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Kucinich Requests Pentagon Death Squad Records 08 May 2006

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Rep. Kucinich Requests Pentagon Death Squad Records (Congressional

Record) 04 May 2006 [April 5, 2006 Letter to Secretary Rumsfeld from

Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio] " Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I sent

the following letter to Secretary Rumsfeld requesting records

pertaining to Pentagon plans to use U.S. Special Forces to advise,

support and train Iraqi death squads: Dear Secretary Rumsfeld: I am

writing to request a copy of all records pertaining to Pentagon plans

to use U.S. Special Forces to advise, support and train Iraqi

assassination and kidnapping teams. On January 8, 2005, Newsweek

magazine first published a report that the Pentagon had a proposal to

train elite Iraqi squads to quell the growing Sunni insurgency. "

 

Targeted Killings Surge in Baghdad --Nearly 4,000 civilian deaths,

many of them Sunni Arabs slain execution-style, were recorded in the

first three months of the year. 07 May 2006 More Iraqi civilians were

killed in Baghdad during the first three months of this year than at

any time since the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime — at least

3,800, many of them found hogtied and shot execution-style. Others

were strangled, electrocuted, stabbed, garroted or hanged. Some died

in bombings. Many bore signs of torture such as bruises, drill holes,

burn marks, gouged eyes or severed limbs. Every day, about 40 bodies

arrive at the central Baghdad morgue, an official said.

 

US guards kill ambulance crewman 02 May 2006 American security

contractors shot dead an Iraqi ambulance crewman today, when they

opened fire on his vehicle after a roadside bomb blasted their

convoy... The incident drew an angry response from Iraqi officials,

who often complain private foreign guards kill civilians with

impunity. Tens of thousands of armed foreigners work in Iraq licensed

by US authorities and beyond the reach of Iraqi law.

 

Iraqi Brigadier General shot dead 04 May 2006 Gunmen shot dead a top

Iraqi army officer and a driver in the ministry of human rights on

Tuesday, a defence ministry official said today. Brigadier General

Mohammed Raza Abdellatif, who was in charge of the logistics

department for the Iraqi army in Baghdad, was killed by gunmen while

he was driving to work in the capital's western Yarmuk district.

[Apparently, the U.S. death squads didn't like his numbers.]

 

Iraq arrests general over death squads - minister 08 May 2006 Iraq's

interior minister said his police had arrested a general in the

ministry on suspicion of involvement in kidnaps and death squads. " We

have arrested an officer, a major general. . . along with 17 people

who kidnapped citizens and in some cases killed them... We also found

a terror group in the 16th brigade that carries out killings of

citizens, " said Bayan Jabor, who is fighting to keep his job in the

new Iraqi regime.

 

42 Killed or Found Dead in Iraq Violence 07 May 2006 Car bombs killed

at least 16 people and injured dozens Sunday in Baghdad and a Shiite

holy city. At least 26 others were killed or found dead Sunday,

including a U.S. Marine mortally wounded in Anbar province in western

Iraq, police and the U.S. military said. Some of the victims appeared

to have been abducted and killed by 'sectarian' [u.S.] " death squads. "

The dead included three brothers whose charred bodies were found

before dawn in Baghdad's Dora district.

 

British soldiers die as helicopter is shot down. Then Basra erupts in

bloody gun battles 07 May 2006 Bloody battles were fought on the

streets of Basra last night after a British helicopter crashed in the

city, reportedly killing four airmen and drawing an Iraqi crowd

shouting 'Victory to the Mahdi army'. At least three British army

vehicles were set on fire as the crowd hurled petrol bombs at troops

trying to reach the blazing wreckage. Iraqi police officials believed

the aircraft had been brought down by a shoulder-fired missile. Four

charred bodies were seen inside it, reports said. In the ensuing

fighting, unconfirmed reports suggested that four Iraqis - some of

them bystanders and thought to include a child - had also been killed.

 

Blair's terrible legacy: UK soldiers dig in after five killed 08 May

2006 May 2006: A crowd cheers the shooting down of a British military

helicopter; petrol bombs set fire to Warrior armoured vehicles;

accusations are made that British troops are responsible for civilian

deaths, including two children. This is Basra, three years after

Iraq's " liberation " .

 

Germany paid over $10 mln for Iraq hostages-report 06 May 2006 The

German government paid more than $10 million in ransom to win the

freedom of two men held hostage in Iraq for 99 days, public television

station ARD reported on Saturday, quoting security sources.

