http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/search/iraq/sort/latest-pops/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/search/iraq/sort/latest-pops/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/3DEA31E3-0D7C-4E53-8DE2-FCF92D007A9A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/">righthand</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> MUST LISTEN VIDEO. Where's the coverage in the USA??? <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4249898&page=1" title="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4249898&page=1">abcnews.go.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="photo_lg"><IMG width="413" height="310" id="tracybarker_080206_ms.jpg" alt="Tracy Barker" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/tracybarker_080206_ms.jpg" /></DIV><DIV class="caption_lg"><DIV class="container">(ABC</DIV></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="headline"><H1>Sex Assault Suit Vs. Halliburton Killed </H1> </DIV> <DIV class="dek"> <H2>Alleged Sexual Assault Victim's Case Forced Into Secretive Arbitration</H2></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">A mother of five who says she was sexually harassed and assaulted while working for Halliburton/KBR in Iraq is headed for a secretive arbitration process rather than being able to present her case in open court</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> A judge in Texas has ruled that Tracy Barker's case will be heard in arbitration, according to the terms of her initial employment contract</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Barker's attorneys had argued that Halliburton/KBR had created a "boys will be boys" atmosphere at their camps and that sort of condition is not the type of dispute that she could have expected to be within the scope of an arbitration provision</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> "Sadly," wrote Judge Miller, "sexual harassment, up to and including sexual assault, is a reality in today's workplace."</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="sectiontitle">s</DIV> <UL> <LI><A href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3977702&page=1"><IMG width="15" height="15" border="0" class="icon" alt="" src="http://a.abcnews.com/assets/images/icons/icon-story.gif" /></A><DIV class="relheadline"><A href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3977702&page=1">Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR </A></DIV></LI><LI><A href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/popup?id=3948132"><IMG width="15" height="15" border="0" class="icon" alt="" src="http://a.abcnews.com/assets/images/icons/icon-photos.gif" /></A><DIV class="relheadline"><A href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/popup?id=3948132">Halliburton/KBR Employees: Company Covered Up Sex Assault and Harassment</A></DIV></LI></UL></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/rape/" rel="tag">rape</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/usa/" rel="tag">usa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/video/" rel="tag">video</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/coverup/" rel="tag">coverup</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/contractor/" rel="tag">contractor</a></div>http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4249898&page=1Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:08:58 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7F4216C0-15A3-4302-BA81-492B1CE9F5DC/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/">righthand</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> <b>Mazin Younis, of the Iraqi League</b>, who has travelled in Basra collecting witness statements of allegations of abuse, says he now has<i> "more than 80"</i> cases involving allegations against British troops.<br/><i><br/>"Every single time I uncover a personal story of torture and humiliation in Iraq, I think to myself that I have seen the worst there is," Mr Younis added. "Then I hear the next story.<br/><br/>"Hassan shook with emotion and humiliation as he described to me the treatment he suffered at the hands of British soldiers five years ago. It had taken constant prompting and repeated reminders about the importance of detail before Hassan felt brave enough to describe how he was forced to engage in <b>oral sex with his friend</b> Tariq while their <b>British captors laughed raucously and took photographs."</i></b> <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-soldiers-accused-of-sickening-sex-assault-on-iraqi-boy-14-866482.html" title="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-soldiers-accused-of-sickening-sex-assault-on-iraqi-boy-14-866482.html">www.independent.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/1CDED445-3C8D-4C7E-A383-F4E0FF4CC077.png" alt="The Independent" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>British soldiers accused of sickening sex assault on Iraqi boy, 14</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="tagline">Just days after the MoD has to pay out millions to the father of a man UK soldiers beat to death, fresh claims of abuse emerge</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">British soldiers forced a boy of 14 to carry out an act of oral sex on a fellow male prisoner in Iraq</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Hassan, says he was rounded up with a friend while trying to steal milk cartons from a food distribution centre. He was whipped, beaten and forced to strip naked.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"They made us sit on each other's laps," he said. "They were enjoying humiliating and abusing us, I wished I was dead at this moment. Then they made me sit with Tariq... where I was forced to put Tariq's penis in my mouth. The other two were made to do the same."</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/E1BA7EA7-C21A-4A96-A87B-A9097120894A.jpg" alt="The IoS has pixellated this image of the boy making the complaint because he is consumed by shame, and lives in fear of retribution from former friends" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Court action is ongoing over a series of allegations surrounding the British base Camp Breadbasket and incidents that took place there in May 2003</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">There have been allegations of simulated sexual abuse of Iraqis by British troops, but this</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">be the first example of actual sexual abuse</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/youth/" rel="tag">youth</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/sex/" rel="tag">sex</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/crimes/" rel="tag">crimes</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/uk/" rel="tag">uk</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/soldiers/" rel="tag">soldiers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/prisoners/" rel="tag">prisoners</a></div>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-soldiers-accused-of-sickening-sex-assault-on-iraqi-boy-14-866482.htmlSun, 