BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX - CAMP DAVID, MD.
THIS JUST IN!
YOU BETTER CALL HIM "KING!"
ON THURSDAY, FEDERAL JUDGE ANNA DIGS TAYLOR RULED THAT "IT WAS NEVER THE INTENT OF THE FRAMERS TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT SUCH UNFETTERED CONTROL. . . . THERE ARE NO HEREDITARY KINGS IN AMERICA AND NO POWERS NOT CREATED BY THE CONSTITUTION. SO ALL 'INHERENT POWERS' MUST DERIVE FROM THAT CONSTITUTION."
BULLY BOY BLASTED THE DECISION, JABBING HIS FINGER IN THE AIR REPEATEDLY AS THOUGH HE WERE ATTEMPTING TO POKE AN EYE OUT AND SNARLING, "I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THAT DECISION, STRONGLY DISAGREE. THAT'S WHY I INSTRUCTED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO APPEAL IMMEDIATELY, AND I BELIEVE OUR APPEALS WILL BE UPHELD."
WITH THAT, BULLY BOY STORMED OFF LEAVING WHITE HOUSE TONGUE TONY SNOW TO EXPLAIN, "HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING."
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"Walking Through Watada (Ehren Watada's Article 32 hearing)""And the war drags on""NYT: 'Inquiry Suggests Marines Excised Files on Killings' (David S. Cloud)"
"Living With War"
"failing grade"
"I guess on days like these, you know who your friends are"
"Who stepped up to the plate for Ehren Watada and who took a dive?"
"Bully Boy's new spy plans (humor)"
"THIS JUST IN! NEW SPY PLAN FOR BULLY BOY!"
"U.S.: Civilian deaths feeding insurgency"
Friday, August 18, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Bully Boy's new spy plans (humor)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX - DC.
THIS JUST IN!
NEW SPY PLAN FOR BULLY BOY!
AS A FEDERAL JUDGE OVERRULES BULLY BOY'S ILLEGAL WARRENTLESS SPYING THE WHITE HOUSE PLANS THEIR RESPONSE.
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE RULING ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES PLAYED IT CLOSE TO THE VEST NOTING THAT "WE WILL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE PROGRAM" WHILE NOT SPECIFIYING HOW.
WE HAVE LEARNED FROM A FORMER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL, NOT SCOTTY MCCLELLAN WE SWEAR, THAT GONZALES AND THE BULLY BOY INTEND TO IMPLEMENT MASSIVE PANTY RAIDS ON CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE LAND.
AS THE PHOTO BELOW DEMONSTRATE, GONZALES AND THE BULLY BOY HAVE ALREADY CONDUCTED AT LEAST ONE ILLEGAL PANTY RAID.
ON JUNE 27TH, BULLY BOY PRESS FIRST BROKE THE NEWS OF SENIOR CITIZENS JOHN AND JANET SMITH OF DUNNELLON, FLORIDA WHO WERE THE VICTIMS OF A WHITE HOUSE PANTY SNIFF.
OUR SOURCE, THE FORMER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL, SAYS "FOLLOW THE SMELL TRAIL" AND INDICATES THAT BULLY BOY HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THONGS AND JOCK STRAPS.
THOUGH ONCE A WEEK WASHERS MAY BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"NYT: July saw more roadside bombs than any other -- attacks on American troops double since Jan."
"Ehren Watada's Article 32 Hearing Starts Today"
"A lady never gobbles? Thomas Friedman does"
"Tired""Are you getting the word out on Ehren Watada?"
"And in the end, the love you . . ."
"get the word out on ehren watada - don't count on the desk jockeys"
"Bully Boy offers Ehren Watada some tips (humor)"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY HAS SOME TIPS FOR EHREN WATADA!"
"U.S.: Civilian deaths feeding insurgency"
"Resister's fight shif ts to court today"
"Soldier who wouldn't deploy faces court"
THIS JUST IN!
