Free Iraq
The US's occupation of Iraq will see to it that the Lion of Babylon rises again .. سنـُبعـَث ُ من جَديد ، وإلى ضَـيـرِِهِـم
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Riverbend ... "She might just be the bravest Iraqi woman ever"
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Let me clear it up for any moron with lingering doubts: It’s worse. It’s over. You lost. You lost the day your tanks rolled into Baghdad to the cheers of your imported, American-trained monkeys. You lost every single family whose home your soldiers violated. You lost every sane, red-blooded Iraqi when the Abu Ghraib pictures came out and verified your atrocities behind prison walls as well as the ones we see in our streets. You lost when you brought murderers, looters, gangsters and militia heads to power and hailed them as Iraq’s first democratic government. You lost when a gruesome execution was dubbed your biggest accomplishment. You lost the respect and reputation you once had. You lost more than 3000 troops. That is what you lost America. I hope the oil, at least, made it worthwhile."
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"And yet, as the situation continues to deteriorate both for Iraqis inside and outside of Iraq, and for Americans inside Iraq, Americans in America are still debating on the state of the war and occupation- are they winning or losing? Is it better or worse. (emphasis added)
Let me clear it up for any moron with lingering doubts: It’s worse. It’s over. You lost. You lost the day your tanks rolled into Baghdad to the cheers of your imported, American-trained monkeys. You lost every single family whose home your soldiers violated. You lost every sane, red-blooded Iraqi when the Abu Ghraib pictures came out and verified your atrocities behind prison walls as well as the ones we see in our streets. You lost when you brought murderers, looters, gangsters and militia heads to power and hailed them as Iraq’s first democratic government. You lost when a gruesome execution was dubbed your biggest accomplishment. You lost the respect and reputation you once had. You lost more than 3000 troops. That is what you lost America. I hope the oil, at least, made it worthwhile."
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"We are setting up a committee to look into this matter"
Three hours later: "We award the three officers"
Updates
"The US military, whose medical staff oversaw the woman's examination, said it was aware of the various reports, but could not confirm anything." Rape claim splits Iraq government, February 20, 2007
"A key discrepancy has emerged over the woman's medical report.Musawi said the report, taken by American doctors, concluded that no sexual assault had occurred. But U.S. officials said they had not released the report and would not do so unless there was a legal proceeding (emphasis added)." Rape claim threatens Iraq security plan, February 22, 2007
حادث اغتصاب جديد تعرضت له سيدة ( ماجده محمد أمين ) في مدينة تلعفر
Below is a statement of the Iraqi islamic Party on what happened to Sabrine (in Arabic)
بيان صادر عن الحزب الإسلامي العراقي بخصوص ما حدث لصابرين - 25 شباط 2007
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Really she might be the bravest Iraqi woman .
When torture to prisioner had happend , many people said it happens all over the world, is raping is accepted anywhere in this world , I'm wondering if they'll say something, I don't think they'll
They only deserve this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLT2AhbGVn8
Regards
Really she might be the bravest Iraqi woman .
When torture to prisioner had happend , many people said it happens all over the world, is raping is accepted anywhere in this world , I'm wondering if they'll say something, I don't think they'll
They only deserve this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLT2AhbGVn8
Regards
Iraqi PM dismisses rape accusation against police: ... and ordered that the officers she accused be commended.
U.S. forces try to win the trust of Iraqis: They hope that by sticking around a Baghdad neighborhood they can get residents to open up.
Exclusive: The Official Draft of the Oil and Gas Law of The Iraq Republic, 15 Jan 2007 (Full text): Please feel free to widely distribute this document. It's important to start a stronger debate and to try to educate Iraqis and Americans about this catastrophic law that will facilitate the further looting of Iraqi oil, and will achieve nothing other than increasing the levels of violence and anger in Iraq.
This law legalizes PSAs (production sharing agreements) in Iraq. Iraq will be the only country in the middle east with such contracts privatising Iraqi oil and giving foreign companies crazy rates of profit that may reach to more than three fourth of the general revenue. ...
This law legalizes PSAs (production sharing agreements) in Iraq. Iraq will be the only country in the middle east with such contracts privatising Iraqi oil and giving foreign companies crazy rates of profit that may reach to more than three fourth of the general revenue. ...
Dahr Jamail & Ali al-Fadhily, IRAQ: Now It Is Lack of Food Security: "A country with two great rivers should have been the biggest exporter in the world, but now we beg for food from those who participated in killing us."
