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In evidence to an inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, the soldier alleged that his commanding officer at the time, Colonel Jorge Mendonca, punched the man in the side of the face in front of more than 100 army personnel after a raid on a derelict building.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/19/baha-mousa-inquiry-soldier-so38


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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Baha+Mousa

Ein weiter Weg nach vorne: Der frühere britische Premier soll Berater bei einem französischen Luxusartikel-Konzern werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/146897



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tony+Blair

Nick Mottern, Truthout: "It's probably safe to say that most Americans think the US military involvement in Iraq is coming to an end this year - that the Iraq War is effectively over. There are, however, some very nasty facts having to do with detention, torture and execution that must be considered in judging what will be happening this year for Iraqis and US soldiers."

http://www.truthout.org/article/dirty-truths-about-iraq

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Iraq Invasion in 2003 Was Illegitimate: Dutch Probe
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/12-0



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UK government ministers are to be given previously unseen police reports from a Basra crime unit which conclude that Mrs Talib's body was dumped on a roadside in a British body bag in November 2006. There was a bullet hole in her abdomen and her face had injuries consistent with torture, police reported.

http://snipurl.com/u1q8c


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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Basra
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=injuries
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National Priorities Project: Tallies Cost of War through September 30, 2010: $747 billion for Iraq, $299 billion for Afghanistan

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/01/11-12

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Osama bin Laden Is Winning
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis176.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=cost+of+war
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Osama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/margolis

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/11-3

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Iraqis authorize government to sue Blackwater

Iraq's government has started collecting signatures for a class-action lawsuit from victims who were wounded or lost family in incidents involving the U.S. private security firm formerly known as Blackwater.

http://snipurl.com/u4du9



Iraq orders guards linked to Blackwater to leave

Iraq has ordered hundreds of private security guards linked to Blackwater Worldwide to leave the country within seven days or face possible arrest on visa violations, the interior minister said Wednesday.

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_14372688



Iraq booting 250 Blackwater employees, minister confirms

"A total of 250 employees working for the U.S. security firm Blackwater have been dismissed and given seven days to leave Iraq, the Iraqi minister of interior said on Wednesday, according to the semi-official al-Iraqiya TV."

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/iraq-reportedly-boots-250-blackwater-employees/



2 Ex-Workers Accuse Blackwater Security Company of Defrauding the U.S. for Years

Two former employees of Blackwater Worldwide have accused the private security company of defrauding the government for years by filing bogus receipts, double billing for the same services and charging government agencies for strippers and prostitutes, according to court documents unsealed this week.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/us/11suit.html


From Information Clearing House

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Lawsuit: Blackwater Put Filipino Prostitute On Government Tab
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/11-6



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Blackwater
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+compan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Zachary+Roth

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/06

Legacy of War: Iraq Littered With High Levels of Nuclear and Dioxin Contamination, Study Finds
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/23-2

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Poison Bullets: Depleted Uranium Factor Covered-up?

Video Report By RussiaToday

Poison Bullets follows doctors and experts as they voice their opposing views in the DU controversy and travels to the US, Great Britain, Jordan, Iraq and Spain, where we meet many of those who are victims of both DU-related diseases and the indifference of government officials.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24349.htm



Iraq littered with high levels of nuclear and dioxin contamination, study finds"

Greater rates of cancer and birth defects near sites - Depleted uranium among poisons revealed in report.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/22/iraq-nuclear-contaminated-sites


From Information Clearing House



http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Depleted+Uranium+Poisoning+%28D.U.%29/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jalal+Ghazi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Martin+Chulove

Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers: "Dazed and blood-spattered, an Iraqi woman stumbled among the bodies of her relatives Wednesday on a strip of highway south of Baghdad where a US military convoy had struck a passenger van in a deadly accident. Badriya Hussein whispered prayers over the blanket-covered bodies and then looked at the stricken American soldiers standing nearby. 'Why?' she asked. 'Why?'"

http://www.truthout.org/0106094



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hannah+Allam

Die Gründe für den Irakkrieg haben Bush und Blair fabriziert, der ehemalige britische Regierungschef kann nun für den "Erfolg" kassieren und auch am irakischen Öl verdienen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/146846



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