RE: War Made Easy is the Great Truth Video on the Real War!

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From: Pan Man
Date: Jul 18, 2008 6:15 AM


The real war which we must always confront is the war of information and propaganda conducted by the government with the full complicity of mass media to propel the national mind set to accept war and to beat the drums for the deaths of people in the hundreds of thousands or millions who they will never know and from whom they have nothing to fear or hate. War is by its very nature so cruel, unacceptable and incomprehensible that it must always be conducted on the basis of lies and the perpetration of massive fraud by those few evil and corrupt men who profit from it politically or financially.




Watch this 70 minute long video and you will finally understand.

It is WAR MADE EASY!







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From: king idiot ©
Date: Jul 18, 2008 3:45 AM

king idiot © says:

ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN !

Peaceful r3Λ07ution ?

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Great 60 Minutes interview that was banned because of the O.I.L.

RE: Guilty .. THE LOT OF THEM!

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RE: Morning Joe SUCKS !

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Date: Jul 16, 2008 1:51 AM





A BURIED 60 Minutes INTERVIEW / INDICTMENT

RE: We Wanted Peace For Two Years Now. Great Vid

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Date: Dec 15, 2007 9:55 AM




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Date: Dec 15, 2007 3:33 AM


RE: Awesome video

From: Snap-Her


You should add Uncle Sam



I've b*tched about this so many times, but this video sends the message better than any of my words ever could.

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RE: ~~~Mega Post #4~~~

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From: Brian CNN SUCKS!!! [RONPAUL2008.COM]
Date: Dec 9, 2007 10:39 PM


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From: SafetyJoe [Ron Paul 2008]
Date: Dec 9, 2007 10:20 PM


Ron Paul supporters, please repost!


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From: Donate at ronpaul2008 on December 16th.
Date: Dec 9, 2007 10:03 PM


Overseas Americans can now donate on the main website. But they aren't even aware of it yet.

This comes just in time for overseas donations to come in for December 16th money bomb.

Make sure they hear about it!


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Ron Paul Group Alliance~~~~ Please Repost


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Date: Dec 9, 2007 9:22 PM


Ron Paul Group Alliance

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Ron Paul Tea Party December 16th



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From: CARLOS (RON PAUL 08!!)
Date: Dec 9, 2007 9:20 PM








Ron Paul hits bump in the road with Hispanics



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From: Flo
Date: Dec 9, 2007 9:00 PM


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From: Hispanics 4 Ron Paul 2008 (La Nueva Revolución)
Date: Dec 9, 2007 8:44 PM


For those of you who were in tune to the debate, you may have noticed that Dr. Paul got a ROUSING BOO from the audience when he spoke of engaging in free trade with Venezuela and Cuba.

It speaks mainly to the level of hatred that most south americans and cubans feel towards their respective dictators, and a Paul administration would not be condusive of a change in any of these countries.

Those of us who know Dr. Paul's foreign policy well will know why: Non intervention. Considering that these 2 countries pose absolutely no threat to the United States, there is no reason why we should be interfering (as we have and currently still do) with these countries' leaders.

McCain and Giulliani, laughing all the way, jumped at the occasion to strike back at Dr. Paul for his sudden unpopularity and lashed back by not stating what they would do, but simply condemning the leaders of these countries, hence getting a rousing applause.

Giulliani's response "oh, I agree with Huck" (he didn't get booed.) heh, (wiping sweat off brow.)

In the end, I truly think that some people simply want to be entertained, and clowns do have the greatest entertainment value. It was sad to see that the truth - and that is the possibility of the US ceasing to destabilize countries like Guatemala, Columbia, Cuba, Venezuela, etc... would not have elicited a greater response. I'm frankly quite shocked, and hope that something was lost in translation.

Trust me, this will be all over the news tomorrow. Be forewarned.

I read that Ron Paul got booed at this debate tonight


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From: Darla 4 RON PAUL
Date: Dec 9, 2007 10:09 PM


December 09, 2007 09:17 PM Eastern Time
Univision’s Historic Republican Presidential Forum Creates Unprecedented Connection with Vital Hispanic Electorate

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Univision Communications Inc., the nation’s leading Spanish-language media company, together with the University of Miami, made history this evening with the broadcast of the first ever Republican Presidential Candidate Forum in Spanish. Univision’s Forum provided a landmark opportunity for the Republican candidates to speak directly to the growing Hispanic electorate whose votes will play an important role in the next presidential election.

