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Iraq: Security Companies and Training Camps Sarah Meyer Private US and UK security firms are closely allied to Mr. Bremer’s 'Facilities Protection Service’ programme in Iraq. Newsweek (24.04.06) suggested 146,000 belong to this 'security’ force. The Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr, associated the FPS with the endemic 'death squads’ operating inside the police forces, which are hastening the disintegration of Iraq. The establishment of the 'Facilities Protection Service’ was on 04.10.03, according to Paul Bremer’s C! oalition Provisional Authority Order Number 27... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23353 Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 17 May 2006 Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. ...In a dispatch posted at 3pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a delegation of Zionist Jewish Rabbis and businessmen arrived in the city of Irbil, in the northern Iraqi region dominated by Kurdish separatist allies of the United States. The Irbil correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that eig! ht Jewish clerics and five other Zionist individuals in official dress arrived in the 'Aynkawah area of Irbil, the district where the Zionist-Kurdish Interests Department has its headquarters, on Wednesday morning... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23365 Breaking: US admits Marines killed Iraqi civilians "in cold blood" Truth About Iraqis ... One military official says it appears the civilians were deliberately killed by the Marines, who were outraged at the death of their fellow Marine. "This one is ugly," one official told NBC News. As ugly as say 911? Will the US public be outraged? No, they will focus on alligators, Britney Spear's bastard child and the latest scandal on American Idol. Anything to hide the truth... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23366 This isn’t Policy; its barbarism Mike Whitney Politics is a murky business which rarely presents clear moral choices. That’s what makes the humanitarian crisis in Palestine so exceptional; there is no gray-area whatsoever. The withholding of food, medical supplies and resources is manifestly immoral, and those who support that policy, even by their silence, are participating in a grave injustice. Dov Weinglass, advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, stated, "The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but ! not to make them die of hunger." Weinglass’ comments reflect the cynicism and virulent racism which underscores the current crisis... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23341 Iraq never supported terrorism before Baghdad Dweller ...Few days ago I found a list of so called "terrorists organizations supported by Iraq before the war". The writer didn’t provided evidence of his accusations, but sadly many westerners and Americans will believe them... While you are reading the lines below, remember this: For decades the US was not only a heaven and sanctuary for South American/ Caribbean war-criminals, Mafia bosses and war-lords, enjoying their life and retirement bathing in Florida’s beac! hes protected by the CIA, the US also used to train such terrorists organizations, providing them with money and weapons to set them free later into the countries of origin to commit human rights violation, assassinations and murders... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23346 Martin Van Creveld: Israel the Mad Dog Kurt Nimmo Let’s hand it to Martin Van Creveld, a professor of military history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, for speaking the mind of nearly half of all Israelis. "The Palestinians should all be deported," declared Van Creveld in 2003. "The people who strive for this (the Israeli government) are waiting only for the right man and the right time. Two years ago, only 7 or 8 per cent of Israelis were of the opinion that this would be the best solution, two months ago ! it was 33 per cent, and now, according to a Gallup poll, the figure is 44 percent." Actually, according to Haaretz and the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, "46 percent of Israel’s Jewish citizens favor transferring Palestinians out of the territories, while 31 percent favor transferring Israeli Arabs out of the country…. In 1991, 38 percent of Israel’s Jewish population was in favor of transferring the Palestinians out of the territories [i.e., militarily occupied land] while 24 percent supported transferring Israeli Arabs," or rather ethnically cleansing them... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23363 John Negroponte and the Latin Americanization of US politics Joe Kay, WSWS ...Is it not possible that the US government is spying on the American people for the express purpose of gathering names and information on potential or actual political opponents, is using the "war on terrorism" as an excuse to lay the foundations for the roundup of thousands of individuals because of their views in opposition to the war or other aspects of the policy of the American ruling class? To even raise this question would be deno! unced as a conspiracy theory, if it were not so studiously ignored. The actual purpose of the administration’s actions, however, is evident in considering the individuals who have been tasked with carrying it out. In particular, it is worth reexamining the record of John Negroponte, the current Director of National Intelligence, who is in charge of centralizing and coordinating the various different American spy agencies. Negroponte has emerged as a critical figure in the vast expansion of US domestic surveillance... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23362 US, ISRAEL OPERATE IN IRAN COVERT FORCES IN IRAN TRAINING KURDISH REBELS Richard Walker Behind the increasingly shrill rhetoric and saber rattling over Iran’s nuclear ambitions America and Israel are engaged in a secret war against Iran that has echoes of the years when the CIA supported the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet Union. This time, the United States and Israel are running covert operations with the help of Kurdish militias and rebel Iranian fighters. For some observers, training and armin! g Islamic fighters smacks of the days of Soviet rule in Afghanistan... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23360 Update on the Rove Indictment Story Marc Ash, t r u t h o u t For the past few days, we have endured non-stop attacks on our credibility, and we have fought hard to defend our reputation. In addition, we have worked around the clock to provide additional information to our readership. People want to know more about this, and our job is to keep them informed. We take that responsibility seriously. Here's what we now know: I spoke personally yesterday with both Rove's spokesman Mark Corallo and Rove's attorney Ro! bert Luskin. Both men categorically denied all key points of our recent reporting on this issue (...) We can now report, however, that we have additional, independent sources that refute those denials by Corallo and Luskin. .. Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23357 Lawmaker: Marines killed Iraqis ‘in cold blood’ Navy conducting war crimes probe into November violence in Haditha By Jim Miklaszewski and Mike Viqueira, NBC News A Pentagon probe into the death of Iraqi civilians last November in the Iraqi city of Haditha will show that U.S. Marines "killed innocent civilians in cold blood," a U.S. lawmaker said Wednesday. From the beginning, Iraqis in the town of Haditha said U.S. Marines deliberately killed 15 unarmed Iraqi civilians, including seven women and three! children. One young Iraqi girl said the Marines killed six members of her family, including her parents. "The Americans came into the room where my father was praying," she said, "and shot him." On Wednesday, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said the accounts are true.... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23356 The Nazis, Bush and Impeachment Maniac, www.opednews.com ...The truth is that under the international treaties that have been signed by US presidents and have become part of the US Constitution under Article VI, launching an aggressive war is the supreme international crime. Our president and his subordinates are already war criminals (and the projected assault on Iran simply compounds their criminality). All the other charges that can be — and should be — leveled at Bush pale in comparison to this most heinous t! ransgression against humanity... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23355 Christian Just War Theory and Moral Laxism: A Chronically Misleading Episcopal Witness Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy ...The Catholic bishops of the United States today are doing great harm to the Church Universal, to the U.S. Catholic Church, to the people of Iraq, and to the American people. By their chosen silence they have become moral accessories to unjustified woe, waste and desolation in human life. Accessories are enablers. The bishops by continuing to project, via their silence, an aura of str! ict moral certainty with respect to this war on Iraq are a significant moral support apparatus for recruiting for it, for voting for it, for electing representatives who endorse it and for continuing to kill and maim people in it."... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23369 Rumsfeld Seeks Extra Funds for War Bills ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer With war bills to pay, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is calling on Congress to pass President Bush's request for an extra $65 billion to cover costs in Iraq and Afghanistan this year. His scheduled appearance Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee was his first public testimony on Capitol Hill since retired generals issued a series of calls for Rumsfeld to resign earlier this spring. Rumsfeld, with strong pub! lic backing by Bush, appears to have weathered that storm... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23354 Catching Rumsfeld Red-Handed ... on Global TV An Interview with Ray McGovern LARRY EVEREST Courageous actions and boldly speaking the truth-even by one person-can galvanize the feelings of millions. This happened last year when Cindy Sheehan camped outside Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas and demanded he meet with her to explain for what "noble cause" her son died in Iraq. And it happened on May 4 in Atlanta when Ray McGovern, a 27-year CIA veteran, a founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sa! nity (VIPS), and a participant in the Bush Crimes Commission, confronted Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about his Iraq War lies-and caught him red-handed-on national TV. At the beginning of Rumsfeld's televised speech, a woman shouted, "I cannot stay silent, this man needs to be in prison for war crimes. Drive Out the Bush Regime!" Two more protesters stood up and accused Rumsfeld of war crimes and lying, and another man stood with his back to Rumsfeld... