UK Indymedia - UK Iraq Newswire Archive

Iraq violence could end "within weeks" of foreign troop withdrawal - Al-Kewther

22-02-2007 13:57

Dr Munthir Al-Kewther was born in Najaf in 1965. He has studied Islamic and Western Philosophy at various Western and Iraqi universities. Dr Al-Kewther completed his PhD in Islamic Philosophy at Iraq’s Kufa University in 1995.

Dr Al-Kewther is currently Dean of the Faculty of Media and Journalism at Al-Huraa University in the Netherlands. He has an extensive background as a television presenter and broadcaster. From 2001-2006 he was a news reader and programme presenter at Al-Mustaqillah TV in London.

Dr Al-Kewther spoke with Mahan Abedin

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Manchester Critical Mass and Fundraising Gig This Friday

21-02-2007 21:12

Friday 23rd February. Meet at 6pm as usual by the central library for a bike ride round our city which will then go to the Rampant Lion, Anson Rd/ Upper Brook St, Victoria Park (paralel to wilmslow road) starting at 8pm

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Depleted Uranium: Pernicious Killer Keeps on Killing

21-02-2007 11:35

I live a few miles from an ATK (Alliant Tech) plant that produces depleted uranium (DU) tank shells for the military. Tank shells destroy and kill, and they, along with all military hardware, are a constant reminder of our failure as a civilization. But DU weapons and tank shells are only two of many items that raise questions that even our violence prone society needs to address. Since shortly after Gulf War I, soldiers and civilians have been questioning the safety of these weapons which are made of radioactive material. The more questions raised, the more the military-industrial complex has hauled out studies showing the safety of DU munitions. One CEO called DU the "skim milk" of uranium in an article penned for my local paper. An Air Force officer is even stalking the internet, trying to intimidate anyone who suggests DU is anything but benign.

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Funeral Procession to commemorate the victims of the US bombing of Somalia

21-02-2007 11:27

Smash Edo Press Release

For immediate release

Wednesday 21st of February 2007, 4pm.

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New Iraq Oil Law To Open Iraq's Oil Reserves to Western Companies

20-02-2007 23:35

The Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar has obtained a copy of the proposed oil law and has just translated it into English. He discusses the new law with Antonia Juhasz, author of "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time.”

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US troops terrorize Baghdad in “Operation Law and Order”

20-02-2007 21:36

While in the initial days of the operation sectarian violence and deaths appeared to decline, by Sunday the death toll was nearing the 100-per-day Baghdad residents have come to expect. Three car bombs exploded in mainly Shia areas of the city, killing at least 67 and injuring more than 120.

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The Kuala Lumpur Initiative to Criminalise War

20-02-2007 15:21

The Kuala Lumpur Initiative to Criminalise War Petition to Citizens of the World - Petition

http://www.perdana4peace.org/petition.html

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Torture at Abu Ghraib: The full sworn testimony of Ali Shalal

20-02-2007 14:34

The following text is the testimony given by Professor Ali Shalal, who was tortured at Abu Ghraib Prison. This statement was presented to the War Crimes Commission set up under the helm of former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, as evidence in the procedure launched in Kuala Lumpur directed against US President George W. Bush, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and Australia's Prime Minister John Howard.

Ali Shalal, known to the World as the "man behind the hood", is a man of tremendous courage and determination. I heard his testimony, I had the opportunity of speaking to him on several occasions in the course of the war crimes Conference. We established bonds of friendship and solidarity. We shared our determination to bring the war criminals in high office to justice.

Ali Shalal is a professor of theology. He is a tremendous source of inspiration. It is important to understand that what Ali Shalal experienced is part of a routine process of torture, applied systematically to those arrested. Many of his companions in Abu Ghraib died as a result of torture or were executed upon their release so that they would not reveal the gruesome horrors and atrocities committed on the orders of the Bush administration. Also of significance, as confirmed by his testimony, was the fact that Israeli "civilians" were involved in assisting the US prison interrogators.

