OpEdNews - Diary: US "VICTORY" AGAINST CULT LEADER WAS "MASSACRE"

The heavy casualties may be evidence of an unpremeditated MASSACRE.

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DIANE'S NEWS CLIPS begins here :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Excerpted from: http://www.truthout.org US "VICTORY" AGAINST CULT LEADER WAS "MASSACRE" http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107B.shtml There are growing suspicions in Iraq that the official story of the battle outside Najaf between a messianic Iraqi cult and the Iraqi security forces supported by the US, in which 263 people were killed and 210 wounded, is a fabrication. The heavy casualties may be evidence of an unpremeditated massacre. --- Chalmers Johnson | Empire v. Democracy: Why Nemesis Is at Our Door http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121306H.shtml Chalmers Johnson writes: "Whatever future developments may prove to be, my best guess is that the US will continue to maintain a facade of constitutional government and drift along until financial bankruptcy overtakes it. Of course, bankruptcy will not mean the literal end of the US any more than it did for Germany in 1923, China in 1948, or Argentina in 2001-2002. It might, in fact, open the way for an unexpected restoration of the American system - or for military rule, revolution, or simply some new development we cannot yet imagine. --- Cheney's Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107Z.shtml Copies of handwritten notes by Vice President Dick Cheney, introduced at trial by defense attorneys for former White House staffer I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, would appear to implicate George W. Bush in the Plame CIA Leak case. --- Bombs Kill Sixty Pilgrims on Holiest Day in Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107O.shtml A series of separate bomb and gun attacks killed at least 60 Shiite worshippers in Iraq on Tuesday, a day after Iraqi and US forces disrupted what they said was a major plot to target Shiite pilgrims and leaders as they mark the high point of their religious calendar. --- Germany Seeks Warrants for 13 CIA Operatives http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107P.shtml German investigators have recommended that prosecutors issue arrest warrants against 13 US intelligence operatives in connection with the kidnapping, beating and secret detention of a German citizen suspected of having links to terrorist networks. --- Europe Resists US Push to Curb Iran Ties http://snipurl.com/18xq1 --- Senators Assert Right to Block Bush on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107K.shtml Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee began laying the constitutional groundwork today for an effort to block President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq and place new limits on the conduct of the war there, perhaps forcing a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. Said Senator Arlen Specter, "I would respectfully suggest to the president that he is not the sole decider," Mr. Specter said. "The decider is a joint and shared responsibility." --- The New York Times | A Faith-Based Fuel Initiative http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107N.shtml The New York Times writes: "Mileage standards are still 27.5 mpg. Except for minor tweaks, Congress has refused to raise fuel efficiency requirements or close a gaping loophole that lets SUVs and pickups be measured by a more lenient standard. Americans who heard President Bush's State of the Union address, including his pledge to reduce America's gasoline consumption, can be forgiven for thinking he was finally ready to change that. But all Mr. Bush really asked for was the authority to set mileage standards in a different way." --- Jason Leopold | Trial Reveals Wilson Smear Began Far Earlier http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107J.shtml Jason Leopold reports: "The list of officials linked to this case runs from Vice President Dick Cheney right on down to one of his low-level press officers. Testimony has revealed that a coordinated effort was put into place beginning in June 2003 by Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Karl Rove, Libby, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, White House communications director Dan Bartlett, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, and as many as a dozen other officials to go after Wilson. In doing so, Wilson's wife's undercover CIA status was compromised, and a possible crime was committed." --- Bush Administration Accused of Doctoring Scientists' Reports on Climate Change http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107L.shtml --- Senators Warn Against War With Iran http://snipurl.com/18vpo --- In Iraq, Bush's Rent-an-Army http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107C.shtml --- Maureen Dowd | Mama Hugs Iowa http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107T.shtml "When she was little, Hillary Rodham would sit on a basement bench and pretend she was flying a spaceship to Mars. Her younger brother Hugh, perched behind, would sometimes beg for a chance to be captain. No dice. 'She would always drive, and I would always have to sit in the back,' he once told me. Finally, in Iowa, she was once more behind the wheel," writes Maureen Dowd. --- William Fisher | At Our Beck and Gall http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107D.shtml William Fisher writes: "Champions of our Constitution's First Amendment should be resting easier now. ABC's hiring of Glenn Beck to appear as a regular on its 'Good Morning America' show surely proves that, despite the Bush administration's efforts, freedom of speech is still alive and well in the United States. Beck's anti-Arab and anti-Muslim rants should be producing apoplexy in Ted Turner, who founded CNN to broadcast news - just the facts, ma'am." --- Iranians Worry About a Possible American Attack http://snipurl.com/18xqc --- VIDEO: Keith Olbermann | Bush Shoots for "Jaws," Delivers "Jaws 2" http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013107A.shtml --- Paul Cummins | Leaving Children Behind http://snipurl.com/18xq8 --- US May Have Botched Training of Iraqis http://snipurl.com/18xql --- Canada Worried by Plunging Caribou Population http://snipurl.com/18xqs _________________________________

Newspaper columnist Molly Ivins has died at age 62 .................snip....................... In a column in mid-January, Ivins urged readers to stand up against Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq. "We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war," Ivins wrote in the Jan. 11 column. "We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!'" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16910834/ _________________________________

