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uruknet.info «Ë-Ë“Ê Æ‰Ê·Ë :: information from occupied iraq :: informazione dall'iraq occupato WE BROKE IT, WE OWN IT ?!!! Owatica ...The RESPONSIBILITY and absolute OBLIGATION of the American People now is to DEMAND withdrawal of all U.S. military from Iraq and do whatever is necessary to impeach the Bush/Cheney "administration" and hold fully accountable all politicians and corporations who have perpetrated these horrendous WAR CRIMES. The people of the world must realize the attack upon Iraq was a full frontal attack upon ALL HUMANITY in the guise of a "war on t! error" or an "attack upon Islam" or "blood for oil" (...) If we, the people of the world, are spared utter destruction, we will have the profoundly courageous and indomitable Iraqi people to thank for it. Only their determination to defend themselves and fight back against all odds, has finally alerted at least some of the people in the U.S. and around the world to what is actually taking place in Iraq and the implications of the attack and occupation, not only for the Iraqi people but for all of us... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13583&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13583 Sanctions, War, Occupation and the De-Development of Education in Iraq Agustin Velloso In August 1990, the United Nations Security Council imposed economic sanctions on Iraq. These ended in May 2003. Ever since that same month, in which the war launched by Coalition Forces against Iraq ended, the country has been under occupation. The education system, one of the best in the Arab world 15 years ago, has been seriously affected by both the sanctions and the war. The present study explores how these factors have re! versed previous educational achievements and rendered the education system unable to fulfil its missions. It also shows how continued instability and widespread violence gravely impede the reconstruction of the education system. In sum, while the Iraqis themselves are now responsible, under international law, for deciding on and implementing reconstruction policies, this has still not been taking place under occupation... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13605&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13605 Torture, Racism, & the Sovereign Presidency Herbert P. Bix, Z Magazine President George W. Bush has embedded murder, assassination, torture, and mistreatment of prisoners into the structure of the U.S. system of global domination. Many U.S. citizens, rightly outraged, want to know why this sort of barbaric, sadistic violence has become an integral part of U.S. security policy, and what the Administration’s justification of torture means institutionally for the future governance of this country. Above all, they wa! nt to know how Bush has been able to avoid impeachment for committing high crimes... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13599&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13599 DUBOIS WAS RIGHT Malcom Lagauche ...Michael Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, added, "Controlling Iraq is about oil as power, rather than oil as fuel. Control over the Persian Gulf translates into control over Europe, Japan, and China. It’s like having our hand on the spigot." Now, it becomes even more clear why the U.S. had to invade Iraq. It was for total domination, not for the ouster of a regime or the destruction of invisible weapons. The Portuguese writer and Nobel l! aureate, Jose Saramago said, "We are marching against the law of the jungle that the United States and its acolytes old and new want to impose on the world"... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13616&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13616 Only six months ago Fallujah was proclaimed "the safest place in Iraq" ... It will never be for the occupiers. Imad Khadduri, Free Iraq "The US military has launched an operation ["Operation Scimitar"] against insurgents around Fallujah only six months after its officials proclaimed the city "the safest place in Iraq". The initiative, launched on Thursday but publicised only at the weekend, involved hundreds of marines supported by 100 Iraqi soldiers sweeping through the fertile farmland and villages south of ! the city." (Americans begin new offensive in Fallujah July 11, 2005 ) Two 'samples' of what is NOT reported in "Operation Scimitar": - "Two suicide car bombers attacked on Monday [July 11, 2005] an American military convoy close to Khan Dhari [halfway to Fallujah from Baghdad] near Zaidan village where "Operation Scimitar" is taking place... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13593&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13593 London Bombings - 'We are all ...." Felicity Arbuthnot and Luci Carolan The innocent always bear the scars, suffer the ultimate sacrifice, of mistaken political policies. However, the sadness of the deaths and casualties of 7/7 have been compounded by the reckless language of lawyers who should know better. Prime Minister Blair and Foreign Secreatry Jack Straw near instantly pointed the finger in intemporate language, at Islam. The pieces, the injured, the bodies and body parts were still being treated, accounte! d for and retrieved - there is no evidence as to who committed these acts. 'Guilty until proved innocent' is a new facet to British justice... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13595&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13595 Shia, Kurds, and the Iraqi Government Raed Jarrar, Raed in the Middle ... The Kurdish representatives in the so-called constitutional committee are having a big problem digesting the fact that Iraq is a part of the Arab nation! Al-Sharq al-Awsat also says that the Kurds are rejecting any language in the constitution that recognizes Iraq as "part of the Arab nation." I hear Jalal Talabani, the Kurdish president, on al-Jazeera a couple of days ago, making the argument that the Iraqi state is part of the Arab n! ation but that the Iraqi people are multicultural and not necessarily Arabs. These Kurds who are objecting appear to have a harder line on the issue than Talabani. This shameful and separatist strategy adopted by the Kurdish leaders won't lead to anything more than internal clashes and problems in the north of Iraq. Talbani doesn't believe in Iraq as a country, he refuses to recognize the Iraqi flag, and his only interest in the current government is to break Iraq apart... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13592&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13592 "Blood On The Tracks -- The London Bombings Grace Reid Today's UK Independent is full of it... speculation about who might be responsible for the London bombings on the 7th of July. Today they are exploring not one, but FIVE theories as to who might be responsible (...) At the same time that the Independent is straining its brain to figure out who might have done it, Tony Blair has said he will not hold a government inquiry.... not yet, anyways (...) Tony Blair will on Monday reject Conservative demands for a ! government inquiry into last week's London bomb attacks, insisting such a move would distract from the task of catching the perpetrators ... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13590&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13590 Blame and Bomb Iran Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire It’s possible al-Zarqawi is simply a temporary landmark on the super-highway leading to the bombing of Iran. As noted earlier here, Abu the Terrible Phantom was cited as the mastermind behind the London bombings, but beyond scaring children and middle class Americans (same difference intellectually) this tenuous linkage is not really good for much except making Americans and Britons hate and fear Muslims. Neocons will want to get more mileage out of the de! ad and maimed people in London, so the linkage game will switch to high gear. “Iran may be bracing for the results of the analysis of the explosives used in the London bombings,” writes Wayne Madsen. “If it is discovered that RDX/C4 [allegedly produced at the Bofors chemical plant in Esfahan] was used, the neo cons will point to allegations that Iran possesses a disproportionate amount of RDX/C4. The neo con spin machine will then rapidly switch from Al Qaeda to Iran”... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13617&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13617 2 US Soldiers Killed, 9 Iraqi Soldiers and 3 Civilians Killed in Khalis Checkpoint, 5 Civilians and 9 Resistance Fighters Killed in Tal Afar Aljazeerah.info Abu Dhabi TV reported at 1 : 00PM ET that two US soldiers were killed in Iraq today. It also reported that US forces shelled the Iraqi town of Tal Afar with artillery. A video footage showed destroyed houses and civilians trying to rescue people from under the rubble. The TV stations reported that many Iraqi civilians were killed as a result... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13601&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13601 If a Mob Boss Says to a Hit Man, "Kill Jim Smith's Wife," Can He Claim He Didn't Order the Murder Because He Didn't Mention Her Name? Apparently, That's Karl Rove's Thinking. A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL We've warned BuzzFlash readers not to get too overjoyed about the reports of Karl Rove being nailed as one of the two people who outed Valerie Plame as a CIA operative specializing in tracking the illicit sales of WMD at a time that he was orchestrating the propaganda to start a war based on a nation possessing illicit ! WMD (which they didn't actually possess). It is so monstrously treasonous -- such a big lie and betrayal -- that it is hard to believe. But it is, apparently, true... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13619&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13619 Timely terrorism: Death and destruction knock Bush's woes off the front pages Kéllia Ramares, Online Journal Associate Editor ...But is this "timely terrorism" perpetrated by criminals run by US and or British covert ops to distract attention from George W. Bush's political woes? In looking at major alleged terrorist attacks or threats of such attacks, it is critical to watch how Bush is fairing politically. The Downing Street Memos indicate that Bush wanted war in Iraq well before September 11, 2001, and that "t! he facts were being fixed around the policy." A Zogby survey of likely voters, taken after Bush's "recruitment" speech at Ft. Bragg, shows that 42 percent of voters believe that Bush should be impeached if he lied to get us into war. (Margin of error was plus or minus 3.3 percent)... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13614&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13614 London bombings and the 'war on terrorism' consensus Larry Chin, Online Journal Associate Editor Gauging initial official reactions, it appears that the London bombings will bring the "war on terrorism" back to the forefront—and back in line with the original (9–11-created, pre-Iraq conquest) elite propaganda consensus that neocon and neoliberal factions can agree upon. This itself may be the most dangerous long-term aspect of the London event. Bush's "bad move" into Iraq has always been viewed as a political pro! blem that distracted from the "war on terrorism," and the Iraq scandals (Downing Street Papers, CIA-Plame, etc.) and "Iraq mismanagement" may still be the Bush administration's ultimate political undoing... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13613&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13613 Depleted Uranium: States Take Action to Protect Their Soldiers and Veterans Kevin Zeese Louisiana recently passed legislation to require that all returning veterans have the right to get a best practices health screening test for exposure to depleted uranium. Interviewed here is Bob Smith, one of the activists that helped make this bill possible. He is with the Louisiana Activist Network at: <http://www.newdemocracyrising.com/index.asp >http://www.newdemocracyrising.com/index.asp . He ! is also I am a member of Veterans for Peace and the Viet Nam Veterans Against the War... