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Egyptian volunteers line up to fight in Iraq: More than 4 500 Egyptians have volunteered to fight the United States-British coalition. Michael Moore: My Oscar "Backlash" Michael Moore speaks out and encourages the rest of us to not be silenced. Here's the truth that exposes the mainstream media's lies about what happened to him after the Oscars and what has happened to the Dixie Chicks careers. The ‘New’ Imperialism: Welcome to the World of Double Standards. Bush Threatens Republicans In Northern Ireland: Information Clearing House Articles Banned From Yahoo Group. US tank shells Baghdad press hotel Kills Two cameramen from Reuters, Spain's Telecinco die after US tank fired shell at Baghdad's Palestine hotel. Robert Fisk: It seemed as if Baghdad would fall within hours: The US Marines and special forces moving down towards the Rashid Hotel and sniping at soldiers and civilians. Al-Jazeera cameraman killed in US raid: An al-Jazeera cameraman has died and another of the Arabic-language news channel's journalists is missing after a coalition bombing raid hit its Baghdad office this morning. WATCH AL JAZEERA LIVE
The Bible-touting Chicken Hawk Orders Soldiers to War: As U.S. bombs drench Iraq in death, Bush claims yet another accomplishment. Like his father (41), Bush (43) has managed to convert much of the mass media into the equivalents of Don King, the fight promoter. Robert Fisk: Killing Civilians, the Immoral Face of War: It looks very neat on television, the American Marines on the banks of the Tigris, the oh-so-funny visit to the presidential palace, the videotape of Saddam’s golden loo. But the innocent are bleeding and screaming with pain to bring us our exciting television pictures and to provide Bush and Blair with their boastful talk of victory. War ‘Against Iraqi People’: This is no longer a war against Saddam and his regime, if it ever was. It has become a war against the Iraqi people. U.S. Hits Site on Word of Saddam Meeting: An American bomber struck a residential complex in Baghdad on Monday after U.S. intelligence received information that Saddam Hussein, his sons and other top Iraqi leaders might be meeting there, U.S. officials said. 14 civilians killed in bombing of Baghdad's residential neighborhood: "Rescue teams are using bulldozers to try to find survivors under all this rubble but it does not look like there will be any." Grisly resting ground: Strewn across a marshy stretch of the Basra university grounds, the cut-up bodies of a dozen militiamen offered a graphic lesson on the fate of Saddam Hussein's most fierce partisans. Israel: America is not a role model: Those who trample human rights in Israel are having a field day: Look at the behavior of the Americans in Iraq, they say. Cheney’s Halliburton Ties: The stock market may be suffering, but Operation Iraqi Freedom has sure been good for business at Halliburton See Also: Cheney is still paid by Pentagon contractor U.S. Marines in Iraq discard chemical suits: Democracy: Love it or Leave it: I am furious and all of us should be. At a time when the Coalition of the Killing is getting away with murder, and the press is “embed-ed” with the administration, we are told to be quiet and pray. Report: Counting the Dead And Wounded 'Saving Private Lynch' And Other Tales: It is, wrote Orr, "recognizable that America does have a hierarchy of life, with pretty blondes at the top, black Americans and Native Americans further down and the rest of the world trailing hopelessly. Which might help explain the unseemly rush to war." US inmates top 2 million: One in every 142 people living in the United States was in jail in the middle of last year. Beirut 1982, Baghdad 2003: As US-led troops fight the battle for Baghdad, memories of the last time an Arab capital came under siege throw up some interesting parallels. Iranian armed forces urged to prepare for probable foreign threats No hiding place for Baghdad's civilians: There is no dividing line between civilian and military in Baghdad now. Almost every shell the Americans fire as they battle towards the centre of the city, whatever it is aimed at, risks killing or maiming innocent people. Iraqis Fighting Back In Baghdad Streets Oakland Police Open Fire Against Protestors With Rubber Bullets and Concussion Grenades : Nearby Longshoremen Injured. Picture Pictures Of Weapons Used Against Demonstrators In Oakland Protesters pelted with wooden bullets at Port of Oakland The U.S. Betrays Its Core Values: Having learned from its past, Germany rightly rejects Bush's war and his disdain of the U.N. This war of propaganda is spinning out of control. Baghdad doctors overwhelmed by arrival of 100 patients an hour "Smoking gun" WMD site in Iraq turns out to contain pesticide U.S. Forces Meet Resistance in Baghdad Uncensored Info on Iraq War from the Russian GRU: Russian Military intel update: War in Iraq, April 7 (morning) A