Iraqi League, Do you know what the occupation forces are committing in the town of Bahraz? A savage killing, destruction of houses over its inhabitants heads and the kidnapping of female school students: This town was and is still subjected to horrible scenes of bombing by jets, killing and a complete siege of the town. All communication with the surrounding areas and other towns have been completely cut.
The village town of Bahraz is still totally encircled and even the closest village does not have the exact details on the numbers of dead and injured since the occupying forces and the iraqi puppet army has imposed a total news/information blackout on what is happening there.
The village town of Bahraz is still totally encircled and even the closest village does not have the exact details on the numbers of dead and injured since the occupying forces and the iraqi puppet army has imposed a total news/information blackout on what is happening there.
xymphora, The hate that (used to) dare not speak its name: The United States is currently under a Zionist Occupation Government.
(Christian Zionists' finest young minds? You decide.)
Video (2 min.), British film crew threatened by drunken settler in Hebron: Tel Rumeida is a small Palestinian neighborhood deep in the West Bank city of Hebron. Palestinian families from whom these settlers occupied lands, live directly next to these settlers and are often virtual prisoners in their homes, subject to the settlers' violent attacks and destruction of property.
Video (2 min.), British film crew threatened by drunken settler in Hebron: Tel Rumeida is a small Palestinian neighborhood deep in the West Bank city of Hebron. Palestinian families from whom these settlers occupied lands, live directly next to these settlers and are often virtual prisoners in their homes, subject to the settlers' violent attacks and destruction of property.
The Jerusalem Post, New proposal: Transfer-for-cash plan: [The] ... proposal designed to solve Israel's Arab demographic concerns suggests offering a million Palestinian residents of refugee camps in Judea and Samaria incentives totaling as much as $50 billion to convince them to leave the area.
(With thanks to multiple layers of "forwarders")
On SALADIN, the following EXTRACT from Encyclopaedia Britannica 2001 Deluxe Edition -
b. 1137/38, Tikrit, Mesopotamia
d. March 4, 1193, Damascus
Saladin was born into a prominent Kurdish family. On the night of his birth, his father,Najm ad-Din Ayyub, gathered his family and moved to Aleppo, there entering the service of 'Imad ad-Din Zangi ibn Aq Sonqur, the powerful Turkish governor in northern Syria. Growing up in Ba'lbek and Damascus, Saladin was apparently an undistinguished youth, with a greater taste for religious studies than military training.
His formal career began when he joined the staff of his uncle Asad ad-Din Shirkuh, an important military commander under the emir Nureddin,
After Shirkuh's death, Saladin, in 1169 at the age of 31, was appointed both commander of the Syrian troops in Egypt and vizier of the Fatimid caliphate there.
His relatively quick rise to power must be attributed not only to the clannish nepotism of his Kurdish family but also to his own emerging talents. As vizier of Egypt, he received the title king (malik), although he was generally known as the sultan.
Saladin's position was further enhanced when, in 1171, he abolished the weak and unpopular Shi'ite Fatimid caliphate, proclaimed a return to Sunni Islam in Egypt, and became that country's sole ruler.
Although he remained for a time theoretically a vassal of Nureddin, that relationship ended with the Syrian emir's death in 1174. Using his rich agricultural possessions in Egypt as a financial base, Saladin soon moved into Syria with a small but strictly disciplined army to claim the regency on behalf of the young son of his former suzerain. Soon, however, he abandoned this claim, and from 1174 until 1186 he zealously pursued a goal of uniting, under his own standard, all the Muslim territories of Syria, northern Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Egypt. This he accomplished by skillful diplomacy backed when necessary by the swift and resolute use of military force. Gradually, his reputation grew as a generous and virtuous but firm ruler, devoid of pretense, licentiousness, and cruelty. In contrast to the bitter dissension and intense rivalry that had up to then hampered the Muslims in their resistance to the crusaders, Saladin's singleness of purpose induced them to rearm both physically and spiritually.
Through moral regeneration, which was a genuine part of his own way of life, he tried to re-create in his own realm some of the same zeal and enthusiasm that had proved so valuable to the first generations of Muslims when, five centuries before, they had conquered half the known world.
Saladin also succeeded in turning the military balance of power in his favour--more by uniting and disciplining a great number of unruly forces than by employing new or improved military techniques. When at last, in 1187, he was able to throw his full strength into the struggle with the Latin crusader kingdoms, his armies were their equals.