The 90-minute forum, moderated by Univision’s award-winning network news anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, took place at the University of Miami’s BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida. Republican candidates Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Governor Mike Huckabee, Congressman Duncan Hunter, Senator John McCain, Congressman Ron Paul, Governor Mitt Romney and Senator Fred Thompson addressed issues of particular interest to the Hispanic community, including immigration, Latin American foreign policy, the war in Iraq, healthcare and education.

“Univision is proud of the history we made tonight: as of this evening, the 2008 presidential elections are the very first in which Spanish-speaking voters have heard directly from the candidates of both major political parties in their own language,” said Joe Uva, CEO of Univision Communications Inc. “These candidate forums are a recognition of the increasingly important role Hispanic Americans play in our national politics and a product of Univision’s commitment to bring the voices of our audiences into the American political dialogue.”

“The University of Miami is proud to once again have been part of such an important event for the Hispanic community in this country, and we thank Univision for making this historic moment possible,” said Donna E. Shalala, President of the University of Miami. “Hosting both the majority of the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on campus has provided our students with the opportunity to experience the vital role that free and open expression and exchange of ideas plays in our democracy.”

Ramos commented: “I am honored to participate in the first ever Republican Presidential Candidate Forum in Spanish. I see it as my duty to inform and make sure that every member of the Hispanic community is educated about the electoral process and the candidates in this crucial Presidential election.”

“It’s especially rewarding to be a part of a discussion in which our audience can hear directly from the candidates themselves, in their own words, about their positions on the issues that most directly affect their daily lives,” commented Salinas.

Utilizing the company’s multi-platform capabilities, the forum was also broadcast live on their AM radio network, RadioCadena Univision, and streamed on their popular website, Univision.com.

Both Univision.com and Univision Móvil featured extensive coverage of the Republican Presidential Candidate Forum. For the first time, users submitted questions to Republican candidates and posted opinions on Univision.com (Keyword: Elecciones). The candidate forum was streamed live on Univision.com, and exclusive clips can now be accessed via Univision Móvil. Online and mobile coverage of the forum is yet another source for Hispanic participation in the upcoming elections.

A full transcript, in English and Spanish, as well as photos of the event are available for download at ftp.univision.net Username: republicanforum2007 Password: univision.

Univision Communications Inc.

Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 89% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 64 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and Mexico-based Disa Records as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.

For more information, please visit www.univision.net.

University of Miami

The University of Miami is one of the nation's leading research universities with more than 15,600 undergraduate and graduate students from around the world. Founded in 1925, UM has grown from its main campus in the city of Coral Gables to include the Miller School of Medicine campus located near downtown Miami, the internationally renowned Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science campus on Virginia Key, and the South and Richmond campuses in southwest Miami-Dade County. The University’s vast and energetic research enterprise attracted more than $274 million in external funding in FY 2007. Its top-ranked medical school, which has internationally renowned programs in several specialties, is a key local health care resource, with its 800 faculty physicians handling 1 million patient visits annually. Led by President Donna E. Shalala, UM is accelerating its progress in all key areas, including fundraising: in 2006 the Momentum campaign reached its initial $1 billion goal 18 months ahead of schedule, and the campaign recently surpassed its subsequent $1.25 billion goal, hitting $1.31 billion. Over the past 5 years, UM’s selectivity in undergraduate admissions has increased dramatically, as have the undergraduate programs, with a multitude of opportunities for undergraduates to engage in research. In addition, the University is committed to strengthening its graduate programs by increasing the number of Ph.D. candidates across the disciplines and schools. UM played host to the first-ever Presidential Debate in the State of Florida in 2004. For more information on the University of Miami, visit www.miami.edu.
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illegal alien camp exposed in San Diego, CA



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Buck Fush And His Shock And Awe



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Why Bush Invaded Iraq



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From: Jerry
Date: Dec 9, 2007 9:32 PM




Richard Dreyfuss on Liberty



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From: Jerry
Date: Dec 9, 2007 9:26 PM




ISRAEL WANTS WAR WITH IRAN.....Here's Proof



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From: Jerry
Date: Dec 9, 2007 9:02 PM




Inside the Iran Bamboozle



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From: shalin [ron paul 2008]
Date: Dec 9, 2007 9:46 PM


these wars for israel need to end..

