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“Make no mistake about
it, I understand how
tough it is...
it, I understand how
tough it is...
...I talk to families who die."
Washington DC 12.07.06
Washington DC 12.07.06
The Iraq Study Group’s report focuses
on multiple aspects of the US occupation
of Iraq, importantly on the nascent civil
war in Iraq and the role of the US troops
currently deployed in the country. The
group’s members, some of whom
represent America’s largest energy
consultants and firms, also gave
recommendations that advance the
interests of these members of the
group, belie a fundamental motivation of
the Bush administration for invading Iraq
and demonstrate what “winning” the war
really entails.
James Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger
both served under the Reagan
administration and helped open Iraq up
to foreign investment by establishing
bilateral relations and facilitating millions
in loans to the country. Included among
the advisors to the ISG are employees of
on multiple aspects of the US occupation
of Iraq, importantly on the nascent civil
war in Iraq and the role of the US troops
currently deployed in the country. The
group’s members, some of whom
represent America’s largest energy
consultants and firms, also gave
recommendations that advance the
interests of these members of the
group, belie a fundamental motivation of
the Bush administration for invading Iraq
and demonstrate what “winning” the war
really entails.
James Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger
both served under the Reagan
administration and helped open Iraq up
to foreign investment by establishing
bilateral relations and facilitating millions
in loans to the country. Included among
the advisors to the ISG are employees of
Citigroup, Cambridge Energy Research
Associates, PFC Energy and Bechtel.
Recommendations 62 and 63 reveal the
group’s vision for Iraq’s vast untapped
energy resources. The report calls for
the US government to help Iraq draft its
“oil law”. The report states that the US
should provide technical assistance to
the Iraqi government to create a “fiscal
and legal framework for investment” by
international corporate interests. The
document calls for “legal clarity” that
establishes the rights of local and
regional governments in Iraq but also
makes the war-torn country “attractive
for investment”.
The report goes on to recommend that
the US should have an important dual
role over the course of the coming years
in Iraq’s oil fields. The group counsels
Associates, PFC Energy and Bechtel.
Recommendations 62 and 63 reveal the
group’s vision for Iraq’s vast untapped
energy resources. The report calls for
the US government to help Iraq draft its
“oil law”. The report states that the US
should provide technical assistance to
the Iraqi government to create a “fiscal
and legal framework for investment” by
international corporate interests. The
document calls for “legal clarity” that
establishes the rights of local and
regional governments in Iraq but also
makes the war-torn country “attractive
for investment”.
The report goes on to recommend that
the US should have an important dual
role over the course of the coming years
in Iraq’s oil fields. The group counsels
that the US military “should work
with the Iraqi Military” to “protect
oil infrastructure and contractors.”
The document also recommends that
the US government provide
“technical assistance” to the Iraqi
Ministry of Oil in multiple commercial
and accounting facets of the business
of oil extraction including “managing
cash flows”, enhancing the “payments
process” and training management
personnel. The document proposes
that the US team with the World
Bank to provide “contracting
templates” and to help improve
accountability in Iraq’s energy sector.
The group also finds a role for what
it identifies as “private security
forces” in ensuring that international
firms can extract Iraq’s resources in
safety. it's all true
with the Iraqi Military” to “protect
oil infrastructure and contractors.”
The document also recommends that
the US government provide
“technical assistance” to the Iraqi
Ministry of Oil in multiple commercial
and accounting facets of the business
of oil extraction including “managing
cash flows”, enhancing the “payments
process” and training management
personnel. The document proposes
that the US team with the World
Bank to provide “contracting
templates” and to help improve
accountability in Iraq’s energy sector.
The group also finds a role for what
it identifies as “private security
forces” in ensuring that international
firms can extract Iraq’s resources in
safety. it's all true
Attorneys for terror detainee Jose
Padilla have told a federal district court
in Miami that recently released
photographs of their client exemplify the
type of cruel treatment that they claim
has violated his rights and possibly driven
him insane.
The filing said, “The government’s
treatment of Mr. Padilla has robbed him
of his personhood.” Padilla’s attorneys
are seeking to get terrorism related
charges dropped because of the
government’s use of harsh treatment
that can be deemed to be
“outrageous”.
The photos, which were stills taken
Padilla have told a federal district court
in Miami that recently released
photographs of their client exemplify the
type of cruel treatment that they claim
has violated his rights and possibly driven
him insane.