On July 4, 1187, aided by his own military good sense and by a phenomenal lack of it on the part of his enemy, Saladin trapped and destroyed in one blow an exhausted and thirst-crazed army of crusaders at Hattin, near Tiberias in northern Palestine. So great were the losses in the ranks of the crusaders in this one battle that the Muslims were quickly able to overrun nearly the entire Kingdom of Jerusalem. Acre, Toron, Beirut, Sidon, Nazareth, Caesarea, Nabulus, Jaffa (Yafo), and Ascalon (Ashqelon) fell within three months. But Saladin's crowning achievement and the most disastrous blow to the whole crusading movement came on Oct. 2, 1187, when Jerusalem, holy to both Muslim and Christian alike, surrendered to Saladin's army after 88 years in the hands of the Franks. In stark contrast to the city's conquest by the Christians, when blood flowed freely during the barbaric slaughter of its inhabitants, the Muslim reconquest was marked by the civilized and courteous behaviour of Saladin and his troops. (emphasis added)
On SALADIN, the following EXTRACT from Encyclopaedia Britannica 2001 Deluxe Edition -
b. 1137/38, Tikrit, Mesopotamia
d. March 4, 1193, Damascus
Saladin was born into a prominent Kurdish family. On the night of his birth, his father,Najm ad-Din Ayyub, gathered his family and moved to Aleppo, there entering the service of 'Imad ad-Din Zangi ibn Aq Sonqur, the powerful Turkish governor in northern Syria. Growing up in Ba'lbek and Damascus, Saladin was apparently an undistinguished youth, with a greater taste for religious studies than military training.
His formal career began when he joined the staff of his uncle Asad ad-Din Shirkuh, an important military commander under the emir Nureddin,
After Shirkuh's death, Saladin, in 1169 at the age of 31, was appointed both commander of the Syrian troops in Egypt and vizier of the Fatimid caliphate there.
His relatively quick rise to power must be attributed not only to the clannish nepotism of his Kurdish family but also to his own emerging talents. As vizier of Egypt, he received the title king (malik), although he was generally known as the sultan.
Saladin's position was further enhanced when, in 1171, he abolished the weak and unpopular Shi'ite Fatimid caliphate, proclaimed a return to Sunni Islam in Egypt, and became that country's sole ruler.
Although he remained for a time theoretically a vassal of Nureddin, that relationship ended with the Syrian emir's death in 1174. Using his rich agricultural possessions in Egypt as a financial base, Saladin soon moved into Syria with a small but strictly disciplined army to claim the regency on behalf of the young son of his former suzerain. Soon, however, he abandoned this claim, and from 1174 until 1186 he zealously pursued a goal of uniting, under his own standard, all the Muslim territories of Syria, northern Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Egypt. This he accomplished by skillful diplomacy backed when necessary by the swift and resolute use of military force. Gradually, his reputation grew as a generous and virtuous but firm ruler, devoid of pretense, licentiousness, and cruelty. In contrast to the bitter dissension and intense rivalry that had up to then hampered the Muslims in their resistance to the crusaders, Saladin's singleness of purpose induced them to rearm both physically and spiritually.
Through moral regeneration, which was a genuine part of his own way of life, he tried to re-create in his own realm some of the same zeal and enthusiasm that had proved so valuable to the first generations of Muslims when, five centuries before, they had conquered half the known world.
Saladin also succeeded in turning the military balance of power in his favour--more by uniting and disciplining a great number of unruly forces than by employing new or improved military techniques. When at last, in 1187, he was able to throw his full strength into the struggle with the Latin crusader kingdoms, his armies were their equals.
On July 4, 1187, aided by his own military good sense and by a phenomenal lack of it on the part of his enemy, Saladin trapped and destroyed in one blow an exhausted and thirst-crazed army of crusaders at Hattin, near Tiberias in northern Palestine. So great were the losses in the ranks of the crusaders in this one battle that the Muslims were quickly able to overrun nearly the entire Kingdom of Jerusalem. Acre, Toron, Beirut, Sidon, Nazareth, Caesarea, Nabulus, Jaffa (Yafo), and Ascalon (Ashqelon) fell within three months. But Saladin's crowning achievement and the most disastrous blow to the whole crusading movement came on Oct. 2, 1187, when Jerusalem, holy to both Muslim and Christian alike, surrendered to Saladin's army after 88 years in the hands of the Franks. In stark contrast to the city's conquest by the Christians, when blood flowed freely during the barbaric slaughter of its inhabitants, the Muslim reconquest was marked by the civilized and courteous behaviour of Saladin and his troops. (emphasis added)
Al Jazeera, Chaos as Iraq's borders re-open: According to witnesses, the congestion was the result of the closure of the Iraqi border since February 14, when authorities implemented a new security crackdown in the capital Baghdad.
