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Media Coverup: Why Illegal Wars Last Forever
Filed under: 9/11, 9/11 Truth, Afghanistan, alqaeda, alqaeda hoax, bin laden, CIA, drug trafficking, fake alqaeda, fake terrorists, fallen soldiers, False Flag, George Bush, global terrorism, global war on terror, Hoax, inside job, kidnapping, Military, military insdustrial complex, nation building, occupation, proxy war, State Sponsored Terrorism, Taliban, Taxpayers, terrorism hoax, Troops, truth movement, u.s. soldiers, u.s. troops, War On Terror | Tags: spoils of war
Is the Taliban on the U.S. Gov. Payroll?
CBS News
September 5, 2009
The Taliban may be on the unofficial payroll of the United States government.
A portion of American taxpayer dollars slated for development projects in Afghanistan is alleged to end up in the hands of the Taliban, the GlobalPost reports. The United States Agency for International Development is investigating if its funds are being used by contractors to pay the Taliban for protection – from itself.
Payoffs to the Taliban are a widely known practice in Afghanistan, according to a report by GlobalPost last month. When the money is not paid, they wreak havoc in the area, blowing up bridges, kidnapping contractors and bringing projects to a halt.
GlobalPost reporter Jean MacKenzie writes, “the Taliban allegedly receives kickbacks from almost every major contract that comes into the country. The arrangements are at times highly formalized and, as GlobalPost spelled out, the Taliban actually keeps an office in Kabul to review major deals, determine percentages and conduct negotiations. The arrangements are often more personal, as when a local supplier pays off a small-time Taliban commander to allow free passage of goods through his patch of insurgency-controlled terrain.” [Source]
One source told the GlobalPost that the Taliban takes as much as 20% of development aid awarded to contractors. An embassy worker in Kabul described the arrangement as “organized crime.”
Dona Dinkler, the chief of staff for congressional affairs at USAID’s Office of Inspector General in Washington, D.C. , told the GlobalPost that the allegations are a cause for concern, but added a note of caution.
“It’s a real hard thing to prove. Who is going to survive to testify about that? That is our challenge. But that doesn’t mean we stop trying. We want to get to the bottom of it,” Dinkler said.
USAID has only one inspector and two auditors in Afghanistan following the billions of dollars in aid money that the United States provides.
Taliban – The Best Enemy Money Can Buy
Filed under: Afghanistan, Congress, ethnic cleansing, Eugenics, fallen soldiers, friendly fire, Genocide, George Bush, House, Iraq, iraq deaths, nation building, neocons, occupation, Pentagon, Senate, war funding, War On Terror, war spending | Tags: MoD
Senate Passes $612B Defense Bill
Reuters
September 18, 2008
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $612.5 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2009, including $70 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As passed on an 88-8 vote, the measure would authorize $103.9 billion for Pentagon procurement, $1.2 billion more than President George W. Bush’s request. Overall, Bush had asked for $611.1 billion for national defense.
http://www.editorandpub..splay.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003850908
MoD accused of covering up injuries to troops
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new..f-covering-up-injuries-to-troops.html
“We Blew Her to Pieces”
http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/18859
‘US seeks secret bases in Iraq’
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=70001§ionid=351020201
Satellite Image: Ethnic Cleansing in Iraq Preceded Drop In Violence
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2008/09/satellite-image.html
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No End in Sight – (Iraq war movie)
Petraeus Says He Will Never Declare Iraq Victory
Filed under: 2008 Election, Baghdad, car bomb, David Petraeus, fallen soldiers, Iraq, iraq deaths, John McCain, Military, nation building, neocons, occupation, Pat Buchanan, Propaganda, Pullout, suicide bombing, Troops, War On Terror | Tags: Diyala province
McCain: Iraq Is ‘A Peaceful And Stable Country Now’
Think Progresss
August 28, 2008
Today, Time Magazine published an interview with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that it conducted aboard McCain’s campaign airplane. Reporters James Carney and Michael Scherer described McCain as “prickly” and “at times, abrasive” during the course of the interview.
Carney and Scherer noted to McCain that the Iraqi government is calling for a deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq even though McCain’s previously stated definition of “victory” — “a peaceful, stable, prosperous democratic state” — has not been achieved. The Arizona senator dismissed their characterization of the situation, saying that Iraq is “a peaceful and stable country now”:
Q: Some members of the [Iraqi] government have made it clear in the last month or two that they might want to withdraw before complete stability, before totally secure borders, before some of the completeness of victory as you described. Is there any change, do you think there is some wiggle room there because what you described with Petraeus was an end point that was rather complete — a peaceful, stable country.
MCCAIN: Its a peaceful and stable country now.
Listen here:
Here are some examples (from just this month) of McCain’s so-called “peaceful and stable” Iraq:
– August 9: A suicide car bomb in Tal Afar killed at least 25 people.
– August 24: A suicide bomber killed 25 people, including women and children, in Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib district.
– August 27: A suicide bomber killed 28 and wounded 45 in Iraq’s Diyala province.
Moreover, while U.S. troop deaths in Iraq reached their lowest point since the beginning of the war last month, they are on the rise again. According to icasulaties.org, 20 U.S. military personnel have been killed so far this month in Iraq — up from 13 in July.
