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_____ The <http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m59359&hd=&size=1&l=e> Calamity of Iraq's Orphans and the Morality of America http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m59359 <http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m59359&hd=&size=1&l=e> &hd=&size=1&l=e Tags: IRAQ <http://whatreallyhappened.com/taxonomy/term/84> According to the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs' January 2008 Report, 4.5 million Iraqi children have been made orphans. Of these, only 459 orphans are in government care. I'll say that again. Out of 4.5 million, only 459 children are in government care. 800 orphans at the time of this report were being held in Iraqi prisons, 100 of these in American prisons, charged as terrorists. What has caused this catastrophe? What has happened to the parents of these millions of orphans? What kind of disaster could have resulted in 4.5 million orphans in a country with a total population of 28 million as of 2008? In proportion to the US population of 310 million, this would mean the equivalent of 19.3 million US orphans. That's the size of the combined populations, all ages, of our six biggest cities, New York, LA, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, and Philadelphia, all rendered orphans. What would Americans think and feel if this was happening to our country and our people? How angry would we be? How tolerant would we be of our occupiers responsible for this ongoing calamity? These are the crimes of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and now, of Barack Obama, who has not ended this criminal war that has resulted, and is resulting, in the violent deaths of so many people in Iraq. These are the crimes of not just these individuals, however. This political system, which these presidents and high officials represent and defend, that allows and supports this ongoing crime against Iraq and against children, is to blame. Hundreds of these orphans, as I mentioned a few moments ago, are in prison. Conditions for detainees, as we know, are horrendous. Most, if not all, are subjected to atrocious conditions, many being tortured. US forces, not proxies, have personally and directly murdered at least a hundred people through torture. This is death by torture, from the Bush White House that claimed throughout its eight long year stolen tenure that the US does not torture. Now the man who promised change and who just won the Nobel Peace Prize has allowed torture to continue under his watch and previously announced that some 40,000 US troops will remain indefinitely in Iraq. This immoral war and ongoing occupation of Iraq has been responsible for the needless deaths and suffering of millions, with the death toll of over <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/14/15210/1864> 1.2 million Iraqis and tens of thousands of US soldiers. (The 1.2 million Iraqis killed is also, by the way, corroborated by not only death certificates from most of those interviewed by the Lancet Report, but also by the 4.5 million children who have been orphaned - that is, deprived of their parents.) You might wonder why I'm saying tens of thousands of US dead. The official death toll of US personnel in Iraq is 4,349. This 4,349 figure is, we know, low because they transport some victims out of Iraq and take them elsewhere, making the count smaller for Iraq War casualties. But the largest numbers of dead really come from suicides. According to the <http://dennisloo.blogspot.com/2008/05/mcclellans-memoir-advance-preview.htm l> Veteran's Administration itself, eighteen vets have been committing suicide every day since the US's April 2003 invasion of Iraq. If you do the math, this means that as of now over 40,000 US service personnel have died by suicide alone since the start of this war launched by Bush and Cheney and continued under Obama. Most people know by now that the Bush Regime's WMD claims were a hoax, designed to provide a justification for an invasion and occupation that the neocons had been planning to carry out almost ten years before 9/11. Most people also know by now that Bush and Cheney's alleged links between 9/11 and Hussein were phony, although a surprising number of Americans still believe this linkage exists. They believe this in part because they were told it so many times, in part because it was their government and media that said it again and again, so it "must be true," and in part because it's hard to admit that what you believed to be true for so long was completely false. Admitting