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June 21, 2005
Tom Dispatch and Mark Danner on the Downing Street Memo
[Where We're Bound] TomDispatch has a posted an excellent introduction to, and reprint of, Mark Danner's coverage of the Downing Street Memo and the resulting non-coverage and bias of the corporate media. This is a must read for anyone interested in the DSM as well as the corporate media cover-up and obedience to state dictates.
Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.
[Bearcastle.com] Bearcastle Blog: Bearcastle Blog Eccentric & Eclectic / Nullus pudor est ad meliora transire. Biographical ... Well, the DSM does indeed concern events from a few years ago, ...
[Global-equality.org] Sherman's Blog - Political & Social Commentary: Whats Happening, Iraq: Kirkuk as tinderbox The major papers today note that this city not only features regular suicide bombings (NY Times ) but also Kurdish / U.S.(?) abductions of scores, if not hundreds of Arabs and Turkmen who are then shipped to Kurdish-run prisons. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/print/asection/index.html USA Today has an article on the growing number of foreigners alleged to have joined the ”insurgency. Insurgents killed at least 28 Iraqis Tuesday in two new suicide attacks that suggest the rebellion is fueled by growing ranks of religious fanatics and foreign fighters.
[Pbd.blogspot.com] PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: [Nelson Report] [There is] an increased press and Congressional focus on the so-called “Downing Street Memo”, from the then-head of Britians secret service to Prime Minister Blair, stating flatly that President Bush and his top advisors had determined to go to war with Iraq well in advance of playing out the UN process. Our point for tonight is that this memo, really a series of memos, has had a strange life...but after a delayed reaction in this country, it seems to be leading somewhere...where, exactly, is the question.
[Ariannaonline.com] Arianna's Blog: According to Cuban, an estimated $40 million being spent on the inauguration "can go a long way. Instead of shaking hands all night and being driven from party to party, send them a thank you card letting them know that the corporate and individual donations that had been earmarked for fun was now going to help more people than they could ever imagine."
Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Iraq, Iraq Reviews
Posted at June 21, 2005 01:17 PM
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