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Assumptive and Malicious Disinformation
Ahmed Al-Habbabi
That Saddam was a ruthless ruler is hardly debatable. That he was genocidal
and a reveler in evil is convenient propaganda that is aimed primarily at
the "left" to confuse the anti-war movement and blur the nature of the
conflict. He was just as dictatorial as all his neighbors and many others,
but perhaps more ruthless in suppressing active opposition. However, he was
also a true revolutionary and achieved much that is positive for Iraq, and
provided supp! ort to revolutionary movements in the Arab world and Africa.
He reclaimed his country's resources, embarked on serious development, and
became an obstacle to imperial designs on the region. This is the basic
reason why he was singled out for demonization by imperialism as well as
the oil booty that lay in wait there. And he could not be bought...


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OPERATION BURY 'EM ALIVE
Malcom Lagauche
When we look back to the beginning of the 15-year U.S.-Iraq war, we recall
incidents that have been forgotten, or were not given public attention at
the time. These occurrences are important because they kept escalating the
severity of the violence thrust against Iraq from 1991 until today. Once
one method was accepted, another came forth with even more dire
consequences. On the first two days of the ground war during Desert Storm
(February 24 and 25, 1991), U.S. troops, u! sing tanks and earthmovers that
had been specially fitted with plows, buried thousands of Iraqi soldiers
alive...

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Counting the dead in Iraq
Joseph Choonara, Socialist Worker
In 2004 the US-based scientist Dr Les Roberts led a survey into deaths
caused by the invasion of Iraq. His results showed that approximately
100,000 Iraqis had been killed after the invasion. He spoke to Joseph
Choonara about his survey (...)
"I know terrible things happened in Fallujah, but no one has been given a
chance to get good information about what is going on"...

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Iraq's Catch-22
Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com
...The Catch-22 is this: To gain legitimacy in the eyes of Iraq's
population, and to avoid being seen as puppets, the new government has to
distance itself from the U.S. occupation forces. Doing so, however, is
impossible, since the newly elected regime wouldn't last a week without the
protection of U.S. forces. So they are stuck in a fatal embrace...

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RAPID RESPONSE MEDIA ALERT: DOUBT CAST ON BBC CLAIMS REGARDING FALLUJAH
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media
The BBC has published an online Newswatch article entitled 'Has the BBC
ignored weapons claims?' (April 14, 2005) . This is in response to a large
number of emails generated by our March 30 Media Alert, 'No Great Way to
Die,' (...). Unfortunately, the BBC has again failed to address the many
specific allegations we forwarded to them of atrocities committed by US
forces in ! their assault on Fallujah last November...

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Our pensions are financing their war
Will Offley of Left Turn
Whether we like it or not, whether we're even aware of it or not, the B.C.
provincial government is actively involved in underwriting the illegal U.S.
occupation of Iraq and the ensuing butchery being inflicted on Iraq's
civilian population (now estimated at over 100,000 dead). The B.C.
government controls the BC Investment Management Corporation, which in turn
controls $63 billion in pension fund investments for the Municipal Pension
Plan, the College! Pension Plan, the Public Service Pension Plan and the
Teachers Pension Plan...

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Lakshmi Chaudhry: 'The girl blogger from Iraq. '
Riverbend talks about her life, Iraq, and the world at large -- and how her
blog makes sense of them all.
Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet
On Aug. 17, 2003, Riverbend posted the first entry of her blog, where she
introduced herself to her readers: "I'm female, Iraqi and 24. I survived
the war. That's all you need to know. It's all that matters these days
anyway." Nearly two years later, the readers of "Baghdad Burning" know a
whole lot more - both about Riverb! end and Iraq. We now know that she has
not just survived the war, but prevailed over its horrors, emerging from
its ruins as a passionate advocate for her people and an incisive critic of
the occupation...

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Rebellion escalating again across Iraq
Fintan Dunne, BreakForNews.com
Attacks by resistance fighters are escalating again across Iraq, as
violence returns to the levels seen before January, 2005. Two US soldiers
were killed Tuesday evening in a sucicide car bomb attack in Baghdad, the
military said. Six died and 44 were wounded outside an Iraqi army
recruitment center. Four Iraqi soldiers were also killed in an attack
Tuesday against an army patrol in Khalidiyah, west of the capital. At least
two Iraqis were kill! ed in three more blasts in the capital on Wednesday...


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The Psychology of Abu Ghraib: Elite Thought and Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
PAUL DAVID COLLINS
The Shadow, the fictional hero of pulp magazines and classic radios, used
to begin every show with the rhetorical question, "Who knows what evil
lurks in the hearts of men?" Recent reports of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib
have had the world asking the same question (...) No doubt, the psychology
that motivated these atrocities will be examined for years to come...

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Talabani says bodies of 50 hostages found in Iraq
Reuters
The bodies of 50 people, believed to be those of hostages held in a town
near Baghdad earlier this week, have been found in the Tigris river south
of Baghdad, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Wednesday (...) Shi'ite
officials said that dozens of bodies had been found in the Tigris south of
Madaen, but residents and police in the area who spoke to Reuters said they
hadn't seen any bodies...