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RE: Check out this video: Ron Paul the Movie

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From: Watchman on the wall!
Date: Dec 7, 2007 5:58 AM


Check out this video: Ron Paul the Movie

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RE: More Boos At Republican YouTube Debate As McCain Re-Writes

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From: Patriots Speak Out ®©™
Date: Dec 1, 2007 8:25 PM


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The Republican CNN/YouTube debate looked more like an episode of Jerry Springer than a presidential debate. Senator John McCain was asked a question about taxes and decided to go way off topic and attack Rep. Ron Paul for his stance on Iraq and wanting to bring the troops home.

McCain accused Paul of what he called the same sort of appeasement that allowed Hitler to take power and WWII to happen, and told him he’d just returned from Iraq and said he had a message for Ron from “the troops” — and the audience let him have it. Paul put it right back in his face by reminding him that he has received more donations from active duty military personnel than any other Republican candidate. Oh, did anyone notice Chuck Norris in the audience? This stuff just writes itself…

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/11/28/

RE: Silent Surge in Contractor "Armies"

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From: The Man Common
Date: Jul 18, 2007 3:00 PM


Silent Surge in Contractor "Armies"

By Brad Knickerbocker
The Christian Science Monitor

Go to Original

A key support for US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, civilians have little oversight and, back home, little help.

There are two coalition armies in Iraq: the official one, which fights the war, and the private one, which supports it.

This latter group of civilians drives dangerous truck convoys, cooks soldiers' meals, and guards facilities and important officials. They rival in size the US military force there, and thousands have become casualties of the conflict. If this experience is any indication, they may change the makeup of US military forces in future wars.

Having civilians working in war zones is as old as war itself. But starting with US military action in the Balkans and Colombia in the mid-1990s and accelerating rapidly in Afghanistan and Iraq, the number and activity of contractors has greatly increased. Coming from dozens of countries, hired by hundreds of companies, contractors have seen their numbers rise faster than the Pentagon's ability to track them.

Now, the challenges of this privatization strategy are becoming clear.

Everything from who controls their activities to who cares for them when wounded remains unresolved, say experts in and out of the military. This has led to protests from families in the United States as well as concerns in military ranks about how contractors fit into the chain of command.

"This is a very murky legal space, and simply put we haven't dealt with the fundamental issues," says Peter Singer, a foreign policy specialist at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "What is their specific role, what is their specific status, and what is the system of accountability? We've sort of dodged these questions."

As the inevitable drawdown of US military forces in Iraq occurs, the importance of civilian workers there is likely to grow.

"In my view, the role of contractors is just going to continue to escalate, probably at an ever-increasing rate," says Deborah Avant, a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine, whose research has focused on civil-military relations.

For example, the new US Embassy now being completed in Baghdad - 21 buildings on 104 acres, an area six times larger than the United Nations complex in New York - is likely to be a permanent fixture needing hundreds if not thousands of civilian contractors to maintain it and provide services.

In Iraq, Up to 180,000 Contractors

Estimates of the number of private security personnel and other civilian contractors in Iraq today range from 126,000 to 180,000 - nearly as many, if not more than, the number of Americans in uniform there. Most are not Americans. They come from Fiji, Brazil, Scotland, Croatia, Hungary, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Australia, and other countries.

"A very large part of the total force is not in uniform," Scott Horton, who teaches the law of armed conflict at Columbia University School of Law, said in congressional testimony last month. In World War II and the Korean War, contractors amounted to 3 to 5 percent of the total force deployed. Through the Vietnam War and the first Gulf War, the percentage grew to roughly 10 percent, he notes. "But in the current conflict, the number appears to be climbing steadily closer to parity" with military personnel. "This represents an extremely radical transformation in the force configuration," he says.

Until recently, there has been little oversight of civilian contractors operating in Iraq. The Defense Department is not adequately keeping track of contractors - where they are or even how many there are, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report last December. This is especially true as military units rotate in and out of the war zone (as do contractors) and institutional memory is lost.

This lack of accountability has begun to change with a Democrat-controlled Congress. As part of the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act passed last year, Congress now requires that civilian contractors who break the law - hurt or kill civilians, for example - come under the legal authority of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So far, however, the Pentagon has not issued guidance to field commanders on how to do this.

Proposed bills in the House and Senate would require "transparency and accountability in military and security contracting." For example, companies would be required to provide information on the hiring and training of civilian workers, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would have to issue rules of engagement regarding the circumstances under which contractors could use force.

Senior commanders acknowledge the value of contractors, especially those that are armed and ready to fight if attacked.

