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Archive for the Month of March, 2005.
Viewing Iraq War NEWS articles 1 through 54 of 54.


March 2, 2005

In Vermont, a Town-Meeting revolt over Iraq war - In Vermont, a Town-Meeting revolt over Iraq war. On Tuesday, one-fifth of Vermont towns will consider what role the state's National Guard should play in the war.
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Resolution seen as initial step in war challenge - Drafters of an anti-Iraq War resolution appearing on more than 50 Town Meeting Day warnings across the state of Vermont told Mad River Valley residents Monday night that small-town democratic forums are the birthing center for national policy change
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Vermont residents vote on pulling US troops out of Iraq - Vermont voters went to the polls Tuesday to overwhelmingly support a referendum to bring US troops home from Iraq, according to preliminary returns.
(2145 views)

After temporary gains, Marines leave Iraqi cities - As a week-long US operation ends, residents and some troops worry that insurgents will soon return.
(2033 views)


March 3, 2005

Protest over US biodefence boom - Over 700 top US scientists have protested at the massive funds being ploughed into studying biological weapons.
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U.S. Troop Deaths in Iraq Rise to 1,500 - The number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq rose to 1,500 after the military announced Thursday that a soldier was killed in action. US troops are killed nearly every day in Iraq.
(2269 views)


March 4, 2005

U.S. used banned weapons in Fallujah - Dr. Khalid ash-Shaykhli, an official at Iraq’s health ministry, said that the U.S. military used internationally banned weapons during its deadly offensive in the city of Fallujah.
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American Jails in Iraq Are Bursting With Detainees - The American military's major detention centers in Iraq have swelled to capacity and are holding more people than ever, senior military officials say.
(1997 views)


March 5, 2005

Iraqi Woman Profits From False Testimony - In July 2003, the Washington Post published a harrowing account of the torture of an Assyrian Christian woman in Baghdad at the hands of Hussien. Unfortunately it was not true. No retractions were ever published.
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Soldier Who Reported Abuse Was Sent to Psychiatrist - An Army intelligence sergeant who accused fellow soldiers in Samarra, Iraq, of abusing detainees in 2003 was in turn accused by his commander of being delusional and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
(1869 views)

Italian Hostage Freed in Iraq Is Shot by G.I.'s at Checkpoint - American soldiers guarding a checkpoint here fired Friday night on a car carrying a kidnapped Italian journalist who had just been freed, wounding the journalist and killing an Italian intelligence agent.
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Emergency War Funding Wins Backing - House Republican leaders overcame earlier concerns and decided yesterday to give President Bush most of the emergency war spending money he requested last month, including $600 million for a compound in Baghdad that will be the largest US embassy in the world.
(1936 views)

US Attack Against Italians in Baghdad was Deliberate: Companion - The Americans and Italians knew about her car coming." "Giuliana had information, and the US military did not want her to survive." And then they opened fire.
(2446 views)


March 6, 2005

DVD Showed GIs Beating Iraqis - DVD surfaces showing US soldiers beating and torturing Iraqis. The US Army says that these acts of torture are "inappropriate rather than criminal behavior". That's good to know that torture of Iraqis isn't criminal, it's only inappropriate.
(1987 views)

‘US used mustard, nerve gas in Iraq’ - Chavez agrees with the Iraqi Ministry of Health that the US used mustard gas in its assault on Fallujah.
(2032 views)

Outrage as US soldiers kill hostage rescue hero - The vehicle was not travelling fast and had already passed several checkpoints on its way to the airport. The Americans shone a flashlight at the car and then fired between 300 and 400 bullets at if from an armoured vehicle.
(2204 views)


March 7, 2005

Napalm Raid on Falluja? - 73 charred bodies -- women and children -- were found. US government used napalm in Fallujah. Was this the story that made this reporter a target of the US government?
(2205 views)


March 8, 2005

RAF Hercules that crashed killing 10 'was hit by missile' - A missile fired by insurgents from the ground probably destroyed an RAF Hercules C-130 cargo plane in Iraq with the loss of 10 British special operations servicemen. Insurgents could possess a new missile capable of hitting aircraft flying above 15,000 feet.
(2108 views)


