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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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Friday, April 06, 2007
It took the spilled blood of nearly a 1,000,000 Iraqis for them to realize?
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The survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 52 percent have little or no faith in the military's portrayal of the four-year war, compared with 60 percent who feel the same way about the press reports of the conflict.
The figures are a far cry from the overwhelming confidence Americans had in the military and the media at the outset of the war in March 2003.
At the time, fully 85 percent said they had at least a fair amount of confidence in military information and 81 percent were confident the press was giving an accurate picture of the war."
"Most Americans have little or no confidence in the information they receive from the military or the media about the situation in Iraq, according to a poll released Thursday.
The survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 52 percent have little or no faith in the military's portrayal of the four-year war, compared with 60 percent who feel the same way about the press reports of the conflict.
The figures are a far cry from the overwhelming confidence Americans had in the military and the media at the outset of the war in March 2003.
At the time, fully 85 percent said they had at least a fair amount of confidence in military information and 81 percent were confident the press was giving an accurate picture of the war."
It took the spilled blood of nearly a 1,000,000 dead and wounded Iraqis and four years for them to realize this fact? What a feat for an "informed and peace loving" people!
Without a full and comprehensive war reparations to Iraqis, what welcome would the Americans expect from the people of a future sovereign Iraq?
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Dear Dr Khadduri,
Thank you for the updates that I receive from your mail list, I appreciate getting these glimpses of your views and analysis.
I say your views because I am finding that the info I get through these emails is not always accurate and are sometimes even contradicted by other equally interesting views from others.
Being a development specialist and in no way a politician, I look at the impact of these messages and whether they are effective or not. I must say, I am now skeptical of the info I get from them. The figures that are quoted are illogical and so exaggerated that they end up being seen but not heard. I am interested to know how did you arrive at the figure of one million Iraqis dead in four years which makes the yearly toll of 250 000 and as such the monthly toll to be over 12 000 consistently for 48 months. This implies that in some months the toll could have been 20 000 or more to compensate for the months of relative quiet. A few months ago we read the famous article claiming 650 000 deaths in three years which again according to other figures and surveys seems to be so exaggerated that the ordinary reader probably skims over them as they become mundane and unimaginable.
The horrors of present day Iraq are far more serious and long lasting that I do not believe they could be changed by opinion makers through inflated figures. In fact, it is counterproductive to treat the deaths of each individual whose loss to family and friends and to the wellbeing of the country as a tiny figure in the larger awsome millions that we are fed. By using such unbelievable numbers of deaths, you are reducing the suffering and loss that Iraq faces daily to numbers which can be increased, contested, shrugged off as easily as moving to the next email on the list. It also feeds rumours which Iraqis thrive on. But it does not move people to do something about it because it is just too big and too incomprehensibe to address.
What Iraqis need to know is the truth behind each death, each injury, each loss of a member of family or even a stranger whose brains are scattered in front of our children in the streets today not some abstract figures that only feed the helplessness and powerlessness that Iraqis live through daily.
wal salam
Thank you for the updates that I receive from your mail list, I appreciate getting these glimpses of your views and analysis.
I say your views because I am finding that the info I get through these emails is not always accurate and are sometimes even contradicted by other equally interesting views from others.
Being a development specialist and in no way a politician, I look at the impact of these messages and whether they are effective or not. I must say, I am now skeptical of the info I get from them. The figures that are quoted are illogical and so exaggerated that they end up being seen but not heard. I am interested to know how did you arrive at the figure of one million Iraqis dead in four years which makes the yearly toll of 250 000 and as such the monthly toll to be over 12 000 consistently for 48 months. This implies that in some months the toll could have been 20 000 or more to compensate for the months of relative quiet. A few months ago we read the famous article claiming 650 000 deaths in three years which again according to other figures and surveys seems to be so exaggerated that the ordinary reader probably skims over them as they become mundane and unimaginable.
