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    • Civilians in Iraq Flee Mixed Areas as Killings Rise

      Posted by Damianmann from New York Times

      The police and commando forces are infested with militia recruits, mostly from Shiite political parties, and are accused by Sunni Arabs of carrying out sectarian executions. One Sunni-run TV network warned viewers last week not to allow Iraqi policemen or soldiers into their homes unless the forces were accompanied by American troops.

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    • NATIONAL JOURNAL: Insulating Bush (03/30/2006)

      Posted by Damianmann from news.nationaljournal

      Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, cautioned other White House aides in the summer of 2003 that Bush's 2004 re-election prospects would be severely damaged if it was publicly disclosed that he had been personally warned that a key rationale for going to war had been challenged within the administration. Rove expressed his concerns shortly after an informal review of classified government records by then-Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley determined that Bush had been specifically advised that claims he later made in his 2003 State of the Union address -- that Iraq was procuring high-strength aluminum tubes to build a nuclear weapon -- might not be true, according to government records and interviews.

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    • Time to Talk War Crimes

      Posted by Damianmann from Consortiumnews

      In a world where might did not make right, George W. Bush, Tony Blair and their key enablers would be in shackles before a war crimes tribunal at the Hague, rather than sitting in the White House, 10 Downing Street or some other comfortable environs in Washington and London.

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    Mahatma comments on:

    Russia, Georgia troops battle on border

    I imagine, in a more advanced VR environment, they might animate a different, less stressful outcome.  Like they could animate a brightly colored spray of candy or presents instead of sharpnel and body parts parts strewn about the blast site.  Maybe a little, "atta boy," or "outstanding" followed by canned cheering from a studio audience when a particularly good strike is executed.

    This scenario of positively re-enforcing the kill could ease the pain of human slaughter and give a real sense of total accomplishment.  The possibilities are endless.  I wonder if drone pilots get better VA benefits than the rest of the "combat" vets do?  

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    9:24 pm 8/08/08
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    okami comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    . . .thanks for the link. . .

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    7:10 am 7/06/08
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    okami comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    . . .ah, so. . .but exactly what are the facts?

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    7:04 am 7/06/08
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    asesino comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

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    6:10 am 7/06/08
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    okami comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    If Betancourt’s assertions are true, then the United States is once again responsible (at least in part) for the setting up of false ‘heroic rescues’ and similar phenomena.

    We should not forget that intitial reports from Iraq claimed that Kurdish forces captured Saddam Hussein, who then turned him over to Coalition forces.

    Neither should we forget the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch affairs.

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    12:13 am 7/06/08
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    papadavid comments on:

    Military Chief: US Doesn't Have Enough Troops To Send To Afghanistan on The Huffington Post

    here’s the video (i think):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExPiBn5j2ro

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    1:24 pm 7/04/08
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    theangryindian comments on:

    US Soldier throws puppy off cliff video

    Very, very sad.

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    12:44 pm 6/22/08
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    Shemuses

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    Jodie lives, plays, and blogs in Vancouver, BC. Her day job at ONE/Northwest puts her talents to work supporting social change strategies for greening our world.

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    okami

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    former US Marine, retired police; now alternately protected and terrorized by gangs of cats

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    theangryindian

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    “The Angryindian” is an internationally recognised Indigenist activist and outspoken critic of U.S. colonialism practised against Aboriginal societies in America and abroad. He is editor of IntelligentaIndigena Novajoservo and the host of Radyo Inteligentaindigena, an independent, non-partisan international Indigenist podcast.

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    Damianmann

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    Damian is a former campaign worker for Ralph Nader and current delegate/precinct captain for Barack Obama . He is also a registered Independent voter. He's written columns for "Tabula Rasa" magazine as well as many music magazines around the globe. Whatever you do, don't offer him alcohol.

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    papadavid

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    born in nyc 1950. '53 to hs grad: nashua, n.h. two more (which makes the total 14) years of catholic education (jesuits, this time) in ct. attended woodstock. don't remember much after that!

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