by Kevin Sites
To Devil Dogs of the 3.1:
Since the shooting in the Mosque, I’ve been haunted that I have not been able to tell you directly what I saw or explain the process by which the world came to see it as well. As you know, I’m not some war zone tourist with a camera who doesn’t understand that ugly things happen in combat. I’ve spent most of the last five years covering global conflict. But I have never in my career been a ’gotcha’ reporter — hoping for people to commit (...)
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Open Letter to Devil Dogs of the 3.1
22 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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United States of Hypocrisy points finger at Vote Fraud in Ukraine
22 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
29 commentsThe hypocrisy in this country has finally reached astounding levels. Vote fraud in the Ukraine is the top news of the day. It turns out that the exit polls in the country which showed the challenger Mr Yushchenko leading 54 to 43 percent were completely overturned by the actual results of the election which gave the current prime minister, Mr Yanukovich, the win with 49.42 percent to 46.69 percent. This, of course, has raised the suspicion of vote fraud to everyone including the (...)
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Israeli PM Sharon considered staging military coup in 1967
21 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentPrime Minister Ariel Sharon has acknowledged he considered a military coup as the only way to force Israel into war against Egypt in 1967, in a military review published on Tuesday.
The army has been widely reported to have exerted fierce pressure on the government to declare what has become known as the Six-Day War, but that Sharon or any other generals contemplated a military putsch comes as a revelation.
In a first-hand account published in the defence ministry’s Maarakhot review, (...) -
World AIDS Day
20 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentDecember 1st was established as World AIDS day in 1988 in order to raise awareness, education, and to fight prejudice. AIDS continues to be an urgent issue, and there are still many things to be done to stop the pandemic worldwide.
In 2004, this important day will focus on reducing the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV. Women are the focus this year because gender inequality fuels the AIDS epidemic worldwide. Women across the globe do not have the same rights and access to (...) -
Open letter to the Australian Labor Party : Troops out now!
20 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsJohn Howard’s Liberal-National Coalition government sent Australian troops to join the illegal US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Until recently, Labor’s policy was to bring the troops home by Christmas. But after the election, and to the dismay of many, the ALP leadership seems to be retreating from this policy arguing, among other things, that it isn’t practical.
Abandoning the troops home call would signal a retreat from the biggest moral and political issue of our time.
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U.N.: Afghanistan Sees Increase in Opium
20 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBy PAUL GEITNER
Heroin production is booming in Afghanistan, undermining democracy and putting money in the coffers of terrorists, according to a U.N. report Thursday that called on U.S. and NATO-led forces get more involved in fighting drug traffickers.
"Fighting narcotics is equivalent to fighting terrorism," said Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. "It would be an historical error to abandon Afghanistan to opium, right after we reclaimed it (...) -
Leading journalist Robert Fisk asks: Who killed Margaret Hassan?
20 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsBy Chris Marsden
Leading Middle East commentator Robert Fisk has questioned just who is responsible for the apparent murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan in Iraq.
In a front-page article in the November 17 Independent newspaper, Fisk raises a number of important questions that throw doubt on the official version of events that Hassan was killed by Iraqi insurgents.
Fisk is a man whose opinions on Iraqi affairs should be taken seriously. Now a journalist for the Independent, he is an (...) -
Agent Orange Victims Sue Monsanto
19 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
13 commentsBy Tom Fawthrop
Vietnamese victims seek justice in New York court
Tran Anh Kiet’s feet, hands and limbs are twisted and deformed. He is 21 years old, but trapped inside a body that appears to belong to a 15 year old with a mental age of around six. He has to be spoon-fed and writhes often in evident frustration. All his attempts at speech are confined to plaintive and pitiful grunts.
In Kiet’s small community in Cu Chi district, about 45 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh city, south (...) -
Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War
19 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
21 commentsby Manuel Valenzuela
Hell is this Thing Called War
To be in war is to be in hell on Earth, captured by lunacy and bewilderment, panic, fear and unmatched levels of stress invading your body. Bullets whizzing by, helicopters flying low, machine gunning anything that moves, fighter jets roaring overhead, explosions everywhere, 500 pound bombs flattening entire city blocks, cluster bombs maiming and killing, the tremors of the ground rattling your conscious, concrete flying everywhere, (...) -
Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties
19 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
43 commentsThere have been 1,363 coalition deaths, 1,217 Americans, 74 Britons, seven Bulgarians, one Dane, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Hungarian, 19 Italians, one Latvian, 13 Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and nine Ukrainians in the war in Iraq as of November 18, 2004. (Graphical breakdown of casualties).
The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose families have been notified of their deaths by each country’s (...)