As a persistent throng tried to push their way into the passport processing centre, one border policeman started shouting at everyone to move back.
"He called us animals and illiterate sheep as he used his rifle to push us back," Nader, a physical education instructor from Mosul, said.
When Iraqi border police failed to halt the stream of people surrounding the processing centre, US soldiers moved into the crowds with police dogs in hopes of bringing order.
Later, they fired shots into the air to disperse the crowds, witnesses said.
Men, women and children tried to push into the centre to avoid the cold and rain: "We were knee-deep in mud, all of us … even the US soldier and his police dog were patrolling in a huge puddle," ...
At one point, an Iraqi border official came to the Syrian side and asked them to allow more commercial trucks in.
The Syrian official fired back "don't tell me how to do my job, the congestion is due to the situation you have on your side".
Witnesses said commercial traffic was stopped at the border and the queue extended some 40km into Iraqi territory. (emphasis added)
As a persistent throng tried to push their way into the passport processing centre, one border policeman started shouting at everyone to move back.
"He called us animals and illiterate sheep as he used his rifle to push us back," Nader, a physical education instructor from Mosul, said.
When Iraqi border police failed to halt the stream of people surrounding the processing centre, US soldiers moved into the crowds with police dogs in hopes of bringing order.
Later, they fired shots into the air to disperse the crowds, witnesses said.
Men, women and children tried to push into the centre to avoid the cold and rain: "We were knee-deep in mud, all of us … even the US soldier and his police dog were patrolling in a huge puddle," ...
At one point, an Iraqi border official came to the Syrian side and asked them to allow more commercial trucks in.
The Syrian official fired back "don't tell me how to do my job, the congestion is due to the situation you have on your side".
Witnesses said commercial traffic was stopped at the border and the queue extended some 40km into Iraqi territory. (emphasis added)
Maliki orders security forces to crush foes: U.S. generals, mindful of the failure of similar crackdowns last year, had warned militants could lie low initially but were likely to adapt their tactics.
Shi'ite officials have said the failure of Operation Imposing Law could result in the collapse of the government and trigger even more bloodletting between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs.
Among the attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded 20 when he blew himself up at a mourning tent in the mainly Shi'ite area of Palestine Street in the northeast of the city, police said.
9 killed when gas tanker bombed in Iraq: ... U.S. forces, meanwhile, called in airstrikes during intense clashes against insurgents in strongholds northwest of Baghdad.
With the death toll in the Baghdad area climbing above 100 since Sunday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki tried to court some rare upbeat publicity with an even rarer event — leaving his heavily guarded quarters for a visit to the city's streets and markets.
Shi'ite officials have said the failure of Operation Imposing Law could result in the collapse of the government and trigger even more bloodletting between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs.
Among the attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded 20 when he blew himself up at a mourning tent in the mainly Shi'ite area of Palestine Street in the northeast of the city, police said.
9 killed when gas tanker bombed in Iraq: ... U.S. forces, meanwhile, called in airstrikes during intense clashes against insurgents in strongholds northwest of Baghdad.
With the death toll in the Baghdad area climbing above 100 since Sunday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki tried to court some rare upbeat publicity with an even rarer event — leaving his heavily guarded quarters for a visit to the city's streets and markets.
U.S. soldier pleads guilty in Iraq rape, murders: In all, four current and one former soldier were charged in the gang rape of Abeer Qassim al-Janabi and the murders of her and her family, a crime that outraged Iraqis and ratcheted up tension in the war zone.
Spc. James Barker pleaded guilty in November and was sentenced to 90 years in a military prison.
In the plea agreement, Cortez said he held the girl's hands while Barker raped her, then he raped her himself.
Meanwhile, the suspected ringleader, Steven Green, shot to death the girl's father, mother and 6-year-old sister. He then raped the girl while Cortez acted as a lookout. Green finally shot the girl dead.
The soldiers then attempted to burn the bodies in the culmination of the March 12, 2006, attack.
Spc. James Barker pleaded guilty in November and was sentenced to 90 years in a military prison.