March 9, 2005

Italian Leader Says U.S. Knew of Rescue Plan - U.S. military officials in Iraq had approved an Italian intelligence officer's mission to free a kidnapped journalist and were expecting their arrival at Baghdad's airport on Friday when U.S. soldiers opened fire on the Italians at a checkpoint, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said.
(2143 views)

Steady Drop in Black Army Recruits - The percentage of new Army recruits who are black has slipped dramatically over the past five years, reflecting a lack of support among African Americans for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2298 views)

Public version of Saddam capture fiction - A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated. "I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced."
(1845 views)


March 10, 2005

Egyptian Diplomat Rebuts Bush's Views on Mideast - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Wednesday offered a point-by-point rebuttal of President Bush's argument that the Middle East is opening to an era of democracy stimulated by the US invasion of Iraq.
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March 11, 2005

Poland to cut back its troops in Iraq in July: minister - Poland will withdraw "several hundred" of its troops from Iraq in July, Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski was quoted as saying Friday.
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March 12, 2005

Saddam Hussein and Reality - I went to Google.com and searched for images of Saddam’s capture. All the major news networks and publications showed pictures of the hole and a beleaguered Saddam: Time Magazine, CNN News, magazines, daily newspapers, etc. You name it and they published it.But, they were all wrong. Not one publication took the time to research the story. Not one. They just took pictures given by the U.S. military and parroted the lines they were given.
(2873 views)

A Case Study in Postwar Chaos - The dealings of coalition officials in Iraq and a contractor now accused of fraud illustrate what went wrong in early rebuilding efforts. What went wrong was no accountability and rampant corruption.
(1810 views)

Montana Governor Sets Off Fight With Call to Bring Guard Home - Gov. Brian Schweitzer has touched off a political fight with Montana Republicans after calling for the return of National Guard troops serving in Iraq.
(1835 views)


March 13, 2005

U.S. Gives a Cold Shoulder to Treaties - The tobacco treaty is the one of numerous international treaties including, ABM, human rights, public health, maritime policies, and environmental protection that the Bush administration has failed to sign or has pulled out of. The USA demands that nations unquestioningly support its agenda, while absolutely ignoring other nations concerns. This is called "democracy" in USA doublespeak.
(1782 views)


March 15, 2005

Italy to pull troops out of Iraq - Bowing to popular pressure, the Italian Government said last night that it would start pulling its more than 3,000 troops out of Iraq in September.
(2110 views)

5500 US deserters: We won't fight in Iraq - CBS News reported on December 8 that the Pentagon has admitted that at least 5500 US military personnel have deserted since the war started in Iraq.
(1578 views)

Oil companies eye Iraq reserves - The world's major oil companies are dusting off their Baghdad Rolodexes as Iraq's political factions move closer to forming a new government. The oil companies are circiling Iraq like a bunch of vultures.
(1972 views)


March 16, 2005

Bush administration clears US troops in slaying of Calipari and wounding of Sgrena - The Bush administration took specific legal steps that cleared a U.S. Special Forces assassination team in Iraq from any future criminal proceedings arising from their assassination of Italian SISMI intelligence number two man Nicola Calipari.
(1864 views)

If the U.S. government doesn't plan to occupy Iraq for any longer than necessary, why is it spending billions of dollars to build - If the U.S. government doesn't plan to occupy Iraq for any longer than necessary, why is it spending billions of dollars to build "enduring" bases?
(1675 views)

Iraq rebuilding still a mirage - Both George Bush and Tony Blair said the new Iraq was going to be a prosperous country with an improved standard of living for all. Their predictions have sadly yet to be realized.
(1755 views)

More than 100 die in U.S. custody in Iraq - At least 108 people have died in U.S. custody in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and roughly a quarter of the cases have been investigated as possible U.S. abuse, according to government data provided to The Associated Press
(1350 views)


March 17, 2005

Roads out of Baghdad become no-go zones - Iraq's National Assembly met for the first time Wednesday. The session was rattled by nearby mortar shells. Nearly two years since President Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq, Baghdad is still one of the most dangerous cities in the world. It is ringed in peril. Travel in any direction a few miles outside city limits and the risks intensify.
(1356 views)


March 18, 2005

Bulgaria Latest U.S. Ally Seeking Iraq Pullout - NATO newcomer Bulgaria said on Thursday it would reduce the number of its troops in Iraq by around a quarter in June and decide this month whether to pull out completely by the end of the year.
(1520 views)

