Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’

Actions: Sign Call to Investigate Crimes Committed by Bush Administration

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If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!An independent investigation should establish the real history and may help prevent future administrations from creating fraudulent wars resulting in great loss of life in the future. This petition [...]

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Iraq: The Women’s War

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The following documentary film provides a compelling account of a life inside Iraq that is rarely seen on news bulletins. Stories of ordinary women whose struggle to survive has only worsened since the occupation of Iraq.
The invasion of Iraq heralded promises of freedom from tyranny and equal rights for the women of Iraq. But years [...]

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One Million Blogs for Peace

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By the time of writing this, there are over 308 blogs joined together on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, standing in opposition. By the sixth anniversary, their hope is to have 1,000,000 blogs united in the same purpose.
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The People vs. John Bolton

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Here is a quote from Haaretz (the Israeli Newspaper) that was published less than year ago:
Gillerman, addressing a New York meeting of B’nei Brith International, a Jewish humanitarian organization, heaped praise on U.S. Ambassador John Bolton, jokingly describing him at one point as “a secret member of Israel’s own team at the United Nations.”
Noting that [...]

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Iraq Veteran Against the war speaks out on War Crimes

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Next time you fill your car with gas… and are excited that the price has dropped 2 cents… remember this interview… and think of your children and grandchildren’s futures.
Iraq Veteran Speaks Out On War Crimes
Testimony from a former U.S. Army Ranger, Jessie Macbeth, a Former Army Ranger and Iraq War Veteran Tells All.
Several hundred thousand [...]

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American soldiers shooting civilians

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If you haven’t seen this clip before, now is the time to see ’some’ of what CNN and Mr. Bush don’t want you to see:

If this is not ‘war crimes’ then what do you call it? “Self defense?” You don’t have to answer, Mr. Bush!
Who is accountable for this crime? Who will be tried, if [...]

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Australian soldiers who served in Iraq ‘contaminated with radiation’

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Sip the sour:
TWO Australian soldiers who served in the first Iraq war have tested positive to depleted uranium (DU) contamination despite assurances from the Federal Government they had not been exposed, an anti-nuclear group said. Any such admission from the Government would leave it open to millions of dollars in compensation.
[Hat tip: David Cohen]

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Marine admits to killing 18 unarmed Iraqis, says he would do it again

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This is for John (the US Marine who would die for me!) and Angelique (who thinks that her husband hasn’t killed anyone in Iraq, but terrorists) and all the supporters of war in Iraq (and everywhere else). Although he was charged with other three marines with murder and the killings of two dozen Iraqi men, [...]

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Why I fled George Bush’s war?

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Joshua Key, 28, was a poor, uneducated Oklahoma country boy who saw the U.S. army and its promised benefits — from free health care to career training — as the ticket to a better life. In 2002, not yet 24 but already married and the father of two , Key enlisted. He says his recruiting [...]

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U.S. National Shopping Boycott to End Iraq War

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A National Committee to Impeach for Peace announced organizing a US corporate shopping boycott April 15 (Tax day) to April 22 (Earth Day) to end the Iraq war and Impeach Bush and Cheney.
They are asking people to suspend corporate shopping for one week by delaying major purchases, avoiding chain stores and shopping malls, and finding [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that the Israeli farmer who shot Arab “intruder” 3 times in back, freed to “home arrest”?
Did you know that Netanyahu uses the words that push US war buttons: “Iran and Holocaust.” Netanyahu knows which strategists and PR people to use to give him the right words (with a little help and $ [...]

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Keep asking: ‘Why do they hate us?’

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Here are some examples from YouTube gives why Iraqis (and other should) have ‘negative’ view of U.S. occupiers. I am not surprised with what I saw in these videos… and you will not miss the soldiers cheering because they are so proud of their behavior!!!
Example one: Driving in Baghdad

Col. Jack Jacobs explained on MSNBC that [...]

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It’s all about OIL

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The New York Times has a cool tool which you can search Bush’s SOTU speeches for any word or phrase and visualize how many times it was said since 2001 until 2007.
It is interesting enough tool to make a little search and see where do some ‘Iraq related’ statements stand, especially that I’m talking too [...]

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Mattressless American Occupation

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This ironic one comes from the infamous Fox News: An American occupier in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: “send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.”
What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company’s Web site, which not [...]

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Sectarian war in Iraq?

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Sectarian? God forbid… Shia and Sunni love each other! We only have ‘few’ stupid people like these in the video clip below (aka Iraq New Army!!). Some call themselves Shia (Iraq army) and the other call themselves Sunni (occupation resistance -also western media calls them ‘insurgent’). Both kill each other on daily bases and come [...]

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Twice Displaced: The Plight of Palestinians in Iraq

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The Washington Post is reporting today that 50,000 refugee are fleeing their homes a month, and they need help. As is so often the case with Iraq, the U.S. administration has been slow to recognize the problem and even slower to respond.
The U.S. response has been shockingly small. Though it is spending $8 billion a [...]

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Did you know?

[by Carlos Latuff]
Did you know that last August, a US Navy sailor, Ariel J. Weinmann, was suspected of spying for Israel and has been held in prison for four months. Last month, the Washington Post reported that the sailor was accused for spying and pleaded guilty, but guess what? They say he is accused [...]

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Saddam Execution!

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Anthem for Someone’s Child

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“Anthem for Someone’s Child” (written and recorded in memory of all the children killed in the Middle-East conflicts and forming the centrepiece of the http://www.forsomeoneschild.com/ website) has received the “Best Songwriter” award (France) in the national category in the 2006 Music Aid International Music Awards Contest.
The song brought tears to my eyes and I [...]

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IRAQ-The hidden story (The Truth)18+

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Iraq- what media shows about it is not the truth but what media wants people to see. How media is covering in western countries, western people can never see the whole truth. They show what they want people to see only. (SOME HORRIFIC SCENES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ADULTS ONLY)

Yesterday was one of the deadliest: The [...]

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