 

Iraq says 100,000 have fled homes 08 May 2006 More than 100,000 people

have fled their homes in Iraq since late February because of the

insurgency and rising sectarian bloodshed, up from 65,000 just over

two weeks ago, Iraqi officials said.

 

Bush says he would like to close Guantanamo 07 May 2006 President

[sic] George W. Bush said he would like to close the U.S.-run prison

at Guantanamo Bay -- a step urged by several U.S. allies -- but was

awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on how suspects held there might be

tried... The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule by the end of June

on whether military tribunals of foreign terrorist suspects can proceed.

 

Terry Hicks asks PM for help 08 May 2006 The Prime Minister should

press the US next week to allow British officials to travel to

Guantanamo Bay and grant David Hicks British citizenship, the inmate's

father said yesterday. Terry Hicks made the call after the British

Court of Appeal ruled that it would not allow the Blair Government

further appeals against a decision that Hicks be granted British

citizenship.

 

U.S. House bill allows expansion of ground troops 04 May 2006 A new

bill approved by a U.S. House panel allows the U.S. military to expand

its ground troops, reflecting growing concerns of inadequate wartime

troop levels, CNN reported Thursday. The bill, adopted by the House

Armed Services Committee Wednesday on a 60-1 vote, permits the U.S.

Army to increase the number of active-duty soldiers by 30,000... to a

maximum target of 512,400.

 

Spot the rogue By Prem Shankar Jha 04 May 2006 " The countdown to a

massive aerial bombing of Iran, possibly using bunker busting nuclear

weapons, has begun... Such a strike would most probably not be

confined to a few key nuclear and missile installations... According

to one estimate, it would involve strikes on more than a thousand

targets. Worst of all, since the Natanz uranium enrichment facility is

more than 75 feet underground, the Pentagon has already warned the

White House that it will have to use a nuclear weapon to destroy it. "

 

Star Trek shields in US trials 07 May 2006 Force fields seen in

science fiction movies and the cries of " raise shield " in Star Trek

could soon become a reality. The US military is experimenting with an

electronic shield defence system to neutralise rocket-propelled grenades.

 

Sniffer bees: New flying squad in war against terror 07 May 2006

Terrorists, beware the ultimate sting: a British company has developed

a device to detect explosives at airports with the help of specially

trained honey bees.

 

Military PR flies friendly skies --Pentagon pays United to show

in-flight video 06 May 2006 United Airlines has begun showing an

in-flight video about military glamour jobs that was produced and

funded by the Department of Defense--a fact passengers do not learn

from watching it... The airlines usually pay for the entertainment

programs. But the Department of Defense is [u.S. taxpayers are] paying

United about $36,000 to run its video from April 17 to May 17, said

Lt. Bradley Terrill, project officer for [*barf*] " Today's Military. "

 

Rove Role in Plame Case Eyed 08 May 2006 Special Counsel Patrick J.

Fitzgerald is wrapping up his investigation into White House Deputy

Chief of Staff Karl Rove's role in the CIA leak case. Fitzgerald is

weighing Rove's foggy-memory defense against evidence he has acquired

or accumulated over nearly 2 1/2 years that shows Rove was very

involved in White House efforts to beat back allegations that Bush

twisted U.S. intelligence to justify the Iraq war, according to

sources involved in the case.

 

Bush in trouble over military chief at CIA 08 May 2006 President [sic]

George W Bush's attempt to restore order at the CIA has run into

fierce opposition, with allies and enemies questioning his choice of a

senior military officer to lead the civilian spy agency. Leading

congressmen criticised today's expected nomination of Gen Michael

Hayden, the deputy director of national intelligence, amid fears that

it would place the military in charge of all the major intelligence

agencies.

 

White House set to fight for Hayden --Nomination for CIA Chief Would

Reopen Domestic Eavesdropping Controversy; Deputy of intel Hayden has

been biggest defender of Bush's program 07 May 2006 The nomination of

Gen. Michael V. Hayden to take over the CIA would trigger a fresh

battle over the secret [illegal] warrantless surveillance program he

oversaw on behalf of Dictator Bush, a debate that could help shape the

contours of the fall midterm congressional elections, officials in

both parties said yesterday.

