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REPUBLIC OF THE GREEN ZONE-
Riverbend, Baghdad Burning
For the typical Iraqi, the Green Zone symbolizes
the heart
of the occupation. It tells us that while we may
be citizens of our own country, portions of Iraq no longer belong to us.
More evidence indicts U.S.- Iraqi women's rights supporter Hana Ibrahim said women suffer 90 percent
unemployment, and are often the victims of rape, lawlessness, forced
prostitution and kidnappings.
”From the day that the occupation started in Iraq there was a systematic
violation of women and their rights,” she said.
US Apache helicopter down in Iraq-"We
had a helicopter crash northwest of Taji," Lieutenant Colonel
Cliff Kent, spokesman for the 3rd Infantry Division said,
referring to a major airbase north of Baghdad.
Rumsfeld: Iraqis Must Defeat Insurgency- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday it may take as long as 12 years to defeat Iraqi insurgents and that Iraqi security forces, not U.S. and foreign troops, will finish the job.
Appears as though even Don is having doubts now.
Report: U.S. Secretly Met With Insurgents- U.S. officials recently held secret talks in Iraq with the commanders of several Iraqi insurgent groups in an effort to open a dialogue with them, a British newspaper reported Sunday.
Oh yeah, we're winning, Don.
Shiner: There Must Be Accountability For Dreadful Numbers Of Iraqi Civilian Casualties- ''Before military action can lawfully be undertaken against Iraq, the Security Council must have indicated its clearly expressed accent. It has not yet done so. A decision to undertake military action in Iraq without proper Security Council authorization will seriously undermine the international rule of law. This war did not have legal authorization from the Security Council. The use of force as exercised constituted war crimes. Crimes against humanity were committed during the war,'' he said.
BLACK MEN: MISSING?- Salim Muwakkil, In These Times It's downright depressing how, besieged by poverty, disease, violence and mass incarceration, African-American men are conspicuously missing from families and communities.
Bush aid to Africa called ‘crumbs’- by Tim Wheeler, 06/23/05
WASHINGTON — Aid groups blasted President George W. Bush for refusing additional development aid for Africa, branding his offer of $674 million during a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair 'crumbs.'
How Europe cheats Africa- Heather Stewart describes how the
EU's cosseted farmers are helping to keep a continent in poverty
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Report details secret detentions of US-based Muslim men after 9/11- The director of Human Rights Watch for Latin America speaks at a press conference. A Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union published a report saying the US government thrust scores of US-based Muslim men in jail without charges following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
(AFP)
THE TRUE PRICE OF OIL- Sixteen years
after the Exxon Valdez spill, the Alaskans most affected by
the spill haven't seen one cent of a $5 billion settlement.
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