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Neo-Cons, Fundies, Feddies, and Con-Artists
Francis Boyle, Perdana Peace Forum
It is now a matter of public record that immediately after the terrible
tragedy of 11 September 2001, U.S. Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld and his
pro-Israeli "Neoconservative" Deputy Paul Wolfowitz began to plot, plan,
scheme and conspire to wage a war of aggression against Iraq by
manipulating the tragic events of September 11th in order to provide a
pretext for doing so.1 Of course Iraq had nothing at all to do with
September 11th ! or supporting Al-Qaeda . But that made no difference to
Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, their Undersecretary of War Douglas Feith,
Undersecretary of State John Bolton, and the numerous other pro-Israeli
Neo-Cons inhabiting the Bush Jr. administration...

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ANOTHER UNREPORTED REPORT
Malcom Lagauche
On March 16, 2004, a report (Iraq on the Record) was published. It was the
compilation of public statements made by various U.S. government officials
about Iraq that later were proven to be false. Because of the large size of
the report, only portions are included here. These encapsulations prove the
deceit of the administration in its justification for invading Iraq. There
has been little publicity of this report. What should make it damning is
that it was prepared by a ! U.S. Congressman, Henry Waxman, who voted in
favor of invading Iraq. The report is concise and comprehensive. The
writers compiled a database of the hundreds of misleading statements and
outright lies told by the administration...

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Pale Fire
The White Death of Fallujah
CHRIS FLOYD
Last month, the broadcast of a shattering new documentary provided fresh
confirmation of a gruesome war crime covered by this column nine months
ago: the use of chemical weapons by American forces during the frenzied,
Bush-ordered destruction of Fallujah in November 2004. Using filmed and
photographic evidence, eyewitness accounts, and the direct testimony of
American soldiers who took part in the attacks, the documentary -
"Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre! " - catalogues the American use of white
phosphorous shells and a new, "improved" form of napalm that turned human
beings into "caramelized" fossils, with their skin dissolved and turned to
leather on their bones. The film was produced by RAI, the Italian state
network run by a government that backed the war. Vivid images show
civilians, including women and children, who had been burned alive in their
homes, even in their beds...

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McCain-Bush “anti-torture” measure gives legal cover for continued abuse
Joe Kay and Barry Grey, WSWS
The agreement reached between the Bush White House and Senator John McCain
on a measure ostensibly banning torture does nothing of the kind. The
official disavowal of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of alleged
terrorists held by the US is a ploy to cover up Washington’s past defiance
of international laws banning torture and provide a pseudo-legal cover for
the continuation of the same methods. The very f! act that the US
government is obliged to make a public disavowal of torture is a damning
indictment of Washington’s lawless methods...

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A night at the opera
We're lost in the music, and cannot hear the words
John Kaminski
...We are drowning in the widening abyss between what they say is going on
and what is actually going on, and we need to eradicate that gap, or we
will perish. That's the deal. If the dogma on which the thought is based is
flawed, then the thought itself cannot be anything but flawed. This is
exactly why Americans continue to bomb innocent people in Iraq, and many
other places in the world. Corporations are k! illing humanity for profit.
And most of the people in the world agree to be in on the gig (...) It's a
tough pill to swallow, admittedly. Crossing that thought boundary and
finally understanding that the U.S. government cares so little about you
that it would deliberately kill 3,000 people in the middle of New York City
and then blame it on Muslims so it could later bomb them. It's a picture of
America most people are afraid to look at. But after New Orleans, it’s
getting a lot less hard to. Perhaps the Americans’ willingness to confront
that immediate demon is the key to the future. Because if we don't, and
soon, we won't have one...

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American imperialism is the problem, not merely Bush’s neo-conservatism
Iqbal Siddiqui
The answer to anyone who ever doubted the value of the on-going resistance
against the US occupation of Iraq was demonstrated last month, as the tide
of opinion in America appeared to have turned decisively against George W.
Bush and his neo-conservative administration and policies. After years in
which the spectre of terrorism and appeals to US patriotism have enabled
the neo-conservative clique in the White House to impose th! eir agenda on
US politics, and by extension the rest of the world, opposition politicians
finally found their voices last month, emboldened by the increasing anger
of the American people...

