Archive for the 'Biological Weapons' Category

Senate Intelligence Committee Phase II Report: Bush and Cheney lied about Iraq intelligence findings

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

After four years of delays, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has finally released its Phase II report. In a sweeping review of the administration’s pre-war case for invasion, the Committee found that the American public was being fed information at odds with the truth about Iraq.
The lies came directly from President Bush, [...]

The opportunity cost of Iraq

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

The New York Times reports on March 19 that whereas the Bush administration sold the Iraq war to the congress as a $50 billion investment, the actual costs are more like–
1.) ultra-conservative Pentagon estimate: $600 billion and counting
(note: this Honest Abe estimate categorically excludes “extras” such as operations in the war zone, [...]

From The Anals of History - Janeane Garofalo Hands Brian Kilmeade (Fox) His Ass

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

This “blast from the past” stands as a stark reminder of the chorus corporate controlled media, coordinated talking points and hyperbolic name-calling that manged to shout down anyone who presented reason and fact in the face of the drumbeat to attack Iraq.
This little piece contains all the now classic tactics so shamefully employed against the [...]

What About a Sin Tax For War Profiteering?

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Army to Triple Germ War Tests 75 Miles From Salt Lake City

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Biological Weapons Research and Development Pose Risks Worldwide
Article by Steve Erickson
At a remote, secretive desert base 75 miles west of Salt Lake City, the Army plans to renovate an historic cold war laboratory to expand dramatically its biological warfare testing.
The US Army proposes to completely rehab the drab Baker Laboratory, a centerpiece of the Dugway [...]

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