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jamie | 17.11.2004 18:22 | World
It is time our citizens begin to consider fully the consequences of having such an “outlaw government” in these troubled times. We face so many pressing problems that will be impossible to begin to deal with in the absence of international cooperation. Our own economy is in a tales spin and will not recover w/o continued foreign investment and strong demand. But the stage is set (and would be justified) for a widespread boycott of our wares due to our detestable policies (clearly meant to serve only the narrow few). And then there are the multiple environmental crises, not the least of which is represented by the dramatic rise of global temperatures and the melting of the polar icecaps which threaten the ecology of our planet. Clearly the nominal voice which the “vote” provides is now under dire attack from it’s “champions.” I could go on.
Please. If you are not engaged today in the active resistance to this nightmare, become active now! Ending the neocon disaster in Iraq could be the turning point the world needs at this critical moment. The continuance of the current path is “not an option.” Organize now to stop the war! We can create a new world. But only if we act. jamie
Please. If you are not engaged today in the active resistance to this nightmare, become active now! Ending the neocon disaster in Iraq could be the turning point the world needs at this critical moment. The continuance of the current path is “not an option.” Organize now to stop the war! We can create a new world. But only if we act. jamie
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As of this writing the “official” number of U.S. troops killed in this most recent invasion of Iraq is 1210.
Dear friends of peace and justice,
The following article (and related news) indicates a “take no prisoners” attitude on the part of U.S. forces in Iraq. And in an illegal war the entire world has condemned! Please pass this information along.
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It is time our citizens begin to consider fully the consequences of having such an “outlaw government” in these troubled times. We face so many pressing problems that will be impossible to begin to deal with in the absence of international cooperation. Our own economy is in a tales spin and will not recover w/o continued foreign investment and strong demand. But the stage is set (and would be justified) for a widespread boycott of our wares due to our detestable policies (clearly meant to serve only the narrow few). And then there are the multiple environmental crises, not the least of which is represented by the dramatic rise of global temperatures and the melting of the polar icecaps which threaten the ecology of our planet. Clearly the nominal voice which the “vote” provides is now under dire attack from it’s “champions.” I could go on.
Please. If you are not engaged today in the active resistance to this nightmare, become active now! Ending the neocon disaster in Iraq could be the turning point the world needs at this critical moment. The continuance of the current path is “not an option.” Organize now to stop the war! We can create a new world. But only if we act. jamie
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Marines Killed Four Wounded Iraqi Prisoners: US Reporter
BAGHDAD, November 17 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – The US pool reporter, who broke to the world the killing of a wounded, unarmed Iraqi prisoner by a marine, further revealed that more prisoners were shot dead though they did not appear threatening in any way.
NBC correspondent Kevin Sites was quoted by the Associated Press Wednesday, November 17, as saying that US Marines killed three more unarmed and wounded Iraqi prisoners in a Fallujah mosque Saturday, November 12.
He added the wounded had been left in the mosque for others to pick up and move to the rear for treatment. No reason was given why that had not happened.
The shooting in the Fallujah mosque became public Tuesday, November 16, with the airing of the footage taken Saturday by Sites.
In his report, Sites said the man who was killed didn't appear to be armed or threatening in any way, with no weapons visible in the mosque.
Sites said he saw the marine raise his rifle and fire point blank at the head of a man, who was slumped against a wall in a mosque.
US networks and television channels in other countries have widely shown Sites’ footage, taken Saturday, but halted it in the second before the shot was fired.
The incident could cause major political problems for the government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and his US backers at a time when Iraqi authorities are seeking to contain a backlash among Sunnis to the Fallujah offensive.
Rumsfeld in the Dark
The US military promised a thorough investigation into the incident with the First Marine Division saying in a statement released in Iraq that the marine “has been withdrawn from the battlefield pending the results of the investigation.”
The military said it wanted to determine whether the marine acted in self-defense, violated military law or failed to comply with the international Law of Armed Conflict.
“We follow the Law of Armed Conflict and hold ourselves to a high standard of accountability,” the marine commander in Fallujah, Lieutenant General John Sattler, said in a statement.
“The facts of this case will be thoroughly pursued to make an informed decision and to protect the rights of all persons involved,” he said.
Hawkish Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in Ecuador for meetings with his Latin American counterparts, had little to say about the incident.
