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  • Iraq: Samarra Under US Attack
    7 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Ali al-Fadhily
    Residents are fleeing Samarra city in the face of fierce fighting between U.S. forces and resistance groups.
    New defiance is rising against U.S. forces following military “crimes”, fleeing residents say.
    “On Sunday the 26th of August, there was fierce fighting between armed men and American forces in the Armooshiya district, and I saw Americans evacuate many of their soldiers by stretchers,” a man who fled Samarra for Baghdad, speaking on condition of anonymity, told (…)

  • Documents Show Troops Disregarding Rules by Ryan Lenz
    6 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Ryan Lenz
    New documents released Tuesday regarding crimes committed by U.S. soldiers against civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan detail a troubling pattern of troops failing to understand and follow the rules that govern interrogations and deadly actions.
    The documents, released by the American Civil Liberties Union ahead of a lawsuit, total nearly 10,000 pages of courts-martial summaries, transcripts and military investigative reports about 22 incidents. They show repeated examples of (…)

  • What an attack on Iran really means: Gwynne Dyer’s Secret
    4 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Gwynne Dyer is probably one of the most respected military analysts in the world. His book “War” and the accompanying TV series solidified his place in history as a prolific writer and communicator. He can state the obvious insanity of the proliferation of the war in a manner that can be understood even by the least among us.
    One of his recent pieces, Bush’s hawks size up Iran, outlines a scenario of possible events that will transpire if the United States attacks Iran. I can only (…)

  • Kurdistan’s Covert Back-Channels
    4 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    How an ex-Mossad chief, a German uberspy, and a gaggle of top-dollar GOP lobbyists helped Kurdistan snag 15 tons of $100 bills.
    Laura Rozen April 11 , 2007
    In June 2004, journalist Seymour Hersh reported in the New Yorker that Israelis operating in northern Iraq under the guise of businessmen were in fact cultivating Kurdish proxies to gather intelligence in preparation for possible future action against Iran. About the same time, I too was hearing about Israelis operating in Kurdish (…)

  • Scum
    4 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    By David Glenn Cox
    Who among us hasn’t been told to clean up our mess? Who among us doesn’t take responsibility for our actions? Who would dump garbage on their neighbors and then just ignore them when they complain? World Capitalist’s that’s who, far from the claims of growth and prosperity promised to us by global free trade we have heard not only the giant sucking sound of disappearing employment but the sound of giants sucking.
    In Mexico the town of Tehuacan, blue jean washing (…)

  • Heading for the Rocks - The Economist Intelligence Unit
    3 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Economist Intelligence Unit is a specialist publisher serving companies establishing and managing operations across national borders. For 60 years it has been a source of information on business developments,
    economic and political trends, government regulations and corporate practice worldwide.
    The Economist Intelligence Unit delivers its information in four ways: through its digital portfolio, where the latest analysis is updated daily; through printed subscription products ranging (…)

  • Coming To A State Near You: Blackwater Air Force
    3 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Tuesday, August 28, 2007
    Now why would the good patriots at Blackwater need airplanes that "can carry up to 1.5 tons of weapons, including 12.7mm machine-guns, bombs and missiles"? For their missions in Iraq, of course. Because, you know, the world’s largest military merely owning everything that flies over a third-world country isn’t enough in the way of air superiority.
    Blackwater Flies… August 27, 2007 Posted by Jim Booth
    Our friends at Blackwater Security are creating their own (…)

  • Lessons from the Fall of Roman Empire
    1 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Rome, Syria and America’s Empire by Trish Schuh
    PALMYRA, Syria— For a brief brilliant moment, like a flickering sunset on the horizon, Palmyra was a mercantile crown of the fading Roman Empire. Situated near an oasis at the nexis of east and west, water and caravan tarriffs insured its rising importance. By the 3rd century A.D. Rome had designated the city ’the capital of the province of Syria.’
    Palmyra, "the place of palms" was geared to religious tourism and commerce. Its delicate (…)

  • IRAQ : North Iraq faces cholera outbreak
    1 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007
    North Iraq faces cholera outbreak
    Scores of people showing symptoms of cholera are being treated in hospital
    At least eight people have died from cholera in two predominantly Kurdish provinces in northern Iraq, Kurdistan’s regional health minister has said. Dozens more people are being treated in hospitals in Kirkuk and Sulaimaniya after contracting the deadly water-borne disease. "There are 47 cholera cases in Kirkuk and 35 in Sulaimaniya," Zeryan Othman, (…)

  • IRAQ : Fears of cholera pandemic grow in northern Iraq
    1 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Fears of cholera pandemic grow in northern Iraq
    BAGHDAD, Aug. 30 (Xinhua)
    Fears of a cholera outbreak are growing in northern Iraq after dozens of cases were detected in two northern provinces, a medical source said on Thursday.
    "Cholera and diarrhea are spreading in the provinces Sulaimaniyah and Kirkuk after tests in the provincial hospitals’ laboratories confirmed the cases," the source from Kirkuk public hospital told Xinhua by telephone.
    The hospitals also sent the samples to (…)