Iraq Watch: Projects of Peace No War Network
June 5, 2005
URL: _http://www.PeaceNoWar.net_ (http://www.peacenowar.net/)
Latest Iraq Body Count Number (Based on Verifiable Info):
Minimum: 22047
Maximum: 25010
URL: _http://www.iraqbodycount.net_ (http://www.iraqbodycount.net/)
(This number is very conservative, other independent estimates put the Iraqi
causalities to over 100,000)
Latest US-UK and "Coalition" Forces Causalities (Based on DoD Info):
1859 Killed
12348 Wounded
URL: _http://icasualties.org/oif/_ (http://icasualties.org/oif/)
The War in Iraq Cost the United States:
$174,880,000,000
URL: _http://www.costofwar.com_ (http://www.costofwar.com/)
Iraq Occupation Focus
_www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk_ (http://www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk/)
Newsletter No. 20
June 5, 2005
This IOF Newsletter is produced as a free service for all those opposed to
the occupation. In order to strengthen our campaign, please make sure you sign
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US-led forces’ Iraq mandate extended
_Al-Jazeera (1st June)_
(http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/85E2E2DB-3F45-4ADD-988A-5876DFB5A0FD.htm)
reports: “The UN Security Council has agreed to
continue the mandate of the US-led force in Iraq after the Iraqi foreign
minister said his government wanted the troops to stay.
“The mandate does not expire until the end of the year when Iraq is expected
to have a permanent government in place. Baghdad, however, can ask the
140,000 US troops and the 20,000 from 27 other nations to leave before then.
But
the council on Tuesday, in a review of the operation, agreed the mandate
should be continued ‘until the completion of the political process’ as in
its
resolution 1546, adopted in May 2003, said Danish Ambassador Ellen Loj, the
current council president.
“Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told the council ... his country
still requires help from US-led forces to maintain security. ... The Iraqi
minister reaffirmed the transitional government’s commitment to finish
writing a
new constitution by 15 August, put it to a referendum in October, and then
hold elections for a constitutionally elected government in December.
“Acting US Ambassador Anne Patterson said the new Iraqi government had
confronted ‘a harsh security situation’, and the US-led force would not
leave ‘
until the Iraqis can meet the serious security challenges they face’.”
U.S. offensive around al-Qa'im creates humanitarian crisis and alienates
local allies
Tribal leaders rue American involvement
_Knight Ridder Newspapers (16th May)_
(http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11662321.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp)
reports: “When
foreign fighters poured into villages with jihad on their minds and weapons in
their hands, some Iraqi tribesmen in western desert towns fought back. They
set up checkpoints to filter out the foreigners. They burned down suspected
insurgent safe houses. They called their fellow tribesmen in Baghdad and other
urban areas for backup. And when they still couldn’t uproot the terrorists
streaming in from Syria, tribal leaders said, they took a most unusual step:
They asked the Americans for help.
“The U.S. military hails last week’s Operation Matador as a success that
killed more than 125 insurgents. But local tribesmen said it was a disaster
for
their communities and has made them leery of ever again assisting American
or Iraqi forces.
“In interviews, influential tribal leaders and many residents of the remote
border towns said the 1,000 U.S. troops who swept into their territories in
the weeklong campaign that ended over the weekend didn’t distinguish between
the Iraqis who supported the United States and the fighters battling it.
‘The
Americans were bombing whole villages and saying they were only after the
foreigners,’ said Fasal al Goud, a former governor of Anbar province who
said he
asked U.S. forces for help on behalf of the tribes. ...
“Operation Matador began with the Marines sweeping into the Qaim area in
armored vehicles, backed up by helicopter gunships. They pummelled suspected
insurgent safe houses, flattening parts of the villages and killing armed men.
When the offensive ended, however, angry residents returned to find blocks of
destruction. Men who’d stayed behind to help were found dead in shot-up
houses.”
“The US and insurgents just know how to fight but don’t look at the mess
they are causing in our country.”
_The New Standard (21st May)_
(http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1826) reports: “Local
residents, doctors and relief agencies [said that
Operation Matador] ... killed dozens of people, displaced thousands more –
leaving many without adequate food, shelter or water – and flattened scores
of
buildings.
“The Al-Qa’im hospital was so badly damaged in the fighting that [hospital
director Dr. Hamid] Al-Alousi said doctors have been treating the wounded in
makeshift facilities set up in private homes. Due to a lack of medical
supplies, Al-Alousi told IRIN News that doctors had to perform more than
eleven
amputations without the use of anesthetics.