Force to Be Reckoned With: Armchair
"patriots" who spend their days watching
canned reports approved by Support Information Clearing House: In formation Clearing House is funded solely by donations from readers. More American troops leave center of Baghdad: Baghdad defiant in face of US advance into capital They had cannons, rockets and faith... 'Human shield' coordinator tells of war horrors in Iraq: "I fully realized the misery of war, as I saw children whose hands have been blown off and residents dying right before my eyes," she said. "I decided to leave the country to tell others about the situation in Iraq and the activities of the shields, and to call for peace." The Shape of World War IV, By Number: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: AMERICANS DELIBERATELY FIRED AT RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS' MOTORCADE Condoleezza Rice snubbed by Moscow Pentagon: U.S. Operation Not Much Anticipated "Battle for Baghdad In pictures: Tanks into Baghdad Support Information Clearing House: In formation Clearing House is funded solely by donations from readers. More US pilot bombs his own: 22 killed: At least four US Special Forces soldiers and 18 Kurdish fighters have been killed after a US plane bombed their convoy near Erbil in northern Iraq last night. Iraq War - Coverage and Consequences A Readers Commentary Robert Fisk: The Allied grip tightens on Baghdad: On the streets, grim evidence of a bloody battle N Korea scoffs at UN’s legitimacy Wolfowitz: US Military Forces May Occupy Iraq For Ten Years Robert Fisk in Baghdad: The twisted language of war that is used to justify the unjustifiable Russian Black Sea Fleet tanker sails for Indian Ocean: Latest Uncensored Info on Iraq War from the Russian GRU: Russian Military Intel update: Updated: 16:20 PST Volunteer fighters continue to flock to Iraq: Egyptians, Sudanese, Jordanians, Saudis and Syrian volunteer fighters are continuing to enter Iraq to fight against US-led invasion forces. Photographs of Captured and Dead American Soldiers: Uncensored Info on Iraq War from the Russian GRU: Russian Military Intel update: War in Iraq, April 6 (morning) GRU Totals Of Forces: Killed, Missing, Wounded The Reconstruction of Iraq Must Be Led By the United Nations, Not the United States: George W. Bush has taken the United States to war in contempt of the U.S. Constitution and in criminal defiance of the UN Charter. As a result, a horrifying majority of the world's population now views America as the single greatest threat to world peace. We stand for peace and justice. We stand for internationalism. We oppose any nation spreading an ever expanding network of military bases around the world and producing an arsenal unparalleled in the world. George and Tony should take heed: A readers commentary Pentagon Defends Use of Civilian Clothes: Asked at a Pentagon press conference why it is OK for American commando troops to take off their uniforms, but a crime when the Iraqis did it, Defense Department spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said. After Protest Arrest, Soldier's Mom Says, 'I'm Doing What David Is Doing. I'm Fighting a War.' 'Dirty war' allegations cut both ways AFI RESEARCH INTELL.BRIEFING: Is this the start of the next World War? Many analysts, including the former CIA Director James Woolsey, believe that the Iraq campaign is really just the start of the 4th World War and one that will undoubtedly last for decades. U.S. Friendly Fire Kills 17 Kurds, Injures 45, Including Leader's Brother More civilians die at roadblock: They carried the bodies of the children out first. Iraq: Victory or Defeat? Claims and counter claims. Journalists express skepticism at press conference: We have people who are in the center of the city, and they clearly haven't been actually in the center. So could I ask for a little bit greater precision from some of the statements. U.S. finds no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
Russian
envoys attacked in Iraq: A convoy
of Russian diplomatic cars has come under fire
while leaving Baghdad, leaving several people
wounded.
Former head of the KGB, has been hired as a consultant by the US Department of Homeland Security. Republished at a readers request Baghdad hospitals on the brink of crisis: Victims were carried in on sheets after stretchers ran out. With many staff unable to reach the hospitals due to bombing, doctors worked furiously as they performed operations, taking blood, giving injections and ferrying the wounded.