“I've not seen that,” said Rumsfeld. “I've been told that an American general has addressed the subject and any discussion of what may or may not have taken place which I'm not knowledgeable about would clearly be handled by the military forces and the leadership there in Iraq.”
Some 10,000 US marines and army forces, alongside some 2,000 Iraqi national guard soldiers unleashed a long expected onslaught on the resistance hub on November 8, capping long nights of massive US raids.
The successive raids have caused massive damage in the city, with dead bodies still littering the streets.
The current offensive looked set to come at a heavy price for the US military as at least 39 American troops have been killed and up to 250 others evacuated to the US military hospital in the German city of Landstuhl so far, according to US military estimates.
The US military also said about 1,200 resistance fighters have been killed in the bloody incursion.
The killing of wounded Iraqi prisoners come as a grim reminder of the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal where US troops harassed, in all forms and types of the word, Iraqi detainees.
Washington also said it would investigate the horrible scenes, deemed by law experts as gross human rights violations, but only few soldiers were sentenced to jail terms and others are still on trial.
Maysoun Hirmiz, 36, a Christian Iraqi merchant in Baghdad, told the AP she was not satisfied by an announcement by the US military that it had removed the Marine from the battlefield and will investigate whether he acted in self defense.
“They will say or do the same thing they did with the soldiers who committed the abuses against Iraqis detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, and they are still free, enjoying their lives while they destroyed other peoples' lives,” Hirmiz said.
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The notion that the U.S. is “succeeding” and that Iraqis support our “efforts” is garbage propaganda. Make sure the whole world (particularly everyone in your community) knows you understand this. Spread the truth on the net, on telephone poles, on windows, bumpers, your coop’s storefront, churches, malls, legally, illegally, etc. My all means necessary. Everyone who understands this has a duty to act. jamie
11/17/04 Scotsman: British Soldier Injured by Iraq Bomb A Black Watch soldier was seriously injured today after being hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq. It was a separate incident to the one in which members of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards were targeted by a suicide bomber today
11/17/04 AP: Police say 31 Iraqi police kidnapped in western Iraq A police spokesman says the 31 police officers were ambushed Sunday while returning from training in Jordan.
11/17/04 AP: Three U-S soldiers hurt in Beiji suicide car bombing TIKRIT, Iraq Military officials in Iraq say three U-S soldiers have been injured in a suicide car bombing in Beiji
11/17/04 Scottsman: British Soldiers Survive Suicide Bombing A group of British soldiers miraculously escaped with their lives today when they were targeted by a suicide bomber near Camp Dogwood in Iraq..
11/17/04 WSBT: Wounded Nappanee soldier in good spiritsSgt. Karnes, 26, is an Army scout. On Thursday, Veterans Day, his squad was going door to door in Fallujah to clear rebels out of the city when the soldiers were ambushed.
11/17/04 Gazette: Local soldier shot in IraqSpc. Joseph Seyford called his mom from a hospital north of Baghdad Sunday to let her know he'd been shot in battle.
11/17/04 FIRST COAST NEWS: Marine From First Coast Killed In IraqCaptain Patrick Marc M. Rapicault of St. Augustine was killed on November 15th. Rapicault was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division,
11/17/04 ABC: Midstate Soldier Injured in Fallujah A midstate soldier is recovering this morning at Bethesda Hospital in Maryland after being injured in Fallujah. 20-year-old Matthew Brown from Newville was shot in the leg in Iraq
11/17/04 Islam Online: Marines Killed Four Wounded Iraqi Prisoners: US ReporterThe US pool reporter, who broke to the world the killing of a wounded, unarmed Iraqi prisoner by a marine, further revealed that more prisoners were shot dead.....
11/17/04 News Journal : Soldier from Willard injured in FallujahU.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason L. Laser of Willard was wounded Nov. 10 during the offensive in Fallujah, his mother said Tuesday
11/17/04 AFP: US forces holding Fallujah correspondent: Arabic TV channelUS forces in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Fallujah are holding a correspondent for the Arabic television station Al-Arabiya
11/17/04 DoD News: National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of November 17, 2004This week, the Army and Air Force announced an increase in the number of reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization ... The net collective result is 2,294 more reservists mobilized than last week.
11/17/04 AP: Injured Marine's parents fight to get other son home from IraqThe parents of two Marines from Connecticut want to get their youngest son out of Iraq after his brother was hurt in the assault on Fallujah. Brian Johnston lost his right arm and most of his right leg in an explosion on November 9
11/17/04 AFP: Insurgents attack Iraqi oil pipelineIraqi police say insurgent forces have attacked a domestic oil pipeline west of the city of Samarra in the latest strike against Iraq's major industry.
