Don't Be An Asshole
poll update.
http://edition.cnn.com/
POLLSERVE...68.exclude.html
whooee!83% think there is a coverup.
you know folks if you have lots of cobwebs in your house,no matter how many times you get rid of those wems they will just keep coming back.You gotta get rid of the spider,,,in this case the spiders in the Whitehouse.
The key to bringing the war in Iraq to an end is to bring this US admin to an end,,,to do that you have to expose the Sept11th lie for what it was and isd.
It is Bush and co´s Achilles heel.Attack it.It´s your only hope.
Nice post Susan.
“When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
do I note a sense of panic in their voices!!
BAGHDAD, Iraq - As a gunbattle raged south of Baghdad, Sens. John McCain and Russell Feingold told Iraqi leaders Saturday that American patience was growing thin and they needed to urgently overcome their stalemate and form a national unity government.
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It was the second high-level U.S. delegation in less than a week delivering the same stark message to Iraqi politicians as the Bush administration steps up pressure to overcome the political impasse that threatens to scuttle hopes to start an American troop pullout this summer.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060...n_re_mi_ea/
iraq
"We need very badly to form this unity government as soon as possible," McCain, R-Ariz., said at a news conference after meetings with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. "We all know the polls show declining support among the American people."
ied Humvee attack
http://www.flurl.com/item/erupti...ption_u_103387/
Mujahedeen Shura Council Attacks Iraqi Army
The Mujahedeen Shura Council in Iraq released a video today showing an attack on the Iraqi army with an improvised explosive device (IED). The attack targeted a small truck being used by the Iraqi army in Tal Afar.
http://www.ogrish.com/archives/
m...ar_25_2006.html
An amazing contrast between the reality, as revealed through Susan's diligent harvesting of information, and the reports in the U.S. corporate media today. National Pubic Radio mentioned only a single violent incident in all of Iraq (a bomb in a police traffic booth). The deaths of U.S. troops have gone completely unremarked -- in general, the corporate media no longer mention them. The lead story was "progress" on forming a new government -- whatever that means.
Well, they can't make reality disappear forever, it has a way of intruding on people's fantasies.
From the MOD
For the period from 1 January to 31 January 2006:
Centrally available records show that:
5 UK personnel were treated at UK medical facilities in Iraq for wounds received as a result of hostile action.
1 person was categorised as Very Seriously Injured from all causes.
1 person was categorised as Seriously Injured from all causes.
56 UK military and civilian personnel were medically evacuated from Iraq from all causes.
57 UK service personnel were admitted to the Shaibah Field Hospital. Of these 5 were categorised as Wounded in Action and 57 were categorised with Disease or Non-Battle Injury.
http://www.mod.uk/
DefenceInterne...hCasualties.htm
I had a bit of help with today's post, especially from whisker.... and a few other people sent me stuff that I included (like Information Clearing House) - but I left out the stuff from Downing Street.org - it was getting too long and blogger was acting too weird...
thanks for all the help....
Susan,
I think the key in the "did they" or "didn't they" re: the alleged massacre of those people lies in the false admission that "15 people were killed by a roadside bomb." Why cover something up if there was nothing there to cover?
Today's article in The Independent makes the case that 23 people were essentially murdered by those US troops:
Did American Marines murder 23 Iraqi civilians?
Children of Abraham - Death in the Desert
This is a must watch flash presentation
Click here to view
http://isahaqi.chris-floyd.com/
Paul Brunton wisdom for the day
What does the future hold for mankind?--this is a question often asked and variously answered. One of the answers is given by Hinduism which says that the present period is the Kali Yuga--that is, the iron age--when life is at its darkest, man more corrupt, sinful, and wicked than ever, spirituality, religion, morals at their lowest ebb, sufferings, catastrophes, diseases at their highest tide. Moreover it says we are only at the first quarter of the iron age and we still have the other three quarters to go and that as we go farther into Kali Yuga the conditions will get worse and man more wicked. However Hinduism also says in its scripture the Bhagavad Gita, through the person (mythological though he may be) of Sri Krishna, that the Avatar--one who descends from a higher plane into human incarnation to bring in a new and better period--will come near the end of the iron age and use his power and knowledge to usher in the reign of goodness and righteousness, Truth, and above all Peace. Everywhere throughout the world today we see violence, agitation, and destruction, and this too, according to Hinduism, is to be expected in the Kali Yuga. Therefore attempts to end war are unlikely to meet with much success until the Avatar comes. If however we go not to Hinduism, but to the astrologers and ask for their predictions, the story changes, brightens, and becomes full of hope, for they say we are entering the Aquarian age, the age which spreads knowledge, goodness, harmony, and peace. It might be asked, "What does philosophy say?" The answer is that there is something of truth in both the Hindu and the astrological prognostications. First the evils of war, violence, destruction, and so on, will come to a climax with the materialization of nuclear war. Too much has been created on the mental plane and is being created not to find its way back to earth again in physical explosion. Only after a nuclear war with the major part of the human population wiped out will it be possible for a new start to be made, will mankind have learned the lesson of substituting goodwill for ill will. Secondly, philosophy says that there are ages within ages--that is to say minor, lesser, and shorter periods within the great period--and we will after the nuclear war and after the chaos it brings enter one of these better periods.
