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Black Female Judge from Detriot Stands Up to President on Wire Taps

WashPost- 8/18/2006 - She ruled Bush's Wiretaps not only violates FISA Laws but also the Bill of Rights. Republicans try to smear her as, "Liberal Judge Backs Dem Agenda To Weaken National Security."

 

US Officials in Iraq Charged with Corruption, May Have Murdered This Aid Worker

IHT.com - 5/08//2006 - US Officials in Hilla Iraq who were charged with corruption now face scrutiny for a series of murders.

 

US Condolence Payments to Wrongfully Killed Iraqi Soars

Boston Globe - 6/08/2006 - The amount of cash the US military has paid to families of Iraqi civilians killed or maimed in operations involving American troops skyrocketed from just under $5 million in 2004 to almost $20 million last year

 

 

6,000 Violent Iraqi Civilian Deaths in Baghdad Since January

BBC- 6/06/2006 - The Iraqi government released information that 6000 corpses have arrived at the Baghdad Morgue due to violence since January. That's just Baghdad, the government will not release nationwide statistics.

 

Five Generals Rebuke Rumsfeld

CNN.com- 4/14/2006 - So far five generals have spoken out against the Defense Secretary for his handling of the Iraq War. Including two Generals who commanded in Iraq.

 

British Memo: Bush Was Set on Invasion Even as UN Negociated

IHT.com - 3/27/2006 - President Bush insisted until the last minute that he was negociating with the UN . This Memo proves he was actually set on war.

 

Halliburton Overcharges US by More than $1.4 Billion

USAToday.com - 6/27/2005 - An Employee testifies that managers told employees to pick shrapnel from food and threaten employees who talked to investigators with more dangerous work in Iraq.

 

Private Security Firms Operate in Iraq Without Rules

WashPost.com - 10/10/2005 - US investigates the indiscriminate shooting by Private Security Firms in Iraq. To clear busy roads, they shoot at the cars. They've even shot at US Soldiers. Who knows how many Iraqis?

 

Video: Private Contracter Snipes Iraqis from Rooftop

ifilm.com - circa 2004- Watch an example of how Private Security Contractors operate in Iraq. Now Imagine thousands of them.

MORE FOOTAGE OF SECURITY FIRMS

 

Four Top Al Qaeda Prisioners Escape US Jail in Afghanistan

SanDiegoUnionTribune.com - 12/04/2005 - The Four Suspects, who were some of "the most dangerous" prisoners in the Bagram Jail, escaped by picking their lock and running away in orange jumpsuits.

 

US Has Secret Torture Sites Hidden Across the Globe

WashPost.com - 11/02/2005 - The CIA has secret torture sites set up in various foreign countries to interrogate their suspects, called "Black Sites." This despite the fact the US has signed the UN Convention Against Torture.

 

Bush Used Info from Know "Fabricator" to Prove Iraq-Al Qaeda Link

NYTimes.com - 11/06/2005 - A top member of Al Qaeda in US custody was id'ed as a likely fabricator month before Bush Administration began to use his statements as proof of link bet. Iraq and Qaeda.

 

President Stages a Teleconference with Troops to Show Situation in Iraq

Breitbart.com - 10/13/2005 - It was billed as a conversation with US troops, but the questions President Bush asked were choreograph to match his goals for the war in Iraq.

 

 

President Karzai Asks US to Stop Air Attacks and Searches on Afghan Homes

WashPost.com - 9/21/2005 - Several High Profile Bombings on Villages cause the President of Afghanistan to speak out.

 

US Marine Killed on His Third Tour of Duty

WashPost.com - 6/05/2005 - Tells his family, "I'm not going to come home."

 

Palestian Officials Say Bush Told Them God Commanded Him To Invade Iraq at Meeting

BBCNews.com - 6/05/2005 - "God would go and tell me, 'George, go and end the Tyranny in Iraq.' So I did... And now again, I feel his words coming to me."

