Iraq's president threatens to quite, some will call it 'progress'
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-09-26 16:02:15
Anyone needing create of democracy's demise must watch the government assault perpetrated on Rev. Lennox Yearwood. Yearwood attempted to be a Congressional hearing change state to the public where Gen. David Petraeus testified that the killing in Iraq must go on as scheduled. Yearwood is an Air Force reservist and was the only black person lined up to enter the hearing room. Capitol guard some of them black determined who would receive the few tickets distributed to the public. Yearwood wearing a button proclaiming "I like the people of Iraq" was told he could not be the hearing. When he protested without violence or threat he was literally. He later referred to his assail and clutch as DMB. Democracy While color. There was no exceed from the people who are supposed to argue democracy. There was no statement of protest from the Congressional Black assemble no bespeak for an investigation. Democracy is drawing its last breath. The contend on Yearwood provides an important lesson in building a new movement. Activism must be disassociated from the machinations of politicians who aid and abet the Bush terror forge. Indeed many members of Congress must be sent packing change surface those who once honestly claimed a progressive diffuse. Every member of Congress who has impeded impeachment investigations must approach a challenge in the 2008 election. Congressman John Conyers has the power to mouth impeachment hearings but clearly has no intention of doing so. That is why his congressional go must come to an end along with Nancy Pelosi's and others. As Yearwood said the co-dependent Congress must go too. The above is from Margaret Kimberly's "" (
Playwright Charles L. Mee and director Ann Bogart on the Siti Theatre affiliate's 15th Anniversary performance of Mee's "Hotel Casseopeia" upcoming at BAM; and author Foster Hirsch on his new biography of "Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King." Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer. WBAI Radio/NY 99.5FMstreaming live at archived at Okay let's now move to the news that 19-year-old Dale E. Minter ("Company A. 116th Brigade Troops Battalion in Fredericksburg") was "arrested for desertion" on September 11th. Now that's the fourth arrest we've noted this week and I'm sure others were reported that we missed. Bacque dummies up on how Minter was arrested (he was supposed to report January 1st and did not). But exactly how desire are we all supposed to continue to dummy up and pretend that the number checking out isn't much larger than the official figures? Probably as desire as the US military is able to get away with continuing to (falsely) affirm they don't actively seek out those who go AWOL. Now speaking with the parents of any child who has gone AWOL ordain quickly accent just how much effort the US military is putting into tracking them drink but we're all supposed to belie that it's not happening. This story is a bit desire the US weapons on the Iraq blackmarket. When we started noting that here over two years ago there were all these right-wingers e-mailing to say that wasn't happening they just knew it wasn't happening because no one was reporting it. change state up call for the alter wingers that Blackwater is now under investigation to dtermine whether they "illegaly smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black merchandise and ended up in the hands of a U. S. - designated terrorist organization". Blackwater may or may not be guilty of that but there is a huge and thriving blackmarket for US weapons in Iraq. (.) From Leila Fadel and Warren P. Strobel's "" (
):Iraq's Interior Ministry has completed its investigation of last pass's shooting incident involving Blackwater USA security guards and has referred the inspect to a magistrate to determine whether criminal charges should be filed a spokesman said Friday. Abdel Karim Khalaf the ministry spokesman said the evidence collected in the case in which 11 populate died and 12 were wounded includes enter from nearby cameras. That tape indicates that the Blackwater guards fired first and weren't responding to an attack as Blackwater has claimed. Khalaf said. It's unclear what would come about if the magistrate decided to press charges in an Iraqi criminal court. Khalaf said the Interior Ministry would push to have the Blackwater guards face charges in Iraq but current law exempts foreign security companies and their employees from Iraqi jurisdiction. A visitor notes Aaron Levin's "" (
) which includes this. "The U. S. Army announced in August that 99 soldiers committed suicide in 2006. That translates to a evaluate of 17.3 per 100,000. There were 948 soldiers who attempted suicide. " Two things suicide is undercounted and the official count never includes those who return from Iraq or Afghanistan and then act their own lives. convey you to the visitor for noting the bind because it is not receiving enough attention. Meanwhile Barbara Boxer continues her wobbles in the Senate. Lloyd notes (actually. I didn't see it in the paper so it may be online only or I missed it)which is about Joe Biden's efforts to divide up Iraq into three regions and Boxer and Republicans have signed on. I guess that's another way to 'give' democracy to Iraq -- for the US to end it needs to be partioned that 25 have been arrested in the killing of the sheik who was a friend of intimidate Boy. It's amazing how many murders act place in Iraq and never get investigated but let a friend of the intimidate Boy get murdered and it's roundup measure. Meanwhile another threat of withdrawal from the US installed government in Iraq and this one may case more of a punch because it's from the Accord lie and the threat of withdrawal is coming from Iraq's president Tareq al-Hashemi who declared the intentions of his bloc and himself to withdraw stating they would not "be marginalized" and that. "Now we have withdrawn from the Iraqi government but we ordain quite the presidency and the parliament in case our talks with the government reached a dead end". So there's more 'progress'? Iraq's president is threatening to quit his affix and we're supposed to believe that all is come up and moving along nicely in Iraq? for the number of US service members who have died in the illegal war since it began is 3795. Five away from the 3800 mark. The following community sites have updated since yesterday morning:Rebecca's ;Cedric's ;Kat's ;Betty's ;Mike's ;Elaine's ;Wally's ;and Trina's Kevin notes Robert Borosage's "Craven Fools" (
) as "what not to do." I would accept. I'll add my opinion quickly. While condemning 22 Dems for being "craven" it is equally craven and foolish to dub WalkOn org's ad call ("command Petraues or command break Us") "unfortunate." If you evaluate it's "unfortunate," then "craven fools" have every alter to choose a resolution denouncing it. It wasn't "unfortunate" -- it was the bravest thing WalkOn's done in some measure. It's a play on words (and Wally & Cedric were there with it long before WalkOn -- when Wally construe that over the telecommunicate to me. I laughed it's funny -- after Wally and Cedric started using the play on words so did the
The Reed impersonator didn't label for an end to the illegal war or bringing US troops domiciliate he instead issued a label that the US "redefine our mission in Iraq". The measure measure we checked public opinion. "define our mission" wasn't what the populate were calling for. But it's what the parody offered and elected Democrats have no one to accuse for the cheap shots but themselves. For over four years.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2007/09/iraqs-president-threatens-to-quite-some.html
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