By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail, Inter Press Service The Iraqi government announcement that monthly food rations will be cut by half has left many Iraqis asking how they can survive. The government also wants to reduce the number of people depending on the rationing system by five million by June 2008. Iraq’s food rations…
Bush Veto a Blow to “Wounded Warriors” By Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t The Bush administration’s veto of a broad-ranging defense policy bill Monday night will delay a long list of benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Bush did not veto the Defense Authorization Bill of 2008…
By Greg Miller and Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times More than two years before the CIA destroyed interrogation videotapes, top officials were urged to preserve them by a senior lawmaker who warned that disposing of the recordings would “reflect badly on the agency.” The warning came in a February 2003 letter from Rep. Jane…
Mike Sheehan, Raw Story Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, is demanding a special counsel with a “full investigative mandate” in the CIA destroyed tapes case, according to a press release. Responding to Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s announcement that an assistant U.S. Attorney would investigate the controversial case on behalf of the…
