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2. [Peace&Justice] G-8 Peacekeeping | Charging on in Iraq (IRC Communications)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:05:08 +0200
From: "redazione@DELETETHISuruknet.info" <redazione@DELETETHISuruknet.info>
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Subject: uruknet.info: everyday coverage from occupied iraq
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*Memo Offered Justification for Use of Torture*
/Dana Priest and R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post Staff Writers/
In August 2002, the Justice Department advised the White House that
torturing al Qaeda terrorists in captivity abroad "may be justified,"
and that international laws against torture "may be unconstitutional if
applied to interrogations" conducted in President Bush's war on
terrorism, according to a newly obtained memo... continua / continued
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3417> [3417] [ 08-jun-2004 16:40 ECT ]
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*Liberati gli ostaggi italiani*
/Repubblica/
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3416> =09Sono stati liberati tutti gli
ostaggi italiani in Iraq. Umberto Cupertino, Salvatore Stefio e Maurizio
Agliana, nelle mani dei rapitori dal 13 aprile scorso, sono liberi e in
buone condizioni di salute. Il sottosegretario alla presidenza del
consiglio Gianni Letta e il ministro degli Esteri Franco Frattini, a
nome del governo, hanno confermato che gli ostaggi italiani sono stati
liberati nei pressi di Bagdad dalle forze della coalizione... continua
/ continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3416> [3416] [ 08-jun-2004
15:36 ECT ]
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*Granate e autobombe: in Iraq altri ventuno morti, sette sono soldati*
/L'Unit=C3=A0/
Sono sei i soldati della coalizione rimasti uccisi oggi nei pressi della
citt=C3=A0 irachena di Suwarija in un'operazione di sminamento: tre
slovacchi, due polacchi ed un lettone... continua / continued
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3415> [3415] [ 08-jun-2004 15:31 ECT ]
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*US submits UN resolution for Tuesday vote*
/Aljazeera.net/
The US has formally submitted its draft resolution for a Security
Council vote on Tuesday, after refusing a French demand for Iraqi veto
power over major US-led military operations... continua / continued
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3414> [3414] [ 08-jun-2004 13:37 ECT ]
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*Correttori di bozze*
/Giuliana Sgrena, il manifesto/
Gli Stati uniti presentano all'Onu una nuova bozza di risoluzione
sull'Iraq. E' la quarta. Non c'=C3=A8 il diritto di veto alle azioni milita=
ri
da parte del nuovo governo: si parla di =C2=ABstretto coordinamento=C2=BB c=
on
l'esercito di occupazione angloamericano. Bush vuole che sia approvata
oggi. Russia, Germania, Francia e Cina lavorano alle correzioni, poi si
dispongono alla firma... continua / continued
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3411> [3411] [ 08-jun-2004 12:47 ECT ]
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*Iraq car bombs kill 15*
/The Guardian/
Car bombs shook the northern Iraqi cities of Baquba and Mosul today,
killing at least 14 Iraqis and one US soldier. At least 126 people were
wounded in the two bombings, including 10 US soldiers. The first blast
occurred outside a US outpost at the former al-Faris air force base in
Baquba, 30 miles north of Baghdad. Hundreds of Iraqis who work at the
base were standing in line awaiting security checks at the time...
continua / continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3413> [3413] [
08-jun-2004 13:25 ECT ] =09<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3413>
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*Il manuale segreto per torturare in libert=C3=A0*
/il manifesto/
Wall Street Journal: i legali del Pentagono scoprirono come il
presidente poteva aggirare le leggi internazionali. Tortura: un parere
legale al Dipartimento alla difesa, datato marzo 2003, elenca le
tecniche di interrogatorio =C2=ABpi=C3=B9 energiche=C2=BB da usare a Guanta=
namo: sono
quelle poi usate in Iraq. Lo studio offre le giustificazioni legali:
nella guerra al terrorismo il presidente non =C3=A8 tenuto a rispettare le
leggi che vietano la tortura, americane o internazionali. E nessuno, che
agisca sotto sua istruzione, potr=C3=A0 essere processato per questo...
