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News about Iraq goes through filters

By DAHR JAMAIL

 

How is it that more than 40 percent of Americans still believe Iraq has

weapons of mass destruction even though President Bush personally has

admitted there are none? How is it possible that millions of Americans

believe the recent election in Iraq showed that Iraqis are in favor of

the ongoing occupation of their country? In reality, the determination

displayed by the roughly 59 percent of registered voters who

participated in the election did so because they fe lt it would bring

about an end to the U.S. occupation...

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Did US Military Kill Journalists in Iraq?

 

Danny Schechter, tervention Magazine

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...It is well known that the US military was hostile to " unilateral "

reporting from Iraq and that journalists were warned, threatened,

intimidated and, yes, killed by not so " friendly fire. " After two

journalists died April 8th 2003 at Baghdad's Palestine Hotel after a

tank shell was lobbed into a hotel known by the Pentagon as a media

site, Reuters called for an independent investigation. The International

Federation of Journalists ang rily demanded a real probe. Not only were

they ignored but other media companies would not even join their call. I

dissect the incident in my film WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception) with

five footage sources, interviewing a Reuters reporter who survived and

believes her non-embedded team was " targeted " ...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9725

 

 

 

Iraq Invasion the 'Biggest Cultural Disaster Since 1258'

 

Humberto Marquez

 

One million books, 10 million documents and 14,000 archaeological

artifacts have been lost in the US-led invasion and subsequent

occupation of Iraq - the biggest cultural disaster since the descendants

of Genghis Khan destroyed Baghdad in 1258, Venezuelan writer Fernando

Baez told Inter Press Service (IPS). " US and Polish soldiers are still

stealing treasures today and selling them across the borders with Jordan

and Kuwait, where art mercha nts pay up to $57,000 for a Sumerian

tablet, " said Baez, who was interviewed during a brief visit to

Caracas...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9729

 

 

 

 

The Election In Iraq: The U.S. Propaganda System Is Still Working In

High Gear

 

Edward S. Herman, ZNet

 

In our 1984 book Demonstration Elections: U.S.-Staged Elections In The

Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and El Salvador, Frank Brodhead and I

stressed that such elections were mainly designed to placate (and

mislead) the home population of the United States rather than to decide

anything important in the countries in which the election was held. In

each of the earlier cases the election did help consolidate the power of

the U.S.-chosen leaders, but its most important function was to

demonstrate to the U.S. public that we were on the right track in the

occupied countries, helping them on the road to democracy.

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9722

 

 

 

 

Reservist says, 'I won't fight for profit'

Dustin Langley

 

Carl Webb is very clear about what he is doing: " I'm refusing to go to

war because I do not believe the U.S. is on the right track. I think

this war is not about liberating people, it's about oppressing them.

It's a war that's being fought for profit. " Webb is a 38-year-old

African Amer ican antiwar activist from Austin, Texas. He is also a

fugitive with a federal warrant out for his arrest--for refusing to

participate in the war against the people of Iraq. ..

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9721

 

 

 

 

From Baghdad to Beirut

Pepe Escobar

 

Blame it on Syria. Blame it on al-Qaeda. Better yet, blame it both on

Syria and al-Qaeda. Without a shred of evidence - or perhaps profiting

from " intelligence " amassed by the Pentagon, the Israeli Mossad, or both

- the Bush administration immediately blamed Syria for the bombing that

killed " Mr Beirut " , former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. And

Washington recalled its ambassador to Damascus, Margaret Scobey. Taking

Baghdad to Beirut may be read for what the denomination implies: the

destabilization of Iraq - a key Washington neo-conservative objective -

exported to the wider Middle East...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9714

 

 

 

 

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 15 February 2005

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member editorial board

The Free Arab Voice.

 

.....Dozens of US vehicles loaded with American troops were observed on

Tuesday morning leaving al-Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad, heading for

the Iraqi capital. In a dispatch posted at 4:25pm Mecca time Tuesday

afternoon, the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported from

International Highway 1, said that he had witnessed more than 90 US

vehicles including tanks, and armored vehicles, being transported on

giant transporters...

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Sycophantic Media Abandons Professional Standards

Paul Craig Roberts

 

The conservative media will never recover from its role as Chief

Sycophant for the Bush administration. Journalists who demanded that

Clinton be held accountable for a minor sex scandal (Monica Lewinsky)

and a minor financial scandal (Whitewater) now serve as apologists and

propagandists for the Bush administration's major war scandals. The

Republican House of Representatives saw fit to impeach President Clinton

for lying about sex. The same Repu blicans defend to the hilt Bush's

lies that launched America into an unjustified war that has killed and

maimed tens of thousands of Iraqis and Americans, cost taxpayers

hundreds of billions of dollars, ruined America's reputation, and lost

forever the hearts and minds of Muslims...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9716

 

 

 

 

THE LIARS' DEN!

