I-News on the News - April 28, 2004
Submitted by Reverend Chuck0:I-News on the News - April 28, 2004
Infoshop's occasional look at the day in news and opinion.
Link of the Day: Nauru - Australia's penal colony
Website of the Day: ChristianBurner.com
Iraq: It's not called "Operation Quagmire," but today U.S.
troops escalated their campaign to free the citizens of Fallujah of their
lives. Democracy Now reported today on the ongoing
U.S. bombardment of Fallujah. Ann Scott Tyson reports for The Christian
Science Monitor that the Iraqi resistance is showing signs of operating
as a network, which does not bode well for American forces. Democracy Now
also reported on Bush administration's efforts to appoint John
Negroponte as the ambassador to Iraq. This is extremely troubling as Negroponte
was an instrumental player in the Reagan administration's support for Central
American death squads and terrorists in the 1980s. And freedom fighters in Iraq
are circulating
"wanted" posters which feature pictures of American military leaders, including
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
FCC working for the Democrats? Jody Rosen of the L.A. Times reports
that the Republican attempt to use the cultural wars as en election year distraction
has backfired. Efforts to silence Howard
Stern have ended up increasing the number of his listeners, which bodes
poorly for the Republicans because Stern is attacking the Bush administration.
Department of Mission Accomplished: President George W. Bush vowed today to "take
whatever action is necessary to secure" the Iraqi city of Fullujah.
Are you feeling a draft? The U.S. army has about run
out of troops to send to Iraq. The army is extending tours of duty and it thinking about reloating U.S. troops currently occupying South Korea.
Wal-Mart World: Wal-Mart is
stepping up its new PR offensive, which suggests that the big corporation
is suffering from an image problem that activist could exploit if they organized.
Wal-Mart has gotten the green light to open a new store in Indiana.
Basketweaving U.: This is too ironic to make up, but supporters of former President
Ronald Reagan are hoping to open a university named after the president
at a location near Denver, Colorado.
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