“According to IRIN, the United Nations humanitarian news service, the
village of Romanna, located about one mile west of Al-Qa’im, was
particularly hard
hit. ... ‘My house was totally destroyed during the attack, and I want to
know who will pay for it,’ Salua Rawi, a resident of Romanna, told IRIN.
‘The
US and insurgents just know how to fight but don’t look at the mess they are
causing in our country.’ ...
“According to the Italian Consortium of Solidarity, a non-governmental aid
agency setting up relief efforts in Western Iraq, the events displaced 8,000
people, and 6,000 are presently homeless in the region. The Iraqi Red Crescent
Society puts the number of displaced families in and around Al-Qa’im at
1,000, according to the BBC. Many of them reportedly fled to schools and
mosques
in nearby towns, or into the desert where they lack shelter and other basic
needs.”
U.S. death toll surges amid rebel violence
_Reuters (31st May)_ (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31661115.htm)
reports: “The death toll for American troops in Iraq rose in May to the
highest level since January, with the U.S. military saying on Tuesday
insurgents
have doubled their number of daily attacks since April. ...
“At least 77 U.S. troops were killed in May, according to a count of deaths
announced by the military. That is the highest toll since 107 Americans were
killed in January. ... Lt. Col. Steve Boylan, a U.S. military spokesman in
Baghdad, said insurgents are staging about 70 attacks nationwide per day. ...
“The latest Pentagon figures listed 1,658 U.S. military deaths since the war
began, with another 12,630 wounded in combat. The United States has 139,000
troops in Iraq, with another 23,000 British and other foreign soldiers. In
the recent spike in violence, insurgents also have aggressively targeted Iraqi
security forces and civilians. Boylan said more than 600 Iraqis were killed
or wounded in May.”
Iraqi troops refuse to attend U.S. army training
_Reuters (4th June)_
(http://today.reuters.com/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=BAK445092) reports:
“An Iraqi army unit has been disbanded after it
refused to attend a U.S. training course in Baghdad, former members of the
unit
said on Saturday. The soldiers, part of a 90-strong force called the Defence
Force of Rutba, said they had refused to attend training because they feared
reprisals from locals if they were seen to have cooperated with the Americans.
“‘We refused to go because we were afraid that when we came back to Rutba
we would be killed,’ Taha Allawi, a former member of the unit, told Reuters.
Rutba is in the far west of Iraq, close to the border with Jordan. ‘The
people
here would believe that we were cooperating with U.S. forces and that is a
reason for anyone to be killed.’ ...
“Another former soldier in the force, Ahmed Dhahi, said the disagreement
began two months ago when the U.S. military first raised the idea of them
attending training in Baghdad. ‘They told us we had no right to refuse, they
said
the duty of soldiers was to obey orders, but we said “We are Iraqis, not
Americans, we don’t follow orders from Americans”,’ ... Dhahi said that
once it
became clear that the unit would not attend, the U.S. military took away their
weapons, uniforms and identification tags and dismissed the force.
“Iraqi units have fled the front line when ordered to fight insurgents
before, but it was believed to be the first case of soldiers refusing to
attend
training for fear of reprisals.”
Iraqis face ‘Kafkaesque’ process to obtain compensation from US
_Reuters (3rd May)_ (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02663804.htm)
reports: “Statistics on civilian deaths in cross fire or at checkpoints in
Iraq are scarce. Any released figures usually refer only to Baghdad and cover
limited periods. Marla Ruzicka, a humanitarian-aid worker, campaigned to
persuade the U.S. military to keep and release civilian casualty figures and
helped persuade Congress to authorize $20 million for families of Iraqi
civilians
killed by U.S. forces. Ruzicka herself died on April 16 when her car was
caught in an insurgent attack. Just before her death, Ruzicka wrote in a
report
that she had received information from the U.S. military that 29 civilians
were killed by small-arms fire in Baghdad alone during firefights between U.S.
troops and insurgents between Feb. 28 and April 5.
“The United States allows Iraqis to seek compensation for material damage,
death or injury, but claims must be due to a ‘non-combat situation’ and
prove
wrongful action or negligence. An investigation by the Dayton Daily News in
October analyzed 4,611 civil claims in Iraq against the U.S. military and
found that three out of four were denied. The average payment for a civilian
death was $4,421. In some cases, Iraqis received $2,500 sympathy payments
without going through the claims procedure.
