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  • Comments on the so-called incapability of the Bush administration to restore the Iraqi State
    26 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Traduction française du commentaire du commentaire ci-dessous. An interesting comment taken from the New York Times. The title already points to what was one of the essential products of the 9/11 operation: a Forever War, justified by the presence of a theoretical enemy, "the terrorists", the mythic Al Qaida, which would keep the Western World in a permanent state of emergency, justifying the sacking of civil liberties that were obtained by the citizens through 150 years of democratic (…)

  • Anti-War Protests Gather Storm in Europe & US
    25 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Mushtak Parker
    Over 100,000 protesters took to the streets of central London yesterday in yet another demonstration against the war in Iraq. The route not surprisingly took in Whitehall, Parliament Square, along Piccadilly before reaching Hyde Park, with a motley of campaigners shouting “Down with Downing Street, “ and “Stop the bombings” as they passed No 10 Downing Street.
    Parliament Square and the West End was virtually at a standstill as protestors gathered to give Prime (…)

  • 5 killed as US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
    25 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Five people were killed as a US army
    helicopter crashed in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan Sunday.
    "A US military CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed southwest of Deh
    Chopan today killing all five crew members onboard," said a press
    release of the military.
    "The cause of the crash is unknown at this time. There are no
    indications of hostile fire involved at this time. An investigation has
    been initiated into the cause of the crash," it said.
    "US military (…)

  • We Don’t Exist
    25 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Cindy Sheehan
    Last weekend, Karl Rove said that I was a clown and the anti-war movement was "non-existent." I wonder if the hundreds of thousands of people who showed up today to protest this war and George’s failed policies know that they don’t exist. It is also so incredible to me that Karl thinks that he can wish us away by saying we aren’t real. Well, Karl and Co., we are real, we do exist and we are not going away until this illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq is over and you (…)

  • Antiwar Fervor Fills the Streets : Demonstration Is Largest in Capital Since U.S. Military Invaded Iraq
    25 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Petula Dvorak
    Tens of thousands of people packed downtown Washington yesterday and marched past the White House in the largest show of antiwar sentiment in the nation’s capital since the conflict in Iraq began.
    The demonstration drew grandmothers in wheelchairs and babies in strollers, military veterans in fatigues and protest veterans in tie-dye. It was the first time in a decade that protest groups had a permit to march in front of the executive mansion, and, even though President (…)

  • Israeli soldiers tell of indiscriminate killings by army and a culture of impunity
    25 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Whistleblowers’ testimony shows desire for revenge on Palestinians
    by Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv
    From a distance of 70 metres and through the sight of his machine gun, Assaf could tell that the Palestinian man was aged between 20 and 30, unarmed and trying to get away from an Israeli tank. But the details didn’t matter much, because Assaf’s orders were to "fire at anything that moved".
    Assaf, a soldier in the Israeli army, pressed the trigger, firing scores of bullets as the body fell (…)

  • Israeli troops say they were given shoot-to-kill order
    25 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv
    Israeli military prosecutors have opened criminal investigations following allegations by soldiers that they carried out illegal shoot-to-kill orders against unarmed Palestinians.
    The 17 separate investigations were prompted by the testimony of dozens of troops collected by Breaking the Silence, a pressure group of former Israeli soldiers committed to exposing human rights abuses by the military in suppressing the Palestinian intifada. The investigations (…)

  • Estimated a crowd of about 200,000. Antiwar Protests Commence in Washington
    25 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Miranda S. Spivack and Petula Dvorak
    Thousands of protesters against the war in Iraq rallied today in Washington and other U.S. and European cities to demand the return of U.S. troops in what organizers hope will be the largest gathering since the war began more than two years ago.
    Protest organizers estimated a crowd of about 200,000 rallied at the Ellipse, then marched around the White House and along Pennsylvania Avenue. Police downgraded the count to about 150,000. The crowd (…)

  • BRITISH UNDERCOVER OPERATIVES IN IRAQ
    25 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Nafeez Ahmed
    Zarqawi Eat Your Heart Out
    Basra is relatively stable compared to central Iraq where violence involving insurgents, civilians and coalition forces is a daily routine. The city has rarely been a site of clashes between insurgents and coalition troops, nor is it a victim of regular terrorist attacks. This week, however, things changed, but not thanks to Zarqawi and his al-Qaeda ilk.
    On Monday, two British soldiers were arrested and detained by Iraqi police in Basra. (…)

  • I love the smell of Patriotic Dissent in the afternoon!
    24 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Cindy Sheehan "My Speech" (from the Sept 24 anti-war rally)
    Ahhhh, I love the smell of Patriotic Dissent in the afternoon!
    As we stand here on the grounds of a monument that is dedicated to the Father of our Country, George Washington, we are reminded that he was well known for the apocryphal stories of never being able to tell a lie. I find it so ironic that there is another man here named George who stays in this town between vacations and he seems to never be able to tell the truth. (…)