The horrors of present day Iraq are far more serious and long lasting that I do not believe they could be changed by opinion makers through inflated figures. In fact, it is counterproductive to treat the deaths of each individual whose loss to family and friends and to the wellbeing of the country as a tiny figure in the larger awsome millions that we are fed. By using such unbelievable numbers of deaths, you are reducing the suffering and loss that Iraq faces daily to numbers which can be increased, contested, shrugged off as easily as moving to the next email on the list. It also feeds rumours which Iraqis thrive on. But it does not move people to do something about it because it is just too big and too incomprehensibe to address.
What Iraqis need to know is the truth behind each death, each injury, each loss of a member of family or even a stranger whose brains are scattered in front of our children in the streets today not some abstract figures that only feed the helplessness and powerlessness that Iraqis live through daily.
wal salam
# posted by 
: April 07, 2007 4:19 PM
: April 07, 2007 4:19 PM
Greetings Alia
You may be reading what is already fixated in your mind.
Does 'spilled blood' mean singularly 'deaths'?
How about the number of wounded Iraqis whose blood is also spilled?
If one is so meticulous about the meaning of words, I suggest that you start by the meaning of the word 'terrorists' as defined by the US and Israel and parroted by the Green Zone clowns.
I do presume that you may have seen this article, Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000 October 11, 2006.
All the best
You may be reading what is already fixated in your mind.
Does 'spilled blood' mean singularly 'deaths'?
How about the number of wounded Iraqis whose blood is also spilled?
If one is so meticulous about the meaning of words, I suggest that you start by the meaning of the word 'terrorists' as defined by the US and Israel and parroted by the Green Zone clowns.
I do presume that you may have seen this article, Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000 October 11, 2006.
All the best
How Much Can Iraq Survive: Iraqis surviving violence are not so sure they can also survive disease.
... "Our hospitals and clinics are paralysed and we do not find the simplest treatment, so we always have to buy medicines from the commercial market which means we have to sell something like a refrigerator or a TV set to cure a sick member of the family."
"The huge amounts of explosives dropped on Iraq including those 'special weapons' like radioactive Depleted Uranium and white phosphorous have caused a dramatic increase in numbers of patients and severity of diseases," ... "It is still getting worse by the day and no one seems to care."
A dentist from Fallujah told IPS that most Iraqis have been neglecting dental care because they are unable to afford it.
"Dental care is considered a luxury by Iraqis now, and they will not visit our clinics unless they have an intolerable toothache," said the doctor. "Most of them would ask for a tooth to be pulled rather than filling it because they cannot afford proper treatment."
The mental health situation is equally grim for Iraqis.
In a study 'Psychological effects of war on Iraqis' the Association of Iraqi Psychologists (AIP) reported in January 2007 that of 2,000 people interviewed in all 18 Iraqi provinces, 92 percent said they feared being killed in an explosion.
Sixty percent of those interviewed said the level of violence had caused them to have panic attacks, and this prevented them from going out because they feared they would be the next victims.
... "Our hospitals and clinics are paralysed and we do not find the simplest treatment, so we always have to buy medicines from the commercial market which means we have to sell something like a refrigerator or a TV set to cure a sick member of the family."
"The huge amounts of explosives dropped on Iraq including those 'special weapons' like radioactive Depleted Uranium and white phosphorous have caused a dramatic increase in numbers of patients and severity of diseases," ... "It is still getting worse by the day and no one seems to care."
A dentist from Fallujah told IPS that most Iraqis have been neglecting dental care because they are unable to afford it.
"Dental care is considered a luxury by Iraqis now, and they will not visit our clinics unless they have an intolerable toothache," said the doctor. "Most of them would ask for a tooth to be pulled rather than filling it because they cannot afford proper treatment."
The mental health situation is equally grim for Iraqis.
In a study 'Psychological effects of war on Iraqis' the Association of Iraqi Psychologists (AIP) reported in January 2007 that of 2,000 people interviewed in all 18 Iraqi provinces, 92 percent said they feared being killed in an explosion.
Sixty percent of those interviewed said the level of violence had caused them to have panic attacks, and this prevented them from going out because they feared they would be the next victims.
U.S. air strike hits volatile Iraqi city
(More dead, maimed, traumatized. And so goes the 'war on terror'.)
