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Welcome Home Soldier: Now Shut Up!
By By Paul Rockwell
“Now listen. You won’t believe this. I got done and nobody said a word. No applause. Nothing. Then this skinny old fart shaped like a cold chisel gets up and says he’s a retired colonel, and he thinks we should keep on pounding those little yellow bastards until they do what we say or we kill ‘em all, and he tells me I can’t be a real veteran because a real veteran wouldn’t go around badmouthing the good old U.S. of A., and the whole place erupts in thunderous applause.” (full article here)
The Secret Behind the Sanctions: How the U.S. Intentionally Destroyed Iraq's Water Supply
By Thomas J. Nagy, September 2001, The Progressive
Over the last two years, I've discovered documents of the Defense Intelligence Agency proving beyond a doubt that, contrary to the Geneva Convention, the U.S. government intentionally used sanctions against Iraq to degrade the country's water supply after the Gulf War. The United States knew the cost that civilian Iraqis, mostly children, would pay, and it went ahead anyway. (full article here)
Pentagon Reverses Position and Admits U.S. Troops Used White Phosphorus Against Iraqis in Fallujah
Democracy Now! (originally broadcast November 17, 2005)
The U.S. government has now admitted its troops used white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon against Iraqis during the assault on Fallujah a year ago. Chemical weapons experts say such attacks are in violation of international law banning the use of chemical weapons. We speak with columnist George Monbiot and the news director of RAI TV, the Italian TV network that produced the film “Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre.” (video and transcript available here)
SUPPORT WINTER SOLDIER: IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN:
Eye Witness Accounts of the Occupations
CBS NEWS INVESTIGATION:
SUICIDE EPIDEMIC
AMONG VETERANS
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Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles: A series of articles and multimedia about veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who have committed killings, or been charged with them, after coming home. (full article here)
A Violent Cartography: Bomb After Bomb
By Howard Zinn
I am stunned by the thought that we, the "civilized" nations, have bombed cities and countrysides and islands for a hundred years. Yet, here in the United States, which is responsible for most of that, the public, as was true of me, does not understand--I mean really understand--what bombs do to people. (full article here)
Judge orders hearing on destroyed CIA torture videos: District Court Judge Henry Kennedy, who in 2005 had ordered the government to preserve information on prisoner mistreatment at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, set the hearing for Friday, overriding government objections. (full article here)
War for Profit: US Army loses another 12,000 guns and trucks: The US military in Iraq has lost track of another 12,000 weapons, including more than 800 machine-guns, and everything from 2100 new electricity generators to half a dozen garbage trucks. (full article here)
'Millions missing' from Iraq fund: A $5.2bn (£2.6bn) fund used to train and equip Iraqi security forces cannot be shown to have been used properly, US military auditors say in a new report (full article here)
US official in Blackwater probe quits: U.S. State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard, under scrutiny for his brother's link to the Blackwater security firm, has decided to resign, U.S. officials said on Friday. (full article here)
White House Quietly Admits Bush Lied About When He Learned That Iran Had Suspended Its Nuclear Program: Admission Was Reported by ABC News But Has Largely Been Ignored by Corporate Media. (full article here)
Majority of military families disapprove of Bush's handling of Iraq war: A majority of military families disapprove of President George W. Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found. (full article here)
CIA Destroyed Video of 'Waterboarding' al-Qaida Detainees: The decision to destroy two videotapes documenting the use of waterboarding against Abu Zubaydah and another high-value al-Qaida detainee was made in November 2005 - as American media were just beginning to focus on the existence of the secret CIA prison network. (full article here)
Marine charged with murder in Fallujah killing: Nelson's squad leader, Jose Luis Nazario, also faces criminal charges in the case, one in a series of incidents in which members of the U.S. armed forces are accused of committing violent crimes in Iraq and intensified criticism over the U.S. invasion. (full article here)
Blackwater's Bu$ine$$: With a new scandal breaking practically every day, one would think Blackwater security would be on the ropes, facing a corporate meltdown or even a total wipeout. But it seems that business for the company has never been better, as it continues to pull in major federal contracts. And its public demeanor grows bolder and cockier by the day.
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Thursday, Dec. 06, 2007: 25 Slaughtered in Car Bomb Spree: 3 US Troops Killed: Iraq Refugees in Syria Face Hunger, Cold (full article here)