Urging the Argentinian military regime to act before the US Congress resumed session, Henry Kissinger, then Secretary of State, gave his approval to the "dirty war" in Argentina in the 1970s in which up to 30,000 people were killed, according to newly declassified US State Department documents. Duncan Campbell reports.

The new Medicare prescription law is a policy disaster. It offers a pittance or worse for most elderly, is a boondoggle for the drug and insurance companies, and threatens to privatize and dismantle Medicare itself. But because Republicans now can claim they delivered a prescription drug plan for seniors, political strategists in both parties regard it as a big boost to Bush's re-election bid. David Moberg reports.

Bush Rewards Generous GOP Donor with Visit to Maryland Store on Friday; Energy Bill Includes $48 Million Tax Break that Benefits the Giant Retailer

AK Gupta provides a detailed overview of how the Bush administration is dividing up the economic spoils of Iraq to the likes of Halliburton, Bechtel, and other multinational corporations.

Climate researchers have published two recent reports which confirm global warming is caused by an increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Very interesting commentary about the Israelis who were seen celebrating the WTC attacks.

An anonymous combat leader describes US tactics in Iraq and says they are the wrong strategy.

They left Ukraine on March, 1998, to escape governmental persecution and beatings for their charity work. When they showed up in New York on March 1999, Galushka and Odnovyun requested asylum. Immigration officers detained them in Queens Wackenhut Corrections Corp., a private prison under the INS. A 2001 U.S. State Department report on human rights in Ukraine spoke of violence and discrimination against women and children, as well as deadly beatings by police and prison officials. In 2001, the government transferred the two men to the York County Prison. An immigration judge granted both men humanitarian parole in August 2002, while they awaited a final decision on their cases. They found refuge at the International Friendship House, a York shelter for asylum seekers. June 17, 2003 for a hearing, expecting to be granted asylum. The judge granted their request against deportation to Ukraine. But the judge denied their appeal for asylum, revoked their parole and ordered them deported to another country. ICE stepped up to return them to Wackenhut, where they remain today.