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Archive for the Month of October, 2005.
Viewing Iraq War NEWS articles 1 through 75 of 76.


October 1, 2005

US outsources war to Filipinos - Filipinos are taking up work at US-run facilities in Iraq, dodging an official Philippines travel and employment ban on the war-torn country and providing the US military and its affiliated contractors the cheap, English-speaking manpower it is having increasing difficulty recruiting at home.
(1616 views)

Reparations - Yes, we must leave Iraq. We must leave now. However, we must also pay for reducing another country to rubble. We must pay for our arrogance of power.
(1610 views)


October 2, 2005

International Human Rights Lawyer Points Out Absurdities in Hussein's Legal Defense - Dr. Curtis Doebbler, well-respected human rights lawyer and law professor, can't get American media to tell the truth about the legal farce going on in Bagdhad. He claims proceedings against the former Iraqi dictator have no merit since initial invasion violated international law. He also says Hussein's court appointed Iraqi attorney has been harrassed and had legal papers stolen by American authorities.
(2020 views)

Permanent Occupation - Anyone familiar with the Project for a New American Century (PNAC) should be skeptical about the administration’s claims that it does not have plans for a permanent military presence in Iraq.
(1708 views)

Shock and awe: the night Baghdad burned. - How, I asked myself, does one describe this outside the language of a military report, the definition of the colour, the decibels of the explosions? The flight of the missiles sounded as if someone was ripping to pieces huge canopies of silk across the sky.
(1768 views)

U.S. soldiers get off easy for crimes against Iraqis, review finds - Using previously undisclosed Army records, the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News found that dozens of soldiers have been accused of crimes against Iraqis since the first troops deployed for Iraq. But despite strong evidence and convictions in some cases, only a small percentage resulted in punishments nearing those that civilian justice systems routinely impose for such crimes.
(1646 views)


October 3, 2005

Bush’s admin weighs actions against Syria - One option under consideration was launching a major offensive on several villages 30 to 40 miles inside Syria that the U.S. government claims have been harboring Iraqi rebels.
(1662 views)


October 4, 2005

Abu Ghraib: Business as Usual - In the aftermath of Private First Class Lynndie England’s conviction for abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, she has told NBC’s Dateline "I know worse things were happening over there." In her first post-court-martial interview, England "said one night she heard blood-curdling screams coming from the block’s shower room, where non-military interrogators had taken an Arab detainee."
(1734 views)

Iraqi Unions Defy Privatization - On April 9, 2003, U.S. tanks pulled up to Basra’s huge, dilapidated oil refinery. "We were coming out early, at the end of our shift, and there was the American army," recalls Faraj Arbat, one of the plant’s firemen. The soldiers trained their guns on the oil workers. The head of the fire department made the mistake of questioning the troops, and he was ordered to lie facedown on the ground.
(1559 views)

Blood, Sweat & Tears: Asia’s Poor Build U.S. Bases in Iraq - Tens of thousands of laborers have helped set new records for the largest civilian workforce ever hired in support of a U.S. war. They are employed through complex layers of companies working in Iraq.
(1880 views)


October 5, 2005

Another British person captured in Iraq - An Iraqi border guard spokesman in Najaf, Saadun al-Jaabari, said guards arrested "a terrorist group consisting of 10 people, including one British national called Colin Peter, near Mathlum, near the Saudi border". The group was armed with machine guns and was carrying a video camera, a satellite telephone, and GPS satellite-tracking device, al-Jaabari added.
(1869 views)


October 6, 2005

Arab channel seeks reporter's release - The Al-Arabiya Arab satellite news network has repeated its call for the release of one of its reporters being held by US forces in Iraq without charge.
(1804 views)


October 7, 2005

Iraq war now costing $6 billion a month - The CRS report said the latest average monthly cost for Iraq is $5.9 billion, or 19 percent higher than last year.
(1703 views)

The real insurgency, and the fake one - The latest story...is that the Iraqi insurgents are using American vehicles stolen in the United States in committing their attacks. This has to remind you of the discovery that the insurgents were using Italian-made hand guns manufactured without serial numbers, an order almost certainly placed by some intelligence agency.
(1293 views)

Destroying "rebuilt" bridges - ..the Iraqi Resistance report that some of these bridges are "restructured" for use within days. That is why the Americans hit them repeatedly...
(1271 views)


