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IRAQ: Gripped by an uprising the US can't defeat
Rohan Pearce, Green Left Weekly
This situation in Najaf has made it clear that “post-handover” Iraq is
still a US-occupied country (...) The US response — using AC-130 gunships,
Apache attack helicopters and 500-pound-bomb-bearing fighter jets — has
done irreparable damage to the image of its puppet government, the Interim
Government of Iraq (IGI). This is particularly true of its assault on the
resistance forces in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf.

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La Farnesina ammette: abbiamo saputo subito dell’attacco a Baldoni
Leonardo Sacchetti, L'Unità
Nessuna smentita, ma solo una precisazione. La Farnesina e il governo
italiano, per bocca dell’ambasciatore a Baghdad, Gian Ludovico! de Martino
di Montegiordano, hanno nei fatti confermato la ricostruzione fatta da
l’Unità: la nostra rappresentanza in Iraq sapeva, fin dal pomeriggio di
venerdì 20 agosto, che l’auto con il freelance italiano Enzo Baldoni e il
suo interprete Ghareeb era stata colpita sulla strada tra Najaf e la
capitale...

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Latest Israeli Spy Story Makes No Sense
xymphora
This latest Israeli spy story makes no sense, and may be part of a set up
to protect the real traitors. As the story is being reported, the alleged
spy for Israel passed on infor! mation concerning American policy towards
Iran to AIPAC, which in turn passed it on to the Israeli government. This
makes so little sense it is almost funny. Why would anyone even consider
this convoluted, and dangerous, route? We have to assume that there is
direct constant communication between Feith's office and Sharon's office.
The fax machines and e-mails must just hum. I'm sure Sharon gets the latest
on all relevant Pentagon matters before anyone else does...

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ISRAEL IS THE REAL WINNER OF AMERICA'S WAR ON IRAQ
Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
It is sad but true: war with its destruction, death, human misery and
traumatic aftereffects, benefits many people -- politically, economically,
or both. If! we rank those countries which have benefited most, and are
still benefiting, from the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq, Israel
heads the list. While it is certainly not alone in profiting from this
conflict, it has reaped by far the greatest advantages of any other nation,
both politically and economically. Here are the top ten.
1. By successfully turning the U.S. into an occupation force in the Arab
world, Israel has effectively disqualified Washington from exerting any
meaningful political persuasion on its own policies of occupation in Gaza
and the West Bank. How can the U.S. urge Israel to free Palestinians from a
brutal occupation, when the American presence in Iraq has become synonymous
not with liberation, but with oppression? ...

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Command Responsibility: Playing Politics With Torture
Marjorie Cohn, T r u t h o u t
As George W. Bush prepares to take center stage at Madison Square Garden,
two reports released in tandem purport to represent thorough investi!
gations of the 'abuses' at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The near-simultaneous
publication of the Schlesinger Report and the Fay Report is not
coincidental...

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Muslims Furious Over French Journalists Abduction
Hadi Yahmid, IOL Correspondent
Muslims from Baghdad to Paris expressed their fury at the outrageous
abduction of two French journalists working in Iraq by a group said to be
"Is! lamic militants" asking France to remove a ban on Hijab. The Muslim
community in France, for its part, vigorously condemned Sunday, August 29,
the kidnapping of the two French journalists, saying it was “shattered” by
the extremists’ “unworthy and odious blackmail”...

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Fomenting a War on Iran
Juan Cole, ICH
Here is my take on the Lawrence Franklin espionage scandal in the Pentagon.
It is an echo of the one-two punch secretly planned by the pro-Likud
faction in the Department of Defense. First! , Iraq would be taken out by
the United States, and then Iran. David Wurmser, a key member of the group,
also wanted Syria included (...) Franklin's movements reveal the contours
of a rightwing conspiracy of warmongering and aggression, an orgy of
destruction, for the benefit of the Likud Party, of Silvio Berlusconi's
business in the Middle East, and of the Neoconservative Right in the United
States. It isn't about spying. It is about conspiring to conscript the US
government on behalf of a foreign power or powers...

