Civil War in Iraq Near, Annan Says
Study Group Begins Two-Day Meeting
By Robin Wright and Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, November 28, 2006; A01
Saudi Arabia is so concerned about the damage that the conflict in Iraq is doing across the region that it basically summoned Vice President Cheney for talks over the weekend, according to U.S. officials and foreign diplomats.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701398.html
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If Saudi Arabia boosted production and cut the price of oil in half ... it would be devastating to Iran ... The result would be to limit Tehran's ability to continue funnelling hundreds of millions each year to Shi'ite militias in Iraq and elsewhere."
Low prices would be bad for Big Oil, Halliburton and the Republicans.
Low prices would be bad for Big Oil, Halliburton and the Republicans.
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Cheney, the real commander-and-thief.
I wonder what it must feel like for bush trying to convince himself he actually calls the shots.
Bush won't take responsibility because he knows the buck really doesn't stop with him.
He should of stuck to playing golf and spending his dad's millions. I almost feel sorry for this poor fool...he's probably being blackmailed by AIPAC along with most of congress.
That,"Bush won't take responsibility because he knows the buck really doesn't stop with him." is a very good point.
As for blackmail, Mossad is unequaled in electronic surveillance. Politicians' personal telephone calls no doubt provide juicy morsels.
Best,
Marc
CCNWON
"Politicians' personal telephone calls no doubt provide juicy morsels."
remember this one? Archived from live journal with extra info.
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Abramoff helped Israeli wireless company "tap" congress
Jack Abramoff's Israeli connections
Abramoff also allegedly convinced Congressman Robert Ney, House Administrative Committee chairman, to award a contract worth $3 million to a start-up Israeli telecommunications firm called Foxcom Wireless. The contract was for the installation of antennas in House of Representatives buildings to improve cell-phone reception. Not surprisingly, such equipment can be designed to have what is known as a "back door" to enable a third party, in this case Mossad, to listen in. That an Israeli firm should be given such a contract through a selection process that was described as "deeply flawed and unfair" is explicable, particularly as there were American suppliers of the same equipment, and it suggest that the private conversations of some of our Congressmen might not be so private after all.
In a previous scandal in 2001, FBI investigators strongly suspected that two Israeli companies, AMDOCS and Comverse Infosys, which had been allowed to obtain U.S. government telecommunications contracts, were able to use back-door technology to compromise the security of DEA, Pentagon, and White House phones.
http://www.apfn.net/MESSAGEBOARD/01-10-06/discussion.cgi.72.html
I'd forgotten about that one. Great excerpt and link here. Thanks.
Best,
Marc
CCNDWON
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