“The claims process is ‘Kafkaesque’ in complexity and designed to
frustrate
most Iraqis, said a joint report in early 2004 by Occupation Watch and the
Defense of Human Rights in Iraq, two groups monitoring U.S. military
operations. ‘The U.S. military’s definition of a “combat situation” is
elastic and
ephemeral, and because the rules of engagement are secret, it is difficult to
understand what legal space exists for people to have their cases heard and
receive compensation,’ the report said. ‘Because of the way the
compensation
system is structured and managed, the American troops have adopted an
atmosphere of impunity. Arrogant and violent behavior goes unpunished and
continues,’
they said.”
Rice interrupted by enactment of Abu Ghraib abuse
_Reuters (27th May)_ (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2744554.htm)
reports: “Demonstrators interrupted a speech by Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice on Friday by recreating an image of the Abu Ghraib prison
abuse
scandal in which a hooded prisoner stood with his arms outstretched attached
to
electric wires.
“Amid tight security at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, three women
and one man pulled on black hoods and cloaks and stood on their seats, acting
out the scene caught in one of the photographs of abuse that undermined U.S.
prestige abroad. Rice initially continued her speech on American foreign
policy under President George W. Bush but paused when the protesters shouted
‘
Stop the torture. Stop the killing. U.S. out of Iraq,’ as police led them
out of
the auditorium.
“Medea Benjamin, one of the protesters, said they were kept in police
custody for about an hour and a half and then released with a misdemeanor
citation.
‘We feel we made our point,’ said Benjamin, a founding director of the
human rights group Global Exchange.”
Privisation and resistance in Iraq
Iraq draws up plan to privatize state-owned firms
_The Daily Star, Lebanon (17th May)_
(http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=15131)
reports: “Iraq’s Industry
Ministry plans to partially privatize most of its 46 state-owned companies as
part
of the government’s plan to establish a liberal, free-market economy. Later
this year, the ministry is expected to launch a search for domestic and
foreign partners in the private sector to jointly run companies in the
petrochemical, cement, sugar, silk and heavy industry sectors. ...
“The new commercial laws established by the Coalition Provisional Authority
allow foreigners to own 100 percent of Iraqi businesses – the exceptions
being those dealing with natural resources such as oil. Iraq has around 200
state-owned enterprises, known as SOEs, and the government wants to partially
privatize or completely sell off many of these.”
Oil workers in Basra are ready to fight privatisation
_The Guardian (3rd June)_
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1498155,00.html) reports:
“Last week Basra saw its first conference on the
threat of privatisation, bringing together oil workers, academics and
international civil-society groups. The event debated an issue about which
Iraqis are
passionate: the ownership and control of Iraq’s oil reserves.
“The conference was organised by the General Union of Oil Employees (GUOE),
which was established in June 2004 and now has 23,000 members. Focused as
much on the broader Iraqi public interest as on members’ concerns, its first
aim
was to organise workers to repair oil facilities and bring them back into
production during the chaos of the early months of occupation. ...
“In August 2003 oil workers’ unions organised a strike that stopped all
production in southern Iraq for two days. The resulting bargaining power has
been impressive, with the unions – which later merged to become the GUOE –
successfully pushing for foreign workers to be replaced by Iraqis; the role of
US
companies in the reconstruction to be reduced; and wages to be raised to
liveable levels.
“And the GUOE is uncompromising in its views on oil privatisation. As one
oil worker told me, he and his colleagues have rebuilt their industry after
its
destruction in three wars, and in the face of extreme adversity. As a result
they have a deep sense of ownership, which they will not willingly
relinquish.”
Iraqi living standards in worrying decline
Country beset by pollution, disease and malnutrition
UN study shows devastating impact of invasion
_The New Standard (18th May)_
(http://newstandardnews.net/content/?items=1816) reports: “Responses to a
detailed survey conducted by a United Nations
agency and the Iraqi government indicate that everyday conditions for Iraqis
in
the aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion have deteriorated at an alarming
rate, with huge numbers of people lacking adequate access to basic services
and resources such as clean water, food, health care, electricity, jobs and
sanitation. ...
