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*Draining the Swamp* by: Tom Engelhardt
"'We didn't go in with a plan. We went in with a theory,' said a veteran 
State Department officer who was directly involved in Iraq policy…
/http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2280/

*Pentagon offers Pakistan $1.2B arms deal* by: Big News Network.com
The Pentagon has offered Pakistan a $1.2 billion arms package, the first 
in more than 14 years, the Hindustan Times reported Thursday.
/http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2279/

*Red Cross condemns Iraq abuses* by: aljazeera
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has condemned what 
it described as utter contempt for humanity shown by all sides in the 
fighting in Iraq.
/http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2278/

*After Bush re-election: German Greens shift further to the right* by: 
Peter Schwarz
The German Greens have reacted to George W. Bush’s re-election as US 
president with a clear shift to the right. Reinhard Bütikofer, co-chair 
of the Green Party, spelled this out in an interview with the 
Frankfurter Rundschau on the lessons of the US election.
/http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2277/

*Chirac seeks to appease Washington while ensuring France gets its cut* 
by: Chris Marsden
The meeting between President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Tony 
Blair in London to mark a century since the signing of the Entente 
Cordiale in 1904 had more to do with France’s relations with the United 
States than a proclaimed historic friendship with Britain.
/http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2276/

*US soldiers in Iraq suffer horrific brain and mental injuries* by: Rick 
Kelly
According to official figures, the Iraq war has so far seen 9,000 US 
soldiers wounded in action, in addition to the more than 1,200 troops 
killed. These wounded, whose numbers may well be underestimated, include 
those with gunshot and shrapnel wounds, lost limbs and other injuries 
caused by landmines and bombs. Less well known, however, is the terrible 
toll enacted through brain and psychological injuries, which frequently 
have devastating and permanent effects.
/http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2275/

*Blair’s foreign policy: from a “bridge” to a bridgehead* by: Chris 
Marsden and Julie Hyland
The tenor of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s annual speech on foreign policy 
this week at the Mansion House, London, was entirely predictable.
/http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2274/

*US-European tensions deepen over Iran’s nuclear program* by: Peter Symonds
Next week’s meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 
board of governors over Iran’s nuclear programs is looming as a tense 
diplomatic battleground between the US and its European rivals.
/http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2273/