List of confirmed losses of USA/UK military equipment by April 5 Was Einstein Right? He not only opposed the establishment of a formal Israeli state - he was after all a great internationalist - but he always advocated treating the Arabic people of Palestine with generosity and understanding. The battle for Saddam International Airport: US and Iraqi forces continue to battle for control of Saddam International Airport. Both sides claim it in its entirety, but both claims appear dubious. Human remains 'are Iranian soldiers' Doubts grow over US war claims: “The greatest challenge is still ahead trying to occupy a country where the larger part of the population opposes American force.” US troops suffer heavy losses in Baghdad fighting Neoconservative clout seen in U.S. Iraq policy At least 6 months to create new Iraqi government: Wolfowitz No Sign Of US Troops In Baghdad: With U.S. military spokesmen saying American forces had entered Baghdad, forces loyal to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein moved into position across the city or headed south toward the battle front. Robert Fisk: The Battle of Baghdad: The Americans were coming. The Americans were claiming to be in the inner suburbs of Baghdad – which was untrue; indeed, the story was designed, I'm sure, to provoke panic and vulnerability among the Iraqis. John Pilger: We see too much. We know too much. That's our best defence: For Iraq: Déjà Vu All Over Again: 'Liberators' Have Been There Before, And Stayed for Decades. Horrific wounds among U.S. soldiers, says medic: Dr Gene Bolles said wounded being flown to Landstuhl were young men, aged 18, 19, and 20, with "horrific injuries", including lost arms, legs and hands, and brain injuries. How Many Iraqi Soldiers Have Died In This War? How the Rich Go to War: They Send the Poor to Fight Full Report: War, "It really is disgustingly sanitized on television," In the pipeline: More regime change: Israel is seriously considering restarting a strategically important oil pipeline that once transferred oil from the Iraqi city of Mosul to Israel's northern port of Haifa. Latest: Uncensored Info on Iraq War from the Russian GRU: "All That Is Needed For Evil To Trimpumph Is For Good Men To Do Nothing" That Evil Is With Us Today. What will you do? Flash Presentation I AM VERY ANGRY: A Readers Commentary Another American peace activist shot in West Bank: An American peace activist working as a human shield in the West Bank was seriously wounded on Saturday. Gore Vidal Calls Bush, Blair 'Dangerous Jesus Lovers' Gore Vidal who sneeringly described Bush as a "'come to Jesus' kind of fellow" and Blair as "a crypto Roman Catholic and a secret Jesus lover." Russian nuclear subs to head for the Gulf: The official aim of the campaign is to carry out military and naval military exercises there, “according to an agreement with India”. However, it seems that this explanation does not reveal the true goals. Bomb Hits Central Baghdad Near Palestine Hotel Iraq said to have regained Saddam Airport Iraq Says 'Hundreds' of Americans Killed at Airport LA
Times poll: Americans support broad US role in Middle
East:
A majority of Americans back the war in Iraq and half
reported they would support Iraq Denies Reports of Coalition Entering Baghdad: Iraq's Information Minister says Baghdad is firmly under Iraqi control and denied US reports that American troops had reached the center of the capital. Images Of War: Collection of Pictures Depicting The Horror And Reality Of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" Suicide Bomber Attacks U.S. Unit at Baghdad Airport The war that may end the age of superpower: The force ratio of army forces to guerilla forces needed for merely containing guerilla resistance, let alone defeating a guerilla force, is about 20 to 1. US estimates of the size of Iraq's guerilla force stands at 100,000 for the time being. This means the US would need a force of 2 million. Norman Mailer: Gaining an Empire, Losing Democracy? W. Bush and many conservatives have come to the conclusion that the only way they can save America and get if off its present downslope is to become a regime with a greater military presence and drive toward empire. My fear is that Americans might lose their democracy in the process. The War's Dirty Secret: It's About Changing United States, Not Iraq We still cannot be sure of the course or outcome of this peculiar conflict: Wars often have their phoney phases, but what is strange about this one is that no one can be sure whether it is about to begin or about to end. Marines to Use 'Knock-Out Punch' in Baghdad Fight: A U.S. Marine commander said on Saturday American troops would use overwhelming force to crush any resistance if ordered to storm Baghdad and that the battle would cost many civilian lives. U.S. troops inflict 'so many deaths': As thick black smoke hung over the outskirts of Baghdad last night, American troops stood stunned by the number of enemy forces they had killed. 'Liberated' city where looters run wild and death stalks the streets: In the last ward on the right lies a student called Haider Mohammed, who has lost the lower part of both legs in an American bombing raid. Flies crawl over his bandaged stumps. UPDATED 04/05/03: Uncensored Info on Iraq War from the Russian GRU Robert Fisk: Where were the panicking crowds? Where were the food queues? Where were the empty streets?