October 9, 2005

How is the Euphrates Bridge bombing campaign supposed to work? - Does the U.S. air force designate traffic lanes on these bridges, so that insurgents can use certain lanes and then be subjected to precision bombings, while common folks use safe lanes?
(1272 views)

Poor Migrants Work in Iraqi Netherworld - U.S.-hired contractors rely on laborers from impoverished countries, but no one looks out for the rights -- or lives -- of the foreigners.
(1317 views)


October 10, 2005

Saddam may face execution before standing trial on all charges - Saddam Hussein could be executed before the Iraqi Special Tribunal finishes charging him with all his alleged crimes, a source close to the tribunal said Sunday.
(1209 views)


October 11, 2005

Traumatised young Iraqis turn increasingly to hard drugs - ...drug pushers told IRIN they had found a lucrative market amongst soldiers in the US-led occupation forces. They report strong demand from Italian troops in particular.
(1316 views)

Danish PM faces Iraq war lawsuit - After two years of preparation, a group of 24 citizens have brought a suit against the Danish prime minister over Denmark's role in the Iraq war.
(1438 views)


October 12, 2005

U.S. Forces Hold One of Iraq's Greatest Writers for ‘Lying’ to Journalists - Muhsen al-Khafaji, a writer well known throughout the Arab world, has been held prisoner by United States forces for over two and a half years for the crime of exaggerating facts to journalists. Coming from the Bush Administration, according to this op-ed article form Iraq’s Azzaman newspaper, that is outrageous.
(1326 views)


October 13, 2005

Iraqis apprehend two Americans disguised as Arabs trying to detonate a car bomb in a residential neighborhood of western Baghdad’s al-Ghazaliyah district on Tuesday. - A number of Iraqis apprehended two Americans disguised in Arab dress as they tried to blow up a booby-trapped car in the middle of a residential area in western Baghdad on Tuesday.
(1356 views)

Did You Know This About Iraq: Hit the Send Button - Did you know that half of all Iraqi households still don't have access to clean water?
(1393 views)


October 14, 2005

AP: 3,663 Iraqis Killed in Past 6 Months - Saturday's vote on Iraq's new constitution takes place nearly six months after the country's first elected government took power, and during that period at least 3,663 Iraqis have been killed in war-related violence, according to an Associated Press count.
(1285 views)

US troops starving Iraqis, says UN - A United Nations human rights investigator has accused the US and British forces in Iraq of breaching international law by depriving civilians of food and water in besieged cities.
(1296 views)

Saddam to claim sovereign immunity - lawyer - "He had full immunity under the prevailing Iraqi constitution and you cannot have a retroactive legislation that removes that immunity."
(1303 views)


October 15, 2005

British military involved in acts of terrorism in Iraq, According to statement of Iraqi army officer - Political analysts believe that America and Britain are undermining security in Iraq in order to justify their own presence.
(1450 views)

The Iraqi Constitution; a cynical cover for partition - Today's vote on the Iraqi Constitution is the culmination of 15 years of unrelenting aggression against the Iraqi people. Washington has never wavered in it's to determination to topple Saddam and control Iraqi oil. Saturday's balloting is just another public relations stunt to disguise the criminal intention of the present occupation.
(1262 views)


October 16, 2005

DOEBBLER ON SADDAM HUSSEIN’S TRIAL: "THE SITUATION IS RIDICULOUS." - With Saddam Hussein’s trial quickly approaching, much speculation has been made of the event. Most agree that it will be a mockery and the court has already made up its mind to execute the Iraqi President.
(1473 views)

RAF officer faces jail over "illegal war" - Flight-Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith is to be court-martialled for "refusing to obey a lawful command" after he told his commanding officer that he would not go to Basra.
(1258 views)

Cheap labor flows to Iraq - Halliburton unit is tapping pipeline of illicit workers for U.S. military jobs in war zone
(1547 views)


October 17, 2005

The pay's lousy, but the slop is free - Tens of thousands of such TCN laborers have helped set new records for the largest civilian workforce ever hired in support of a US war.
(1291 views)

British Chief Police Investigator in Basra dies under mysterious circumstances - He was responsible for the investigation into the two Elite SAS men disguised as Arab "terrorists"
(1342 views)