But this isn’t the first time McCain’s assessment of the security situation in Iraq has been off. Last May he said the northern city of Mosul was “quiet” despite the fact that a car bomb had killed three and wounded nine there the very same day.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Buchanan..of_0822.html
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White House memo exposes Rove knew of problems with anthrax vaccine
Raw Story
August 7, 2008
The Department of Defense continued its controversial mandatory anthrax vaccinations program despite high ranking Bush administration officials acknowledging there were problems with the vaccine within months of the Bush administration taking office—well before the 9/11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax letters.
A 2001 memorandum from former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz indicates that the White House knew of problems relating to the Gulf War Syndrome and the military’s controversial anthrax vaccine.
Obtained by RAW STORY earlier this year from a senior military official and referenced in today’s New York Daily News, Rove wrote, “I do think we need to examine the issues of both Gulf War Syndrome and the Anthrax vaccine and how they can be dealt with. They are political problems for us.”
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U.S. Soldiers Die From Mystery Vaccination
Deadly Vaccine News Archive
http://nwsarchive.wordpress.c…ly-vaccines-archive/
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Dam Breaks as Media Covers Bush Impeachment Hearing
Prisonplanet.com
July 25, 2008
The House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Bush Administration’s use of executive power has finally been covered by the corporate media:
LA Times: Is hearing to impeach Bush merely ‘anger management’?
FOX News: Rep. Kucinich Gets His Day to Air Impeachment Article
The Hill: Kucinich raises Bush impeachment at hearing
CBS: Big Crowd Gathers For House Judiciary Hearing On Bush “impeachment”
AP: Bush critics get an unimpeachable forum
Videos from the hearing:
Rep. Wexler recommends impeachment hearings
Rep. Steve King of Iowa argued there was no evidence that the Bush administration had committed any high crimes and misdeameanors.
Conyers: These Are Not Impeachment Hearings
George Washington’s Blog
July 23, 2008
John Conyers is now taking the position that no one at Friday’s impeachment hearing can accuse Bush or Cheney of any crime, or any impeachable offense, or dishonorable conduct, or even lying.
Moreover, Conyers is now saying that he will shut the hearing down if anyone does accuse the boys of crimes, impeachable offenses, or otherwise being naughty.
As David Swanson summarizes it:
“Apparently the rules of Congress are designed to allow impeachable offenses to be discussed only in impeachment hearings. Apparently this didn’t occur to Chairman Conyers when he decided to hold a non-impeachment impeachment hearing. As a result, his hearing may be quickly shut down, and he will have a choice of holding a real impeachment hearing, resigning, or dropping the pretense that he intends to resist Cheney and Bush in any way whatsoever.”
Please watch this must-see 10 minute video.
And read this.
Takes Phone Calls On Impeachment
http://www.cbsnews.com/storie../thecrypt/main4292489.shtml
Cindy Sheehan Kicked-Out of Judiciary Hearing
http://rawstory.com//news/20..eehan_exits_Judiciary_hearing_0725.html
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute
http://www.daily.pk/world/world..eachment-substitute.html
Fallujah Braces For Another Assault
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43248
Iraq Official: U.S. Troops May Leave By 2010
http://ap.google.com/articl..YeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8wD9228UM00
Turley fears Dems will let alleged ‘Bush crimes’ stay buried forever
http://rawstory.com//news/2008/.._pardons_prevent_0723.html
’Imperial presidency’ hearing to feature 13 witnesses
http://rawstory.com//news/2008..earing_to_feature_13_0724.html
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Speak the truth, get fired: Montel and FOX
Fox-owned stations opted not to renew Montel’s show for the 2008-09 season
Hanlon’s Razor
January 31, 2008
If you’re familiar with The Internets, you undoubtedly caught this video of Montel Williams smacking Fox News Sunday around over their asinine coverage of Heath Ledger (whose death is undoubtedly a tragedy and whose family my heart goes out to) over the more than two dozen Americans who have died in Iraq since the new year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3Spcq6Uzs
Well here’s the followup. Montel’s been booted from FOX.
Fate of “The Montel Williams Show” was sealed when key Fox-owned stations opted not to renew it for the 2008-09 season. But a number of other stations had cleared the show for next season, prompting CBS to offer the “Best of” package. The rerun package is sold on an all-cash basis, which is a boon to stations that had been handing over 3½ minutes of barter ad time per seg to CBS for the firstrun episodes.
Coincidence? Please.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/75800
Montel Fired for Speaking Truth to Fox News
http://nallforgovernor.blogspot.com/200..red-for-speaking-truth-to-fox.html
Two bombs kill 72 in Baghdad
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlene..C_0_UK-IRAQ.xml
Soldier Suicides at Record Level
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-..0/AR2008013003106_pf.html
Federal Reserve Stealing Iraqi Oil Revenues Level
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/010208_stealing.htm
Soldier Suicides at Record Level
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-..0/AR2008013003106_pf.html
Vermont Bill Would End Iraq Guard Use
http://www.timesargus.com/app..EWS01/801300344/1002/NEWS01
Bush Waves Ban On Permanent Iraq Bases
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/29/signing-statement-iraq/