Tag: iraq war
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mayday! mayday! mayday! news overload!
US weighing readiness for military action against iran*limbaugh’s ‘operation chaos’ harks backto an earlier intel operation*rush limbaugh claims victory in pennsylvania*limbaugh dreams of dnc riot*dangerous pattern emerges as activists are framed,calls for violence are declared for denver dnc*iran dismisses reports US navy fired at iranian boat*when corporate media were imperial shills*pentagon cuts ties with mouthpieces*which…
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US uses cluster bombs in sadr city
from press tv: An Iraqi member of parliament has revealed that the US forces have used forbidden weapons against Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Sadr City. DPA quoted Leqa Yasin, a Sadrist lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament, as saying that technical and medical examination on the bodies of the victims and wounded of the recent clashes…
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petraeus chosen as new centcom commander
from thinkprogress: The AP reports that President Bush has tapped Gen. David Petraeus, currently the Commanding General of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, to become the new commander of the U.S. Central Command. He will replace Adm. William Fallon, whose “premature departure” at least stemmed from policy disagreements with Petraeus, “a favorite of the White…
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armed robots still in iraq
from danger room: A recent news report that armed robots had been pulled out of Iraq is mistaken, according to the company that makes the robot and the Army program manager. We linked last week to a Popular Mechanics article reporting that the armed SWORDS robots, made by Foster-Miller, has been pulled out of Iraq…
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will petraeus testimony signal attack on iran?
from paul craig roberts: The London Telegraph reported that “British officials gave warning yesterday that America’s commander in Iraq will declare that Iran is waging war against the US-backed Baghdad government. A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran’s intervention in Iraq could set the stage for a US attack on Iranian militiary facilities,…
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syria & saudi’s ready, war profiteering & protest
syria says ready in case of US military actionfrom afp: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Sunday that Damascus was prepared for all scenarios in its worsening relationship with Washington, including the use of US military force. “A prudent person must make all his calculations, especially when we have to deal with an administration…
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US death toll in iraq reaches 4,000
from ap: A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. The grim milestone came on the same day that rockets and mortars pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone, underscoring the fragile security situation and the resilience…
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emmanuel goldstein issuing new message
from ap: Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden will be issuing a new message timed to the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a militant Web site with close connections to the group said Wednesday. “Urgent, very soon by the will of God,” read the announcement of the new message “the response is what…
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dod delays brain scans for fear of what they’ll find
pentagon admits postponing brain screeningsfrom guardian: The Pentagon has admitted that it delayed introducing a routine screening of troops returning from Iraq for mild brain injuries because it feared that the extent of the problem could mushroom to the scale of the Gulf War syndrome after the first Iraq war. The head of the Pentagon’s…
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worldwide protests mark 5th anniversary of iraq war
1000s attend antiwar protests in london & glasgowfrom wikinews: Yesterday, thousands of people attended anti-war protests in London and Glasgow organised by the Stop the War Coalition. The event marks nearly five years since the 2003 invasion of Iraq which begun the Iraq War. The main themes were “Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan”, “Don’t…
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‘we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators’
from thinkprogress: This Sunday will mark the fifth anniversary of Vice President Dick Cheney’s disastrous and uninformed prediction that U.S. troops would be greeted as liberators in Iraq: CHENEY: Now, I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted…
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gulf war syndrome, chemical spraying & the lunar ark
gulf war illness ‘chemical link’from bbc: There is evidence linking chronic health problems suffered by Gulf War veterans to exposure to pesticides and nerve agents, US research has found. A third of veterans of the 1991 war experienced fatigue, muscle or joint pain, sleeping problems, rashes and breathing troubles, the research found. US Congress-appointed committee…
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central command chief william fallon resigns
from danger room: Admiral William Fallon, commander of US Central Command, has turned in his resignation, and Defense Secretary Gates has accepted it. The press, previously hypnotized by the Spitzer scandal, is furiously spinning to find out more. But early speculation will almost certainly center around this interview with Esquire’s Tom Barnett, in which the…
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poll: americans have lost faith in mainstream media
from press tv: A new opinion poll suggests that over 54 percent of Americans do not trust mainstream media and consider news websites more reliable. Some 41 percent said they trust the ‘Internet news and information websites’ more than the press. The new Harris Interactive survey reflects the findings of a Harvard University study (1.12mb…
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ap probe finds drugs in drinking water
from ap: A vast array of pharmaceuticals – including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones – have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion,…