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...Barbara Schaaf Hollister, Missouri, U.S. Scooter's Fate the indictment of vice president dick Cheney's aide Scooter Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice [Nov. 7] was the first breach in the protective wall of lies and deception that has allowed the Administration to drag us into the senseless, totally unjustified war in Iraq. Now that the wall has been broken in one place, the truth will come flooding through. In a democracy, citizens are guilty of the sins of their leaders because voters chose them. We cannot pretend we are blameless. We elected them, and we are just...
...after they climbed into a electric relay station and touched a high-voltage transformer. The youths-one Malian, the other Tunisian-had apparently thought they were being chased by police after fleeing a police identity check. Though a preliminary investigation has found that they weren't being pursued, their senseless deaths were quickly blamed on the police. After two nights of violence, hundreds marched through Clichy-sous-Bois on Saturday morning, many of them wearing white t-shirts with the slogan "Mort Pour Rien"-dead for no reason...
...enjoyed bipartisan support. "Islamic radicalism, like the ideology of communism, contains inherent contradictions that doom it to failure," he declared. A White House official involved in preparing the 40-min. speech said it was designed to describe the enemy more precisely than in the past: "The attacks may be senseless, but they all fit together...
...same liberties that ensure a free society make the innocent vulnerable to those who prevent rights and privileges and commit senseless and cruel acts. Those precious liberties include free speech, freedom to assemble, freedom of liberties, access to public places, the right to bear arms and freedom from constant surveillance. We are not willing to sacrifice these rights because of the acts of maniacs...
...feeling that your child may have died in a senseless war can be a double anguish. In the two years since her son Corporal Travis Bradach-Nall, 21, was killed clearing land mines, Bradach tried to honor his memory by tamping down her anger. After all, her son had volunteered for the extra tour that ended up being his last, and she wanted to respect that commitment. But Cindy Sheehan's public protest has given Bradach confidence in expressing outrage. "Soldiers are being killed, and no progress is being made," she says. "We need to call [the troops] home." Bradach...