ICH: John Pilger: The Lies Of Hiroshima Are The Lies Of Today

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"A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable." -- Thomas Jefferson - (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President   = "A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday." - Alexander Pope - (1688-1744) English poet  - Source: Thoughts on Various Subjects; published in Swift's Miscellanies (1727)   = "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper." -- Edmund Burke - (1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker   ===   Read this newsletter online http://tinyurl.com/dy6yy   ===   Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  "1,251,944" http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html   ===   Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,134 http://icasualties.org/oif/   The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs $543,132,963,899   See the cost in your community http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182   ===     The Lies Of Hiroshima Are The Lies Of Today   By John Pilger   Catching war criminals is fashionable again. Radovan Karadzic stands in the dock, but Sharon and Olmert, Bush and Blair do not. Why not? The memory of Hiroshima requires an answer http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20444.htm   ===   Baghdad, 5 Years On   The Killing Fields   Video by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.    One Baghdad's killings fields on the edge of Sadr City. The scene of thousands of sectarian murders over the last three years, it is a desolate and evil place: 'Only the killers and the killed ever come here' says Abdul-Ahad. Here in the thousands of unmarked graves lie the victims of militia gangs. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20448.htm   ===   Law Professor: Counter Terrorism Czar Told Me There Is Going To Be An i-9/11 And An i-Patriot Act   By Steve Watson   Amazing revelations have emerged concerning already existing government plans to overhaul the way the internet functions in order to apply much greater restrictions and control over the web. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20440.htm   ===   Gitmo Detainees Subject to Detention Even if Acquitted: Pentagon   By AFP   Some detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will likely never be released because of the danger they pose, and those tried and acquitted will still be subject to continued detention as enemy combatants, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20442.htm   ===   The Irrelevancy of the Gitmo Trials   By Jacob G. Hornberger   If the Pentagon can continue imprisoning a defendant who has been acquitted, then what's the point of a trial? Isn't the trial more in the nature of a show trial, similar to those conducted by the Soviet Union? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20441.htm   ===   In Case You Missed it   Gun-at-the-head Diplomacy   This War Came From a Think Tank   By Jochen Boelsche,   It was in no way a conspiracy. As far back as 1998, ultra right US think tanks had developed and published plans for an era of US world domination, sidelining the UN and attacking Iraq. These people were not taken seriously. But now they are calling the tune. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2041.htm   ===   Working Poor Unready to Revolt   By Joel S. Hirschhorn   Once upon a time when governments no longer served most of their citizens it was the most economically disadvantaged that could be counted on to rebel against tyranny and injustice. Times have changed, for the worse, despite the spread of democracy. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20445.htm   ===   Racism and Genocide   Lies of Our Times   By James Petras   One of the hallmarks of totalitarian ideologues is the use of the big lie: a virulent attack on a defenseless group and then a categorical denial turning victims into executioners and executioners into victims. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20446.htm   ===   "Neocon Flap Highlights Jewish Divide"   By Alan Hart   Commentators should stop equating Zionism with Judaism. The difference between the two, why they are total opposites, is THE key to understanding who must do what and why for justice and peace in the Middle East. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20443.htm   ===   Only We Can End the Conflict   An Israeli Jew in Gaza   By Jeff Halper   n another few days, I will sail on one of the Free Gaza movement boats from Cyprus to Gaza. The mission is to break the Israeli siege, an absolutely illegal siege which has plunged a million and a half Palestinians into wretched conditions: imprisoned in their own homes, exposed to extreme military violence, deprived of the basic necessities of life, stripped of their most fundamental human rights and dignity. The siege violates the most fundamental principle of international law: the inadmissibility of harming civilian populations. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20447.htm   ===   Policemen, bomb-makers among 19 killed in Afghanistan:   Militants killed four policemen in an attack on a security post overnight while more than a dozen Taliban-linked militants, including two clerics preparing a bomb in a mosque, also died http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?204136   ===   Four Afghan guards killed in assault   Dozens of militants stormed a police post in Afghanistan overnight, killing four policemen http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/05/top14.htm   ===   U.S. marine killed by Afghan roadside bomb:   Blast targets patrol in Farah province; 'several militants' killed by other unit http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26052522/   ===   4 Fort Hood soldiers killed in Afghanistan:   Four Army soldiers from Fort Hood died last week in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device hit their vehicle, the Department of Defense announced Monday. http://tinyurl.com/6njrrw   ===   US adds 26 days to Marines' Afghanistan tours:   More than 1,200 Marines deployed to train Afghan security forces have had their tours of duty extended by 26 days, the Marine Corps said. http://tinyurl.com/5rl8ho   ===   US Frustrated by Taliban Resilience:   The Taliban are demonstrating a resilience and ferocity that are sowing alarm here, in Washington and in other NATO capitals, and engendering a fresh round of soul-searching over how a relatively ragtag insurgency has managed to keep the world's most powerful armies at bay. http://tinyurl.com/6ka7k7   ===   11 Afghan refugees killed in Pakistan rains, floods:   Eleven Afghans were among 42 people killed in rain-related incidents and heavy floods that hit Peshawar and the adjoining Khyber Agency, officials and residents said on Tuesday. http://www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=59881   ===   Taliban militants killed while bombing school in Pakistan:   Two suspected pro-Taliban militants were killed while attempting to detonate explosives in an effort