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http://www.infowars.com/?p=3110 (Dennis Kuinich on July 4th)

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From http://www.infowars.com/?p=3106

Cheney and the Oil Bigs Planned U.S. War Policy Before 9/11

George Washington’s Blog July 4, 2008

You may have heard that the Energy Task Force chaired by Dick Cheney prior to 9/11 collected maps of Iraqi oil, Saudi and United Arab Emerates fields and potential suitors for that oil. And you might have heard that the oil bigs attended the Task Force meetings.
But you probably haven’t heard that a secret document written by the National Security Council (NSC) on February 3, 2001 directed NSC staff to cooperate fully with the Energy Task Force as it considered the “melding” of two seemingly unrelated areas of policy:
“the review of operational policies towards rogue states,” such as Iraq, and “actions regarding the capture of new and existing oil and gas fields”.
It is difficult to brush off Cheney’s Energy Task Force’s examination of arab oil maps as a harmless comparison of American energy policy with known oil reserves because the NSC
explicitly linked

the Task Force, oil, and regime change.
Indeed, a former senior director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian affairs at the NSC said:
“if this little group was discussing geostrategic plans for oil, it puts the issue of war in the context of the captains of the oil industry sitting down with Cheney and laying grand, global plans”.
See also this essay.


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From http://www.infowars.com/?p=3107


Biofuels the source of world food crisis: leaked report
Stephen C. Webster / Raw Story July 4, 2008

The United States Government’s Agriculture department recently claimed that the production of biofuels, or plant-based gas for use in combustion engines, has contributed a mere 3 percent to the growing cost of food worldwide. However, a leaked report from the World Bank, detailed in a new report by the UK’s The Guardian, claims that these same fuels are at the root of nearly 75 percent of increases in world food prices.

It is believed, say the story’s sources, that the report has been complete since April 2008, though not published so as to avoid embarrassing President George W. Bush.
“Political leaders seem intent on suppressing and ignoring the strong evidence that biofuels are a major factor in recent food price rises,” said Robert Bailey, policy adviser at Oxfam, as quoted by The Guardian. “It is imperative that we have the full picture. While politicians concentrate on keeping industry lobbies happy, people in poor countries cannot afford enough to eat.”
The World Bank’s report estimates that rising food costs have pushed nearly 100 million people worldwide below the poverty line. The report also states that even massive droughts in Africa have had less of an effect on food prices than the US and Europe’s push for biofuel supplies.
Additionally, the World Bank estimates a full third of corn produced in the US is being dedicated to the production of biofuels, as well as nearly half of Europe’s vegetable oil. However, biofuels derived from food products such as sugarcane, the report says, do not have nearly as much impact.

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From http://www.infowars.com/?p=3097

ADHD drug linked to suicide attempts: Health Canada
CBC News July 3, 2008

A drug commonly used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder in children, teens and adults has been linked to numerous adverse reactions, including suicide attempts, Health Canada has warned.
In its adverse reactions newsletter from July 2008, the health agency warns that Atomoxetine (Strattera), a selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, had been linked to 189 reported adverse reactions as of Dec. 31, 2007.
Fifty-five of those included suicide attempts, a designation that encompasses non-accidental overdoses, showing suicidal tendencies and experiencing thoughts of self-harm. Twenty-nine of the patients recovered, three had not by Dec. 31, 2007, and one patient died. Data was not available for the remaining 22 patients.


Among the 55 suicide attempts reported in connection with the drug, 43 were among children between the ages of 6 and 17. Twelve were among adults ranging in age from 18 to 45.
Links between the drug and suicidal behaviour were first reported in September 2005, and the warnings and precautions section of the drug’s monograph was changed to reflect those concerns.
Health Canada advises health-care professionals to warn patients who are on ADHD medications, as well as their families and other caregivers, to be on the lookout for changes in mood, behaviour and feelings.