[Media-watch] 'Cold-blooded execution'

David McKnight david at milwr.freeserve.co.uk
Wed Nov 24 17:42:08 GMT 2004


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It was a cold-blooded execution.

As our Humvee stopped behind the truck, a Marine in the vehicle ahead of us leapt out, pointed his rifle into the window of the pickup and sprayed it with gunfire. It was a cold-blooded execution.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0447/wright.php

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Six US troops killed in Iraq : 

The US Defence Department on Monday announced the recent deaths of a soldier and five marines from its forces in Iraq, including three who died after being transferred out of the country for treatment.
http://www.dawn.com/2004/11/23/top13.htm

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U.S. Death Toll in Iraq for Nov. Tops 100 : 

Since the initial U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the only other month in which U.S. deaths exceeded 100 was last April, when insurgent violence flared and Marines fought fierce battles in Fallujah and Ramadi.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_MARINE_DEATHS?SITE=NYSTA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://snipurl.com/auh8

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U.S. Troops Wounded in Iraq War Tops 9,000: 

The number of U.S. troops wounded throughout Iraq since the Fallujah offensive began Nov. 7 has surpassed 850, and the wounded total for the entire war has topped 9,000, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041123/API/411230763&cachetime=5

http://snipurl.com/auhb

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Second Sunni cleric gunned down in Iraq: 

Gunmen killed a Sunni Muslim cleric in the city of Miqdadiya on Tuesday, the second such killing in Iraq in as many days, witnesses and hospital officials said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAC318872.htm

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No one is taken in by the US lies : 

The graves of Falluja show the reality of Iraq's occupation
http://207.44.245.159/article7352.htm

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The final battle : 

Their story is the hardest to tell: that of the Iraqi civilians who have remained in the besieged city of Falluja. They have no embedded Western journalists to speak for them, only a few Iraqi correspondents. They cannot leave their homes because of the risk of constant sniper fire. They have no water to drink, no electricity. If they are injured, they have nowhere to go.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1350982,00.html

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Independent aid convoy enters Fallujah, forced to turn back : 

A spokesman says the convoy had to turn back because of "the security conditions." He says the workers didn't deliver any aid.
http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=2603664

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Fallujah in Pictures
http://fallujapictures.blogspot.com/

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Dahr Jamail: Fallujah Refugees : 

As of today, a spokesman for the Iraqi Red Crescent told me none of their relief teams had been allowed into Fallujah, and the military said it would be at least two more weeks before any refugees would be allowed into their city.
http://207.44.245.159/article7357.htm

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Linda Heard : When Seeing Is Not Believing : 

Shades of the Jessica Lynch show, courtesy of Pentagon Productions, or evidence that America's enemy No. 2 is deficient in gray matter? You decide.
http://207.44.245.159/article7356.htm

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New offensive launched in Iraq: 

Some 5,000 U.S. Marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launched a new offensive Tuesday aimed at clearing a swath of "insurgent" hotbeds south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/special_packages/iraq/10254004.htm

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Confusion Reigns as U.S. Raid Misses Target in Iraq: 

"You've got the wrong people," he told the officer leading the operation in good English, his wife, daughter and two pajama-clad grandchildren cowering alongside him, trying to avoid the glare from the spotlights on the soldiers' guns.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6897831

http://snipurl.com/auhd

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US general sounds election warning : 

Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, faces elections at the end of January without a reliable and effective police presence, the senior US military commander there has said, after three-quarters of the 4,000-strong force either deserted or joined insurgents during a two-day uprising in the city this month.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1357182,00.html

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Dahr Jamail: Occupier of a Prime Minister's Chair : 

The prime minister is following in the footsteps of the last president. The rule of Ayad Allawi, the U.S. appointed interim prime minister of Iraq, is now more in the style of the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein than a leader of a supposedly democratic state.
http://207.44.245.159/article7355.htm

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UK: MPs Table Blair Impeachment Motion : 

Some 23 MPs have put their names to the motion - the first such bid to impeach a Prime Minister for 198 years.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3794911

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Paul Craig Roberts: On to Iran: 

The Bush administration is recycling the lies that it used to invade Iraq: Iran is acquiring nuclear weapons that will be given to terrorists. In a display of loyalty to a ruthless neocon administration calculated to win him appointments to corporate boards, outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell told reporters that Iran was working on nuclear missiles.
http://207.44.245.159/article7351.htm

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Jim Lobe : Hawks push regime change in N Korea: 

The coalition of foreign-policy hawks that promoted the 2003 invasion of Iraq is pressing US President George W Bush to adopt a more coercive policy toward North Korea, despite strong opposition from China and South Korea.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/FK24Dg01.html

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Alert on James Brooke's Korean coverage in the New York Times: 

As Judy Miller helped to mislead Americans to support the neocon's invasion and occupation of Iraq, so may we look back on James Brooke's reporting if they invade another of Bush's "Axis of Evil" in the future.
http://207.44.245.159/article7354.htm

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'Trophy photos' 

Israeli soldiers had taken "trophy photos" and "abused" the bodies of dead Palestinians killed during army operations.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1122/dailyUpdate.html

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Court rejects petition against bill for Jews-only communities   : 

The High Court of Justice dismissed on Tuesday a petition seeking to prevent the Knesset from voting on a bill that would allow the establishment of communities for Jews only. 
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/505317.html

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Israelis elect new Palestinian leade: 

Millions of Israeli voters flocked to the polls today to vote for a new Palestinian leader. Israel has taken the unusual step of giving its voters a say in who will lead the Palestinians, after years of Israeli ministers trying to make the decision themselves.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3364.shtml

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Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 11/22/04: 

The nation's only uncensored compilation of daily television news reports from more than 15 countries in the Middle East. QuickTime Video.
http://snipurl.com/auhj

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Professor of international law accuses Harvard of hiring "war criminal"
http://207.44.245.159/article7350.htm

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Lawyers attempt to have President Bush declared persona non grata in Canada
http://207.44.245.159/article7349.htm

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Ukraine Opposition Leader Declares Victory : 

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko declared victory in Ukraine's presidential election and took a symbolic oath of office Tuesday, warning that the country was on the verge of civil conflict. About 200,000 supporters gathered in the capital to protest alleged election fraud.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041123/ap_on_re_eu/ukraine_elections

http://snipurl.com/auhk

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China's central bank tells US not to blame others for economic woes
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1504&e=7&u=/afp/20041123/bs_afp/china_us_economy_forex_041123044540

http://snipurl.com/auhm

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Worldwide effects of sinking dollar: 

Its decline to a nine-year low is impacting everything from the price of goods at Wal-Mart to the vigor of Europe's economy.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1122/p01s01-usec.html

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School orders boy to cover his T-shirt: 

Truszkowski wore a white, short-sleeved T-shirt to school Friday with the words, "The Real Terrorist Is In The White House," written in black on the front, and "End the Tyranny" written on the back.
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/11/20schoolordersboy.html

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Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War
http://207.44.245.159/article7334.htm

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