The destruction of Falluja was an act of barbarism that ranks alongside My Lai, Guernica and Halabja
Mike Marqusee Thursday November 10, 2005 The Guardian http://tinyurl.com/dzkwm
One year ago this week, US-led occupying forces launched a devastating assault on the Iraqi city of Falluja. The mood was set by Lt Col Gary Brandl: "The enemy has got a face. He’s called Satan. He’s in Falluja. And we’re going to destroy him."
The assault was preceded by eight weeks of aerial bombardment. (…)
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A name that lives in infamy
10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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Chalabi offers the White House an exit route from Iraqi quagmire
9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
Iraq’s deputy prime minister, Ahmad Chalabi, returns to Washington today in his latest incarnation - as a secular Shia leader who could offer Washington a way out of the morass into which he helped lead it two and a half years ago.
The week-long visit, during which he will meet Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of State, and John Snow, the Treasury Secretary, and possibly Vice-President Dick Cheney, caps a remarkable comeback by a political operator who is (…) -
US ’uses incendiary arms’ in Iraq
9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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Italian state TV, Rai, has broadcast a documentary accusing the US military of using white phosphorus bombs against civilians in the Iraqi city of Falluja.
Rai says this amounts to the illegal use of chemical arms, though the bombs are considered incendiary devices.
Eyewitnesses and ex-US soldiers say the weapon was used in built-up areas in the insurgent-held city.
The US military denies this, but admits using white phosphorus bombs in (…) -
These Photos of Niger Uranium Forgeries Blow Libby, War Case Wide Open!
9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsPut the words NIGER FORGERIES and these photocopies (below) into the consciousness of Mr. and Mrs. America, and it could change the course of history. These 4 graphics are worth 4 million words. These are the cause/excuse for the Iraq war. They are not real (they are forgeries), but they are a REAL threat to the nation’s existence! Why? Because they came from foreign sources. FOREIGN AGENTS HAVE BEEN DRIVING US POLICY. That is a bigger threat to America than knocking down the WTC, (…)
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Mr. Speaker, call the cops. Mr. Chalabi should not be allowed to run free
9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsOn Ahmad Chalabi, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq’s newly constituted government
Statement by Congressman George Miller
November 7, 2005
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Madam Speaker, somebody ought to call the cops. Today I am not talking about collusion, corruption and cronyism and the leaking of sensitive classified information that has irreparably damaged the national security of the United States. No, I am not talking about Scooter Libby or Karl Rove, though their involvement in (…) -
US ’uses incendiary arms’ in Iraq
9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
25 commentsGet the video (in english or italian) here:
Italian state TV, Rai, has broadcast a documentary accusing the US military of using white phosphorus bombs against civilians in the Iraqi city of Falluja.
Rai says this amounts to the illegal use of chemical arms, though the bombs are considered incendiary devices.
Eyewitnesses and ex-US soldiers say the weapon was used in built-up areas in the insurgent-held city.
The US military denies this, but admits using white phosphorus bombs in (…) -
US forces ’used chemical weapons’ during assault on city of Fallujah
9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsPowerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city of Fallujah during the attack on the city in November 2004, killing insurgents and civilians with the appalling burns that are the signature of this weapon.
Ever since the assault, which went unreported by any Western journalists, rumours have swirled that the Americans used chemical weapons on the city.
On 10 November last year, the Islam Online website wrote: (…) -
"What are You Doing? What Have You Become?"
8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
Israel as an Extension of American Empire
By JEFF HALPER
There are many tragic and self-destructive features of the Occupation for Israel itself. Although the country was founded on the "original sin" of exclusivity and the expulsion of the refugees, it nevertheless had (has?) the potential to develop into a normal, even progressive society. Many of the socialist principles that accompanied the Zionist program led in those directions. Israel always talked of democracy, even extending (…) -
Our Situation is no Different from the Dark Days of Saddam Hussein
8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 comment2005-11-07 :: azzaman ::
The former regime of Saddam Hussein suppressed all forms of freedom, did not tolerate the slightest dissent and buried any voice he did not like.
As a result of his rash, brutal and despotic polices we ended up in the kind of the brutal foreign occupation we have now.
Iraqis’ pleasure over the collapse of the regime was short-lived. It did not take us long to discover that there has been little or no difference in conditions before and after the so-called (…) -
Italian Satellite TV to Broadcast Evidence of US Use of Chemical Weapons on Civilians.
8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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Shocking revelation on RAI News 24 of the use of chemical weapons by the US military in Iraq. Veteran admits: ’Bodies melted away before us’.
by: Paper Tigress
In soldier slang they call it Willy Pete. The technical name is white phosphorus. In theory its purpose is to illumine enemy positions in the dark. In practice, it was used as a chemical weapon in the rebel stronghold of Fallujah. And it was used not only against enemy combatants and (…)