AFI RESEARCH INTELL.BRIEFING: Psychology and imagination are the new military watchwords The use of embedded journalists who are given what is really a front seat view of war has indeed turned virtually all of them into potential weapons of information warfare. Bush is feeling the weight of the world. He should drop it. Bush believes he was called by God to lead the nation at this time, says Commerce Secretary Don Evans. The Road to Hell: Are they aware that participation in presidential elections in the U.S. barely reaches 30%? This means that 30% of this 6% of humanity, U.S. citizens, has placed a madman, puppet of the monopolies, at the head of a genocide What's next? U.S. set sights on Iran, North Korea Human Rights Watch Report: Human Rights in the U.S. The United States is right to insist that Iraq honor the Geneva Conventions. But its position is weakened by failure to practice what it preaches John Pilger: The War For Truth Like their attack on Iraq, their invasion of Vietnam was accompanied by a racist contempt for the people.The Vietnamese were "gooks" and "slits" who would never fight, who would be crushed within weeks. Special: A Time to Break Silence: By Rev. Martin Luther King: 35 Years ago today Rev King Said, "I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government." Rev. Martin Luther King. Text and Audio Red Cross horrified by number of dead civilians: Red Cross doctors who visited southern Iraq this week saw "incredible" levels of civilian casualties including a truckload of dismembered women and children, a spokesman said Thursday from Baghdad. Iraqi troops massacred from the air as US advances into Baghdad: Amid the shameless celebration by the US media of the American assault, it is necessary to call things by their right name. What is unfolding in Iraq is a slaughter. US invaders caught off guard by use of potent and portable tank-killer: It seems the Iraqis - who say they have knocked out dozens of US tanks - may be using the Kornet-E. Victims of war are not our enemies: "Why does Bush do this to us? Why would Americans let him do it? What do they have against us as Arabs and as Muslims that they can treat us with this aggression?" "In a communications dictatorship, all 'news' - is propaganda" There is freedom of the press - only - if you own one! The war in Iraq by the numbers: The Blood of Children Stains our Flag: How will they write the History of the Destruction of the Children of a foreign land? A Readers Commentary. Marines Kill Another 7 Civilians in Checkpoint Encounter Eight civilians killed by missile White man's burden: The war in Iraq was conceived by 25 neoconservative intellectuals, most of them Jewish, who are pushing President Bush to change the course of history. Two of them, journalists William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer, say it's possible. But another journalist, Thomas Friedman (not part of the group), is skeptical. US military admits 'suspicious' powder is explosive Euphrates Chemical Tests Said Negative: No Indications So Far That Chemical Found in Iraq's Euphrates River Are Illegal Baghdad Airport Battle Continues, US Holds 'Most' of Facility Bush
grants quarantine authority in SARS cases:
In an executive order signed Friday, Bush added
SARS to the list of diseases for U.S.: After Iraq, we'll deal with other radical Mideast regimes Chomsky: Iraq Is A Trial Run Who Cares About Dead Iraqis? Body counts, Rummy's plan, and the grisly stuff they don't want you to see. 'Unconventional operations tonight' warns Iraq: Iraq said the operations would be "nothing to do with the military" and there would be no chance for Allied forces to survive unless they surrendered. Three US Soldiers Die in Suspected Suicide Attack: The civilian vehicle exploded, killing three coalition force members who were approaching the vehicle and wounding two others. 'Rolling' Victory Key to U.S. Endgame : Controlling Territory, Halting Resistance Are Aims; Surrender Not Expected. US forces use schools for cover:: The Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, recently criticised Iraq for placing key military units and weaponry in and around mosques, hospitals and schools. Must Read: A Crooked Mirror: Presstitution. In the Middle Ages, armies were accompanied by large numbers of prostitutes. In the Iraq war, the American and British armies are accompanied by large numbers of journalists How The Presstitutes Lie To America Detecting disinformation, without radar: How to tell genuine reporting from an article manufactured to produce the desired propaganda effect? The war in Iraq provides us plenty of interesting samples for a study of disinformation techniques. Mr. Bush You Have Soiled Our Flag With The Blood Of Children US Fends Off Iraqi Counterattack Near Baghdad: U.S. troops fighting for Baghdad airport fought off a counterattack by Iraqi tanks on Friday. Support Troops = Support Bush = False Propaganda 04/03/03 - STRATFOR INTELLIGENCE REPORT: The United States does not want to fight an urban battle, but the conquest of Iraq cannot be complete without the fall of Baghdad. Support Information Clearing House: In formation Clearing House is funded