| Bush at his De-Classified Best |
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by Sidharth Vashisht, 24x7 Updates
Washington - Mr. Bush likes to subdue his critics rather shrewdly. This isn’t any understatement when he himself disclosed that the intelligence on Iraq war was de-classified just to make his critics go mum on the issue.
Addressing a gathering at John Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, Bush admitted presiding over the leaking of the confidential information about Iraq policy as some sections of the American population had gone skeptic about the same.
Vice President, Dick Cheney had asked one of his close aides, Lewis Libby, his former Chief of Staff, to burrow out some vital information from the National Intelligence Estimate and make it public, all on the behalf of Bush, in 2003.
Mr. Libby has been accused of perjury and impeding the course of law by the courts with the FBI agents holding him responsible for prevaricating and misleading them.
The man in charge of Libby’s trial, Patrick Fitzgerald has stated that he had tried to indulge in some kind of a vengeful act to seek vengeance against former ambassador Joseph Wilson who was a staunch critic of Iraq war. In 2003, Wilson had openly quizzed the vehement manner in which Mr. Bush had pointed towards Iraq citing that it had asked for Uranium from Niger for its nuclear weapons program. Though a part of the US intelligence gave weight to Mr. Wilson’s thought process that Bush’s stance on Uranium going to Iraq from Niger was not supported by evidence, still the de-classified information from the National Intelligence Estimate bore testimony to the views echoed in by the authorities.
Many democratic critics have gone on record terming Bush a hypocrite owing to his repeated vowing that anyone found guilty of disseminating confidential intelligence would not be spared under law, though, he himself has transcended the line chalked by him, masterminding the de-classification of the intelligence.
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| Activists extend strike to demand Democracy in Nepal - Apr 10, 2006 14:32 IST |
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The pro-democracy activists defied a curfew and shoot-on-sight orders in Nepal yesterday and marched in city streets demanding that King Gyanendra restore democracy. The Kingdom of Nepal, situated in the Himalayas, is the world’s only Hindu Kingdom.
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| US and European aid to Palestine halted - Apr 8, 2006 18:41 IST |
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Washington -- The Palestinian government’s failure to recognize Israel has proved a costly proposition as both the United States as well as the European Union announced on Friday that they were halting all payments to the Hamas led Palestinian government.
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| Millions on Path to Citizenship as Senators reach Compromise - Apr 7, 2006 17:35 IST |
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Senate Republicans and Democrats reached an agreement on procedures to legalise millions of illegal citizens of U.S. The agreement will offer a chance to approximately 10 million illegal immigrants to come out of legal netherworld.
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| Protests in France turn Violent - Apr 5, 2006 17:16 IST |
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Protests in France entered violent phase on Tuesday when young protesters could be seen throwing stones, bottles etc on the Riot Control Police. The Police is learnt to have retaliated with tear gas to disrupt the crowd, and not to mention many troublemakers have been arrested.
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| Saddam to face Genocide Charges - Apr 5, 2006 8:25 IST |
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Baghdad, Iraq -- The latest development in the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is the announcement from an Iraqi tribunal that the former dictator will be charged with genocide over his 1980 campaign against the Kurds.
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| Thailand’s PM Resigns - Apr 5, 2006 8:25 IST |
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Thailand’s embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has announced his resignation. While speaking on TV, he also confirmed that until a new premier was chosen he would remain a caretaker prime minister. Mr. Thaksin has urged his country men to re-unite in the midst of continuing political crisis which he had hoped to end by calling for snap election’s on Sunday.
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| Pope John Paul II remembered around the World - Apr 3, 2006 11:57 IST |
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Tens of thousands of pilgrims commemorated the first death anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s on Sunday, who died a year ago after a long and publicly fought battle with a series of illnesses.
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