:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 3.16.2005 ::
:: "Move On MoveOn" ::
A ZNET column
By Norman Solomon
Sadly, it has come to this. Two years after the invasion of Iraq, the online powerhouse MoveOn.org is not pushing for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
ALSO
From Iraq Occupation Watch
Two Years Later: Iraq Continues to Bleed and Suffer
As the second anniversary of the US/British invasion of Iraq approaches, Occupation Watch seeks to highlight articles that assess the current situation in occupied Iraq. While the world seemingly holds its collective breath in anticipation of the formation of an Iraqi government and news of Iraq steadily disappears from the media, the events in Iraq continue to point to a steady deterioration of everyday life (and death). And, no one is ever far from the most immediate question as to when, if ever, the US/British forces will leave.
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