11/17/04 WaPo: Fight just begun, say insurgentsU.S. and Iraqi troops entered Mosul in force Tuesday to retake streets and police stations seized by rebels in the northern city last week, while a leading Iraqi insurgent claimed that the fighting in Fallujah was only the beginning ...
11/17/04 AP: Troops retake police stations in Mosul U.S. and Iraqi troops recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday in an offensive aimed at pushing out fighters supporting the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
11/17/04 AP: Car bomber rams U.S. convoy in Iraq A car bomber rammed a U.S. convoy Wednesday north of Baghdad during clashes with militants that killed 10 people, witnesses said. U.S. aircraft launched strikes against insurgents holding out in the southern parts of Fallujah.
11/17/04 IBS: Pregnant Wife Of Soldier In Iraq Shot In HeadA Pennsylvania man is charged with shooting the pregnant wife of a soldier in Iraq, just because -- according to police -- he wanted to kill somebody
11/17/04 AP: Insurgents attack Iraqi security forcesInsurgents attacked Iraqi security forces with mortars and roadside bombs across the rebellious Sunni Triangle on Wednesday...
11/17/04 Focus: Nine Dead in Clashes in RamadiNine people died and 15 were injured in fierce clashes between the US forces and insurgents in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, 100 km west of Baghdad
11/17/04 krem: Spokane marine wounded in Fallujah, drags fellow marine to safety19-year-old Lance Corporal Scott Carter was wounded in Iraq last week. While attempting to clear a house in the terrorist stronghold of Fallujah...
11/17/04 Reuters: Bodies of two Turkish drivers foundAlso in Sunni Muslim territory north of Baghdad, Iraqi police said they found the bodies of two Turkish drivers whose trucks had been destroyed when guerrillas attacked their convoy with rocket-propelled grenades
11/17/04 Reuters: Five dead in Iraq car bomb blastFIVE Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded today when a car bomb exploded near a US military patrol in the northern oil city of Baiji, hospital officials said.
11/17/04 SA: Iraqi war claims CT victimCape Town - Little Zandri Oosthuizen will not be able to chat to her father on the cellphone any more - the 29-year-old former policeman is a victim of the Iraqi war
11/17/04 Reuters: Arabs Enraged at U.S. Soldier Shooting Wounded IraqMuslims said pictures showing Marines lounging with their guns in a Falluja mosque were "insulting."
Important websites on the war:
www.icasualties.org
www.bringthemhomenow.org
www.mirror-world.ru
www.indymedia.org
www.internationalactioncenter.org
www.zmag.org
and many, many more
spread this information
As of this writing the “official” number of U.S. troops killed in this most recent invasion of Iraq is 1210.
Dear friends of peace and justice,
The following article (and related news) indicates a “take no prisoners” attitude on the part of U.S. forces in Iraq. And in an illegal war the entire world has condemned! Please pass this information along.
-----
It is time our citizens begin to consider fully the consequences of having such an “outlaw government” in these troubled times. We face so many pressing problems that will be impossible to begin to deal with in the absence of international cooperation. Our own economy is in a tales spin and will not recover w/o continued foreign investment and strong demand. But the stage is set (and would be justified) for a widespread boycott of our wares due to our detestable policies (clearly meant to serve only the narrow few). And then there are the multiple environmental crises, not the least of which is represented by the dramatic rise of global temperatures and the melting of the polar icecaps which threaten the ecology of our planet. Clearly the nominal voice which the “vote” provides is now under dire attack from it’s “champions.” I could go on.
Please. If you are not engaged today in the active resistance to this nightmare, become active now! Ending the neocon disaster in Iraq could be the turning point the world needs at this critical moment. The continuance of the current path is “not an option.” Organize now to stop the war! We can create a new world. But only if we act. jamie
Spread this information
Marines Killed Four Wounded Iraqi Prisoners: US Reporter
BAGHDAD, November 17 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – The US pool reporter, who broke to the world the killing of a wounded, unarmed Iraqi prisoner by a marine, further revealed that more prisoners were shot dead though they did not appear threatening in any way.
NBC correspondent Kevin Sites was quoted by the Associated Press Wednesday, November 17, as saying that US Marines killed three more unarmed and wounded Iraqi prisoners in a Fallujah mosque Saturday, November 12.