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Rebels attack oil pipelines in southern Iraq. Nation's exports fall as
infrastructure collapses
AP
Rebels blew up a pipeline inside an oilfield in southern Iraq in the latest
in a series of attacks on the country's oil infrastr! ucture that has cut
exports from the key southern oil fields in half, officials said Saturday.
Saboteurs hit a pipeline late Friday that runs within the West Qurna
oilfields, 90 miles north of the southern city of Basra, sending plumes of
fire and smoke leaping into the air, said a South Oil Co. official in West
Qurna, who asked not to be named...

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Aljazeera clarifies Baldoni video contents
Aljazeera.net
Aljazeera has denied allegations by the Italian press about the contents of
a video tape it received concerning the execution of Italian journalist
Enzo Baldoni. Several ! Italian newspapers speculated on Sunday that the
tape, which recently came into Aljazeera's possession, contained images of
struggle and violence. But in a statement on Sunday, Aljazeera called the
newspaper allegations "an absolute fabrication". The channel said the tape
- which consisted of only 15 seconds of footage - comprises one image
focusing on Baldoni's head, neck and part of his shoulder protruding from a
sandy ditch...

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Magazine: U.S. Soldier Says Torture Encouraged
Reuters
A U.S. soldier expected to plead guilty to charges of abusing Iraqi
prisoners told a German magazine he deeply regretted his actions but said
the abuses were encouraged by ! military intelligence services. Staff Sgt.
Ivan Frederick told the weekly Der Spiegel conditions in Baghdad's Abu
Ghraib jail were a "nightmare" with no clear line of command and
conflicting demands placed on junior soldiers with insufficient training...

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NYC marchers condemn Bush
Aljazeera.net
Demonstrators carrying colourful banners and signs have marched in New York
to protest President George Bush's policies over the Iraq war, one day
ahead of the Republican national convent! ion. The marchers, estimated to
reach more than 250,000, were to pass the Madison Square Garden convention
site on Eighth Avenue as Republicans and visitors converge on New York for
the gathering that will end with Bush's renomination for president...

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US Fears as Deal Keeps Sadr's Men Armed
Hala Jaber
FIGHTERS loyal to firebrand Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have been
allowed to keep weapons such as AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenade
launchers as part of secret provisions ! in a deal that ended the 22-day
siege of the holy city of Najaf..

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Rebel Cleric May Have Emerged the Winner
Alissa J. Rubin, Times Staff Writer
...But at the same time that Sistani burnished his image as the preeminent
Shiite Muslim leader in a nation with a Shiite majority, it was anti-U.S.
S! hiite cleric Muqtada Sadr who may have walked away with the best deal: A
man accused of being an accessory to murder, Sadr left the mosque with
amnesty for any crimes he might have committed, an invitation to join in
national politics, and freedom for his militiamen, many of whom remained
heavily armed. Left in a weaker position were interim Prime Minister Iyad
Allawi and the U.S.-led military forces that back him...

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Iran-Contra II? Fresh scrutiny on a rogue Pentagon operation.
Joshua Micah Marshall, Laura Rozen, and Paul Glastris
...Republicans on the committee, many of whom sympathize with the "regime
change" agenda at DoD, have been resi! stant to such investigations,
calling them an election-year fishing expedition. Democrats, by contrast,
see such investigations as vital to understanding the central role Feith's
office may have played in a range of a dubious intelligence enterprises,
from pushing claims about a supposed Saddam-al Qaeda partnership and
overblown estimates of alleged Iraqi stocks of WMD to what the committee's
ranking minority member Sen. Jay Rockerfeller (D-WV) calls "the Chalabi
factor" (Rhode and others in Feith's office have been major sponsors of the
Iraqi exile leader, who is now under investigation for passing U.S.
intelligence to Iran). With the FBI adding potential espionage charges to
the mix the long-simmering questions about the activities of Feith's
operation now seem certain to come under renewed scrutiny...