The filing said, “The government’s
treatment of Mr. Padilla has robbed him
of his personhood.” Padilla’s attorneys
are seeking to get terrorism related
charges dropped because of the
government’s use of harsh treatment
that can be deemed to be
“outrageous”.
The photos, which were stills taken
from a video of Padilla being led from his
cell at a naval brig where he is being
detained, show the prisoner chained at
the feet and waist, wearing blackened
goggles and sound-proofed headphones.
Padilla was being escorted by three
armed guards wearing riot-gear.
Padilla has previously given testimony
that he was made to endure sleep
deprivation, forced to hold painful
“stress positions” for hours on end and
threatened with execution by his US
military captors over a course of three
years. Padilla also claims that he was
exposed to noxious gases in his cell and
has been given mind-altering drugs on
several occasions as “truth” serums.
cell at a naval brig where he is being
detained, show the prisoner chained at
the feet and waist, wearing blackened
goggles and sound-proofed headphones.
Padilla was being escorted by three
armed guards wearing riot-gear.
Padilla has previously given testimony
that he was made to endure sleep
deprivation, forced to hold painful
“stress positions” for hours on end and
threatened with execution by his US
military captors over a course of three
years. Padilla also claims that he was
exposed to noxious gases in his cell and
has been given mind-altering drugs on
several occasions as “truth” serums.
Federal prosecutors contend that
while Padilla was in military custody
and being questioned he was held in
“conditions of confinement (that)
were humane and designed to ensure
his safety and security," and that,
“Padilla’s allegations of torture have
no merit whatsoever."
Those who have recently interviewed
the detainee say that he “often
exhibits facial tics, unusual eye
movements and contortions of his
body.” Padilla’s lawyers said in the
court filing that, ‘‘the extended
torture visited upon Mr. Padilla has
left him damaged, both mentally and
physically.'' it's all true
while Padilla was in military custody
and being questioned he was held in
“conditions of confinement (that)
were humane and designed to ensure
his safety and security," and that,
“Padilla’s allegations of torture have
no merit whatsoever."
Those who have recently interviewed
the detainee say that he “often
exhibits facial tics, unusual eye
movements and contortions of his
body.” Padilla’s lawyers said in the
court filing that, ‘‘the extended
torture visited upon Mr. Padilla has
left him damaged, both mentally and
physically.'' it's all true
Government data shows that
income disparities between men
and women in the US workforce
have been reduced over the past
five years, as manufacturing jobs
are eliminated and the service
sector of the economy continues
to grow. The gender pay gap for
hourly wages has fallen to 18.3
percent nationally, the lowest
ever recorded. But rather than
reflecting gains among female
workers, the trend is almost
exclusively the result of the
continuing erosion of men’s
wages, according to a report by
the Los Angeles Times.
The difference between male and
female median annual earnings
stood at 36.9 percent in 1973,
the year that the Department of
Labor initiated statistical analysis
of the figures. Over the past
decade, the rapid expansion of
the service sector has led to an
increase in the demand for a
predominantly female workforce.
At the same time, many
traditionally male-dominated jobs
have been phased out or moved
overseas. A range of federal and
regional data confirms that the
apparent gains by women have
come at the lower end of the pay
scale.
“We’re closing the wage gap in
exactly the wrong way,” Rebecca
Blank, an economist and dean of
the University of Michigan's
Gerald R. Ford School of Public
Policy told the Times, adding,
“The idea was that women’s
wages were supposed to rise, not
that men’s wages would fall to
women’s level.” it's all true
income disparities between men
and women in the US workforce
have been reduced over the past
five years, as manufacturing jobs
are eliminated and the service
sector of the economy continues
to grow. The gender pay gap for
hourly wages has fallen to 18.3
percent nationally, the lowest
ever recorded. But rather than
reflecting gains among female
workers, the trend is almost
exclusively the result of the
continuing erosion of men’s
wages, according to a report by
the Los Angeles Times.
The difference between male and
female median annual earnings
stood at 36.9 percent in 1973,
the year that the Department of
Labor initiated statistical analysis
of the figures. Over the past
decade, the rapid expansion of
the service sector has led to an
increase in the demand for a
predominantly female workforce.
At the same time, many
traditionally male-dominated jobs
have been phased out or moved
overseas. A range of federal and
regional data confirms that the
apparent gains by women have
come at the lower end of the pay
scale.
