficient to conclude =
that RMA=20
(retired military analysts) outreach activities were =
improper".</FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.tacticalreport.com/articles.php?country=3Dweekly&amp;a=
rt_id=3D471"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Saudi Arabia: KBR expands interests to security=20
facilities</A></B> 16 Jan 2009 Kellogg Brown &amp; Root (KBR) is =
reportedly=20
becoming a serious competitor to all major US construction and =
contracting=20
companies active in Saudi Arabia, including notably Bechtel and Fluor. =
KBR is=20
carrying out a contract to manage the construction of a chemicals and =
plastics=20
production complex in Ras Tanura, and is now said to be expanding =
activity in=20
the Kingdom to include security and military facilities.</FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><A=20
href=3D"http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/kbr-awarded-texas-statewide=
-job/story.aspx?guid=3D%7BC86388FF-A125-4FA1-B9D6-56DA94650225%7D"=20
target=3Ddisplay><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2>KBR=20
Awarded Texas Statewide Job Order Contract by The Cooperative Purchasing =

Network</FONT></B></A><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif" size=3D2>=20
17 Jan 2009 KBR today announced it has been awarded a job order contract =
by TCPN=20
(The Cooperative Purchasing Network) to provide construction management =
services=20
for public entities throughout the entire state of Texas. The contract =
has been=20
consolidated and awarded exclusively to KBR. The one-year contract =
offers five=20
option years for renewal and has an anticipated value of $24 million.=20
</FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5haXTDNrmz6nsQz-=
9dxBFEpnHg7ywD95P2RJO0"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Tips to FBI About Suspicious Activity on the =
Rise</A></B> 17 Jan=20
2009 The FBI said Saturday it is receiving more and more tips about =
suspicious=20
activities and items as the inauguration approaches, though there have =
been no=20
specific or credible threats. The FBI is one of 58 federal, state and =
local law=20
enforcement agencies that are part of the largest inaugural security =
operation=20
in history.</FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/A=
R2009011602602.html"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Bailed-Out Firms Have Tax Havens, GAO =
Finds</A></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2> 17 Jan 2009 =
Most of=20
America's largest publicly traded corporations -- <A=20
href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/essay_southwell_arming_the_left_is_the_ti=
me_now_102203.html"><B>including=20
several that are receiving billions of dollars from U.S. =
taxpayers</B></A> to=20
finance their recovery -- have set up offshore operations that could =
help them=20
avoid paying U.S. taxes on their profits, a government study released =
yesterday=20
found. American International Group, Bank of America, Citigroup and =
Morgan=20
Stanley are among the companies that are getting bailed out by U.S. =
taxpayers=20
while having subsidiaries in locations where they can avoid paying U.S. =
taxes,=20
according to the Government Accountability Office. Of the 100 largest =
public=20
companies, 83 do business in tax-haven hotspots like the Cayman Islands, =
Bermuda=20
and the British Virgin Islands, where they can move their income into =
tax-free=20
accounts.</FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/Brown-seeks-foreign-help-to.48=
87771.jp"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Brown seeks foreign help to rescue =
banks</A></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2> 17 Jan 2009 =
Gordon Brown=20
has confirmed that Britain's stricken banks will require a second =
bailout,=20
calling for "international action" to rescue them from collapse. The =
Prime=20
Minister, who revealed he was "angry" at the banking system, said a =
<B><FONT=20
color=3D#ff0000>new global solution </FONT></B>[!?!] would be required =
to solve=20
the ongoing crisis, on top of the =A3500bn taxpayer-funded plan =
announced last=20
October. </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJKgWvqj_NGE3zA=
YxnidI319krhgD95P6M4O4"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Obama rides the rails to DC, packing nation's =
hope</A></B> 17 Jan=20
2009 Invoking hope and history, President-elect Barack Obama rolled into =
the=20
capital city Saturday night pledging to help bring the nation "a new =
Declaration=20
of Independence" and promising to rise to the stern challenges of the =
times. He=20
kicked off a four-day inaugural celebration with a daylong rail trip, =
retracing=20
the path Abraham Lincoln took in 1861. Obama began his day in =
