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By Josh White

Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich, the squad's leader, shot the men one by one after Marines ordered them out of a white taxi in the moments following the explosion, which killed one Marine and injured two others, witnesses told investigators. Another Marine fired rounds into their bodies as they lay on the ground.

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Iraqi Girl tells of US Attack in Haditha

Video

Ten-year-old Iman Walid witnessed the killing of seven members of her family in an attack by American marines last November. The interview with Iman was filmed exclusively for ITV News by Ali Hamdani,our Iraqi video diarist.

https://tinyurl.com/l4qbg



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haditha

By Molly Ivins

The president of the United States does not have the sense God gave a duck--so it's up to us. You and me.

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https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Molly+Ivins

https://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2132569.ece


Informant: jeff

US Marines gunned down five unarmed Iraqis who stumbled onto the scene of a 2005 roadside bombing in Haditha, Iraq, according to eyewitness accounts that are part of a lengthy investigative report. The accounts provide evidence that as the Marines came under attack, they responded in ways that are difficult to reconcile with their rules of engagement.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010607G.shtml



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haditha

Joseph L. Galloway writes: "President Bush in a few days will present the results of his painful month-long examination of the options for continuing his mistaken adventure in Iraq, but there's little evidence that he's discovered any new way forward. The word in the halls of the Pentagon and inside the Beltway is that The Decider will choose some sort of temporary bump in the numbers of American troops currently assigned to fight a war without end and without purpose."


https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010607C.shtml

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Continuing the Flight from Reality
https://www.commondreams.org/views07/0110-24.htm



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joseph+Galloway

https://electroniciraq.net/news/2799.shtml



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jim+Lobe
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=surge+troop

As the White House polished a new Iraq strategy that includes replacing key US military leaders and possibly sending more soldiers to Iraq, Congress' new Democratic chiefs said they would oppose any troop buildup.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010507R.shtml

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Pelosi, Reid Urge Bush to Begin Iraq Pullout

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid declared yesterday that "it is time to bring the war to a close" and warned President Bush that sending more US troops to Iraq would be unacceptable to the Democratic majorities that have just taken over Congress.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010607B.shtml



Democrats Vow to Resist Buildup

Democratic Congressional leaders vowed yesterday to use their powers of spending and policy oversight to challenge President Bush's expected proposal this week, as part of a broad revision of Iraq strategy, to boost US military forces in the country by as many as 20,000 troops.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010807B.shtml



The History of Surges
https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010807C.shtml



Quagmire of the Vanities

Paul Krugman writes, "The only real question about the planned 'surge' in Iraq - which is better described as a Vietnam-style escalation - is whether its proponents are cynical or delusional."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010807E.shtml



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge

Month by month restive Anbar province seems to drift farther away from Baghdad. Fallujah, the war-torn city at its heart, has become a magnet for the country’s displaced Sunnis, with potentially devastating consequences for Iraq.

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2532427,00.html



The Death Squads

Video
https://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/245/59/


From Information Clearing House

https://www.commondreams.org/views07/0105-30.htm



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Molly+Ivins