solely by donations from readers. More Robert Fisk: The ministry of mendacity strikes again: How many times, I wonder, do ministers think they can con their electorate with this miserable routine? Rescued POW had no gunshot, knife wounds: father Does Anyone in The Beltway Care About an Iraqi Farm Family? I came to imagine how this nation would react if George and Laura Bush abruptly lost 11 members of their family in one senseless act. Japan: Multiple Explosions At US Base: Police suspect attack by guerilla forces opposed to war in Iraq. Coalition Troop Deaths, Casualties, POWs, MIAs The Pentagon said 52 American servicemembers were killed, 16 were missing and seven had been captured. The British government said 27 of its troops were dead. The military totals include casualties whose names may not yet be available. UN Envoy Warns of War in Korea: The standoff between the United States and North Korea over the Asian nation's nuclear ambitions could escalate into war, a U.N. envoy warned Thursday. China hits back at US over human rights: It says the human rights record of the US has worsened since Sept 11, and that discrimination against Muslims is rising. Marines march within 4 miles of Baghdad Russian Muslims Declare Jihad on US: This is only the second time since the beginning of the 20th century that jihad has been declared on another country in Russia. The first jihad was declared by Russian Muslims on Germany in 1941. Russian Report: About a Possible Use of Unconventional Weapons in Iraq AFI RESEARCH INTELL.BRIEFING: The Defence of Baghdad - Special Military Report Democracy Now! News 04/03/03: US Dropping Cluster Bombs On Iraq Civilians. How the Pentagon Is Using Israel's model Of Bulldozing Homes As A preparation For The Attack On Baghdad. Robert Fisk: Wailing children, the wounded, the dead: victims of the day cluster bombs rained on Babylon. Send in the bulldozers: What Israel told marines about urban battles. Strain of Iraq war showing on Bush, those who know him say: People who know Bush well say the strain of war is palpable. (snip) He's being hard on himself; he gave up sweets just before the war began. [Wow. He gave up sweets, and yet people say our President has not made personal sacrifices to further the war effort?] E-mail Reply Offends: Seventeen-year-old Jessica Meikle only wanted to protect the troops. Evidence Against Syria Is Questioned: The CIA has no credible evidence that the government of Syria has had a role in the shipment of night-vision goggles and other military equipment to Iraq A Must Read: Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates: Operation Iraqi Freedom? I don't think so. It's more like Operation Let's Run a Race, but First Let Me Break Your Knees. Is Final Push on Baghdad Under Way? U.S. armored units thrust forward virtually unopposed on Thursday to just six miles from the edge of Baghdad and were preparing to seize the city's airport, the U.S. military said. Is The UK's Independent Censoring Robert Fisk? Our Flag, Too: Seven students at 44 Howard Street on the Wheaton College campus, located in the rural community of Norton, Massachusetts, have discovered, with suddenness and fury, how difficult it is today to speak your mind in a nation divided by war. No sniping, mortars, or tracer. And no sign of the dreaded Republican Guard: Operation Iraqi Invasion, By the Numbers: Military spending, worldwide: $900 billion: Percentage of worldwide military spending by U.S.: 50%. % of worldwide military spending by Iraq: 0.0015. Iraq Invasion Dooms Saddam – But Also Bush, Blair, GOP, Neocons: The invasion has achieved the “Palestinization” of the Muslim world and has united Muslims against us. Bombs Fall On Babylon: I see six bodies in the makeshift morgue, a crude metal box teeming with flies, situated beneath an awning at Babylon General Hospital. Abrams Tank Hits Nasty Surprise for U.S. Forces: Among the many surprises that awaited the invading forces in Iraq was their enemy's ability to knock out the U.S. Army's most advanced battle tank. It will take more than Powell's visit to mend the fractured Turkish alliance: The nonchalant arrogance with which the Bush administration has treated its alliances has cost his country, and its closest friends, dear Support Information Clearing House: Information Clearing House is funded solely by donations from readers. More Altered Images And Doctored photographs: On Monday, March 31, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page photograph that had been altered. In Bed with the Military: For journalistic jingoism, it's hard to find a better example than the coverage of the high-tech media extravaganza known as "Operation Iraqi Freedom." US Forces Outside Baghdad, Iraq Guard Counters Missile Down Black Hawk Copter, Seven Killed US special forces suffer heavy casualties Iraqi Missile Downs US FA-18 Hornet Saddam's Greater Game: The assumption that Saddam Hussein is looking at the Battle of Baghdad as a glorious last stand is totally inconsistent with his character. There is likely a greater game afoot, and it is becoming clearer. 04/02/03: Uncensored Info on Iraq War from the Russian GRU: Baghdad pounded for 14th day running Presidential Quarantine: Why Bush can't leave America -- and why that matters. Is
