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Subject: INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE White House dismissed Iraq civil
war study "Big Brother in the form of an increasingly
powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the
records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to
law and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific advancement and the
like.": Justice William O. Douglas - (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice -
Source: Points of Rebellion, 1969
"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." : Frederick Douglass - 1818 - 1895 "[Y]our national greatness, swelling vanity; your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages." : Frederick Douglass - 1818 - 1895 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html To read this newsletter online http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ RSS FEED http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/rssfeed.xml News Syndication Information Clearing House provides a FREE news syndication service to other websites. You can include the headlines from this site on your own site free of charge http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/syndicate.htm Number Of Iraqi civilians Slaughtered In America's War 100,000 + http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7170.htm Number of U.S. Military Personnel Slaughtered (Officially acknowledged) In Bush's War 2297 http://icasualties.org/oif/ The War in Iraq Costs $244,395,611,759 See the cost in your community http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182 Iraq: a solution to nothing
By Scott Ritter Special to The Times America continues to pretend that we are building something of value in Iraq. And yet, common sense dictates that when one seeks to build on a corrupt foundation, whatever it is that is being constructed is doomed eventually to collapse. Our nation's involvement in Iraq is based on as corrupt a foundation as imaginable. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12126.htm Iraq study warned of civil war White House, Military Dismissed '03 Analysis By Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly warned the White House beginning more than two years ago that the insurgency in Iraq had deep local roots, was likely to worsen and could lead to civil war, according to former senior intelligence officials who helped craft the reports. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12120.htm Where Are the Good Americans? By JEREMY BRECHER & BRENDAN SMITH Anyone who sees the photographs of the victims of the Nazi concentration camps must wonder how human beings could ever have allowed such things to happen. They must wonder how people of good will could have stood by while their government committed atrocities in their name. In the wake of that nightmarish era, people often asked, "Where were the good Germans?" http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12123.htm Poll: U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006 By Zogby Almost 90% think war is retaliation for Saddam's role in 9/11, most don't blame Iraqi public for insurgent attacks http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12103.htm The Troops Want to End Iraq Occupation in 2006 By Richard B. Mazess The Reserves and National Guard are overwhelming in favor of withdrawal (89% and 82%) this year compared to the Army and Marines (69% and 58% respectively). Even more impressively, three-quarters of the Guard and Reserves, and half of the Army, favored withdrawal within 6 months. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12115.htm At Least 30 Killed in New Iraq Violence : Bombings in Baghdad killed 26 people and four others died when mortar rounds slammed into their homes in a nearby town Wednesday, the second day of surging violence after authorities lifted a curfew that briefly calmed sectarian attacks. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3693474.html Explosions kills more than 20 in Baghdad; Sunni group blasts government for ongoing violence: Al-Kubaisi denied Sunnis were behind the latest attacks, saying Shiite politicians and religious leaders were trying to inflame sectarian hatred ''to make use of these events and everything in this country to achieve one goal - to serve their future interests.'' http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3693474.html Shiites told: Leave home or be killed: With sectarian violence rampant since last week's bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra, the families have become symbols of an emerging trend in Iraq: the expulsion of Shiites from Sunni towns. http://tinyurl.com/hebkz Iraq In Pictures: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,12762,00.html Mike Whitney: Caught in the Crossfire : Why were so many of those who were killed ."shot, knifed, garroted or suffocated by plastic bags over their heads". (Washington Post) Many others were killed gangland-style with hands bound behind their backs and a gunshot wound to the head. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12129.htm Is this war worth the price?: Look closely at the face of collateral damage in Iraq before you answer http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06057/660935.stm Meet some of the victims of America's invasion of Iraq: "In the liberation of Iraq, we've applied powerful weapons, like the tank you build here, to strike our enemy with speed and precision": Bush, April 24, 2003, thanking the workers at the Lima Army Tank Plant http://www.marchforjustice.com/shock&awe.php Pentagon dismisses US troop poll: The poll by Le Moyne College and Zogby International found that only 23 per cent believed US troops should stay in Iraq "as long as it takes", as US President George W. Bush has insisted. Nearly one in three troops said US forces should withdraw immediately. http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,18321988-5001028,00.html Thirty-five percent of Iraq veterans received mental health care: In addition, 12 percent of the more than 222,000 returning Army soldiers and Marines in the study were diagnosed with a mental problem. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/01/iraq/main1357296.shtml Former US troops rail against war : "I joined up the day after September 11, 2001. I saw action in Falluja and Baghdad. My mortar platoon dropped numerous rounds on the town of Samawa during the start of the invasion. I don't know how many innocents I killed with my mortar rounds. http://tinyurl.com/j7kfj How Bush has stayed away from soldiers' funerals : More than 2,290 US troops have been killed in Iraq. President George Bush has attended none of the funerals - for which he is often criticised by the families of those who have died. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12125.htm U.S. soldier killed in Afghan fighting: Fighting between U.S. forces and suspected Taliban rebels Tuesday killed one American service member and wounded two others in southern Afghanistan, the military said. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/WarOnTerrorism/2006/02/28/1466995-ap.html Growing Threat Seen In Afghan Insurgency: The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency told Congress yesterday that the insurgency in Afghanistan is growing and will increase this spring, presenting a greater threat to the central government's expansion of authority "than at any point since late 2001." http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12122.htm Must Watch: Taliban on the rise: Channel 4 Video Report: http://www.channel4.com/player/playerwindow.html?id=3467&vert=news Bush Says Bin Laden Tape Aided Re-Election: President Bush said his 2004 re-election victory over Sen. John Kerry was inadvertently aided by Osama bin Laden, who issued a taped diatribe against him the Friday before Americans went to the polls, The Examiner newspaper reported on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/rcjrr Pakistan says forces kill more than 45 militants in strike at Afghan border : Three helicopter gunships attacked their mountain hide-out in the early morning near Saidgi. One of the helicopters hit a bus with gunfire during the raid, killing a female passenger, said the injured driver. An Associated Press reporter saw heavily armed students take eight paramilitary troops prisoner in Miran Shah, retaliating against the raid by security forces. http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=564692426217096739 Torture alligations: A British man held in a Pakistani prison for nearly eight months claims he was tortured by Pakistani intelligence officers. Zeeshan Siddiqui from West London spoke to the BBC's Zubeida Malik. Real audio http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ondemand/rams/wt090299___2006.ram Troops' families call Blair a 'coward' : FAMILIES of service personnel killed in Iraq today called Tony Blair a "coward" for refusing to meet them to discuss their campaign for troops to be withdrawn. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5049529.html Libertad? Maybe: Puerto Rican independence activists rally 'round an FBI crackdown: On September 23, 2005, FBI agents shot and killed a fugitive Puerto Rican independence leader. Now New York's independista community is hoping that anger over that death ends Puerto Rico's 100-plus years as a U.S. possession. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0609,murphy,72345,5.html Iran call for nuclear-free region : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for the Middle East to be free of nuclear weapons. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4756652.stm Egypt's Mubarak says he warned the United States not to attack Iran : He said Shiite Muslims in the Gulf region also could turn against the United States because "Iran generously provides for Shiites in every country and these people are ready to do anything if Iran is attacked." http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20060301-0637-egypt-us-iran.html Syria opposition says US funding counterproductive: Syria's liberal opposition has said it will not accept money from a U.S. offer to fund democratic groups in the country, saying that its credibility would be damaged if it took the cash. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1666944 Israel Kills Top Jihad Leader, Arrests 2 Hamas MPs: The latest death brought to 4,970 the number of people killed since the outbreak of the Palestinian Intifada in 2000. Over three-quarters of the victims are Palestinian. http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2006-03/01/article04.shtml Amira Hass : A nation of beggars : It is not the Palestinians who should be welcoming the European Union's decision to hastily donate another $142 million before the Hamas government is formed. It is Israel that ought to be pleased that the Western states will continue compensating the Palestinians for the economic decline that is a product of the Israeli occupation. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/688642.html Surely Americans will not put up with this censorship : The decision by a New York theatre to cave in to pressure over our play shows how the scope for free debate has narrowed http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1720582,00.html In case you missed it: Photostory: Israeli bulldozer driver murders American peace activist http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/1248 Ken Livingstone: An attack on voters' rights : I was elected mayor by the people of London and only they should have the power to remove me http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1720442,00.html Abramoff pushed plan to drill for oil in Israel: Lobbyist Jack Abramoff worked with Russian partners to establish a company that envisioned a high-risk plan to drill for oil in Israel, which he hoped would bring him riches and reshape the Middle East, according to documents and his former lobbying partners http://tinyurl.com/ggbu7 Serbia to be first nation charged with genocide: Serbia will come under intense international scrutiny today as it becomes the first nation to defend genocide charges, while separately facing censure for failing to surrender war crimes suspects. http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article347980.ece U.S.-owned hotel ordered closed: City officials ordered the closure of a major U.S.-owned hotel Tuesday in Mexico City, weeks after it became the center of a diplomatic flap when U.S. Treasury Department officials ordered it to expel a delegation of Cuban officials. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/13986096.htm Tens Of Thousands in India Rally Against Bush : Tens of thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Bush slogans rallied here Wednesday to protest the arrival of President George W. Bush for talks aimed at securing a strategic partnership between India and the United States. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/01/news/bush.php# Dyer: U.S., India are aligning militarily - but don't tell the Chinese: Chances are you won't hear a single word about U.S.-Indian military links in the mainstream media's reporting about President Bush's first visit to India this week. http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_3556603 Patriot Act E-Mail Searches Apply to Non-Terrorists, Judges Say: Two federal judges in Florida have upheld the authority of individual courts to use the Patriot Act to order searches anywhere in the country for e-mails and computer data in all types of criminal investigations, overruling a magistrate who found that Congress limited such expanded jurisdiction to cases involving terrorism. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12131.htm Gonzales Seeks to Clarify Testimony on Spying: Extent of Eavesdropping May Go Beyond NSA Work http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12130.htm Domestic spying more widespread than thought : The NSA has built a database, part of the intelligence community's "Denial and Deception" operations that now holds transcripts of phone calls and e-mails among journalists and their sources and associates. The database formerly was known as "Firstfruit" until Madsen exposed it last May. http://www.rockrivertimes.com/index.pl?cmd=viewstory&cat=2&id=12560 Senate Advances Patriot Act Renewal : ` `The White House played hardball and the decision was made by some to capitulate.'' http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5655911,00.html "Imagine a world of no more privacy.": How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track your Every Move with Radio Frequency Identification http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12128.htm Amy Worthington: Police state USA : In a fascist police state, the dictator secures his power with support from private corporations which are given special privileges and, thus, benefit from doing business with dictators. Continuously bribed by 28,000 corporate lobbyists in D.C.,4 Congress is doing its part to build a fascist state in America. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12121.htm Make a Freedom Of Information Act Request: Many Americans -- especially those with family and friends abroad -- are wondering whether government agents have been listening to their phone conversations or reading their email. If you're worried this has happened to you, you can use this site to help you find out. http://www.foiarequest.org/ Racism Thrives: A December 2004 Cornell University opinion poll showed 44 percent of Americans approved curtailing some civil liberties for all Muslim Americans-including registering with the federal government, close monitoring of mosques by law enforcement agencies and racially profiling citizens of Muslim or Middle Eastern heritage. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12127.htm Bush's Mysterious 'New Programs': Is the Pentagon building U.S.-based prison camps for Muslim immigrants? Evidence points to the possibility. http://www.alternet.org/rights/32647/ Let Freedom Ring!: This is a call to action. It is addressed to every American who can read, most especially Veterans of any sort. We can and must now consider the option of relieving the regime of George Walker Bush of his command. This includes ALL of his associates. We cannot, and MUST not let this situation degenerate any further. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12118.htm FDA Shields Drug Companies From Lawsuits : Last month, the FDA revealed its latest protective policy for drug companies in a statement that said people who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts. http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/fda.html This web site represents the effort of one person. I need your help to offset the costs associated with site hosting and bandwidth usage. If you find this site informative please help by clicking here http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/support.htm Peace & Joy Tom Feeley Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." (August 1765) John Adams ____________________________ Hosting by YourMailingListProvider *** DO NOT POST ILLEGAL INFORMATION. Identifying agents is a criminal offense. 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