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Revealed: U.S. Soldier Killed Herself
After Objecting to Interrogation Techniques
The true stories of how American troops,
killed in Iraq, actually died keep spilling out this week. Now we learn,
thanks to a reporter's FOIA request, that one of the first women to die
in Iraq shot and killed herself after objecting to harsh "interrogation
techniques."
(posted Nov 7th 2006)
Countless My Lai Massacres in Iraq- By Dahr Jamail - t r u t h o
u t | Perspective
Tuesday 30 May 2006
The media feeding frenzy around what has been referred to as "Iraq's
My
Lai" has become frenetic. Focus on US Marines slaughtering at least 20
civilians in Haditha last November is reminiscent of the media spasm
around
the "scandal" of Abu Ghraib during April and May 2004.
more.....
(posted June 23rd 2006)
The Abu Ghraib files
279 photographs and 19 videos from the
Army's internal investigation record a harrowing three months of
detainee abuse inside the notorious prison -- and make clear that many
of those responsible have yet to be held accountable.
(posted Mar 20th 2006)
Iraqi National Initiative to End Occupation of Iraq Unconditionally,
Reflecting the Will and View of the Iraqi National Resistance and Other
Major Political Forces Opposing Occupation
(posted Jan 5th 2006)
Statement of Iraq Solidarity Campaign on the Subic Rape Case
(posted Nov 30th 2005)
Greetings of solidarity from United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ)
(posted Sept 26th 2005)
Foreign mercenaries in Iraq
(posted Sept 26th 2005)
SOLIDARITY STATEMENT of the IRAQ SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN - SEPTEMBER 24
INTERNATIONAL DAY of ACTION AGAINST WAR
(posted Sept 26th 2005)
Italian Anti-War Movement Shows the Way
(This composite article is based on talks by Focus Executive Director
Walden Bello and interviews with him appearing in the Italian dailies
Liberazione, Il Manifesto, and other newspapers during a recent anti-war
speaking tour of
Canada, Malaysia, India, Netherlands, and Italy in March and April of this
year.)
(posted May 26th 2005)
A
Video Message from the Iraqi Resistance Reuters obtained
from Iraqi guerrillas "an English-language video urging U.S. troops to lay
down their weapons and seek refuge in mosques and homes" (Michael Georgy,
"Iraq Rebels in Video Taunt," January 12, 2005), promising protection to
soldiers who heed their call. The Information Clearing House has made the
video and a transcript of its content available: "A Message from the 'Iraq
Resistance.'"
(posted April 8th 2005)
ORP should not help the US occupy my country¹ visiting Iraqi oil worker
MANILA (March 17) - A visiting Iraqi oil worker from Iraq today called on
the Philippine and other governments not to help the US occupy his
country. Farouk Sadik Isma¹al, representative from the Basra-based General
Union of Oil Employees said that while while he does not personally agree
with the tactics of those who kidnapped Filipino worker Roberto Tarongoy,
he also believes that no government should help the United States-led
occupation of Iraq.
(posted April 8th 2005)
'THE IRAQI RESISTANCE IS A POPULAR RESISTANCE' BY Herbert Docena (Znet,
February 23, 2005) An interview with Sheik Jawad Khalisi of the Iraqi
National Foundation Conference
(posted April 7th 2005)
Iraq and the Challenges
Facing the Global Peace Movement - By Walden Bello
(Speech delivered in Vancouver, Canada, at events sponsored by the Stop
the War Coalition, March 18, 2005, held on the occasion of the March 19-20
Global Protest against the War in Iraq marking the second anniversary of
the US invasion.)
(posted March
30th 2005)
Global Day of Action
Against US Occupation of Iraq
(posted March 26th 2005)
574 U.S. cities and towns
holding Mar 18-20 antiwar events
(posted March 7th 2005)
Let Peace Reign in Iraq
We, peace-loving Filipinos from all walks of
life, express our collective concern over the war that has been raging in
Iraq for two years now as we call for peace and justice throughout the
world.