In the plea agreement, Cortez said he held the girl's hands while Barker raped her, then he raped her himself.
Meanwhile, the suspected ringleader, Steven Green, shot to death the girl's father, mother and 6-year-old sister. He then raped the girl while Cortez acted as a lookout. Green finally shot the girl dead.
The soldiers then attempted to burn the bodies in the culmination of the March 12, 2006, attack.
De Menezes shooting officer promoted: A SENIOR British officer involved in the killing of a Brazilian mistaken for a suicide bomber on a London underground train was promoted today to a top policing job, looking after the royal family's safety.
Blair to announce Iraq troop withdrawal: The White House moved quickly to respond to reports of Blair's announcement and released the following statement:
"The president is grateful for the support of the British Forces in the past and into the future. While the United Kingdom is maintaining a robust force in southern Iraq, we're pleased that conditions in Basra have improved sufficiently that they are able to transition more control to the Iraqis."
US 'Iran attack plans' revealed
Dan Plesch, Iran - Ready to attack, American preparations for invading Iran are complete
Video (4 min.), Great rebuttal by CNN anchor against an Israel Spokeswoman
Venezuela Preparing for 'Asymmetrical' Showdown With U.S.
Bush to write letters against Armenian genocide resolution
Military amputee uninvited from Bush event because the press would see him with no legs
Guantanamo Inmates' Suits Rejected by Appeals Court: The court upheld a military-tribunal law signed Oct. 17 by President George W. Bush that bars the inmates from pursuing their claims in federal trial courts. Today's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit applies to detainees who haven't been charged with a crime -- the vast majority of about 400 inmates held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
"The president is grateful for the support of the British Forces in the past and into the future. While the United Kingdom is maintaining a robust force in southern Iraq, we're pleased that conditions in Basra have improved sufficiently that they are able to transition more control to the Iraqis."
US 'Iran attack plans' revealed
Dan Plesch, Iran - Ready to attack, American preparations for invading Iran are complete
Video (4 min.), Great rebuttal by CNN anchor against an Israel Spokeswoman
Venezuela Preparing for 'Asymmetrical' Showdown With U.S.
Bush to write letters against Armenian genocide resolution
Military amputee uninvited from Bush event because the press would see him with no legs
Guantanamo Inmates' Suits Rejected by Appeals Court: The court upheld a military-tribunal law signed Oct. 17 by President George W. Bush that bars the inmates from pursuing their claims in federal trial courts. Today's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit applies to detainees who haven't been charged with a crime -- the vast majority of about 400 inmates held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
Riverbend, Maliki's Reaction...: As expected, Al Maliki is claiming the rape allegations are all lies. Apparently, his people simply asked the officers if they raped Sabrine Al Janabi and they said no. I'm so glad that's been cleared up.
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Sgt. MARTIN SMITH, USMC, ret., Learning to be a Lean, Mean Killing Machine; Structured Cruelty: The process of dehumanization is central to military training. During Vietnam, the enemy in Vietnam was simply a "gook," "dink," or a "slope." Today, "rag head" and "sand nigger" are the current racist epithets lodged against Arabs and Muslims. After every command, we would scream, "Kill!" But our call for blood took on particular importance during our physical training, when we learned how to fight with pugil sticks, wooden sticks with padded ends, how to run an obstacle course with fixed bayonets, or how to box and engage in hand-to-hand combat. We were told to imagine the "enemy" in all of our combat training, and it was always implied that the "enemy" was of Middle Eastern descent. "When some rag head comes lurking up from behind, you're gonna give 'em ONE," barked the training DI. We all howled in unison, "Kill!" Likewise, when we charged toward the dummy on an obstacle course with our fixed bayonets, it was clear to all that the lifeless form was Arab.
The war crimes committed by U.S. troops in Iraq, such as the brutality exhibited at Mahmoudiya in which soldiers allegedly gang-raped a teen-age Iraqi girl and burned her body to destroy the evidence, are, in fact, part and parcel of all imperialist wars. The USMC's claim that recruits learn "to live as upstanding moral beings with real purpose" is a sickening ploy aimed to disguise its true objectives. Given the fact that Marines are molded to kill the enemy "other" from TD One (training day) combined with the bestial nature of colonial war, it should come as no surprise that rather than turning "degenerates" into paragons of virtue, the Corps is more likely capable of transforming men into monsters.
