Greg Palast on Air America /Majority Report

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hasn't started to speak yet.

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1. Thanks for posting.

I just put on AA to listen to him.

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2. Site says Greg will be talking about his Harper's article

http://gregpalast.com/

Baghdad Coup D'Etat for Big Oil.

They just led in with the Carlyle Group. Said it has a contract for robot soldiers to fight in Iraq according to a BBC report. I suspect Greg will know more about it with his writings on Carlyle.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4199935.stm

Edit to add link to BBC.

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3. Rage of the machines

Time for people to get their heads out of their MSM, Terri, Fallwell, whatever.

Are you ready for this!!!!

The robot fighter has been named Swords, after the acronym for Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems.

Can be fitted with standard-issue M249 or M240 rifle

Has four cameras, night-vision and zoom lenses

Can travel over rocks and barbed wire

Batteries run for up to 4 hours at a time

Remote control unit has two joysticks and video screen

Costs $200,000 per unit