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| Badger, I subscribe to this amazing daily newsletter which offers newspaper headlines, etc., from around the world and all very pertinent to the state of things. I am posting yesterday's offering after this. If you like the look of it, I would be willing to post it daily here in TSC. Lemme know what you think of it! Leila | | | |
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| ICH: New Torture Pictures
" ... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one of U.S. benevolence, generally held by the public, and the other of ends-justify-the-means brutality sponsored by counterinsurgency specialists. Normally the specialists carry out their actions in remote locations with little notice in the national press. That allows the public to sustain its faith in a just America, while hard-nosed security and economic interests are still protected in secret. ": Robert Parry, investigative reporter and author
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Our men . . . have killed to exterminate men, women, children, prisoners and captives, active insurgents and suspected people from lads of 10 up.... Our soldiers have pumped salt water into men to "make them talk," and have taken prisoners people who held up their hands and peacefully surrendered, and an hour later. . . stood them on a bridge and shot them down one by one, to drop into the water below and float down, as examples to those who found their bullet-loaded corpses.": Philadelphia Ledger newspaper in 1901, from its Manila [Philippines] correspondent during the US war with Spain for the control of the Philippines
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"The only place you and I disagree . . . is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't give a damn. I don't care.". . . "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big." : Richard Nixon to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the Watergate tapes
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"This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its successors... Who wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same.": George Orwell, 1984
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Naomi Klein: In Iraq, the US does eliminate those who dare to count the dead
http://207.44.245.159/article7414.htm
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The Power of Nightmares - Part III
The Shadows In The Cave
The Power of Nightmares assesses whether the threat from a hidden and organised terrorist network is an illusion. The programme explains how the illusion was created and who benefits from it.
This is a must watch documentary
http://207.44.245.159/video1040.htm
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25 killed as prisoners go free:
Anti occupation forces stormed a police station in southern Baghdad and a car bomb was detonated outside a Shiite mosque in an attacks that killed at least 25 people, police said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/25-killed-as-prisoners-go-free/2004/12/04/1101923388279.html
http://snipurl.com/b46j
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17 killed in Mosul suicide bombing:
At least 17 Kurdish militiamen have been killed in a suicide car bombing in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1258094.htm
http://snipurl.com/b46l
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Car Bombers Strike Near Green Zone, 7 Dead:
Twin suicide car bombs blew up outside a police station near Baghdad's Green Zone on Saturday, killing seven people and wounding 57
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=302493
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Bodies of four police found in Iraq:
THE bodies of four slain men wearing Iraqi National Guards uniforms have been found in north-western Iraq after being repeatedly shot, a hospital official said today.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11594463%255E401,00.html
http://snipurl.com/b46m
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Roadside blasts kills 2 US soldiers in Iraq
http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG4_sub.asp?ccode=ENG4&newscode=84185
http://snipurl.com/b46n
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Two coalition soldiers killed on Iraq border:
A suicide car bomb attack at a small US military base on the Iraq-Jordan border killed two multi-national force soldiers and wounded five
http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG4_sub.asp?ccode=ENG4&newscode=84186
http://snipurl.com/b46o
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Navy Investigating New Torture Photos:
The U.S. military has launched a criminal investigation into photographs of bloodied prisoners, one with a gun to his head.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3970412/detail.html?
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Torture Pictures: US Navy Seals Torturing Iraqis
http://ancapistan.typepad.com/photos/navy_seals_torturing_iraq/navyseal2.html
http://snipurl.com/b46p
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Brutality pays poorly in interrogation:
After a Japanese soldier named Shuji Ishii was taken prisoner by American Marines on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II, he expected the worse, including being put to death. Instead, he wrote later in a memoir, he was astonished to find himself in a sanitary hospital and to be given clean drinking water, sufficient food, soap, medicine, cigarettes and a soft bed.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?eo20041204a2.htm
http://snipurl.com/b46q
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Army closes hearing on accused soldiers:
Citing national security, the Army closed a hearing Thursday on whether three soldiers will be court-martialed for allegedly suffocating an Iraqi general during an interrogation last year.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Prisoner%20Abuse%20Fort%20Carson
http://snipurl.com/b46r
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Media challenges Army decision on hearing:
Newspaper attorney Steve Zansberg said a petition was filed with the Army Court of Appeals in Washington seeking to make the hearing public except for the presentation of classified material.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=BRF%20Prisoner%20Abuse%20Fort%20Carson
http://snipurl.com/b46t
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U.S. admits torture used in interrogations:
Results become evidence, though illegal in U.S court
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/Stories/0,1413,138~10021~2574425,00.html
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Firebombing Falluja:
The United States is using napalm in Falluja. So far, the military has denied the allegations, but the proof is mounting.
