LeadingTheCharge: "A hundred thousand Iraqis across the country marched on Friday in support of a maverick Shi'ite cleric opposed to a draft constitution that U.S.-backed government leaders say will deliver a brighter future."
11:33:53 AM
When soldiers come home from Iraq the story does not end there. Many of them are mental wrecks and a danger to society, others return wounded and look forward to a difficult future. But there are also those who return alive but are later diagnosed with depleted uranium contamination. Children from DU contaminated parents are often born with deformities; they are the hidden little victims of this war.
11:24:04 AM
Yahoo: "The Uzbek Senate on Friday endorsed the government's decision to evict U.S. troops from an airbase that has been an important hub for American military operations in Afghanistan."
11:14:27 AM
CommonDreams: "A controversial Patriot Act clause allowing the U.S. government to demand information about library patrons' borrowing habits is being challenged in federal court for the first time by a library.
The lawsuit was filed against U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut by an unnamed library and the American Civil Liberties Union.
The suit - filed on August 9 and made public by the ACLU on Thursday - calls the FBI's order to produce library records 'unconstitutional on its face' and said a gag order preventing public discussion of the lawsuit is an unlawful restraint on speech."
11:10:47 AM