MIL-IRAQ-SWEETS-EXPLOSIVES
Iraqi authorities warn of exploding candy distributed by gunmen in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, March 26 (KUNA) - Iraqi Ministry of State for National Security on Sunday warned of touching explosive-packed candy bars found on Baghdad streets.
The ministry said that unknown gunmen threw candy bars that contain explosive materials nearby schools and residential areas in Yarmouk Neighborhood.
It cautioned citizens against touching these candy bars, asserting that the first layer of which contained cocoa, while the second layer contained explosives. (end) mhg.
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Source kuna
Oops sorry hit OK too fast. Just to say that in general I've found KUNA's reports to be reliable. If true this is a trick picked up from counter terror techniques used by the Soviets towards the end of their occupation of Afghanistan.
mfi
MFI I have found that the Idiots at KUNA should be looking for a new career choice because their reporting abilities are pathetic at best.
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after the fog of war settled a bit, yesterday's highly alarming reports about heavy fighting between Sunni "insurgents" and the Mahdi Army in Mahmudiya apparently boil down to, well, propaganda:
In Mahmudiya, located in the notorious "triangle of death" just south of the capital, six mortar rounds rained down on three houses, killing four people and wounding 13 on Saturday.
Another four Iraqis were killed earlier when a roadside bomb exploded near a bus travelling through the eastern edge of the city, police reported.
The blast also wounded two others on the bus, which was passing through a mixed Sunni-Shia part of the city. Armed men in the same neighbourhood attacked a police checkpoint, gravely wounding one policeman.
Al Jazeera: Iraq attacks leave 13 dead
I would say this as far as it gets from the open civil warfare described in, for instance, Juan Cole's latest post:
AP reports that major clashes were fought Saturday at Mahmudiyah south of Baghdad between Mahdi Army militiamen (puritanical Shiites) and local Sunni Arab guerrillas killed or wounded about 50 persons late on Saturday.
In fact, the whole episode at Mahmudiyah looks to me like a classic resistance-against-the-occupation episode, perhaps causing some civilian victims ("collateral damage").
by the way, as I mentioned in yesterday's thread, there's a US base in Mahmudiyah, so that was not an unlikely target for the mortars who fell in the city.
The deaths of U.S. troops have gone completely unremarked
maybe that's because they don't fit with the "Iraqis are butchering each other while US troops look hopelessely on" line? I guess even gullible readers would have a hard time believing it'd be possible to conduct simultaneously a civil war and an effective armed resistance to the Solar System's mightiest army, if not for such practical reasons as that there are only 24 hours in a day.
Two mortars fell near the home of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr in the holy city of Najaf, south of Baghdad, wounding three, said an official from his office. Two guards were wounded and a passing child was also injured, added the official.
on the incident above, a AP report from earlier today adds:
Shortly after the attack, the cleric issued a statement calling for calm.
"I call upon all brothers to stay calm, and I call upon Iraqi army to protect the pilgrims as the Nawasib ([Sunni] militants) are aiming to attack Shiites everyday," he said ahead of Wednesday's commemoration marking the death of the Prophet Muhammad.
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thus suggesting Sadr is falling for the civil war bait; but then, in a more recent report, the same AP deletes the above paragraphs and puts the following in its place:
In a statement read by one of his assistants, Sadr called on his followers to be "vigilant", adding that the "forces of occupation want to embroil Iraqis in a war and endless crises."
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what should we make of all of this? as for me, my degree of cynicism is such I'm picturing right now several Bristish special ops personnel celebrating over a few cold beers back at the base the successful completion of "Operation Land a Mortar in Sadr's Backyard".
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