“We’re closing the wage gap in
exactly the wrong way,” Rebecca
Blank, an economist and dean of
the University of Michigan's
Gerald R. Ford School of Public
Policy told the Times, adding,
“The idea was that women’s
wages were supposed to rise, not
that men’s wages would fall to
women’s level.” it's all true
The Office of the Director of
National Intelligence has expanded a
program that provides federal funds
to private colleges and universities
for the development of special
course and degree programs to
prepare students for careers in the
intelligence services. The DNI has
underwritten “Centers of Academic
Excellence” at 10 US universities,
creating specialized curricula in
Middle Eastern and South Asian
language studies, Islamic studies,
engineering, and computer science.
The program is just one among an
increasing array of grants and
scholarships being offered by the
various intelligence and national
security agencies as part of the Bush
administration “war on terror.”
The Department of Homeland
Security recently announced it was
launching a scholarship program with
the goal of training nuclear engineers.
According to DHS officials, the
“Academic Research Initiative
Program” will be implemented in
2007. Republican Senator Pat
Roberts of Kansas sponsors a secret
scholarship fund, the "Pat Roberts
Intelligence Scholars." it's all true
National Intelligence has expanded a
program that provides federal funds
to private colleges and universities
for the development of special
course and degree programs to
prepare students for careers in the
intelligence services. The DNI has
underwritten “Centers of Academic
Excellence” at 10 US universities,
creating specialized curricula in
Middle Eastern and South Asian
language studies, Islamic studies,
engineering, and computer science.
The program is just one among an
increasing array of grants and
scholarships being offered by the
various intelligence and national
security agencies as part of the Bush
administration “war on terror.”
The Department of Homeland
Security recently announced it was
launching a scholarship program with
the goal of training nuclear engineers.
According to DHS officials, the
“Academic Research Initiative
Program” will be implemented in
2007. Republican Senator Pat
Roberts of Kansas sponsors a secret
scholarship fund, the "Pat Roberts
Intelligence Scholars." it's all true
The Environmental Protection Agency
announced last week that it will overhaul
its processes for reviewing and
establishing federal air pollution
standards, effectively reducing the role
of independent scientists and expanding
the contribution of the agency’s
politically appointed management staff.
The new procedures appear to be based
on a set of guidelines proposed by the
American Petroleum Institute and other
industry-backed lobbying organizations.
The decision was quickly condemned by
environmental groups and Congressional
Democrats, who charged that the de-
emphasis of scientific review would
result in improperly politicized
deliberations within the agency.
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is
required to evaluate its standards
regulating six major air pollutants every
five years. The process typically starts
with EPA staff compiling scientific data in
a draft document, which is then
circulated among independent
researchers for review. The new
procedures will completely eliminate this
practice, replacing it with a “policy
assessment” prepared by senior White
House appointees. Comment from the
scientific community on the policy
assessment would be invited only after
its publication in the Federal Register.
announced last week that it will overhaul
its processes for reviewing and
establishing federal air pollution
standards, effectively reducing the role
of independent scientists and expanding
the contribution of the agency’s
politically appointed management staff.
The new procedures appear to be based
on a set of guidelines proposed by the
American Petroleum Institute and other
industry-backed lobbying organizations.
The decision was quickly condemned by
environmental groups and Congressional
Democrats, who charged that the de-
emphasis of scientific review would
result in improperly politicized
deliberations within the agency.
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is
required to evaluate its standards
regulating six major air pollutants every
five years. The process typically starts
with EPA staff compiling scientific data in
a draft document, which is then
circulated among independent
researchers for review. The new
procedures will completely eliminate this
practice, replacing it with a “policy
assessment” prepared by senior White
House appointees. Comment from the
scientific community on the policy
assessment would be invited only after
its publication in the Federal Register.
The changes will affect regulations for
the most dangerous air pollutants,
including ozone, lead, carbon monoxide,
sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, and
particulate matter. Federal standards for
ozone and lead are currently under
review. The standard for airborne
particulate matter, or soot, was recently
left largely unchanged in a controversial
EPA decision that disregarded the
consensus opinion of its scientific
advisors.
The agency also announced last week
that it would consider removing lead
from the list of the deadliest pollutants.