13 Jul 2008 11:46:51 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B8F7CCB0-903C-4129-B02F-91CAF2C421C5/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/">righthand</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" 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style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/F18CEC01-C989-42CA-ABF0-E4499E790E5A.gif" alt="Last" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487321" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487321">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/4DE5AC43-592E-49C0-B72F-745C7797237C.jpg" alt="Harare, Zimbabwe: Some of the 200 people sitting outside the US Embassy who are reportedly victims of violence stemming from the elections" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Harare, Zimbabwe: People sit outside the US embassy </div></div><div align="center" 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href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487336" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487336">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/D39CE5D9-46EA-4E39-BE98-E75583599335.jpg" alt="Baghdad, Iraq: Detainees pass the time at Camp Cropper" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Baghdad, Iraq: Detainees pass the time at Camp Cropper</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487330" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487330">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/045B0B73-3EA8-4E5C-845E-2D9017300AC1.jpg" alt="Abyei, Sudan: A Sudan People's Liberation Army soldier carries the army's flag as they redeploy south, in line with the road map to resolve the Abyei crisis" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Sudan: A People's Liberation Army soldier</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487354" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487354">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/67271406-E8BB-4AD3-8477-6CF99FEA2F76.jpg" alt="Goleta, US: The Gap fire grows as more than 1,000 wildfires continue burning across central and northern California" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">California, USA: Flames in Goleta </div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487327" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487327">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/4B65BCA8-BBBD-4373-8D82-D6769DCEE9A1.jpg" alt="Baghdad, Iraq: US soldiers bow their head as they pray during a mass reenlistment ceremony" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Baghdad, Iraq: US soldiers bow their head as they pray during a 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style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/24BA886E-FA31-4101-8FCF-842A1B541538.jpg" alt="Bristol, UK: Warbie, a seven-week-old ring-tailed lemur" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Bristol, UK: Warbie, a seven-week-old ring-tailed lemur</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487351" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487351">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/9FFAC475-2945-45AF-AFC7-9851CB08B7DB.jpg" alt="Qingdao, China: Fishermen remove green algae from the sea" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487357" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487357">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/5F9135D3-0961-4586-A454-36DDA4F55A77.jpg" alt="Geneva, Switzerland: Thousands of books, which have been damaged during a fire at the faculty of Arts at the Geneva university" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Geneva, Switzerland: Thousands of books that were damaged in a fire at the faculty of arts at Geneva university</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span 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src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/884467EB-CC85-4ACA-A300-018A1DD9AC8A.jpg" alt="kabul, Afghanistan: A refugee girl sits outside her temporary shelter at a refugee camp" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="number">7</P> <P>Kabul</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487375" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487375">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/F1E684CD-B085-40DB-A922-DFE6A1A70509.jpg" alt="Brest, France: Publicity caravan vehicles two days before the official start of the 2008 Tour de France" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">2008 Tour de France</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487381" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/04/1?picture=335487381">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/E859D1A9-BC26-497D-AB3A-3EFBFC5A1740.jpg" alt="Dunhuang, China: A worker carries wood up a dune in the desert" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Dunhuang, China: A worker carries wood up a dune in the desert</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424256" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424256">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/5D2A2D3B-9250-4385-90C3-89BA76102182.jpg" alt="Palio practice" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Siena, Italy</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424263" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424263">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/1F4CEA1E-3011-4E75-9534-91002B5CD30E.jpg" alt="lightning in lexington " /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424259" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424259">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/81C4F7B1-CCC0-43ED-A118-4BA6CCD8A432.jpg" alt="Rioting in Mongolia " /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Mongolia</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424266" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424266">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/9F9C61A9-7608-483F-8562-5BEAB3CDDA95.jpg" alt="trainee acrobat in beijing" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335425631" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335425631">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/BF5F6199-0589-45FE-B194-3CB630F03CAD.jpg" alt="Miss Universe contestants" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Nha Trang, Vietnam: Miss Universe contestants pose for the media during a photocall </P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424269" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424269">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/102EB2B2-3609-41F9-9DDF-0B9A8435CE9D.jpg" alt="Beijing international airport " /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335425622" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335425622">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/85FAB818-CA89-439E-9A5E-B0986DD5062B.jpg" alt="lavender in the UK" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> lavender </div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424272" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424272">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/2106EEF6-EF0D-4233-8875-2849D81B086C.jpg" alt="California