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  • Indignation Grows in U.S. Over British Prewar Documents
    13 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Indignation Grows in U.S. Over British Prewar Documents # Critics of Bush call them proof that he and Blair never saw diplomacy as an option with Hussein.
    By John Daniszewski, Times Staff Writer
    LONDON - Reports in the British press this month based on documents indicating that President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair had conditionally agreed by July 2002 to invade Iraq appear to have blown over quickly in Britain.
    But in the United States, where the reports at first received scant (…)

  • Marine Unit from Ohio Wiped Out in Iraq
    12 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    HABAN, Iraq, May 11 — The explosion enveloped the armored vehicle in flames, sending orange balls of fire bubbling above the trees along the Euphrates River near the Syrian border.
    Marines in surrounding vehicles threw open their hatches and took off running across the plowed fields, toward the already blackening metal of the destroyed vehicle. Shouting, they pulled to safety those they could, as the flames ignited the bullets, mortar rounds, flares and grenades inside, rocketing them into (…)

  • Bush asked to explain UK war memo- CNN only US media to maintain credibility
    12 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON (CNN) — Eighty-nine Democratic members of the U.S. Congress last week sent President George W. Bush a letter asking for explanation of a secret British memo that said "intelligence and facts were being fixed" to support the Iraq war in mid-2002.
    The timing of the memo was well before the president brought the issue to Congress for approval.
    The Times of London newspaper published the memo — actually minutes of a high-level meeting on Iraq held July 23, 2002 — on May 1. (…)

  • Credibility no longer counts
    12 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    WASHINGTON - Funny thing about America and Great Britain. I once thought their people cared about the credibility - and accountability of their leaders - especially when it comes to war and peace. But now I note with regret that the voters in both nations have other priorities.
    We’re talking about the fact that the leaders of both nations chose to invade Iraq for flimsy reasons that were deliberately drummed up to convince their people that a third-world country was a threat to them. (…)

  • 26 days left before war with Iran
    12 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Are we going to stand idly by as more sovereign countries are attacked? This farce has nothing to do with getting rid of nuclear weapons in the Middle East or else the US would shut down the billions of dollars of aid that Israel receives. Money that is funneled into its massive chemical, biological and nuclear arsenal, which is turning Israel into a dominant superpower. Their military & political might remains unchecked. They are in firm control of the world’s remaining superpower, the (…)

  • Marines surprised by insurgent’s preparation for attack
    11 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    James Janega - Chicago Tribune May 9, 2005
    AL QAIM, Iraq - The Marines who swept into the Euphrates River town of Ubaydi confronted an enemy they had not expected to find - and one that attacked in surprising ways.
    As they pushed from house to house in early fighting, trying to flush out the insurgents who had attacked their column with mortar fire, the Marines ran into sandbagged emplacements behind garden walls. Commanders said Marines also found a house where insurgents were crouching (…)

  • 14 US Troops killed in three-day period in Iraq
    10 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Of course one doesn’t want to glorify US Deaths, but merely highlight that these 14 soldiers would still be alive, their children would still have fathers, if Bush and Blair had not planned this war of conquest as proven by "the memo."
    A total of 14 US servicemen were killed in Iraq between Saturday and Monday, the US military said Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest periods this year.../... (AFP)
    http://www.politicalgateway.com/new...
    Related movie: Eyes Wide Open

  • Soaring birth deformities and child cancer rates in Iraq
    10 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Iraqi doctors are making renewed efforts to bring to the world’s attention the growth in birth deformities and cancer rates among the country’s children. The medical crisis is being directly blamed on the widespread use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions by the US and British forces in southern Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War, and the even greater use of DU during the 2003 invasion.
    The rate of birth defects, after increasing ten-fold from 11 per 100,000 births in 1989 to 116 per 100,000 in (…)

  • Army, Marines miss recruiting goals again- 42% off target
    10 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials say it’s not a crisis, but it is a major concern - a battle here at home to win the hearts and minds of potential new recruits.
    After more than three years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the all-volunteer military is facing its toughest test yet.
    In April, the Army missed its recruiting goal for the third month in a row, short by nearly 2,800 recruits, or 42 percent off its target.
    And for the first time in 10 years, the Marine Corps missed its (…)

  • 27 days left before war with Iran
    10 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    COUNTDOWN TO ATTACK ON IRAN & SYRIA 27 days left before war with Iran Are we going to stand idly by as more sovereign countries are attacked? This farce has nothing to do with getting rid of nuclear weapons in the Middle East or else the US would shut down the billions of dollars of aid that Israel receives. Money that is funneled into its massive chemical, biological and nuclear arsenal, which is turning Israel into a dominant superpower. Their military & political might remains (…)