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Exclusive: Blackwater 'Blood Money' Angers Iraqis
Post Date: 2008-03-20 20:06:14 by robin
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Exclusive: Blackwater 'Blood Money' Angers Iraqis Two Iraqi Families of Victims Killed by Blackwater Guards Tell ABC News They've Refused Compensation From the Company By AADEL FAIQ March 20, 2008— At least two Iraqi families of victims killed by Blackwater security guards in September tell ABC News they have refused compensation offered by the company. The father of a 9-year-old boy, who says his son was one of the 17 civilians killed when Blackwater guards, escorting a diplomatic convoy, opened fire at Baghdad's Nisour Square on Sept. 16, says he is trying to file a lawsuit against the company. He told ABCNews.com that Blackwater offered him $20,000 through ...
White House press secretary: 'I call on you because I see
what you write'; Raw correspondent details Perino 'dustup'
Post Date: 2008-03-20 20:03:59 by robin
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I had a lot of fun at the White House Wednesday afternoon, and not because I made Dana Perino mad. In fact, I felt a little sorry for her today. It's not her fault that Bush's speechwriters put ludicrous statements into his speeches. It all started when I came across the following line in the President's Iraq War Birthday speech: "An emboldened al Qaeda with access to Iraq's oil resources could pursue its ambitions to acquire weapons of mass destruction to attack America and other free nations." I almost started salivating. Bush first used a more modest variant of that argument while campaigning for Republicans during the 2006 Congressional elections. Back ...
JOHN FLYNN'S "DOVER"
Post Date: 2008-03-20 12:36:46 by HOUNDDAWG
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I heard this on country radio today. This song speaks about the Dover Air Force Base here in Delaware where the bodies of Americans are brought in on giant air force C5 Galaxies. Here's the video And the lyrics Dover By John Flynn Elijah was a sergeant, 42 years old from Mesa Arizona, Elijah won’t grow old Patrick was with C Troop, Second Armored Cav His buddies all remember how Patrick loved to laugh Seth was from East Brunswick, just a newly wed Somewhere in New Jersey a young widow bows her head Daniel was from Boston shipped out from Fort Bragg His mother got back Daniel with a folded flag Chorus: Oh big airplane bring’em down easy Out of the Delaware ...
Italy judge clears way for CIA "rendition" trial
Post Date: 2008-03-19 23:58:23 by richard9151
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Wed 19 Mar 2008, 11:44 GMT MILAN, March 19 (Reuters) - An Italian judge on Wednesday ordered the resumption of a trial against U.S. and Italian spies accused of abducting a terrorism suspect, in a blow to efforts to halt a case that Rome says violates state secrecy rules. The trial in absentia against 26 Americans -- almost all believed to be CIA agents -- is the first anywhere over the U.S. practice of "extraordinary rendition", whereby terrorism suspects are secretly transferred to third countries. Italian spies, including the former head of Italy's military intelligence agency Nicolo Pollari, are accused of helping the CIA team abduct Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama ...
Guantanamo lawyers ask court to keep prosecutors from contacting prisoners
Post Date: 2008-03-19 23:54:45 by richard9151
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Lawyers for four Kuwaiti men held at Guantanamo Bay have asked a court to block U.S. military prosecutors from contacting the prisoners without their consent, accusing the government Monday of violating legal ethics. The emergency petition, filed last week in a Washington appeals court, raises concerns about a recent assertion by Guantanamo's chief prosecutor that he does not need the lawyers' permission because they do not represent the prisoners before the war-crimes tribunal system. But Matthew MacLean, a Washington-based lawyer for the Kuwaitis, said his clients and U.S. federal courts have recognized him and a colleague as legal representatives - ...
Cheney On Two-Thirds Of The American Public Opposing The Iraq War: ‘So?’
Post Date: 2008-03-19 23:25:12 by richard9151
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This morning, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, ABC’s Good Morning America aired an interview with Vice President Cheney on the war. During the segment, Cheney flatly told White House correspondent Martha Raddatz that he doesn’t care about the American public’s views on the war: CHENEY: On the security front, I think there’s a general consensus that we’ve made major progress, that the surge has worked. That’s been a major success. RADDATZ: Two-third of Americans say it’s not worth fighting. CHENEY: So? RADDATZ So? You don’t care what the American people think? CHENEY: No. I think you cannot be blown off course by the fluctuations in ...
Bush defiantly defends war in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-03-19 21:39:25 by richard9151
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2 hours, 10 minutes ago WASHINGTON - President Bush defiantly defended the Iraq war Wednesday as U.S. troops began a sixth year of combat in the long and costly conflict that has dominated his presidency. Bush conceded the war has been harder and more expensive than anticipated but insisted it has all been necessary to keep Americans safe. Protesters marked the anniversary of the U.S. invasion with demonstrations near the White House and in other cities, though they seemed to lack the fervor of those that preceded the war. Bush, in a speech at the Pentagon, offered some of his boldest assessments of progress and said the war's legacy is absolute: "The world is better, and the ...