He added the wounded had been left in the mosque for others to pick up and move to the rear for treatment. No reason was given why that had not happened.
The shooting in the Fallujah mosque became public Tuesday, November 16, with the airing of the footage taken Saturday by Sites.
In his report, Sites said the man who was killed didn't appear to be armed or threatening in any way, with no weapons visible in the mosque.
Sites said he saw the marine raise his rifle and fire point blank at the head of a man, who was slumped against a wall in a mosque.
US networks and television channels in other countries have widely shown Sites’ footage, taken Saturday, but halted it in the second before the shot was fired.
The incident could cause major political problems for the government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and his US backers at a time when Iraqi authorities are seeking to contain a backlash among Sunnis to the Fallujah offensive.
Rumsfeld in the Dark
The US military promised a thorough investigation into the incident with the First Marine Division saying in a statement released in Iraq that the marine “has been withdrawn from the battlefield pending the results of the investigation.”
The military said it wanted to determine whether the marine acted in self-defense, violated military law or failed to comply with the international Law of Armed Conflict.
“We follow the Law of Armed Conflict and hold ourselves to a high standard of accountability,” the marine commander in Fallujah, Lieutenant General John Sattler, said in a statement.
“The facts of this case will be thoroughly pursued to make an informed decision and to protect the rights of all persons involved,” he said.
Hawkish Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in Ecuador for meetings with his Latin American counterparts, had little to say about the incident.
“I've not seen that,” said Rumsfeld. “I've been told that an American general has addressed the subject and any discussion of what may or may not have taken place which I'm not knowledgeable about would clearly be handled by the military forces and the leadership there in Iraq.”
Some 10,000 US marines and army forces, alongside some 2,000 Iraqi national guard soldiers unleashed a long expected onslaught on the resistance hub on November 8, capping long nights of massive US raids.
The successive raids have caused massive damage in the city, with dead bodies still littering the streets.
The current offensive looked set to come at a heavy price for the US military as at least 39 American troops have been killed and up to 250 others evacuated to the US military hospital in the German city of Landstuhl so far, according to US military estimates.
The US military also said about 1,200 resistance fighters have been killed in the bloody incursion.
The killing of wounded Iraqi prisoners come as a grim reminder of the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal where US troops harassed, in all forms and types of the word, Iraqi detainees.
Washington also said it would investigate the horrible scenes, deemed by law experts as gross human rights violations, but only few soldiers were sentenced to jail terms and others are still on trial.
Maysoun Hirmiz, 36, a Christian Iraqi merchant in Baghdad, told the AP she was not satisfied by an announcement by the US military that it had removed the Marine from the battlefield and will investigate whether he acted in self defense.
“They will say or do the same thing they did with the soldiers who committed the abuses against Iraqis detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, and they are still free, enjoying their lives while they destroyed other peoples' lives,” Hirmiz said.
Spread this information
Latest casualty news follows:
The notion that the U.S. is “succeeding” and that Iraqis support our “efforts” is garbage propaganda. Make sure the whole world (particularly everyone in your community) knows you understand this. Spread the truth on the net, on telephone poles, on windows, bumpers, your coop’s storefront, churches, malls, legally, illegally, etc. My all means necessary. Everyone who understands this has a duty to act. jamie
11/17/04 Scotsman: British Soldier Injured by Iraq Bomb A Black Watch soldier was seriously injured today after being hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq. It was a separate incident to the one in which members of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards were targeted by a suicide bomber today
11/17/04 AP: Police say 31 Iraqi police kidnapped in western Iraq A police spokesman says the 31 police officers were ambushed Sunday while returning from training in Jordan.
11/17/04 AP: Three U-S soldiers hurt in Beiji suicide car bombing TIKRIT, Iraq Military officials in Iraq say three U-S soldiers have been injured in a suicide car bombing in Beiji
11/17/04 Scottsman: British Soldiers Survive Suicide Bombing A group of British soldiers miraculously escaped with their lives today when they were targeted by a suicide bomber near Camp Dogwood in Iraq..
11/17/04 WSBT: Wounded Nappanee soldier in good spiritsSgt. Karnes, 26, is an Army scout. On Thursday, Veterans Day, his squad was going door to door in Fallujah to clear rebels out of the city when the soldiers were ambushed.