continua / continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3410> [3410] [
08-jun-2004 12:44 ECT ]
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*Arab Press Note: June 7, 2004*
/Iraq Occupation and Resistance Report/
..."And after a great effort he nominated 18 ministers with foreign
passports and who, up to now, have kept their families living abroad as
citizens of other countries" she said, adding that such government have
no relations with the population and can only be viewed as an offshoot
of occupation. The same paper said that, by nominating Ayad Allawi, the
British citizen and CIA operative, as Prime minister, the CIA has become
the real ruler of Iraq... continua / continued
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3412> [3412] [ 08-jun-2004 13:05 ECT ]
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*"Caro Silvio, avrei bisogno di Napoli, Taranto, Milano, e anche..."*
/Alessandro Marescotti/
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3409> =09...Quando Bush =C3=A8 andato dal Pa=
pa ha
lasciato fuori dalla sala la valigetta nera con i codici di lancio dei
missili nucleari. Ma vi sono anche altri dettagli che Bush a Roma non ha
rivelato ai giornalisti. Le forze Usa stanno traslocando dal Nord Europa
e il baricentro del potere navale della Us Navy sar=C3=A0 spostato in Itali=
a.
Il Quartier generale di Londra migrer=C3=A0 a Napoli. Il Comando della Sest=
a
Flotta sorger=C3=A0 a Taranto. La nuova "autostrada" militare Usa che passa
per Milano-Solbiate Olona, Livorno-Camp Darby, Catania-Sigonella. E
prevede l'ampliamento della micidiale base nucleare della Maddalena...
continua / continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3409> [3409] [
08-jun-2004 11:06 ECT ]
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*L=E2=80=99OCCUPAZIONE DELL=E2=80=99IRAQ? AFFARI DI FAMIGLIA*
/Marco Santopadre/
George W. Bush va ripetendo da tempo che "uno dei nostri obiettivi
fondamentali =C3=A8 il trasferimento della sovranit=C3=A0 a un governo irac=
heno
nel tempo pi=C3=B9 breve possibile". Ma chi comanda oggi in Iraq e chi lo
far=C3=A0 dopo la fatidica data del 30 giugno? Lo abbiamo chiesto allo
scrittore ed esperto di questioni internazionali Thierry Meissan,
presente alla "Conferenza di solidariet=C3=A0 con la resistenza irachena" c=
he
si =C3=A8 tenuta a Parigi lo scorso 15 maggio... continua / continued
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3408> [3408] [ 08-jun-2004 03:03 ECT ]
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*New leaders in Iraq have deep ties to U.S.*
/Farah Stockmanand Thanassis Cambanis/
Iraq's newly appointed minister of communications, a former mobile
network designer, owns a home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is
still a registered voter. The minister of electricity, an avid Bulls
basketball fan, has also kept his home, which is on the outskirts of
Chicago... continua / continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3407>
[3407] [ 08-jun-2004 02:39 ECT ]
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*Iraq again in the heart of the World*
/Behnam Keryo/
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3406> =09...Iraqis today, know they are abou=
t
to overcome the US monster, they are writing with their precious blood a
noble and magnificent page in the history of humanity just as they did
thousands of years ago when they delivered to humanity the first
mathematic, astronomy, and literature clay tablets.. The battle is
fierce, the monster is bleeding. Iraqis, be aware of its last kick..but
at the end of the day only the truth of your shining struggle will
prevail... continua / continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3406>
[3406] [ 08-jun-2004 02:32 ECT ]
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*Deal to disband Iraq militias announced*
/CNN/
Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced a deal Monday to
disband nine militias. The deal calls for most militiamen to join Iraqi
security forces or return to civilian life by the beginning of next
year. The agreement excludes the Mehdi Army of radical Shiite cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr, which launched an uprising against coalition forces two
months ago... continua / continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3405>
[3405] [ 08-jun-2004 02:20 ECT ]
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*Abuse Scandal Stirs Debate Over ICRC Policy*
/Angy Ghannam, IOL Staff/
The inquiries into the abuses of Iraqi prisoners in the U.S.-run Abu
Gharib prison have so far left crucial questions concerning the
confidentiality policy of the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) unanswered as the humanitarian organization was buffeted by
demands to drop its silence over what it hears or sees about prisoners
as a price for gaining access to jails in trouble spots around the world
(...) Sources in the community of non-government groups that work with
the Red Cross said they believed Christophe Girod was unhappy with his
own organization and with the U.S. Government and that he felt they (the
Red Cross) should have gone public with their report... continua /
continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3404> [3404] [ 08-jun-2004
01:49 ECT ] =09<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3404>
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*Pentagon Report Set Framework For Use of Torture*
/Jess Bravin/
Bush administration lawyers contended last year that the president
wasn't bound by laws prohibiting torture and that government agents who
might torture prisoners at his direction couldn't be prosecuted by the
Justice Department. The advice was part of a classified report on
interrogation methods prepared for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
after commanders at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, complained in late 2002 that
with conventional methods they weren't getting enough information from
prisoners... continua / continued <http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3402>
[3402] [ 08-jun-2004 01:34 ECT ]
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*US won't set date for army to quit Iraq*
/Aljazeera.net/
US President George Bush's chief military adviser General Richard Myers
has said he is unable to provide a date for the withdrawal of occupation
forces from Iraq... continua / continued
<http://www.uruknet.info/.?p=3D3401> [3401] [ 08-jun-2004 01:29 ECT ]
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:13:27 -0600
To: peaceandjustice@lists.riseup.net
From: IRC Communications <communications@DELETETHISirc-online.org>
Subject: [Peace&Justice] G-8 Peacekeeping | Charging on in Iraq
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Peace and Justice News from FPIF
http://www.fpif.org/
June 8, 2004
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Introducing two new commentaries from Foreign Policy In Focus
Getting Peacekeeping Right at the G-8
By Don Kraus
Begin with the assumption the Bush administration will do the right thing =
=85
only after it has exhausted all the other options. The Sea Island Group of
8 (G-8) Summit provides President Bush, after years of disdain, the
opportunity to get peacekeeping right. Buried in the Sea Island agenda is
an initiative to double the world-wide number of trained and equipped
peacekeepers and international police over the next five years.
Don Kraus, a regular contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org)
is the executive vice president of Citizens for Global Solutions and the
co-chair of the Washington base working group, Partnership for Effective
Peace Operations.
See new FPIF commentary online at:
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0406peacekeeping.html
With printer friendly PDF version at:
http://www.fpif.org/pdf/gac/0406peacekeeping.pdf
For more analysis from Foreign Policy In Focus:
The Need for UN Police
By Don Kraus (June 5, 2003)
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2003/0306uncops.html
America=92s International Leadership Measured by International Law
By Don Kraus (June 17, 2002)
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2002/0206ilaw_body.html
Charging on in Iraq But Which Way?
By Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.)
=93The most important thing is the electricity.=94
Neither a complaint nor a question, it is more a statement of fact. Above
all, it stands as a judgment that sums the attitude of an ordinary Iraqi,
Saad Abbas, as the fourteen-month U.S.-led occupation winds down
(Washington Post, June 3, 2004).
As Iraq enters the final three weeks in the life of the Coalition
Provisional Authority (CPA), the power exerted by the inhabitants of the
heavily guarded =93Green Zone=94 is rapidly dissipating as other =93centers=
of
gravity=94 re-emerge and vie for influence. How much =93electricity=94 each=
can
generate within Iraq will determine the country=92s future course.
Dan Smith is a military affairs analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus (online
at www.fpif.org), a retired U.S. army colonel and a senior fellow on
Military Affairs at the Friends Committee on National Legislation.
See new FPIF commentary online at:
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0406charging.html
With printer friendly PDF version at:
http://www.fpif.org/pdf/gac/0406charging.pdf
For more analysis from Foreign Policy In Focus:
The Defense of =93Command Influence=94
By Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.) (May 18, 2004)
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0405comminf.html
How Long a War?
By Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.) (May 13, 2004) May 13, 2004
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0405byrdwar.html
Of Rumor and Reality
By Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.) (May 13, 2004)
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0404rumorreality.html
The Psychology of War: Iraq and Vietnam
By Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.) (April 7, 2004)
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0404iraq-vietnam.html
Rendering an Account on Iraq
By Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.) (March 18, 2004)
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0403iraq-ann.html
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