Ali Shalal survived and provided testimony in the name of all those who were tortured to death. Ali Salal's words will go down in history.

The war criminals in high office will be brought to justice. It is also our determination that they will be given a fair trial.

Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 19 February 2007

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Demo for the victims of the US bombing of Somalia at EDO MBM tomorrow

20-02-2007 14:11

21st Februray, 4-6 pm

meet at the bottom of Home Farm Road (where Home Farm Rd meets Lewes Road)

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Flashpoints: John Pilger - Iran, Iraq, Palestine and Journalism in a Time of War

20-02-2007 12:49

Filmmaker John Pilger talks with Flashpoints about the US' war planning against Iran, the war in Iraq, the genocide in Palestine, and the current state of journalism.

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Student Blockade of EDO MBM

19-02-2007 18:55

Smash EDO Press Release

Contact Andrew Beckett or Sarah Johnson For more Details

Email -

smashedopress@yahoo.co.uk, tel 07875708873

www.smashedo.org.uk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Autonomous Bloc on the Anti-Trident Demo in London

19-02-2007 13:49

call-out for antiu-authoritarian presence at the upcoming Stop the War/No Trident demo this weekend

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Bush and Gonzales – Two Terrorists

18-02-2007 14:27

President Bush, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the U.S. Justice Department subject an entire state to civil rights violations reminiscent of 1930s Germany.

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Second surprise demo at EDO

18-02-2007 12:31

EDO are Brighton's very own bomb makers...

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Ulster on the Euphrates: The Anglo-American Dirty War in Iraq

16-02-2007 23:53

Bush's formal greenlighting of the death-squad option built upon an already securely-established base, part of a larger effort to turn the world into a "global free-fire zone" for covert operatives, as one top Pentagon official told Hersh. For example, in November 2002 a Pentagon plan to infiltrate terrorist groups and "stimulate" them into action was uncovered by William Arkin, then writing for the Los Angeles Times. The new unit, the "Proactive, Pre-emptive Operations Group," was described in the Pentagon documents as "a super-Intelligence Support Activity" that brings "together CIA and military covert action, information warfare, intelligence and cover and deception."

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Sheffield coach info for 24th Feb London demo

16-02-2007 22:02

National Demonstration - Sat 24 February 12 Noon

• No Trident
• Troops out of Iraq

Assemble Hyde Park - March to Trafalgar Square

Tickets for Sheffield coaches are £20 / £15 / £10 and are available by calling 07761-471-441.

And also from Jack's Records, Division Street. Credit Card bookings: 0114-276-7093 (subject to fee)

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A look at the bombing of the Golden Dome Mosque in Samarra

15-02-2007 23:54

Information Warfare, Psy-ops and the Power of Myth

The bombing of the Golden Dome Mosque in Samarra is the cornerstone of Bush’s psychological operations (psy-ops) in Iraq. That’s why it is critical to have an independent investigation and discover who is really responsible. The bombing has been used as a "Pearl Harbor-type" event which has deflected responsibility for the 650,000 Iraqi casualties and more than 3 million refugees. These are the victims of American occupation not civil war.

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beirut, baghdad, zahedan: is there a connection between these bombing incidents?

15-02-2007 09:23

It is curious that the blast in Zahedan follows two separate bombing incidents.

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Three women sentenced to death for carrying out Resistance attacks

15-02-2007 00:47

In a dispatch posted at 3:33pm Makkah time Saturday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam (Islammemo) reported that the puppet "Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court" has ordered the execution of three Iraqi women on charges of involvement in Resistance attacks in Baghdad. The puppet "court" called such Resistance activity "terrorism."

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Thousands in Germany, Italy are told they will be Deploying in mid-2007

14-02-2007 22:49

Some 8,500 soldiers from 43 units in Germany and Italy have received official word that they will be deploying to either Iraq or Afghanistan later this year, U.S. Army Europe officials announced Monday.