“Researchers determined that some 24,000 Iraqis died as a result of the
US-led invasion in 2003 and the first year of occupation. Children below the
age
of 18 comprised 12 percent of those deaths ... the invasion and its immediate
aftermath forced more than 140,000 Iraqis to flee their homes.
“Data from the survey indicates that 23 percent of children between six
months and five years suffer from chronic malnutrition, while 12 percent
suffer
from general malnutrition, and 8 percent experience acute malnutrition. ...
“Years of sanctions and war have also had a major negative impact on
Iraq’s
health care system, once considered among the best in the Middle East,
authors of the survey observe. The list of ‘current major problems’
includes ‘
lack of health personnel, lack of medicines, non-functioning medical equipment
and destroyed hospitals and health centers.’ ...
“In comparison with earlier statistics from Iraq on key measures of daily
living conditions – such as reliability of electrical service, access to
safe
drinking water and sanitation systems and access to health care – the report
concludes that ‘an alarming deterioration in the indicators is
apparent.’”
Cholera outbreak feared
_IRIN report (25th May)_
(http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=47306&SelectRegion=Middle_East&SelectCountry=IRAQ)
reports: “Health experts in the
Iraqi capital, Baghdad, warned of a possible cholera outbreak this summer,
saying they have seen an increase in cases so far this year and called for
urgent action to prevent it from spreading.
“Dr Duraid al-Khatoon, a paediatrician at the Children’s Teaching Hospital
in the capital, told IRIN that as of January 2005 at least one case of
cholera in children has been reported every day and that 90 percent of the
cases
were living in suburbs where sewage treatment is non-existent. He added that
last year less than 10 cases were reported by the hospital monthly,
representing a three-fold increase in the disease.”
Postwar Iraq paying heavy environmental price
_Reuters (2nd June)_
(http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2005-06-02T131744Z_01_L02225727_RTRIDST_0_PICKS-IRAQ-ENVIRONME
NT-DC.XML) reports: “Iraq’s environmental problems – among the
world’s
worst – range from a looted nuclear site which needs cleaning up to
sabotaged
oil pipelines, a U.N. official said on Thursday.
“‘An improvement is almost impossible in these security conditions.
Chemicals are seeping into groundwater and the situation is becoming worse and
creating additional health problems,’ said Pekka Haavisto, Iraq task force
chairman at the United Nations Environmental Programme. ‘Iraq is the worst
case we
have assessed and is difficult to compare.’ ...
“The situation became worse after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, in which
depleted uranium munitions were used against Iraq for the second time and
postwar
looting and burning of the once formidable infrastructure caused massive
spills and toxic plumes, Haavisto said. ... ‘There has not been proper
cleanup
and only assessment work at some of these sites.’ ...
“In the Dora depot on the edge of Baghdad, 5,000 barrels of chemicals,
including tetra ethylene lead, were spilled burned or stolen, a U.N. survey
showed. Contaminated sites near the water supply also include a 200 square km
(77
sq mile) military industrial complex, torched or looted cement factories and
fertilizer plants, of which Iraq was one of the world's largest producers, and
oil spills.”
11 British soldiers face charges over Iraq death
_The Guardian (30th May)_
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1495378,00.html?gusrc=rss)
reports: “The father of Baha Mousa, the Iraqi hotel
receptionist who died in British custody, told yesterday of the heartbreak
that
the death had brought to his family, and applauded reports that up to 11
soldiers could face prosecution under international war crimes legislation.
...
“A father of two young boys, Mr Mousa, 26, died three days after his arrest
in the southern port city of Basra in September 2003. He appeared to have
been beaten to death, succumbing to heart failure and asphyxia. Colleagues
arrested with him said soldiers used them as targets in a kickboxing
competition.
“His death led to the single largest investigation into prisoner abuse by
British troops in Iraq. It emerged yesterday that up to 11 members of the
Queen’
s Lancashire Regiment could be charged under war crimes legislation enacted
in 2001 after the establishment of the international criminal court. The
soldiers would face trial in the UK under the ICC act. ...
“Mr [Daoud] Mousa has lobbied for almost two years to bring those
responsible for his son’s death to justice.”
Mercenaries in the line of fire
_Agence France-Presse (12th May)_
(http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/05/11/news/private.php)
reports: “Day rates peaking at
$1,000 quickly turned post-Saddam Hussein Iraq into a modern gold rush for
private
security firms, but a growing number of hired guns are paying the price in
blood. ...