(More dead, maimed, traumatized. And so goes the 'war on terror'.)
Iraq war protester marches to Bush's ranch: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq and America who are dead forever, and there are families who are destroyed forever because of George Bush's policies" ...
Exchange of letters with Iraq Body Count on Johns Hopkins study estimating 650,000 Iraqi war dead: Whether 60,000 or 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the US war and occupation is hardly a matter of indifference. While the killing of 60,000 would represent a historic war crime, the deaths of 655,000—fully 2.5 percent of the population—describes a crime that approaches genocidal proportions. Combined with the millions turned into refugees and the decimation of the country’s economy and every aspect of social and cultural life, this level of killing indicates a practice of sociocide, the systematic destruction of a people and their society.
Wayne Madsen, April 6-8, 2007 -- The CIA's Counter-Proliferation Division (CPD) and British intelligence have evidence that then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney lost three nuclear weapons in 1991.
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Israel's Nazi Atrocities: The Dawud Story: Dawud's was the only car at the checkpoint in the middle of the night, yet the soldier held the three IDs for more than twenty minutes, even as Dawud and his wife began to cry, begging to be allowed through. After fifteen minutes, Dawud's baby's mouth began to overflow with liquid and my friend wailed at the soldier to allow them through, that his baby was dying. Instead, the soldier demanded to search the car, even after the IDs had been cleared.
At 1:05am, six-month-old Khalid Dawud Fakaah died at Atara Checkpoint.
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Apartheid and segregation failed in South Africa and the United States and they will fail in Israel and Palestine. Ethnocentric nationalism failed in Nazi Germany and it will fail in Zionist Israel. But until they do, the Ibrahims and baby Khalids of Palestine are counting on you and me to do something, to say something, since they themselves cannot. Silence is complicity. We cannot wait for things to get worse. The ethnic cleansing and apartheid have gone on long enough.
At 1:05am, six-month-old Khalid Dawud Fakaah died at Atara Checkpoint.
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Apartheid and segregation failed in South Africa and the United States and they will fail in Israel and Palestine. Ethnocentric nationalism failed in Nazi Germany and it will fail in Zionist Israel. But until they do, the Ibrahims and baby Khalids of Palestine are counting on you and me to do something, to say something, since they themselves cannot. Silence is complicity. We cannot wait for things to get worse. The ethnic cleansing and apartheid have gone on long enough.
9/11 facts on the Sudden Implosion of WTC Building 7 are inconsistent with official Muslim conspiracy scenario
APRIL 9: After four years, with the Resistance gaining momentum, the so called Anti-War Movement or some of it adopted the position of the American Establishment: we can't abandon the Iraqis, we must "help them build their Nation."
The first question that comes to my mind is, since when does an invader help in nation building? Was the invasion intended to "build" the Nation of Iraq? Those who visited Iraq before the invasion and the sanctions know that Iraq was a nation that was unified, strong and capable to sustain itself against any aggression. Even after 13 years of sanctions, Iraq remained united, strong economically and otherwise. So, the Iraqis are more than capable to build their own nation if left alone. The same applies to the Syrians, the Lebanese the Palestinians and the rest of them.
The first question that comes to my mind is, since when does an invader help in nation building? Was the invasion intended to "build" the Nation of Iraq? Those who visited Iraq before the invasion and the sanctions know that Iraq was a nation that was unified, strong and capable to sustain itself against any aggression. Even after 13 years of sanctions, Iraq remained united, strong economically and otherwise. So, the Iraqis are more than capable to build their own nation if left alone. The same applies to the Syrians, the Lebanese the Palestinians and the rest of them.
Jesus wouldn’t bomb anyone, so why are we waging war on the poor and oppressed? Consider:
In stark contrast to George W. Bush, a man responsible for the deaths of a million or more Iraqis and Afghans, plus thousands of US Americans in New Orleans and Iraq, Hugo Chavez has no blood on his hands. And Chavez, a man who has mitigated the suffering of millions of people, is the “threat.”
Resistance fighters battling to expel an imperialist foreign occupier, which has been waging genocide against the Iraqi people since the Gulf War, are “terrorists.” The invading hordes are hailed as “liberators.”
