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War on terror bill $15B a month
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Invasion of Iraq was driven by oil, says Greenspan (Duh.)
Richard Adams in Washington The Guardian Alan Greenspan, the consummate Washington insider and long-time head of the US central bank, has backed the position taken by many anti-war critics – that the invasion of Iraq was motivated by oil. His claim comes in his newly published autobiography, The Age of Turbulence, in which he also…
US Funding Mexican Wiretap Program
By Sam Enriquez, The Los Angeles Times Mexico is expanding its ability to tap telephone calls and e-mail using money from the U.S. government, a move that underlines how the country’s conservative government is increasingly willing to cooperate with United States on law enforcement. The expansion comes as President Felipe Calderon is pushing to amend…