http://www.zmag.org/content/AllByAuthor.cfm?lname=Whitney&fname=Mike&SectionName=Iraq&startrow=1
http://snipurl.com/b46v
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Dahr Jamail: Trophy Hunting?:
The director of Fallujah General Hospital was shot and wounded by soldiers while he and two other doctors attempted to enter Fallujah in an ambulance in order to provide aid to families trapped there
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/archives/dispatches/000148.php#more
http://snipurl.com/b46w
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Documents show CIA knew of Venezuela coup:
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency knew dissident military officers were planning a coup in 2002 against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, according to purported U.S. intelligence documents posted on the Internet.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/aplatin_story.asp?category=1102&slug=Venezuela%20US%20Coup
http://snipurl.com/b46y
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CIA - Venezuela Coup Documents:
Despite consistent denials from the U.S. government of any role in the coup d'etat against President Chávez in April 2002, these documents prove that the CIA had the detailed plans for the coup in their hands well before it took place.
http://www.venezuelafoia.info/CIA/CIA-index.htm
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Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 12/03/04:
The nation's only uncensored compilation of daily television news reports from more than 15 countries in the Middle East. QuickTime Video.
http://snipurl.com/b46z
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Gideon Levy: Suffer the little children :
In the present intifada, 323 Palestinian children under the age of 14 have been killed by Israeli Occupation Forces. Three recent examples from Nablus
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/509222.html
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Russia May Launch Pre-emptive "Anti-Terror" Strikes :
ITAR-Tass commented that Russia had initiated discussion of preventive strikes over a year ago "due to Washington's regular employment of this method in international affairs."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&ncid=732&e=10&u=/ap/20041203/ap_on_re_eu/russia_terrorism
http://snipurl.com/b471
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U.S. authorizes sale of missiles to Jordan :
The Bush administration has authorized the sale of 50 sophisticated American-made air-to-air missiles to Jordan, despite Israel's protests to the sale, according to the U.S. military.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/509876.html
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Knives out for Kofi Annan:
When Annan dared to suggest that the war had been illegal, the Wall Street Journal in an editorial described the secretary general's letter as "a hostile act
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?eo20041204a1.htm
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144 countries call on US, China and Russia to join landmine ban :
Some 144 countries party to an international treaty banning landmines appealed to those still outside the pact, which include the United States, China and Russia, to join it and hasten the total eradication of the deadly devices.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/120516/1/.html
http://snipurl.com/b474
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Taliban reject amnesty offered by US envoy in Afghanistan: report:
Afghanistan's Taliban militia spurned an amnesty offered by US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad on condition the hardline Islamic fighters lay down their arms, a report said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1535&ncid=731&e=7&u=/afp/20041203/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistan_us_taliban
http://snipurl.com/b476
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Conyers to Hold Hearings on Ohio Vote Fraud :
Democratic Representative John Conyers, Jr. of Michigan, ranking Minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, will hold a hearing on Wednesday 08 December 2004 to investigate allegations of vote fraud and irregularities in Ohio during the 2004 Presidential election.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120404W.shtml
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The election is over. The fight is not. :
Elections are only one part of democracy. We need to think strategically about direct action, learn from a rich history of nonviolent activism, and develop new tactics to take on this administration.
http://www.turnyourbackonbush.org/
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A Blueprint for Moore Bashing:
The Democratic Leadership Council has joined Fox News and the GOP in savaging Michael Moore, blaming him for Kerry's loss.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20650/
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"The China Price" :
They are the three scariest words in U.S. industry. Cut your price at least 30% or lose your customers. Nearly every manufacturer is vulnerable -- from furniture to networking gear. The result: A massive shift in economic power is under way. A must read report from Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_49/b3911401.htm
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U.S. dollar dangles in the dust :
It now takes $1.34 to buy one euro when, four years ago, you could buy one euro for 82 cents. Why is this happening, and do we have a problem?
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=191c7b9599f51f92
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Dollar scores all-time lows in closing out week :
The euro sailed to a record high against the dollar Friday, with the greenback knocked down again as November U.S. jobs data came in well short of expectations.
http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=5136107&subject=markets&action=article
http://snipurl.com/b477
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Inside the Clouds of 9/11
http://207.44.245.159/article7398.htm
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Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." (August 1765) John Adams
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That sounds wonderful Leila  !! --B.  |
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Hi Badger,
Well, then I'll begin posting the ICH
newsletters this week and I hope you and everyone here will find them as
interesting and informative as I do. :-)
(Is posting them on the General Message
board okay?)
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