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International Peace Conference - London, December 10, 2005
See Photos and Hear Military Families Section: Cindy Sheehan, Rose Gentle,
Kelly Dougherty, Medea Benjamin and others
Traprock Peace Center
The Military Families Campaigns section was one of 4 sections to the
International Peace Conference held in London on December 10, 2005.
Traprock will post audio and photos from each section. Andrew Murray
introduced Andrew Burgin of Military Families Against the War and Judy
Linehan from Military F! amilies Speak Out as moderators. This excellent
panel featured talks by Rose Gentle (Military Families Against the War),
Ann Lawrence (Military Families Against the War), John Miller (Military
Families Against the War), Ben Griffin (Military Families Against the War),
Kelly Dougherty (Iraq Veterans Against the War), Chris Nineham (Stop the
War Coalition), Medea Benjamin (Code Pink), Peter Brierley (Military
Families Against the War), Judy Cuniglio (Dallas, Texas), Reg Keys
(Military Families Against the War), Cindy Sheehan (Gold Star Families for
Peace)...

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International Peace Conference - London, December 10, 2005
Section on Building an International Movement
See Photos and Listen to panel on Building an International Movement with
George Galloway
Traprock Peace Center
This panel, which concluded the conference, was moderated by Andrew Murray
and Jane Shallice, pictured first. They introduced these speakers, shown in
order of speaking: Ishmael Patel, Friends of Al Aqsa; Herbert Docena, Focus
on Global South; Judith LeBlanc, United for Peace an! d Justice; Sabah
Jawad, Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation; Dr. Azzam Tamini, Muslim
Association of Britain; Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP of Islington North; and
Andrew Murray, introducing
George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow. Hear these speakers...

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Iraq’s election a victory for Iran, says Rafsanjani
Najmeh Bozorgmehr, FT
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran’s influential former president, on Friday
called Iraq’s parliamentary elections a "victory" for Iran and said the
vote had shattered any US expansionist ambitions in the Middle East. He
also criticised Washington for refusing to give Tehran a role in its Iraq
policy...

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The Purple Ink Revolution
Wafaa' Al-Natheema
...The amount of coverage TV/radio channels and Satellites that was spent
on the Iraqi elections including the daily debates between candidates was
beyond hilarious and disappointing. It has been disappointing because
spending so much time on it by Arab media (and other international media)
means that they legitimized yet another product of the American/British
occupiers and killers as well as of the Iranian/Israeli opportunists and
assassins. Two days prior to electio! ns, Thousands of forged ballots were
seized by the Iraqi police in a tanker entering IRAQ from Iran! Bush's
elections are our role-model. Little do Iraqis (Egyptians, Palestinians and
others) know that elections in the industrial west have become (and perhaps
were created) insignificant to occupy the public and mislead them into
believing that there is democracy and fair representation!...

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Unprecedented interview with the Commander of the Iraqi National Resistance
Mr. Izzat al Duri!
Al-Moharer
The magazine al Majd is utterly happy to be the only and unique information
tribune chosen by the Comrade Mujahid Izzat al Duri, the Commander of the
Heroic and Victorious Iraqi Resistance, to make the first press declaration
after the tendentious rumors which aimed first and above all at sowing
confusion into the ranks of the Resistance and weakening its morale. But
cursed always be the enemies and the stoog! es, and to hell what they have
been hatching and weaving. Here is the Leader (Abu Ahmad) appearing from Al
Majd tribune, as strong as ever, healthy, capable and resolute to snatch
victory, to defeat the occupier, and to liberate the total soil of the Land
of the Two Rivers...

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Iraq Sunnis Urge Coalition Gov’t
IslamOnline.net
A leading Sunni politician called on Saturday, December 17 , for a
coalition government to protect national unity in Iraq as he thanked
resistance fighters for not attacking polling stations during last week's
"successful" legislative election. "We will work towards finding a strong
coalition in the national assembly that can protect the rights of Iraqis,"
Adnan Al-Dulaimi, the leader of the main Sunni election coalition National
Concord Front (NCF), told a news co! nference, reported Agence
France-Presse (AFP)...

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Clandestine conduct of Italian troops in Iraq recorded- Video
Aljazeera.com
...A television group owned by Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime
Minister, plans to show an embarrassing documentary on the clandestine
conduct of Italian troops in IRAQ, after it censored it for three days, the
company officials stated earlier this week. The footage, recorded by
Italian troops deployed in Iraq in August 2004 in the southern Iraqi city
of Nasiriyah shows a fierce firefight between Italian occupation forces and
Shia fig! hters. In the 10-minutes film, an Italian patrol appears
returning fire after being attacked. Then it shows one soldier shouting:
"See that one running, take him out," and another saying "Look at that
bastard moving, get him"...