(posted March 7th 2005)
‘Elections’ dismissed as illegitimate
Anti-War Movement Calls for Massive Protests
to End War in Iraq on March 19-20
(posted 2/3/2005)
All Souls Day (Flash
movie) by Teresa Healy
A very powerful short presentation about Fallujah with scenes not
usually shown on corporate media in photo and song by a Canadian artist.
www.teresahealy.ca (posted Jan
15th 2005)
Very, Very Dirty Pictures
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
This is what you won't see in the paper.
This is what you won't see on CNN or on MSNBC or CBS News or on any major
media Web site anywhere and especially no goddamn way ever in hell will
you
see it within a thousand miles of Fox News.
(December 19th, 2004)
Fallujah: Shock and Awe
By Ken Coates
Editorial: The Spokesman no.84, Journal of
the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation (www.russfound.org)
It was on April 26th 1937 that the name of Guernica was immortalised. A
little town, home to 7000 people, Guernica was the local market place for
a cluster of hill villages. It straddled a valley only ten kilometres from
the sea, and thirty from Bilbao. It was a cultural centre for the Basque
country, with a hallowed oak tree upon which for centuries the public
power in Spain has been obliged recurrently to affirm an oath to respect
the rights of the Basque people.
(November 23rd, 2004)
Fallujans pay the price
of liberation By Dr Muhamad Ayash al-Kubaisi (originally printed in
Al-Jazeera)
When a nation's identity, existence and dignity is put at risk, the
sacrifice required is far more than the lives of a group of fighters, and
that is why Falluja has chosen to carry the flag of resistance in Iraq, in
the clear knowledge it may be wiped out.
(November 23rd, 2004)
What's the Latest on
Iraq? Updates for the Iraq Solidarity Campaign (This is a PowerPoint
Presentation)
(November 13th, 2004)
IRAQ SOLIDARITY
CAMPAIGN-Philippines - UNITY STATEMENT - TIME TO END THE OCCUPATION OF
IRAQ
(November 13th, 2004)
ANGELO AND FOREIGN
POLICY: A POSTMORTEM by NELSON D. LAVINA - A perspective of Philippine
involvement with the illegal American invasion and occupation of Iraq.
(August 28th, 2004)
A Filipino¹s Guide to
Iraq - BRIEFING PAPER #1 -
Iraq Solidarity Campaign - Philippines
(August 13th, 2004)
The right decision -
THOSE who oppose the pullout of the country's military & police contingent
in Iraq see only weakness where others see necessity, cowardice where
others see conviction (if admittedly newfound), greater danger where
others see more security.
A Reuters story on Friday framed the pullout in bilateral terms, with the
Philippines "defying" the United States by proceeding with the first phase
of the withdrawal.
(July 27th, 2004)
MEDIA STATEMENT - IRAQ
SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN - 15 July 2004
(July 17th, 2004)
For
photos, text and video of the vigil at Mendiola, July 11, to save the life
of Angelo de la Cruz and to demand the pullout of RP troops from Iraq now
Pls visit:
http://www.geocities.com/arkibo04/mendiola/vigil2.htm
For photos and text of the vigil at Plaza Miranda of various sectoral
organizations to save the life of OFW hostage Angelo de la Cruz and to
demand that RP troops be pulled out of Iraq now.
Pls visit:
http://www.geocities.com/arkibo04/vigil/vigil.htm
"A Picture is Worth a
Thousand Words" .... And There Your Honour, We Rest Our Case.... (A
page of horrors from the Robert Fisk website)
(July 17th, 2004)
Nation's Largest Union
Calls for End to U.S. Occupation of Iraq and Withdrawal of U.S. Troops
Nearly 4000 delegates of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the
nation's largest with 1.6 million members, voted unanimously at the
union's national convention in San Francisco today to end U.S. occupation
of Iraq and to bring U.S. troops stationed there home.
(July 17th, 2004)
National Council of
Churches of the Philippines Conference Statement on Handover Sovereignty
to Iraq - 'Handover' Blurs the Truth:
The charade is on. Two days before schedule, the much touted June 30
"handover of sovereignty" was held by the U.S. occupiers-stealthily like a
thief in the night-on June 28th, as people who oppose the U.S. war in Iraq
poise to mount protests against this latest window dressing act of the
United States.