And yet as much as these war crimes reveal about the conditions of war, the circumstances facing an occupying force, and the peculiar brand of Marine training, they also reflect a bitter truth about the civilian world in which we live. It speaks volumes that in order for young working-class men and women to gain self-confidence or self-worth, they seek to join an institution that trains them how to destroy, maim, and kill. The desire to become a Marine-as a journey to one's manhood or as a path to self-improvement-is a stinging indictment of the pathology of our class-ridden world. (emphasis added)
The war crimes committed by U.S. troops in Iraq, such as the brutality exhibited at Mahmoudiya in which soldiers allegedly gang-raped a teen-age Iraqi girl and burned her body to destroy the evidence, are, in fact, part and parcel of all imperialist wars. The USMC's claim that recruits learn "to live as upstanding moral beings with real purpose" is a sickening ploy aimed to disguise its true objectives. Given the fact that Marines are molded to kill the enemy "other" from TD One (training day) combined with the bestial nature of colonial war, it should come as no surprise that rather than turning "degenerates" into paragons of virtue, the Corps is more likely capable of transforming men into monsters.
And yet as much as these war crimes reveal about the conditions of war, the circumstances facing an occupying force, and the peculiar brand of Marine training, they also reflect a bitter truth about the civilian world in which we live. It speaks volumes that in order for young working-class men and women to gain self-confidence or self-worth, they seek to join an institution that trains them how to destroy, maim, and kill. The desire to become a Marine-as a journey to one's manhood or as a path to self-improvement-is a stinging indictment of the pathology of our class-ridden world. (emphasis added)
Sam Gardiner, Not Good News: For those concerned about a possible war with Iran should turn up their worry-dials two notches. This morning’s news has a couple dark clouds.
IED’s Inside Iran - If you have not been reading foreign press, you might have missed two explosions this past week in Iran. One of them killed 11 and injured 31 members of the Revolutionary Guard, and the other was near a school.
Although the devices were not IED’s like those found in Iraq, the explosions were in the area a group sponsored by the United States may be operating. ...
(And I keep asking myself why, at this particular time, is Blair announcing a troop withdrawal.)
IED’s Inside Iran - If you have not been reading foreign press, you might have missed two explosions this past week in Iran. One of them killed 11 and injured 31 members of the Revolutionary Guard, and the other was near a school.
Although the devices were not IED’s like those found in Iraq, the explosions were in the area a group sponsored by the United States may be operating. ...
(And I keep asking myself why, at this particular time, is Blair announcing a troop withdrawal.)
Henry Makow PhD, The 'God' That Serves Elite Jews: Since the Jewish egregore is also behind the New World Order, we should recall that according to this mindset, only the subscribers ("believers") are human; everyone else is an animal to be exploited and/or slaughtered.
Global poll: There is no 'clash of civilizations': A majority in 27 countries sees politics, economics, and intolerance - not religion and culture - as the roots of conflict.
I am so sorry
I am one of the Americans who protested for months before the atrocity of war was forced onto Iraq.
I am still protesting--but it is not enough. I am horrified at what this country has done to Iraq and what the evil U.S. adm is now planning for Iran.
Being sorry is not enough either---everything you said is 100% correct.
America, in general, is on a fast track to hell; I am sure we will suffer severe consequences for the complete and total devastation we have caused to the country and the people of Iraq. There is no excuse except that we have a madman at the controls who has no respect for the laws of God and is bent on destroying the world and a Congress that is so corrupted, in general, that they have no shame, no courage to do the right thing and impeach the idiot who stole the presidential elections in this country and continues to wield his sword of death.
As a U.S. citizen, I scream out in desperation-----
I am one of the Americans who protested for months before the atrocity of war was forced onto Iraq.
I am still protesting--but it is not enough. I am horrified at what this country has done to Iraq and what the evil U.S. adm is now planning for Iran.
Being sorry is not enough either---everything you said is 100% correct.
America, in general, is on a fast track to hell; I am sure we will suffer severe consequences for the complete and total devastation we have caused to the country and the people of Iraq. There is no excuse except that we have a madman at the controls who has no respect for the laws of God and is bent on destroying the world and a Congress that is so corrupted, in general, that they have no shame, no courage to do the right thing and impeach the idiot who stole the presidential elections in this country and continues to wield his sword of death.
