Alternative View 2006 - for john schou
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What Really Happened Jan_06.xls Seite 61<br />
02.02.<strong>2006</strong> X 5 Facing an enlistment crisis, the Army is granting "waivers" to an increa-singly<br />
high %age of recruits with criminal records -- and trying to hide it<br />
02.02.<strong>2006</strong> ABC 5 Wounded Soldiers Told They Owe Money to Army - The way our wounded<br />
vets can get hammered financially is an absolute disgrace ... the Army told<br />
"Nightline" that 5,549 soldiers, or about one out of five soldiers who were<br />
removed from battle <strong>for</strong> medical reasons later had payroll problems<br />
03.02.<strong>2006</strong> Uruknet 5 In<strong>for</strong>med religious sources in Iraq ascertained that the recent bombing of 7<br />
Iraqi churches carries ... Mossad's clear cut signature<br />
05.02.<strong>2006</strong> Uruknet 5 You‘ll note that every single 'news‘ story is based on hearsay and allegations of links<br />
that 'al-Zarqawi‘ has to the 'insurgency‘, 'al-Queda‘, 'jihadists‘ but there is not a single<br />
story amongst the entire 113 [Jan. articles mentioning him] that offers .. evidence that<br />
the man actually exists let alone heads up the Iraqi 'branch‘ of 'al-Queda‘ ... some 3rdparty<br />
story that is itself based upon the same elusive 'sources‘ is always the basis <strong>for</strong><br />
every story on 'al-Zarqawi‘<br />
05.02.<strong>2006</strong> Yahoo 5 Colin Powell's <strong>for</strong>mer Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson makes the startling<br />
claim that much of Powell's landmark speech to the UN laying out the Bush<br />
Adm.'s case <strong>for</strong> the Iraq war was false<br />
05.02.<strong>2006</strong> Newsday 5 US <strong>for</strong>ces to release 50 Iraqi detainees - "Sorry about the mix-up. Here's<br />
some lotion <strong>for</strong> those bruises‖<br />
06.02.<strong>2006</strong> Uruknet 5 When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty<br />
07.02.<strong>2006</strong> X 5 The last time 1st Lt. William ―Eddie‖ Rebrook IV saw his body armor, he was<br />
lying on a stretcher in Iraq, his arm shattered and covered in blood ... But last<br />
week, Rebrook was <strong>for</strong>ced to pay $700 <strong>for</strong> that body armor, blown up by a<br />
roadside bomb >1 year ago<br />
08.02.<strong>2006</strong> Liberty<strong>for</strong>um 5 The lower death rate compared with previous wars means that soldiers are<br />
surviving after suffering horrifying injuries. As many as 6% of all wounded in<br />
Iraq who could not return to duty have required amputations, compared with<br />
3% in earlier conflicts. In Army hospitals alone, more than 330 troops have<br />
had an arm or leg amputated—53 suffered multiple amputations<br />
10.02.<strong>2006</strong> X 5 Escaping the attention of the mainstream media at the end of January was a<br />
panel held by mental-health professionals at the National Press Club in<br />
Washington, in which it was revealed that up to 1/3 of Iraq war Veterans will<br />
suffer from some degree of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder<br />
10.02.<strong>2006</strong> X 5 Indicted <strong>for</strong>mer top White House aide I Lewis 'Scooter' Libby will argue that<br />
US VP Dick Cheney authorised him to leak classified in<strong>for</strong>mation in 2003 to<br />
bolster the case <strong>for</strong> the US-led war against Iraq<br />
12.02.<strong>2006</strong> Uruknet 5 It is curious how "unidentified" or "previously unknown" terrorist groups<br />
kidnap American journalists and Quaker peaceniks and then make<br />
impossible demands ... fake terrorist groups .. are operating in Iraq to<br />
discredit the legitimate resistance, engaged in entirely legitimate paramilitary<br />
operations against U.S. troops<br />
12.02.<strong>2006</strong> Guardian 5 a shocking video ... show 8 [british] soldiers pulling 4 teenagers off the street<br />
following a riot and dragging them into their army base, be<strong>for</strong>e beating them with<br />
batons, as well as punching and kicking them ... The video was apparently shot in<br />
secret by a corporal at a time when troops around Basra were dealing on a daily<br />
basis with street riots and insurgencies<br />
13.02.<strong>2006</strong> Berlingske 5 Pres fra de pårørende får et stigende antal danske soldater til at springe fra<br />
planlagt tjeneste i udlandet ... Frafaldet betyder, at <strong>for</strong>svaret har måtte<br />
indkalde flere soldater, der tidligere har været på missioner<br />
14.02.<strong>2006</strong> Asian Times 5 Baghdad - which accounts <strong>for</strong> 25% of the country's population - has virtually<br />
no water or electricity. The Americans <strong>for</strong> their part may have become more<br />
"invisible", retreating from main urban centers, but their air war is even more<br />
devastating<br />
15.02.<strong>2006</strong> Uruknet 5 Saddam Hussein has announced in court that he and his co-defendants are<br />
on hunger strike to protest at tough stances by the chief judge in a heated<br />
start to the latest session of his trial<br />
16.02.<strong>2006</strong> Uruknet 5 The Pentagon has confirmed the authenticity of a set of photographs of<br />
prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib that were aired <strong>for</strong> the first time [15.2.] by<br />
Australian television<br />
16.02.<strong>2006</strong> CNN 5 Am. officials have said the pictures and video should not have been released,<br />
with Defence Department spokesman .. telling The AP their airing "could<br />
only further inflame and possibly incite unnecessary violence in the world" -<br />
Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to use torture in the first place