Month: October 2005

[From the diaries by susanhu.] Rory Carroll was kidnapped today by armed men as he left an apartment in Sadr City. He had been watching the Saddam trial with an Iraqi family.

Rory, 33, graduated from Trinity College in Dublin. He was nominated best new reporter of the year in 1997 in Northern Ireland. Hired by the Guardian, he was Rome correspondent from 1999 until 2002. He has been the Guardian correspondent in Baghdad for the past nine months and scheduled to leave soon. His posts from Baghdad may be accessed here.

We in Rome hope and pray for his well-being.

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There does not appear to be a liberal/progressive counterpart to Patrick Ruffini’s cross-blog GOP Presidential Nominee straw poll, and hence, I have created a blog for that purpose, namely, Cross Blog Polls.

The first poll that I have posted is a Demochoice IRV poll, and the topic is one that has been seen often in the recent days, namely a straw poll for the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nominee. If you are eager go and vote, the link follows, but remember that you do not need to rank all of the 20 options listed (18 candidates and 2 non-candidate options) there. Rank at least one, but preferably 5 or more options.

Here is the link to the poll. The poll expires on October 31st at midnight.

More below the flip.

Cross-posted at MLW, myDD.

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Article, with subtitle: Former CIA Analyst: Government May Be Manufacturing Fake Terrorism
A Government openly promoting torture, A President acting like a King cannot be trusted, must be impeached
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/october2005/191005McGovern.htm
“McGovern then moved on to talk about terrorism and the fact that if there was another major attack in the US, it would mean a martial law state (According to General Tommy Franks) and a breakdown in our freedoms.

He amazingly went on to suggest that if another attack took place we should not accept what the government tells us because it could be them carrying out the terror.

“We have to be careful, if somebody does this kind of provocation, big violent explosions of some kind, we have to not take the word of the masters there in Washington that this was some terrorist event because it could well be a provocation allowing them, or seemingly to allow them to get what they want.”

McGovern said he would not put it past the Government to “Play fast and loose” with terror alerts and warnings and even events themselves in order to rally people behind the flag.” Heavy hitting statements
With a big big finish: “At this very moment we have a President about to veto a ban on torture. Even at the height of the British Empire torture was still outlawed because it was recognized as the pinnacle of human rights violations. What more does this Administration have to do before we remove it from power?”   GOOD QUESTION !!!!!

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[Promoted by susanhu.] Life is sweet… check this out … I am saving room on my office wall for all of the Repug Mug shots..

“A Texas court issued a warrant Wednesday for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to appear for booking, where he is likely to face the fingerprinting and photo mug shot he had hoped to avoid.”

“Bail was initially set at $10,000 … ” More below:

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[From the diaries by susanhu. You put Nancy Drew to shame, Man Eegee!] No wonder everyone is suffering from Pre-Indictment Stress Syndrome, new details emerge each day on the tangled and incestuous relationships that exist between the various government agencies in the D.C. Beltway.

Yesterday the Washington Post ran an article that gave us some new players from Dick Cheney’s office who are under investigation from Fitzgerald.  Susanhu has a frontpage story on two of them–David Wurmser and Catherine/Cathie/Kathy Martin; catnip also did some sleuthing on John Hannah, who has apparently flipped and is now aiding the investigation.

This diary will be a springboard of information regarding a new cast-member, Jennifer Millerwise Dyck, who has served in several PR positions that are key to unraveling the Aspens. (picture taken from pbs.org archives)

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[editor’s note, by Man Eegee] I corrected the spelling of her married last name. Mea culpa.

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