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A.N.S.W.E.R. Responds to UFPJ: Our Position on Unity in the AntiWar Movement
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Steering Committee
Ten weeks after the September 24 demonstration brought more than 300,000
people to Washington DC in a massive show of strength by a united antiwar
movement, the leadership of the United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) has
publicly announced its unilateral intention to effect a long-term split in
the antiwar movement. This is the second time in seven months that UFPJ has
publicly proclaimed its inten! tion to split the movement, coupled with a
false and ugly attack on the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition...

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Assassinations committed in Basrah during this week7 -14/12/2005
Al-moharer
1- A police battalion arrested Dr. Kadhim Mashoot, Prof. at Agriculture
College- Basrah University, specialized in soil chemistry. His body was
found, two days later, on the highway, disfigured and tortured. Two other
colleagues of his were previously assassinated. 2- Attorney Fadhil Radi
Dahash, ex mail director was assassinated on his way to Holy Karbala...

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Iraqi Police Shoot Ambulance Driver
Alive in Baghdad
In this Video from ANN, an Arabic news station, you will see Iraqi Police
officers shoot an unarmed Ambulance driver. After viewing this video it may
be difficult to question the preparedness of the Iraqi Police. Particularly
their willingness to provide loyalty to a central state government seems
unlikely. After the unfolding cases of torture and abuse at the hands of
the Iraqi Police, this event seems almost unsurprising...

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Torture Hovers Over Poll - Inter Press Service
Brian Conley and Omar Abdullah
...Few in Iraq doubt that the interim government detains and tortures
people. Influential Sunnis and people on the street alike have complained
to the central government about secret prisons all over Iraq — particularly
in Baghdad. Ali Shalal Abbas from the Association of Victims of American
Occupation Prisons told IPS there are "over 200 secret prisons in Iraq,
which operate under the control of various parties and ministries." Most
of! the prisons are believed to be under the command of the ministry of the
interior. The Association members visited the UN office in Amman Nov. 20,
and provided them with details of seven secret prisons, all supervised by
the ministry of the interior...

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"Cruel, inhuman, and degrading"
Eli , Left I on the News
...Was it cruel and inhuman to imprison Jose Padilla in solitary
confinement for 3 1/2 years without charges? How about Iraqi General Amer
al-Saadi, who surrendered voluntarily to the Americans, only to spend the
next 2 1/2 years (and counting) in solitary confinement, again without
charges, a man not even suspected or accused of any violent acts (not that
Padilla was ever formally accused either, press conferences not qualifying
as legal proceedings)? Was ! his treatment "cruel and inhuman"? I know if
someone did that to me, I'd certainly think so. How about the hundreds of
prisoners in Guantanamo, illegally imprisoned in dog cages, without legal
rights and often without their families knowing where they are? Cruel and
inhuman? How could it not be?...

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Who’s Lying About Iraq?
Bob Murphy
In a recent article, "Who Is Lying About Iraq?" Norman Podhoretz takes the
interesting position that George Bush has been completely upfront in his
handling of the conflict, and that the conventional wisdom that he "lied us
into war" is a complete fabrication by his political enemies (...) Upon
reflection (and some investigation), I cling to the conventional wisdom
that George Bush lied us into war...

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President Takes Responsibility for Wrongheaded Invasion of Iraq!
Karen Kwiatkowski
...After well over three years of lying, prevaricating, misleading, and
confusing the American people, after killing, maiming and destroying the
livelihoods of tens of thousands of Iraqis and Americans at a healthy
20-to-1 ratio, and after the unprecedented destruction of Iraq’s
infrastructure, let the record show, on December 14, 2005, Dubya said "I am
responsible!" (...) Our shining President reminds us that no matter what
was sa! id and done, it was always, only and ever about forcing a fresh
friendly democracy on Baghdad...

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New York Times admits it held domestic spying story for a full year
RAW STORY
On the second page of a report which reveals the White House engaged in
warrantless domestic spying, the New York Times reveals that it held the
story for a full year at the request of the Bush Administration, RAW STORY
can reveal. The Times also reveals that senior members of Congress from
both parties knew about Bush's decision to spy on Americans who were making
international calls or emails, without warrants...

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