 

Key Republican Airs Concerns on C.I.A. Pick 07 May 2006 The man widely

expected to be President [sic] George W. Bush's choice to lead the

C.I.A. encountered surprisingly strong bipartisan opposition today,

with the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee

bluntly calling him " the wrong man at the wrong place at the wrong

time. " Peter Hoekstra (MI) told Faux-TV, " We should not have a

military person leading a civilian agency at this time. "

 

US Democrats pledge to investigate Bush 08 May 2006 US Democrats will

launch a series of investigations of the Bush administration if they

take control of Congress in November, but are not out to impeach

President [sic] George W Bush, a top Democrat says.

 

Did Bush Force British Minister Out? --London Papers: Foreign

Secretary Jack Straw's Iran Stance Prompted Angry Bush Call to Blair

--Two London papers have speculated this weekend that complaints by

President [sic] George W. Bush forced a British minister from his post

because of his opposition to the use of nuclear force against Iran.

Both The Independent and the Guardian write that Straw's " fate was

sealed " after a White House phone call to Blair.

 

Blair's MPs stage revolt 07 May 2006 A new and orchestrated campaign

to get rid of Prime Minister Tony Blair — masterminded by his own

colleagues — is under way following an extraordinary 24 hours in

British politics... The Guardian yesterday reported that a backbench

letter with up to 75 signatures was in preparation. It would demand a

resignation timetable from Mr Blair, who did not appear publicly after

his reshuffle announcement.

 

Blair 'target of Old Labour coup' 07 May 2006 Tony Blair is the victim

of a left wing plot to oust him as prime minister, Home Secretary John

Reid has said. About 50 Labour MPs are thought to have signed a letter

calling for Mr Blair to name a departure date to end " debilitating "

leadership speculation.

 

Venezuela Imposing New Oil Extraction Tax 07 May 2006 President Hugo

Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela would impose a new tax on companies

that extract oil as part of a plan to increase revenues from its

petroleum industry.

 

Patriot Act threatens our [Canada's] privacy By David Canton 06 May

2006 " The [Patriot] act allows U.S. law enforcement officials to

access information about individuals without their knowledge. This

includes access to personal information about Canadians -- if the

information is stored in, or accessible from, the U.S. This is a

troubling proposition to many Canadians. "

 

Homeland Security Spending: a Dallas Case Study By Laray Polk 07 May

2006 " Yesterday, two of us were standing in the same place we always

do [the public sidewalk outside the Federal Building and offer GI

Rights pamphlets to those being recruited] when three Homeland

Security cars hurriedly zoomed in... When we began explaining our

understanding of the law [to the agent], that is, where we had been

told by local law enforcement we could stand legally, he let us know

right away that we were in a whole new realm; these cats supersede any

agency. Period. "

 

Oops! Truck With Radioactive Material Rolls Over 07 May 2006 A

tractor-trailer carrying low-level radioactive items [?!?] rolled over

Sunday on Interstate 40 near this northern Arizona community when it

rear-ended another vehicle.

 

BP Refinery in Texas Called Biggest Polluter 07 May 2006 The nation's

worst polluting plant is the BP PLC oil refinery where 15 workers died

in an explosion last year, raising questions about whether the company

has been underreporting toxic emissions. BP's Texas City refinery

released three times as much pollution in 2004 as it did in 2003,

according to the most recent data from the Environmental Protection

Agency. The increase at BP was so large that it accounted for the bulk

of a 15 percent increase in refinery emissions nationwide in 2004, the

highest level since 2000.

 

Firms Harvesting Energy From Public Land May Owe U.S. --Under the

False Claims Act, Groups Sue for More Fees 07 May 2006 As soaring

prices prompt huge increases in gas and oil drilling on public land,

an ad hoc posse of state governments, Indian tribes and individual

" bounty hunters " is charging that big energy companies are

shortchanging taxpayers by billions of dollars.

 

Chemtrails Are Over Las Vegas (Part I) By Marcus K. Dalton 19 Aug 2005

Las Vegas Tribune editor's note: " Las Vegas residents are increasingly

noticing the appearance of chemical trails overhead. They appear EVERY

weekend without fail, the only exception being the two weeks after

September 11, 2001. Such 'chemtrails' are substantially different in

appearance to the normal condensation trails left by jet airliners.

The difference is that while condensation trails are composed of water

vapor that dissipates rapidly, 'chemtrails' linger much longer and

spread out over time to eventually cover the sky with a thin haze. "

 

Chemtrails Coming Out of the Closet? By William Thomas 31 Aug 2005

" ...[T]he Bush White house will soon have a legitimate weather control

agency to finally 'launder' one of the biggest cons ever perpetrated.

