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McCain won't rule out pre-emptive war
Post Date: 2008-04-09 20:34:09 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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WESTPORT, Conn. - Republican Sen. John McCain refused Wednesday to rule out a pre-emptive war against another country, although he said one would be very unlikely. The likely Republican presidential nominee was asked Wednesday at a town-hall style meeting if he would reject "the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war," a reference to Bush's decision to invade Iraq without it having attacked the United States. "I don't think you could make a blanket statement about pre-emptive war, because obviously, it depends on the threat that the United States of America faces," McCain told his audience at Bridgewater Associates Inc., a global investment firm. "If someone is ...
Detained AP photographer granted amnesty by Iraqi panel after 2 years in US custody
Post Date: 2008-04-09 19:10:24 by aristeides
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Detained AP photographer granted amnesty by Iraqi panel after 2 years in US custody By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein and ordered him released nearly two years after he was detained by the U.S. military. Hussein, 36, remained in custody Wednesday at Camp Cropper, a U.S. detention facility near Baghdad's airport. A decision by a four-judge panel said Hussein's case falls under a new amnesty law. It ordered Iraqi courts to "cease legal proceedings" and ruled that Hussein should be "immediately" released unless ...
Pentagon issues pocket lie detector to troops
Post Date: 2008-04-09 19:04:51 by robin
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The Pentagon is planning to give US troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan "hand-held lie detectors" aimed at rooting out potential insurgents and terrorists. But polygraph experts doubt the system's accuracy and Defense Department memos show results of the few tests that were run were manipulated to demonstrate more success with them than was achieved, according to an MSNBC investigative reporter. "The Defense Department says the portable device isn't perfect, but is accurate enough to save American lives by screening local police officers, interpreters and allied forces for access to U.S. military bases, and by helping narrow the list of suspects after a roadside ...
Same sniper rifle killed six British soldiers in Basra
Post Date: 2008-04-09 18:38:33 by robin
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From Times Online April 9, 2008 Jenny Booth and James Hider, Baghdad Six British soldiers have been picked off on the streets of Basra by an enemy sniper using the same rifle, an inquest heard today. Between the months of March and June last year, six soldiers were shot using high velocity bullets fired from exactly the same gun. The revelation, which was attested by forensics experts, raises the possibility of a single super-marksman stalking British troops on the streets of the southern Iraqi city. Rifleman Aaron Lincoln, 18, of the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, was one of the victims. His inquest in Spennymoor, County Durham, today heard that he was killed in April 2007 by a single ...
Truth About Black Liberal Theology
Post Date: 2008-04-09 12:39:41 by RickyJ
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All racist theologies have the same basic core ideas and methodology. Thus it does not really matter if we are talking about the KKK, the Nation of Islam or Black liberal theology, their focus is always on skin and not sin; race and not grace; gossip and not gospel. Racism is always focused on the outward instead of the inward because it cannot deal with the root problem of sin. Hatred and violence feed on bitterness and racist rage. Class envy does not help anyone in this life or in the next. Blaming others for one’s own sin and guilt will not solve the problem. We must take responsibility for what we do in life instead of blaming “the man” for our failures and woe. This is ...
Obama: Iran can help stabilize Iraq (IRAN PRESS TV)
Post Date: 2008-04-09 11:48:33 by aristeides
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Obama: Iran can help stabilize Iraq Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:58:48 Democrat Barack Obama says a 'regional diplomatic surge' is vital for the restoration of security in Iraq, calling for talks with Iran. "I do not believe we are going to be able to stabilize the situation without them... we should be talking to them as well," said the presidential aspirant, pointing to Iran. According to the Illinois senator, regional resources should be pooled on diplomatic efforts rather than preserving the 'messy, sloppy status quo' of the Bush administration if the US seeks to avoid a long-term crisis in the war-battered country. Obama made the remarks after the commander of ...