At his Senate confirmation hearing in January, Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the multinational force in Iraq, said that the "surge" by US forces in Iraq might not include enough American troops. "However, there are tens of thousands of contract security forces and [Iraqi] ministerial security forces that do, in fact, guard facilities and secure institutions," he added. "That does give me the reason to believe that we can accomplish the mission in Baghdad."

Still, many senior military officers worry about the impact that relying on so many civilian contractors - especially armed private security forces - will have on the conduct of future conflicts. This past Christmas Eve, for example, a Blackwater USA contractor shot and killed an Iraqi security guard. The contractor was fired and returned to the US. The FBI and Justice Department are investigating.

The US military needs to take "a real hard look at security contractors on future battlefields and figure out a way to get a handle on them so that they can be better integrated - if we're going to allow them to be used in the first place," Col. Peter Mansoor, a deputy to General Petraeus, recently told Jane's Defence Weekly.

"I meet with a lot of O-5s and O-6s [lieutenant colonels and colonels] at the war colleges, and you hear a lot of that discomfort with how far it's gone," says Mr. Singer of Brookings.

Opinions differ over whether the trend in using more contractors is here to stay.

"Every war is unique, but the heavy use of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan is likely to persist in future conflicts," says military analyst Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va. "Relying on market sources is intrinsically more flexible than using government workers, and nobody seriously believes that the market will fail to respond to multibillion dollar opportunities even when danger is involved."

"In addition," says Dr. Thompson, "modern military technology often requires support that only the original makers can provide."

A New Military-Industrial Complex?

Other observers also foresee an increase in military contractors - for darker r

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RE: Oil Workers Mount Protest in Basra

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Date: Jul 16, 2007 10:46 PM



Oil Workers Mount Protest in Basra

Union Protests Oil Law, Government Increase on Fuel Prices
Posted 5 hr. 47 min. ago


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Basra, IRAQ: Iraqis shout slogans as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra, 16 July 2007.

Basra, Jul 16, (VOI) – The executive bureau of Basra's trade unions organized a large demonstration on Monday, where hundreds of workers called for reconsidering the oil and gas law and the government's recent decision to increase fuel prices.

"Members of all Basra's trade unions took to the streets to show solidarity with the oil trade union, calling for reconsidering the oil and gas law and the government decision to increase fuel prices," the head of the bureau, Hussein Fadel, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The executive bureau issued a statement last week calling for the removal of the oil minister, freedom of syndicates to organize their administrations and activities and the cancellation of decision no. 150, which bans syndicates' activities in public sector institutions.

"The demonstration reflected the unity of Basra's trade unions. The ports, electricity, services, municipalities and other trade unions all united to call for the legitimate demands of the oil trade union's workers," he added.

A media spokesman for Basra's trade unions, Faraj Ribat Mazban, told VOI that the demonstrators were protesting against the oil and gas law, which he said allows foreign companies to exploit Iraq's wealth.

The law on oil and gas is one of the most controversial laws on the Iraqi political scene. It was recently ratified by the Iraqi cabinet after a number of Shura Council amendments were made to it, described by the government as "peripheral." The law was referred to the parliament for approval and is currently under discussion. The current draft gives foreign investors the right to set up refineries and oil facilities and to invest in them for 50 years, after which they will belong to the Iraqi government.

Mazban added that the demonstrators were also angry at being unheard. Representatives from the syndicate of trade unions met several officials, including the prime minister and the oil minister, "but all they gave were empty promises," he indicated.

The Iraqi Oil Ministry said earlier that starting July 1, 2007, premium gas will be sold at 450 Iraqi dinars per liter (36 U.S. cents) and regular gas for 400 dinars (32 U.S. cents), attributing the price increase to pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Paris Club to remove subsidies on oil derivatives.

Basra, a Shiite province with 20% Sunni population, is 590 km south of Baghdad.

RE: MICHAEL MOORE ON KEITH OLBERMANN $ Save Net Radio !!!

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From: Dalibor
Date: Jul 13, 2007 8:05 PM


MICHAEL MOORE ON KEITH OLBERMANN JULY 12, 2007

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From: Keith (enemy combatant for peace)
Date: Jul 13, 2007 11:31 AM


Watched it live last night, Michael was on top of it, thanks DJLenaDOTcom


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From: Love Cursed
Date: Jul 13, 2007 4:31 PM


thanks to psychocandy for the update..

looks like it worked for now, but how ridiculous. check this link:
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/07/webcasters_face_music

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From: Love Cursed
Date: Jul 13, 2007 3:57 AM


repost~ please get involved. save net radio!



