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Subject: BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions, US gag order prevents
discussion
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:16:55 -0400
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*News Updates from Citizens For Legitimate Government*
11 Jun 2008
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*'It may well turn out to be the largest war profiteering in history.'
BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7444083.stm> --A US gagging
order is preventing discussion of the allegations.* 10 Jun 2008 A BBC
investigation estimates that around *$23bn* (£11.75bn) may have been
lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq. For the first
time, the extent to which some private contractors have profited from
the conflict and rebuilding has been researched by the BBC's Panorama
using US and Iraqi government sources. A US gagging order is preventing
discussion of the allegations. *The order applies to 70 court cases
against some of the top US companies*... In the run-up to the invasion
one of the most senior officials in charge of procurement in the
Pentagon objected to a contract potentially worth seven billion that was
given to Halliburton.
*The Whitehall ban has been immediately condemned as a 'totalitarian
act.'* *Anti-war protesters banned from demonstrating against Bush
<http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/themole,,ant-war-protesters-banned-from-demonstrating-against-bush,30888>*
10 Jun 2008 London police have announced a ban on anti-war campaigners
hoping to protest against President [sic] George Bush's visit to Downing
Street this Sunday. The Whitehall ban has been immediately condemned as
a "totalitarian act" by the playwright Harold Pinter, while Stop the War
organisers are urging people to defy it and to demonstrate nearby
<http://www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=616>
in Parliament Square. "In what is supposed to be a free country the Stop
the War Coalition <http://www.stopwar.org.uk/> has every right to
express its views peacefully and openly. This ban is outrageous and
makes the term 'democracy' laughable," Pinter said today.
*Late concession on 42-day detention
<http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jX5k8fEW9joO1WtpNiYCkk0k6SjA>*
11 Jun 2008 The Government is expected to table a last-minute
compensation deal to help push through the proposed 42-day detention
without charge of terror suspects. Home Office minister Tony McNulty
said he was optimistic "common sense will prevail" but signalled the
fresh concession by suggesting that terror suspects who were eventually
freed without charge could be paid compensation.
*Impeach Bush, Wexler says
<http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2008/06/impeach_bush_wexler_says.html>*
10 Jun 2008 U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) signed on today to Articles
of Impeachment for President [sic] Bush. He called it "a sworn duty" of
Congress to act against the president. "President Bush deliberately
created a massive propaganda campaign to sell the war in Iraq to the
American people and the charges detailed in this impeachment resolution
indicate an unprecedented abuse of executive power," Wexler said in a
statement. "A decision by Congress to pursue impeachment is not an
option, it is a sworn duty. It is time for Congress to stand up and
defend the Constitution against the blatant violations and illegalities
of this Administration. Our Founding Fathers bestowed upon Congress the
power of impeachment, and it is now time that we use it to defend the
rule of law from this corrupt Administration."
*Kucinich introduces impeachment resolution
<http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/09/Kucinich_introduces_impeachment_resolution/UPI-19361213067270/>*
09 Jun 2008 Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, introduced 35 articles of
impeachment <http://chun.afterdowningstreet.org/amomentoftruth.pdf>
against President [sic] George W. Bush in the U.S. House of
Representatives Monday night. Kucinich read into the Congressional
Record a litany of alleged illegal and improper acts on the part of the
president, The Politico reported.
*Impeach!
<http://kucinich.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2257&Itemid=1>*
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich last night introduced 35 Articles of
Impeachment against President [sic] George W. Bush in a dramatic
presentation of the floor of the House of Representatives that last
nearly five hours. 10 Jun 2008
*An ominous warning that the rapid rise in oil prices has only just
begun
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/an-ominous-warning-that-the-rapid-rise-in-oil-prices-has-only-just-begun-844217.html>*
11 Jun 2008 The chief executive [Alexey Miller] of the world's largest
energy company has issued the most dire warning yet about the soaring
the price of oil, predicting that it will hit $250 per barrel "in the
foreseeable future".
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