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Leak Shows Blair Told of Iraq War Terror Link
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082805A.shtml
Despite repeated denials by Number 10 that the war made Britain a target for
terrorists, a letter from Michael Jay, the Foreign Office permanent
under-secretary, to the cabinet secretary, Sir Andrew Turnbull, makes the
connection clear.

Frank Rich | The Vietnamization of Bush's Vacation
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082805D.shtml
In the wake of Ms. Sheehan's protest, the facts on the ground in America have
changed almost everywhere. Frank Rich states that, for one, the president has
been forced to make what for him is the ultimate sacrifice: jettisoning chunks
of vacation to defend the war in any bunker he can find in Utah or Idaho.

Sean Penn | Day One in Iran: Culture in Deep Conflict
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082805E.shtml
In June, Sean Penn and two friends traveled to Tehran. It was Penn's first trip
to the country. What he found was a culture in conflict. Although the nation is
ruled by a very conservative, tradition-bound government, Penn talked to many
younger Iranians who have a strong interest in Western culture and want their
own country to liberalize its policies on individual rights. The five-part
series is presented in full.

How Photos Became Icon of Civil Rights Movement
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082805F.shtml
If the lynching of Emmett Till was, as the historian David Halberstam called it,
the first great media event of the civil rights movement, it became so largely
because of the photographs of that monstrous face.