Ahmadinejad: US used September 11 as 'pretext' for invasions
Post Date: 2008-04-09 07:00:00 by Ada
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States on Tuesday of using the attacks of September 11, 2001 as a "pretext" to attack Afghanistan and Iraq. "On the pretext of this incident a major military operation was launched and oppressed Afghanistan was attacked. Tens of thousands of people have been killed until now," he said in a speech broadcast on state television. "Poor Iraq was attacked. According to official figures... one million people have been killed." He also appeared to cast doubt on the official version of the events of September 11, saying that the names of those killed in the attacks had "never been published". He ...
Petraeus Speaks: Is "Fragile & Reversible" Good Enough?
Post Date: 2008-04-09 03:07:33 by nolu_chan
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E.J.'s Precinct Petraeus Speaks: Is "Fragile & Reversible" Good Enough? EJ Dionne 4/8/2008 General David Petraeus told the Armed Services Committee this morning that the situation in Iraq is "fragile and reversible" and counseled against a fast withdrawal of American forces once troop levels reach pre-surge numbers this summer. Supporters of the administration's policy will no doubt say that the fragility of this situation is a reason for keeping American troops in Iraq indefinitely. But if all the heroic efforts by American forces during the surge have left the situation no better than "fragile and reversible" is that an argument for keeping ...
Clinton demands withdrawal from Iraq
Post Date: 2008-04-09 01:39:56 by christine
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton Tuesday poured disdain on assurances by the top US general and diplomat in Iraq that US policy was working and demanded an orderly troop withdrawal. "For the past five years, we have continually heard from the administration that things are getting better, that we are about to turn the corner," the New York senator told General David Petraeus and US ambassador to Baghdad Ryan Crocker. "Each time, Iraqi leaders fail to deliver," she said, saying it was time to start an "orderly" US withdrawal from Iraq. "It might well be irresponsible to continue the policy that has not produced the ...
U.S. Army Set to Recruit Citizens (of Uganda)
Post Date: 2008-04-08 22:34:32 by Red Jones
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U.S. Army Set to Recruit Citizens (of Uganda) The Nation (Nairobi) NEWS 6 April 2008 Posted to the web 7 April 2008 By Angelo Izama Kampala Ugandans who want a career in the United States military, can sign up at the annual convention of the Uganda North American Association, organisers say. American military recruiters will set up a booth at this year's UNAA convention in Orlando, Florida, and seek out professional Ugandans, said Lt. Frank Musisi, himself an officer in the US Army. Lt. Musisi, who comes from Kalangala District on Lake Victoria, is the current president of UNAA. He said the US military would also advise Ugandans on the "proper channels" to follow in ...
While Petraeus testifies, US embassy Iraq employees ordered to sleep in their offices
Post Date: 2008-04-08 17:10:14 by aristeides
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While Petraeus testifies, US embassy Iraq employees ordered to sleep in their offices by John Aravosis (DC) · 4/08/2008 04:17:00 PM ET From Mother Jones: As General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker testify before Congress this week about the security situation in Iraq, telling the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that the surge is working and progress is under way, U.S. embassy officials in Baghdad have been ordered to take heightened security precautions in light of stepped-up attacks on the Green Zone, including one on Sunday that killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded 17 others. Under this new security boost, says a U.S. Embassy official who asked not to ...
Petraeus's Ponzi Scheme - They came, they saw, they… deserted.
Post Date: 2008-04-08 16:12:16 by robin
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They came, they saw, they… deserted. That, in short form, is the story of the recent Iraqi government "offensive" in Basra (and Baghdad). It took a few days, but the headlines on stories out of Iraq ("Can Iraq's Soldiers Fight?") now tell a grim tale and the information in them is worse yet. Stephen Farrell and James Glanz of the New York Times estimate that at least 1,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen, or more than 4% of the force sent into Basra, "abandoned their posts" during the fighting, including "dozens of officers" and "at least two senior field commanders." Other pieces offer even more devastating numbers. For instance, ...
Iraq violence casts pall on key US Congress report
Post Date: 2008-04-08 12:15:55 by angle
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Blah Blah Blah Full text at source link above. "...Tuesday and Wednesday's Congress testimony will shape the coming months of Iraq policy, and US President George W. Bush was to address the nation on Thursday. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Bush would make a 15 to 20 minute long speech, but she refused to indicate what he might announce. The US military is currently withdrawing five combat brigades sent into Iraq early last year -- to be completed by July. That would bring troop levels down from about 158,000 to 140,000. Republicans have supported a pause in troop withdrawls, but Democrats argue Iraqi politicians have failed to use the improved security conditions ...