As a U.S. citizen, I scream out in desperation-----
# posted by 
: February 21, 2007 8:39 AM
: February 21, 2007 8:39 AM
Dear Imad Khadduri,
I am so sorry for the pain and mistreatment your country has suffered under the American occupation. Yours is a great and spiritual culture and you are to be commended. Jalalud'din Rumi is the most popular poet in America, yet we bomb and destroy the beauty of his very culture. Many of us only wish we could hold you all in the big arms of the GOOD people of America. Most of us in here do not support the occupation of your country and never did. America is lost and I hope you know there are many of us here holding the torch for something more beautiful -- something that includes you and your good people. I only hope in my lifetime we, in America, learn to live with less rather than continue to take more of what we do not need from the innocent people of the world. I ask your forgiveness in advance because as a nation who continues to take too much, we will fail and may well deserve it. Blessings to you and your good people and blessings too to all of the young and naive American soldiers who have died believing the lies fed to them by our current administration.
I am so sorry for the pain and mistreatment your country has suffered under the American occupation. Yours is a great and spiritual culture and you are to be commended. Jalalud'din Rumi is the most popular poet in America, yet we bomb and destroy the beauty of his very culture. Many of us only wish we could hold you all in the big arms of the GOOD people of America. Most of us in here do not support the occupation of your country and never did. America is lost and I hope you know there are many of us here holding the torch for something more beautiful -- something that includes you and your good people. I only hope in my lifetime we, in America, learn to live with less rather than continue to take more of what we do not need from the innocent people of the world. I ask your forgiveness in advance because as a nation who continues to take too much, we will fail and may well deserve it. Blessings to you and your good people and blessings too to all of the young and naive American soldiers who have died believing the lies fed to them by our current administration.
# posted by : February 21, 2007 11:26 AM
: February 21, 2007 11:26 AM
http://www.albadeeliraq.com/showdetailsnew.php?kind=article_side&id=963
# posted by : February 21, 2007 4:17 PM
: February 21, 2007 4:17 PM
could anyone explain to me what does riverbend means ? Does it mean العوجة .....?
# posted by : February 21, 2007 4:21 PM
: February 21, 2007 4:21 PM
Anonymous, 8:21 AM -
Being illiterate in Arabic I can't say whether 'riverbend' means what you suggest. But my heart finds meaning from the top of her blog: ... I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend...
Janet Wallet-Ortiz & Jerry Wennstrom -
Thank you for your deeply human expression of sentiments that I - a fellow American - share, in full.
Being illiterate in Arabic I can't say whether 'riverbend' means what you suggest. But my heart finds meaning from the top of her blog: ... I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend...
Janet Wallet-Ortiz & Jerry Wennstrom -
Thank you for your deeply human expression of sentiments that I - a fellow American - share, in full.
Polls show anti-American feelings at all time high in Muslim countries: ... [I]t's not just that feelings are running against the US, it's that Arabs and Muslims are "giving up on [the US] – on our ability to make good decisions, to solve problems, to play the role of honest broker."
Malcom Lagauche, HELL NO, THIS IS IRAQ: ... Where are the hoards of people who denigrated the Taliban for tearing down the Buddhist statues? Many are now actively involved in allowing the destruction of Iraq’s history and culture. They’ve already killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis since March 2003. ...
In the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War, a U.S. military unit was ordered to blow up a building in southern Iraq. The explosion created unexpected damage to the surrounding area as well as the deaths and injuries of several Iraqis. A young soldier approached an officer and asked, "Should we clean up the mess and take care of the injured people?" The officer replied, "Hell no. This is Iraq."
In the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War, a U.S. military unit was ordered to blow up a building in southern Iraq. The explosion created unexpected damage to the surrounding area as well as the deaths and injuries of several Iraqis. A young soldier approached an officer and asked, "Should we clean up the mess and take care of the injured people?" The officer replied, "Hell no. This is Iraq."
Layla Anwar, Broken Wings...no more: ... [T]he first thing a rape victim will tell you is "I feel cheap." Adjectives like cheap are usually used for objects. This object becomes cheap, valueless, worthless...it lost its use so it can be easily gotten rid of, thrown away...
In this light, the whole of Iraq and its people has become an object of rape under its various forms.
In this light, the whole of Iraq and its people has become an object of rape under its various forms.
Iraqi League, Hideous pictures of a young Iraq man - whose only crime was that he is the son of a retired Iraqi Army officer who fought during the Iraq-Iran War
... Meanwhile, a prime architect of all the above mayhem remains well protected. (May he live to know.)
