A place to push impeachment
By Howard Blume, Times Staff WriterJuly 5, 2007If President Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney were ever to be
impeached, their foes could cite this Independence Day as a milestone the day that the nation's first "impeachment headquarters" opened its
doors in a storefront near the Beverly Center.
"This is an impeachment 4th of July," Byron De Lear, a Green Party
activist, said Wednesday. He called removing Bush and Cheney "a
patriotic duty to restore the integrity of the United States."
Those assembled cited various Bush actions or policies, including "lies that...
Republican rebellion over Iraq escalates
By Andrew Ward in WashingtonPublished: July 8 2007The
Republican rebellion against the war in Iraq widened over the weekend
as more of the party’s senators voiced dissent from President George W.
Bush’s strategy.Republican unity on Iraq has shattered in recent
weeks, amid mounting pessimism about the ability of US forces to bring
stability to the country.Weakening
Republican support for the war has left Mr Bush increasingly isolated
as congressional Democrats prepare for a fresh barrage of votes aimed
at forcing a US withdrawal.Three more Republican senators have
called for a change...
Just another day in Iraq-right?
3 missing, 5 killed in attack on U.S. patrol
May 12, 2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq
(CNN) -- American troops were on the hunt in a volatile region south of
Baghdad for three members of a U.S.-led military patrol, who went
missing after an insurgent attack Saturday that killed five others. The U.S. military said attackers struck the team of seven U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi army interpreter. It
was unclear whether the Iraqi was among the missing or among those
killed, and it is not known whether the interpreter was a soldier or a
civilian employee. (Watch military...
Pentagon Report Details Impact Of Deployments On Mental Health
(May
4, 2007)—The war in Iraq is taking a mental health toll on the Marines
and soldiers on the front lines, a Pentagon report released Friday
finds.
One-third of the soldiers and Marines in combat in Iraq...