“According to the Interior Ministry, there may be 50,000 private security
contractors in the war-torn country. Estimates vary on the proportion of
foreigners, but with anything between 12,000 and 20,000 men, they are the
U.S.-led
coalition’s second largest armed contingent, easily outnumbering British
troops. ...
“According to Iraq Coalition Casualties, an independent Web site that tracks
deaths in the war-torn country, 234 foreign contractors have been killed and
accounted for since the March 2003 invasion. But several sources in the
private security industry admit that many deadly attacks probably have
remained
unreported. ... Unprecedented outsourcing has allowed the U.S. military to
ease the pressure on troops already stretched by several wars and is seen as a
way of keeping body bags away from the public eye. ...
“In one of the last decrees issued by the former top U.S. administrator, L.
Paul Bremer 3rd, in June 2004, private security contractors working with the
Americans and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government were granted immunity from
prosecution.”
At least 8,000 looted treasures still untraced
_The Independent (24 May)_
(http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=640933)
reports: “Evidence of how quickly and irretrievably a
country can be stripped of its cultural heritage came with the Iraq war in
2003.
“The latest figures, presented to the art crime conference by John Curtis of
the British Museum, suggested that half of the 40 iconic items from the Iraq
National Museum in Baghdad still had not been retrieved. And of at least
15,000 items looted from its storerooms, about 8,000 have yet to be traced.
“About 4,000 of the objects taken from the museum had been recovered in
Iraq. But illustrating the international demand for such antiquities, Dr
Curtis
said around 1,000 had been confiscated in the US, 500 pieces had been
impounded in France, 250 in Switzerland and 200 or so in Jordan.
“Random checks on Western soldiers leaving the area had found some in
illegal possession of ancient artefacts.”
NEW ANTI-WAR FILM AVAILABLE ON DVD
Recently premiered at a sell-out screening at the Barbican with John Pilger,
A Letter to the Prime Minister: Jo Wilding’s Diary From Iraq (Julia Guest,
Year Zero Films, 2005) is now available on DVD.
The 70 minute film offers a unique perspective on the invasion and
occupation of Iraq, following international activist Jo Wilding on her
remarkable
journeys to Iraq in 2003/2004: as an eyewitness to the invasion itself; as
co-founder of Circus to Iraq; and as an ad hoc medical volunteer in Fallujah
during
the first major US assault on the city in April 2004.
Copies of the film can be purchased online at
_www.alettertotheprimeminister.co.uk_
(http://www.alettertotheprimeminister.co.uk/) or via Voices UK for
£18 incl. p&p. (cheques should be made payable to "Voices in the Wilderness
UK"
and mailed to: Voices UK, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX).
The director is happy for it to be used for non-profit screenings by peace
and anti-war groups but please contact her at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you want to organise a commercial screening
in your area.
Next Iraq Occupation Focus Meeting
Tuesday 14th June
Iraq Occupation Focus monthly meeting
7:30pm, Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square
London W1T 6AQ (nearest tube: Warren Street)
Upcoming events
SAT 11th JUNE, BRIGHTON: NATIONAL DEMO. OUTSIDE EDO
“An arms components company that makes bomb parts that were used in the Iraq
war” (Guardian, 11 April). EDO has been attempting – thus far without
success – to get an injunction against local activists, creating an
exclusion zone
around the factory where protests would only be allowed on Thursday
afternoons for two hours with a maximum of 10 silent protestors. See
_www.sheffieldagainstwar.org.uk_ (http://www.smashedo.org.uk/)
SAT 18th JUNE, LONDON: NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR THE G8
& BEYOND
with Anna Jones (CAAT) and Joss Garman (Trident Ploughshares). 11am–4pm.
SOAS Post-Graduate Common Room, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H
0XG. Meet at 10.45am, on the steps outside SOAS.
WED 29th JUNE, LONDON: STOP THE PLUNDER OF IRAQ’S OIL!
Protest outside “Iraqi Petroleum Conference 2005”, 10.30am, 29 June, The
Hilton, Paddington. Organised by the Corporate Pirates and supported by Iraq
Occupation Focus and Voices UK. See _www.radicalactivist.net/corporateiraq_
(http://www.radicalactivist.net/corporateiraq) or 07810 867 476 for more
info.