11/17/04 Gazette: Local soldier shot in IraqSpc. Joseph Seyford called his mom from a hospital north of Baghdad Sunday to let her know he'd been shot in battle.
11/17/04 FIRST COAST NEWS: Marine From First Coast Killed In IraqCaptain Patrick Marc M. Rapicault of St. Augustine was killed on November 15th. Rapicault was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division,
11/17/04 ABC: Midstate Soldier Injured in Fallujah A midstate soldier is recovering this morning at Bethesda Hospital in Maryland after being injured in Fallujah. 20-year-old Matthew Brown from Newville was shot in the leg in Iraq
11/17/04 Islam Online: Marines Killed Four Wounded Iraqi Prisoners: US ReporterThe US pool reporter, who broke to the world the killing of a wounded, unarmed Iraqi prisoner by a marine, further revealed that more prisoners were shot dead.....
11/17/04 News Journal : Soldier from Willard injured in FallujahU.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason L. Laser of Willard was wounded Nov. 10 during the offensive in Fallujah, his mother said Tuesday
11/17/04 AFP: US forces holding Fallujah correspondent: Arabic TV channelUS forces in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Fallujah are holding a correspondent for the Arabic television station Al-Arabiya
11/17/04 DoD News: National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of November 17, 2004This week, the Army and Air Force announced an increase in the number of reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization ... The net collective result is 2,294 more reservists mobilized than last week.
11/17/04 AP: Injured Marine's parents fight to get other son home from IraqThe parents of two Marines from Connecticut want to get their youngest son out of Iraq after his brother was hurt in the assault on Fallujah. Brian Johnston lost his right arm and most of his right leg in an explosion on November 9
11/17/04 AFP: Insurgents attack Iraqi oil pipelineIraqi police say insurgent forces have attacked a domestic oil pipeline west of the city of Samarra in the latest strike against Iraq's major industry.
11/17/04 WaPo: Fight just begun, say insurgentsU.S. and Iraqi troops entered Mosul in force Tuesday to retake streets and police stations seized by rebels in the northern city last week, while a leading Iraqi insurgent claimed that the fighting in Fallujah was only the beginning ...
11/17/04 AP: Troops retake police stations in Mosul U.S. and Iraqi troops recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday in an offensive aimed at pushing out fighters supporting the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
11/17/04 AP: Car bomber rams U.S. convoy in Iraq A car bomber rammed a U.S. convoy Wednesday north of Baghdad during clashes with militants that killed 10 people, witnesses said. U.S. aircraft launched strikes against insurgents holding out in the southern parts of Fallujah.
11/17/04 IBS: Pregnant Wife Of Soldier In Iraq Shot In HeadA Pennsylvania man is charged with shooting the pregnant wife of a soldier in Iraq, just because -- according to police -- he wanted to kill somebody
11/17/04 AP: Insurgents attack Iraqi security forcesInsurgents attacked Iraqi security forces with mortars and roadside bombs across the rebellious Sunni Triangle on Wednesday...
11/17/04 Focus: Nine Dead in Clashes in RamadiNine people died and 15 were injured in fierce clashes between the US forces and insurgents in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, 100 km west of Baghdad
11/17/04 krem: Spokane marine wounded in Fallujah, drags fellow marine to safety19-year-old Lance Corporal Scott Carter was wounded in Iraq last week. While attempting to clear a house in the terrorist stronghold of Fallujah...
11/17/04 Reuters: Bodies of two Turkish drivers foundAlso in Sunni Muslim territory north of Baghdad, Iraqi police said they found the bodies of two Turkish drivers whose trucks had been destroyed when guerrillas attacked their convoy with rocket-propelled grenades
11/17/04 Reuters: Five dead in Iraq car bomb blastFIVE Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded today when a car bomb exploded near a US military patrol in the northern oil city of Baiji, hospital officials said.
11/17/04 SA: Iraqi war claims CT victimCape Town - Little Zandri Oosthuizen will not be able to chat to her father on the cellphone any more - the 29-year-old former policeman is a victim of the Iraqi war
11/17/04 Reuters: Arabs Enraged at U.S. Soldier Shooting Wounded IraqMuslims said pictures showing Marines lounging with their guns in a Falluja mosque were "insulting."
Important websites on the war:
www.icasualties.org
www.bringthemhomenow.org
www.mirror-world.ru
www.indymedia.org
www.internationalactioncenter.org
www.zmag.org
and many, many more
spread this information
jamie