NEW SPY PLAN FOR BULLY BOY!
AS A FEDERAL JUDGE OVERRULES BULLY BOY'S ILLEGAL WARRENTLESS SPYING THE WHITE HOUSE PLANS THEIR RESPONSE.
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE RULING ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES PLAYED IT CLOSE TO THE VEST NOTING THAT "WE WILL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE PROGRAM" WHILE NOT SPECIFIYING HOW.
WE HAVE LEARNED FROM A FORMER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL, NOT SCOTTY MCCLELLAN WE SWEAR, THAT GONZALES AND THE BULLY BOY INTEND TO IMPLEMENT MASSIVE PANTY RAIDS ON CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE LAND.
AS THE PHOTO BELOW DEMONSTRATE, GONZALES AND THE BULLY BOY HAVE ALREADY CONDUCTED AT LEAST ONE ILLEGAL PANTY RAID.
ON JUNE 27TH, BULLY BOY PRESS FIRST BROKE THE NEWS OF SENIOR CITIZENS JOHN AND JANET SMITH OF DUNNELLON, FLORIDA WHO WERE THE VICTIMS OF A WHITE HOUSE PANTY SNIFF.
OUR SOURCE, THE FORMER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL, SAYS "FOLLOW THE SMELL TRAIL" AND INDICATES THAT BULLY BOY HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THONGS AND JOCK STRAPS.
THOUGH ONCE A WEEK WASHERS MAY BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"NYT: July saw more roadside bombs than any other -- attacks on American troops double since Jan."
"Ehren Watada's Article 32 Hearing Starts Today"
"A lady never gobbles? Thomas Friedman does"
"Tired""Are you getting the word out on Ehren Watada?"
"And in the end, the love you . . ."
"get the word out on ehren watada - don't count on the desk jockeys"
"Bully Boy offers Ehren Watada some tips (humor)"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY HAS SOME TIPS FOR EHREN WATADA!"
"U.S.: Civilian deaths feeding insurgency"
"Resister's fight shif ts to court today"
"Soldier who wouldn't deploy faces court"
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Bully Boy offers Ehren Watada some tips (humor)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX - YORK, PA.
THIS JUST IN!
ENNUI RIDDEN BULLY BOY HAS SOME TIPS FOR EHREN WATADA!
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX.
PUTTING DOWN A BOOK BY HIS FAVORITE NEW AUTHOR "CAMM-US" (ALBERT CAMUS), BULLY BOY ASKED THESE TWO REPORTERS EXACTLY WHAT EHREN WATADA'S PROBLEM WAS?
WATADA IS THE FIRST COMMISSIONED OFFICER KNOWN TO REFUSE TO DEPLOY TO IRAQ.
"I JUST OBJECT TO HIS WAY OF DOING THINGS," BULLY BOY SAID SNACKING ON A 5TH SLICE OF CHEESE CAKE. "IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO SERVE, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO."
WAS BULLY BOY SAYING HE WOULD MOVE TO STOP THE ARTICLE 32 HEARING AGAINST EHREN WATADA?
"NO, NO, NO," BULLY BOY LAUGHED REACHING FOR A DIET SODA.
"I'M TRYING TO WATCH THE CALORIES" HE EXPLAINED WHILE HOLLERING AT DONALD RUMSFELD TO "BRING ON THAT POUND CAKE!"
LEANING IN, BULLY BOY WHISPERED, "HE'S A COMPLETE DISASTER BUT ONE TASTE OF HIS LEMON POUND CAKE AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY I KEEP HIM AROUND."
THESE REPORTERS JUDGED THE POUND CAKE ONLY SO-SO.
BUT WE WERE EAGER TO GET BACK TO THE SUBJECT OF EHREN WATADA.
"YEAH, YEAH, YEAH," BULLY BOY SAID NODDING AND REACHING FOR OUR UNFINISHED SLICES OF POUND CAKE. "HE JUST HANDLED IT ALL WRONG. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE A BIG STINK OUT OF IT. HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO, HE JUST SHOULD HAVE NOT GONE."