Webb on Fifth Anniversary
Post Date: 2008-03-19 19:38:38 by robin
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Senator Jim Webb issued the following statement on the five year anniversary of the war in Iraq on Wednesday: “The invasion and occupation of Iraq began five years ago today in the absence of a clearly articulated strategy that should have defined our national objectives as well as the circumstances that would bring about an end point to our military presence in that country. Five years later, the American people are still waiting for the kind of political and diplomatic leadership that will end the occupation, stabilize the region, and allow our country to focus on other, vital strategic challenges around the world. “At the same time, the debate over the current situation in ...
AP president: US arrests journalist in Iraq to 'control' information
Post Date: 2008-03-19 19:26:20 by robin
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Associated Press president Tom Curley says his news organization does not buy the government's argument that one of its photographers arrested in Iraq was working on behalf of the enemy, and he alleged the US is rounding up journalists in an attempt to control information. "To say the least, we see things very differently," Curley commented dryly, regarding photographer Bilal Hussein, who was arrested two years ago and remains in military custody. Noting that at least a dozen other Iraqi photographers have been detained or arrested, Curley stated, "It's impossible not to conclude that the words and pictures these journalists produced were considered unhelpful to ...
5 Year Anniversary of Iraq War- Protest in Los Angeles (youtube)
Post Date: 2008-03-19 14:33:14 by Artisan
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5 Year Anniversary of Iraq War- Protest in Los Angeles
Five years on, Bush again talks of Iraq victory ("THE RIGHT DECISION")
Post Date: 2008-03-19 14:14:08 by aristeides
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Five years on, Bush again talks of Iraq victory Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:53pm EDT By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he had no regrets about the unpopular war in Iraq despite the "high cost in lives and treasure" and declared that the United States was on track for victory. Marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion with a touch of the swagger he showed early in the war, Bush said in a speech at the Pentagon, "The successes we are seeing in Iraq are undeniable." With less than 11 months left in office and his approval ratings near the lows of his presidency, Bush is trying to shore up support for the Iraq ...
ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ INVASION FRONTLINE PRESENTS DEFINITIVE CHRONICLE OF BUSH'S WAR ON TERROR
Post Date: 2008-03-19 13:59:09 by robin
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From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge -- for six years, FRONTLINE has revealed the defining stories of the war on terror in meticulous detail, and the political dramas that played out at the highest levels of power and influence. Now, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga unfolds in the two-part FRONTLINE special Bush's War, airing Monday, March 24, from 9 to 11:30 P.M. and Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from 9 to 11 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings). Veteran producer Michael Kirk (The Torture Question, The Dark Side) draws on one of the richest ...
Per CNN: Poll - 71 % Think Iraq Spending Hurts Economy
Post Date: 2008-03-19 13:50:19 by ghostdogtxn
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Iraq: Five Years After the Conquest
Post Date: 2008-03-19 13:39:30 by ghostdogtxn
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Total cost of Iraq war hinges on oil question
Post Date: 2008-03-18 23:55:10 by robin
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Cost of Iraq war hinges on oil question Some estimates exceed $2 trillion, including impact on energy pricesBy Michael Moran MSNBC contributorupdated 1:17 p.m. PT, Tues., March. 18, 2008NEW YORK - “It’s all about the oil!” Remember that claim in the run-up to the Iraq war five years ago? In retrospect, “blood for oil,” the siren cry of the prewar left, ranks right up there with Vice President Dick Cheney’s assertion that American forces would be “greeted as liberators” in terms of analytical folly. Yet, in at least one respect, the Iraq war really is all about oil. The debate raging among economists and academics today over the actual cost American ...
Bush says Iraq war was worth it
Post Date: 2008-03-18 21:06:49 by richard9151
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6 minutes ago WASHINGTON - President Bush says he has no doubts about launching the unpopular war in Iraq despite the "high cost in lives and treasure," arguing that retreat now would embolden Iran and provide al-Qaida with money for weapons of mass destruction to attack the United States. Bush is to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on Wednesday with a speech at the Pentagon. Excerpts of his address were released Tuesday night by the White House. At least 3,990 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the war in 2003. It has cost taxpayers about $500 billion and estimates of the final tab run far higher. Nobel Prize-winning ...
(vid) Gingrich: "I'm deeply worried about terrorism"
Post Date: 2008-03-18 20:33:04 by Jethro Tull
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Uberskank and low level war criminal Lynndie England blames media for photos
Post Date: 2008-03-18 18:24:21 by PSUSA
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Lynndie England, the public face of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, told a German news magazine that she was sorry for appearing in photographs of detainees in the notorious Iraqi prison, and believes the scenes of torture and humiliation served as a powerful rallying point for anti-American insurgents. In an interview with the weekly magazine Stern conducted in English and posted on its Web site Tuesday, England was both remorseful and unrepentant — and conceded that the published photos surely incensed insurgents in Iraq. "I guess after the picture came out the insurgency picked up and Iraqis attacked the Americans and the British and they attacked in return and they were just ...
