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[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news] Reviewing Marjorie Cohn and Kathleen Gilberd's "Rules of ...: Many Winter Soldiers (2008) "discussed the pervasiveness of racist behavior," admitted using racial epithets, and "engag(ing) in brutality that dehumanized Iraqis and Afghanis." However Vietnam-era history "shows that organizing and protests by African American, Latino, and other minority GIs (with support from other service members)" offer the best chance of achieving real change. But success depends on ending the Pentagon's proven way to teach young recruits to kill, so getting the top brass to abandon it won't be easy.

[NO QUARTER] Is Obama Putting Our Soldiers at Risk? : NO QUARTER: Maulvi Sangin, who claims to speak for the Taliban in the province, said that the U.S. soldier was seized when he and the others were on their way to the Yousafkhel security checkpost, and took them to a secret location, according to an Afghan news Web site. Sangin claimed the abducted soldiers were drunk when captured by the Taliban.

[About.com US Liberal Politics] Iraqis Celebrate Independence Day from U.S. Occupation of Cities: (Photo of jubilant Iraqis waving for 107 detained relatives before they were released by U.S. military on March 19, 2009 at Um al-Qura mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. The detainees were held at the U.S. detention facility at Camp Bucca 340 miles southeast of Baghdad: Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)

[Capitol Confidential] Clinton On Iraq Anniversary - Capitol Confidential - New York ...: I am fighting to cap the number of troops in Iraq in order to stop the President’s escalation and have proposed a phased redeployment of our troops so we can begin bringing them home. Iâ€â™ve introduced comprehensive legislation that, if followed, would provide a roadmap out of Iraq.

[Breaking News] Britain's Brown says he may allow public hearings in inquiry into ...: Britain to examine Iraq war errors in inquiryLONDON ”” British Prime Minister Gordon Brown authorized a long-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war on Monday that aimed to examine mistakes made during and after the 2003 U.S-led invasion. Lawmakers and anti-war protesters have repeatedly demanded that an independent panel scrutinize what they say are a range of errors made by Britain, the United States and other allies in prewar intelligence and postwar planning.

[News stories - ISN] US War Funding: Lessons Not Learned / ISN: Under intense White House pressure, Congress gave its backing Thursday to a bill mandating US$80 billion in further security disbursements in Iraq and Afghanistan, with US$10.4 billion slated for economic development. The bill had been held up by the insertion of IMF and flu spending and not by extant concern at the failure to address systemic dysfunction in Iraq and Afghan funding.

[Right Truth] Right Truth: Iraqi Government Honors America's Iraq Fallen: “As Iraqis, we are eternally grateful to America’s fighting sons and daughters for restoring to us the dignity of a free people. America’s fallen heroes, such as U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Curtis Carlson, along with their fallen Iraqi comrades, may have been robbed of their future, but in laying down their lives they have handed us ours,” said Minister al Mufriji.

[Iraq Oil Report] Baiji sees corruption cleanup, saving Iraq oil from smugglers ...: “Everyone knows this place had the worst corruption in Iraq - they said $1bn a year was being lost here,” says Mr Obaidi at his office in the refinery 190km north of Baghdad. “Gangs, mafias, al-Qaeda, everyone was trying to steal from this depot.”

[Paul Krugman] Read Robert Reich - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com: I wanted to courteously point out to you that while health care reform, the war in Iraq and the GFC are at the top of many people’s minds, you seem to be unaware that there is an enormous proportion of the country that does not want bigger government. He managed to pick up many Republican votes last year due to the fact that disenchanted voters realised that the Republicans no longer stood for free markets and limited government.

[FreeWestRadio.com] FreeWestRadio.com » Blog Archive » A 'Perfect Storm for Disaster ...: While the Commission asserts there have been improvements in contractor oversight in Iraq, the system in Afghanistan “is very different and raises significant concerns about contracting for certain functions generally performed by the government.” Similar to what happened in Iraq, a contractor was hired to monitor contractors as part of the Armed Contractor Oversight Division (ACOD). The company that won the contract is Aegis, the British-owned firm headed by famed mercenary Tim Spicer.

[Skunks's Weblog] How the son of a Kenyan economist became an Illinois Everyman ...: “Chicago” is the longest section of his memoir, and in many ways the bleakest, for it tunnels deep into the bedrock of inner-city despair and inadequate politics and black selfdestruction. It is also an unsentimental celebration of the city, which has a rich lode of brash, bluesy charm, of course, but also was a place for a serious, talented, too cosmopolitan young African-American to sink some roots.

[SWJ Blog] 22 June SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

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