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Ahmed Ali, Inter Press Service, says that, "At least five million Iraqis have fled their homes due to the violence under the US-led occupation, but half of them are unable to leave the country, according to well-informed estimates."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110507T.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=refugees

One of the most pro-American French leaders in decades, Mr Sarkozy is aiming to make Mr Bush forget the bitterness caused by the opposition of his predecessor, Jacques Chirac, to the Iraq war.

http://snipurl.com/1t6tf


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sarkozy

Despite their rhetoric about not wanting to hand President Bush another "blank check" for the Iraq War, Democrats appear poised to give him exactly that -- enough cash to keep the war going full steam for as long as six months, no strings attached.

http://snipurl.com/1t6tc


From Information Clearing House

By Madeleine Bunting

With the media subdued, governments have not been held to account for the biggest political calamity of our time.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18669.htm

Lauren Frayer reports for The Associated Press, "With just under two months left in the year, 2007 is on course to be the deadliest year on record for American forces in Iraq, despite a recent sharp drop in US deaths."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110507N.shtml

Lisa W. Foderaro, The New York Times, writes: "The last time Bobbi Plautz welcomed home her husband, Travis, from Iraq, he was a changed person. He listened to different kinds of music and craved different kinds of food. He stayed up all night and wrestled with nightmares."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110307F.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lisa+W.+Foderaro

Antikriegsdemonstration in San Francisco und in anderen Orten der USA - Tausende marschieren

Artikel von Jim Doyle im San Francisco Chronicle/ZNet vom 28.10.2007 in einer Übersetzung von Andrea Noll. http://zmag.de/artikel/antikriegsdemonstration-in-san-francisco-und


Aus: LabourNet, 2. November 2007

60 Minutes has identified the man whose fabricated story of Iraqi biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading Iraq. It has also obtained video of "Curve Ball," as he was known in intelligence circles, and discovered he was not only a liar, but also a thief and a poor student instead of the chemical engineering whiz he claimed to be.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/01/60minutes/main3440577.shtml



Let there be doubt

I don't remember anyone questioning the intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. In hindsight we could have done with a heavy dose of scepticism.

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/john_williams/2007/11/let_there_be_doubt.html


From Information Clearing House



Key Iraqi informant was 'crazy,' U.S. was told before war

Prewar claims by the United States that Iraq was producing biological weapons were based almost entirely on accounts from a defector who was described as "crazy" by his intelligence handlers and a "congenital liar" by his friends.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8425.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Curve+Ball

At least 887 Iraqis were killed in Iraq in October, ministry data showed on Thursday, slightly higher than September which saw a total of 840 people killed across the nation.

http://snipurl.com/1t148


From Information Clearing House