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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Audit: Terrorists got U.S. aid
Post Date: 2007-11-16 23:30:42 by kiki
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WASHINGTON - The agency that distributes billions of dollars in American foreign aid cannot "reasonably ensure" that its money does not wind up in terrorist hands, an internal audit has concluded. The United States Agency for International Development funded groups with ties to terrorism on at least two occasions, the agency's inspector general found in an audit. That included approving $180,000 for a Bosnian group whose president was on a "watch list" that barred him from entering the United States, and $1 million for an aid "partner" who later pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents about his involvement with a disciple of Osama bin Laden. Officials ...
Three-Tour Iraq Vet: ‘Our Troops Need To Come Home Now’
Post Date: 2007-11-16 22:24:06 by Zipporah
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Three-Tour Iraq Vet: ‘Our Troops Need To Come Home Now’ At tonight’s CNN Democratic debate, the candidates heard a strong warning against U.S. military action against Iran from Christopher Jackson, a Marine who served three tours of duty in Iraq: I feel that if we continue on the path we’re at, that’s where we’re going to end up — in Iran. And that’s not what our troops need. Our troops need to come home now. The entire audience, including the candidates, stood and gave Jackson a rousing ovation. Watch it: Jackson’s mother, who was standing next to her son at the event, went on to say that after she “finally got her son home” from ...
Iraq to Attack Arizona
Post Date: 2007-11-16 19:48:39 by Zipporah
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the terror on warIraq to Attack Arizona Tucson, Arizona news station KOLD has received an FBI alert warning Southern Arizona of an invasion by Iraqis. Shit! I thought Bush said we fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them here? This policy somehow doesn’t add up! The rebel Iraqis have found a secret, previously unimaginable way into the United States: The usually impenetrable border with Mexico: KOLD News 13 is the only news outlet to obtain this FBI urgent report outlining a possible terrorist threat right here in southern Arizona. It speaks specifically to Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista. The document gives no timetable or explanation of how the threat ...
Basra Attacks Down 90% Since British Troops Left
Post Date: 2007-11-16 14:13:21 by Brian S
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Friday November 16 2007 The British army says violence in Basra has fallen by 90% since it withdrew from the southern Iraqi city earlier this year. Around 500 British soldiers left one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in the heart of the city in early September and stopped conducting regular foot patrols. A spokesman says the Iraqi security forces still come under attack from militants in Basra, but the overall level of violence is down 90% since the British troops left. Britain is scheduled to return control of Basra province to Iraqi officials next month, officially ending Britain's combat role in Iraq.
U.S. Military Wasting All Its Victories On Notre Dame
Post Date: 2007-11-16 09:07:50 by longnose gar
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As combined American forces celebrate two consecutive football wins against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish while simultaneously marking the loss of the 3,150th soldier to hostile action in Iraq, many are left wondering if the United States military is in fact focusing its energies on the correct opponent. "There is no doubt that Navy's recent 46-44 defeat of a motivated, entrenched Notre Dame team after a long drawn-out battle was a masterpiece of leadership, strategy, tactics, and bravery in the finest tradition of the service," said Grant Hughson, an editor at Jane's Sporting News. "And the total Air Force 41-24 domination of the Irish, accomplished by bringing to ...
War and The Wimp Factor
Post Date: 2007-11-16 06:04:28 by Ada
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Reid blames GOP "bullies" for his party's spinelessness I had to laugh, albeit bitterly, when I saw the headline: "Democrats vow not to be bullied by Bush on Iraq." Oh, the poor dears, are those dastardly Republicans kicking sand in their faces? That wimpishness just about sums up the style and spirit of the Democrats' alleged "antiwar" campaign. No matter how critical they are of administration policy, they invariably frame the debate in terms of their own alleged weakness. It's uncanny how this kind of self-sabotage works: it doesn't matter how overwhelming opposition to the war has become, with something like sixty-plus percent wanting us ...
U.S. Intelligence: Iran Possesses Trillions Of Potentially Dangerous Atoms
Post Date: 2007-11-16 00:52:46 by kiki
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WASHINGTON—Barely two months after U.N. inspectors in Iran failed to find evidence of an active nuclear weapons program, the Department of Homeland Security uncovered new information Monday proving the Middle Eastern nation has obtained literally trillions of atoms—the same particles sometimes used to make atomic bombs—for unknown purposes. "We have no doubt that Iran now possesses an alarming number of atoms within its borders, despite countless warnings from the international community," Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said at a press conference Monday afternoon, as he pointed to a satellite image marked with dozens of locations where his office ...
Bush a 'bully' on Iraq: Democrats
Post Date: 2007-11-15 21:51:08 by tom007
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Bush a 'bully' on Iraq: Democrats 2 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) — Democrats Thursday branded President George W. Bush a "bully" on Iraq, but faced Republican charges of ignoring "crystal clear" progress in the country, ahead of a new Senate showdown on the war. Lawmakers drew battlelines for likely the last war wrangle of a tumultuous year of turf wars between Congress and the White House, over a new 50 billion dollar combat funding bill including Democratic demands for troop withdrawals. Senate Democratic Majority Harry Reid took a harsh line against Bush, warning: "He damn sure is not entitled now to having this money given with a blank ...
