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  • Sofia Says US Troops Killed Bulgarian Soldier In Iraq, Demands Explanation
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Sofia Says US Troops Killed Bulgarian Soldier In Iraq, Demands Explanation UPDATE 2: President Summons US Ambassador 07.03.2005 SOFIA (bnn) - Staunch U.S. ally Bulgaria on Monday demanded explanation from Washington after a probe showed American troops shot and killed a Bulgarian soldier in Iraq by negligence.
    “This is a grave incident and the confirmation of the facts leads to the conclusion of problems in coordination and operative interaction between the allies,” President Georgi (…)

  • No Trust Left, In America Or In The World, For The Bush Administration
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    No Trust Left, In America Or In The World, For The Bush Administration Sam Hamod, PhD March 06, 2005 Princeton, NJ
    The lies being told by the Bush administration to the American people about Social Security, about our “success” in Iraq, about the causes of attacks on our country and now the attempted killing of the Italian journalist, Ms. Guilana Sgrena, have become too much for anyone to believe. No intelligent American or foreigner believes anything emanating (…)

  • Doublespeak Comes Easy To Bush
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Doublespeak Comes Easy To Bush Bill Gallagher March 08, 2005 ’’I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions." — Dorothy Day (1897-1980).
    DETROIT - The hollow words of politicians dominate public life in America and the nonsense they spew is repeated, usually unchallenged, in the echo chambers corporate media dutifully provides. Their words are worshiped, their deeds escape (…)

  • Editorial: Iraq - A Quarterly Report
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Editorial: Iraq - A Quarterly Report March 8 2005 Are you one of the millions of delusional Americans who believe things are "getting better" in Iraq? You can hardly be blamed. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and your own president, George W. Bush, tell you nearly every day that it’s so.
    Our forces captured Saddam Hussein, killed his evil sons, turned the government over to the Iraqi people and oversaw successful elections, right? Things couldn’t (…)

  • Explain to me how you lose 9 billion dollars?
    7 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Hello campers,
    We’ve all overdrawn our checking account and there are times when we can’t account for a few dollars here or there. It’s no surprise to anyone that we seem to be shelling out more and more money each year for more or less the same things. But explain to me how you lose 9 billion dollars! That’s right I said billion, with a B! The U.S. occupation authority in Iraq was unable to keep track of nearly $9 billion it transferred to government ministries. These ministries lacked (…)

  • Napalm Raid on Falluja? 73 charred bodies — women and children — were found
    7 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by GIULIANA SGRENA
    We buried them, but we could not identify them because they were charred from the napalm bombs used by the Americans». People from Saqlawiya village, near Falluja, told al Jazeera television, based in Qatar, that they helped bury 73 bodies of women and children completely charred, all in the same grave. The sad story of common graves, which started at Saddam’s times, is not yet finished. Nobody could confirm if napalm bombs have been used in Falluja, but other bodies (…)

  • If Attacked, Iran and Venezuela Threaten to Cut Off US Oil Supply
    6 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Iran Threatens Retaliation On Persian Gulf Arab Oil If Attacked By U.S.
    Iran has warned that Gulf Arab oil would be endangered by any U.S. attack on the Islamic republic.
    In the first such threat, a leading Iranian official raised the prospect of Iranian retaliation against Middle East oil exports. The official said such Persian Gulf oil states as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia could be threatened, Middle East Newsline reported.
    "An attack on Iran will be tantamount to endangering Saudi (…)

  • Botched Sgrena Hit Does Not Bode Well for Bush and Berlusconi
    6 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Newspapers across the United States are publishing and posting the same story by Frances D’Emilio on the shooting of Giuliana Sgrena and the murder of Nicola Calipari. The story is entitled “Story of Italian Hostage’s Release Unclear” and it is divided between the “circumstances” surrounding Sgrena’s release and the “friendly fire incident” that killed Calipari and wounded Sgrena. D’Emilio, however, left out a few important facts, as noted by Lew Rockwell
    “Despite the universal reprinting (…)

  • Why the U.S. Must Get Out of Iraq, Pronto
    6 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Maj. General Harry Upman
    Let me say in no uncertain terms, we must get out of Iraq.
    There is nothing to gain and everything to lose in Iraq. We have lost over four thousand of our military, those who were killed in Iraq and those who died in intransit from Iraq to our hospitals in Germany and in Europe. We have had over 10,000 of our troops wounded. According to a report I heard last night on Frontline on PBS, 1 in 6 of our people coming home from Iraq need mental help.
    What have we (…)

  • US attack against Italians in Baghdad was deliberate: companion
    6 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The companion of freed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena on Saturday leveled serious accusations at US troops who fired at her convoy as it was nearing Baghdad airport, saying the shooting had been deliberate.
    "The Americans and Italians knew about (her) car coming," Pier Scolari said on leaving Rome’s Celio military hospital where Sgrena is to undergo surgery following her return home.
    "They were 700 meters (yards) from the airport, which means that they had passed all checkpoints." (…)