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By William Neikirk

U.S. troops have been accused of committing atrocities in Iraq. Americans should care.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14724.htm



Where's the outrage?

By Gary Kamiya

A real antiwar movement would end our Iraq disaster. But the middle class doesn't care enough to protest, so the kids who go to community college will keep dying.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16195.htm

Global warming is changing the insurance industry. Says Allstate CEO Edward Liddy: "We are in a period of increased land and sea surface temperatures. When you couple that with more people living along coasts and dramatically increased home values in those areas, that's when you step back and you say, 'Wait a minute. This is not yesterday's game.'"

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/082506EB.shtml

Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), once an ardent supporter of the war in Iraq, said yesterday that the Bush administration should set a time frame for withdrawing U.S. troops. He added that most of the withdrawal could take place next year.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14692.htm

Suicide soldier's dying words to his mother.
https://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1221649.ece

https://www.wesh.com/news/9726959/detail.html


Informant: Davey Garland

A force of around 4,000 British troops will stay behind in Iraq for an indefinite period, even after all provinces controlled by the UK are handed over to the Baghdad government in nine months' time, senior defence sources said yesterday.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14671.htm

https://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5006/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Republican Senator John McCain, a staunch defender of the Iraq war, on Tuesday faulted the Bush administration for misleading Americans into believing the conflict would be "some kind of day at the beach."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082206T.shtml

An Iraqi investigative panel has launched an independent probe into the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl allegedly by American soldiers currently in U.S. custody, who will be tried in absentia if necessary, an official said Tuesday.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2341038


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