wildfires " /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">California</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424250" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424250">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/8B65657C-2B54-4DAF-B258-479861AD647E.jpg" alt="Spectators at Wimbledon " /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">UK: Tennis fans</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424247" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424247">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/12963E25-467B-4189-A8B9-03BA01F2C3C1.jpg" alt="Flooding in Mumbai " /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">India: People play volleyball</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424244" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/02/photography?picture=335424244">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/63D022DF-6D68-490C-9190-F443EC16272F.jpg" alt="sculptor Andy Scott " /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Clydesdale</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">poses</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">sculptor</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/photos/" rel="tag">photos</a></div>http://www.imagevine.com/backgrounds/july-4th/july-4th-backgrounds-cel.jpgFri, 04 Jul 2008 20:44:51 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D4D6440C-E50F-4B03-8203-4014D4363A4B/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/ratilfar/">ratilfar</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> And guess what:<br/><br/> Top recommended post at Redstate:<br/><br/> Yellowcake uranium found in Iraq, Saddam’s legacy, Bush was right! <br/><br/>Reading comprehension?<br/><br/>FAIL! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/06/yellowcake-uranium-found-in-iraq-bush-was-right-well-not-so-much/" title="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/06/yellowcake-uranium-found-in-iraq-bush-was-right-well-not-so-much/">www.crooksandliars.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/ratilfar/512/4BAFBAB3-3341-4E94-B544-41328CA4802F.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20080706_Iraq_s_nuclear__yellowcake__moved_to_Canada.html">This article from the AP was posted yesterday</A>, reporting the sale and transport of 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium from Iraq to Canada. Some of the <EM>leading</EM> right wing blogs were quick to hail the find as a significant victory for the Bush administration and proof of Saddam’s WMD program, but as Daniel De Groot at Open Left Points out, <A href="http://openleft.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=56D20BFAE25E43F5D0AAE8675DCBD640?diaryId=6791">their celebrations may be a bit premature</A>, if not dishonest:</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><EM>I noted last night that a supply of uranium from Iraq had been successfully moved to Montreal in secrecy.</EM></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><EM>If you check into this, you’ll quickly find that the uranium <STRONG>a) was not weapons grade and b) was well known to the UN and IAEA and was being stored legally by Saddam’s government. It was legally in Iraq according to international law</STRONG>.</EM></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><EM>I wondered if the right wing echo chamber would use this as “proof” that the WMD claims were true after all. I got even better than I hoped, as not only do they use it that way, but <STRONG>they reveal how dishonest they are by the way they have done this.</STRONG><BR /></EM></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/yellowcake/" rel="tag">yellowcake</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wmds/" rel="tag">wmds</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/the/" rel="tag">the</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/lie/" rel="tag">lie</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nukes/" rel="tag">nukes</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/saddam/" rel="tag">saddam</a></div>http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/06/yellowcake-uranium-found-in-iraq-bush-was-right-well-not-so-much/Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:42:26 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/DEC02840-4DF0-4C22-B77D-F96E84D7B29A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/cptenaud/">cptenaud</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> The death rate for American troops in Afghanistan last month was four times that of Iraq. The last two months have been the deadliest of the war for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan since 2001.<br/><br/>And today, Afghanistan sustained the deadliest single terrorist attack since 9/11 when suspected Taliban militants blew up the Indian embassy in Kabul. <br/><br/>This is directly attributable to negligent policies set forth by the Bush administration--an administration dangerously obsessed with Iraq at the expense of the Real Global War on Terror. When many were urging the U.S. to focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan in early 2007, the Bush administration--with the support of Senator John McCain--launched the "surge" of troops into Baghdad.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, Iraq is not, as John McCain says, the "central front" in the War on Terror--and it never has been. If there is such a thing, it is in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1553" title="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1553">www.vetvoice.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">by: <A class="author" href="http://www.vetvoice.com/userDiary.do?personId=4">Brandon Friedman</A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>J</STRONG>ohn McCain was a naval aviator who was shot down over Hanoi in North Vietnam in 1967 and taken prisoner--beginning an ordeal that would turn him into a genuine American hero.  However, McCain has never commanded troops in the field, he has never fought on the ground during an insurgency, and he has never served in uniform in the Middle East.  At the same time, he has no academic background in Middle Eastern affairs.  In effect, John McCain is no more qualified to speak on guerrilla warfare in the Middle East than any other politician who has never led troops in ground combat against insurgents. <P>Yet recently, there's been a lot of talk by ignorant pundits and puddle-on-the-floor Democratic "strategists" about how Senator John McCain's military credentials are <A href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/07/02/memo-to-democrats-mccains-war-service-is-off-limits.html">off limits for criticism</A></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">let's take a look at the current military situation created by George W. Bush and John McCain, when <A href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243305,00.html">McCain demanded</A> that we flood more troops into Iraq instead of Afghanistan.