Israel More Secured Now that Iraqis are Dying? Following
Iraq, Jordanian king slams 'invasion' of Iraq: Switzerland Documents U.S.-British War Crimes In Iraq Tilting At Presidents: Francis A. Boyle bristles when it's suggested that his quest to impeach President Bush has a futile, Don Quixote-like aspect to it. Impeachment Resolution Against President George W. Bush Vote To Impeach Bush: The U.S. Constitution provides the means for preventing George W. Bush from engaging in a war of aggression against Iraq, and from advancing a first strike potentially nuclear preemptive war. It's called impeachment. Let Us Count the Lies on the Road to War: A partial timeline of how the White House kept changing its story. Follow the ever shifting, ever absolute bouncing ball. Interview With Former US Diplomat John Brady Kiesling On Why He Resigned From The State Department: Until This Administration It Had Been Possible To Believe That By Upholding The Policies Of My President I was Also Upholding The Interests Of The American People. I Believe It No Longer U.S. military warns foreign journalists in Iraq: “Don’t mess with my soldiers. Don’t mess with them because they are trained like dogs to kill. And they will kill you...” AFI RESEARCH INTELL.BRIEFING Christian-Zionist alliance carves up Arab lands: The Arab nations must watch powerlessly as Israel's main supporter buys the unprincipled little Gulf Sheikdoms, bullies Saudi Arabia and invades Iraq. Emperor George: What has become of American values and idealism? All swept away in this thoroughly un-American war. The Psychotic Dry Drunk in the White House: No one seems bothered by the idea that we are fighting a war because the President believes God called him to lead us in these times. Berating the Generals: The Siege of Washington: March 25, 2003 may serve as a crucial turning point in American history. On that day, George W. Bush displayed his increasingly erratic and irresponsible behavior before America's top military leadership. Is Bush Sloshed? A Readers Commentary Robert Fisk on Washington’s ‘Quagmire’ in Iraq, Civilian Deaths and the Fallacy of Bush’s ‘War of Liberation’ Text of Slain Soldier's Last Letter Home:Mother, I love you so much! I'm not going to give up! I'm living my life one day at a time, sitting here picturing home with a small tear in my eyes. Baghdad hospital bombed: US aircraft hit a Red Crescent maternity hospital in Baghdad, the city's trade fair, and other civilian buildings today, killing several people and wounding at least 25.
Photo-Essay: The Many Faces of War: Much has been made in recent days of the controversy regarding the ethics of publishing pictures that may offend some people. However, war in of itself is offensive. It is offensive to nature, offensive to morality, and offensive to the human condition. Main Arab press headlines on Iraq war Basra: Residents Say Hussein Loyalists in Full Control Saddam Hussein: 'Victory Is at Hand' Kucinich Takes to The House Floor To Call For An End to The War
Children killed in US assault: Reuters reporters on the scene confirmed the deaths of at least nine children, two other civilians and two Iraqi fighters at Hilla in a bombardment on Monday night and early yesterday morning. Innocent Victims Of Brutal Confrontation: HIS face contorted with grief, an inconsolable father mourns the loss of his family - wiped out by US missiles yesterday. What Is The Real Cost? However evil Saddam Hussein is, he has never been a stooge of Americans or the British. However good the poor soul we pick to be our front man is, he will be immediately tagged as an American stooge and will not last long as a living human being. Iraq war freezes US economy: The Iraq war has frozen much of the US economy, throwing a four-month manufacturing expansion into reverse. For no good reason: Military families opposed to the war face a double anguish: Losing their loved ones for a cause they don't believe in. So This Is What War Looks Like? There are not crowds of grateful Iraqis lining the streets, waving American flags and hoping for candy bars, Christina Aguilera CD's or some such shit, to be dispensed by the brave fighting men of the 3-7 infantry or 101st Airborne Division. Report For 04/01/03: Uncensored Info on Iraq War from the Russian GRU: During this battle one US soldier was killed, 2 were missing in action and seven were wounded. For now it is impossible to determine the Iraqi losses. SEYMOUR M. HERSH: The battle between Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon. Robert Baer, a former C.I.A. Middle East operative, told me in a telephone call from Jordan, “Everybody wants to fight. The whole nation of Iraq is fighting to defend Iraq. Not Saddam. They’ve been given the high sign, and we are courting disaster. Democracy Now! News Headlines: 04/01/03. As America sends another 100,000 troops to Iraq, congress cuts $15 billion in veterans benefits. U.S. Official Says American POW Rescued: The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. Central Command was announcing the rescue in Qatar later Tuesday. Support Information Clearing House: In formation Clearing House is funded solely by donations from readers. More Priests, Monks Nabbed in U.S. War Protest: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police arrested about 75 monks, priests, rabbis and other clergy in San Francisco on Friday
