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Elana Schor reports for The Guardian UK, "A US senator came forward today on behalf of the second woman in a week to allege rape by private contractors in Iraq, worsening a controversy that has already sparked a congressional hearing."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121407J.shtml



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Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

12/13/07

For Congressional Democrats, the ‘victory’ they are touting is that they are only giving Bush $70 billion for the war now, and they won’t give him the other $130 billion he is demanding until they return in a few weeks. They really showed him. But all of these complaints are extremely naive and unsophisticated. You see, all of this behavior by the Democrats is absolutely necessary. They have no choice. Otherwise, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News will attack them for being weak (as though there is some circumstance under which they wouldn’t) and that would be terrible...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Mark Lattimer, The Guardian UK: "After the invasion of Iraq, the US government claimed that women there had 'new rights and new hopes.' In fact their lives have become immeasurably worse, with rapes, burnings and murders now a daily occurrence."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/121307WA.shtml

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out at Republicans on Thursday, saying they want the Iraq war to drag on and are ignoring the public's priorities.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7150964,00.html



House Passes $696B "Defense" Policy Bill

Final action on the bill comes as Democrats struggle for a way to pay for combat operations overseas without appearing to support Bush's policies in Iraq.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/12/12/ap4433640.html


From Information Clearing House



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Retired Army Colonel, Douglas Macgregor, writes from Mother Jones: "American casualties in Iraq have declined dramatically over the last 90 days to levels not seen since 2006, and the White House has attributed the decline to the surge of 35-40,000 U.S. combat troops. But a closer look suggests a different explanation."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207E.shtml

The Christian archbishop of Basra on Tuesday canceled the celebration of Christmas in that southern city to protest the deaths of a brother and sister, both Christians, as bombings and mayhem struck at cities throughout Iraq.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2178/story/824599.html


From Information Clearing House

A Fort Hood military tribunal heard testimony today that an Army sergeant kicked and shot an Iraqi insurgent as he lay bleeding from nearly two dozen gunshot wounds.

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7483453&nav=menu73_2_12



Take No Prisoners

U.S. Marines execute an Iraqi to the cheers of fellow marines.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5365.htm


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