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  • Casualty count in Iraq still rising
    2 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    Robert Burns, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    WASHINGTON, May 31, 2004 — American troops in Iraq died at a rate of more than two per day in May, pushing the combined death count for April and May beyond 200, according to Pentagon figures. For the National Guard and Reserve, whose part-time soldiers make up at least one-third of the 135,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, the trend in casualties during May was especially troubling.
    At least 22 citizen soldiers died, nearly one-third of all U.S. losses in May. (…)

  • UFPJ condemns "State of Emergency" declared by Georgia Governor
    31 May 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) condemns an executive order issued by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue declaring a “state of emergency” throughout six coastal counties in Georgia. Perdue issued the highly unusual declaration to spread fear and interfere with fundamental constitutional rights to protest at an upcoming summit of international leaders. A private island of the coast of Georgia, Sea Island, will be the site for a Group of Eight (G-8) meeting June 8-10. The island is (…)

  • International Appeal - Withdraw All Foreign Occupation Troops From Iraq!
    20 May 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    International Appeal Promoted Internationally by: * US Labor Against the War (USLAW) * the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU) * the International Liaison Committee of Workers and Peoples (ILC)
    WITHDRAW ALL FOREIGN OCCUPATION TROOPS FROM IRAQ! PEACE AND SOVEREIGNTY FOR IRAQ!
    We, the undersigned trade unionists and labor activists from around the world, applaud the decision by the new Spanish government to withdraw its troops from Iraq. We call on all governments with (…)

  • Odom: Bush Should Admit Iraq Is a ’Mess’
    12 May 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    And Make Plans for a U.S. Troop Pullout by Next Year
    William E. Odom, the head of the National Security Agency during the Reagan administration, says that President Bush should "eat a little humble pie," admit the invasion of Iraq was a mistake, and seek U.N. forces to take over for U.S. troops. Odom, who opposed the war before it began, argues that Iraq will never become a liberal democracy. He also warns that "we’ve also nearly broken the U.S. Army by over-extension and over-commitment." (…)

  • Onward Christian Soldier: U.S. Atrocity Photo from Iraq You May Have Not Seen (Warning: Graphic)
    8 May 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    culled this from one of the dark internet sites a few months back. It was posted by someone claiming to be a U.S. soldier in Iraq. It has since been deleted from the site along with similar pictures.
    I guess it is safe to presume that the U.S. tank driver, allowing himself to indulge in war-time passion, and breach international law in the process, took the time to swerve into and run over the head of downed Iraqi.
    Instead of posting from the Geneva conventions, and as a rebuttal to the (…)

  • An illegal and immoral war, betrayed by images that reveal our racism
    8 May 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Robert Fisk
    First, our enemies created the suicide bomber. Now, we have our own digital suicide bomber, the camera. Just look at the way US army reservist Lynndie England holds the leash of the naked, bearded Iraqi. Take a close look at the leather strap, the pain on the prisoner’s face. No sadistic movie could outdo the damage of this image. In September 2001, the planes smashed into the buildings; today, Lynndie smashes to pieces our entire morality with just one tug on the leash. (…)

  • More Iraqi abuse photos found
    6 May 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    MORE photos of Iraqi prisoners being abused by their US jailers have turned up
    among 1000 digital images passed among US military police who served at the Abu
    Ghraib prison, The Washington Post reports.
    The pictures show similar acts of abuse and humiliation that have been seen around
    the world and touched off a major scandal that has led to investigations and
    expressions of disgust and disappointment by top US military and political leaders. .../... (AFP)
    06.05.2004
    Collective (…)

  • Spectacular catch : an Iraq Prison Diary
    4 May 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Billmon
    Bernhard, a Whiskey Bar reader in Germany, has made a spectacular catch or cache, I should say, since it comes from the bowels of the Google data base.
    What he stumbled across is the diary of one Joe Ryan, a frequent caller and on-air personality at station KSTP, a conservative talk radio station in Minneapolis. More recently, Joe has been serving as a military interrogator at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and KSTP has been posting his diary on their web site.
    For some strange (…)

  • CACI States Position About Reported Allegations Concerning Employees in Iraq
    4 May 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    More info here : http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=888
    No Information on Improper Behavior Reported to Company by U.S. Government; Company Does Not Tolerate Illegal Behavior by Employees
    ARLINGTON, Va., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CACI International Inc (NYSE: CAI) said today that with respect to the alleged improper employee behavior toward prisoners in Iraq recently reported in the media, despite inquiries the company thus far has received no information (…)

  • Joe Ryan Iraq Diary
    4 May 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    More info here : http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=888
    26 April 2004
    It was hot today! We flirted with triple digit heat for the first time this year and without a breeze, you can sure feel it! Things are also heating up in Al Fallujah. We are right on the flight path for the air support to the 1st Marines out there so we get to see all the different sleighs delivering packages to the bad boys. There were some intense firefights in Al Fallujah today and it will only get (…)