TvNewsLIES

 

What a proud moment in our history, as Condoleezza Rice was sworn in as

the nation's new Secretary of State! How comforting it was to know that

one liar had just succeeded another into a post that demands the respect

and confidence of the entire international community. It's time to say

it as it is: Rice lied to us. Powell lied to us. They lied, period. And

very few people seem terribly disturbed. Their lies involved our

national security and our preparedness for and possible compli city in

the events of 9/11. Their lies cajoled an unsuspecting public into

accepting an illegal, immoral, and bloody war...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9711

 

 

 

 

 

Rafik al-Hariri and the Syria Blame Game

Kurt Nimmo

 

.... " If we look at the way the assassination has been conducted, it is

very sophisticated, I knew al-Hariri's security measures — no local

system could have breached them, " Bushra al-Khalil, a Lebanese lawyer

and political activist, told Aljazeera. " The question is, who stands to

benefit from his death? Syria's enemies. I think al-Hariri's death is

part of the plan to divide the region into tiny helpless sectarian

states. This plan has started in Iraq and it will continue to hit all

other Arab countries " ...

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Anti-Occupation Iraqis Set Terms for Political Dialogue

Samir Haddad, IOL Correspondent

 

....The statement also stressed elections lacked legitimacy as it was

held according to the interim administration law, boycotted by most of

the Iraqi people, and was rigged off. " The new government has no right

to sign any agreement that harms Iraq's sovereignty, territorial

integrity and wealth. " The statement also urged to endorse the right of

Iraqis to resist the US occupation forces in Iraq and acknowledge the

Iraqi resista nce...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9724

 

 

 

 

Iran 'helped' US in Iraq polls

Aljazeera.net

 

Iran cooperated closely with the United States to win support among the

Iraqi population for elections there last month, the Iranian ambassador

to Britain has said. Ambassador Muhammad Hossein Adeli on Wednesday also

said that Tehran was ready to work again with the United States to

ensure stability in the Middle East when their interests converged. " For

the recent elections, there was not only implicit but explicit indirect

and direct cooperation between the two, Iran and the United States, in

order to keep the majority calm and in favour of the election, " Adeli

said (...) He said Tehran and Washington frequently had converging

interests. Their common strategic priorities had brought them together

during the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9732

 

 

 

 

 

British troops face new charges as bodies of Iraqi civilians are exhumed

 

Kim Sengupta in Basra

Charges against British troops are believed to be imminent following

fresh allegations of crimes committed in Iraq, including cases relating

to the deaths of civilians. Army investigators have exhumed the bodies

of civilians who were allegedly sho dead by soldiers in the

British-controlled region of southern Iraq for investigators to perform

forensic tests. Their reports are in the final legal stages with the

Army Prosec uting Authority...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9733

 

 

 

 

Iraqi troops suffer losses

Aljazeera.net

 

Ten Iraqis, most of them members of the security forces, have been

killed in a string of attacks that targeted oil pipelines. Security and

medical sources said on Wednesday an army colonel protecting oilfields

was shot dead near the disputed northern city of Kirkuk while he was on

patrol. Police said Colonel Ibrahim Ahmad was killed in his car in the

town of Ajil, west of Kirkuk. Two fires broke out on oil pipelines in

the same area...

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Iraqi dead is little news

ROBERT KOEHLER

 

A hundred thousand Iraqi dead were recently buried - on Page Five. Bear

with me. I think we need to dig them up. I'm haunted, you might say, by

a relentless optimism that if enough Americans could just notice that

number, let it gnaw at the margins of their conscience - long enough to

say, " Come again? How many? A hundred thousand? " - something would give

somewhere in the mandate George Bush claims he has to " bring freedom to

the world " at a price cruel beyond reckoning to the recipients. A

hundred thousand...

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Three US soldiers die in Iraq, including two in accidents

AFP

 

Three US soldiers have died in Iraq, including one killed in action and

two involved in accidents, the US military said Wednesday. One soldier

died and another was injured in a road accident in Diyala province,

north of Baghdad, early Wednesday, said a statement. An Iraqi civilian

was also killed and another two hurt in the incident...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9723

 

 

 

 

War price tag surpasses $300 billion

Bush asks for $82 billion

Alan Fram, Associated Press

President Bush asked Congress on Monday to provide $81.9 billion more

for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and for other U.S. efforts overseas,

pushing the total price tag for the conflicts and anti-terror fight past

$300 billion (...) " The majority of this request will ensure that our

troops continue to get what they need to protect themselves and complete

their mission, " Bush said in a statement accompanying his request.. .

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9720

 

 

 

 

 

Why I won't fight in Iraq

George Solomou, The Guardian

 

I am resigning from the Territorial Army because I believe the war in

Iraq is wrong. This has not been an easy decision. I have been in the TA

for five years - years in which I have learned a lot; won a humanitarian

award for helping save the life of a fellow soldier; made many friends;

and, I hope, contributed something to this country...

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http://www.uruknet.info/?p=9709

 

 

 

 

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