Citizens for Legitimate Government

Citizens for Legitimate Government or CLG is a multi-partisan activist group established to expose the Bush coup d'etat and to oppose the Bush occupation in all of its manifestations. CLG is a pro-democracy, pro-voting rights, pro legitimate government group that publishes links to news stories with brief summaries that use editing marks, highlighting and commentary to help reveal the truth amid the propaganda.

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Russia wins backing from China

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Russia today won support from China and Central Asian states in its standoff with the West over the Georgia conflict as the European Union said it was weighing sanctions against Moscow.

U.S. spending 'more money than ever' on contractors in Iraq

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The United States is spending more money than ever on private security contractors in Iraq. This year, spending on mercenaries, who protect diplomats, civilian facilities and supply convoys, is projected to exceed $1.2 billion, according to federal contract and budget data obtained by USA TODAY. Most of that bill -- about $1 billion -- is State Department spending, which is up 13% over 2007. The remaining $200 million covers Pentagon contracts. Congress is raising concerns about the costs of relying on contractors for that work and the challenges of ensuring that they are supervised properly.

Iraq and China agree to $3 billion oil service deal

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Iraq and China have agreed the terms of a $3 billion oil service contract, Iraq's oil minister said on Wednesday, announcing the first major oil contract with a foreign firm since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Leaked UK report damns Iraq war planning

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By Julian Assange. A leaked UK military report into the Iraq war released to the public by Wikileaks. The sensitive 108 page report, written in late 2006, damns UK and US war planning, which "ran counter to potential Geneva Convention obligations" -- and lead directly to the post invasion collapse of Iraqi society: "leaders should not start an operation without thinking...it is not enough just to identify the desired end-state". The report reveals that Whitehall had been secretly planning the war during 2002... Although the UK wanted UN security council approval, the UK found itself roped to a US ideological agenda and timetable: "the UK had to work to a timetable and strong ideological views set in the United States. As one Senior Officer put it: 'the train was in Grand Central Station, and was leaving at a time which we did not control.'" The combined secrecy and ideology was a planning disaster that directly lead to the collapse of Iraqi society. The report argues the result was a breach of Geneva convention obligations, for which coalition governments are legally responsible. The US attitude to human rights and "collateral damage" also bothered the UK military. As did the way the United States interrogated ("debriefed") detainees.

Dems choose Obama in thunderous acclamation

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Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration. Former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton asked delegates to the party convention to make their verdict unanimous "in the spirit of unity, with the goal of victory." And they did, with a roar. Competing chants of "Obama" and "Yes we can" surged up from the convention floor as the outcome of a carefully scripted roll call of the states was announced.

Biden formally nominated for No. 2 Democratic spot

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Veteran Sen. Joe Biden accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination on Wednesday and hailed running mate Barack Obama as a wise leader who will take the United States in a new direction and out of the Iraq war. Biden heaped praise on the first-term senator, who will accept the party's nomination as presidential candidate in a speech in Denver on Thursday, as an inspirational force for needed change.

Transcript: Joe Biden

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Remarks as prepared for delivery to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night by Sen. Joe Biden.

Nazi link in 'plot to assassinate Obama'

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In the back of the vehicle, officers found two high-powered rifles, one with telescopic sights, a spotting scope, a flak jacket, camouflage clothing, a bulletproof vest, boxes of ammunition, three fake identity cards, two wigs, two walkie-talkies and a quantity of the drug methamphetamine, a form of speed known as crystal meth. The three men arrested over a reported plot to kill the US Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, have ties to the white supremacist group Aryan Nations, police said last night. Shawn Robert Adolf, 33, Nathan Johnson and Tharin Gartrell are all said to have links to the group. Adolf - his real name according to police - and the others were arrested on weapons charges after an apparent move to assassinate Mr Obama during his party's convention in Denver this week. The US authorities are playing down the ability of the arrested men to carry out an assassination amid tight security. Prosecutors yesterday said they had evidence to charge the three men only with drugs and firearms offences. [Why weren't these alleged TERRORISTS charged under any of Bush's 9 million TERRORISM laws?! If you're a Muslim, you're arrested for viewing 'radical' webpages on your seized laptop. Reichwing TERRORISTS get a free pass from the Bush regime. --LRP]

Iraq veterans endorse Obama

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Iraq war veterans brought their military credibility to the podium on Wednesday and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as the best candidate to lead the military and help veterans. Seeking to bolster Obama's credentials on security issues, Obama was formally nominated at the Democratic convention by Michael Wilson, 33, of Melbourne, Fla., an Air Force medic who served in Iraq. Wilson, a Republican, said Obama has wisdom and courage "to talk to our enemies and consult with our allies."

3,000 march in largest demonstration of DNC

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Marching behind a police vehicle that flashed the words "Follow Us. Welcome to Denver." on an electronic sign, at least 3,000 Iraq war veterans and anti-war protesters made their way through downtown Denver on Wednesday during the largest demonstration of the Democratic National Convention to date.