[Media-watch] Horror in Fallujah
David J McKnight
david at milwr.freeserve.co.uk
Wed Jan 5 10:28:59 GMT 2005
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"As I watch government at all levels daily eat away at our freedom, I keep thinking how prosperity and government largesse have combined to make most of us fat and lazy and indifferent to, or actually in favor of, the limits being placed on that freedom." : Lyn Nofziger - [Franklyn C. Nofziger] Press Secretary for President Reagan
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"For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life." : Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. - (1888-1965)
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The victims of the tsunami pay the price of war on Iraq
US and British aid is dwarfed by the billions both spend on slaughter
By George Monbiot
Over the past few months, reviewing the complete lack of public interest in what is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the failure, in the west, to mobilise effective protests against the continuing atrocities in Iraq, I had begun to wonder whether we had lost our ability to stand in other people's shoes. I have now stopped wondering.
http://207.44.245.159/article7617.htm
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Death Toll Rises To 10 In Iraqi Bombing:
The attack, near an Iraqi National Guards barracks, wounded 60 people. It's the same area where a bomb went off Monday, near the party headquarters of the interim prime minister. That explosion killed two police officers and a civilian.
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=2761788&nav=0s3dUnRO
http://snipurl.com/brsx
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Governor of Baghdad Region And Six Bodyguards Killed:
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/10557583.htm
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Three Iraqi soldiers were killed in the city of Samarra.
Three national guardsmen killed in near Baquba.
A Turkish truck driver was killed in an ambush in the same area, police said, adding that he was working under contract with the US military.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11856331%255E1702,00.html
http://snipurl.com/brt0
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Five Americans killed in Iraq attacks :
A military statement says a roadside bombing killed three soldiers today in Baghdad. Another roadside bombing north of Baghdad killed a soldier and wounded another. A Marine was killed in action in the western Anbar province. That's where Fallujah is located.
http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2761850
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Three Britons - One American die in Iraq attacks :
A convoy of several vehicles had just left the heavily guarded "green zone" in the heart of Baghdad, which houses the US embassy and government offices
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4144999.stm
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Pentagon releases names of three more killed in Iraq, raising December total to 72:
The Pentagon on Monday released three additional names of U.S. servicemen killed in Iraq in December, raising the month's U.S. death toll to 72, including 20 members of the reserves.
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2005/01/03/news/latest_news/d507463400b121cf86256f7e00729ead.txt
http://snipurl.com/brt1
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U.S. Troops Wounded in Iraq Tops 10,000 :
The number of U.S. troops wounded in Iraq since the start of the war in March 2003 has surpassed 10,000, the Pentagon said Tuesday in a delayed update of its casualty data.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4710494,00.html
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Horror In Fallujah, Doctors Say:
The hospital emergency team has recovered more than 700 bodies from rubble where houses and shops once stood, adding that more than 550 were women and children. He said a very small number of men were found in these places and most were elderly.
http://207.44.245.159/article7614.htm
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Blind loyalty isn’t patriotism
Patriots, some would argue, must march unwaveringly for the cause of liberty in Iraq. They would have Americans accept that anything — anyone — that gets in the way must be destroyed.
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=79980&ran=20726
http://snipurl.com/brsq
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Congress expects $100 billion war request:
Congress expects the White House to request as much as $100 billion this year for war and related costs in Iraq and Afghanistan, congressional officials say.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-01-03-iraq-costs_x.htm?POE=click-refer
http://snipurl.com/brsu
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In case you missed it:
Video: Secrets of the Iraq War :
The story of spying, bribery and secret deals done by U.S. with Saddam's senior commanders to betray their former boss, and the story of what happened to the feared Republican Guard.
Real Video.
http://207.44.245.159/article6648.htm
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Unconfirmed Reports:
Zarqawi reportedly arrested in Iraq:
Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, whom the US occupation authorities declared to be the "target number one" in Iraq, has been arrested in the city of Baakuba, the Emirate newspaper al-Bayane reported on Tuesday referring to Kurdish sources
http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1619544&PageNum=0
http://snipurl.com/brt3
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US military hints at staying in Afghanistan for decades :
US-led coalition troops are likely to remain in the post-war Afghanistan for decades, a senior US commander hinted here Monday.
http://207.44.245.159/article7619.htm
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Syrian driver sues US army staff for alleged torture in Iraq:
Muhamed al-Jundi, the Syrian driver of two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq in August, filed suit at a Paris court Tuesday alleging torture and mistreatment by the US army.
http://207.44.245.159/article7620.htm
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Navy SEALs Face Hearings In Prisoner Abuse Torture Case:
Charged with kicking, choking, hurting and photographing prisoners held in Iraq. The Navy has not released the names of the officers.
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4045828/detail.html
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Injustice as State Policy : The Guantanamo Gulag:
Guantanamo is intended to send a message that the internationally accepted norms of justice have been rescinded. From now on, all law proceeds from Washington.
http://207.44.245.159/article7613.htm
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Gonzales Torture Memo Controversy Builds :
The Democrats have not yet decided whether to try to block Gonzales' confirmation.
http://207.44.245.159/article7612.htm
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Do You Opposes the Nomination of Alberto Gonzales?