BUT, THESE TWO REPORTERS REMINDED THE BULLY BOY OF THE UNITED STATES, IF EHREN WATADA HAD REFUSED TO GO HE WOULD, AS HE IS NOW, BE FACING AN ARTICLE 32 HEARING.
AFTER HOLLERING AT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND APPARENT JULIA-CHILD- IN-THE-MAKING DONALD RUMSFELD IF "THEM LEMON ICE BOX COOKIES ARE READY YET, HON?" BULLY BOY TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO EHREN WATADA.
"NOW LOOKSIE HERE," HE SAID TAPPING HIS FOOT, EITHER DUE TO IMPATIENCE OR A SUGAR RUSH, "WE GOT A WAY OF DOING THINGS DOWN IN MAINE WHERE THE MEN ARE UPPER CRUST AND THE GALS KNOWS IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO SERVE, YOU DON'T GOT TO. YOU JUST CALL YOUR DADDY AND GO, 'DADDY, I DON'T WANT TO SERVE, GET ME OUT OF THIS.' IT'S WHAT I DID. IT'S WHAT I DID. THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. YOU JUST MOSEY UP TO THE COUNTRY CLUB AND TELL YOUR DADDY TO GET YOU OUT AND HE DOES IT. NO NEED FOR A FUSS OR A SCENE."
THESE REPORTERS STARED AT ONE ANOTHER IN SILENCE AND SHOCK GRASPING THE NATURE OF THE SCOOP WE HAD JUST RECIEVED -- AND DIRECTLY FROM THE ASS'S MOUTH.
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX.
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"Ehren Watada's standing, are you?"
"NYT: Who will tell the people that the US government keeps a bodycount? (Not NYT)"
"Two days before Ehren Watada's Article 32 hearing"
"Ehren Watada, Iraq, Ma"
"Rambles"
"question on carroll and more"
"BULLY BOY CONFESSES HE'S A THREAT TO SAFETY! (HUMOR)"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY CONFESSES HE'S A THREAT TO SAFETY!"
"U.S.: Civilian deaths feeding insurgency"
THIS JUST IN!
ENNUI RIDDEN BULLY BOY HAS SOME TIPS FOR EHREN WATADA!
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX.
PUTTING DOWN A BOOK BY HIS FAVORITE NEW AUTHOR "CAMM-US" (ALBERT CAMUS), BULLY BOY ASKED THESE TWO REPORTERS EXACTLY WHAT EHREN WATADA'S PROBLEM WAS?
WATADA IS THE FIRST COMMISSIONED OFFICER KNOWN TO REFUSE TO DEPLOY TO IRAQ.
"I JUST OBJECT TO HIS WAY OF DOING THINGS," BULLY BOY SAID SNACKING ON A 5TH SLICE OF CHEESE CAKE. "IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO SERVE, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO."
WAS BULLY BOY SAYING HE WOULD MOVE TO STOP THE ARTICLE 32 HEARING AGAINST EHREN WATADA?
"NO, NO, NO," BULLY BOY LAUGHED REACHING FOR A DIET SODA.
"I'M TRYING TO WATCH THE CALORIES" HE EXPLAINED WHILE HOLLERING AT DONALD RUMSFELD TO "BRING ON THAT POUND CAKE!"
LEANING IN, BULLY BOY WHISPERED, "HE'S A COMPLETE DISASTER BUT ONE TASTE OF HIS LEMON POUND CAKE AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY I KEEP HIM AROUND."
THESE REPORTERS JUDGED THE POUND CAKE ONLY SO-SO.
BUT WE WERE EAGER TO GET BACK TO THE SUBJECT OF EHREN WATADA.