Deaths in Iraqi marketplace were caused by American missile: An American missile, identified from the remains of its serial number, was pinpointed yesterday as the cause of the explosion at a Baghdad market on Friday night which killed at least 62 Iraqis. The Death of America: All that this once proud country stood for has been tossed aside in exchange for a cheap political move paid for with the blood of innocent civilians and the blood of our own brave daughters and sons. Paid for with all the virtues and sacred foundations laid down by our founding fathers. Marines search for fallen comrade: US Marines moved into the southern Iraqi town of Shatrah today to recover the body of a dead comrade which had been hanged in the town square, officers said. UK OPPOSES US PLAN TO SEND IRAQIS TO X-RAY: AMERICA plans to send captured Iraqi fighters to Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, it emerged yesterday AFI Research Intelligence Briefing: This is a war for strategic position and very probably to prepare the ground for the real target, Iran. Bombings kill 48 more civilians south of Baghdad Saddam Statement Calls for Jihad Vs. US O Jornal Publisher Ric Oliveira gives FOX-TV a 1st. Amendment Lesson Russian Press Sees Putin Replacing Chirac as Bush's Main Opponent: "Having started to strive for world domination, America will be unable to stop," Wesley Clark: Terrorism helps to level the odds: This would truly be a "poison pill" defence and a real challenge to coalition aims in the region. The allies won't want to have fought against Saddam only to have converted Iraq into a larger version of the West Bank. Rescue effort for Bliss unit left 9 Marines dead, 8 missing: U.S. Marines were sent to rescue wounded members of the 507th Maintenance Company on March 23, the day the Fort Bliss unit was attacked in Iraq, but nine of the Marines who took part in the rescue effort were killed and eight others are missing, Pentagon officials said Sunday. Support
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readers. More Fifteen members of family killed in Apache attack in Iraq: witness: Their pickup was blown up by a rocket from an Apache helicopter near Hilla south of Baghdad. DETAILS ON MARCH ON WASHINGTON: Saturday, APRIL 12th — 12:00 Noon THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS RESIGNS: A LOOK AT THE CONTROVERSIAL BUSINESSES DEALINGS OF PENTAGON ADVISER RICHARD PERLE Friends don't let friends start wars of aggression God And America: "IF GOD be for us, who can be against us?" (1) This exclamation of the Christian faith, which German soldiers used to wear on the buckle of their sword-belt in World War I, is a slogan that American troops engaged in Iraq might adopt as their own. Those in command are setting the example. A Boy Who Was 'Like a Flower': 'The Sky Exploded' and Arkan Daif, 14, Was Dead. Some Americans wounded when US plane bombed buses carrying 'human shields': Peter Arnett: This War is Not Working Updated: Uncensored Info on Iraq War from the Russian GRU A Gruesome Scene on Highway 9: 10 Dead After Vehicle Shelled at Checkpoint. "You just [expletive] killed a family because you didn't fire a warning shot soon enough!" The Void Between US and UK Soldiers Kids became 'Human torches': A neighbour, with missile debris in his hands, said: "That is Bush's democracy. They want us to welcome them with flowers. Look what they've done to our families." Russian, Iraqi Agents Reportedly Meeting Daily Another UK soldier killed in Iraq US draws up secret plan to impose new regime on Iraq: Under the plan, the government will consist of 23 ministries, each headed by an American. Army Has First Close Fighting With Republican Guard Units Iraq reports fierce fighting at Nasiriya US criticises Israel and Palestinian rights record Arming Iraq and the Path to War: This is an accurate chronology of United States' involvement in the arming of Iraq during the Iraq-Iran war. Democracy Now! News: 03/31/03 - Interview with Scott Ritter, on why the US could loose the war in Iraq. MP urges troops to disobey orders: Mr Galloway is standing by his comments, arguing that the war is illegal. U.S. military will start shoot on sight to prevent future suicide attacks in Iraq: U.S. forces have shut down all roads in the region north of Najaf — 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad — and any driver who approaches a military checkpoint will be shot on sight if they fail to stop. After war in Iraq, Bush to halt nuclear weapons program in Iran Robert Fisk: The monster of Baghdad is now the hero of Arabia: This is now a nationalist war against the most obvious kind of imperial power. Britain's Mirror Hires Fired Veteran Arnett: Britain's Daily Mirror said on Tuesday it had hired veteran US reporter Peter Arnett, sacked by American TV network NBC. Iraqi exiles flock home on liberation mission: A first free bus to Baghdad left