Introduced in the US Senate on March 1, 2005, Bill S517 calls for a US

'Weather Modification Advisory and Research Board' to officially

commence operations in October 2005. When passed as expected, this law

will make large-scale chemical alteration of the atmosphere legal

across... America. "

 

Pfizer Tested Unapproved Drug on Children --Panel Faults Pfizer in '96

Clinical Trial In Nigeria 07 May 2006 A panel of Nigerian medical

experts has concluded that Pfizer Inc. violated international law

during a 1996 epidemic by testing an unapproved drug on children with

brain infections at a field hospital. That finding is detailed in a

lengthy Nigerian government report that has remained unreleased for

five years, despite inquiries from the children's attorneys and from

the media.

 

Graphical Evidence Shows Vaccines Didn't Save Us

(vaccinationdebate.com) " ...[G]raphs, based on the official death

numbers as recorded in the Official Year Books of the Commonwealth of

Australia, are taken from Greg Beattie's excellent book 'Vaccination -

A Parent's Dilemma' and represent the decline in death rates from

infectious disease in Australia. They clearly show that vaccines had

nothing to do with the decline in death rates. "

 

Ice-capped roof of world turns to desert --Scientists warn of

ecological catastrophe across Asia as glaciers melt and continent's

great rivers dry up 07 May 2006 Global warming is rapidly melting the

ice-bound roof of the world, and turning it into desert, leading

scientists have revealed. The Chinese Academy of Sciences - the

country's top scientific body - has announced that the glaciers of the

Tibetan plateau are vanishing so fast that they will be reduced by 50

per cent every decade.

 

PennDOT puts 74 patches on road paved a year before By Joe Grata 07

May 2006 PennDOT [Pennsylvania Department of Transportation - a

criminal enterprise, unto itself] has been prettying up lots of roads

with fresh asphalt this spring, completing contracts carried over from

last year... PennDOT said it " found " [?!?] money from department

savings, frugality and unspent legal claims and can afford to spend an

extra $100 million this construction season for an expanded statewide

resurfacing program... Route 3109 through the heart of the community

is now an embarrassing quilt of patches, 74 of them, by my count, some

a half-lane wide and longer than a football field. " It's the

worst-looking PennDOT resurfacing project I've ever seen, " Mr. [brian

Sokol, a Rostraver commissioner who oversees the township road

department] said. " If [the township] paved a road like this, we'd be

hanged. "

 

[07 May lead stories:] 'Measles Chart' Shows Reconstruction Progress

in Iraq (DoD) 06 May 2006 Coalition officials call it the " measles

chart " -- a map of Iraq showing all the planned, in-progress and

completed infrastructure projects that makes the country look like it

has developed a case of the measles. Green is good on the chart. That

indicates completed projects, and most of the dots, triangles, squares

and diamonds on the map are green. Yellow means the projects are

started, and there is a scattering of those around the country. Red

means " planned - not started, " and there are some of those - mostly in

Anbar province and in eastern and western Baghdad... If terrorists

don't blow up transmission lines, distribution nodes and power

generating plants, there should be enough power to give all residents

of Iraq 12 hours of electricity per day, officials said. [but, prior

to the U.S. invasion, residents of Iraq had *24 hours* of electricity

per day!! The only *dots* to connect are to Bush's Palace - through

Dick Cheney, the Energy Task Force, Halliburton, Blackwater USA, and

billion$ for the above-mentioned, stolen via U.S. oil smuggling

operations. --LRP]

 

Be afraid, be very afraid: General Hayden Expected to Be CIA Nominee

06 May 2006 With Gen. Michael Hayden's expected nomination to run the

CIA, a military officer will be in charge of every major spy agency.

 

CIA's Foggo under federal criminal investigation 06 May 2006 Porter

Goss, the director of central intelligence who presided over the

nation's top spy shop at a time of spiraling scandal and diminishing

influence, abruptly resigned Friday... The agency also has been drawn

into a federal investigation of bribery that has sent former Rep.

Randall " Duke " Cunningham ® to prison. Just this past week, the CIA

confirmed that its third-ranking official, a hand-picked appointee of

Mr. Goss, had attended poker games at a hospitality suite set up by a

defense contractor implicated in the bribing of former Rep.

Cunningham. Friday, people with knowledge of the continuing Cunningham

inquiry said the CIA official, Kyle " Dusty " Foggo, is under federal

criminal investigation in connection with awarding agency contracts.

 

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