"YEAH, YEAH, YEAH," BULLY BOY SAID NODDING AND REACHING FOR OUR UNFINISHED SLICES OF POUND CAKE. "HE JUST HANDLED IT ALL WRONG. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE A BIG STINK OUT OF IT. HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO, HE JUST SHOULD HAVE NOT GONE."
BUT, THESE TWO REPORTERS REMINDED THE BULLY BOY OF THE UNITED STATES, IF EHREN WATADA HAD REFUSED TO GO HE WOULD, AS HE IS NOW, BE FACING AN ARTICLE 32 HEARING.
AFTER HOLLERING AT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND APPARENT JULIA-CHILD- IN-THE-MAKING DONALD RUMSFELD IF "THEM LEMON ICE BOX COOKIES ARE READY YET, HON?" BULLY BOY TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO EHREN WATADA.
"NOW LOOKSIE HERE," HE SAID TAPPING HIS FOOT, EITHER DUE TO IMPATIENCE OR A SUGAR RUSH, "WE GOT A WAY OF DOING THINGS DOWN IN MAINE WHERE THE MEN ARE UPPER CRUST AND THE GALS KNOWS IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO SERVE, YOU DON'T GOT TO. YOU JUST CALL YOUR DADDY AND GO, 'DADDY, I DON'T WANT TO SERVE, GET ME OUT OF THIS.' IT'S WHAT I DID. IT'S WHAT I DID. THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. YOU JUST MOSEY UP TO THE COUNTRY CLUB AND TELL YOUR DADDY TO GET YOU OUT AND HE DOES IT. NO NEED FOR A FUSS OR A SCENE."
THESE REPORTERS STARED AT ONE ANOTHER IN SILENCE AND SHOCK GRASPING THE NATURE OF THE SCOOP WE HAD JUST RECIEVED -- AND DIRECTLY FROM THE ASS'S MOUTH.
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX.
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"Ehren Watada's standing, are you?"
"NYT: Who will tell the people that the US government keeps a bodycount? (Not NYT)"
"Two days before Ehren Watada's Article 32 hearing"
"Ehren Watada, Iraq, Ma"
"Rambles"
"question on carroll and more"
"BULLY BOY CONFESSES HE'S A THREAT TO SAFETY! (HUMOR)"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY CONFESSES HE'S A THREAT TO SAFETY!"
"U.S.: Civilian deaths feeding insurgency"
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
BULLY BOY CONFESSES HE'S A THREAT TO SAFETY! (HUMOR)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX - NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY CONFESSES HE'S A THREAT TO SAFETY!
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -
SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AT THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA BULLY BOY DECLARED: "AMERICA IS SAFER . . . YET IT IS NOT YET SAFE."
AFTER 6 YEARS KIND-OF, SORT-OF ON THE JOB, BULLY BOY'S STATEMENTS WERE A DAMNING CONFESSION OF HIS OWN INCOMPETENCE AND INABILITY, EVEN POST 9-11, TO PROVIDE SECURITY.
THE STATEMENTS WERE MADE AT THE UNDISCLOSED LOCATION OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERRORISM CENTER DESCRIBED AS CONTAINING "HUNDREDS OF GOVERNMENT EXPERTS AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN COMPUTER NETWORKS . . . HIGH-TECH, 24-HOUR OPERATIONS CENTER . . ."
IT'S NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE.
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -
IN A BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX EXCLUSIVE, WE REVEAL THE LOCATION OF THE OPERATIONS CENTER.
THE "OPERATIONS CENTER" IS LOCATED AT 1233 RICHMOND ROAD IN WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA. THE SPECIFIC ROOM AT THIS SUPER 8 MOTEL (COLONIAL!) CHANGES DEPENDING UPON WHO'S BOOKING THAT MONTH.
DICK CHENEY PREFERS ONE AWAY FROM THE ROAD, FACING THE FOREST SO THAT HE CAN JUST AIM A RIFLE OUT THE WINDOW WHEN HE'S READY TO "PLAY SPORTSMAN" -- ALSO HIS EXCUSE FOR TRYING TO USE THE POOL AS A TOILET FROM THE 2ND FLOOR RAILING.