(July 17th, 2004)
"Recall our soldiers and
save our workers" It was just a matter of time before Filipinos would
be targets of Iraqi retaliation. Almost instantly, from the moment
American and British invading forces rolled into Baghdad, our workers
started streaming into Iraq like famished little ants out to nibble on the
remains of a fallen animal.
(July 12th, 2004)
WHAT are we doing in Iraq
anyway? The 4,000 or so Filipinos working as cooks and drivers may be
there because of reconstruction's employment opportunities, but the 51
soldiers and policemen serving with the US-led coalition forces?
(July 12th, 2004)
Where there is Violence,
Let Us Sow Peace
A CALL FOR GREATER VIGILANCE IN THE JUNE 30 - U.S. HANDOVER OF SOVEREIGNTY
TO IRAQ
(July 2nd, 2004)
PAYING THE PRICE: THE
MOUNTING COSTS OF THE IRAQ WAR
A Study by the Institute for Policy Studies and Foreign Policy In Focus
(July 1st, 2004)
If you're Filipino and you
support the Iraqi people's right to self-determination, please consider
signing the letter below. If you agree, please spare 2 minutes to forward
the letter to our Ambassador to the UN, Laura Baja
(posted June 15th 2004)
Michael Berg - Nick Berg's Father
Speaks Against Iraq War
This is the message of
Michael Berg, father of Nick Berg, the US contractor beheaded on video in
Iraq by suspected Al-Qaeda members in retaliation for the torture of Iraqi
prisoners by US troops. It was read as a message of support for the STOP
THE WAR COALITION's demonstration, "End the Torture--Bring the Troops Home
Now, " held in London recently, and printed in The Guardian in May 21,
2004)
(posted May 6th 2004)
Noam Chomsky Interview - BBC
If George Bush were to
be judged by the standards of the Nuremberg
Tribunals, he'd be hanged. So too, mind you, would every single American
President since the end of the second world war, including Jimmy Carter.
The suggestion comes from perhaps the most feted liberal intellectual in
the world - the American linguist Noam Chomsky. His latest attack on the
way his country behaves in the world is called Hegemony or Survival,
America's Quest for Global Dominance.
(posted May 6th 2004)
Torture at Abu Ghraib Followed CIA's Manual
by Alfred W. McCoy
From
a noted scholar on the Philippines, author of “Anarchy of
Families”...-Herbert (posted May 19th 2004)
Lest We Forget - American War Crimes in Iraq
Images from various media outlets showing how Americans behave outside of
the United States Of America
(posted May 9th 2004)
The Taguba Report - American War Crimes
This is the US Army Report on Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
(posted May 6th 2004)
Yesterday's Iraqis, Today's Filipino's
Focus on the Philippines (FOP) is an electronic newsletter on
Philippine news and issues put out by Focus on the Global South-Philippine
Programme. FOP has currently over 600 subscribers. The newsletter tackles
broad development issues like trade and finance, militarization,
environment, global governance, multilateral institutions, and US hegemony
among others. FOP is a venue for sharing perspectives and commentaries on
the issues that shape our country and inform our respective advocacy work.
(posted May 5th 2004)
Statement of Iraq Solidarity
END U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ!
BRING HOME PHILIPPINE TROOPS NOW!
(posted May 2nd 2004)
The BRussells Tribunal Saturday April 17 2004.
People vs Total War Incorporated (posted May 2nd
2004)
Falluja and the Forging of the New Iraq
By Walden Bello (posted Apr 28th 2004)
The Cost of War (posted Nov 11th 2003)
INTERNATIONAL DEMANDS REGARDING THE INVASION, OCCUPATION AND
"RECONSTRUCTION" OF IRAQ. (posted May 9th 2003)
SHOCK AND AWE.
A powerpoint presentation showing the nightmare side of the American Dream
of empire. Not for children or the faint-hearted -- this is the
gruesome reality of war. Slow-loading as it has 150 pictures of war
victims, but you'll clearly see here why war is never the solution.
(posted April 7, 2003)
BUSH AND COHORTS ARE WAR CRIMINALS!
From the Public Interest Law Center. (posted April 5, 2003)
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