Secret US plan for military future in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-04-08 10:05:54 by christine
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Document outlines powers but sets no time limit on troop presence A confidential draft agreement covering the future of US forces in Iraq, passed to the Guardian, shows that provision is being made for an open-ended military presence in the country. The draft strategic framework agreement between the US and Iraqi governments, dated March 7 and marked "secret" and "sensitive", is intended to replace the existing UN mandate and authorises the US to "conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain individuals when necessary for imperative reasons of security" without time limit. The authorisation is described as "temporary" and the agreement says ...
Top general in Iraq war to urge patience
Post Date: 2008-04-08 08:31:59 by angle
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WASHINGTON - The four-star general in charge of Iraq wants more time in a war that is now in its sixth year. Democrats say he's got until the November elections. Gen. David Petraeus planned to testify Tuesday on the war for the first time in seven months. He was expected to tell two Senate committees that last year's influx of 30,000 troops in Iraq had helped calm some of the sectarian violence but that to prevent a backslide in security, troops would likely be needed in large numbers through the end of the year. Under his proposal, as many as 140,000 troops could be in Iraq when voters head to the polls this fall. Democrats contend that this approach guarantees an open-ended ...
McCain's Foreign Policy: Disingenous and More of the Same
Post Date: 2008-04-08 00:57:02 by tom007
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McCain's Foreign Policy: Disingenous and More of the Same by Laurence A. Toenjes Page 1 of 1 page(s) http://www.opednews.com Tell A Friend David S. Broder, in an April 3 opinion piece appearing in the Houston Chronicle titled “McCain’s ‘war’ speech sure sharpens the Iraq debate,” likened McCains’s address on foreign policy to Barack Obama’s speech on race relations. In at least one important element the comparison of the two speeches could not be less apt. In his speech, McCain seemed to admit that past US Middle East policies had been counterproductive: “For decades in the greater Middle East, we had a strategy of relying on autocrats to ...
Ignoring Uptick In Iraq Violence, Lieberman And Graham Accuse War Critics Of ‘A Crisis Of Credibility’»
Post Date: 2008-04-08 00:51:12 by tom007
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Ignoring Uptick In Iraq Violence, Lieberman And Graham Accuse War Critics Of ‘A Crisis Of Credibility’» liebermangraham.jpgWriting in the Wall Street Journal today, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) accuse critics of the Iraq war of facing “a crisis of credibility” because they “confidently predicted the failure of the surge.” But in their effort to argue that anti-war critics have “been proven decidedly wrong,” Lieberman and Graham undermine their own credibility on the issue by ignoring recent developments in the war-torn country. As proof of the surge’s success, the two hawkish senators cite statistics that they say ...
Cokie Roberts speaks out on the war on behalf of the American people
Post Date: 2008-04-08 00:37:35 by tom007
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Cokie Roberts speaks out on the war on behalf of the American people The single most dishonest and propagandistic tactic of establishment journalists is to take their own opinion and assert as a fact that "most Americans" agree with them, even when that assertion is indisputably false. David Brooks is probably the single most frequent purveryor of this deceit, but the bulk of establishment pundits regularly deploy the same method -- simultaneously holding themselves out as Spokesmen for the Regular People while showing complete contempt for what they actually think by lying about their views. Yesterday, Cokie Roberts -- while expressing scorn for the "Responsible Plan for ...
US renewed Blackwater contract without consulting Iraq: PM
Post Date: 2008-04-07 21:11:05 by robin
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said the the US State Department had renewed the contract of private security company Blackwater USA without the approval of the Baghdad government. Blackwater is the most controversial of several private security firms tasked with protecting high-profile US officials and foreign diplomats in Iraq. The company's guards shot dead 17 Iraqi civilians while escorting an American diplomat through Baghdad in September 2007 in an incident denounced as a crime by the Iraqi government. Blackwater says its guards reacted in self-defence. "As far as Iraqi government is involved, this issue is still under consideration and we are still discussing ...
