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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Fast and Loose With the Facts
Post Date: 2008-03-24 05:57:00 by Ada
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How Two Leading Journalists Played the Public to Help Bush Sell His War "The danger," said President George W. Bush on Sept. 25, 2002, "is that Al Qaeda becomes an extension of Saddam's madness and his hatred and his capacity to extend weapons of mass destruction around the world." He proceeded to build on a lie that finally died last week -- but only after nearly 4,000 U.S. troops and perhaps hundreds of thousands of Iraqis did as well. "The war on terror," Bush said, "you can't distinguish between Al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror." Only if you're a liar. For the CIA knew that Saddam Hussein had no ties of any ...
Gore Vidal on 'The New Pearl Harbour', 9/11, Timothy McVeigh, Lincoln and more
Post Date: 2008-03-23 20:19:39 by buckeye
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In this interview from 2005, Gore Vidal plugs David Ray Griffin's "The New Pearl Harbor", and recommends it as reading material. Recorded ... all » for Cal Poly Pomona's "Hot Talk" interview program, found on the show's archive: http://video.csupomona.edu/streaming/inc/ht_index.html.
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Attacks kill 57 in Iraq; Green Zone hit
Post Date: 2008-03-23 19:07:25 by richard9151
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19 minutes ago BAGHDAD - Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad's U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday and a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in a surge of attacks that killed at least 57 people nationwide. The latest violence underscored the fragile security situation and the resilience of both Sunni and Shiite extremist groups as the war enters its sixth year and the U.S. death toll in the conflict approaches 4,000. Attacks in Baghdad probably stemmed from rising tensions between rival Shiite groups — some of whom may have been behind the Green Zone blasts. It was the most sustained assault in months against the nerve center of the U.S. ...
6 allies killed by U.S. copter
Post Date: 2008-03-23 09:17:59 by angle
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Six Iraqis were killed Saturday when a U.S. helicopter fired on a small gathering at what may have been a pro-U.S. group's checkpoint, officials said. Men who said they were with an Awakening Council stand over the bodies of comrades killed Saturday in Iraq. A Samarra police official said the helicopter "mistakenly" hit a Sons of Iraq checkpoint, killing the six. Two other Iraqis were wounded in the attack in Ashaki, south of Samarra, 55 miles north of Baghdad. The U.S. military said that after five people were "spotted conducting suspicious terrorist activity" near a recent roadside bombing site, an AH-64 Apache fired on them. It was ...
FRONTLINE: BUSH'S WAR
Post Date: 2008-03-22 22:55:11 by Uncle Bill
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GEORGE W. BUSH'S WAR
Bush links Iraq war to world economy
Post Date: 2008-03-22 18:26:15 by angle
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Warns of oil falling under Qaeda control Globe Staff / March 20, 2008 WASHINGTON - On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, President Bush delivered a speech yesterday at the Pentagon warning of "serious consequences for the world's economy" if the United States were to withdraw from Iraq and Al Qaeda were to seize control of the country's vast oil resources. Later in the president's speech, when addressing the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Bush talked not only of the Americans who lost their lives, but of the large number who lost their jobs. "More than a million Americans lost work" following the attacks, he said. Bush's speech, which otherwise ...
Three U.S. soldiers die in Iraq, toll nears 4,000
Post Date: 2008-03-22 13:12:09 by robin
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll closer to the 4,000 mark at the start of the sixth year of the war for U.S. troops. The deaths, which brought the number of U.S. soldiers killed since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 to 3,996, came three days after President George W. Bush said the United States was on track to victory in Iraq. In an upbeat speech marking the fifth anniversary of the war, Bush acknowledged the "high cost in lives and treasure" but said a U.S. troop build-up in Iraq had reduced violence there and opened the door to a strategic victory in the war on terror. The war is a major issue in the ...
Strategy Schmategy
Post Date: 2008-03-22 09:59:24 by Ada
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"Isn't it odd that after a terrorist attack that relied on $2 box-cutters, we are redoubling our pursuit of fantastical weaponry?" — Robert Scheer Someday we Americans will look back on our Global War on Terror and ask ourselves what the heck we thought we were doing. Here’s one of our latest shenanigans. In case you hadn't noticed, we're using nuclear submarines to assassinate terrorists these days. That’s not the most efficient way to assassinate terrorists, but it’s the most expensive, so it has that going for it. Even assassinating terrorists with B-2 stealth bombers wouldn’t be as expensive as doing it with nuclear submarines. B-2s ...
US Tyranny: ID and Remedy
Post Date: 2008-03-21 21:10:27 by Ed Ward MD
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US Tyranny: ID and Remedy A Pleading for Action and Unity by Ed Ward, MD www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/6110
MAYDAY! Action Alert - On May 1, 2008, Observe the "No Peace - No Work Holiday" to Stop US Wars! groups.yahoo.com/group/EdWard-MD/message/450
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Iraqi VP slams US-led invasion of Iraq
Post Date: 2008-03-21 19:03:00 by richard9151
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Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi rejected any agreement with America which may create some limitations for the country in near future, al-Jazeera TV Network reported Friday. Al-Hashemi criticized the American-led invasion of Iraq and termed it as a strategic mistake. He added that the Iraqi nation is paying for damages which have been created by America. M.H.Z Click for Full Text!
