Panel Orders Abu Ghraib Documents From Pentagon By Kristin Roberts Wed Jul 5, 2006 6:41pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional panel has ordered Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to turn over documents on the probe into abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison after the Pentagon failed to respond to an earlier request.
The House Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena to Rumsfeld last week and said the Pentagon must produce a raft of documents, including all drafts of the report (…)
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Panel Orders Abu Ghraib Documents From Pentagon
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This War Is Based On Denial. The Reality Beneath The Flag-Waving
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This War Is Based On Denial The Reality Beneath The Flag-Waving By Paul Craig Roberts July 04, 2006 Americans who get their propaganda from Fox "News" or are told what to think by right-wing talk radio hosts are outraged at news reports that US troops planned and carried out the rape and murder of a young Iraqi woman. They are not outraged that the troops committed the deed; they are outraged that the media reported it. These "conservatives," who proudly wear their patriotism on their (…)
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Seven Questions: Covering Iraq
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1 commentSeven Questions: Covering Iraq Foreign Policy - Web Exclusive July 5, 2006
FOREIGN POLICY: Are Americans getting an accurate picture of what’s going on in Iraq?
Rod Nordland: It’s a lot worse over here [in Iraq] than is reported. The administration does a great job of managing the news. Just an example: There was a press conference here about [Abu Musab al] Zarqawi’s death, and somebody asked what role [U.S.] Special Forces played in finding Zarqawi. [The official] either denied any role (…) -
Failures Of Military Might
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Failures Of Military Might By Michael Harris June 30, 2006
Kill the mike and pass the ammunition: Might is right, again.
Israel’s invasion of the Palestinian territory, its warplane buzzing of the summer home of Syria’s president, and its bombing of the already decrepit infrastructure of Gaza, establish a new low in the brass-knuckle diplomacy invented by George W. Bush.
It would be humanitarian tragedy enough at the best of times. But coming as it does at the moment when Hamas and (…) -
Join Cindy Sheehan at Camp Casey 2 in Washington DC
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1 commentCindy Sheehan is on a hunger strike at the mall in Washington DC and she needs company!
Look at this beautiful park. Doesn’t this look like the perfect place for an extended protest?
"I often get told that I should "love America, or leave it." This is ridiculous logic and empty rhetoric. I love the country that I was born in and I love Americans. I am an American and so are my children. Casey was born and died a fine American who was abused by the same leaders that are abusing the (…) -
Iraq Considers Arming Insurgents
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Iraq Considers Arming Insurgents By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY Updated 7/4/2006 11:52 PM ET
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s government is studying a request from some local insurgent leaders to supply them with weapons so they can turn on the heavily armed foreign fighters who were once their allies, according to two Iraqi lawmakers. Leaders claiming to represent about 11 insurgent groups asked for weapons to fight foreign al-Qaeda elements in Iraq, said Haider al-Ibadi, a Shiite lawmaker and member of Prime (…) -
Occupation: The Inconvenient Truth About Iraq
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Occupation: The Inconvenient Truth About Iraq By George Lakoff July 5, 2006
It is time to tell an inconvenient truth about Iraq: it is an occupation, not a war. In wars, armies fight to dominate land. The US won the war three years ago when Bush said, “Mission Accomplished”. Then the occupation started, and our troops were not trained or equipped for an occupation under predictably hostile circumstances. Finally getting the courage to tell the truth that the US is an occupying force (…) -
Will The Real Democrats Please Stand Up?
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Will The Real Democrats Please Stand Up? Robert Scheer July 04, 2006
Time for yet another Bush Iraq photo-op. Heck, the last one-when the president popped into the liberated Green Zone to once again proclaim a turning point in his obviously endless war-worked so well that he went up five points in some opinion polls.
No matter that the government in Baghdad is as dysfunctional and powerless as ever, that the rate of U.S. and Iraqi deaths has climbed since Bush’s visit, that the war is on (…) -
Criminal Charges Filed Against George H.W. Bush (Sr.) In Iceland
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Criminal Charges Filed Against George H.W. Bush (Sr.) In Iceland For Immediate Release, July 4th 2006, 16:25 local time Please disseminate
Reykjavik, Iceland (3 July 2006) - A group of ten Icelandic citizens filed yesterday at the Office of the State’s Police Chief criminal charges against George H.W. Bush, former U.S. President, who is expected in Iceland this evening at the invitation of Icelands’s President Olafur R. Grimsson.
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Not in Our Name: Vietnam, Iraq and the Voter’s Pledge
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Not In Our Name: Vietnam, Iraq and the Voters’ Pledge
By Dan Ellsberg
According to recent opinion polls, most Iraqis don’t believe that we’re making things better or safer in their country. What does that say about the legitimacy of prolonged occupation, much less permanent American bases in Iraq? What does it mean for continued American armored patrols such as the one last November in Haditha, which, we now learn, led to the deaths of a Marine and 24 (…)