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Haditha

The Fog of War Continues in Ishaqi

U.S. Troops Cleared in Ishaqi Raid Probe by KIM GAMEL, AP
BAGHDAD, Iraq (June 3) - A military investigation into allegations that American troops intentionally killed civilians in Ishaqi, a village north of Baghdad, has cleared them of misconduct, the U.S. said - even though it acknowledged the deaths of up to 13 Iraqis in the March raid.
The investigation of the March 15 attack in Ishaqi concluded that the U.S. troops followed normal procedures in raising the level of force as they came under attack upon approaching a building where they believed an al-Qaida terrorist was hiding, said Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, a U.S military spokesman. Caldwell also acknowledged there were “possibly up to nine collateral deaths” in addition to the four Iraqi deaths that the military announced at the time of the raid.
Local Iraqis said there were 11 dead, contending they were killed by U.S. troops before the house was leveled.
The bloody aftermath of the attack was captured at the time in the footage shot by an AP Television News cameraman. The video includes an unidentified man saying “children were stuck in the room, alone and surrounded. After they handcuffed them, they shot them dead. Later, they struck the house with their planes. They wanted to hide the evidence. Even a 6-month-old infant was killed. Even the cows were killed, too,” he said.

Iraqi Assails US for Strikes on Civilians by R. Oppel Jr. NY Times 6/2/6
Baghdad, Iraq - Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lashed out at the American military on Thursday, denouncing what he characterized as habitual attacks by troops against Iraqi civilians.
In his comments, Mr. Maliki said violence against civilians had become a “daily phenomenon” by many troops in the American-led coalition who “do not respect the Iraqi people. They crush them with their vehicles and kill them just on suspicion. This is completely unacceptable. Attacks on civilians will play a role in future decisions on how long to ask American forces to remain in Iraq,” the prime minister added.
World Reaction: The toon below is receiving heavy circulation in Europe, Asia and South America.
An official involved in an investigation of Camp Pendleton Marines’ actions in an Iraqi town cites `a total breakdown in morality.’
By Tony Perry and Julian E. Barnes May 27, 2006
WASHINGTON — Photographs taken by a Marine intelligence team have convinced investigators that a Marine unit killed as many as 24 unarmed Iraqis, some of them “execution-style,” in the insurgent stronghold of Haditha after a roadside bomb killed an American in November, officials close to the investigation said Friday.
The pictures are said to show wounds to the upper bodies of the victims, who included several women and six children. Some were shot in the head and some in the back, congressional and defense officials said.
Read the LA Times article

Survivors of the massacre———————————-Bodies of innocent civilians are stacked at the morgue.
And, how’s occupation of Afghanistan going?
Riot Erupts After Kabul Traffic Accident
By RAHIM FAIEZ, AP
KABUL, Afghanistan (May 29) - A deadly traffic accident involving U.S. troops sparked a riot in the Afghan capital on Monday, with U.S. and Afghan security forces firing on protesters, police and witnesses said. At least five people were killed and 60 injured.

Hundreds of protesters marched on the palace of U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai in the city center after the incident, shouting “Death to Karzai! Death to America!”
The Pentagon has been forced by public pressure to postpone the June 2nd, 700 ton Divine Strake (simulated nuke test) on Shoshone land in Nevada. Rock on, fellow bloggers. As usual, it was you, not corporate media, who threw a monkey wrench into the war machine.
Congratulations to TONY SNOWjob…the new White House spokesliar…same job he had at Fox.
Constructive Anarchy recommended Jon Lovitz: “We have to nuke Iran because…uh…because they have 80,000 suicide bombers on flying carpets! Yeah, that’s the ticket!
5-11: Bush Spys on tens of millions (He’s looking at your file right now)!
NSA has Massive Database of Americans’ Phone Calls From USA Today
Robbie Conal
5-6 (one month shy of 6/6/6)
Strange Days Indeed:
CNN and Fox babbled all day Fri about Teddy’s kid back in rehab (“Is the Kennedy Family Cursed?” etc), Anthem in Spanish and other nonsense. The real news…barely a blip on their radar: CIA Director
Porter Goss Resigns. An army of Fox & CNN reporters couldn’t figure out why, but after a minute on the net I found that the Duke Cunningham scandle has spread to the CIA! Goss’s hand-picked #3 man, Kyle “Dusty” Foggo is under serious investigation in connection with a massive bribery scheme of sweetheart deals, million dollar contracts and drunken parties (some at the Watergate Hotel!) with hookers (female and/or male- depending on the source). Duke, Dusty and the Ghost on Nixon joined the fun. Did the Guest of Honor just resign?
More at Daily KOS -May 5 entry
Also from DK (5-6): Bush Calls War On Terrorism “World War III”
Truthout says it’s a done deal: Rove has been indicted!
Constructive Anarchy suggests that Karl should be deported (rather than jailed) as a guest worker (waiter) in a fancy Paris restaurant where arrogance and disdain for average Americans are required.
Fox ratings are down 16% from the same month last year…
Bill O’Reilly dips to a 5-year low (pre-9/1/1 and Iraq fear-mongering).
You can’t fool all of the people all of the time.
Bush hit another all-time low: Wall St. Journal reports 29% on Harris Poll!
No 2-term pres has ever done worse.
Watch Dubya’s approval rating drop. Click and drag Boy George to continue his well deserved journey into the abyss. Tip from Alissa G.
Who Killed the Electric Car? Coming soon from Sony Classics
This documentary will help explain why Gas hit an alltime high of <stron

Published by Greg at 07:04 PM on March 29, 2006