that you had been taken in would mean that you have to re-evaluate what you thought and supported and because these were lies by this society's leading figures. This would mean that you would probably have to radically revise how you thought about this country. That is a hard thing for many people to do. But coming to grips with this fundamental truth is vital. There is going to have to emerge more leaders from among the people, to join the relative handful of people (such as Cindy Sheehan) who have already stepped forward up to this point, to bring this truth again and again to people in a living, concrete, and compelling way. I say "again and again" because one event isn't enough for most people to change their long-held attitudes. It requires persistent work and a great deal of determination and courage to do the work that must be done. We need people to be heralds to the people, people who will not sugarcoat the reality and spread comfortable illusions but who will tirelessly bring the hard truth to people. That truth can be very difficult to stomach, but it is the truth nonetheless. Truth today is both scarce and terribly precious. Truth is inherently potent. It has the hardness of diamonds and like diamonds, can cut anything else it touches or that tries to cut it. I will talk a bit later on in this about why I'm saying that. WMD and the linking of Hussein to 9/11, while hoaxes from the start, aren't even the main aspect of the illegitimacy of this unprovoked aggression and ongoing occupation. They weren't even the biggest lies. For even if Iraq had had WMD, the US invasion of Iraq would not have been justified. The US's invasion of Iraq, according to the UN Charter and according to Nuremberg, represents the supreme war crime: invading a country that has not first attacked you. When you attack a country, moreover, you aren't attacking just the government and military of that country. Modern warfare carried out by imperialist powers involves the deliberate targeting of civilians in a total war. The fact that targeting civilians is a war crime has not stopped imperialist powers from doing it. The orphaning of these kids in these massive numbers is a direct product of this government's policies, with the collusion and cooperation of our mass media. '........................... _____ War Is a Hate Crime By Chris Hedges The Democratic majority in Congress, under the cover of protecting some innocents, authorized massive acts of violence against other innocents. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23816.htm <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102787181917&s=7&e=001NB-cELOgb8TDS83lmaqcGnF0TxM OIEQomPJ4UnV2pdiPwfN1pBb9uW-R74eh4L4__kO9qR9tkG4palbI8AdiEdRGpV7qZ_Ao5oWI1ho EIyrPTsMFhXqKBtdMOOo6rBPmNSXjePXLqjBCnPHjuVqt_vfussnT2PBd> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102787181917&s=7&e=001NB-cELOgb8TDS83lmaqcGnF0TxM OIEQomPJ4UnV2pdiPwfN1pBb9uW-R74eh4L4__kO9qR9tkG4palbI8AdiEdRGpV7qZ_Ao5oWI1ho EIyrPTsMFhXqKBtdMOOo6rBPmNSXjePXLqjBCnPHjuVqt_vfussnT2PBd> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102787181917&s=7&e=001NB-cELOgb8TDS83lmaqcGnF0TxM OIEQomPJ4UnV2pdiPwfN1pBb9uW-R74eh4L4__kO9qR9tkG4palbI8AdiEdRGpV7qZ_Ao5oWI1ho EIyrPTsMFhXqKBtdMOOo6rBPmNSXjePXLqjBCnPHjuVqt_vfussnT2PBd> _____ Paul V. Rafferty: A Suggestion for Israelis, Palestinians and their Real Friends <http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=6801&blz=1> http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=6801&blz=1 The ONLY time the "Children of Israel" lived in Peace was during the reign of King Solomon, "the Wise". During his reign, non-Jews lived freely within his kingdom. It should also be remembered that the grandmother of King David, Ruth was a Moabite, a convert. It wasn't until after the Babylonian return that a policy of exclusion was incorporated into the Religion. Both Moses and Joseph had non-Hebrew wives, as did many others. The Religion of the Hebrews was not an exclusive sect but was designed to be "A LIGHT unto the nations". Only after the tragedy of the Babylonian Captivity did the Hebrews place their Faith in themselves, instead of in GOD. _____ 12 Million Afghans live under poverty line: ministry: Afghan Minister for Public Health Syed Mohammad Amin Fatimi has revealed that 12 million out of the total 30 million Afghans, including 3 million children, live under poverty line in the war-torn country, a local newspaper reported Saturday. <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/24/content_12314514.htm> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/24/content_12314514.htm