Will the US Tolerate a Venezuelan-Chinese Oil Pact?
Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Iraq Elections: Farce of the Century
Registration for expatriate Iraqis to vote in the Iraq elections began on Monday in fourteen countries - Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Jordan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States and runs until January 23. However, according to a renowned expert on international law, Sabah Al Mukhtar, the London-based President of the League of Arab Lawyers, the election is not alone fatally flawed, it is illegal. "Under the Vienna Convention, an occupying force has no right to change composition of occupied territories socially, culturally, educationally or politically.

Pomp and Improper Circumstance
On Thursday, an estimated $40 million worth of inaugural pomp and circumstance will only temporarily triumph over an incalculable record of deceit and error. Of course, some might say it's tacky to rain on the president's parade, but two crucial news stories compel it.

Special Interests Rule in World Upside Down

Export propaganda

Swastikas, Hypocrisy and Prince Harry

Why We Must Question Our Elections
Before November 2, several U.S. newspapers pursued concerns about election integrity. They reported on the vulnerability of electronic voting to simple errors and malicious hacking, and the unnecessary dangers posed by non-verifiable touch-screen voting. They exposed obstructionist maneuvers, such as Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell's telling election commissioners to reject voter registrations submitted on thin paper.

Britain should butt out of Africa

Bush Uses Tsunami Aid to Regain Foothold in Indonesia
Besides improving Washington's image in South and Southeast Asia, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is hoping to achieve something more concrete from its aid efforts in the aftermath of the Dec. 26 tsunami that killed over 175,000 people along the coasts of the Indian Ocean. In particular, it is reviving its hopes of normalizing military ties with Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, whose strategically located archipelago, critical sea lanes, and historic distrust of China have long made it an ideal partner for containing Beijing.

Pentagon lashes out at Iran claim
¥ However.....
Neocons turn their attention to Iran
Now US ponders attack on Iran
US 'making secret plans to attack sites in Iran'

Will the US Tolerate a Venezuelan-Chinese Oil Pact?



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