Liberation Theology, a movement widely embraced by Central and South American priests and bishops in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, traces its roots back to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who was hanged in 1943 for his resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. Interpreting Christ’s teachings as a clarion call to devote their lives to the struggle for social justice and human rights, people like Don Helder Camara, Leonardo Boff, Dorothy Stang, and Oscar Romero faced harassment, punitive action from the Vatican, persecution, and assassination in their quests to uplift the exploited, violated, and destitute.
In the terrifying and unlikely event that your indoctrination fails and you find yourself suddenly afflicted with the profound feeling of existential emptiness that accompanies the realization that our hedonistic, acquisitive, narcissistic, shallow, mean-spirited, and bellicose American Way is spiritually bankrupt, remember that Liberation Theologians showed us that there are other ways of being.
In stark contrast to George W. Bush, a man responsible for the deaths of a million or more Iraqis and Afghans, plus thousands of US Americans in New Orleans and Iraq, Hugo Chavez has no blood on his hands. And Chavez, a man who has mitigated the suffering of millions of people, is the “threat.”
Resistance fighters battling to expel an imperialist foreign occupier, which has been waging genocide against the Iraqi people since the Gulf War, are “terrorists.” The invading hordes are hailed as “liberators.”
Liberation Theology, a movement widely embraced by Central and South American priests and bishops in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, traces its roots back to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who was hanged in 1943 for his resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. Interpreting Christ’s teachings as a clarion call to devote their lives to the struggle for social justice and human rights, people like Don Helder Camara, Leonardo Boff, Dorothy Stang, and Oscar Romero faced harassment, punitive action from the Vatican, persecution, and assassination in their quests to uplift the exploited, violated, and destitute.
In the terrifying and unlikely event that your indoctrination fails and you find yourself suddenly afflicted with the profound feeling of existential emptiness that accompanies the realization that our hedonistic, acquisitive, narcissistic, shallow, mean-spirited, and bellicose American Way is spiritually bankrupt, remember that Liberation Theologians showed us that there are other ways of being.
Rally marks anniversary of Baghdad's fall
Iraqi Shiites burn US flags on regime fall anniversary: Many people, draped in Iraqi flags, set US flags ablaze and some trampled on and struck US and Israeli flags painted on the ground with their shoes, an act considered one of the worst insults in Arab culture.
"The occupier raised slogans saying Iraq is free, Iraq is liberated. What freedom? What liberation? There is nothing but destruction. We do not want their liberation and their presence. We tell them to get out of our land."
Iraqi Shiites burn US flags on regime fall anniversary: Many people, draped in Iraqi flags, set US flags ablaze and some trampled on and struck US and Israeli flags painted on the ground with their shoes, an act considered one of the worst insults in Arab culture.
"The occupier raised slogans saying Iraq is free, Iraq is liberated. What freedom? What liberation? There is nothing but destruction. We do not want their liberation and their presence. We tell them to get out of our land."
State-Sponsored Terror in the Western World: Most terrorist attacks in Europe, whether attributed to left-wing or right-wing activists or even Islamist fundamentalists, can be traced to actions by government-sponsored military or intelligence agencies.
Just Another Staged Baghdad Rally? This wide-angle photo by Reuters of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in central Baghdad arouses suspicions that the "spontaneous jubilation" by the Iraqi masses shown on television around the world was a "media event" orchestrated by the Pentagon.
And These Refugees Are Lucky: "I was a financial manager of seven companies in Baghdad, but I had to leave my house, my car, and just about everything," said 32-year-old Ali Ahmed.
After militiamen fired at his car in the once upmarket Mansoor district of Baghdad, Ali fled to Jordan. He returned but his car was attacked again. Six men from his company were killed in the attack. And that was not all.
"We had 11 engineers from one company detained by the Mehdi Army (the militia of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr)," he said. "We never heard from them again. I knew then that I had to drop everything and run for my life."
After militiamen fired at his car in the once upmarket Mansoor district of Baghdad, Ali fled to Jordan. He returned but his car was attacked again. Six men from his company were killed in the attack. And that was not all.