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13612&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13612 By any spin necessary Why imperialist spokesmen are distancing the London bombings from the Iraq war GAVIN GATENBY One of the surprises of the London bombings has been the line taken by prominent imperialist spokesmen. Tony Blair, Charles Clarke, John Reid, Condoleezza Rice and John Howard have all been careful to say, or imply, that the bombings were not specifically related to their nations’ invasion and occupation of Iraq. At first glance, this is a bizarre position, but on further reflection! the reason for it is obvious... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13610&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13610 World Tribunal on Iraq Ustan B. Reinart, Z Magazine I just returned from Istanbul, where I attended the last sitting of the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) and heard three days of testimony from researchers, scientists, and witnesses from all over the world (including Iraq) on crimes against humanity and against this planet—for detailed information see <http://www.worldtribunal.org >www.worldtribunal.org (...) The tribunal has judged and condemned the U.S. and its allies. It has defined t! his war as one of the most unjust in history, and has established charges against the Security Council of the UN for failing to stop war crimes and crimes against humanity, among other failures... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13611&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13611 The war on terror has failed. HackerJournal ...Let's pretend that there is indeed a terrorist group named Al Qaeda and that it was indeed responsible for the events of 9/11 and of the events of 7/7. Let's go ahead and pretend that Osama Bin Laden is their leader and let's pretend that they "hate our way of life". If I grant all of these things to the powers-that-be, such as the mass media and the government, the attack in London on 7/7 can only lead to one conclusion: the war on terror that was launched in the da! ys that followed 9/11 is not working. Attacking Afghanistan and displacing the Taliban has not weakened the terrorists. Attacking Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11 and did not have any kind of Muslim extremism until Saddam Hussein was deposed and replaced with a sock puppet American government, did not deter the terrorists... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13586&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13586 To Mr. George Galloway Wafaa' Al-Natheema, Since I've met with you in London last fall and recorded my interview with you, I have been meaning to contact you regarding a variety of issues including the matter of inviting you to a conference in the USA. Again it registered in my mind to contact you this last June after I watched your testimonial video of the hearing that took place in the USA on May 17, during which I was in IRAQ. I can not tell you how proud I felt watching you nail down and triumphantly challeng! e the American politician examiners and investigators. I solute you for your sharp courage, persistence and determination. Still I couldn't contact you immediately after I viewed that video, but now following the unfortunate London bombings on Thursday (July 7), I have no choice but to write immediately, as these attacks left no more room for postponement... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13603&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13603 DNC begins Rove assault: What did Rove know and when did he know it RAW STORY At the White House briefing today, Scott McClellan repeatedly stonewalled legitimate questions from reporters about his earlier assertions - now proven false - that Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was not involved in the illegal disclosure of a CIA operative's identity. According to reports this morning, Karl Rove had detailed conversations about Valerie Plame’s classified, national security responsibilities with at least one political ! reporter... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13609&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13609 Iraqi suspects suffocate in police custody AFP Nine bricklayers detained by security forces on suspicion of involvement with Iraqi insurgents have suffocated to death while held for over 14 hours in a police van.An Interior Ministry official says three other suspects, who survived being locked up in the van in the sun, have been taken to hospital... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13604&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13604 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Does London Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire Actually, I am surprised it took this long: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi—the stuff of legend and ambiguous news reports based on third-hand information and wild supposition—is responsible for the London attacks last week. “Investigators in London are probing whether Iraqi explosives—possibly provided by Al-Qaeda’s top agent in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi—were used in last week’s terror bombings,” reports Yahoo News (...) Nobody knows if al-Zarqawi act! ually did it—same as they don’t know anything else about the mercurial terrorist—but it makes sense to blame him the same way he is blamed for poison attacks in Europe, releasing a chemical cloud in Amman, 700 plus murders in Iraq during the occupation, the Canal Hotel bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad (killing the UN Secretary-general’s special Iraqi envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello), and various sundry murders... <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13585&s2=12>Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: www.uruknet.info/?p=13585 <http://www.uruknet.info>www.uruknet.info: a site gathering daily information concerning occupied Iraq: news, analysis, documents and texts of iraqi resistance available in Italian and English. You receive this newsletter because you subscribed it. 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