 

Bob Woodward Book Claim: Plan for Iraq Invasion Started 72 Days After 9-11

CBSnews.com - 4/18/2004 - Woodward says Bush told Condi in January 2003, "It's war." (Negociations were still under way). And Powell says, "Cheney has a fever. An absolute fever. It's as if nothing else exists."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supreme Court Rejects Bush's Gitmo Tribunals

WashPost.com - 6/30/2006 - The Supreme Court hit Bush with a slap saying his Gitmo Trials where against US law and the Geneva Conventions.

 

 

"Neo Cons Lied Us Into War."

WND.com - 6/08/2006 - Patrick Buchanan speaks out against the Neo Cons. Declares: "These neoconservatives care no more about the Constitution than they cared about the truth when they lied into war in Iraq."

 

Millions of Domestic Phone Calls Tracked Without Warrents

WashPost - 5/12/2006 -The Bush Administration has been secretly collecting phone call records from millions of phone calls.

 

FLASHBACK: Bush Promises NSA Wiretapping is only of International Calls

CNN.com - 6/25/2005 -The Bush Administration has been tapping international phone calls without getting a warrant. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says it is necessary to fight the war and the NSA only listens to international calls.

 

Bush Had the Date of Invasion "Pencilled in" for March 2003

BBCNews.com - 2/03/2006 - Book tells of a Secret Pact for Invasion weeks earlier than publicly stated. Bush even suggested trying to provoke Saddam by painting a spy plane in UN Colors.

 

CIA Detains Wrong Man for 5 Months, Then Lets Him Go.

WashPost.com - 12/04/2005 - The Amazing Tale of a German Arab man kidnapped by the CIA, flown to Afghanistan for 5 months, interrogated, then dropped on a rural Albanian Road. CIA called i t an "Erroneous Rendition."

 

Government Awards Halliburton $5 Billion Contract Despite Overcharges

WashPost.com - 6/06/2005 - Despite Testimony from Halliburton Employees of Outrageous Overcharging, Halliburton gets new Contract in Iraq.

 

QUOTE: Brig. Gen. Karl R. Horst, deputy commander of the 3rd Infantry Division

"These guys run loose in this country and do stupid stuff. There's no authority over them, so you can't come down on them hard when they escalate force. They shoot people, and someone else has to deal with the aftermath. It happens all over the place."

 

Vice President Cheney Petitions Senate for a Presidential Exemption on the Torture Ban

MSNBC.com - 11/04/2005 -Cheney told his audience the United States doesn't engage in torture... even though he said the administration needed an exemption from any legislation.

 

 

Bill Frist Calls for Investigation into Who Leaked the Black Sites Story... Then Refuses to Talk

Hillnews.com - 11/10/2005 - Bill Frist first calls for an investigation, then finds out it was a Republican Senator, he backpeddles, won't meet on the subject.

 

The "Fabricator" Was Tortured

NYTimes.com - 12/09/2005 - A top member of Al Qada in US custody was id'ed as a likely fabricator month before Bush Administration began to use his statements as proof of link bet. Iraq and Qaeda.

 

Pentagon Asks 300 Wounded Veterans to Repay Army for Lost Pay and Gear

WashPost.com - 10/14/2005 - Army hits wounded Vets with Debts and if they can't pay, Collection Agency.

 

Tommy Franks Refused Request to Send in US Troops at Tora Bora.

NYTimes.com (PAY Article) - 9/11/2005 - How the US lost Bin Laden. Gen. Franks refused repeat requests to send in US Troops from his subordinates. Bin Laden bribed his way out of a dead end.

 

Pentagon to Spend $300 Million to Improve Image of Our Military Operations

WashPost.com - 6/11/2005 -The plan includes prototypes for radio and television spots, documentaries, text messages, pop-up ads, podcasts, billboards and novelty items.

 

Wounded Vet Speaks Out, Refuses to Meet President

WashPost.com - 8/10/2005 -Terry Rogers tells his story of how he was wounded in Iraq and how he refused the President request to meet with him.

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