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[Dahr Jamail's Mideast Dispatches » Dahr Jamail - Independent Reporting from Iraq and the Middle East] Iraq War Vet: “We Were Told to Just Shoot People, and the Officers ...: He told the audience at the Winter Soldier hearings that took place March 13-16, 2008, in Silver Spring, Maryland, “She was carrying a huge bag, and she looked like she was heading toward us, so we lit her up with the Mark 19, which is an automatic grenade launcher, and when the dust settled, we realized that the bag was full of groceries.

[PakSiasat.com] Casualties in Afghanistan & Iraq | PakSiasat.com: In a nutshell, the theory is that the toll of American military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan includes only military deaths where the moment of death is in Iraq or Afghanistan — but ignores the deaths of American service members injured in Iraq or Afghanistan and evacuated out of country, who subsequently die in military hospitals elsewhere.

[Little Alex in Wonderland] Iraq War Vet: 'We Were Told to Just Shoot People, and the Officers ...: He told the audience at the Winter Soldier hearings that took place March 13-16, 2008, in Silver Spring, Maryland, “She was carrying a huge bag, and she looked like she was heading toward us, so we lit her up with the Mark 19, which is an automatic grenade launcher, and when the dust settled, we realized that the bag was full of groceries.

[TROOP SCOOP] TROOP SCOOP: Daily Afghan-Iraq Update/4-08: Alfsen regularly travels Western Paktika, circulating through his unit’s area of ops with a camera, children’s books and blank DVDs, helping Soldiers read books to their families.  “United Through Reading enables Soldiers to share their love and support with their children by reading books aloud on DVD,” Alfsen said. “Soldiers can also read to younger siblings, nieces, nephews, and other extended family members as well as to other children whom they mentor.”

[Eurasia Review] Iraq War Vet: “We Were Told To Just Shoot People, And The Officers ...: He told the audience at the Winter Soldier hearings that took place March 13-16, 2008, in Silver Spring, Maryland, “She was carrying a huge bag, and she looked like she was heading toward us, so we lit her up with the Mark 19, which is an automatic grenade launcher, and when the dust settled, we realized that the bag was full of groceries.

[Firedoglake] Early Morning Swim: Rachel Maddow on the Wikileaks Iraq Video ...: The hearts and minds I am concerned about after listening to this unfold and watching the video for three days are the Americans at home in the United States. I understand that our war media is censored and unless a person goes looking for war news there are only nostalgic and sentimental pieces about soldiers in the New York Times At War articles.

[Bear Market News] A House-Senate Withdrawal Plan for Unpopular Afghanistan War ...: Currently, existing Congressional budget language supports the timelines of (1) a US-imposed deadline of this August 3 for all US combat forces to be withdrawn, and (2) the US- Iraq pact’s official December 31, 2011, deadline, when all remaining troops and contractors must leave Iraq, and bases shut down or handed over to the Iraqi government;

[Signs of the Times] Iraq slaughter not an aberration -- Signs of the Times News: And we're seeing it on video not because it's rare, but because it just so happened (a) to result in the deaths of two Reuters employees, and thus received more attention than the thousands of other similar incidents where nameless Iraqi civilians are killed, and (b) to end up in the hands of WikiLeaks, which then published it. But what is shown is completely common.

[The Plum Line] Centcom: Iraq Killing Footage May No Longer Be Retrievable | The ...: Earlier this week, it posted its most explosive leak yet, a video shot by an American attack helicopter in July 2007 as it opened fire upon a group of a men on a Baghdad street, killing 12, including two unarmed Reuters employees. (Two children were also seriously wounded in a subsequent attack.) WikiLeaks said it had obtained the classified footage from whistleblowers inside the US military.”

[Dirk Bradshaw Blog] US Troops in Iraq talk about Halliburton & KBR | Dirk Bradshaw Blog: Its unfortunate but US troops are thought as expendable”¦ the global elites don't care”¦ they look at everything and everyone as a commodity”¦ its all about profit. ...

[Anything and Everything] srm's Blog | Wikileaks Iraq Video Release Discussion: I know a lot of people are focusing on the killings of the journalist, but I feel we should be focusing on other aspects. The shooting of the van, the cover-up/propaganda and the fact that isn't abnormal are important subjects about this incident that should be discussed, but I'm sure the media will focus solely on the shooting of the journalist because they can use that as justification for the action.

[Rethink Afghanistan War Blog] Tomgram: Engelhardt, Numbers to Die For - Rethink Afghanistan War Blog: The Ripley-esque numbers, however, tell a somewhat different story.  If war were really a Believe It or Not matter, or victory lay in the number of hamburgers transported or the price of fuel consumed, the U.S. military would have been the winner long ago.  After all, it may be the most product-profligate military with the heaviest “footprint” in history.  Though it’s seldom thought strange (and rarely commented upon in the U.S.), the Pentagon practices war as a form of mass consumption and so, not surprisingly, bears a striking resemblance to the society it comes from.  Like the Taliban, it carries its way of life to war on its back.

[nvs' Blog] The Iraq war: still a massive mistake « nvs' Blog: Policymakers tacitly supported the Baath Party’s suppression of the Iraqi Communist Party in 1963, and helped restore the Baathists to power after a takeover by pro-Nasser Arab nationalists in 1968. From 1980 to 1988, during the Iran-Iraq War, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency gave Hussein battle-planning assistance, satellite imagery, tactical planning for airstrikes, and information on Iranian deployments.

[Rethink Afghanistan War Blog] Debate war as it is, not as you want it to be - Rethink ...: It sounds like a cliché at this point, and most of us never really have to think about how truly horrifying it is. This week, however, we got some disturbing glimpses into the reality of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[2.0: The Blogmocracy] Why the US can't leave Iraq Ӽ 2.0: The Blogmocracy: If the US withdraws from Iraq and it collapses into a civil war the result will be Al-Qaeda controlling the Sunni areas and the Iranian backed Mehdi Army would control the Shia areas. This would be a major victory for Islamo-Imperialists forces and would make Iran and Al-Qaeda even stronger.

[At War] See No Evil - At War Blog - NYTimes.com: Nearly three years ago the (perhaps departing) Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki issued an order banning photographers from the scenes of bombings for an hour. The effect was to give the Iraqi security forces time to clear areas of the worst damage and injuries, preventing photographers and television cameramen from taking pictures that could damage the image of Mr.

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