"We had 11 engineers from one company detained by the Mehdi Army (the militia of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr)," he said. "We never heard from them again. I knew then that I had to drop everything and run for my life."
Torture Blowback and Selective Outrage: People held in captivity by American forces--military and CIA--are known to have faced mock executions, to have been beaten to the point of death, and to have endured repeated water-boarding sessions. They have been forced to stay in stress positions for so long that they have suffered permanent muscular and neurological damage. They have been subjected to total sensory deprivation, such as we saw was applied to American captive Jose Padilla, to the point that they went insane. They've suffered extended sleep deprivation, have been left staked to the ground in desert sun, or left wet and naked for days in front of blasting air-conditioners. They've been attacked by dogs, sexually humiliated, raped, and forced to watch the desecration of their Korans.
Deir Yassin Remembered: Early in the morning of April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun (headed by Menachem Begin) and the Stern Gang attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 750 Palestinian residents. The village lay outside of the area to be assigned by the United Nations to the Jewish State; it had a peaceful reputation. But it was located on high ground in the corridor between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Deir Yassin was slated for occupation under Plan Dalet and the mainstream Jewish defense force, the Haganah, authorized the irregular terrorist forces of the Irgun and the Stern Gang to perform the takeover.
In all over 100 men, women, and children were systematically murdered. Fifty-three orphaned children were literally dumped along the wall of the Old City, where they were found by Miss Hind Husseini and brought behind the American Colony Hotel to her home, which was to become the Dar El-Tifl El-Arabi orphanage.
In all over 100 men, women, and children were systematically murdered. Fifty-three orphaned children were literally dumped along the wall of the Old City, where they were found by Miss Hind Husseini and brought behind the American Colony Hotel to her home, which was to become the Dar El-Tifl El-Arabi orphanage.
IN MEMORY OF DEIR YASSIN: An Interview with Professor Daniel McGowan: No one has ever been brought to justice for the butchering of innocents at Deir Yassin. In fact, huge efforts have been undertaken by Zionists and their friends to erase Deir Yassin from the history books.
URGENT NEWS - to UN & General Secretary Ban Ki - Moon: Israelis in New Missile Attacks over Gaza Strip
Dear Dr Khadduri
I am an American and I have been reading your blog for some time. There is very little that I could say in response to everything I have read here that might do justice to the topics discussed. Thus, I would simply like to say that I feel a deep pain in my heart for all Iraqis and for all humanity. It is true, that most Americans do not care. It is a shame at best. Protest does nothing and the American government does nothing but placate both the world and the American populace. The reality is that violent resistance is the only way to end injustice. I wish I could take up this duty myself. I am sorry that I cannot do more to help Iraq. I hope this finds you well.
Boutros
I am an American and I have been reading your blog for some time. There is very little that I could say in response to everything I have read here that might do justice to the topics discussed. Thus, I would simply like to say that I feel a deep pain in my heart for all Iraqis and for all humanity. It is true, that most Americans do not care. It is a shame at best. Protest does nothing and the American government does nothing but placate both the world and the American populace. The reality is that violent resistance is the only way to end injustice. I wish I could take up this duty myself. I am sorry that I cannot do more to help Iraq. I hope this finds you well.
Boutros
Zionist Groups Killed News Stories About Mossad & 911: Cover-ups are part of the dirty business of the Israeli lobby. Whether it involves the murderous attack on the USS Liberty by Israeli forces in 1967, Israeli foreknowledge of Sept. 11, the attempt to secure the release of major spy Jonathan Pollard or the efforts to gain an acquittal for the two AIPAC executives now standing trial for espionage, the conclusion to which all Americans must arrive is that Israel and her various tentacles collectively make up the most dangerous enemy the United States has ever faced.
U.S. forces in heavy clashes in Baghdad: ... the heaviest battle in the capital since a major security crackdown was launched in February.
NUKE ‘EM TIL THEY GLOW
(Seems to me our mighty fine 'christian' nation takes pride in its killing machine.)
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(Seems to me our mighty fine 'christian' nation takes pride in its killing machine.)
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