More "progress" in Afghanistan! Eight years on in this war, and we can't even get food to starving kids? Take a good, hard look at the little girl in this photo. >From the look of the dress she's wearing, caked in dirt, she's probably been scavenging garbage dumps to barely get enough in her system to stay alive for the next day. It's very possible that her parents are dead or displaced, and she will never see them again. She may be desperately trying to fend for younger siblings she's trying to take care of. Now, imagine for one moment, that this was your kid. This is what US/NATO occupation looks like to 3 million Afghan children. It is obvious that there were absolutely no considerations about improving the lives of the Afghan people with the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. The objectives were to control the drug trade (and its profit)and to control the flow of Eurasian oil through the establishment of pipelines. The US and NATO have done brilliantly on the first objective (cheap heroin is flooding Europe and Russia), but have been completely impotent on the second. _____ Iran hints at acceptance of nuclear deal with West : Mottaki said Iran could either send part of its low-enriched uranium (LEU) stockpile abroad for specialized processing into fuel for a Tehran nuclear medicine facility <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102787181917&s=7&e=001NB-cELOgb8Q59x1iZx688hAdn9_ xgq59IFwN_rNdT0XyCQmZ5YK_PbbP8r5UzkNTM7zw3E4WFu3c57cRxTZGr8XAlGLxC7j0QE8T8Oc HMsSz2vkelE6qupmB_4Kivyx5txOGUfPBDDnHAzQktQ8Egg==> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1123685.html === France warns of risk of Israeli strike on Iran: He said the world's leading powers must break the deadlock before Israel ''reacts'' to Iran's military aims. Agreement must be reached with Iran over its nuclear program to remove the risk of an Israeli pre-emptive strike. <http://snipurl.com/sssok> http://snipurl.com/sssok Video: Israel's <http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m59394&hd=&size=1&l=e> nuclear capabilities http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m59394 <http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m59394&hd=&size=1&l=e> &hd=&size=1&l=e While Israel is one of the loudest voices calling for a tougher line on Iran's nuclear programme, its own nuclear capability has never been put to inspection. Israel has two nuclear research centres - at Dimona and Soreq. The latest estimates suggest that Israel has produced at least 118 warheads with weapons grade plutonium. Webmaster's Commentary: Israel refuses to sign the NNPT, and refuses to allow its nuclear sites to be inspected. Iran has signed the NNPT, and allows regular IAEA inspections. So, who's the rogue country here? It sure as heck is not Iran. _____ FM Downplays Israeli War Rhetoric against Iran: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Monday dismissed the aggressive remarks uttered by Israeli officials against Tehran, and underlined that the Zionist regime does not dare to attack Iran as it lacks the required strength, capabilities and resources. <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102787181917&s=7&e=001NB-cELOgb8T4igguVOicR5_KRTo 5n1k4vRvUaroOH-4tX628U70yfheVxYA_WKtUUoZ58rM9rQ4Ir7cwTHqL1_ZL0mOnGHxroOcmAxu hFOBAZBVrsH9kZvNYRS1RhbdndJLH4TYc5oI1eYvb20gPlwbzYqghIZww> http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8808041365 === Turkey chastises the West on Iran: Turkey's prime minister has accused the West of treating Iran unfairly over its nuclear programme. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Britain's Guardian newspaper Western fears Iran wanted to build the bomb were "gossip". <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8325373.stm> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8325373.stm _____ I wonder whether the CIA is involved in this due to its close ties with Colombia? Venezuela ups border security after 10 slayings: Ten men who belonged to the same soccer team were slain execution-style nearly two weeks after being abducted in a crime that Venezuela said Sunday could be the work of warring factions in neighboring Colombia. <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102787181917&s=7&e=001NB-cELOgb8T_pxkp23Axf9xL_G8 S0Zyo7SnPbxFl0bBp8-Lkw3lA1uu7Dy_jQ7XiuKQPWavUeBMIrp-D4c-l1T9lnyG1DbaucqN6UQp fe4g=> http://snipurl.com/ssssm *** exposing the hidden truth for further educational research only *** CAVEAT LECTOR *** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. 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