Sydney Goes Into Lockdown As Cheney Comes To Town: The preparations mostly include locking down entire chunks of the city for most of Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, making sure all the necessary surveillance cameras are in working order and co-ordinating with Cheney's huge Secret Service detachment to plan escape routes from the venues where Cheney is holding meetings and giving speeches should anything go explosively wrong.
How much does it cost to be gifted with a visit from such a widely admired and respected leader of the free world?
Unofficial estimates range from $3 million to $6 million. For four days of Cheney time.
Sydney Goes Into Lockdown As Cheney Comes To Town: The preparations mostly include locking down entire chunks of the city for most of Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, making sure all the necessary surveillance cameras are in working order and co-ordinating with Cheney's huge Secret Service detachment to plan escape routes from the venues where Cheney is holding meetings and giving speeches should anything go explosively wrong.
How much does it cost to be gifted with a visit from such a widely admired and respected leader of the free world?
Unofficial estimates range from $3 million to $6 million. For four days of Cheney time.
(See absolutely glorious, heart-warming photos. Thank you, Sydney !)
Chain up Cheney! Bring Hicks home! Sydney anti-war marchers defy police ban and reclaim the streets
Chain up Cheney! Bring Hicks home! Sydney anti-war marchers defy police ban and reclaim the streets
Alan Boyd, US gets bigger ears in the sky: A new US military communications base planned for Western Australia will draw Asia more deeply into the clandestine signals war being waged by security agencies across the globe.
The facility, to be built at Geraldton, 400 kilometers north of Perth, will relay intelligence data from a new generation of satellites to ground forces in Asia and the Middle East, with the US-led alliance fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan likely to be the chief recipient. ...
The facility, to be built at Geraldton, 400 kilometers north of Perth, will relay intelligence data from a new generation of satellites to ground forces in Asia and the Middle East, with the US-led alliance fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan likely to be the chief recipient. ...
William Thomas, Faulty Chips Could Cripple U.S. Attack On Iran: Electronic components made to military specifications in Taiwan and Japan are good to go. But U.S. military microchip suppliers have in recent years been “sharing components from a single source manufactured over there in the Big C,” ... . And chips manufactured in mainland China for use by the United States military are—surprise!—not OK.
Regarding the marine assault force, three aircraft carriers and their escorts about to wage war on Iran, ... “We really don’t know which components are installed in U.S. Navy weapons systems.”
Elements in the U.S. military ... have discovered that Beijing has rigged those decks to insure China’s supremacy in any showdown with the United States. This has been accomplished by ensuring that its exported semiconductors used in many U.S. military computer and electronic components—from cellphones to missile warheads, fighter jets, frigates, radars, laptops and carriers—can be either accidentally or purposefully deactivated by a silent and invisible electromagnetic pulse delivered at the start of any future conflict.
Right now, no one serving onboard a U.S. warship, manning a tank, or flying a fighter in the Persian Gulf can know for certain where the microswitches conveying electrical impulses to their communications, surveillance and fire-control systems originate. Or whether they will turn into powder in an EMP.
Regarding the marine assault force, three aircraft carriers and their escorts about to wage war on Iran, ... “We really don’t know which components are installed in U.S. Navy weapons systems.”
Elements in the U.S. military ... have discovered that Beijing has rigged those decks to insure China’s supremacy in any showdown with the United States. This has been accomplished by ensuring that its exported semiconductors used in many U.S. military computer and electronic components—from cellphones to missile warheads, fighter jets, frigates, radars, laptops and carriers—can be either accidentally or purposefully deactivated by a silent and invisible electromagnetic pulse delivered at the start of any future conflict.
Right now, no one serving onboard a U.S. warship, manning a tank, or flying a fighter in the Persian Gulf can know for certain where the microswitches conveying electrical impulses to their communications, surveillance and fire-control systems originate. Or whether they will turn into powder in an EMP.
A Moment Of Truth Has Arrived: Two major events, both taking place this week, underscore the fact that the Anglo-Dutch oligarchy, centered in the City of London, is arrived at a moment of truth that could determine, in the immediate hours and days ahead, whether the planet is plunged into a civilizational dark age.
Marines kill civilians, claim killing Iraq insurgents: Four women, four children among 26 dead after US air strike levelled one city home in Ramadi.
Iraq poised to hand control of oil fields to foreign firms
Baghdad under pressure from Britain to pass a law giving multinationals rights to the country's reserves
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2020673,00.html
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Baghdad under pressure from Britain to pass a law giving multinationals rights to the country's reserves
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2020673,00.html
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