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  • Formal complaint to ICC over UK-US state terrorism & war crimes in Occupied Iraq & Afghanistan
    20 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The following is the text of a Formal Complaint sent to the International Criminal Court over UK-US State Terrorism and Coalition War Crimes in Occupied Iraq and Afghanistan:
    19 December 2005
    Office of the Prosecutor,
    International Criminal Court,
    The Hague, The Netherlands
    Dear Mr Moreno-Ocampo, Mr Brammertz and Mrs Bensouda,
    On 14 October 2004 I made a formal complaint against the Australian Government and its Coalition allies over war crimes in Iraq, specifically illegal (…)

  • Iraqi National Resistance Offers US Cease Fire for Promise to Leave Within 6 Months
    19 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Iraqi National Resistance and other Iraqi Political Forces Terms for Ceasefire and End of Occupation By Kevin Zeese December 15, 2005
    Mounzer Sleiman, Ph.D. is a vice president and founding member of the National Council of Arab Americans . He is an independent political-military analyst with expertise in U.S. national security affairs, the subject of his doctorate dissertation. In addition, he is an independent media consultant with more than twenty five years of experience in Middle East (…)

  • Osama, Saddam? What’s in a name?
    19 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
    With a slip of the tongue, U.S. President George W. Bush briefly turned Osama bin Laden into Saddam Hussein on Monday.
    Bush momentarily switched the names of his two greatest nemeses in a news conference at the White House where he was defending his decision to authorize eavesdropping on Americans suspected of links with al Qaeda and other organizations in the U.S. war on terrorism.
    "In the late 1990s, our government was following Osama bin Laden because he was (…)

  • Bush Says Iraq War Is Good for Israel
    19 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    News
    By FORWARD STAFF December 16, 2005
    http://www.forward.com/main/printer-friendly.php?id=7020
    In sharp contrast to the growing consensus of Jerusalem’s security and political establishment, President Bush argued this week that Israel’s safety depends on democratization of the Arab world.
    "If you’re a supporter of Israel, I would strongly urge you to help other countries become democracies," President Bush declared Monday, in a major address defending American policy in Iraq (…)

  • Israel ‘robbery of century’
    19 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3186040,00.html
    Arab MK: Israel ‘robbery of century’
    Knesset Member Azmi Bishara in Lebanon: We are original inhabitants of Palestine, not ‘those who came from Poland, Russia; says Israelis should leave, take their democracy with them Ronny Shaked
    Israel is the 20th century’s greatest robbery, carried out in broad daylight, Arab Knesset member Azmi Bishara (National Democratic Assembly) told a Lebanese audience last week during a speech at an (…)

  • UNICEF latest - 0.5 million infant deaths annually in US-occupied Iraq & Afghanistan
    18 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    As we approach Christmas Day, thoughts turn to mothers and infants and the joy, hope and magic of new human life. However we cannot ignore the reality in a First World-dominated world of about 55,000 avoidable deaths and about 35,000 under-5 year old infant deaths that will occur on this Christmas Day due to deprivation- and malnourishment-related causes.
    More specifically, we should consider the mothers and infants of war-wracked countries and in particular the countries currently (…)

  • Planned US-Israeli Attack on Iran, Michel Chossudovsky
    17 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    At the outset of Bush’s second term, Vice President Dick Cheney dropped a bombshell. He hinted, in no uncertain terms, that Iran was "right at the top of the list" of the rogue enemies of America, and that Israel would, so to speak, "be doing the bombing for us", without US military involvement and without us putting pressure on them "to do it":
    "One of the concerns people have is that Israel might do it without being asked... Given the fact that Iran has a stated policy that (…)

  • Re-enlisted National Guard Soldier never received $15,000 bonus as promissed
    16 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    December 13, 2005 By Kelly Kennedy, Army Times staff writer [Excerpts]
    After re-enlisting during his second tour in Iraq but not receiving a promised $15,000 re-up bonus, Sgt. 1st Class Carl Latson says he won’t re-enlist ever again.
    In January, the Spanaway, Wash., soldier signed a six-year contract that was supposed to get him a $15,000 bonus - tax-free, since he signed up in the war zone. But when his 13th year of service ended in March, the check never made it to the bank.
    Latson’s (…)

  • Iraqi Election Confusion
    16 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    I don’t understand. I’m confused. The US is occupying Iraq, but they let the Iraqis vote in the election. I thought the Americans were there to kill Iraqis, not let them vote.
    I thought the US was in Iraq to steal all the oil. But if the Iraqis elect their own sovereign government, doesn’t that mean they will control Iraqi oil and not the US?
    I though the war in Iraq was a war against Islam. But it appears that all the candidates and political parties are Muslim, not Christian or Jewish. (…)

  • Iraqi Resistance: If US Agrees withdraw within 6 months, we agree to CeaseFire
    15 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Mounzer Sleiman, Ph.D. is a vice president and founding member of the National Council of Arab Americans . He is an independent political-military analyst with expertise in U.S. national security affairs, the subject of his doctorate dissertation. In addition, he is an independent media consultant with more than twenty five years of experience in Middle East diplomacy and media relations. He is a frequent commentator and guest analyst on radio and television broadcasts, including the BBC, (…)