80,000 Angry Men. -- Is the US Surge collapsing?
Post Date: 2008-03-21 19:00:02 by richard9151
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guardian.co.uk, Thursday March 20 2008 80,000 Angry Men. Is the US Surge collapsing? In an investigation carried out by GuardianFilms for Channel 4, we uncover how thousands of Iraqis employed at $10 a day by the US to take on al-Qaida are threatening to go on strike because they say they have been used by the 'Americans to do their dirty work' and haven't been paid Video Here; www.guardian.co.uk/world/...2008/mar/20/surgecollapse Click for Full Text!
Dispatches: Iraq - The Betrayal: Must Watch Video Report From UK: Channel 4
Post Date: 2008-03-21 18:47:48 by richard9151
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Peter Oborne accompanies the UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, as he travels across Iraq, meeting the main players who will determine the future of the country; from the US Commanding General David Petraeus, to militiamen fighting to protect their homes, to parliamentarians holed up in Baghdad's Green Zone, Oborne discovers that Iraq seems to have reverted to a violent feudalism. Meanwhile America has lost the trust and respect of the world and there are chilling consequences of the war for ordinary people back on the streets of Britain. Broadcast Mon 17 Mar HERE; www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19581.htm Click for Full Text!
A War Of Utter Folly
Post Date: 2008-03-21 18:45:25 by richard9151
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Responsibility for this spectacular tragedy must lie with those who ignored the facts five years ago 21/03/08 "The Guardian" -- -The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a tragedy - for Iraq, for the US, for the UN, for truth and human dignity. I can only see one gain: the end of Saddam Hussein, a murderous tyrant. Had the war not finished him he would, in all likelihood, have become another Gadafy or Castro; an oppressor of his own people but no longer a threat to the world. Iraq was on its knees after a decade of sanctions. The elimination of weapons of mass destruction was the declared main aim of the war. It is improbable that the governments of the alliance could have sold the war ...
The 100 Years War
Post Date: 2008-03-21 16:28:35 by robin
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In the past 24 hours, Dick Cheney has been in Baghdad, calling the Iraq War a "successful endeavor." John McCain's there too, and actually uttered those four magic words, "the surge is working," which only differs from Cheney's analysis in the scary possibility that McCain might actually believe it. Then again, maybe Cheney's pronouncement can be chalked up to youthful exuberance -- after all, he's almost 5 years younger than McCain. And then there's that other possibility, the one that's starting to scare me: That by a certain neocon definition, Iraq is a success. What if the war in Iraq did go on for 100 years, as McCain suggested it might? ...
Mosul 'repackaged as final stand' to sell war in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-03-21 15:12:25 by robin
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Even though the "surge" appears to have been effective in quelling violence in much of Iraq, there are still pockets of hard-core resistance. One of those is the city of Mosul in the north, where according to Britain's Channel 4 News, "US troops are battling the last concentration of Sunni insurgents, in what the Americans are calling 'the final stand against al Qaeda in Iraq.'" American and Iraqi forces began moving into the area in late January, following a wave of bombings and Prime Minister Maliki's announcement that "today the forces started to move to Mosul, and the battle will be final." American commanders suggested at the time that ...
Meet The Carlyle Group -- Former World Leaders and Washington Insiders Making Billions in the War on Terrorism
Post Date: 2008-03-21 12:56:51 by richard9151
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How will President George W. Bush personally make millions (if not billions) from the War on Terror and Iraq? The old fashioned way. He'll inherit it. Updates: James Baker Defending Saudis against 9-11 Families' Lawsuit MSNBC Government of Abu Dhabi Buys $1.3 Billion Carlyle Share Financial Times James Baker appointed envoy in charge of restructuring Iraq's debt CNN Carlyle Groups in Talks to Sell 10% Stake to Chinese Government London Times EXPOSED: The Carlyle Group 48 minute Real Player video ~ watch now HERE: www.hereinreality.com/carlyle.html Featured Articles: The ex-presidents' club The Guardian Oliver Burkeman and Julian Borger Wednesday October 31, 20 ...
Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War
Post Date: 2008-03-21 12:00:01 by tom007
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Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War By Marty Jerome EmailMarch 20, 2008 | 12:34:39 PMCategories: Policy, Streets & Highways FreewayAt the outset of the Iraq war, the Bush administration estimated that it would cost roughly $50 to $60 billion to oust Saddam Hussein and set that nation on the road to democracy. Five years later, the price tag is $600 billion and counting. As the economy sours, it becomes clear that one overlooked casualty of this war will be America's creaking infrastructure. Free markets may be the only way to save the nation's roads and highways. They might even be the best way to save them. The Department of Transportation, under this ...
