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  • US warplane used to target Iraqi family home
    4 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Brian Whitaker and agencies in Baiji
    Between six and 14 members of an Iraqi family were reported dead yesterday after US warplanes obliterated a house in the northern oil town of Baiji. Enraged local officials described the attack as unjustified and said it had killed an innocent family, including one member who worked for the Iraqi police.
    "I absolutely confirm there were no terrorists in this house," police chief Colonel Sufyan Mustafa told Reuters. "Even if there had been, why (…)

  • The American Imperial Plan and the Iraqi Oil Ministry
    4 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Sarah Meyer
    The American Imperial Plan is proceeding nicely. Ahmad Chalabi is now controlling the Oil Ministry, whilst not a member of the newly elected government:
    "Relations with Washington after falling out with the US administration, was appointed acting oil minister after the incumbent Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum was given leave, officials said on Friday.
    His takeover coincided with long lines forming at petrol stations in Baghdad, as words spread that Iraq’s largest oil refinery had (…)

  • White House to withdraw funding for rebuilding Iraq
    4 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Andrew Gumbel
    The US government is not planning to continue funding reconstruction projects in Iraq, in what appears to be a major climbdown from the White House’s one-time pledge to build the best infrastructure in the region.
    According to officials cited in yesterday’s Washington Post, the Bush administration will not be adding construction funds to the $18.4bn (£10.7bn) it has allocated since the 2003 invasion.
    In future it will be up to other foreign donors and the Iraqi (…)

  • THE STATE DEPARTMENT’S MIXED MESSAGES
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By William Fisher
    Amidst undenied charges that the Pentagon is paying Iraqi journalists to write “good news” stories about the country’s progress, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has announced a new international exchange program for journalists named for famed broadcaster Edward R. Murrow and emphasizing “the democratic principles that guided Mr. Murrow’s practice of his craft: integrity and ethics and courage and social responsibility”.
    Rice added, “We all know that the bedrock (…)

  • War without end : only justice, not bombs, can make our dangerous world a safer place
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Robert Fisk
    12/30/05 "The Independent" — — This was the year the "war on terror" - an obnoxious expression which we all parroted after 11 September 2001 - appeared to be almost as endless as George Bush once claimed it would be. And unsuccessful. For, after all the bombing of Afghanistan, the overthrow of the Taliban, the invasion of Iraq and its appallingly tragic aftermath, can anyone claim today that they feel safer than they did a year ago?
    We have gone on smashing away at the (…)

  • Two Distinct Wars in Iraq
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    It is widely known that President Bush led the United States into an “unjustified war” against Iraq based on deceptions and lies linking Hussein Saddam with ties to 9-11 attacks and al Qaeda terrorists, and with possession of WMDs. It is also vastly accepted that Bush has initiated a “global war” against terrorism. However, it is not commonly acknowledged that these two wars in Iraq are distinct and different. The U.S. Congress only authorized Bush to remove the supposedly impending threat (…)

  • New Year’s Resolutions - 10 Ways to Stop the War
    2 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS - TEN WAYS TO STOP THE WAR
    The latest UNICEF report (December 2005) estimates that in 2004 the under-5 infant mortality was 122,000 in Occupied Iraq, 359,000 in Occupied Afghanistan and 1,000 in the occupying country Australia (noting that in 2004 the populations of these countries were 28.1 million, 28.6 million and 19.9 million, respectively) ().
    About 1,300 under-5 year old infants will have died in Occupied Iraq and Afghanistan on Christmas Day 2005 alone and (…)

  • German media: U.S. prepares Iran strike
    1 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Martin Walker
    December 31, 2005 UPI
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) — The Bush administration is preparing its NATO allies for a possible military strike against suspected nuclear sites in Iran in the New Year, according to German media reports, reinforcing similar earlier suggestions in the Turkish media.
    The Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel this week quoted "NATO intelligence sources" who claimed that the NATO allies had been informed that the United States is currently investigating all (…)

  • American Jews’ split personality
    1 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Avi Beker
    The attack by AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby in the U.S., on the Bush administration over its handling of the Iranian nuclear question, is unprecedented. It took the shape of a broad media campaign that included press releases and targeted members of Congress. Last week the Washington Post, which is read by the top political echelon in the capital, noted that this is the first time that AIPAC has issued broad and open criticism of the Bush administration. In a background paper (…)

  • 10 Good Things about Another Bad Year
    1 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Medea Benjamin
    As we close this year, a year in which we were pummeled by the Iraq war, attacks on our civil rights, and Mother Nature’s fury of hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis, there is no shortage of reasons to feel bruised and beaten. But to start the New Year with a healthy determination to keep on fighting, we need to reflect on the good things that happened. And there are plenty.
    One continent alone - South America - could provide more than ten examples of wonderful (…)