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23351 More Assassinations of Doctors in Mosul Wafaa' Al-Natheema Two more doctors and one pharmacist have been assassinated in Mosul, Iraq following the recent threats they received to leave Iraq. These are: Dr Adnan Abbas al-Hashimi, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Mosul on 15 May 2006, Dr Sulaiman Jadaan al-Jubouri, Consultant Physician on 10 May 2006, Mr Fadhel Izziddeen Al-Obaidi, Pharmacist on 8 May 2006. No Iraqi would do such a thing UNLESS forced or minipulated by orders and funds from the USA/UK/Israel/Iran ! collaborative! NONE! There is an URGENT NEED to do something about this matter IMMEDIATELY!! ... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23349 Zionism lite Xymphora Why are otherwise respected American commentators prepared to risk their entire academic reputations in denying the Israel Lobby thesis? Chomsky, Finkelstein, and Zunes have all weighed in, denying the thesis to varying extents. In the case of Chomsky, his denial is a kind of revisionism that completely obviates his life’s work as a political writer. Finkelstein tries to be a little more sophisticated by insisting that the Lobby’s influence only applies to the Occupied Territories, an ide! a which makes no sense – why would American geopolitical 'realists’ support the Likudnik’s position on the one issue which provides the United States with absolutely no benefit but which creates most of the enmity towards the United States around the world? – and the alleged value of Israel to the United States – an idea that made some sense twenty or thirty years ago during the Cold War, which is why these guys all use old examples to make their case - is decimated by Michael Neumann... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23370 Cindy Sheehan to Lead Delivery of Petition to White House Ray McGovern to Lead March to Sec. Rumsfeld's Home A broad coalition of organizations has collected over 40,000 signatures on a petition opposing a U.S. attack on Iran. See the list of participating organizations, the petition, signatures, and comments at: http://www.dontattackiran.org Cindy Sheehan plans to lead the delivery of the petition and signatures to the White House between 1 and 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, in cooperation with a "Pray In" in Lafayette Square Park organized by the Network of Spiritual Progressives: http://www.tikkun.org/community/spiritual_activism_conferenc e ... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23348 DAILY WAR NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2006 Today in Iraq Three men standing at a meeting point for people looking for day-to-day work in west Baghdad died when gunmen opened fire. Two guards were wounded in a bomb blast at the Al-Kindi hospital in east Baghdad. Eight bodies found with gun shot wounds in different parts of Baghdad. Two civilians injured after a roadside bombing of a police patrol in east Baghdad. A Sudanese driver for an Arab diplomat in Baghdad has died after being shot as he tried to stop gunmen! kidnapping the envoy... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23344 IRAQ: Baghdad mortuary overwhelmed by rising numbers of dead IRIN Sajida Youssef, a housekeeper, waited more than 24 hours for the body of her son, who had been murdered by thieves, to be released from Baghdad's central morgue. "Not only is there the suffering of having my son brutally killed, but now I must wait hours until the mortuary can examine his body," said Sajida... An average of 70 civilians are killed in Baghdad every day (...) The families and friends of victims, meanwhile, point the finger at governm! ent failures. "During the regime of Saddam Hussein, families had never heard of the morgue – today it has become a common word in our vocabularies"... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23343 Support Our Troops, Anybody? Dahr Jamail As the violence in Iraq continues to escalate, at least 2,450 US soldiers have been killed, with roughly ten times that number seriously wounded since the beginning of the Invasion in March 2003. If current trends continue, May will be one of the deadliest months of the occupation yet for troops, with an average of over three being killed per day. 54 coalition soldiers have been killed in the first 16 days of May alone. This probably explains why 72% of US troops in Iraq t! hink the US should exit the country within the next year, and over 25% think the US should exit immediately. The same poll found that only one in five troops in Iraq want to heed War Criminal Bush's call for them to "stay as long as they are needed." The occupation, now well into its fourth year and going strong, has already produced 550,000 Iraq war veterans. Troop morale is lower than ever before and dropping as fast as Bush's approval ratings. Further adding to the deteriorating situation is the mindless adherence to the highly absurd pledges of the "commander in chief."... Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23358 GI Special 4E17: Vets For Peace Launches Air Strike - May 17, 2006 Thomas F. Barton Ward Reilly, Commanding Officer So, I guess the company reps in Georgia don’t spell very well, but here is the banner flying over Atlanta’s "Sweet Auburn Festival" Saturday and Sunday... but it WILL be corrected over Baton Rouge... Peace from Ward Read the full article / Leggi l'articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=23335 www.uruknet.info: a site gathering daily information concerning occupied Iraq: news, analysis, documents and texts of iraqi resistance available in Italian and English. You receive this newsletter because you subscribed it. If you think it was an abuse, or simply if you don't want to receive it any more, click here to unsubscribe from the newsletter.