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  • Psychological Armor
    24 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    June 23, 2005
    JB Campbell
    Here’s one reason that so many American soldiers and marines have died in Iraq...
    Back in 1981, I was the head of a bulletproof car company in Monterey, California. We’d construct a box made of Lexgard inside a limo or regular car. It was pretty effective but difficult to install. Lexgard is General Electric’s transparent polycarbonate armor, very effective at stopping handgun bullets. If you put a hard surface in front of it, such as glass or sheet metal, it (…)

  • The Downing Street heroes: Couple’s web site kept issue percolating
    24 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    WASHINGTON, June 23, 2004 — It began as a leaked commentary on the Bush administration’s confrontation with Iraq. In recent weeks, however, the so-called Downing Street Memo has become a rallying cry for critics of the war and the way the American news media have covered it.
    The memo, which some regard as evidence that the U.S. trumped up intelligence to justify its invasion of Iraq, might have been largely forgotten in the U.S. if not for a few people who took action while many in the (…)

  • LIVING IN THE FOURTH REICH
    24 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    LIVING IN THE FOURTH REICH
    By Gary Steven Corseri
    In the Third Reich we said We were just following orders. Today we say, We’re just doing our job.
    In the Third Reich We were anti-Semitic. (We hated the Jews.) In the Fourth Reich We are anti-Semitic. (We hate the Arabs.)
    In the Third Reich We had our Minister of Information. Goebbels said If you tell a lie big enough And often enough People believe it.
    In the Fourth Reich We have Corporate Media. We get 24-7 lies Interspersed with (…)

  • Highest Ranking US Officer Killed in Iraq Was An Apparent Suicide
    24 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Having followed the story of the death of Col. Ted S. Westhusing, the highest-ranking US officer killed so far in the Iraq, since June 5, the date he died, it is with a heavy heart and much trepidation that I have finally arrived at the conclusion you read in the headline, that Ted’s death was a suicide. Westhusing was a professor in the English Department at the US Military Academy at West Point who volunteered to go to Iraq.
    Officially, Ted died of a non-combat injury at Camp Dublin near (…)

  • Ann Wright on the Follies of Bush’s War
    24 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    One of the unsung heroes of the opposition to the Iraqi War is Ann Wright. Rather than support the war, she resigned her position with the State Dept. on March 19, 2003. Ms. Wright, a career diplomat for over 16 years, who had also served in the military, believes the Downing Street Memos have plenty of ammunition in them to support impeachment proceeding against President George W. Bush and criminal charges against others in his administration. On March 19, 2003, President George W. (…)

  • Censorship
    24 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    At long last, the culminating session of the World Tribunal on Iraq is upon us. As a witness providing testimony, like the other witnesses I’m being interviewed by many outlets. Today, one of them was by reporters for one of the larger newspapers in Turkey, the Yeni Safak Newspaper.
    I’ll leave the reporters nameless, for reasons you’ll soon see.
    The newspaper has been translating various articles of mine into Turkish and running them, particularly those concerning the most recent (…)

  • ’The lies of war can no longer be ignored by the press’
    24 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Is the tide finally turning?
    Americans are now starting to learn what was in the Downing Street Memos. The memos provide confirmation for what those who opposed the war against Iraq knew from the start: the Bush administration wanted to invade Iraq even before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and the White House was simply looking for enough rhetorical fig leaves to cover their naked aggression.
    The Associated Press, the primary source of news for most of America’s print and broadcast media, (…)

  • It’s time for the truth about war in Iraq
    24 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    This is a letter to the editor. Note to Americans: Why don’t any of the paid journalists or politicians have the ability to speak clearly and with courage such as this?
    Thanks for the June 23 excellent editorial from the Detroit Free Press.
    You defined the issue as "The Downing Street memos and President Bush’s credibility."
    The editorial is telling us what is obviously happening in Iraq. This is not a Democratic or Republican issue anymore.
    The British public and the American public (…)

  • Bringing troops home a nonpartisan idea
    23 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, was the first member of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation to sign on as a co-sponsor of a new bipartisan proposal to bring the troops home from Iraq. On Tuesday, Moore added her name to "Withdrawal of United States Armed Forces From Iraq Resolution of 2005 - Homeward Bound" legislation, which was introduced last week and is likely to become the primary vehicle for expression of anti-war sentiment in Congress.
    No doubt, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, (…)

  • Worries Raised on Handling of Funds in Iraq
    23 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Worries Raised on Handling of Funds in Iraq; A hearing details the transfer of $2.4 billion in $100 bills to Baghdad in 2004
    Worries Raised on Handling of Funds in Iraq; A hearing details the transfer of $2.4 billion in $100 bills to Baghdad in 2004 and the billions more sent before. U.S. oversight is questioned.
    T. Christian Miller, Times Staff Writer Los Angeles Times, A8 June 22, 2005 WASHINGTON
    It weighed 28 tons and took up as much room as 74 washing machines. It was $2.4 billion (…)