Philadelphia,=20
where he said the young nation had faced its "first true test" as a =
fragile=20
democracy. He ended it in Washington, where his own tests await after =
his=20
inauguration on Tuesday.</FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.freep.com/article/20090117/OBAMAINAUGURATION10/9011703=
6/Up+to+40+000+welcome+Obama+to+Baltimore++"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Up to 40,000 welcome Obama to Baltimore</A></B> 17 Jan =
2009=20
Overjoyed people packed the streets of Baltimore from the War Memorial =
building=20
to the historic City Hall this afternoon to see President-elect Barack =
Obama as=20
his inaugural train stopped there. A crowd that, by some estimates, =
numbered as=20
many as 40,000 people chanted his name, told him they loved him and =
waved small=20
American flags Obama=92s standard response? "I love you back," he said, =
from=20
behind a barrier of bullet proof glass.</FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><A=20
href=3D"http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/18/pelosi-open-prosecutio=
n-bush-administration-officials/"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Pelosi Open to Prosecution of Bush Administration=20
Officials</A></B> 18 Jan 2009 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is receptive to =
the=20
idea of prosecuting some Bush administration officials, while letting =
others who=20
are accused of misdeeds leave office without prosecution, she told Chris =
Wallace=20
in an interview on "FOX News Sunday." "I think you look at each item and =
see=20
what is a violation of the law and do we even have a right to ignore =
it," the=20
California Democrat said. "And other things that are maybe time that is =
spent=20
better looking to the future rather than to the past." </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.scribd.com/doc/10732327/Transcript-for-Keith-Olbermann=
-Segment-on-Bush-Years-8-in-8-Minutes-January-16-2009-Transcript-and-Vide=
o-Link"=20
target=3Ddisplay>Bush Years 8 Minutes</A></FONT></B><FONT=20
face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2> By Keith =
Olbermann 16 Jan=20
2009 (Transcript) </FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2><B><FONT=20
color=3D#ff0000>Satire:</FONT> <A=20
href=3D"http://www.legitgov.org/shulman_cheney_regret_170109.html">Cheney=
's One=20
Regret: I Should Have Tried Cannibalism</A> </B>By R J Shulman 17 Jan =
2009 In a=20
candid interview with Fox News commentator Sean Hannity, outgoing Vice =
President=20
[sic] Dick Cheney said that overall, his eight years in office were =
quite=20
fulfilling. "I got to invade and decimate helpless countries, oversee =
torturing=20
prisoners to death, funneled funds to Halliburton on no bid contracts, =
spied on=20
citizens and outed spies, watched a whole city drown and witnessed =
millions=20
thrown out of their homes. But I do have one regret," Cheney said, "and =
that is=20
that I didn't eat anyone." (Satire!)</FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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transition"</A></FONT></B><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif"=20
size=3D2> By Patrick Martin 17 Jan 2009 Three days before the =
inauguration of the=20
44th president of the United States, the distinctions have largely been =
effaced=20
between the outgoing and incoming administrations. </FONT><FONT=20
face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2><B>George W. =
Bush is, as=20
even the corporate-controlled media admits, the most hated and despised=20
president [sic] in American history</B>. Barack Obama is, at least =
according to=20
the opinion polls that measure popular moods, the beneficiary of a =
temporary=20
honeymoon period in which hope outweighs experience and many are =
inclined to=20
"give him a chance." Far more decisive than these illusions are the =
policies of=20
the Obama administration.</FONT></P>
<P align=3Dleft><B><A =
href=3D"http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=3D827280"=20
target=3Ddisplay><FONT face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" =
size=3D2>Iraqi=20
election candidate shot dead</FONT></A></B><FONT=20
face=3D"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D2> 16 Jan 2009 =
Friday,=20
[Blackwater?] gunmen shot to death a candidate belonging to Iraqi Prime =
Minister=20
Nuri al-Maliki's Dawa Party, while campaigning ahead of provincial =
'elections'=20
scheduled for month-end. Reports quoting police said the gunmen =
intercepted a=20
convoy of Hashim al-Husseini, who was proceeding to the town of Jbela, =
south of=20
Baghdad, for campaign.</FONT></P>
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