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From: Mark Marshall
Date: Jul 13, 2007 1:49 AM


This came from our friends at savenetradio.org. This is NOT an alarmist post - upwards of TWENTY THOUSAND netradio stations could be closed as soon as NEXT WEEK if this isn't stopped - PLEASE REPOST.
MM.


for more background info on the story, you can read Idiots killed the radio star (opens in a new window)


Greetings,

Time and options are running out for Internet Radio. Late this afternoon, the court DENIED the emergency stay sought on behalf of webcasters, millions of listeners and the artists and music they support.

UNLESS CONGRESS ACTS BY JULY 15th, the new ruinous royalty rates will be going into effect on Sunday, threatening the future of all internet radio.

We are appealing to the millions of Internet radio listeners out there, the webcasters they support and the artists and labels we treasure to rise up and make your voices heard again before this vibrant medium is silenced. Even if you have already called, we need you to call again.

The situation is grave, but that makes the message all the simpler and more serious.

PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT AWAY and urge them to support the Internet Equality Act. Go to http://www.capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/alert_9738601.html to find the phone numbers of your Senators and Representative.

If they've already co-sponsored, thank them and tell them to fight to bring the bill to the floor for an immediate vote. If the line is busy, please call back. Call until you know your voice has been heard.

Your voices are what have gotten us this far - Congress has listened. Now, they are our only hope.

We are outmatched by lobbying power and money but we are NOT outmatched by facts and passion and the power of our voices.

Again, please go to http://www.capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/alert_9738601.html to find the necessary phone numbers and make the call today.

Thank you,

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RE: BANNED Bush Interview.. must see!!

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From: Vivid Imagination
Date: Jul 10, 2007 10:44 AM


No I hadn't seen it. Thanks. You were right Jared,
I would've wanted to see this, respects man!

This is a video I found of an Irish TV interview with President Bush. I later found out that this interview was not shown on American television because it was banned! Why you ask, take a look and see...

RE: BLACKWATER : THE SHADOW WAR

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From: Leo/FightNWO-Resisting World Government
Date: Jun 9, 2007 3:28 AM

George Bush; spreading homelessness worldwide is job #1

RE: War Refugees Live in Baghdad Trash Dump

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From: Patriots Speak Out ®©™
Date: Jun 7, 2007 12:28 AM

War Refugees Live in Baghdad Trash Dump

http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/3095/War_Refugees_Live_in_Baghdad_Trash_Dump

By JANE ARRAF Posted 8 hr. 20 min. ago

Photo by Jane Arraf/IraqSlogger

Trash dump in southwestern Baghdad area of al-Shoula, home to dozens of Shiite families displaced by sectarian cleansing in formerly mixed neighborhoods.

Baghdad – Their old homes were in mixed neighborhoods of Abu Ghraib and a-Haswa. Their new homes are literally built of garbage.

At first glance it looked like a huge field of trash with water buffalo wallowing in stagnant water and piles of garbage burning in the distance.

And then the garbage trucks came. As a landslide of trash came sliding from the backs of the trucks, women in abayas rushed forward to pick through it, darting around the sheep competing with them.

The last time I’d seen people pick through garbage in Iraq was immediately after the 1991 war, when Baghdad was shattered by the bombing and the shock of trade sanctions, when people would do almost anything to eat.

One woman carried away a large square of cardboard. Another flung masses of plastic bags out of her way as she dug deeper into the pile.

“They live on the garbage,” said one of the Iraqi policeman on a highway overpass overlooking the field.

I was with soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division who were watching an Iraqi police checkpoint in al-Shoula, in southwestern Baghdad. The checkpoint, manned by Shiite police, seemed to be working. Police officers climbed into the back of trucks to inspect them and listened to directions from the American soldiers on checking gun permits.

“They’re pretty receptive to how to do things better which is what we look for,” said platoon leader 1st Lieutenant Christopher Ford.

But then there was that field of trash. What had looked at first glance like just a garbage dump was dotted with crude brick homes and mud huts with walls reinforced with tin cans and roofs of corrugated iron and cardboard.

Small children played barefoot in the dirt. An elderly man hobbled by on a crutch. The water buffalo, valued in the south of Iraq for their milk, wallowed in stagnant ponds that had turned a dark maroon color from the waste.

There is no clean water, no sewage, no electricity. Just makeshift houses in a seemingly never-ending field of trash. When Saddam was in power, it was to have been a sports stadium.