to blow up a school in Pakistan's northwestern valley of Swat, according to media reports quoting the police. http://tinyurl.com/6zf83k   ===   Juan Cole: Swat Violence termed 'Near Civil War'; Obama Slammed in Pakistan:   The Pakistani Army, in fierce fighting with tribal forces organized by the Tehrik-i Taliban, claims to have killed some 90 of the enemy in the past week, as the Swat Valley was engulfed in something close to a civil war. http://www.juancole.com/2008/08/swat-violence-termed-near-civil-war.html   ===   Iraq: At least 16 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:   The bodies of 16 men were discovered on Tuesday in different areas of a village near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, a security officer in Diyala said. http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSKAM630195   ===   Mehdi Army 'stops carrying arms':   In a BBC interview, Salah al-Obeidi said future decisions about the Mehdi Army's strategy would depend on the long-term status of US troops in Iraq. "Resistance" would go on if a timetable for US withdrawal was not set, he said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7545182.stm   ===   Dahr Jamail : Baghdad warms to Sunni awakening:   The Sahwa are the "Awakening Forces" created and paid by the US military to co-opt militants and to fight al-Qaeda, but which have become a force of their own parallel to the military and the police. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JH07Ak03.html   ===   White House 'buried British intelligence on Iraq WMDs':   MI6 told Tony Blair before the invasion of Iraq that a high-placed Iraqi source said that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction. The intelligence was passed to the US but was buried by the White House, according to a new book. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4466512.ece   ===   We broke it. You pay?   US Senators Want Iraq to Spend Oil Revenue on Reconstruction:   Higher oil earnings could give the government in Baghdad a budget surplus of up to $50 billion - a windfall that has been noticed by senior senators in both U.S. political parties. http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-06-voa53.cfm?rss=topstories   ===   Iran blames U.S. for failures in Iraq:   A senior Iranian diplomat on Wednesday rejected U.S. charges that Iran was trying to undermine stability in Iraq and accused the United States of trying to blame Tehran for its own failures there. http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN0649623420080806?rpc=401&   ===   Israel mulls military option for Iran " nukes":   Israel is building up its strike capabilities amid growing anxiety over Iran's nuclear ambitions and appears confident that a military attack would cripple Tehran's atomic program, even if it can't destroy it. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_striking_iran   ===   U.S., China, Russia Agree to Seek More Iran Sanctions :   Russia's envoy to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, said his government hadn't agreed to further sanctions and held out for a resolution to the dispute. http://tinyurl.com/6lceju   ===   Russia says Iran Six will continue dialogue with Tehran:   The six countries trying to persuade Iran to halt its uranium enrichment will continue attempts to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program by diplomatic means, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080806/115850764.html   ===   Settler gang pushes Palestinian boy off roof:   When a group of Jewish settlers came down the street towards them in the old city centre of Hebron, Hamza Abu Khetar's friends fled from the house that they were renovating http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4467099.ece   ===   It's embarrassing to be an Israeli:   Once, many years ago, we were proud to say we were Israelis. Israel's accomplishments in agriculture, settlement and science were internationally acclaimed, and the Israeli army was our pride. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331212450&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull   ===   US commander in Lebanon for talks:   The US commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has held talks with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and other leaders on a surprise visit to Beirut http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7546040.stm   ===   Mauritanian military stages coup:   The sacked commander of Mauritania's presidential guards has taken control of the presidential palace in Nouakchott, the capital.. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/08/20088695834599264.html   ===   Chavez-Kirchner's Bolivia trip canceled:   The meeting between leaders of three South American countries is canceled as anti-government demonstrators pour into the streets of La Paz. http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=65748&sectionid=351020704   ===   Split verdict in first Guantanamo war-crimes trial:   The conviction of Osama bin Laden's driver by a U.S. military court after a 10-day trial provides an indication of what to expect as dozens more Guantanamo prisoners go to court: shifting charges, secret testimony - and quick verdicts. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver   ===   Doubt cast on U.S. version of terror suspect's arrest:   As U.S. authorities took a purported al Qaida operative to court on attempted murder and assault charges Tuesday in New York, her family, the Afghan police and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan cast doubts on the accuracy of the American story. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/46535.html   ===   US state executes Mexican convict:   The US state of Texas has defied the International Court of Justice and executed a Mexican prisoner convicted of murder. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/08/200885172036195832.html   ===   'Fakeproof' e-passport is cloned in minutes:   New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4467106.ece   ===   The Atomic Bombing of Japan:   The claims that Truman and advisers used the bombs on military bases, and after careful consideration of alternatives, have both been proven false http://www.counterpunch.org/young08062008.html   ===   France denies Rwanda genocide role:   France's foreign ministry has accused Rwanda of making "unacceptable accusations" in a report alleging that French politicians and military played an active role in the 1994 genocide http://tinyurl.com/6467gv   ===   Obama Muslim co-ordinator resigns:   Barack Obama's Muslim outreach adviser has resigned from the US Democratic presidential candidate's campaign after reports emerged about a previous link to an imam with ties to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/08/200886192251613313.html   ===   Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad:   An ad for The Paris Hilton Presidential Campaign. Paid for by Funny Or Die. http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64ad536a6d   ===   Let Us Work Towards Peace & Joy        Tom Feeley