US Killing 10,000 a Month in Iraq, Or is it More?


...These figures sound impossible to most Americans. Certainly 300 Iraqis killed by Americans each day would be headline news, over and over again. And yet, the electronic and print media simply do not tell us that the U.S. is killing all these people. We hear plenty about car bombers and death squads, but little about Americans killing Iraqis, except the occasional terrorist, and the even more occasional atrocity story.

How, then, is the US accomplishing this carnage, and why is it not newsworthy? The answer lies in another amazing statistic: this one released by the U.S. military and reported by the highly respectable Brookings Institution: for the past four years, the American military sends out something over 1000 patrols each day into hostile neighborhoods, looking to capture or kill insurgents and terrorists.[8] (Since February, the number has increased to nearly 5,000 patrols a day, if we include the Iraqi troops participating in the American surge.)...

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30 Picket Lieberman's Apartment



Around three dozen people lined Chapel Street in New Haven carrying signs protesting Senator Joseph Lieberman's call for military attack on Iran. Honking and waves from passers-by were frequent.

Signs carried included "Lieberman is Lying about Iran", "Joe, Will Iran be Another Cakewalk?", "Joe, Ignore AIPAC Hysteria about Iran", "Attacking Iran Would be War Crime", and "No Attack on Iran, Bring the Troops Home, Now". Stanley Heller talking through a bullhorn compared the Senators worldview to the view of non-whites expressed in the Indiana Jones movies. The fourth movie in ther series is being shot in New Haven. Heller suggested Lieberman wake up and smell the new millenium.

There was good press coverage from the New Haven Register and the CT Post. The New Haven Advocate story is not yet published. An AP photographer took photos which were posted on its site.

Reportedly Lieberman is moving from New Haven to Stamford.

Outrage in Israel Over Dropping of Rape Charge Against Katzav



Suspended Israeli President Moshe Katzav copped a plea and got rape charges against him dismissed. Attorney General Mazuz says Katzav will serve no jail time even though the charges he will admit to can carry a sentence of seven years in prison. He will plead guilty to "indecent assault" against one woman, "sexual harassment" against another and "harassment" against a witness and pay unspecified compensation. He will resign as Israeli President.

Katzav said, "I admitted to hugging and kissing out of affection." A little schoolboy naughtiness, evidently.

Upwards of 20,000 Israelis demonstrated against the plea bargain. One feminist leader was reported to have said, "This is our intifada".

Some of the secret testimony against Katzav was released. It included one victim's account of rape.







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Revolting accounts of humiliation and abuse in the new report by "If Americans Knew" about the decades old Israeli practice of strip searching Palestinians and dissidents. They do it to Israeli Palestinians, to American citizens, to children younger than 7. Read here and watch the video by clicking here.