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1553Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:01:28 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F0E6D7A3-8526-49CF-A8EE-CD31FF8A06BF/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/">righthand</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Any doubts as to this later governing impulse of our imperial ambitions were shattered with the recent news that U.S. advisers to our puppet government in the <b>Green Zone of occupied Iraq</b> have worked out agreements for American oil companies to gain control of Iraqi oil fields. But, then again, what did we expect when<b><u> we elected a Texas oil hustler, and a failed one at that</u>, to be our president?</b><br/><br/>... AlterNet <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/" title="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/">www.alternet.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id="headcontainer"> <DIV id="logo"><A href="http://www.alternet.org/"><IMG height="57" width="159" border="0" alt="AlterNet" src="http://www.alternet.org/images/site/logo_2.gif" /></A></DIV> <DIV id="topad"> </DIV> </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="storyheadline">The U.S. Is Drowning in Pretend Patriotism</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="teaserleft"> This Fourth of July, let's remember that it's not our God-given American right to reorder the world to our liking. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Washington's "Farewell Address" to the new nation was a warning about the threat of American imperial ambitions </div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://zunal.com/myaccount/uploads/george-washington1.jpg" title="http://zunal.com/myaccount/uploads/george-washington1.jpg">zunal.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/F76CF0D6-0E67-44CF-9B13-697C946A7176.jpg" alt="http://zunal.com/myaccount/uploads/george-washington1.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/" title="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/">www.alternet.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">"In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. ..."</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.teachersmarts.com/text2/kepert.htm" title="http://www.teachersmarts.com/text2/kepert.htm">www.teachersmarts.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/210F5301-B0AF-4C4A-83BF-6DD5375347AA.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/eagles.html" title="http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/eagles.html">www.wilsonsalmanac.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/F8FE6A31-8819-4236-AFF6-8665734EA6C8.gif" alt="American eagle" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/" title="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/">www.alternet.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">We are drowning in the "impostures of pretended patriotism," used to cover the lies that got us into Iraq, the defense of torture and the violation of our basic liberties.</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/EAA060H.gif" title="http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/EAA060H.gif">www.wilsonsalmanac.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/AC34C37E-865F-458E-AA80-8DFFB417110B.gif" alt="http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images/EAA060H.gif" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://blog.kir.com/archives/foreign%20debt.gif" title="http://blog.kir.com/archives/foreign%20debt.gif">blog.kir.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/556C0488-364C-4922-8A8A-D2E55D2D842A.gif" alt="http://blog.kir.com/archives/foreign%20debt.gif" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/" title="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/">www.alternet.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">n the name of patriotism, we presume a God-given American right to reorder the world to our liking, masking the vice of unfettered greed as an obligation of national security</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/patriotmall-20/images/B000G9XG9W/104-8066752-6998350" title="http://astore.amazon.com/patriotmall-20/images/B000G9XG9W/104-8066752-6998350">astore.amazon.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/BE9475B0-E545-4B6E-8D9E-7C11AD783348.jpg" alt="Art Poster, What's the Matter with Uncle Sam - 18.75 x 27.5" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.datejesus.com/patriotism.jpg" title="http://www.datejesus.com/patriotism.jpg">www.datejesus.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/9223988D-C9B4-44DB-AFE8-1D25A1AD7EC0.jpg" alt="http://www.datejesus.com/patriotism.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.tatteredcoat.com/images/flag_man.jpg" title="http://www.tatteredcoat.com/images/flag_man.jpg">www.tatteredcoat.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/F5A764BC-62E8-4B15-9C09-E6DC779B18D3.jpg" alt="http://www.tatteredcoat.com/images/flag_man.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/" title="http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/">www.alternet.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">our imperial ambitions </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">out agreements for American oil companies to gain control of Iraqi oil fields</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">when we elected a Texas oil hustler</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">to be our president?</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/usa/" rel="tag">usa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/patriotism/" rel="tag">patriotism</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/history/" rel="tag">history</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/fuel/" rel="tag">fuel</a></div>http://www.alternet.org/stories/90414/Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:56:44 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0197CA63-7CFD-482F-AE05-E6D2B3E0F050/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/">righthand</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Another secret undeclared war??? Is this one for the Zionists or the oil? <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh" title="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh">www.newyorker.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id="logo"><A title="Go to The New Yorker homepage" href="http://www.newyorker.com/"><IMG alt="The New Yorker" src="http://www.newyorker.com/images/elements/print/newyorker_printlogo.gif" /></A></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1 id="articlehed">Preparing the Battlefield</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2 id="articleintro">The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran.</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/26C6D082-D99D-46B6-B29E-A6D9242EED7F.jpg" alt="Operations outside the knowledge and control of commanders have eroded “the coherence of military strategy,” one general says." /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">L ate last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources.