Alternative View 2006 - for john schou

What Really Happened Jan_06.xls Seite 79
20.10.2006 Uruknet 5 The Shiite militia run by the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr briefly
seized control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah
21.10.2006 Asian Times 5 The signs of eroding support for Bush's "stay-the-course" strategy are
virtually everywhere in Washington, where senior Republicans are moving
into open revolt against what they see as a rapidly deteriorating situation and
Bush's bullheadedness in still believing that Iraq will somehow become a
model for democratic transformation in the Middle East
21.10.2006 Guardian 5 US and UK seek Iraq exit strategy - UK urges engagement with Syria and
Iran as officials review options after this week's surge in violence in Iraq
21.10.2006 Guardian 5 We have liberated Amara from the British. Basra next'
21.10.2006 X 5 Another Disastrous Coverup: Ammo dump explosion may have killed hundreds
of US soldiers - October 10, 2006, Iraqi resistance groups lobbed
mortar and rocket rounds into the immense ‗Forward Base Falcon,‘ the
largest American military base in Iraq .. 13 km south of the Green Zone in
Baghdad ... fuel and ammunition stores began to erupt with massive explosions
[then follows a huge] Official Casualty List from U.S. military hospital at
al-Habbaniyah ... Over 300 American troops were killed or injured out-right or
died immediately afterwards en route to hospital or in hospital and over 125
seriously injured {USA‟s Dien Bien Phu if confirmed}
22.10.2006 Kavkaz center 5 9 Transport Planes Ferried American Dead Bodies From Baghdad - Western
news reports stated that the blasts continued for hours lighting up the
nighttime sky over Baghdad
22.10.2006 SF Indymedia 5 The US Falcon base, now described as burned out wasteland with no buildings was
the scene of American helicopters dumping water on the site Wednesday to
extinguish the last flames after resistance fighters managed to carry out a
devastating attack that completely destroyed the American base
22.10.2006 Politiken 5 Amerikanske embedsmænd har holdt hemmelige møder med irakiske
oprørsledere i den jordanske hovedstad Amman
22.10.2006 Zaman 5 James Baker is also leading a panel that is preparing recommendations for
alternative strategies in Iraq though the panel‘s recommendations will not be
issued until after the Nov. 7 elections
23.10.2006 Daily Kos 5 US helicopter bombs Al-Sadr's office South of Baghdad
23.10.2006 Global
Research
5 "US occupation forces are accusing Iraqi translators of leaking information on
the location of arms and ammunition depots in the Falcon military base (Al-
Rashid military base) to the resistance ... Who needs translators when there
are Google Maps? ... emailed reports, yet to be confirmed, that the number of
dead American soldiers at Al-Rashid military base (camp Falcon) has
reached 300
23.10.2006 X 5 [11.10] This morning US newspapers reported that fire erupted in US ammo
dump in Al-Rashid military base, while every single Iraqi/Arab newspaper
assured that it a mortars attack on the base erupted the fire ... Falcon base
(Al-Rashid base) is considered the largest American army depots in central
Iraq, contains > 50 tanks and a number of guns and Chinook helicopters
23.10.2006 Indymedia.uk 5 Giant U.S. Ammo dump ―Forward Base Falcon‖ is targeted , explodes and
burns…the official story is that no one got killed, and alternative media is
listing the names of 350 Americans who died
23.10.2006 X 5 The attack, which occurred on the night of Tuesday, October 10, was claimed
by both the Islamic Army in Iraq and the Conquering Army [Jeish al-Fatiheen],
and was filmed by a Mujahid from the Salah al-Din al-Ayubi Brigades of the
Islamic Iraqi Resistance Front, Ja‘ami. Although the Islamic Army accepts
that ―anyone who has military experience‖ would inform that their use of two
Katyusha rockets and three mortar shells cannot destroy a military base the
size of the Falcon base
23.10.2006 X 5 13.10.: Plumes of smoke could still be seen Thursday night rising over what
formerly was the American Falcon Forward Base
23.10.2006 Guardian 5 Blair gives Iraq 12 months to be ready for handover ... Howells said: "I would
have thought that certainly in a year or so there will be adequately trained
Iraqi soldiers and security forces - policemen and women and so on - in order
to do the job." {policewomen in Iraq?}
23.10.2006 Independent 5 Out of a population of 26 million, 1.6 million Iraqis have fled the country and a
further 1.5 million are displaced, according to the UN