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Iraq HQ: Everything Iraq, from About Iraq to Weapons Iraq.
U.S. disbands Iraqi army unit : An Iraqi army unit has been disbanded after it refused to attend a U.S. training course in Baghdad, former members of the unit said on Saturday.
Before The U.S. Attacked Iraq
Facts EVERY war supporter should have known... Who "mass-graved" thousands of Iraqis by bulldozing over them? Where did the figure of "300,000" originate as the number of Iraqis "killed by Hussein"? What nation had the highest number of citizens with PhDs on the world? And had more PhDs than America? What nation won Humanitarian Awards for its literacy programs?  Answers Here
The failed siege of Fallujah  'Whatever the American people will do, even if they get rid of those liars who are in their government, they will need a long time for people to forget what they have done in Iraq and in Fallujah in order for us to deal with them as a civilized people who have humanity.'
Oil pipeline attacked in northern Iraq A local pipeline in northern Iraq has been set ablaze on Friday after insurgents blew it up in the latest attack against the country's vital oil industry, it had only just been repaired from a previous attack one month ago
Saturday, June 04 2005 @ 10:23 AM Central Daylight Time
The US military detailed on Friday, June 3, five cases in which jailers at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had desecrated copies of the Noble Qur’an, including one incident which occurred as recent as March.
MAKE IRAQ TOPIC #1
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet
Democrats cannot continue to ignore the war in Iraq and hope
that we can ever again be a majority party. It's time to start
demanding some answers.

http://www.alternet.org/sms/22152/
Postwar Iraq paying heavy environmental price
Iraqi Translator Killed in Balad:  Iraqi translator, working in an US military base was killed Friday in Balad, at about 70 kilometers North of Baghdad
Further details released of British Army abuses in Iraq The lawyer for nine Iraqi men who claim they were tortured by British soldiers has revealed further allegations of abuse.
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Say NO to NATO from Set Tischler
Social Justice - Let's make it happen! from Jason Miller
IF IT WALKS LIKE FASCISM AND TALKS LIKE FASCISM--- Holocaust Survivor Leaving US - Sees What's Coming
The Holocaust Agnostic, by Bernard Marx from Israel Shamir
'Dybbuk' & 'The Holocaust from Israel Shamir
Commentaries
Waging Peace for Humanity Humanity, meet your oppressor - by Jason Miller
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Atheist In Trouble
Squad Car Driver
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Middle East/Asia
Israeli Apartheid:   As US President George W Bush had his first White House meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas -- a summit giving Bush a platform for his phony $200 million "aid" package -- devastating new realities are being constructed in Palestine.
U.S.and Israeli Envoys fleeing Uzbekistan on threat of terror:   Signs of instability grew on Friday in Uzbekistan, as Israel swiftly evacuated most of its diplomats amid fresh warnings of terrorist attacks, and the U.S. Embassy authorized most of its employees and their families to leave as well.
Pentagon spin doctors control media coverage of Quran  Desecration: Releasing the report when most beat reporters have left for the weekend was a calculated move by White House and Pentagon spin doctors to control media coverage of the explosive report.
IDF disperses riot with sound technology Military officials say new weapon uses voice frequencies; troops use weapon for first time during violent anti-West Bank separation barrier rally
CIA Man Accused of Afghan Prisoner Abuse Charged With Assaulting Girlfriend A former CIA contractor accused of beating an Afghan prisoner who later died in custody was charged Thursday with assaulting his girlfriend, after his she told authorities he pushed her into a door, causing her to fall down stairs.
Rumsfeld: China growing military power
China attacks new trade limits Concerns over a new trade war rose earlier this week when China canceled plans to raise tariffs meant to slow export growth. Beijing said the move was in retaliation for new import controls imposed by Washington and the European Union, who have argued that the wave of Chinese textiles seriously disrupted their domestic industries.
"Avoid Threatening China Over Its Currency" by Ivan Eland.
U.S. News
Emmett Till & others by William Fisher
US lowers standards in army crisis:  New recruits no longer dismissed for drug abuse, alcohol, poor fitness or pregnancy.
Fallen Heroes  “The motives that lead to a nation's major historical acts can probably rise no higher than the spiritual understanding of its leadership.” Or put another way, sewage flows down hill.
Russia
Russia promises to act if weapons put in space: The Russian Minister for Defence, Sergei Ivanov, has threatened retaliatory steps if any country deploys weapons in space. In an apparent reaction to the US plans, Mr Ivanov said "If some state begins to realise such plans, then we doubtless will take adequate retaliatory measures."
Tech News
Microsoft to Base Next Office Documents on XML
XML file format to give customers improved data interoperability and dramatically smaller file sizes.
Soon - no more hard drives
Tech News
Africa
The real cause of Zimbabwe's food crisis
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International
Another heroine for public diplomacy? by William Fisher
U.S. admits germ war tests in Britian & North America
Bush, The Spoiled Man-Child : What causes the fall of empires? Why, stubborn leaders who speak like toddlers and never admit mistakes
Deadly fire in French-Italy tunnel
WELCOME TO A PENTAGON WORLD
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com
A plan to reorganize military bases at home is just one
piece of a larger puzzle that involves the projection of
American power into distant lands.

End World Poverty Forwarded by Larry B,
Americas
Venezuelan VP José Vicente Range: The CIA is plotting to kill Chávez:  Rangel added that both Colombian paramilitary troopers and hired assassins and Cuban exiles in Miami are plotting to assassinate Chávez, while 'the Central Intelligence Agency is pulling the strings.'
Venezuela to stage mass war games :   Hugo Chavez aims to have a two-million-strong reservist force
Brazil cancels logging permits
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Science/Health
Environment atlas reveals planet wide devastation
Scientists hailed the May 24 bipartisan House vote to expand embryonic stem cell research, a major rebuff to President Bush.  They urged a fight to push the measure through the Senate.
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Money Markets
French Fried Friedman The computer wizards of Bangalore (in Karnataka) and Kerala are the products of fully funded state education systems where, unlike the USA, no child is left behind. A huge apparatus of state-owned or state-controlled industries, redistributionist tax systems, subsidies of necessities from electricity to food, tight government regulation and affirmative action programs for the lower castes are what has created these comfortable refuges for Oracle and Microsoft.
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Entertainment
HIP-HOP JOURNOS SPEAK OUT AGAINST SEXISM
Sabrina Ford, Pop and Politics
A growing number of hip-hop journalists,
activists, and fans are signing a petition denouncing
sexism in their industry.
http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/22129/
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