</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&assetid=1889307&text=Al+Quds+brigade" title="http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&assetid=1889307&text=Al+Quds+brigade">www.jamd.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/8BEDBD61-C387-4E03-A48A-D739ECF40BBF.jpg" alt="Palestinians Attend Pro Iraq Rally In Gaza Strip" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295514,00.html" title="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295514,00.html">www.foxnews.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/050FEB79-6905-400C-9971-667F5CD0F033.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/03/iran-challengin.html" title="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/03/iran-challengin.html">latimesblogs.latimes.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/D2F0F789-E739-4E1D-857E-EE171897A8F8.jpg" alt="Irgc" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Graphics/USSpecOpsCmdEmblem.gif" title="http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Graphics/USSpecOpsCmdEmblem.gif">www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/32B728B8-C966-472C-BAB6-761F81F65E2A.gif" alt="http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Graphics/USSpecOpsCmdEmblem.gif" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh" title="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh">www.newyorker.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country’s religious leadership.</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clandestine_operation&oldid=215842055" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clandestine_operation&oldid=215842055">en.wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Clandestine operation</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Quds_Brigades&oldid=199373818" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Quds_Brigades&oldid=199373818">en.wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">al-Quds Brigades</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh" title="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh">www.newyorker.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The covert activities involve support of the minority Ahwazi Arab and Baluchi groups and other dissident organizations</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presidential_finding&oldid=218221242" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Presidential_finding&oldid=218221242">en.wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Presidential finding</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/21/bush_authorizes_mn.jpg" title="http://blogs.abcnews.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/21/bush_authorizes_mn.jpg">blogs.abcnews.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/E6E16B2B-7F19-440C-943C-7A42B3346190.jpg" alt="http://blogs.abcnews.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/21/bush_authorizes_mn.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh" title="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh">www.newyorker.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Clandestine operations against Iran are not new</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">United States Special Operations Forces have been conducting cross-border operations from southern Iraq, with Presidential authorization, since last year</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Bush_Cheney_Pelosi.jpg&oldid=12157445" title="http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Bush_Cheney_Pelosi.jpg&oldid=12157445">commons.wikimedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/96DFACFB-CED4-453C-996F-22DC0BFA0A8B.jpg" alt="Image:Bush Cheney Pelosi.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/404000960_a86dc18065_o.jpg" title="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/404000960_a86dc18065_o.jpg">farm1.static.flickr.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/D8646AD9-2029-433D-8152-7CD8592552B6.jpg" alt="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/404000960_a86dc18065_o.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.zimbio.com/Congressman+Dennis+Kucinich/articles/365/Impeach+Bush+Cheney+News+Clippings+Pelosi" title="http://www.zimbio.com/Congressman+Dennis+Kucinich/articles/365/Impeach+Bush+Cheney+News+Clippings+Pelosi">www.zimbio.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/A15144E3-8F27-4B1A-B2EE-7D8C5F582B82.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh" title="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh">www.newyorker.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Al Quds</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and taking them to Iraq for interrogation,</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">may be captured or killed.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Gang of Eight</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iran/" rel="tag">iran</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/usa/" rel="tag">usa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/secret/" rel="tag">secret</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/document/" rel="tag">document</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/war/" rel="tag">war</a></div>http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hershMon, 30 Jun 2008 12:13:20 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D8BFC016-3E98-4280-8DB5-0617067A8C8D/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/">righthand</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Joe Klein Suggests Jewish Neocons Pushed Iraq War to `Make World Safe for Israel` <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2488" title="http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2488">www.israelenews.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="left" class="ArticleTitle" colspan="6">Joe Klein Suggests Jewish Neocons Pushed Iraq War to `Make World Safe for Israel`</TD></tr></table></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/4000/neoconservatives22il.jpg" title="http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/4000/neoconservatives22il.jpg">img465.imageshack.us</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/F8187986-F5DB-4FB0-BC54-B75BAFD4242F.jpg" alt="http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/4000/neoconservatives22il.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2488" title="http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2488">www.israelenews.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Now Joe Klein <A href="http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/06/surge_protection.html">has raised the issue of dual loyalty</A> around the neoconservatives' motivation for "plump"ing for the Iraq war: </DIV></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.stopthewarnow.net/iran/Neocons.jpg" title="http://www.stopthewarnow.net/iran/Neocons.jpg">www.stopthewarnow.net</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/7A410356-814F-4761-92FE-E584AB1DF971.jpg" alt="http://www.stopthewarnow.net/iran/Neocons.