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  • BASRA : British forces stormed the jail using six tanks and free two soldiers held in Iraq prison
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Alaa Habib
    BASRA, Iraq - British forces freed two undercover soldiers from jail in Basra late on Monday after a day of rioting in the southern city sparked when the soldiers fired on an Iraqi police patrol.
    An Iraqi Interior Ministry official said British forces stormed the jail using six tanks and that dozens of Iraqi prisoners escaped during the raid. But the Ministry of Defence said the release of the two soldiers was negotiated and it did not believe the prison had been stormed. (…)

  • Travels in Palestine, Part One : Horror Story
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By KATHLEEN and BILL CHRISTISON Former CIA political analysts
    It all quickly comes together traveling through the West Bank: the separation wall encircling Anata; the verdant natural spring in the Israeli settlement of Anatot — the spring, along with the mountains and wadis surrounding it and even the settlement’s very name, all stolen from Palestinians by Israel and its settlers; the wall encroaching on the small, heroic village of Bil’in; the Israeli trash and garbage heaps that loom (…)

  • British soldiers, allegedly dressed as Arabs, opened fire on a police patrol
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Violence erupted in Basra this afternoon following the arrest of two British soldiers for allegedly killing one policeman and wounding another.
    British troops fired on crowds throwing petrol bombs, burning furniture and tyres which set at least one tank on fire. Reuters witnesses said a British soldier was engulfed by flames as he scrambled out of the burning tank, being pelted with stones by the crowd. Two Iraqis were killed in the violence, an Interior Ministry official said. The (…)

  • Police forcibly break up Cindy Sheehan rally
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Pete Dolack
    The New York City Police Department forcibly broke up this afternoon’s rally for Cindy Sheehan, moving in as Cindy was speaking at about 3 p.m. in Union Square.
    Keywords: Government, War & Peace, Local, Activism, The New York City Police Department forcibly broke up this afternoon’s rally for Cindy Sheehan, moving in as Cindy was speaking at about 3 p.m. in Union Square. The rally had been underway for about an hour, and was about to conclude as Cindy spoke following (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan vs. Mayor Bloomberg
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by ask
    I am seething with anger. So much that I am still trembling and having trouble formulating a basic sentence.
    Just back from Camp Casey, New York which is at Union Square. Took an extended lunch break, as I had seen that Cindy Sheehan would make a speech there this afternoon at 2pm. A nice little crowd, Cindy was delayed - but there were plenty of people with issues on their minds in the mean time.
    Then comes Cindy and within two minutes the police interrupts. They had been (…)

  • NYPD Unplugs Cindy Sheehan
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    City’s Finest pulls move even Bush wouldn’t have tried
    by Sarah Ferguson
    Cindy Sheehan may be the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement. But that didn’t stop members of the New York Police Department from marching into the crowd of about 150 people gathered in Union Square Monday to hear her speak and yanking away the microphone.
    The NYPD pulled the plug just as Sheehan was calling on the audience not to lose heart in the fight to end the war in Iraq.
    "We get up every morning, and (…)

  • Mother Who Lost Son in Iraq Continues Fight Against War
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By MARC SANTORA
    Cindy Sheehan, the mother of an American soldier killed in Iraq, last night brought her campaign to end the war to New York, where she accused Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of not doing enough to challenge the Bush administration’s Iraq policies.
    Speaking in front of more than 500 supporters in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Ms. Sheehan, speaking of Senator Clinton, said, "She knows that the war is a lie but she is waiting for the right time to say it."
    Then, as the crowd (…)

  • Is the Wartime President a Military Deserter?
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Now that most Americans recognize the war in Iraq was initiated with lies, it’s important to reconsider President Bush’s military record.
    By Phil Vargas
    I know, I know, it’s all been said before. But maybe it hasn’t. And it may be worthwhile to revisit our President’s military record in view of the deaths and maiming of thousands of Americans and the billions we have paid and are paying for his war in Iraq.
    It is nearly two and a half years since our military invaded and occupied a (…)

  • How Long Can The Pentagon Lie About Depleted Uranium?
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Christopher Bollyn
    The Pentagon’s duplicity about the dangers of depleted uranium has been exposed by a government-funded study confirming that radiation causes cancer. LIVERMORE, California - The U.S. government’s duplicity about the harmful effects of depleted uranium appears to have no limits. While the Pentagon tells U.S. military personnel that the health risks from inhaling depleted uranium are low, a study - sponsored by the Dept. of Defense - confirms that even low-level (…)

  • US Corps of Engineers(USACE) & Halliburton clean up !?!?!?!?
    19 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    This Congressional Hearing shows just how much oversight USACE really needs. Seems like they have had a long standing love affair with Halliburton..............
    Halliburton threatens Army officials who point out contract abuse 16 Sept. 2005 WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (HalliburtonWatch.org) — A former contracting officer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) told a congressional committee today that Halliburton regularly threatens government officials who complain about contracting (…)