SAT 2nd – FRI 8th JULY, SCOTLAND: ACTIONS & EVENTS SURROUNDING THE G8 SUMMIT
Actions include: Sat 2nd July: “Make Poverty History” march in Edinburgh,
meet 11am in The Meadows (_www.makepovertyhistory.org_
(http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/) ) followed by Stop the War Coalition
rally in the evening
(_www.stopwar.org.uk_ (http://www.stopwar.org.uk/) or 020 7278 6694). Sat 3rd
July: Naming the Dead ceremony in Edinburgh, organised by the Stop the War
Coalition. Mon 4th July: Mass blockade of Faslane nuclear submarine base,
organised
by Scottish CND and Trident Ploughshares. See _www.faslaneg8.com_
(http://www.faslaneg8.com/) for details, including legal briefing and info on
transport and accommodation. The latter is also available upon request from
the
Voices office: 0845 458 2564 or _www.voicesuk.org_ (http://www.voicesuk.org/) .
Wed
6th July: International Day of Action Against the G8, including public
blockades of the delegates as they arrive. See _www.dissent.org.uk_
(http://www.dissent.org.uk/) for more info.
Winning entry from IOF poetry competition
Towards the end of 2004, Iraq Occupation Focus ran a poetry competition on
the theme of war and occupation, in association with _Red Pepper_
(http://www.redpepper.org.uk/) . the six prize-winning entries, selected by
judge Adrian
Mitchell, are being published in this newsletter. All _winning and commended
poems_ (http://www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk/poetry/) are also available on
our website.
JOINT THIRD PRIZE (4 of 4)
A wood in Somerset, Iraq
Stone still in opalescent air
trees wait supportively.
Light splinters on new leaves.
Sun for the seventh day
blesses an English spring.
Two thousand lives away
this anticyclone fires up a storm
that drowns a nightmare world
in ochre light.
The peace I feel
leaning against the powerful fist
that grips the earth, cushioned with moss,
back shaped, kind as an elephant,
finds its reflection in a furious world
of men who sleep walk,
fall on their mother’s skin,
give screaming fire,
act and react,
but cannot take it in.
While birdsong fills my head,
sharp as the sunlight
sparking on those tiny points of green.
One hammer headed woodpecker,
knowing no better and no worse,
fires off his rounds.
I should be suffering,
but the world is folded at my side,
its front page images of death
have left off stirring
in this gentle air.
Richard Lawson
Useful Links:
February 2005 Peace Zine
Special Counter Recruitment Issue
The Monthly Newsletter from Peace No War Network
URL: _http://www.peacenowar.net/PeaceZine/Feb05.pdf_
(http://www.peacenowar.net/PeaceZine/Feb05.pdf)
Photos of U.S. Military Torture in Abu Ghraib Prison
_http://www.peacenowar.net/Iraq/News/April%2004-Photos/Abu%20Ghraib.htm_
(http://www.peacenowar.net/Iraq/News/April%2004-Photos/Abu%20Ghraib.htm)
Los Angeles Times has a complete biographical Information on U.S. Soldiers
Killed:
_http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/fmmac2.mm.ap.org/war2/adv_search.php?SI
TE=CALOS&SECTION=MIDEAST_
(http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/fmmac2.mm.ap.org/war2/adv_search.php?SITE=CALOS&SECTION=MIDEAST)
For more photos and Videos from Iraq, visit:
"Report from Baghdad" July, 2003
_http://www.actionla.org/Iraq/IraqReport/intro.html_
(http://www.actionla.org/Iraq/IraqReport/intro.html)
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**"Report From Baghdad" CD-ROM**
Pacifica Radio KPFK Los Angeles Reporter Lee Siu Hin's July 2003 trip to
U.S. occupied Iraq. An interactive CD-ROM with articles, photos, audio and
video
interviews includes: people of Iraq, U.S. military, human rights workers,
religious leaders and more!
Please Visit the Website:
_http://www.actionla.org/Iraq/IraqReport/intro.html_
(http://www.actionla.org/Iraq/IraqReport/intro.html)
Each CD costs: $15.00 plus $3.50 S/H (work both PC and Mac)
The CD sells will be benefit the Baghdad Independent Media Center, ActionLA,
and PeaceNoWar.net
*Additional donations are welcome, and it will be tax deductible.
For more information, tel: (213)413-1778 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: www.ActionLA.org
Send check/money orders to:
ActionLA/SEE
1013 Mission St. #6, South Pasadena, CA 91030
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