[NEWSDISSECTOR] Surge Strategy And Crimes to Come http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/01/31/the-surge-strategy-and-crimes-to-come/ _________________________________ American Politics Journal ... E-mail Edition | January 31, 2007 -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = -- = from crisispapers.com ... Only Americans Can Restore America's Honor Written by Ernest Partridge | Excerpt: "January 31, 2007 (crisispapers.org) -- In six short years, the Bush regime has transformed the United States from an exemplar of freedom, democracy and the rule of law, to a pariah and a threat to international law and order. A recent BBC poll of twenty-six countries has found that, by a plurality of 49 to 32 percent, the United States is believed to play a "mainly negative" role in the world. These scores report a continuing decline in international respect for the United States. As Dave Zweifel writes: "We no longer are viewed as a beacon of freedom for the world, but a nation to be vilified for its war-mongering, its torturing and its refusal to work with other countries." [snip] Full article: http://snipurl.com/18xso _________________________________ http://jablankfort@earthlink.net Three Palestinian Students Beaten at a Quaker College HATE CRIME IN GREENSBORO,NORTH CAROLINA Excerpt: On early Saturday morning, January 20, at least fifteen members of the Guilford College football team attacked three Palestinian students while calling them racist names: "Sand n____s", "Terrorist", and "f__ing Palestinians". Two of the Palestinians, Faris Khader and Osama Sabbah, were also Guilford College students and Omar Awartani was a student visiting from Raleigh's North Carolina State University. They were preparing to go out for the evening when the football players confronted them. Faris tried to prevent violence by shaking the hand of one of the football players, but the three were attacked anyway, and beaten with fists, BRASS KNUCKLES and loose bricks that were lying around the area, which was under construction. All three were treated for concussions and Faris suffered a dislocated jaw. .......................snip..................... As of the writing of this letter, none of the football players have faced any repercussions so far at the college and continue to go to classes, while the college undergoes its own judicial investigation. One of the players is an All-American. We write you because Guilford has so far treated this as an "altercation" not a hate crime. There have been no steps taken yet to protect those beaten or to speak to the ethnic abuse evident in the slurs that accompanied the brutality. [snip] For more information, go to: http://snipurl.com/18wqj or http://snipurl.com/18wqm ----- LA Times: McAuliffe seeks Clinton believers If there are any differences in the candidates, they will be in the notches on the president's leash, but that a leash will be held by the lobby on the neck of whoever wins there should be no doubt. Here Hillary's already in the process of being constructed. Haim Saban, of course, contributes both to the Democrats and to AIPAC by the millions. JB McAuliffe seeks Clinton believers

The campaign chairman charms, jokes and twists arms -- gently, of course -- at a dinner party in Beverly Hills. By Tina Daunt, Times Staff Writer January 30, 2007 Read here: http://snipurl.com/18wrg ----- Judge Einhorn Terminates The LA 8 Case! Just on top of my reference to the consistent bias of Jewish judges against Palestinian defendants and in favor of Israeli interests, we have an extraordinary exception in which Judge Einhorn, a member of the Anti-Defamation League, has rendered a verdict in favor of the defendants in a case that has taken two decades. The so-called "crime" of the defendants? passing out literature of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine for which the government wanted to deport them. JB We won!!! Judge Einhorn Terminated The LA 8 Case! http://www.committee4justice.com/news.php?id=1e008583fa5ecb0b96d40079e74c40cf _________________________________ Excerpted from: http://mediamatters.org Major print media ignored Fallon's professed ignorance of Iraq plans Several major print outlets ignored statements by President Bush's nominee to lead Central Command that indicated he has "not gotten into the detail" of Bush's plan to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and does "not know the details of how he [Bush] plans to use" the additional troops. Read more >> http://snipurl.com/18xrf ----- Wash. Post's Cohen on Libby trial, still defending admin officials with falsehoods about "silly case" On Washington Post Radio, the Post's Richard Cohen falsely claimed that Joseph Wilson, in his New York Times op-ed, wrote that Dick Cheney sent him to Niger. In fact, Wilson wrote that "agency officials" from the CIA "asked if I would travel to Niger" and "check out" a "particular intelligence report" that "Cheney's office had questions about," so that CIA officials "could provide a response to the vice president's office." Read more >> http://mediamatters.org/items/200701310003?src=other _________________________________ Submitted by: http://eddiestinson@gmail.com THE MYTH OF McCAIN Once the presumptive next US president, the Republican frontrunner's popularity has nose dived ... Sidney Blumenthal | Saturday January 27, 2007 | The Guardian EXCERPT: The titles of his books reflect the image: Character Is Destiny, Why Courage Matters, and Faith of My Fathers. Defeat at the hands of George Bush in the battle for the Republican nomination in 2000, in which he was subjected to dirty tricks, completed his canonization. The press corps so venerated him that he called them "my base." McCain's political colleagues, however, know another side of the action hero - a volatile man with a hair-trigger temper, who shouted at Senator Ted Kennedy on the Senate floor to "shut up", and called fellow Republican senators "sh*thead ... fuc*ing jerk ... a*shole". A few months ago, McCain suddenly rushed up to a friend of mine, a prominent Washington lawyer, at a social event, and threatened to beat him up because he represented a client McCain happened to dislike. Then, just as suddenly, profusely and tearfully, he apologized. [snip] Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk:80/commentisfree/story/0,,1999819,00.html _________________________________ Submitted by: http://eddiestinson@gmail.com Chris Hedges and American Fascists http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070128_christianists_on_the_march/ _________________________________

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