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was a cold-blooded execution.<BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0447/wright.php">http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0447/wright.php</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Six
US troops killed in Iraq : <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.dawn.com/2004/11/23/top13.htm">http://www.dawn.com/2004/11/23/top13.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>U.S.
Death Toll in Iraq for Nov. Tops 100 : <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_MARINE_DEATHS?SITE=NYSTA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_MARINE_DEATHS?SITE=NYSTA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/auh8">http://snipurl.com/auh8</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>U.S.
Troops Wounded in Iraq War Tops 9,000: <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.gadsdentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041123/API/411230763&cachetime=5">http://www.gadsdentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041123/API/411230763&cachetime=5</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/auhb">http://snipurl.com/auhb</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Second
Sunni cleric gunned down in Iraq: <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAC318872.htm">http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAC318872.htm</A><BR><BR>==<BR><BR>No
one is taken in by the US lies : <BR><BR>The graves of Falluja show the reality
of Iraq's occupation<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7352.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7352.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>The
final battle : <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1350982,00.html">http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1350982,00.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Independent
aid convoy enters Fallujah, forced to turn back : <BR><BR>A spokesman says the
convoy had to turn back because of "the security conditions." He says the
workers didn't deliver any aid.<BR><A
href="http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=2603664">http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=2603664</A><BR><BR>==<BR><BR>Fallujah
in Pictures<BR><A
href="http://fallujapictures.blogspot.com/">http://fallujapictures.blogspot.com/</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Dahr
Jamail: Fallujah Refugees : <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7357.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7357.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Linda
Heard : When Seeing Is Not Believing : <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7356.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7356.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>New
offensive launched in Iraq: <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/special_packages/iraq/10254004.htm">http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/special_packages/iraq/10254004.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Confusion
Reigns as U.S. Raid Misses Target in Iraq: <BR><BR>"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.<BR><A
href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6897831">http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6897831</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/auhd">http://snipurl.com/auhd</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>US
general sounds election warning : <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1357182,00.html">http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1357182,00.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Dahr
Jamail: Occupier of a Prime Minister's Chair : <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7355.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7355.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>UK:
MPs Table Blair Impeachment Motion : <BR><BR>Some 23 MPs have put their names to
the motion - the first such bid to impeach a Prime Minister for 198 years.<BR><A
href="http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3794911">http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3794911</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>This
web site represents the effort of one person. <BR><BR>I need your help to offset
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site informative please help by clicking here <BR><A
href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/support.htm">http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/support.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR> <BR><BR>Paul
Craig Roberts: On to Iran: <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7351.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7351.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Jim
Lobe : Hawks push regime change in N Korea: <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/FK24Dg01.html">http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/FK24Dg01.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Alert
on James Brooke's Korean coverage in the New York Times: <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7354.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7354.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>'Trophy
photos' <BR><BR>Israeli soldiers had taken "trophy photos" and "abused" the
bodies of dead Palestinians killed during army operations.<BR><A
href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1122/dailyUpdate.html">http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1122/dailyUpdate.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Court
rejects petition against bill for Jews-only communities :
<BR><BR>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. <BR><A
href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/505317.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/505317.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Israelis
elect new Palestinian leade: <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3364.shtml">http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3364.shtml</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Video:
Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 11/22/04: <BR><BR>The
nation's only uncensored compilation of daily television news reports from more
than 15 countries in the Middle East. QuickTime Video.<BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/auhj">http://snipurl.com/auhj</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Professor
of international law accuses Harvard of hiring "war criminal"<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7350.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7350.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Lawyers
attempt to have President Bush declared persona non grata in Canada<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7349.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7349.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Ukraine
Opposition Leader Declares Victory : <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041123/ap_on_re_eu/ukraine_elections">http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041123/ap_on_re_eu/ukraine_elections</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/auhk">http://snipurl.com/auhk</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>China's
central bank tells US not to blame others for economic woes<BR><A
href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1504&e=7&u=/afp/20041123/bs_afp/china_us_economy_forex_041123044540">http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1504&e=7&u=/afp/20041123/bs_afp/china_us_economy_forex_041123044540</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/auhm">http://snipurl.com/auhm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Worldwide
effects of sinking dollar: <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1122/p01s01-usec.html">http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1122/p01s01-usec.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>School
orders boy to cover his T-shirt: <BR><BR>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.<BR><A
href="http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/11/20schoolordersboy.html">http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/11/20schoolordersboy.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Only
the Dead Have Seen the End of War<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7334.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7334.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR>Liberty
can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." (August 1765) John
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