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://myletterstobush.com/page7/files/page7_blog_entry21_2.jpg" title="http://myletterstobush.com/page7/files/page7_blog_entry21_2.jpg">myletterstobush.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/F93F82D7-C762-406F-A1A6-356BF5B66C71.jpg" alt="http://myletterstobush.com/page7/files/page7_blog_entry21_2.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2488" title="http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2488">www.israelenews.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="entry-body">Beautiful. A war to make the world safe for Israel. (Though I'd note that Klein needs to paste on the figleaf of the oil men having dual loyalty too. Dubious.) And note why Klein is saying this now: the overheated rhetoric re Iran. The realist view of the Israel/Palestine issue is coming inside. </DIV></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.bollyn.com/index/?id=10708" title="http://www.bollyn.com/index/?id=10708">www.bollyn.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/1AB07DDB-F360-49EF-9CD9-48D62DBE5581.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/78C5D92F-FBBF-49B8-A442-3108E822B3F2.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/FA45837A-69E1-4006-BDF1-A321043318B2.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/190B5E85-CCC4-4506-92CB-C7FDE1437A07.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/6FC8F9EB-FE6D-4F8E-8DFB-F3EEDAF9A795.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN>Three of the five Israeli agents appeared on Israeli television in November 2001 and admitted that their purpose had been to document the 9-11 attacks.</SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/60BFD414-6AE5-476E-9897-C553083E61AC.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV><SPAN>The Israeli military intentionally attacked the USS Liberty in June 1967, killing 34 and wounding 171.  </SPAN></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/F54942C4-56C9-4D97-8E89-C4BD9CBB1833.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV><SPAN>Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister in 2001, has a long history of committing large-scale terrorist crimes.</SPAN></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/DD93B3A2-B9BA-44EA-9459-F94240AD9DED.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/1D207E37-6B17-461C-ABED-116CF3B550EA.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Yerucham Bzozowitch (a.k.a. Eitan Livni), chief terror planner for the Irgun.  Livni, </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">went to Britain in the 1940s to kill British leaders.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/israel/" rel="tag">israel</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/9%2f11/" rel="tag">9/11</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/neocons/" rel="tag">neocons</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/invasion/" rel="tag">invasion</a></div>http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2488Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:44:45 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0B7AF3BF-2092-4898-A6CF-131383DCB8DD/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/">righthand</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Forget Dodo. Think dinosaur. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/mccain-admits-he-doesnt-k_n_106478.html" title="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/mccain-admits-he-doesnt-k_n_106478.html">www.huffingtonpost.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="popular-story"> <DIV class="img-border-grey img-sidebar"><A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/mccain-admits-he-doesnt-k_n_106478.html"><IMG alt="" id="image_popular_3" class="news_image_sidebar" longdesc="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/25584/thumbs/s-MCCAINSCARF-154x114.jpg" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/25584/thumbs/s-MCCAINSCARF-154x114.jpg" /></A></DIV> <A class="politics" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/mccain-admits-he-doesnt-k_n_106478.html">McCain Admits He Doesn't Know How To Use A Computer (VIDEO)</A> <P> This video appears to be from at least six weeks ago, but no one has really commented on... </P> </DIV></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.newspostindia.com/report-53870" title="http://www.newspostindia.com/report-53870">www.newspostindia.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/52C02AC2-AF36-482A-B7E7-33A939CD4DDF.jpg" alt="US Elections: Republicans forced to turn to their nemesis: John McCain" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/mccain-admits-he-doesnt-k_n_106478.html" title="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/mccain-admits-he-doesnt-k_n_106478.html">www.huffingtonpost.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="popular-story"> <DIV class="img-border-grey img-sidebar"><A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/10/fox-news-changes-terroris_n_106306.html"><IMG alt="" id="image_popular_0" class="news_image_sidebar" longdesc="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/25474/thumbs/s-ED-HILL-LAURA-INGRAHAM-154x114.jpg" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/25474/thumbs/s-ED-HILL-LAURA-INGRAHAM-154x114.jpg" /></A></DIV> <A class="media" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/10/fox-news-changes-terroris_n_106306.html">Fox News Changes: "Terrorist Fist Jab" Anchor E.D. 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John McCain appeared on the... </P> </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="popular-story"> <DIV class="img-border-grey img-sidebar"><A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-feldman/mccain-a-lickspittle-unwo_b_106731.html"><IMG alt="" id="image_popular_10" class="news_image_sidebar" longdesc="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/25577/thumbs/s-MCCAIN-IRAQ-154x114.jpg" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/25577/thumbs/s-MCCAIN-IRAQ-154x114.jpg" /></A></DIV> <A class="media" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-feldman/mccain-a-lickspittle-unwo_b_106731.html"><I>Jeffrey Feldman</I> Coulter: McCain a "Lickspittle" Unworthy of "Kissing Bush's Behind"</A> <P> In her newest syndicated column, right-wing... </P> </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/mccain/" rel="tag">mccain</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/computer/" rel="tag">computer</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/dodo/" rel="tag">dodo</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/dinosaur/" rel="tag">dinosaur</a></div>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/mccain-admits-he-doesnt-k_n_106478.htmlSat, 14 Jun 2008 14:04:17 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0E6DBB8B-ABBF-4D19-AFC7-50BAD23C83E4/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/ratilfar/">ratilfar</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Great stuff here! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.davidphinney.com/" title="http://www.davidphinney.com/">www.davidphinney.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div>[Video]</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/war/" rel="tag">war</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/u.s./" rel="tag">u.s.</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/history/" rel="tag">history</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/conquest/" rel="tag">conquest</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/empire/" rel="tag">empire</a></div>http://www.davidphinney.com/Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:49:37 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/5CD0A51F-3D62-4A43-ADEB-8904A3909060/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/deadcowkid/">deadcowkid</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> This is some sick stuff. Laughing about torturing people etc. and yes rape. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3dvoBhevOQ&feature=related" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3dvoBhevOQ&feature=related">www.youtube.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>US SOLDIER ADMITS TO RAPE IN IRAQ!!</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div>[Video]</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/war/" rel="tag">war</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/war+crimes/" rel="tag">war crimes</a></div>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3dvoBhevOQ&feature=relatedThu, 26 Jun 2008 23:33:27 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/18E2FC4A-8122-4F04-8BB6-6CBAB7CDBE1A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/">righthand</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/usa.iraq?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/usa.iraq?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1 class="article-no-standfirst">US agency disputes claims from Pentagon report on Iraq</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The audit released by the independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) painted a starkly different picture of the war than another report issued yesterday by the Pentagon, which touted the decrease in violence and called the Iraqi political landscape "positive" but "fragile".</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://images.janes.com/security/international_security/news/misc/pentagon_sat_315_after.jpg" title="http://images.janes.com/security/international_security/news/misc/pentagon_sat_315_after.jpg">images.janes.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/67EAD0F5-6CCC-41E2-AFC3-4517A14323FC.jpg" alt="http://images.janes.com/security/international_security/news/misc/pentagon_sat_315_after.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/usa.iraq?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/usa.iraq?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"The goals and objectives of" the surge strategy that George Bush announced in early 2007, GAO auditors wrote, "are contained in disparate documents rather than a single strategic plan."</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The GAO appeared to take a dim view of the administration's top-secret Joint Campaign Plan (JCP) -- described by the New York Times as a "detailed document" that projects a major US commitment to Iraq through next year.</P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://washingtonindependent.com/view/walker-fiscal-ranger" title="http://washingtonindependent.com/view/walker-fiscal-ranger">washingtonindependent.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/righthand/512/E7686C1B-9F3D-49A4-B1B6-38F8BB44FB50.jpg" alt="David Walker (GAO.gov)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1><A href="http://washingtonindependent.com/view/walker-fiscal-ranger">Walker, Fiscal Ranger</A></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Walker's GAO sued Vice President Dick Cheney for refusing to reveal the members of his energy task force</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> he put GAO in the thick of the bitter Pentagon debate over changing course in Iraq</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> "<A href="http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/longterm/tourqa.html" id="bm14" title="Fiscal Wake-Up Tour">Fiscal Wake-Up Tour</A>," </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">e <A href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070716/henwood" id="irag" title="Blackstone Group">Blackstone Group</A>,</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/usa.iraq?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews" title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/usa.iraq?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">www.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">June 24</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gao/" rel="tag">gao</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">pentagon</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/lies/" rel="tag">lies</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/deception/" rel="tag">deception</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/report/" rel="tag">report</a></div>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/usa.iraq?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnewsTue, 24 Jun 2008 19:26:55 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/557121DC-88A5-46D6-A23B-0D419A2ADC5F/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/cptenaud/">cptenaud</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> To get full story and the video click the second link= Iraq`s WMD`s=Gravely ill American soldiers<br/><br/>This has happened in all our wars. When we realize we are being used by the power Elite. And say no more. Only then will we have a free and truthful country. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1473" title="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1473">www.vetvoice.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2 class="author">by: <A class="author" href="http://www.vetvoice.com/userDiary.do?personId=345">jimstaro</A></H2> <H3 class="diaryTimestamp"> <I>Sat Jun 21, 2008</I></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TR><TD><A href="http://www.vetvoice.com/subscription.do?diaryId=1473">ribe</A>] <BR /> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>US soldiers assigned to guard a crucial part of <B>Iraq's oil infrastructure</B> became <A href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/06/21/witnesses_link_chemical_to_ill_us_soldiers/"><B>ill after exposure to a highly toxic chemical at the plant</B></A></BLOCKQUOTE><P> <BR />They were bleeding from the nose, spitting blood.</P><P> <BR />There apparently were hundreds of American soldiers at this site that were contaminated.