Counting The Dead in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-03-21 11:37:23 by tom007
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Counting The Dead in Iraq By David Hambling EmailMarch 20, 2008 | 3:07:00 PMCategories: Iraq's Insanity 17iraq600 There has been a flurry of media activity here in the UK covering the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, with newspapers, TV and radio all launching special series. One of the more analytical pieces is a feature in the the Guardian asking, "What is the real death toll in Iraq?" It makes a serious attempt to consider all the different conflicting figures and how they have been arrived at, including the WHO/Iraq Health Ministry study. Different methodologies were used, and these are discussed, especially the much-criticized Lancet study which showed 601,000 ...
I Am Become Death - The Destroyer Of The Worlds
Post Date: 2008-03-21 05:00:56 by airdance
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By Anwaar Hussain TS Admin : On this fifth anniversary of Iraq invasion, George Bush said, “Because we acted, the world is better and the United States of America is safer.” With a million dead Iraqis, more than 30,000 dead and wounded American soldiers, the world now teeming with a new breed of America haters and more than 3 trillion dollars blown to achieve all that, the US president sits atop an economically crumbling America and happily crows his mantra. George W. Bush indeed seems far removed from reality. The essay below was written in the immediate aftermath of the destruction of Iraqi city of Fallujah. At the time, the article ricocheted across the cyber space and ...
The Doomsday Code
Post Date: 2008-03-21 00:22:00 by richard9151
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Tony Robinson investigates the people with powerful political friends in the White House, who are trying to bring about the end of the world. Julia Bard reports. Broadcast 09/16/06 - Channel 4 Documentary - Runtime 100 Minutes HERE; www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15032.htm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Revelation, the last book in the New Testament, is filled with bizarre, violent and terrifying images. Its origins are unclear and its content is controversial. Some say it is the work of St John but many others believe he could not have been the author. But whoever wrote it, described apocalyptic visions of plagues, famines, wars, ...
US launches legal review of Swiss-Iran gas deal
Post Date: 2008-03-20 23:49:37 by richard9151
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Wed Mar 19, 5:50 PM WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday warned that it was launching a legal review of a gas deal signed earlier this week between Iran and Switzerland to see whether it violates terms of US sanctions. "We don't think that now is the time for people to be investing in Iran, not only in its petroleum or natural gas area, but in any sector of its economy," said State Department spokesman Tom Casey. "Certainly, in terms of US domestic law and policy, there are implications or potential implications for any kind of arrangement of this sort in terms of the Iran Sanctions Act," he said. "And, obviously, as we get more details about ...
The Costs of Freedom -- Five years of this war, and no end in sight.
Post Date: 2008-03-20 23:46:47 by richard9151
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20/03/08 "ICH" -- -- I received an email from a friend in Iraq. She was asking me to sign a petition and distribute it as widely as possible. Young Iraqi refugee girls were being forced into prostitution in Syria. She was working to draw attention to their situation and hoped for a global response of help for them. What can be said about this? I signed the petition and passed it along. I’ll talk about it with those who will listen. The young girls hope things change – I would not want to give them a false sense of hope. Are you willing to pay the cost of their freedom? I received a phone call from a man representing a publicity organization preparing a press release ...
There Is No Such Thing As A War For Free
Post Date: 2008-03-20 23:36:09 by richard9151
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20/03/08 "Chicago Tribune" -- -- Five years ago, as the Bush administration was preparing to attack Iraq, it claimed that the war would cost $50 billion to $60 billion. We are now spending for military operations alone that amount every three months—and that sum does not even include future costs, such as disability and health benefits for returning troops. We estimate conservatively that by the time the war is over, it will have cost America in excess of $3 trillion, an amount so vast it is hard to fathom. The only way to grasp such numbers is to translate them into what a day or an hour of fighting costs, what economists refer to as the opportunity costs, what else we might ...
Five Years of Genocide
Post Date: 2008-03-20 23:18:51 by richard9151
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20/03/08 "Al-Hayat" -- - Five years ago to the day, it was the dawn of the American invasion that carried Iraq to the endless darkness of the occupation. The fall of Baghdad, the Arab capital which they almost dubbed Saddam Hussein's capital, was nothing but the onset of a massive volcanic eruption in the region; its fires still consume the Arabs' stability and security and rewrite maps from the Ocean to the Gulf. The captain of the invasion, George Bush, celebrates the "first large-scale Arab uprising against Usama bin Laden." He reassures Americans that the costs of the invasion and war against and in Iraq, now touching $500 billion, are petty when bearing the ...
Gates considers US force levels for Iraq
Post Date: 2008-03-20 22:04:50 by richard9151
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1 hour, 1 minute ago WASHINGTON - Top U.S. military leaders presented Defense Secretary Robert Gates with their strategy for future force levels in Iraq Thursday, including expected recommendations for a pause in troop cuts for as much as six weeks later this summer. The hourlong videoconference marked the start of what will be a series of meetings, presentations and congressional testimony over the next two weeks that will assess the military, political and economic progress in Iraq. During the Pentagon meeting, Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, heard from the top commander in the Middle East, Adm. William Fallon, and the U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. ...
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