June 30th handover a sham

Aaron Sarver

It should come as no surprise that the Bush administration has long terms plans in Iraq. Just like were doing a nice two-step with legal definitions of torture, sovereignty for the Iraqi people beginning June 30th is a joke. from Global Policy Institute We???re not going to spend a billion on a embassy in Iraq and walk away La Times article

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Aaron Sarver is an independent audio producer and writer based in Chicago. His work has appeared in In These Times, The Chicago Reader, Alter​net​.org, and on Free Speech Radio News. For nearly three years he produced and co-hosted the radio program, Fire on the Prairie, which featured interviews with progressive writers and activists, and is archived at fire​on​thep​rairie​.com.
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