Nuremberg Tribunal
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Three Years After U.S. Invasion Two Wounded Iraqi Children and Their Fathers Tell Their Stories * On the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we hear about two Iraqi children who suffered near life-threatening injuries in the war: 8 year-old Ahmad Sharif lost his eyesight and right arm after being caught in crossfire and 3 year-old Alaa Khalid Hamdan was seriously injured when a U.S. tank opened fire on her family's home. Their fathers join them to tell their stories and two activists speak about their efforts to bring the children to the U.S. for medical treatment.
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"the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter."
UN Chief Kofi Annan - -September 2004. Source BBC
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They Called It "The Black Room"
An elite Special Operations unit in Iraq, Task Force 6-26, beat detainees and used them as target practice. Their motto? "No Blood, No Foul."
Task Force 6-26
In Secret Unit's 'Black Room,' a Grim Portrait of U.S. Abuse
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"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave."
Frederick Douglass
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March 18, 2006
The 'Long War'? Oh, Goodie
by Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas — President Bush has once more undertaken to explain to us "Why We Fight," which is also the title of an excellent new documentary on Iraq. According to the president, "Our goal in Iraq is victory." I personally did not find that a helpful clarification.
According to the president, we are doomed to stay in Iraq until we "leave behind a democracy that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself." That's not exactly getting closer every day. But, the Prez sez, "A free Iraq in the heart of the Middle East will make the American people more secure for generations to come."
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Number Of Iraqi Civilians Slaughtered In America's War? As Many As 250,000
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Slaughtered (Officially acknowledged) In Bush's War
2317
The War in Iraq Costs $248,302,671,361 See the cost in your community
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The star-spangled fantasyland of the fake and home of the bogus
US politicians aim for rugged, macho images because insecure voters want to feel that real men are in charge
Linda Colley
Saturday March 18, 2006
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"As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless."
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 - (letter to Col. William F. Elkins)
Ref: The Lincoln Encyclopedia, Archer H. Shaw (Macmillan, 1950, NY)
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The farcical end of the American dream
The US press is supposed to be challenging the lies of this war
By Robert Fisk
Mr Welshofer, it transpired in court, had stuffed the Iraqi General Abed Hamed Mowhoush head-first into a sleeping bag and sat on his chest, an action which - not surprisingly - caused the general to expire. The military jury ordered - reader, hold your breath - a reprimand for Mr Welshofer, the forfeiting of $6,000 of his salary and confinement to barracks for 60 days.
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They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls
Lord Edward Coke
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Pledging to Vote for Peace
By The Nation
How many Americans would pledge to cast their votes in November only for candidates who want to end the war in Iraq?
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criminal, n. A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation
Howard Scott
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Organizing Voters to End War
Protests and Petitions are Not Enough
"I will not vote for or support any candidate for President or Congress who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public position in his or her campaign.?
Click here to make a difference."
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It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like "democracy," "freedom," "rights," "justice," which have so often inspired heroism and have led men to give their lives for things which make life worthwhile, can also become a trap, the means of destroying the very things men desire to uphold.
Sir Norman Angell (1874 - 1967), 1956.
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