Petraeus' return promises high political drama
Post Date: 2008-04-07 21:09:05 by richard9151
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In his report to Congress, the Iraq commander will face two antiwar Democrats -- plus a more like-minded Republican -- who each seek to be his new boss. By Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes Los Angeles Times Staff Writers April 6, 2008 WASHINGTON — The weeklong cavalcade that will accompany Army Gen. David H. Petraeus' return to Washington on Tuesday will look much like his pivotal visit last September: formal testimony, talk show appearances, and lots of charts and graphs. But this time, the Iraq commander's presentation to Congress collides head-on with a raging presidential campaign and two Democratic candidates demanding almost the opposite of his advice. The change ...
Toll of US soldiers killed in Baghdad in one day increases to seven
Post Date: 2008-04-07 20:54:46 by richard9151
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Military and Security 4/7/2008 6:04:00 PM BAGHDAD, April 7 (KUNA) -- The US military in Iraq said on Monday that another US soldier was killed last night, raising the day's death toll of US soldiers killed in one day to seven. The army said in a press release that the soldier died of heavy sustained injuries when a bomb exploded near his vehicle in Diyala east of Baghdad, where he was witnessing fierce clashes between militias and Multi-National Forces (MNF). Last night, the US military said three soldiers were killed when a mortar attack targeted their compound in the heavyily fortified green zone area. US death toll since the start of the war and until today has reached 4020, among ...
Back to Disaster: Channeling Hoover at Home, Tet Abroad
Post Date: 2008-04-07 20:09:21 by richard9151
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07/04/08 "ICH" -- - One of the most astonishing facts about the Bush presidency is simply that it continues to exist. Only a combination of certain critical conditions have kept the man and his government from suffering the same fate as Mussolini or Ceaucesceu. A politically naive public, a neutered opposition, a compliant press, a Constitutionally-fixed term of office, a truckload of fear, a moderately sufficient economy and a remotely plausible victory in an unpopular war have all conspired to encourage a surly public to simply wait out the clock for the demise of the Creature from Crawford. Now, however, both of those last two factors are imploding. The Bush administration ...
Why Iraq troop drawdown is likely to stop in July
Post Date: 2008-04-07 15:34:37 by richard9151
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Mon Apr 7, 4:00 AM ET WASHINGTON - The two top US officials in Iraq – Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker – are on Capitol Hill this week to report on the Iraq war, but expectations are low that US policy will change much before the end of the year and the arrival of America's next president. That's not just because General Petraeus has indicated he will recommend against a further drawdown of US forces beyond the level they are programmed to hit at midsummer. It is also the case because, despite security gains of the past year, Iraq is expected to remain in a fragile state for the rest of President Bush's term. Several factors could contribute in coming ...
Petraeus Testimony Will Signal Iran Attack
Post Date: 2008-04-07 15:25:58 by christine
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On Saturday, April 5, the London Telegraph reported that "British officials gave warning yesterday that America’s commander in Iraq will declare that Iran is waging war against the US-backed Baghdad government. A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran’s intervention in Iraq could set the stage for a US attack on Iranian military facilities, according to a Whitehall assessment." The neocon lackey Petraeus has had his script written for him by Cheney, and Petraeus together with neocon warmonger Ryan Crocker, the US governor of the Green Zone in Baghdad, will present Congress next Tuesday and Wednesday with the lies, for which the road has been well paved ...
Al-Sadr militia prep for U.S., Iraqi fighting
Post Date: 2008-04-07 11:44:57 by richard9151
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April 5, 2008 Militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are positioning explosives to defend the major routes into Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood in anticipation of a major battle with U.S. and Iraqi government forces, residents said yesterday. Iraqis also said families in Sadr City and other Shi'ite areas of Baghdad are stocking up on food, fearing new fighting that will leave them unable to get to the markets. While food prices in most of Baghdad are stable, they have increased in Sadr City and surrounding neighborhoods as people brace for a resumption of fighting that rocked the neighborhood late last month, said Sajad, an Iraqi translator who spoke with ...
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