Bush and Rice Staff Meeting November 8, 2007 Concerning Grave National Interests
Post Date: 2007-11-15 20:45:51 by tom007
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Fox Calls For US Sponsered Car Bombings in Iran
Post Date: 2007-11-15 20:39:00 by tom007
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98 Percent Of All Domestically Eradicated Marijuana Is "Ditchweed," DEA Admits
Post Date: 2007-11-15 20:32:40 by tom007
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98 Percent Of All Domestically Eradicated Marijuana Is "Ditchweed," DEA Admits September 7, 2006 - Washington, DC, USA Washington, DC: More than 98 percent of all of the marijuana plants seized by law enforcement in the United States is feral hemp not cultivated cannabis, according to newly released data by the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program and the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. According to the data, available online at: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t4382005.pdf, of the estimated 223 million marijuana plants destroyed by law enforcement in 2005, approximately 219 million were classified as ...
John Pilger ~Lest We Forget
Post Date: 2007-11-15 20:30:58 by Zipporah
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Lest We Forget By John Pilger 11/15/07 "ICH" -- -- On Remembrance Day 2007 – Veterans Day in America – the great and the good bowed their heads at the Cenotaph. Generals, politicians, newsreaders, football managers and stock-market traders wore their poppies. Hypocrisy was a presence. No one mentioned Iraq. No one uttered the slightest remorse for the fallen of that country. No one read the forbidden list. The forbidden list documents, without favor, the part the British state and its court have played in the destruction of Iraq. Here it is: Holocaust denial On 25 October, Dai Davies MP asked Gordon Brown about civilian deaths in Iraq. Brown passed the question to the ...
US accused of killing Iraq allies
Post Date: 2007-11-15 18:56:39 by robin
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US accused of killing Iraq allies The US said its forces were looking for senior al-Qaeda members Leaders of a Sunni tribal group in Iraq formed to fight al-Qaeda say dozens of their men were killed by US forces in a battle north of the capital, Baghdad. One of the leaders of the Taji Awakening Council said airstrikes killed 45 of his pro-US fighters. The US military said coalition forces killed 25 suspected insurgents in the Taji area at the same time in an operation targeting al-Qaeda leaders. A US statement said arms, including anti-aircraft weapons, had been found. Conflicting accounts The statement said forces from the US-led coalition "observed ...
Mental Injuries: Worse Than Some Thought, But Not Those Who Served
Post Date: 2007-11-15 14:19:23 by robin
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A new study released yesterday concluded that mental injuries suffered by those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are much worse than estimated, because those injuries don't manifest themselves, in many cases, for months down the road. It's somewhat entertaining to watch the media fall all over themselves to express "shock" at this story, when all they had to do was talk to those of us who served, who have known this for a while.EmailPrintComment It's truly heartbreaking when you do actually listen to the troops. In the Washington Post coverage, they interview reservist Timothy Bredberg:"Bredberg's family, which he describes as conservative and patriotic, ...
120 US war veteran suicides a week
Post Date: 2007-11-15 11:34:15 by Alan Chapman
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THE US military is experiencing a "suicide epidemic" with veterans killing themselves at the rate of 120 a week, according to an investigation by US television network CBS. At least 6256 US veterans committed suicide in 2005 - an average of 17 a day - the network reported, with veterans overall more than twice as likely to take their own lives as the rest of the general population. While the suicide rate among the general population was 8.9 per 100,000, the level among veterans was between 18.7 and 20.8 per 100,000. That figure rose to 22.9 to 31.9 suicides per 100,000 among veterans aged 20 to 24 - almost four times the non-veteran average for the age group. "Those ...
Joe Klein: Dragged, Kicking And Screaming (to the reality of victory in Iraq) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-11-15 11:02:09 by longnose gar
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The partisan liberal hacks in the mainstream media are having a hard time with the reality that now is Iraq. Al Qaeda's ass has been kicked out of Baghdad altogether, businesses are up and running by the hundreds, violence is at an almost all-time low, yet those who've put all their chips in the "illegal, immoral, civil war" pile, are watching their bet go down the tubes. Their credibility (as questionable as it was) is on the line, and admitting they were wrong is the last place they want to go. Here is a perfect example of the "death by a thousand cuts"…. November 13, 2007 Are We Winning in Iraq? Posted by Joe Klein, Time Magazine We've ...
U.S. Deserters Lose Bid For Canada Refugee Status
Post Date: 2007-11-15 10:51:17 by Brian S
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Thursday, November 15, 2007 OTTAWA (Reuters) - Two Americans who deserted the U.S. Army to protest the war in Iraq lost their bid for refugee status in Canada on Thursday. The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear an appeal from the two men, Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey, of decisions by immigration authorities -- backed in two subsequent court rulings -- that they were not refugees in need of protection. Opposing the war believing that it was illegal and immoral, they deserted when they learned their units would be deployed to Iraq, and came to Canada.