the Jordanian capital on Monday, courtesy of one of Saddam Hussein's sons. U.S. precision weapons' failure rate about 10 percent: United States has fired 8,000 precision-guided munitions at Iraqi targets U.S. Forces Kill Seven Iraqi Women, Kids at a checkpoint Monday when the Iraqis' van would not stop as ordered, a military official said. The Mighty RPG: You're going to be hearing a lot about RPGs - rocket propelled grenades - in coming days. U.S. Prepared to Pay 'High Price' to Oust Saddam: US Tank Falls in Euphrates; Four Marines Dead TRUCK PLOUGHS INTO BRITISH EMBASSY Rummy's Failed War Plan And The Casualties That May Result It's ugly now and it promises to get uglier: The swagger is gone from the "shock and awe" campaign. Instead of being welcomed by flag-waving, cheering Iraqis, the allies are confronted by the lethal hazards of asymmetrical war. Israeli, Minister dreams of Iraqi oil flowing to Haifa NO MORE BRITISH TROOPS BEING SENT TO IRAQ: Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said today. Syria Says It Supports ‘Iraqi People’ Against Invaders: "Syria has chosen to align itself with the brotherly Iraqi people who are facing an illegal and unjustified invasion and against whom are being committed all sorts of crimes against humanity," Belgian Prime Minister: US wants to take over Arab world: Uncensored Info on Iraq War from the Russian GRU: In a personal telephone conversation with a colleague in the U.S., one of the meeting participants described that status as "deplorable," and in his words, "...one third of our equipment can be fearlessly taken to the dump. 20 Civilians Killed When Air Raid Hits Farm: Twenty people, including 11 children, were killed Saturday when a nighttime air raid hit a farm near Baghdad. 'First, I carried out my cousin, then my sister...' The family found Nahida on the stairs, her decapitated body mangled and cut in half. Her hand with her wedding ring was intact. remeditated Ethnocataclasm and the "War Against Terror" Ethnocataclasm is when bulldozers enter refugee camps of peoples displaced from their rightful homelands by force, Ethnocataclasm is when tanks fire on the sprouting buds of a nation, little, stone-throwing children. US Marines turn fire on civilians at the bridge of death: Down the road, a little girl, no older than five and dressed in a pretty orange and gold dress, lay dead in a ditch next to the body of a man who may have been her father. Half his head was missing. Wall of Shame: Forget What The US "Says" It Is Doing
Coalition Troop Deaths, POWs, MIAs: Rumsfeld 'has left troops in danger: Rumsfeld rejected war commander General Tommy Franks's advice to delay the start of the action. Baghdad Assault Delayed Up to 40 Days: THE United States-led advance on Baghdad appeared to have been placed firmly on hold yesterday after frontline units reported orders to settle into their positions for the next 35 to 40 days. Three British Soldiers Sent Home After Protesting at Civilian Deaths War or no war, I refuse to be blackmailed: The baying warmongers have not shown a flicker of pity for the dead and dying of Iraq. "The victor is not asked if he tells the truth" Reposted at a readers request. Could Saddam still win?: Consider why Saddam Hussein made the decision to stay in Iraq and fight in the first place; consider what - in his mind - might constitute victory even as most of his country is occupied by enemy forces. Some Detainees May Be Sent to Cuba: U.S. officers say they recognize that roundups of men who appear to be civilians, and who may or may not be armed, will be among the most controversial tactics they could employ. Iraqi TV Interviews US 'Agents' We will present to you an example of the agents of the US-Zionist intelligence services and their new methods. 2,000 Iraqi civillians forced their way through Coalition checkpoints on the outskirts of the embattled southern city of Basra on Saturday to bring food and water to desperate relatives. Blind Patriotism Is Not An American Value Hometown America Watches in Horror: The Pentagon told them war would be swift and painless. Now the truth is invading their living rooms and the grim images are of people they love. William Rivers Pitt The Miscalculations of Yes-Men: Because of the gross miscalculations on the part of the Bush administration, officers in the Army are now saying that they must effectively "restart the war" 'Liberation' Is Not Freedom: However much they detest Saddam's regime, a great many Iraqis view the coalition forces as invaders rather than liberators. Growing Resentment at British 'Liberators' in Basra: Signs of resentment against British forces surrounding Basra are bubbling to the surface as Iraq's second city seethes under bombing and shell-fire. Colin Powell has given a tough warning to Syria and Iran: Mr Powell was speaking to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee - the most powerful pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States. Syria's Assad: 'We Will Not Wait' to Be Next US Target: Western intelligence sources said Syria has increased preparations of its military amid the war in Iraq.
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