“The best way for the American people to send a message to the Bush administration and the world that ‘we the people’ of the United States do not condone torture is to mobilize to reject the nomination of Alberto Gonzales.” - Ron Daniels, Executive Director, the Center for Constitutional Rights
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ccr/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=296
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Court backs Pinochet murder trial :
Chile's Supreme Court has ruled the country's former President Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial on murder and kidnapping charges.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4146303.stm
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Scott Ritter: Rude awakening to missile-defense dream :
On Christmas Eve 2004, the Russian Strategic Missile Force test fired an advanced SS-27 Topol-M road-mobile intercontinental ballistic Missile (ICBM). This test probably invalidated the entire premise and technology used in the National Missile Defense (NMD) system currently being developed and deployed by the Bush administration
http://207.44.245.159/article7611.htm
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Israeli tank killed seven Palestinian youths :
All the dead were youths aged 11-17 from two farming families. Fifteen people were wounded, several critically.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050104/325/f9mjc.html
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2004: Hundreds die at Israel's hand:
The Israeli army has killed or murdered hundreds of Palestinians who played no part in the ongoing Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation in 2004.
http://207.44.245.159/article7610.htm
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Patronizing the Palestinians: The Trouble with Optimism:
There will be no Palestinian independence, and therefore no peace and no justice, anytime soon, for the simple reason that Israel does not want it.
http://www.counterpunch.com/christison01032005.html
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UK: Israeli spy's passport sparks row :
The use of forged British passports by Mossad assassination squads triggered a Foreign Office protest.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicspast/story/0,9061,1381811,00.html
http://snipurl.com/brte
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Britons rank Israel 'worst country':
British people rate Israel as the country least deserving of international respect, as well as one of the world's "least democratic countries," according to a recent survey.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1104808686264&p=1078113566627
http://snipurl.com/brtf
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'Atom School' Stars in First Israeli Reactor Video:
Israel has released the first video footage of its Dimona nuclear plant, a television station said on Monday, in an apparent attempt to promote a positive image of what experts believe to be an atomic bomb factory.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=1&u=/nm/20050103/sc_nm/israel_reactor_dc
http://snipurl.com/brtg
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Ministry of Prisoners Affairs:
2004 Worst for Prisoners in 30 Years
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=1834
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Abuse of Palestinian detainees decried:
The Israeli army has mistreated 10 detained Palestinian community leaders who were arrested in the run up to Palestinian elections, their lawyer has said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4F636150-A69A-4177-B679-7798B70423B1.htm
http://snipurl.com/brth
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Video: John Pilger: "Palestine is Still the Issue" :
For Palestinians, the overriding, routine terror, day after day, has been the ruthless control of almost every aspect of their lives, as if they live in an open prison. This film is about the Palestinians and a group of courageous Israelis united in the oldest human struggle - to be free. Watch it now
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3499.htm
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Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 01/03/05:
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/brtj
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If elections can happen in Iraq, why not Haiti?:
The puppet government has proven totally incompetent in addressing anything ranging from natural disasters to the reign of terror by the thugs of the former Haitian military. The obvious hope of the Bush administration was for a smooth transition, but there is nothing smooth about the situation in Haiti.
http://207.44.245.159/article7615.htm
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Bush strategy will hurt Republicans, says former aide:
One of President George W Bush's former cabinet officials has criticised his record and his electoral strategy, accusing him of running a short-term policy which will damage the Republicans in the future.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/04/wbush04.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/01/04/ixportal.html
http://snipurl.com/brtl
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Bush Asks Judge to Toss Ohio Election Suit:
The court filing was made as the Rev. Jesse Jackson held a rally before hundreds of people in Columbus to support the challenge and urge the U.S. Senate to debate Ohio's results on Thursday when Congress is in joint session for the official tally of the electoral votes.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=696&e=1&u=/ap/20050104/ap_on_el_pr/ohio_vote
http://snipurl.com/brtn
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Dialing In For Democracy - Now Is Critical:
It's time to start using the "F" word. George W. Bush was made President of the United States in 2000 by fraud, and apparently has done it again.
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0103-32.htm
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Is There One Senator Who Will Stand Up for Black Voters?:
Democrat Senators on the Hot Seat...Again
http://www.counterpunch.com/lindorff01032005.html
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Bush plan would cut benefits for new retirees :
The Bush administration has signaled that it will propose changing the formula that sets initial Social Security benefit levels, cutting promised benefits by nearly a third in the coming decades.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050104/1009274.asp
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Paul Krugman: Stopping the Bum's Rush:
The people who hustled America into a tax cut to eliminate an imaginary budget surplus and a war to eliminate imaginary weapons are now trying another bum's rush. If they succeed, we will do nothing about the real fiscal threat and will instead dismantle Social Security, a program that is in much better financial shape than the rest of the federal government.
http://207.44.245.159/articles7618.htm
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Social Security ‘reform’ : Robbing workers to pay the banks :
If the bankers, financiers and investors have their way, the entire Social Security system. The future of hundreds of millions of workers will be at risk. The government is preparing to do to Social Security what has already been done to pension funds. They must be stopped.
http://207.44.245.159/article7616
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Is White House Response To The Tsunami A PR Effort
Powell: Tsunami aid may help U.S. image
Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday the outpouring of American aid and humanitarian help in the region devastated by the tsunami may also help Muslim nations see the United States in a better light.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Tsunami%20US%20Image
http://snipurl.com/brtx
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Warriors Of The Rainbow: Native American Prophecy:
There would come a day of awakening when all the peoples of all the tribes would form a New World of Justice, Peace, Freedom and recognition of the Great Spirit.
http://www.powersource.com/ebt/stone.html
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