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An Interview with Scott Parkin
Halliburton: Poster Child of the War Profiteers
KEVIN ZEESE, CounterPunch
More and more revelations about contract abuse by Halliburton come out
regularly. Just last week Rep. Henry Waxman issued a report that found
Halliburton overcharging in Iraq now totaled more than $200 million (...)
Activists in Houston are working with national groups, including Democracy
Rising, to highlight corporate contract abuse by Halliburton when they hold
their shareholders meeting this May! 18. In the interview below with
DemocracyRising's Kevin Zeese, Scott Parkin, a Community Organizer for
Houston Global Awareness describes their plans and how it fits into the
overall goals of the organization...

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 19 April 2005.
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board,
the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org
In a dispatch posted at 10:10am Mecca time Tuesday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported from al-Qa'im that, as was earlier reported, the US
aggressors staged an airborne assault on the city Monday during which some
700 American troops parachuted into the city. The Americans were able to
seize control over central districts of al-Qa! 'im and they opened the way
for US forces on the outskirts of the city to come in...

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Um Al-Qura Communiqué
The Patriotic opposition forces - www.brusselstribunal.org
The Iraqi patriotic resistance forces met at the Umm Al-Qura Mosque in
Baghdad on February 15, 2005 to discuss the current stage of events and the
measures that need to be taken on all fronts. Participants at the meeting
studied proposals that aim to make Iraq an independent, united, sovereign
state once more...

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Washington Post glorifies US military "ruthlessness" in Iraq
James Cogan, WSWS
A disturbing article by Washington Post journalist Steve Fainaru, published
on April 13, serves to both justify and promote a colonial and homicidal
mentality among American troops fighting in Iraq. The piece, headlined "In
Mosul, a Battle 'Beyond Ruthless'," dwells on the exploits of Sergeant
First Class Domingo Ruiz, a 39-year-old US soldier who grew up in the
ghettos of Brooklyn and Puerto Rico. Ruiz is part of the 3rd Battalion, 21!
st Infantry Regiment, a unit equipped with the Army's new Stryker wheeled
assault vehicle and currently on deployment in the volatile Iraqi city of
Mosul...

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Key Excerpts From The Taguba Report
Anwaar Hussain, Fountainhead
The following are some of the key excerpts from the report prepared by Maj.
Gen. Antonio M. Taguba on alleged abuse of prisoners by members of the
800th Military Police Brigade at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad. The
report was ordered by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of Joint Task
Force-7, the senior U.S. military official in Iraq, following persistent
allegations of human rights abuses at the prison...

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Car bomb kills two U.S. soldiers in Iraq
Associated Press
An attack by a suicide car bomber near an American patrol in southern
Baghdad killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded four, an official said
Wednesday. The explosion occurred in the Al-Amil area of the capital on
Tuesday night, said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, a spokesman for America's 3rd
Infantry Division in Baghdad. Seven Iraqi civilians also were rushed to
Al-Yarmouk Hospital with injuries, an official there said...


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IRAQ: Doctors fear hepatitis outbreak
IRIN
Doctors in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, fear an outbreak of hepatitis,
following an increase in cases reported by the Infectious Diseases Control
Centre (IDSC) last week. Officials said the increase was due to poor sewage
control, particularly in suburbs of the city. Dr Abdul Jalil, director of
the IDSC, told IRIN that there had been a 30 percent increase in hepatitis
cases in March 2005 compared to the same period in 2004, and that open
sewers and polluted water were exa! cerbating the problem...

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The Grim Reaper, Riding a Firetruck in Iraq Marines Recount Dramatic
Assault At Base Near Syria
Steve Fainaru, Washington Post Foreign Service
... This true-life nightmare occurred on Monday last week. The attack on
this remote Marine outpost abutting the Syrian border caused only minor
injuries, but it signaled a dramatic change in the methods of the
insurgents, who have staged mostly guerrilla-style hit-and-run attacks
against the U.S. military for two years. In interviews and in after-action!
reports, Marines who successfully defended the base that morning described
a sophisticated assault that involved 50 to 100 insurgents...

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Aid worker uncovered America's secret tally of Iraqi civilian deaths
Andrew Buncombe, Independent
A week before she was killed by a suicide bomber, humanitarian worker Marla
Ruzicka forced military commanders to admit they did keep records of Iraqi
civilians killed by US forces. Tommy Franks, the former head of US Central
Command, famously said the US army "don't do body counts", despite a
requirement to do so by the Geneva Conventions. But in an essay Ms Ruzicka
wrote a week before her death on Saturday and publ! ished yesterday, the
28-year-old revealed that a Brigadier General told her it was "standard
operating procedure" for US troops to file a report when they shoot a
non-combatant...

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Iraq Attacks Kill 12, Wound More Than 50
JAMIE TARABAY, Associated Press Writer
A suicide car bomb outside an Iraqi army recruitment center and other
attacks killed a dozen people Tuesday and wounded more than 50. Iraq's
parliament adjourned in protest after a legislator linked to a militant
Shiite faction claimed he had been roughed up at a U.S. checkpoint. The
suicide bombing occurred in the Azamiyah section of the capital about 18
yards from the front gate of the recruitment center, killing at least six
Iraqis! , including two soldiers, and wounding 44, said police Col. Hussein
Mutlaq...

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