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  • Sgt. Benderman follows conscience, not orders: Refuses to participate in illegal war
    1 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The ongoing saga of Sergeant Kevin Benderman’s denial regarding the legitimacy of war and his refusal to participate in it has now crystallized into a war of words and legalities, pitting his beliefs and first-hand battlefield knowledge against an action by the U.S. Government and Army prosecutors who are charging him with desertion for choosing to follow his conscience, in a war declared illegal by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Benderman is scheduled to stand trial before a General (…)

  • The gates of hell are open in Iraq
    1 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The occupation and new US threats could spark neighbouring uprisings
    The US-British occupation of Iraq is poisoning all political processes in my country and across the Middle East. The elections held under the control of the occupying forces in January were neither free nor fair. Instead of being a step towards solving Iraq’s problems, they have been used to prolong foreign rule over the Iraqi people.
    Only when the occupiers withdraw from the country can Iraq take the first secure steps (…)

  • Wake Up! Washington’s alarming foreign policy
    31 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Wake Up! Washington’s alarming foreign policy
    By Chalmers JohnsonMarch 31, 2005
    The Rubicon is a small stream in northern Italy just south of the city of Ravenna. During the prime of the Roman Republic, roughly the last two centuries B.C., it served as a northern boundary protecting the heartland of Italy and the city of Rome from its own imperial armies. An ancient Roman law made it treason for any general to cross the Rubicon and enter Italy proper with a standing army. In 49 B.C., (…)

  • Halliburton Bribery Scandal Deepens
    31 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Overlooking a private white sand beach on the Persian Gulf, some 40 miles south of Kuwait city, is the Khalifa Hilton. It boasts no less than a dozen swimming pools and offers its guests activities such as windsurfing, banana boat rides and deep sea fishing. Every single one of the 84 luxurious air-conditioned villas face either the main pool, which is shaped like a giant guitar, or one of the two adjoining pools that resemble shimmering blue door keys.
    In late 2002, a company from Texas, (…)

  • More than 200,000 US casualties from Gulf War 1
    29 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    During Gulf War 1 more than 300 tons of depleted Uranium were discharged.
    During Gulf War 2 more than 1000 tons of depleted Uranium were discharged.
    Norman Schwarzkopf asked Rokke to oversee the environmental clean up and medical care of soldiers injured in friendly fire incidents involving DU weapons. Rokke later wrote the DU safety rules adopted by the Army, but was relieved of subsequent duties after he criticized commanders for not following those rules and not treating exposed (…)

  • Support Our Oops?
    28 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Fayetteville Ripples Spread Across America
    Bring Them Home Now!
    The more than 3000 veterans, military family members and supporters from around the South and around the country who marched in Fayetteville, North Carolina, last weekend had one simple message: Bring Them Home Now! Now they are taking the message from this inspiring demonstration back home with them. Below are some of the voices who are carrying that message.
    First, the truthout website has posted a live news report from (…)

  • Bush’s Dangerous Propaganda Game
    28 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    This deliberate manipulation of our news is more than outrageous - it’s a frontal assault on our democracy and is totally disrespectful of the American people.
    You’re used to hearing television reporters give their signature tag lines: "In Washington, I’m Karen Ryan reporting." "This is Jennifer Morrow reporting." "I’m Pat O’Leary reporting."
    But these days, you can’t know if your news presenter is a reporter ... or a ringer. Karen Ryan, for example, is a veteran of the government’s (…)

  • Diving Into falluja: To Hell and Back with S.B. Documentary-Maker Mark Manning
    28 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Diving Into falluja To Hell and Back with S.B. Documentary-Maker Mark Manning story by Nick welsh - images by mark manning
    deep sea diver turned documentary filmmaker Mark Manning asked if I had six minutes to spare - a strange request, considering we’d already spent two hours talking about Manning’s recent trip to Falluja, the heart of Iraqâ??s bloody Sunni triangle. Six minutes more was nothing, so Manning queued up a short video of footage heâ??s shot in Iraq and hit play. (…)

  • Follow The Money: Corruption in Iraq is out of control. Will the U.S. clamp down on it?
    27 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Follow The Money Watchdogs are warning that corruption in Iraq is out of control. But will the United States join efforts to clamp down on it?
    ’Fraud-free zone’: Willis, center, in Iraq with two CPA colleagues, preparing to pay a contractor in 2003
    NewsweekApril 4 issue - By many accounts, Custer Battles was a nightmare contractor in Iraq. The company’s two principals, Mike Battles and Scott Custer, overcharged occupation authorities by millions of dollars, according to a complaint from (…)

  • More than enough evidence to send Bush Administration to the Hague
    26 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The International Criminal Tribunal for Iraq (ICTI) this week found both Bush and Tony Blair guilty of a series of charges, and found they deserve life sentences for war crimes and genocide in Iraq.
    The tribunal found Bush guilty on 13 counts, Blair guilty of eight crimes, Koizumi guilty on four counts and Arroyo guilty of aiding and abetting the other defendants of crimes of aggression and crimes against humanity, Abe said.
    Bush is guilty of genocide for the use of "devastating" (…)