Thousands of people are detained in Iraq without due process in apparent violation of international law, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding that 6,000 of the country's 10,000 prisoners were in the hands of the U.S. military.

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5856022&cKey=1118270115000


From Information Clearing House

U.S. contractors say they were treated like Iraqi's
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9088.htm

Suddenly there seems to be something in the air -- the smell of death? Or something in the water -- blood? In any case, this past week, widely scattered newspaper editorialists roused themselves from seeming acceptance of the continuing slaughter in Iraq to voice, for the first time in many cases, outright condemnation of the war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9089.htm

Video: This is the story of what Mr. Blair did not tell us before sending British troops into battle.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8579.htm

This very disturbing report has been circulating the last few days. I do not know if it is true, and there has been no official confirmation, but the implications are pretty staggering.

The contention is that of the roughly 1700 deaths that have been officially recognized, these have been soldiers who have fallen KIA on the field of battle. BUT.there is an additional claim that there have been another roughly 6,210 who have died on the way to or after arriving at the army hospitals in Germany. Official figures also do not include suicides, which we know is a grossly underreported (if not outright denied).

Below and here http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/5/18/115832/501 are some suggestions on how to try and verify this, or at the very least, if the DOD is in fact using creative accounting practices for casualty figures.

It seems prudent for the anti-war movement to speak up loudly about this, investigate, and find out if it is true. I have found that there is always some measure of truth in any of these allegations, and I see no reason whatsoever to trust the Government.


Charles

Faced with daily reports of car bombs and kidnappings, it's difficult to feel optimistic about Iraq. But last week in the south of the country I heard a very different story. A story of the movement that has formed to rebuild the country's economy and national pride, to create an Iraq with neither the tyranny of Saddam nor the pillage of military occupation.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=3496

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2914/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Britain supplied over 90 per cent of major conventional weapons delivered to Iraq in 2004 following the lifting of the UN arms embargo last June, according to the latest figures from Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0506071004171247.htm


From Information Clearing House

A decision the Marine Corps said was in "the best interests" of the officer and the country.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/news/ci_2763838


From Information Clearing House