Photo by Jane Arraf/IraqSlogger

Iraqi police taking a break in the shade at a checkpoint near the trash dump.

The police said the Shiite families had been driven out of al-Haswa south of Baghdad by sectarian cleansing. They said there were perhaps 100 families who had arrived over the past year.

One of the policemen himself was displaced. Mohammad, 27, said his family had had two houses and a supermarket in Abu Ghraib, near Baghdad.

“They took them and we had to leave,” he said. “Who took them?” I asked. “The terrorists,” he said, meaning Sunni extremists. He said two of his cousins had been killed there.

As a policeman, he said he made 100,000 dinars a month – about $70. He and his colleagues spend ten days at a time at the checkpoint with no running water and a makeshift tent for shade. “We have to buy our own uniforms,” one of his colleagues said. “Look at his shoes.” One of the police was wearing mismatched plastic sandals.

The group was from Diwaniyah, in the Shiite south of Iraq. “Life was better under Saddam because then there were no terrorists,” one said. “Nothing has changed except they removed Saddam - we didn’t have electricity or water then either.”

Photo by Jane Arraf/IraqSlogger

Five-year-old refugee Sajad Abbas.

“All of the Arab countries around us are against Iraq,” said another. “Even Iran – Iran just uses Iraq.”

Next to the police station in al-Shoula, Younnis, who runs the parking lot, introduces me to Sajad Abbas, who is five years old.

“This is one of our refugees,” he tells me. “There are lots of them everywhere.” He says Sajad’s family was also driven out of al-Haswa, fleeing to al-Shoula, a Shiite neighborhood controlled by the Mehdi Army.

In turn, Sunni families fled their homes in al-Shula. “They went to Abu Ghraib, to Fallujah, to al-Anbar,” Younnis says.

I ask him whether people prefer it that way. “It’s not right,” he says. “We were brothers for years.”

RE: Make Film Not War - Parental Advisory

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Peace Bros,
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Bush: "terrorists and states that harbor terrorists will be treated the same way," as friends

RE: Holy sh!t RE: With us or against us!

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Date: Jun 1, 2007 9:31 PM


Holy sh!t RE: With us or against us!

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Thanks BREE:)~
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RE: Locals Rise Up Against -- at a Cost

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From: Patriots Speak Out ®©™
Date: Jun 1, 2007 10:53 PM

Locals Rise Up Against al Qaeda -- at a Cost

Off-Duty, Armed APTN Cameraman Dies a Hero Defending his Neighborhood

By JANE ARRAF Posted 2 hr. 55 min. ago

Photo by Jane Arraf/IraqSlogger

A US Army medic tries in vain to save the life of off-duty APTN cameraman Saif Mohammad Fakhry.

Baghdad – They were still bringing in the wounded when we arrived at the mosque in southern Amiriya Thursday morning, racing from the armored vehicles surrounded by bursts of gunfire.

An American soldier was among the casualties – killed by small arms fire. His name is being withheld. His commanders said he was an exceptional young man who re-enlisted after surviving a mortar attack that killed his roommate.

The Iraqi wounded were taken to the mosque – laid out on the teal blue carpet stained by pools of blood and littered with shards of glass from the shattered ceiling panels which had read "There is no God but God...'

One of them was Saif Mohammad Fakhry, an Iraqi cameraman with the television news agency APTN. His brother said he had gone out in the street with a gun after suspected al-Qaeda militants attacked the neighborhood.

A doctor from the U.S. Army's Stryker brigade, sweating with heat and exertion, worked frantically to insert a chest tube in his side to try to keep his lung from collapsing. I turned away for a moment as an American medic worked on an Iraqi man who had been shot in the face. When I turned back – he had died.

The Army's Arabic interpreter who had held Saif's hand knelt by him to pray. Saif, 26, was the younger brother of Omar Fakhry, 33, a photojournalist for Arabic television stations and Yasser Fakhry, 31, who was also an Iraqi journalist. They shouted in grief.

"Why, why?" Omar sobbed, cradling his brother's body.

"Take my picture – it's normal," he said when I asked. Violent death and sorrow is an Iraqi cameraman's stock in trade – he and Saif would have videotaped dozens and dozens of such scenes. Omar reminded me that the three of us had covered the same story in happier times – a bridge reopening in northern Iraq three years ago. Saif had been his assistant then.

Saif's phone rang – Omar reached into his brother's blood-splattered pockets and pulled it out. I asked if he had told Saif's wife, who was expecting their first child any day.

