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  • Ex-Powell Aide Suggests Pre-War Memo Was Kept From Bush
    12 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Marc Perelman
    A former top official in the Bush administration is suggesting that a White House memo outlining the need for hundreds of thousands of troops for the Iraq invasion was kept from the president. Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to then-secretary of state Colin Powell during President Bush’s first term, said in a November 7 speech that the National Security Council had prepared a pre-war memo recommending that hundreds of thousands of troops and other security (…)

  • Bush Forcibly Attacks Iraq Critics ‘rewriting history’ - what about the UAVs Mr. Bush?
    12 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The truth is that virtually everything Bush says is the exact opposite of the truth. The Patriots fighting to stop this war, this killing for profit, are not rewriting history- Bush is. Bush claims he didn’t lie, they used the best intelligence... bull- they lied, here’s some proof.
    1. "Someone" took the Senators into a closed door session and told them Saddam had UAVs capable of hitting the East Coast... shortly after they voted on the Resolution.
    Senator Bill Nelson (FL): I, along with (…)

  • Cheney’s Big Lie in 2002: Saddam’s Son in Law told us about Nukes- lie exposed before war
    12 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    From the transcript of Conyers June 16th Downing Street Memo Hearing.
    27 Year CIA Veteran Ray McGovern:
    I would like to publicly thank the patriotic, courageous whistle-blowers who made available these documents because through them and through of all people Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday Times we know the answers to a lot of these questions.
    By now you know what the Downing Street minutes say. Let me focus in on the phase the intelligence facts were fixed around the policy. How exactly is (…)

  • BUSH PREACHES PATRIOTISM TO VETERANS
    12 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    DRAFT DODGERS LECTURE VETERANS ON PATRIOTISM
    By Peter Fredson
    November 12, 2005
    Oh, the irony of it all. Yesterday was Veteran’s Day, to honor both the living and the dead soldiers who had served their country. Yet the main speakers were Neo-Con Bush War Hawks, mainly draft-dodgers, sons of wealthy and influential people, who opted not to give their valuable lives for their country.
    President Bush, the Vice-President, and other members of the Bush administration gave speeches to (…)

  • Bush’s Irresponsible War on the Truth
    12 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    As a member of Military Families Speak Out, I am outraged this president has the nerve to tell Americans that opposition to his quagmire is “irresponsible.” Actions by this administration have shown nothing but a consistent, repeated pattern of irresponsible behavior toward our troops, their families and the people of Iraq.
    Sending our troops into a war of choice improperly trained and shoddily equipped was irresponsible. Bush abused Veterans Day, twisting it into a political plug to (…)

  • The Other Iraq
    10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    http://www.theotheriraq.com/images/...
    FINAL SCRIPTS “THE OTHER IRAQ” TELEVISION SPOTS U.S. SPOT # 1 “THANK YOU”
    VO NARRATOR:
    Saddam’s goal was to bury every living Kurd...
    He failed.
    KURD CITIZENS:
    “Thank you.”
    “Thank you, America.”
    “Thank you.”
    VO NARRATOR:
    The Kurds of Iraqi Kurdistan just want to say ‘thank you’...
    for helping us win our freedom.
    KURD CITIZENS:
    “Thank you for democracy.”
    “Thank you, America.”
    KURDISH HERO GIRL:
    “Thank you.”
    U.K. SPOT # 1 “THANK (…)

  • U.S. Reports Iraqi Civilian Casualties in Anti-Insurgent Sweep
    10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By KIRK SEMPLE and SABRINA TAVERNISE Published: November 10, 2005
    HUSAYBA, Iraq, Nov. 9 - The American military command revealed Wednesday that civilians had been killed and wounded in heavy fighting here in the past few days, the first such acknowledgment of civilian casualties since the anti-insurgent sweep of this town in western Iraq began last Saturday.
    The Marines said that, according to a witness, rebels broke into a family’s home, killed two of the occupants and locked the rest (…)

  • A name that lives in infamy
    10 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    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. (…)

  • BUSH ARROGANCE IS NOT LEADERSHIP
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    OUR ARROGANT LEADER
    By Peter Fredson
    November 9, 2005
    George Bush has a firm grasp on fantasy. He revels in the wonderful work that prayer could do for Katrina, the people who drowned because of his inaction, and the fine way in which his lengthy vacations in Crawford have contributed to cultural conflict and disillusion. While his guitar fondling may not ever win any awards, his rap speeches concerning staying his failed course in Iraq, and his dastardly repeated violation of Iraq (…)

  • Youths in Rural U.S. Are Drawn To Military
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Recruits’ Job Worries Outweigh War Fears
    By Ann Scott Tyson
    As sustained combat in Iraq makes it harder than ever to fill the ranks of the all-volunteer force, newly released Pentagon demographic data show that the military is leaning heavily for recruits on economically depressed, rural areas where youths’ need for jobs may outweigh the risks of going to war.
    More than 44 percent of U.S. military recruits come from rural areas, Pentagon figures show. In contrast, 14 percent come from (…)