ICH: ‘Bodies Are Lying Everywhere. It’s Hell’

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Information Clearing House Newsletter

News You Won't Find On CNN
10/08/08
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"There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the vague stirrings of decency that go with individual judgement. When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom- freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. Herein undoubtedly lies part of the attractiveness of a mass movement": Eric Hoffer

 

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"A man who has in mind an apparent advantage and promptly proceeds to dissociate this from the question of what is right shows himself to be mistaken and immoral. Such a standpoint is the parent of assassinations, poisonings, forged wills, thefts, malversations of public money, and the ruinous exploitation of provincials and Roman citizens alike. Another result is passionate desire - desire for excessive wealth, for unendurable tyranny, and ultimately for the despotic seizure of free states. These desires are the most horrible and repulsive things imaginable. The perverted intelligences of men who are animated by such feelings are competent to understand the material rewards, but not the penalties. I do not mean penalties established by law, for these they often escape. I mean the most terrible of all punishments: their own degradation."Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

 

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"The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do." : Samuel P. Huntington

 

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"Beat me with the truth, don't torture me with lies": Author - Unknown

 

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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  "1,252,595"
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,138
http://icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$544,253,992,411
 
See the cost in your community
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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'Bodies Are Lying Everywhere. It's Hell'

 

By Mark Franchetti, Moscow

 

A wave of shock and apprehension gripped the region as survivors asked themselves whether Georgia was about to follow Chechnya into another Caucasian war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20474.htm

 

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Petraeus: US is flying Georgian troops into battle zone

 

Exclusive: Deborah Haynes, Baghdad

 

US aircraft have started to fly some of Georgia's 2,000 troops in Iraq back home to join the fight in the breakaway province of South Ossetia, General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq said today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20475.htm

 

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The Pipeline War: Russian Bear Goes for West's Jugular

 

By Svetlana Skarbo and Jonathan Petre

 

The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20476.htm

 

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At Last!

 

PA: We May Demand Binational Israel-Palestinian State

 

By Reuters

 

A Palestinian official said Qureia told Sunday's gathering he thought the peace talks had hit an impasse. The unsuccessful efforts to realize the goal of a separate state has touched off debate among Palestinians for months, including as to whether they should seek instead to merge into a joint state with Israel.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20477.htm

 

More on this topic (Binational State)

http://tinyurl.com/5977xa

 

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Russia steps up attacks and blockade as Georgians offer ceasefire:

 

The Russian army claims that Georgian forces were still active in South Ossetia, despite receiving a Georgian note declaring an end to military activities.
http://tinyurl.com/6dpyxp

 

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Russia Prepares for Naval Blockade of Georgia:

 

Ships are grouping in the Black Sea near the Georgian aquatic border. A unnamed naval source has said that the move is necessary to prevent arms deliveries to Georgia by sea. He added that the naval blockade of Georgia will help avoid escalation of military actions in Abkhazia
http://www.kommersant.com/p-13063/r_500/South_Ossetia/

 

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Ukraine threatens to bar Russian warships:

 

Ukraine said on Sunday it reserved the right to temporarily bar Russian warships dispatched to the Georgian coast from returning to their Ukrainian base of Sevastopol.
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSLA480092

 

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Georgia Wants U.S. to Restrain Russia:

 

Five days after Georgian troops stormed into South Ossetia to reclaim control of the tiny breakaway territory, they were in retreat on Sunday after being battered by Russian forces. But the Russians have not confined themselves to pushing Georgian forces out of South Ossetia, and ongoing Russian attacks have hit close to the Georgian capital and along its coastline
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831244,00.html?xid=rss-world

 

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US condemns 'dangerous' Russian response in South Ossetia:

 

American official calls Moscow's military action against Georgia 'disproportionate' and warns of lasting damage to relations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/10/georgia.russia2

 

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U.S. suggests Russia wants "regime change" in Georgia:

 

The United States suggested on Sunday that Russia was interested in "regime change" in Georgia after Moscow rejected Tbilisi's offer of a cease-fire in the separatist enclave of South Ossetia.
http://tinyurl.com/6zs4sz

 

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Georgia: Vladimir Putin leads from front to send US a bullish message:

 