</P><P> <BR />And who do they and others accuse</P><P></P></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD class="theFlip"> <A href="http://www.vetvoice.com/userDiary.do?personId=345">jimstaro</A> :: <A href="http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1473">Iraq's WMD's = Gravely Ill American Soldiers</A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><BLOCKQUOTE>Langford is one of nine Americans who accuse <B>KBR</B>, the lead contractor on the Qarmat Ali project and one of the largest defense contractors in Iraq, of knowingly exposing them to sodium dichromate, an orange, sandlike chemical that is a potentially lethal carcinogen. Specialists say even short-term exposure to the chemical can cause cancer, depress an individual's immune system, attack the liver, and cause other ailments.</BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/criminal+terrorism/" rel="tag">criminal terrorism</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/congressional+hearings/" rel="tag">congressional hearings</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/corporate+crimes/" rel="tag">corporate crimes</a></div>http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1473Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:18:09 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/23CF4C0E-146F-4A4F-B025-E8B76C2A67A3/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/DrCat2013/">DrCat2013</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> What a surprise <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7444083.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7444083.stm">news.bbc.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1> BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions </H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq.</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> For the first time, the extent to which some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding has been researched by the BBC's Panorama using US and Iraqi government sources. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> A US gagging order is preventing discussion of the allegations. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> The order applies to 70 court cases against some of the top US companies. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>War profiteering</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> While George Bush remains in the White House, it is unlikely the gagging orders will be lifted. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> To date, no major US contractor faces trial for fraud or mismanagement in Iraq. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> The president's Democrat opponents are keeping up the pressure over war profiteering in Iraq. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Henry Waxman who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said: "The money that's gone into waste, fraud and abuse under these contracts is just so outrageous, its egregious. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/DrCat2013/512/42BAC36F-5382-4389-ACFA-903B63CE5A94.jpg" alt="Henry Waxman" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/profiteering/" rel="tag">profiteering</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/money+mismanagement/" rel="tag">money mismanagement</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/war/" rel="tag">war</a></div>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7444083.stmTue, 10 Jun 2008 20:45:06 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9A0AF57F-43CC-4D2A-A1D0-BE9309F7DA6B/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/righthand/">righthand</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Whistleblowers are the ones in danger of being criminalised while the REAL criminals are protected by the law! US contractors screwed the American and Iraqi people for BILLIONS, with White House blessing. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.rcfp.org/secretjustice/gagorders/index.html" title="http://www.rcfp.org/secretjustice/gagorders/index.html">www.rcfp.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD align="top"><IMG width="520" height="469" align="middle" src="http://www.rcfp.org/secretjustice/gagorders/cover.jpg" /> </TD> <TD>   </TD> <TD valign="top" align="center"> <FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica"> </FONT><P> <FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica"> </FONT></P><HR /> <FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica"> </FONT><P> <FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica"> Select</FONT></P></TD></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/87887/?ses=721437cef11615bec5ba954f080f47b3" title="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/87887/?ses=721437cef11615bec5ba954f080f47b3">www.alternet.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="storyheadline">$23 Billion Gag Order</P> <P class="storybyline"> <B>Po</B></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Whistle blower lawsuits are <A href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/11/halliburton200711?currentPage=2">automatically sealed</A> for a couple of weeks after they are filed in order to give the DOJ a chance to decide whether to pursue the matter.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">reporters think they know where <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7444083.stm">$23 billion missing and misspent Iraq war dollars went</A>, but they can't tell us:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">US gagging order is preventing discussion of the allegations</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The order applies to 70 court cases against some of the top US companies</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">A lot of war profiteering scandals come to light through whistle blower lawsuits</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">If the article is literally accurate, and a single gag order covers 70 cases, a whistle blower might have brought a <EM>very</EM> big case</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">It's not clear whether that's what's going on with the 70 cases the BBC alludes to</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">I interviewed an attorney who specializes in representing whistle blowers. He told me that it's not unusual for gag orders to be imposed in these cases</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="first">$23bn (£11.75bn) may have</P><P>been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="videorightsubindiv"><IMG width="200" height="177" border="0" class="photo" alt="gag1" src="http://www.alternet.org/images/managed/blogimage_thumb_gag1.jpg" /> </DIV> <DIV class="videoextrasvid"> <P class="smalltitle">Share</P></DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/whistleblowers/" rel="tag">whistleblowers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/gag/" rel="tag">gag</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/court/" rel="tag">court</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/usa/" rel="tag">usa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/oil/" rel="tag">oil</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/contractors/" rel="tag">contractors</a></div>http://www.rcfp.org/secretjustice/gagorders/index.htmlThu, 12 Jun 2008 21:41:50 GMT