SADDAM LAWYERS SABOTAGED - ODIOUS AGENDA BEHIND MEDIA’S TRIAL COVERAGE
(1685 views)

WHIG: Not Even a Radar Blip - Obviously, we are now at a point where the government is completely non-responsive to the people—and the people are so brainwashed and distracted as to not fill the streets and demand the government resign and Bush face criminal prosecution for war crimes.
(1395 views)

Full text of Iraq constitution - The following is the full text of the Iraqi constitution...
(1345 views)

Revealed: IRA bombs killed eight British soldiers in Iraq - The bombs were developed by the IRA using technology passed on by the security services in a botched "sting" operation more than a decade ago.
(1332 views)


October 18, 2005

US military massacres dozens in wake of Iraq referendum - The killings expose the utterly cynical character of the Bush administration’s propaganda that the October 15 referendum marked a genuine step toward democracy and sovereignty. Iraq is a conquered country, where US occupation troops are using the most ruthless methods to intimidate any opposition by the Iraqi people and force them into accepting neo-colonial American rule.
(1288 views)

Saddam trial judges trained in Britain - The judges who will be trying former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Wednesday have been secretly trained in Britain in recent months...
(1856 views)

Fraud claims as officials launch Iraq ballot probe - Vote Totals Under Inquiry in 12 Iraqi Provinces, Panel Says
(1248 views)

Are British troops at breaking point in Iraq? - Fears that British forces in Iraq are reaching "breaking point" grew last night as the first hard evidence of a crisis in morale began to emerge.
(1321 views)

War moves to Syria - Analysts suggest that the U.S. wars on Iraq and Afghanistan are part of a broader military agenda to control the Middle East; a continuation of the 1991 Gulf War and the NATO led wars on Yugoslavia.
(1237 views)


October 19, 2005

Spain judge orders US soldiers' arrest - A judge in Spain has issued an international arrest order for three US soldiers whose tank fired at a Baghdad hotel during the war in Iraq, killing a Spanish journalist.
(1270 views)

Legal lynching of Saddam Hussein begins in Iraq - The trial of Saddam Hussein that begins today in Baghdad, under the auspices of the US-created Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (SICT) and the US-sponsored Iraqi government, is a legal travesty. No credibility can be given to the prosecution of the former Iraqi head of state by a puppet court and client administration that exist only due to the illegal and predatory invasion of Iraq by US imperialism and the continued presence of more than 150,000 American and other foreign troops.
(1233 views)

Money for Nothing: Billions of dollars have disappeared, gone to bribe Iraqis and line contractors’ pockets. - When the final page is written on America’s catastrophic imperial venture, one word will dominate the explanation of U.S. failure—corruption.
(1319 views)


October 20, 2005

Saddam scuffles with guards as trial adjourned - The three-hour session was stormy, with Saddam arguing with judges.
(1329 views)

Rice won't rule out troops in Iraq in 10 years - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday refused to rule out U.S. troops still being in Iraq in 10 years or the possibility that the United States could use military force against neighboring Syria and Iran.
(1231 views)

Who’s That Man? - ...although we don’t hear too much about it, many ordinary Iraqis refuse to believe that the Coalition authorities are holding Saddam Hussein captive in Iraq.
(1601 views)

Grandmothers Arrested in Times Sq - Anti-War grandmothers arrested at Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Station
(1322 views)


October 21, 2005

The Show Trial of the Century - Trial of Saddam diverts attention from US-UK war crimes
(1920 views)


October 22, 2005

Kidnapped Saddam lawyer found dead - Iraqi police have found the body of a lawyer for a co-defendant of Saddam Hussein, shot in the head just days after the first trial against the former dictator opened in Baghdad.
(1764 views)

Vote Figures for Crucial Province Don't Add Up - The early vote totals from Nineveh province, which suggested an overwhelming majority in favour of Iraq's draft constitution that assured its passage by national referendum, now appear to have been highly misleading.
(1476 views)

Invade Syria? Insane - U.S. forces have started fighting Syrians at Iraq's border. Can anybody say "Cambodia"?
(1426 views)

Poll shows Iraqis back attacks on UK, US forces - Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are justified, according to a secret poll said to have been commissioned by British defense leaders and cited by The Sunday Telegraph.
(1422 views)