The fighting in Georgia has answered the question that world leaders have been asking since Vladimir Putin stepped down as President this year: who runs Russia?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4499726.ece

 

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U.S. has few options to deter Russia:

 

Most of the key cards, including the power to veto any United Nations, were held by Russia, which appeared to be using the crisis to ram home to the United State and its allies that it will not accept further expansion of NATO. Both Georgia and the former Soviet republic of Ukraine are seeking to join the alliance.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/254/story/398835.html

 

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Did the U.S. Prep Georgia for War with Russia?:

 

One of the U.S. military trainers put it to me a bit more bluntly. "We're giving them the knife," he said. "Will they use it?"
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/did-us-military.html

 

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'US incited Georgia offensive in S. Ossetia':

 

The White House has orchestrated the current conflict between Russia and Georgia in South Ossetia, a high-ranking Russian official says. In a Friday press conference, Chairman of Russia's State Duma Security Committee Vladimir Vasilyev said without US aid, Tbilisi would have been unable to start military operation in South Ossetia.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=66208&sectionid=351020602

 

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Israel 'has a hand in S. Ossetia war':

 

The report added the Israeli advisers were deeply involved in the Georgian army's preparations to attack and capture the capital of South Ossetia on Friday.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=66203&sectionid=351020202

 

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Jewish Georgian minister: Thanks to Israeli training, we're fending off Russia:

 

Jewish Georgian Minister Temur Yakobshvili on Sunday praised the Israel Defense Forces for its role in training Georgian troops and said Israel should be proud of its military might, in an interview with Army Radio.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010187.html

 

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Georgian fighting drives out Israeli security consultants:

 

"The Russians don't look kindly on the military cooperation of Israeli firms with the Georgian army, and as far as I know, Israelis doing security consulting left Georgia in the past few days because of the events there," the former Israeli ambassador to Georgia and Armenia, Baruch Ben Neria, said yesterday
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1009940.html

 

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In Pictures: War Victims:

 

Warning - This item should only be viewed by a mature audience
http://osinform.ru/foto/7343-zhertvy-obstrela-juzhnojj-osetii.html

 

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Abkhazia declares 'state of war':

 

The separatist region of Abkhazia has declared a 10-day 'state of war' in its territories close to the de facto borders with Georgia
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=66172&sectionid=351020606

 

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Pakistani Military: 100 Militants, 9 Soldiers Die Fighting Along Afghan Border:

 

Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps said Sunday that security forces backed by helicopter gunships have been battling rebels in the Bajaur tribal region for the past four days.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-10-voa25.cfm?rss=war%20and%20conflict

 

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US occupation forces bomb kill up to 19 civilians: Afghan parliamentarian:

 

''Instead of bombing the Taliban, they bombed civilians in the area twice and killed up to 19 people, including women and children,'' he said, adding that 12 others were wounded
http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/air-strikes-kill-up-to-19-civilians-afghan-parliamentarian

 

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Afghan president urges military action in Pakistan:

 

President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that airstrikes carried out in Afghan villages by U.S. and NATO troops are only killing civilians and that the international community should instead go after terror centers in Pakistan.
http://tinyurl.com/5mvco8

 

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Musharraf will not quit, says spokesman - Summary:

 

"The president will not step down, he has no intentions of resigning," presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi told the English- language Dawn news channel. "He will face the impeachment motion with a democratic spirit."
http://tinyurl.com/6oebye

 

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At Least 10 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:

 

A roadside bomb killed three people, including one Iraqi soldier, and wounded 10 others, including four Iraqi soldiers, when it struck a patrol in Bab al-Sharji district in central Baghdad
http://tinyurl.com/5ogepz

 

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Suicide bomber kills 4 Iraqis, U.S. occupation force soldier:

 

A suicide bomber targeted U.S occupation and .-Iraqi forces north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing four Iraqi civilians and American soldier the military said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26123243/

 

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Iraq demands "very clear" U.S. troop timeline: -

 

The United States must provide a "very clear timeline" to withdraw its troops from Iraq as part of an agreement allowing them to stay beyond this year, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080810/ts_nm/iraq_dc
 
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Let Us Work Towards Peace & Joy
 
     Tom Feeley