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FBI espionage probe goes beyond Israeli allegations, sources say
Warren P. Strobel, Knight Ridder Newspapers
An FBI probe into the handling of highly classified material by Pentagon
civilians is broader than previously reported! , and goes well beyond
allegations that a single mid-level analyst gave a top-secret Iran policy
document to Israel, three sources familiar with the investigation said
Saturday (...)In addition, one said, FBI investigators in recent weeks have
conducted interviews to determine whether Pentagon officials gave highly
classified U.S. intelligence to a leading Iraqi exile group, the Iraqi
National Congress, which may in turn have passed it on to Iran. INC leader
Ahmed Chalabi has denied his group was involved in any wrongdoing...

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At Last At Last The US Is Not Free
Ibrahim Ebeid, Al-Moharer
...As far as for the Arab and Muslim governments, the Arab and Muslim
peoples lost hope with these regimes. They are also dominated and
controlled by the axis of evil! , Zionism and US Imperialism. But the
people of these countries are waking up and fighting for their salvation.
We know that Bush and Ariel Sharon are leading a vicious fight against
Palestine and Iraq with the blessing of the Arab and Muslim regimes. Most
of those miserable regimes are supportive or silent about the massacres
committed in Iraq and Palestine. The massacres in Najaf, Kufa, Fallujah,
Sammara, Baghdad, Jerusalem, Nablus, Gaza, Khan Yunis, Jenin, and Rafah and
in other locations in Palestine and Iraq by Washington and Tel Aviv are
creating mass graves in the name of “Democracy and Freedom” (...) The
processions of the Martyrs in Palestine and Iraq will continue and will
defeat the most sophisticated machine of death. They will destroy the mal
intentions of Zionism and US Imperialism in Iraq and Palestine. Iraq and
Palestine will be free. US Imperialism and Zionism will be defeated...

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Spia israeliana al Pentagono: pianificò la guerra in Iraq
Cristiano Del Riccio
Una spia d'Israele, infiltrata nella «stanza dei bottoni» del Pentagono, ha
partecipato alla preparazione del piano di guerra per l'Iraq. La stessa !
spia, un collaboratore del numero tre del Pentagono Douglas Feith, ha
passato al governo israeliano documenti segreti sulla politica statunitense
verso l'Iran. La «talpa» del governo di Tel Aviv, che non è stata ancora
arrestata o identificata pubblicamente, era da qualche tempo nel mirino dei
sospetti: agenti dell'Fbi hanno ascoltato le sue telefonate, l'hanno
pedinata, hanno frugato nel suo computer...

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US gave Iraq information to Israel, say reports
Pakistan Dawn
The FBI is investigating senior members of what was formerly known as the
Pentagon's Office of Special Plans on suspicion that one of them passed
highly classified U! S military information to Israel. The United Press
International, which broke the story earlier this week, said at least two
senior Pentagon officials, former chief of OSP Bill Luti and Harold Rhode
of the Near East and South Asia Bureau have been interviewed by the FBI
(...)New York's Newsday newspaper said an aide to Defence Undersecretary
Douglas Feith was a possible suspect but did not name him. The aide, the
newspaper said, was an advocate for the Iraq war and had close ties to
Iraqi exile Ahmed Chalabi...

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Uneasy peace in rubble of Najaf
Jason Burke, The Observer
...Whole areas of the city are now in ruins; scores of civilians are dead
and tens of thousands of people have left - or lost - their homes. The
hotels and restaurants ! that serve the pilgrim trade to the ancient town
are smashed hulks, the roads are littered with ordnance, much of the
world-famous cemetery has been shot to pieces...

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La Mezza Luna Rossa accusa: "Enzo Baldoni è stato abbandonato, nessun
contatto mai avviato"
Marco Mostallino
Il sequestro di Enzo Baldoni e l'uccisione del suo interprete hanno avuto
dei testimoni: l'autista iracheno del primo ! mezzo del convoglio di aiuti
ha visto nello specchietto l'attacco all'auto del giornalista italiano.
Subito dopo, il corpo del palestinese Gahreeb, traduttore del reporter
inviato di Diario, è stato raccolto da alcuni civili che si trovavano lungo
la strada e portato alla polizia irachena. E' quanto risulta ai vertici
della Mezza Luna Rossa irachena, interpellati oggi a Baghdad da Reporter
Associati...

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