The documents show that when the Prime Minister took the decision to support military regime change in March 2002, his officials warned him precisely that “none has satisfactorily answered how that regime change is to be secured”, and that “Bush has yet to find the answers to the big questions …[of] what happens on the morning after”.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9134.htm


http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Downing+Street+Memo

06/14/05

In a late May incident, 16 US military contractors, all former US military personnel, were detained for three days by US Marines in Fallujah, Iraq. The military contractors say they were abused and humiliated by the US troops, a charge which the US military has said is 'categorically untrue.' 'I never in my career have treated anybody so inhumane,' one of the contractors, Rick Blanchard, a former Florida state trooper, wrote in an email quoted in the Los Angeles Times. 'They treated us like insurgents, roughed us up, took photos, hazed [bullied] us, called us names.' The Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday the incident has not only underlined the problems that exist between military and civilian contractors in Iraq, but has also once again called into question the way the US military treats suspects and detainees...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0613/dailyUpdate.html

from Christian Science Monitor


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

A senior US military chief has admitted "good, honest" Iraqis are fighting American forces. Major General Joseph Taluto said he could understand why some ordinary people would take up arms against the US military because "they're offended by our presence". In an interview with Gulf News, he said: "If a good, honest person feels having all these Humvees driving on the road, having us moving people out of the way, having us patrol the streets, having car bombs going off, you can understand how they could [want to fight us]."

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=3555

"They're firing at us!" Capt. K.C. Hughes screams in his sleep. His body thrashing, his arms flailing, he points and barks orders, grinding his teeth, flipping from one side of the bed to the other.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=3552

As his new bride, Amanda, and her friends chuckle at stories over dinner, Jack Self stares in silence. He doesn't laugh much anymore. Jack has spent half of the last two years patrolling the cities of Iraq, dodging sniper fire and roadside bombs, and watching friends die. The 26-year-old Marine corporal no longer sees the humor in everyday life.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=3545

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2936/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

The thing that keeps senior generals awake at night, though, is the potential loss of junior officers.

http://snipurl.com/fj28


From Information Clearing House