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  • Japan Considering Exit Strategy From Iraq- Joins Italy,Ukraine,the Netherlands,Spain and Poland
    16 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    TOKYO (AP) - After kissing their babies and hugging their wives, 200 Japanese soldiers in combat fatigues lined up at a base in central Japan last weekend under the "Rising Sun" flag for what has become a familiar ritual _ the send-off for troops on their way to Iraq.
    But this batch of soldiers may be among the last.
    Nearly 18 months into its most ambitious overseas military operation since World War II, Japan is now considering whether to join a growing list of countries pulling out or (…)

  • Resistance Exposes US Forces and Iraqi Collaborators on Car Bombs
    16 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Resistance has released a general announcement in Al-Ramadi advising the brave people of Iraq to be aware of the evil actions perpetrated by the US and its collaborators (Iraqi occupation police and army) who have been known to fire mortar shells at residential homes and set off car bombs in shopping areas and busy districts aimed at killing civilians. The known objectives of such evil actions is to blame the national Resistance of being behind such attacks so as to weaken the public (…)

  • Sen. John McCain doesn’t "agree with" the British minutes saying"intelligence and facts were fixed"
    16 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    McCain: I don’t agree with British war memo Leaked document says U.S. set up conditions for Iraq invasion
    WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John McCain said Sunday he doesn’t "agree with" the secret minutes of a high-level British meeting in 2002 saying "intelligence and facts were being fixed" to support a U.S.-led war in Iraq — well before the president sought approval on the war from Congress.
    The memo was made public earlier this month by the Times of London newspaper. British officials did (…)

  • Israel Plans Strike on Iran (brought to you by the makers of ’Strike on Iraq’)
    15 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Revealed: Israel plans strike on Iranian nuclear plant Uzi Mahnaimi
    ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans for a combined air and ground attack on targets in Iran if diplomacy fails to halt the Iranian nuclear programme.
    The inner cabinet of Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, gave “initial authorisation” for an attack at a private meeting last month on his ranch in the Negev desert.
    Israeli forces have used a mock-up of Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant in the desert to practise (…)

  • Former Australian Weapons Inspector Turns Whistleblower: MI6 boss ’tried to sex up’ Iraq study
    15 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Sir John Scarlett, head of MI6, has been accused of trying ’to sex up’ a report by the Iraq Survey Group, the body charged with finding weapons of mass destruction after Saddam Hussein was toppled.
    In an exclusive interview, Dr Rod Barton, a former senior weapons inspector in Iraq, has revealed extraordinary details of how Scarlett and a top Ministry of Defence official intervened in a report by the ISG early last year.
    Barton, who has worked for Australian intelligence for more than 20 (…)

  • Torture’s Dirty Secret: It Works
    14 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Torture’s true purpose is to terrorize. It may not work as an interrogation tool, but as an intimidation tactic, its success is clear.
    I recently caught a glimpse of the effects of torture in action at an event honoring Maher Arar. The Syrian-born Canadian is the world’s most famous victim of "rendition," the process by which US officials outsource torture to foreign countries. Arar was switching planes in New York when U.S. interrogators detained him and "rendered" him to Syria, where he (…)

  • Campaign of propaganda, lies, cover-up can’t be ignored
    14 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    What do an Army Pfc., a well-known volunteer Army Ranger and a National Guard Brigadier General have in common?
    All three are victims of the Bush administration’s campaign of propaganda, lies and cover-up about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and about the mismanagement by generals and civilian Pentagon officials.
    You probably know all about Pfc. Lynndie England, the National Guard soldier from West Virginia who went to Iraq to fight Saddam’s army. She was photographed humiliating (…)

  • Prisoners detained by the U.S. in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay still at risk of torture
    14 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    London - Prisoners detained by the United States in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere are still at risk of torture and ill-treatment, Amnesty International said on Friday.
    A year after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal caused an international uproar when US guards were photographed abusing detainees, the human rights group said the Bush administration has shown a chilling disregard for international law.
    "The conditions to facilitate torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading (…)

  • 51 House members call on Gonzales to appoint special counsel on alleged U.S. ’war crimes’
    14 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Congressman John Conyers will be issuing a letter cosigned by roughly 50 House members calling for a special prosecutor to investigate claims that the U.S. has violated the War Crimes Act at secret detention facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, RAW STORY has learned.
    The following letter will be issued shortly.
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    May 12, 2005
    The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzales Attorney General of the United States U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC (…)

  • Italy sent troops to Iraq to secure oil deal: report
    14 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    ROME - Italian troops were sent to Iraq to secure oil deals worth 300 billion dollars, and not just for post-war humanitarian purposes, an Italian television report by RAI claimed on Friday.
    The 20-minute report, broadcast by RAI News 24, the all-news channel of the Italian state-owned network, is based on interviews and official government documents.
    In it, the Silvio Berlusconi administration is accused of picking the Nasiriyah area to safeguard a 1997 deal signed by Italy’s (…)