What Does Iraq's 'Good News' Really Mean?
Post Date: 2007-11-15 06:16:41 by Ada
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More than seven weeks ago, US media attention on Iraq peaked as Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ray Crocker delivered their much anticipated evaluation of the George W. Bush administration's "surge strategy" before Congress. By most official and media accounts, security in Baghdad and in surrounding provinces has improved markedly since then, with US commanders attributing much of the decline in violence to successes in driving al-Qaeda in Iraq and other Sunni extremist groups from Baghdad. Iraqis are said to be experiencing some sense of normalcy after being victimized by the kidnappings, bombings, and wholesale slaughter that marked the last few years. Then, ...
Russian SU-30MK fighter, Sukhoi Su-37 Fighter, Sukhoi Su-47 Jet
Post Date: 2007-11-15 01:07:25 by Horse
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Poster Comment:These three videos are of three different Russian jet fighters. I am posting this in hopes that someone here can objectively compare them to F-15s, F-18s and F-18s. I liked the second video the best in terms of production though the last one would be really impressive if I could speak Russian. All three are just a few minutes long each.
Robert Fisk: Secret armies pose sinister new threat to Lebanon (Where the Missing US Weapons May Have Went)
Post Date: 2007-11-14 21:08:41 by tom007
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Robert Fisk: Secret armies pose sinister new threat to Lebanon Published: 19 October 2007 Lebanon is peopled with ghosts. But the phantoms now returning to haunt this damaged country –the militias which tore it apart more than 30 years ago – are real. Guns are flooding back into the country – $800 for an AK-47, $3,700 for a brand-new French Famas – as Lebanon security apparatus hunt desperately for the leadership of the new and secret armies. Only last week, they arrested two followers of ex-General Michel Aoun – the pro-Hezbollah opposition's apparent candidate for president – for allegedly training pro-Aounist gunmen. After themselves being accused of ...
Blinded by the war: Eye injuries hit troops hard
Post Date: 2007-11-14 21:08:07 by Horse
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Two days before a 10-mile race here, Army 1st Lt. Ivan Castro is explaining how he will run tethered to another soldier — one who can see. As he speaks, his wife lovingly extends her right hand to Castro's face, fingers outstretched. But Evelyn Galvis pauses inches away. "I used to be able to reach out and touch him, caress him, without telling him first, 'I'm going to touch your face,' " she says. Now, "if I just reach out and touch him, he'll startle." Castro, 40, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, is one of more than 1,100 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan — 13% of all seriously wounded casualties ...
US has no good option in a Pakistan nuclear 'nightmare'
Post Date: 2007-11-14 20:50:48 by tom007
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US has no good option in a Pakistan nuclear 'nightmare' 18 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US armed forces are virtually powerless to prevent Pakistan's nuclear arsenal from falling into Islamist hands if the political crisis in Islamabad spins out of control, analysts warned. Instead, they said, Washington can do little but help to resolve the crisis and preserve its strong ties with Pakistan's pro-Western military elite, whether or not General Pervez Musharraf stays in power. "There's no good military option at all," Daniel Markey, a former US government policy planner for South Asia, told AFP on Tuesday in Washington. It would be an ...
Blogs battle censorship (Pakistan Crisis)
Post Date: 2007-11-14 20:47:31 by tom007
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Blogs battle censorship MANDIRA NAYAR A protesting lawyer in Lahore. (AFP) New Delhi, Nov. 5: This is one battle that President Pervez Musharraf was not prepared for. Armed with BlackBerrys, laptops, mobile phones and the Internet, human rights activists and ordinary citizens have found a way to fight the President’s draconian rule. From rights activist Asma Jahangir’s emailed statement, where she has severely criticised Musharraf, to senior supreme court advocate Aitzaz Ahsan, who coordinated protests by lawyers in Pakistan today from the toilet of a police station, cyber protesters are defying all rules of censorship. War-time strategy is being planned quietly, away from the ...
Population Control Noise Weapon Evidently First Used In Protest In Georgia Video
Post Date: 2007-11-14 20:28:00 by tom007
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Robert Fisk: Do you know the truth about Lockerbie?
Post Date: 2007-11-14 18:18:07 by tom007
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Robert Fisk: Do you know the truth about Lockerbie? I urge anyone who is aware of government lies over Flight 103 to come forward Published: 13 October 2007 After writing about the "ravers" who regularly turn up at lectures to claim that President Bush/the CIA/the Pentagon/Mossad etc perpetrated the crimes against humanity of 11 September, I received a letter this week from Marion Irvine, who feared that members of her family run the risk of being just such "ravers" and "voices heard in the wilderness". Far from it. For Mrs Irvine was writing about Lockerbie, and, like her, I believe there are many dark and sinister corners to this atrocity. I'm not at ...
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