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  • From the Collectif guantanamo france on the third anniversary of the concentration camp
    10 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The longest and biggest hostage taking of the 21st century enters its 4th year: guantanamo, a violation of right and sovereignty
    On this Monday, January 10th, the detention by the USA of 545 citizens from 42 countries at the concentration camp of Guantanamo, located on the territory of the Republic of Cuba, enters its 4th year. 202 other detainees have so far been released or repatriated.
    The expression ‘concentration camp’ has not been invented by the Nazis or by the Soviet rulers, but (…)

  • Republican Rep. Coble agrees with Rep. Kucinich- Bring the troops home
    9 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    U.S. Rep. Coble says Iraq pullout should be considered
    By Stan Swofford
    GREENSBORO, N.C. - U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, a Greensboro Republican and close ally of President Bush, says the United States should consider pulling out of war-ravaged Iraq.
    Coble is one of the first members of Congress to suggest a withdrawal publicly.
    The 10-term congressman said in an interview with the News & Record of Greensboro that he’s "fed up with picking up the newspaper and reading that we’ve lost (…)

  • Targeting teens for troops
    9 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Every day, squads of recruiters in impressively crisp uniforms cozy up to kids as young as 14 and 15 at schools, malls, pizza joints, bowling alleys and other teen hangouts, letting them know about the program, which allows anyone 17 or older to join and be paid monthly before they do a single push-up or hear a grizzled drill sergeant yell "double time."
    The Georgia Guard has about 80 recruiters who operate out of 77 locations, targeting every high school in the state.
    ATLANTA - Sprawled (…)

  • US drops bomb on wrong house killing 14 and injuring 6- AP lies in headline to coverup atrocity
    9 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Why does AP lie in their headlines?
    U.S. Says Airstrike on Iraq House Kills 5
    By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United States military acknowledged dropping a 500-pound bomb on the wrong house outside the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, killing five people. But the man who owned the house said the bomb killed 14 people - including seven children.
    The strike in the town of Aitha, 30 miles south of Mosul, came hours before a senior U.S. Embassy official (…)

  • Bush insists Iraq Election will bring peace
    8 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    ... the elections could deepen the conflict by leading to greater alienation of the Sunni minority from the Shia and Kurds.
    Asked if he shared that view, Mr Bush replied: “Quite the opposite. I think elections will be such an incredibly hopeful experience for the Iraqi people.
    ... “I think we’re making great progress,” Mr Bush said, making no reference to the rapidly mounting death toll among US troops and Iraqi security forces.
    Reiterating what he has referred to before as his (…)

  • Iraqi Elections: a cynical deception
    8 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Alan Woods
    While the whole world mourns the fate of the thousands killed and made homeless by a natural disaster in Asia, a man-made disaster is continuing to spread death, destruction and misery in an ancient country on the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris.
    Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld and Powell shed crocodile tears over the victims of the tsunami and wring their hands in public. They send a few millions in “aid” to demonstrate their “humanitarianism”, but are spending tens of billions on (…)

  • The Triumvirate of Evil
    8 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Robert Thompson A rather ignorant speechwriter for the intellectually challenged President of the USA, with little respect for the meaning of words, whose name I understand to be David Frum, invented the expression "Axis of Evil" without thinking very deeply as to either what an axis was or for that matter how one can define evil. However, the world can now see a triumvirate of evil on course towards its aim to hand over all power to its corporate sponsors. Each of the two pillars (…)

  • Memo reveals Bush authorized torture
    8 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Tim Wheeler
    WASHINGTON During confirmation hearings on Alberto Gonzales nomination as Attorney General, senators should question him about a recently uncovered memo that George W. Bush ordered the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and other military prisons around the world, several human rights groups suggested last month.
    The groups, who joined in an ACLU Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit, which won release of the memo and other incriminating documents, are (…)

  • Yes, you must pull out - but also pay for the damage
    7 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The US isn’t protecting or feeding Iraqis, it’s stoking violence and hardship
    by Naomi Klein
    Colin Powell invoked it before the invasion, telling aides that if the US went into Iraq "you’re going to be owning this place". John Kerry pledged his allegiance to it during the first presidential debate, saying: "Now, if you break it, you made a mistake. It’s the wrong thing to do. But you own it."
    It’s the so-called Pottery Barn rule: "You break it, you own it." Pottery Barn, a chain of (…)

  • Update on Time magazines Person of the Year 2003
    6 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Newest crop of homeless U.S. vets By Nicole Colson | Janury 7, 2005 |
    Time magazine proudly announced the US soldier as Person of the Year last year. FAMILIAR IMAGES of homeless veterans, scarred by war, may become even more common in the coming months and years. That’s because, according to recent reports, there’s a new crop of homeless veterans starting to appear on the streets—veterans from the Afghanistan and current Iraq war.
    Nearly 300,000 veterans are homeless on any given (…)