The reclassification of lead is being urged
by the Battery Council International, a
Chicago-based association of battery
manufacturers who insist that other
regulations already in place will assure
public safety. The industry requires the
operation of lead smelting facilities as
part of its manufacturing process.
In a letter to agency Administrator
Stephen Johnson, Democratic Rep.
Henry Waxman of California called on
the EPA not to reclassify lead, writing,
“This deregulatory effort cannot be
defended.” Sen. Barbara Boxer (D, CA)
said she would bring the various EPA
controversies before the Environment
Committee next month. its all true
the most dangerous air pollutants,
including ozone, lead, carbon monoxide,
sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, and
particulate matter. Federal standards for
ozone and lead are currently under
review. The standard for airborne
particulate matter, or soot, was recently
left largely unchanged in a controversial
EPA decision that disregarded the
consensus opinion of its scientific
advisors.
The agency also announced last week
that it would consider removing lead
from the list of the deadliest pollutants.
The reclassification of lead is being urged
by the Battery Council International, a
Chicago-based association of battery
manufacturers who insist that other
regulations already in place will assure
public safety. The industry requires the
operation of lead smelting facilities as
part of its manufacturing process.
In a letter to agency Administrator
Stephen Johnson, Democratic Rep.
Henry Waxman of California called on
the EPA not to reclassify lead, writing,
“This deregulatory effort cannot be
defended.” Sen. Barbara Boxer (D, CA)
said she would bring the various EPA
controversies before the Environment
Committee next month. its all true
Harsh Treatment Makes Attorneys Angry, Padilla Mad
ISG Recommends Bringing War Machine in For an Oil Change
Wage Squeeze
Narrows Gender Gap
Narrows Gender Gap
Industry Influence Pollutes Procedures at EPA
Spy Agencies
Turn to Colleges
For Intelligence Gathering
Turn to Colleges
For Intelligence Gathering
An appointee to the United States
Memorial Holocaust Memorial Council
has been criticized by both Muslims and
Jews for remarks he made about a
member of congress and the Koran.
Dennis Prager, who hosts a radio talk
show and has written for conservative
publications such as the Wall Street
Journal, wrote an opinion piece about
the decision of congress person elect
Keith Ellison of Minnesota to use the
Koran when he is ceremonially sworn in
to office. Ellison is the first Muslim to be
elected to the House of Representatives.
Although the radio talk show host was
unable to articulate how, Prager wrote
that Ellison’s decision to be sworn in
using a Koran was an act that
“undermines American Civilization."
Memorial Holocaust Memorial Council
has been criticized by both Muslims and
Jews for remarks he made about a
member of congress and the Koran.
Dennis Prager, who hosts a radio talk
show and has written for conservative
publications such as the Wall Street
Journal, wrote an opinion piece about
the decision of congress person elect
Keith Ellison of Minnesota to use the
Koran when he is ceremonially sworn in
to office. Ellison is the first Muslim to be
elected to the House of Representatives.
Although the radio talk show host was
unable to articulate how, Prager wrote
that Ellison’s decision to be sworn in
using a Koran was an act that
“undermines American Civilization."
Prager went on to compare Ellison’s
choice of religious texts to that of a
racist who may choose Adolph Hitler’s
treatise, Mein Kampf. Prager said that if
Ellison was “incapable” of using a Bible
for the swearing ceremony, he should
not “serve in Congress.”
Since Prager made his comments, the
Council on American-Islamic Relations
sent a letter to the president asking for
Prager's removal and the Anti
Defamation League called Prager’s
comments “intolerant, misinformed and
downright un-American.” The board of
the Holocaust Museum itself said that
Prager’s comments do not reflect the
museum's position and stated that they
could not remove the radio host from
the board as he was appointed by
President Bush. it's all true
choice of religious texts to that of a
racist who may choose Adolph Hitler’s
treatise, Mein Kampf. Prager said that if
Ellison was “incapable” of using a Bible
for the swearing ceremony, he should
not “serve in Congress.”
Since Prager made his comments, the
Council on American-Islamic Relations
sent a letter to the president asking for
Prager's removal and the Anti
Defamation League called Prager’s
comments “intolerant, misinformed and
downright un-American.” The board of
the Holocaust Museum itself said that
Prager’s comments do not reflect the
museum's position and stated that they
could not remove the radio host from
the board as he was appointed by
President Bush. it's all true
Bush Appointee Discriminates By the Book