Photo by Jane Arraf/IraqSlogger

Omar Fakhry cries over the lifeless body of his brother, off-duty APTN cameraman Saif Mohammad Fakhry.

"What am I supposed to tell her?" he asked.

"I told him to stay inside – that the fighting was none of our business," he told me, still sobbing. "He was a peaceful man but he said: 'They are killing us every day – we live like this with no electricity, with no water and they are killing us."

Saif had gone into the street carrying the rifle that each family in Baghdad is allowed to own. The U.S. military normally considers guns on the streets justification to shoot on sight but in Amiriya that rule was relaxed as neighborhood men spurred on by religious leaders gathered to fight al-Qaeda.

"They have a better ability to find and kill al-Qaeda that we do," said Lt Colonel Dale Kuehl, commander of the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment responsible for the area.

One of the imams leading the group said they killed an al-Qaeda leader and two other al-Qaeda members in the clashes Thursday – a target on the Americans' own hit list. U.S. officials said they had no independent confirmation.

An hour before, the local Iraqi Army brigade commander had called Kuehl asking for more ammunition and for help in evacuating the wounded in the midst of the vehicle ban the armed group had asked for while they fought al-Qaeda. The ammunition wasn't for the Iraqi Army but for a group of men not normally considered allies of the U.S. Army or the Shiite-dominated security forces. The U.S. commander said he would evacuate the wounded.

Photo by Jane Arraf/IraqSlogger

Omar Fakhry grieves over the death of his brother Saif.

Later in the day, rounds of AK-47 ammunition wrapped in paper and bundled in sardine-like cans were distributed from the Iraqi Army to neighborhood leaders.

U.S. military officials said some of the group are what Iraqis call the 'honorable resistance' – including former Baathists and members of the Sunni insurgent group the Islamic Army who appear to have agreed to stop attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces to fight a common enemy. Local residents said al-Qaeda forces had taken root in Amiriyah, one of the last remaining Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad, and were launching unprovoked attacks.

"We don't like the Americans because they allowed – excuse the expression – these dogs of Osama bin Laden to come to Iraq," said a school teacher at the mosque. He hasn't worked in more than three years. "Because they said I was a Baathi," he said.

Some of the group appeared to be ordinary neighborhood men who have taken up arms as part of what U.S. military commanders say is a badly equipped, undermanned and largely untrained force. The number of neighborhood fighters was impossible to verify but appeared to be only about several dozen.

"They seem to be a bunch of residents who are tired and fed up, and everyone has an AK," said Kuehl.

"We were expecting people from the area to help protect the area more," a local leader told Kuehl.

"They're afraid, we understand," Kuehl told him, advising him to regroup and allow Iraqi Army forces to help protect the area. Most of the Iraqi Army are Shiite and unwelcome in this heavily Sunni area.

Photo by Jane Arraf/IraqSlogger

Yasser Fakhry sits alongside the coffin containing his brother's body.

A U.S. commander said there were no clashes on Friday but five U.S. soldiers were wounded – at least two of them seriously – when a major weapons cache they'd found exploded.

"We are conducting ongoing operations to reinforce the lead of local residents and local sheikhs," said Lieutant Colonel John Reynolds, from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. "We want to build momentum with the help of this group."

U.S. commanders hope that the group that has stepped forward to fight al-Qaeda could form the basis of a local police force in Amariyah – largely Sunni and mirroring the population here.

In the mosque the most seriously of the Iraqi wounded were taken to the main U.S. military hospital. "Don't take me to an Iraqi hospital," begged one fighter who had been shot four times. "The Shiite there will kill me."

Yasser sat as the shadow's lengthened and watched over his brother. Saif, who drew his last breath in a mosque after fighting for his home, died a martyr's death. His friends laid a bullet on his chest.

Truth about Islam

One thing that I learnt from a doctor from Nigeria was how true Grant's words are. In the Muslum world the only way to regain your dignityand honour once it has been taken from you is to kill the person, group or country that has done this to you. So think what does it "mean" to be American?!?


RE: A Corporal's Story From Iraq...

