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Bush Authorizes U.S. Troops to “Kill or Capture” Iranian Agents in Iraq; David Petraeus Confirmed by Senate to be New Commander in Iraq; State Department Request More than $10 Billion from Congress for Afghanistan; Organizers Prepare for Massive Anti-War Protest in Washington D.C.; Iraqi Prime Minister Submits Controversial Security Plan; Jury Decided Ohio Recounts Were Rigged; Renewed Political Violence Hits Oaxaca; Australia Day, Survival Day; Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: An Address to Antiwar Protests around the Country;

2007-01-26

Bush Authorizes U.S. Troops to “Kill or Capture” Iranian Agents in Iraq

The Bush Administration has authorized U.S. troops in Iraq to “kill or capture” Iranian agents in secret operations since late last year. U.S. forces are now allowed to use lethal force...

David Petraeus Confirmed by Senate to be New Commander in Iraq

In news from Capitol Hill, the Democratic-led Senate has confirmed Army General David Petraeus to be the next Commander in Iraq after less than an hour of debate, in a 81-to-0 vote. Petraeus succee...

State Department Request More than $10 Billion from Congress for Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is in Europe to focus attention on Afghanistan. While asking NATO member nations to send more troops and funds, the State Department is also requesting $10.6...

Organizers Prepare for Massive Anti-War Protest in Washington D.C.

United for Peace and Justice is organizing what they call a historic protest against the Iraq War tomorrow in Washington DC. Organizers have chartered hundreds of buses for tomorrow’s mobiliz...

Iraqi Prime Minister Submits Controversial Security Plan

Violence in Baghdad on Friday left at least 14 Iraqis dead after a bomb in a popular pet and animal market. At least one U.S. Marine was killed in fighting in a separate incident in Iraq today, bri...

Jury Decided Ohio Recounts Were Rigged

A jury has decided that election recounts were rigged in the largest county in Ohio during the recount of the 2004 presidential election. Pokey Anderson has the story.

Renewed Political Violence Hits Oaxaca

The legal team representing the detainees from Oaxaca\'s political conflict presented their first formal report yesterday in Mexico City, in which they detail numerous human rights violations commi...

Australia Day, Survival Day

It is 219 years to the day since the first white colonizers landed in Sydney cove in Australia and began a brutal and bloody campaign to wrest control of the land from the indigenous population. Er...

Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: An Address to Antiwar Protests around the Country

And finally, Free Speech Radio News brings you a speech from Mumia Abu Jamal that will be delivered at antiwar rallies around the country tomorrow.

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