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  • Naomi Klein : The $500 billion fire sale
    23 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Naomi Klein
    In a shattered postwar Iraq, there are rich pickings to be had - and for US businesses at least, it promises to be a risk-free bonanza. Naomi Klein joins those at a trade show jostling for a stake
    It’s 8.40am, and the Sheraton Hotel ballroom thunders with the sound of plastic explosives pounding against metal. No, this is not the Sheraton in Baghdad, it’s the one in Arlington, Virginia. And it’s not a real terrorist attack, it’s a hypothetical one. The screen at the front (…)

  • U.K. to Send Troops Into U.S.-Controlled Area of Iraq (Update4)
    22 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government, risking criticism from lawmakers in the ruling Labour Party, said it will redeploy 850 troops now in southern Iraq to a region controlled by U.S. forces.
    The Black Watch regiment will relieve American troops needed for an attack on rebels in Fallujah. The move will help stabilize Iraq ahead of elections due in January, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said. Britain has 8,500 troops in Iraq.
    This deployment is a vital part of the process of (…)

  • 109 Italian Soldiers Dead So Far From DU In Iraq
    21 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    According to the Italian Military Health Observatory a total of 109 Italian soldiers have died thus far due to exposure to depleted uranium.
    The observatory stressed the fact that 41 pct of active personnel casualties relate to disease. According to Domenico Leggiero at the Military Health Observatory, "The total of 109 casualties exceeds the total number of persons dying as a consequence of road accidents.
    Anyone denying the significance of such data is purely acting out of ill faith, (…)

  • Marines Vent Frustration in Western Iraq
    21 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By FISNIK ABRASHI
    QAIM, Iraq — The sound of the Black Hawk medical helicopter is an ominous sign for the Marines patrolling this forgotten western corner of Iraq that borders Syria. It means that one of them is seriously wounded or killed by their elusive enemy.
    The sound of roaring engine, shattering evening calm, gets immediately followed up with a quick whisper among the troops, trying to find out who it was — this time.
    At this Marine base, at the far west of the restless Anbar (…)

  • Why We Must Leave Iraq (From An Analytical Perspective)
    21 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    CFTM EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS
    BY: Mike Schiller dontbelievethespin@yahoo.com
    Point 1: Military action in Iraq both was and still is completely un-necessary, and it does not serve any national security purpose.
    I do not say this lightly. Around Spring of 2001, I, as a concerned citizen, sent an email to the White House with a prediction that the Taliban was a threat to the national security of the United States. I was not a military intelligence expert then, and I am not one now. However, as (…)

  • Shattered future Fiancées are Iraq’s forgotten survivors
    21 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Katya Cengel kcengel@courier-journal.com
    More than 1,000 men and women from the U.S. military, the majority of them Army, have been killed since the war in Iraq began in March 2003. The wives and husbands, or parents, of the fallen are usually offered flags, medals and counseling.
    Fiancées often aren’t even notified.
    Sometimes the Army doesn’t even know they exist. Unless a soldier has made a point of listing a fiancée on an emergency data card, this loved one is officially (…)

  • N.J. Mom Vows to Keep Protesting Iraq War
    19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by JOHN P. McALPIN
    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - When President Bush and the first lady come looking for votes in New Jersey, Sue Niederer vows to be nowhere near them. She doesn’t want to risk finding herself in handcuffs again.
    Last month, police escorted Niederer from a rally after she demanded to know why her son, Army 1st Lt. Seth Dvorin, was killed in Iraq. Dvorin died in February while trying to disarm a bomb.
    Video footage of Niederer holding a sign with the words "President Bush (…)

  • Marchers demand Iraq withdrawal
    19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    Thousands of protesters, including the grieving parents of killed soldiers, have marched in London to demand the removal of British troops from Iraq.
    Up to 100,000 people joined in the rally at Trafalgar Square, organisers the Stop The War Coalition said.
    Police estimated about 20,000 people took part.
    Rose Gentle, whose soldier son Gordon was killed in Iraq, said: "It’s time for Tony Blair to pull the troops out, innocent people are getting killed."
    ’Government to blame’
    She (…)

  • Gen. Vows Review of Iraq Safety Measures
    19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    U.S. General Vows to Review Protective Measures After Army Reservists Refuse Iraq Mission
    BAGHDAD, Iraq Oct. 17, 2004 - The U.S. Army will study protective measures for supply vehicles and add steel plating to vehicles if necessary, a general said Sunday, after members of a Reserve unit refused to deliver supplies down a dangerous route in Iraq partly because they were concerned their vehicles were in poor shape.
    Brig. Gen. James E. Chambers, commanding general of 13th Corps Support (…)

  • Marine returns from Iraq to emotional ruin, suicide
    19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Associated Press
    Jeffrey Lucey was just an ordinary kid from small-town America. He grew up loving his parents, his high school sweetheart and backyard whiffle ball games in this quiet, picturesque community bordering the Quabbin Reservoir.
    Even his decision to enlist in the Marine Reserves in 1999 was run-of-the-mill, uncluttered by the anxious sense of patriotism that inspired many others to join the military after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
    ``He just (…)