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From: HypoChris
Date: Jun 1, 2007 12:56 PM




STolen from Hektor D's page ;)

O'Reilly declaires war on Rosie

RE: IT'S A FACT THAT THE IRAQI INVASION HAS KILLED 600,000+

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From: " THE COLLECTIVE "
Date: May 27, 2007 11:45 AM


" REALIST " vs. REP. "CHRISTIAN" ANDROID - "IMUS" 2 - WATCH

WE " THE COLLECTIVE " & MILLIONS MORE IN THIS GREAT NATION ( GREAT IS NOT DEFINED AS " GOOD " ) ARE BECOMING AWARE OF A " TROUBLING TRUTH ". FACTS THAT PROVE THAT SEPTEMBER 11th ( ALONG WITH OTHER " WORLD CHANGING " EVENTS ) DID NOT HAPPEN THE WAY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN LEAGUE WITH CORPORATE MEDIA etc. TOLD THE PEOPLE.

KNOW & UNDERSTAND....TRUTH IS TRUE & FALSE IS FALSE ( RIGHT IS RIGHT, WRONG IS WRONG ETC. ) NO MATTER THE SITUATION.

TRUTH IS DEMANDED WHEN FALSEHOOD IS IN QUESTION!!!!!!

NOW, MS. ROSIE ( ALONG WITH WILLING HUMAN ) HAS THE " EARTHLY RIGHT " ( IF NOT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT ) TO SPEAK FREELY REGARDLESS..............

HOW IS MS. ROSIE ANY LESS " AMERICAN ", " PATRIOTIC " THAN ANY AMERICAN.

SHEEPLE, THE SHOW IS CALLED " THE VIEW ", BUT AS SOON AS YOU GIVE A VOICE TO YOUR VIEWS ( ESPECIALLY IF IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE POLICIES OF CURRENT GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE ) IN TRUTH, YOUR " ANTI-AMERICAN.

YOU HUMANOIDS MUST UNDERSTAND.... NO MATTER HOW " FUCKED UP " DON IMUS'S " VIEWS " ARE, HE & OTHERS HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPRESS THOSE " VIEWS ".

THAT ONE ASPECT OF FREEDOM!!!! ( TAKE THAT AWAY, YOUR DESTROYING ALL ASPECTS OF FREEDOM !!!! )

THE CORPORATE MEDIA HAVE BEEN " PROGRAMMING " DISTURBING FOOTAGE, IMAGES, ETC. FOR YEARS ( TO THIS VERY DAY ). WHY IS IT A PROBLEM NOW !!!!!!

DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE WHAT THE " SHEEPLE " CALL MEDIA.
THE MEDIA DOES NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHT OF THE PEOPLE.

SEPTEMBER 11th ( 3000 + DEAD ) IS A " OPEN FILE ", AND WE AS A PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO INVESTIGATE. IF THE INVESTIGATION POINTS TO THOSE IN POSITION TO PROTECT IT'S PEOPLE, WHAT SHOULD THE PEOPLE DO ???

IT DOES NOT MAKE YOU MORE AMERICAN BECAUSE YOU STAND BY YOUR COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG. A PATRIOT DEMANDS RIGHT & DENOUNCES WRONG.

TO " THE COLLECTIVE ", ROSIE IS JUST REFLECTING AN UN-AVOIDABLE TRUTH. A TRUTH EVERY AMERICAN WILL SOME DAY FACE..........YOUR GOVERNMENT IS ATTACKING YOU !!!!!! YOUR GOVERNMENT IS ATTACKING YOU !!!!!! YOUR GOVERNMENT IS ATTACKING YOU !!!!!! YOUR GOVERNMENT IS ATTACKING YOU !!!!!!

TRUTH THROUGH AWARENESS !!!!!

-------------------------------WATCH !!!! ----------------------------------------

FOX NEWS - THEIR "SPIN' ON "THE VIEW"


IT'S A FACT THAT THE IRAQI INVASION HAS KILLED 600,000+ IRAQIS

IT'S A FACT THAT SEPTEMBER 11th WAS AN INSIDE JOB ( YOU ONLY HAVE TO INVESTIGATE )

IT'S A FACT THAT RELIGION HAS KILLED MORE HUMANS THAN ANY KNOWN CONCEPT ON THIS PLANET!!!!

--------------NOW LETS WATCH THE VIEW--------------------------------

"The View" 5/23/07 Rosie and Elisabeth - MAJOR FEUD


" REALIST " vs. REP. "CHRISTIAN" ANDROID
THE BATTLE OF THE AWARE vs. the un-AWARE

" WE WATCH DANCING WITH THE STARS INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH REAL ISSUES !!!!!

WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ????

Ron Paul, a real patriot

RE: Ron Paul Speech in Congress 5/22/07

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From: the nick complexion: gnosis
Date: May 23, 2007 9:04 AM



Ron Paul Speech in Congress 5/22/07

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