Iraq Turning Out To Be New Vietnam - Iraq? No, Vietnam and another war we lost because fighting insurgents, guerrillas, terrorists or whatever you want to call people who look just like the ones you are trying to help is next to impossible when they refuse to fight by your rules.
(1390 views)


March 19, 2005

Italian troops to stay, after all - Silvio Berlusconi, the Prime Minister, backtracked yesterday over his announcement that Italian troops would start withdrawing from Iraq in September, claiming that this had only ever been a “hope” rather than a commitment
(1361 views)

Fort Carson Captain Convicted In Iraqi Assaults - An Army captain accused of terrorizing an Iraqi town's residents with threats, a pistol and a baseball bat was convicted Wednesday of three counts of assault on Iraqis, but acquitted of charges stemming from an alleged assault of one of his own soldiers.
(1346 views)

Bombs Away - The story of Iraq is usually told at ground level: roadside bombs, U.S. raids on insurgent hideouts, and pipeline explosions. But well after the big blasts of the war's first nights two years ago, the U.S. bombing of Iraq has gone on with relatively little attention from the media.
(1524 views)


March 20, 2005

Blair was told US 'fixed' case for war - The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency told the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, that the case for war in Iraq was being "fixed" by Washington to suit US policy.
(1443 views)

Study: Media Self-Censored Some Iraq Coverage - Many media outlets self-censored their reporting on the Iraq invasion because of concerns about public reaction.
(1506 views)

US frees Iraqi kidnappers so they can spy on insurgents - Americans are undermining the local police's attempts to crack down on wave of abductions and crime in Iraq, by releasing criminals to spy on insurgents.
(1329 views)


March 21, 2005

Orphans of Tall Afar - What 15 seconds did to the Hassan family—and to the men of Apache Company.
(1272 views)


March 23, 2005

Where is the freedom of the Iraqi people? - Where is the freedom that Bush promised the Iraqi people? The US continues to occupy Iraq. The US continues to impose curfews throughout Iraq and anyone caught violating the curfew is shot on sight. There are still no essential services in Iraq; no running water, no electricity. The Iraqi people are harassed day and night by the US.
(1471 views)

Miscovering Anti-War Protests (Again) - The corporate media again fail to cover the protests on the anniversay of the Iraq war.
(1234 views)

The Head of the Compensation Committee reveals in numbers the Fallujah Tragedy - Dr. Hafidh al-Dulaimi, the head of "the Commission for the Compensation of Fallujah citizens" has reported the following destruction that has been inflicted on Fallujah as a result of the American attack on it
(2299 views)


March 26, 2005

Troops Tortured Iraqis in Mosul, Documents Show - American soldiers tortured Iraqi prisoners at a military base in Mosul but nobody was court martialed over the abuse, U.S. army documents say.
(1308 views)

Giuliana Sgrena was shot in the Green Zone, by a tank as they drove away from it! - Giuliana Sgrena was shot in the Green Zone after having passed several checkpoints, by a tank as they drove away from it!
(2034 views)


March 27, 2005

Report on the current situation in the city of Fallujah - Presented to the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights For the period of January 1st/2005 to March 25th/2005 Studies Center of Human Rights and Democracy - Brussells Tribunal
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March 28, 2005

Newly repaired Iraq pipeline blown up - Attackers have blown up a pipeline 60km west of Kirkuk, just a day after repairs to the route connecting the lucrative oil field to a major refinery in Baiji.
(1549 views)

Follow the Money - Watchdogs are warning that corruption in Iraq is out of control. But will the United States join efforts to clamp down on it?
(1293 views)

Trial by television - In Iraq, captured rebels are shown confessing live on air. The one-hour programme features captured insurgents confessing to a variety of alleged crimes and vices, including pornography and booze. Cowed and crestfallen, they admit attacking the security forces and raping and beheading civilians. Tailor-made, engineered propaganda distraction TV for an occupied Iraq
(1269 views)


March 30, 2005

Saddam's lawyers: "We dont know where he is" - Lawyers defending Saddam Hussein at his forthcoming trial stated on Tuesday that they have been denied access to the toppled Iraqi leader and that they don’t even know where he is.
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