by Red Phillips

Ether Zone

11/29/04

The effort to demonize the French obviously stems from their refusal to tow [sic] the American line prior to the war in Iraq. But this is one of the fallacies of neocon internationalism. It presumes a congruity of opinion between nations that is not necessarily evident to the other nation involved. Why should France support a policy that it perceives as not in its national interests, any more than the US should support policies that are not in its national interests for the sake of France? Did we not discontinue our military alliance with France after the Revolution because it was not in our national interest to get entangled in Europe's wars? There are a lot of things about the French not to like .... But their unwillingness to subjugate what they perceived as their national interest to the US hegemon is not one of them...

http://www.etherzone.com/2004/phil112904.shtml


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Independent [UK]

11/28/04

The Government has suffered a legal setback after a European court ruling that could see British soldiers taken to court over the deaths of Iraqi civilians in Basra. In a landmark judgment, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that European troops who are in control of a foreign country can be prosecuted under human rights law for breaching the civil rights of local people. It comes days before the High Court in London is due to rule on a case involving the death of the hotel receptionist Baha Mousa and more than 30 other Iraqis who were allegedly killed, tortured or ill-treated by British troops after last year's war. That case hinges on claims that British forces in Iraq are bound by the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights even outside Europe ..."

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=587572


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://joevialls.altermedia.info/iraq/internment.html


Informant: m.e. onullder

9% of Troops Put in Hospital or Killed...
http://www.juancole.com/2004/11/25000-us-casualties-in-iraq-9-of.html


"I am waiting for his body":

Military families speak out (Windows Media Video):
http://207.44.245.159/article7382.htm


From Information Clearing House

Najaf was bombed in August. Samarra was bombed in September. Sadr City was bombed in October. Fallujah was bombed in November. Mosul may be bombed in December. And Kirkuk may be bombed in January. This is the calendar in the runup to the Iraqi elections set for January 30 next year.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FK25Ak04.html



God Has Granted America a Reprieve
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/418267/


From Information Clearing House

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1/304502.mov

Real Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7379.htm

QuickTime
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7368.htm


Be cautious, graphic pictures!