Houston oilman charged in oil-for-food probe - Legendary Houston oilman Oscar Wyatt and two others have been accused of paying millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime.
(1384 views)


October 23, 2005

The ploy of the Iraqi referendum - The Iraqi referendum had been played so cleverly that all types of media, although most British papers were more cautious than others, and all political figures could not but call it an expression of democracy. Yet this "democracy" is being used to manipulate Iraqis into accepting the dictates of the American administration.
(1393 views)

The Invention of Porno Torture: Not One Victim Was Called to Testify - ...porno torture may be deduced as the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain for interrogative, punitive, or abusive purposes by forcing a person to engage in sexually explicit behavior which is recorded, or staged before a live audience.
(3221 views)


October 24, 2005

Baghdad hotel attack kills at least 11 - The Palestine Hotel, which houses many foreign journalists in Iraq, has been hit in a rocket-and-car bomb attack, killing at least 11 people and causing considerable damage to the hotel, Iraqi police and journalists say.
(1382 views)

Making a killing - The American government is hiring private security firms to stabilise Iraq — and paying them a fortune to do it. But many of them are unregulated and operate outside the law.
(1251 views)


October 25, 2005

Iraq Is Not Vietnam. But... - Iraq is not Vietnam. But the United States is the United States. War after war, decade after decade, the U.S. news media have continued to serve those in Washington who strive to set the national agenda for war and lay down flagstones on the path to military intervention.
(1180 views)

Targeting Central Baghdad: Attack on the Palestine Hotel - It was the second time the 19-storey Palestine has come under attack leading to deaths. As US forces were first moving into Baghdad, an American Abrams tank shelled the hotel, killing and injuring a number of journalists.
(1375 views)


October 26, 2005

What use is a constitution when there is no state? - Imagine living in Baghdad - Bush and Blair say things are improving. It's not true: they're getting worse by the day.
(1198 views)


October 27, 2005

Was Berlusconi Behind the Pre-Iraq War Yellow Cake Story? - It was one of the biggest of the American pre-war blunders. Iraq, documents showed, had tried to buy uranium from Niger. The papers, though, soon proved to be false. But who forged them?
(2195 views)


October 28, 2005

U.S. Recruits Peruvians For Security in Iraq - Former soldiers and policemen also hired from other Latin American countries
(1371 views)

Saddam and al-Zarqawi: Strangers in the Night - It appears only gullible Americans and Brits believe the scary al-Zarqawi campfire story.
(1767 views)


October 29, 2005

Oil for Food My Foot - The so-called Oil for Food scandal obfuscates the real issue—the sanctions imposed against Iraq by a maidservant United Nations (and enforced by US and British warplanes) were responsible for killing more than a million people, half of them defenseless children.
(1495 views)

US forces in Iraq reach 161,000, highest level of the war - The previous high in US force levels was reached in January, when the number of US troops in the country rose to 159,000 during national elections.
(1227 views)

Dirty Tricks With Money - Shortly after Desert Storm, the U.S., along with other accomplices, flooded Iraq with billions of dollars of counterfeit dinars and dollars. The results were staggering, taking down further the worth of the already weak dinar.
(1590 views)


October 30, 2005

Hundreds of Howard U. Students Greet Laura Bush With Protest - Threatened With Arrest, Students Refuse to Back Down
(1343 views)

Aziz denies naming British MP in oil probe - "It is part of a media campaign aimed at smearing Galloway's reputation."
(1313 views)


October 31, 2005

Antiwar Protesters March on Common - Mother of slain US soldier addresses crowd of 2,000
(1323 views)

Many Iraqis feared dead in US attacks - US warplanes have continued bombarding the west of Iraq and hospital sources say at least 40 people were killed in the latest offensive.
(1256 views)

Violence in Iraq leads to brain drain - An increasing number of skilled Iraqis have been prompted by the continuing spiral of violence to leave their war-torn homes for security and stability in neighbouring Arab countries.
(1360 views)

US "had no policy" in place to rebuild Iraq - The US government had "no comprehensive policy or regulatory guidelines" in place for staffing the management of postwar Iraq, according to the top government watchdog overseeing the country’s reconstruction.
(1384 views)

US unveils new prison in northern Iraq - The US military has opened a new prison with capacity for more than 1,700 detainees near the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah.
(1509 views)


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