Positive Universe Abstracts

San Francisco Chronicle, United States This shadowy process was guided by Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld Lawrence B. Wilkerson Sunday, October 30, 2005  

In President Bush’s first term, some of the most important decisions about U.S. national security — including vital decisions about postwar Iraq — were made by a secretive, little-known cabal. It was made up of a [...]

How far up the White House food chain does this scandal go? Sunday Herald, UK What we think

The storm breaking over the White House this weekend over the indictment of the vice-president’s chief of staff, Lewis “Scooter” Libby will be uncomfortable. Criticised over its pathetic response to Hurricane Katrina, and trying to survive the difficult milestone of [...]

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2005 AUSTIN TEXAS (h)

HEADS UP: MAJOR MARCH IN TEXAS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY! (SEE MORE INFO BELOW): STOP ALL EXECUTIONS!

NATIONAL ANTI-DEATH PENALTY CONFERENCE JUST GETTING STARTED AT THE HYATT ON TOWN LAKE IN AUSTIN TEXAS THROUGH SUNDAY (Converging with Journey of Hope, led by murder victims’ family members and including families of [...]

By Justin Huggler, Asia Correspondent Published: 27 October 2005 The United Nations almost doubled its appeal for donations for victims of the Pakistan earthquake as some rich nations were accused of contributing nothing to help the survivors.

The UN raised its appeal to about $550m (£310m) from its original target of $312m. “The scale of this tragedy almost [...]

Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq, 26 October 2005

Yesterday while speaking to a group of military wives in Washington, Mr. Bush said, “This war will require more sacrifice, more time and more resolve.”

Of course this speech of pre-emptive consolation to the news of the 2,000th death was not in vain, as the announcement came but a few [...]

October 26, 2005

For the past two and a half years, the administration has glossed over the realities in Iraq by asserting that the insurgency is weakening and progress is being made. It has continued with the same rhetoric despite startling statistics of ongoing violence in Iraq. Two thousand U.S. soldiers have now died in Iraq. [...]

Independent, UK By David Usborne in New York Published: 26 October 2005

The name of Vice-President Dick Cheney has surfaced unexpectedly in the inquiry into who might have leaked the identity of the undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame to journalists, increasing the pressure on the White House as the special prosecutor in the case prepares to file possible criminal [...]