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Experts link recent increase in female suicide bombers to desire for revenge against US military policies in Iraq.

https://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=25663


From Information Clearing House

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)
https://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0430-19.htm



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Military Families Speak Out (MFSO)
https://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0501-04.htm



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Peter Cole writes for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "On Thursday, May Day, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union will declare an eight-hour strike to protest the war in Iraq. Since the ILWU controls every port along the U.S. Pacific Coast, including Seattle and Tacoma, this strike demonstrates the collective power of workers willing to use it."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050108B.shtm
[ https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/01/18482849.php ]



Union's War Protest Shuts Down West Coast Ports

William Yardley, for The New York Times: "West Coast ports were shut down on Thursday as thousands of longshoremen failed to report for work, part of what their union leaders said was a one-day, one-shift protest against the war in Iraq. Cranes and forklifts stood still from Seattle to San Diego, and ships were stalled at sea as workers held rallies up and down the coast to blame the war for distracting public attention and money from domestic needs like health care and education."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208L.shtml

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Thousands of Dockworkers Close Ports in War Protest
https://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/01/8660/

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Dockworkers close ports in war protest

LA Times

05/01/08

Thousands of dockworkers at all 29 West Coast ports, including Los Angeles and Long Beach, took the day off work today in what their union called a protest of the war in Iraq, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes.The action came two months before the contract expires between the dockworkers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, and the Pacific Maritime Assn., which represents port operators and large shippers, many of them foreign-owned.“We are supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it’s time to end the war in Iraq,” said union President Bob McEllrath...

https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ports2-2008may02,0,2955025,print.story


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Clashes between Shiite militiamen and security forces have killed more than 900 people in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraqi officials said Wednesday, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to press the offensive to its conclusion.

https://tinyurl.com/54362s
[ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080430/world/iraq_unrest_sadrcity_11]



Civilians among 28 killed as US bombs Sadr City

Photographs showed the dust-covered body of at least one child being pulled from a mountain of rubble after Tuesday's fighting.

https://tinyurl.com/3nhvzk



Another proud day in US military history

Pictures show destruction caused by US bombing of civilians.
https://tinyurl.com/4n8z3o



151 Congressmen Profit From War

More than a quarter of senators and congressmen have invested at least $196 million of their own money in companies doing business with the Department of Defense (DoD) that profit from the death and destruction in Iraq.

https://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/151-congressmen-profit-from-war/3283/



Shadowing Slaughter in Sadr City

As the first UK journalist to be embedded with the rebel Mahdi Army, Hala Jaber reports on its terrifying battle

By Hala Jaber

"Ya'mma, Ya'ba" ("Oh mother, oh father"), cried Amira Zaydan, a 45-year-old spinster, slapping her face and chest as she grieved for her parents Jaleel, 65, and Hanounah, 60, whose house had exploded after apparently being hit by an American rocket.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19864.htm



US troops battle militia in Baghdad despite deal

American troops fought street battles with Shiite militia in Baghdad's Sadr City, killing three people on the first full day of a deal to end fighting in the area, a military official said Monday.

https://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ii2zdiL63_9iANv33PbpzQihMkDg



U.S. military hits a wall in Sadr City

In the glow of a full moon, a U.S. military convoy inched toward a strategic road in Sadr City. The goal: to add to a wall being built to carve out a haven in the Shiite Muslim militia stronghold.

https://tinyurl.com/4gyjbl


From Information Clearing House

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Iraq Civilians Reportedly Among Sadr City Dead

Tina Susman, of The Los Angeles Times, reports "the US Army said they were militants. Sadr City residents said at least some were civilians, and photographs showed a dust-covered child being pulled from a mountain of rubble after Tuesday's fighting. Whatever the facts, at least 28 people were dead after the four-hour battle, the latest killed in a showdown between US and Iraqi forces and Shiite Muslim militiamen over recent weeks."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050108L.shtml



The Insurgent as Counterinsurgent

Spencer Ackerman writes for The Washington Independent: "In early April, the tenuous security gains of 2007's surge by US troops in Iraq were jeopardized by an Iraqi government assault against hard-line Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr. In Basra and the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, Iraqi security forces, backed by US troops, battled Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, leaving at least 925 dead and 2,600 wounded in a campaign that continues as of this writing."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208E.shtml



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By Pablo Ouziel

True commitment to stopping the war in Iraq requires a global human rights strike, in which the working population of the world stops producing, until the governments and the corporations realize that the voice of the people does indeed matter.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19840.htm

https://www.ufppc.org/content/view/7396/



Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



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Truthout contributor Jeff Cohen writes: "In the fall of 2002, week after week in debates televised on MSNBC, I argued vigorously against invading Iraq. I used every possible argument that might sway mainstream viewers - no real threat, cost, instability. But as the war neared, my debates were terminated."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042808R.shtml



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