Bush's Speech and Other News

      Iraq seems to be having a problem finishing their national petroleum law. It is hoped that this new long will bring all of the Iraqi factions together as they would be sharing in the profits from oil sales, but there are a few obstacles standing in the way.    The Washington Post for more.

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Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

BEIRUT, Jan. 23 -- The Hezbollah-led opposition cut roads in Beirut and across Lebanon with burning tires, uprooted trees, incinerated cars and barricades to enforce a strike Tuesday aimed at toppling the government, paralyzing the country and embarrassing Lebanese officials ahead of an international aid conference.   WaPo for more.

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I'm not even going to comment on what I think of Bush's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night as I have said enough about it after he was finished with it. You can click The New York Times for everyone else's opinion. If you do not like the NYT, then try here at U.S. News

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According to an exhaustive BBC poll, nearly three-quarters of those polled in 25 countries oppose the Bush policy on Iraq, and more than two-thirds believe the U.S. presence in the Middle East destabilizes the region.       Truthdig

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From BarryLando.com:

Between 1990 and 2003 hundreds of thousands of Iraqis—particularly children—were killed by another weapon of mass destruction—the U.N. embargo, pushed principally by the U.S and Britain. Its disastrous impact is still felt throughout Iraq

              Go HERE for more

 

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