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  • Freedom for The Arrested former Iraqi officers
    13 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    FREEDOM FOR THE IRAQI OFFICERS
    This is the 4th day of the military mission against the Ninavah Province (400Km north of Baghdad). The army of the Maliky government has arrested of 150 officers of the former Iraqi army. These men have no crime but they happen to participate in the Iraq-Iran war more than 20 years ago. Their arrest are not based on court ruling, nor it came after any accusations.
    The fact that there was no fighting during these arrests ( as it happened in the recent (…)

  • Pentagon Wants Cyberwar Range to ’Replicate Human Behavior and Frailties’
    11 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Noah Shachtman
    The Pentagon’s way-out researchers don’t just want to build an Internet simulator, to test out cyberwar tactics. They want the range’s operators to "realistically replicate human behavior and frailties," too.
    Congress has ordered the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, to put together a National Cyber Range, as part of a massive (and massively secret) $30 billion, government-wide effort better prep for battle online. The project is now considered a top (…)

  • Casualties in Iraq
    9 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Casualties in Iraq The Human Cost of Occupation Edited by Margaret Griffis :: Contact American Military Casualties in Iraq Date - Total In Combat American Deaths Since war began (3/19/03): 4073 3321 Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) 3934 3213 Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3612 3015 Since Handover (6/29/04): 3214 2688 Since Election (1/31/05): 2636 2425 American Wounded Official Estimated Total Wounded: 30004 23000 - 100000 Latest Fatality May 6, 2008 (…)

  • Hillary CLINTON Responsibility in Iraq War (video, 2008 Election)
    7 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    2008 Elections: Hillary Clinton: No regret on Iraq vote ’How could they have been so poorly prepared for the aftermath?’
    From Crackle: Hillary, Responsibility, Iraq 2008 Election r1>
    http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-19377219.html
    Achives CNN April 21, 2004 :
    WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she is not sorry she voted for a resolution authorizing President Bush to take military action in Iraq despite the recent problems there but she does regret (…)

  • Video : Ms. Gabriela Bulisova on the Iraqi Refugee Crisis
    3 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPcBYBvKAU
    On April 30. 2008, a photo exhibit highlighting the desperate seriousness of the Iraqi Refugee Crisis was held on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. Ms. Gabriela Bulisova photographed the refugees at sites she recently visited in both Iraq and Syria. She was also one of the speakers at the event, which was sponsored by Refugees International, among other groups, and was held in room 2220 of the House Rayburn Building. For background on the Iraqi (…)

  • War Propaganda : Disneyland goes to war-torn Iraq by Pr Michel Chossudovsky
    2 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    GlobalResearch
    Disneyland goes to war-torn Iraq, with a multi-million dollar entertainment complex, to be built on a 50 acre lot adjacent to the Green Zone. ("Fun park rises from ruins of Baghdad zoo", The Times, London, 24 April 2008)
    Al Zawra park
    The American-style amusement park will feature a skateboard park, rides, a concert theatre and a museum.
    The occupation forces are of the opinion that Baghdad is "lacking in entertainment". General David Petraeus, is said to be a “big (…)

  • US dockworkers’ union holds eight-hour work stoppage to protest Iraq war
    2 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    US dockworkers’ union holds eight-hour work stoppage to protest Iraq war
    By Fred Williams 2 May 2008
    The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) carried out an eight-hour work stoppage at West Coast ports on May 1 to demand an end to the war in Iraq.
    The work action halted activity at 29 ports from San Diego, California to Washington State. According to both the ILWU and the employers’ organization, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), 25,000 dockworkers represented by (…)

  • Sen. Mikulski’s Warmongering Exposed by Peace Activist
    30 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “I am here [at this demonstration] as a ‘personal’ witness!” Activist, poet and Vietnam War veteran, Ms. Madeleine Mysko
    Baltimore, MD - On April 24, 2008, a spirited antiwar protest was held in this city in the downtown area. It was sponsored by MoveOn.org and Progressive Maryland. One of the activists participating was Ms. Madeleine Mysko, a registered nurse and a veteran of the Vietnam War. She ripped into Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), who has consistently voted to fund the Iraq War to (…)

  • ’Free Tibet’ flags made in China
    29 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say.
    The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
    Workers said they thought they were just making colourful flags and did not realise their meaning.
    But then some of them saw TV images of protesters holding the emblem and they alerted the authorities, according to Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper.
    The factory owner (…)

  • Hillary Clinton Say’s She’ll Nuke Iran (On Keith Olbermann TV show)
    28 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Hillary Clinton Say’s She’ll Nuke Iran On Keith Olbermann
    http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-19108357.html
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