New Yorker: Abu Ghraib abuses were 'de facto US policy'
Post Date: 2008-03-18 06:55:47 by Ada
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New Yorker: Abu Ghraib abuses were 'de facto US policy'Nick Juliano
Published: Monday March 17, 2008
Photographer wanted to expose 'what the military was allowing to happen'
Some of the most iconic images of the Iraq war came not from photojournalists on the front lines, but US soldiers carrying point-and-shoot digital cameras. In its latest issue, the New Yorker profiles the woman who snapped many of the photos depicting abuse at Abu Ghraib prison that the same magazine revealed nearly four years ago.
Like many of the soldiers in charge of the detained Iraqis at Abu Ghraib, Sabrina Harman had little experience running a prison. As Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris ...
Bolton Says Cheney Has ‘Enormous Credibilty’ In Iraq, But Iraqis Suggest Otherwise Powered by BlogBurst
Post Date: 2008-03-17 21:19:27 by tom007
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Bolton Says Cheney Has ‘Enormous Credibilty’ In Iraq, But Iraqis Suggest Otherwise Powered by BlogBurst POSTED: Monday, March 17, 2008 FROM BLOG: Think Progress - Progressive news and research blog run out of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The following blog post is from an independent writer and is not connected with Reuters News. The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not endorsed by Reuters.com. bolton-03-17web2.jpgAs the Iraq war’s fifth anniversary approaches, Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Baghdad today on an unannounced trip to meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Gen. David Petraeus, and Amb. Ryan Crocker. ...
New Report From Abu Ghraib: 'Oh Jesus, That Does Look Pretty Bad'
Post Date: 2008-03-17 18:04:04 by PSUSA
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Muslim prisoners held in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were submerged in water-filled garbage cans with ice or put naked under cold showers in near-freezing rooms until they went into shock, Sgt. Javal Davis, who served with the 372nd Military Police Company there, has told a national magazine. Davis, from the Roselle, N.J., area, said while stationed at the prison he also saw an incinerator with “bones in it” that he believed to be a crematorium and said some prisoners were starved prior to their interrogation. Another soldier that had been stationed at Abu Ghraib, M.P. Sabrina Harman---who gained dubious fame for making a thumbs-up sign posing over the body of a prisoner she ...
$200 Oil - Who's Going to Pay For It?
Post Date: 2008-03-17 13:10:58 by tom007
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$200 Oil - Who's Going to Pay For It? posted on: March 11, 2008 | about stocks: OIL / USO * Font Size: * Print * Email In March of 2005, Goldman Sachs kicked off the oil speculation boom by releasing a report that "Oil Could Spike to $105." At the time oil was around $55 a barrel, already up considerably from $25 a barrel before the Iraq war (the second one) surprisingly caused oil prices to spike. [Interesting note: The first Iraq war is what made our current President his first millions as he sold his stock the same month his dad invaded Iraq and spiked oil from $18 a barrel in July 1990 to $27 in August. After bankrupting his first company (aptly called Arbusto ...
Financial Armageddon "At the heart of today’s economic and capital market woes is the unnecessary Iraq War" Israel Did This To The US
Post Date: 2008-03-17 12:47:22 by tom007
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Financial Armageddon posted on: March 17, 2008 * Font Size: * Print * Email Another week of all-time record high commodity prices and a fresh record low US dollar has had the expected result in US equity markets: the stocks of the commodity producers and export manufacturing sectors have led the way to a week over week gain in the broad indexes, but traders are focused on the macro picture and remain nervous. Capital markets are operating in a stagflationary environment, similar to the 1970’s. The combined impact of slowing or receding economies and rising costs is that equity prices, which are based on inflation-adjusted corporate revenue, cash flow and earnings growth, are under ...
The Greatest Gift Of All: Freedom
Post Date: 2008-03-17 12:26:20 by ghostdogtxn
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McCain, Cheney: US in Iraq long-term
Post Date: 2008-03-17 11:23:29 by richard9151
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21 minutes ago BAGHDAD - Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John McCain vowed in meetings with Iraq's prime minister Monday that the U.S. would maintain a long-term military presence in Iraq until al-Qaida is defeated there. Explosions went off near the heavily fortified Green Zone shortly after Cheney arrived. Helicopter gunships circled central Baghdad, but no details were immediately available on the cause of the explosions. The presumptive Republican candidate for president, who has linked his political future to military success in Iraq, met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shortly before the Iraqi leader began separate talks with Cheney. Al-Maliki said he and the vice ...
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