THE INCLUSION OF BLOW DRYERS IN EVERY ROOM WERE SAID TO BE THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BILLIE JEAN KING LOOK ALIKE ALBERTO GONZALES. CONDI RICE IS SAID TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THE "CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST" (WHICH MEANS "NOTHING HOT SERVED BUT COFFEE") WHILE DONALD "RUMMY" RUMSFELD LIKED THE FACT THAT IT WAS IN WALKING DISTANCE OF MANY TAVERNS.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"'We have all seen this war tear apart our country over the past three years' (Ehren Watada)"
"Other Items"
"NYT: 'Speaker of Iraqi Parliament May Step Down' (Edward Wong)"
"2600 u.s. troops dead the a.p. announced saturday"
"The KPFA Evening News had several reports on Iraq tonight"
"Time goes by very quickly these days"
"KPFA reported on the war resisters in Canada"
"Tell Rumsfeld 'Hands off Ehren Watada! Let him go.'"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY SHUTS OUT THE PRESS! TO LITTLE OUTCRY!"
"Ehren Watada"
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY CONFESSES HE'S A THREAT TO SAFETY!
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -
SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AT THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA BULLY BOY DECLARED: "AMERICA IS SAFER . . . YET IT IS NOT YET SAFE."
AFTER 6 YEARS KIND-OF, SORT-OF ON THE JOB, BULLY BOY'S STATEMENTS WERE A DAMNING CONFESSION OF HIS OWN INCOMPETENCE AND INABILITY, EVEN POST 9-11, TO PROVIDE SECURITY.
THE STATEMENTS WERE MADE AT THE UNDISCLOSED LOCATION OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERRORISM CENTER DESCRIBED AS CONTAINING "HUNDREDS OF GOVERNMENT EXPERTS AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN COMPUTER NETWORKS . . . HIGH-TECH, 24-HOUR OPERATIONS CENTER . . ."
IT'S NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE.
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -
IN A BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX EXCLUSIVE, WE REVEAL THE LOCATION OF THE OPERATIONS CENTER.
THE "OPERATIONS CENTER" IS LOCATED AT 1233 RICHMOND ROAD IN WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA. THE SPECIFIC ROOM AT THIS SUPER 8 MOTEL (COLONIAL!) CHANGES DEPENDING UPON WHO'S BOOKING THAT MONTH.
DICK CHENEY PREFERS ONE AWAY FROM THE ROAD, FACING THE FOREST SO THAT HE CAN JUST AIM A RIFLE OUT THE WINDOW WHEN HE'S READY TO "PLAY SPORTSMAN" -- ALSO HIS EXCUSE FOR TRYING TO USE THE POOL AS A TOILET FROM THE 2ND FLOOR RAILING.
THE INCLUSION OF BLOW DRYERS IN EVERY ROOM WERE SAID TO BE THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BILLIE JEAN KING LOOK ALIKE ALBERTO GONZALES. CONDI RICE IS SAID TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THE "CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST" (WHICH MEANS "NOTHING HOT SERVED BUT COFFEE") WHILE DONALD "RUMMY" RUMSFELD LIKED THE FACT THAT IT WAS IN WALKING DISTANCE OF MANY TAVERNS.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"'We have all seen this war tear apart our country over the past three years' (Ehren Watada)"
"Other Items"
"NYT: 'Speaker of Iraqi Parliament May Step Down' (Edward Wong)"
"2600 u.s. troops dead the a.p. announced saturday"
"The KPFA Evening News had several reports on Iraq tonight"
"Time goes by very quickly these days"
"KPFA reported on the war resisters in Canada"
"Tell Rumsfeld 'Hands off Ehren Watada! Let him go.'"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY SHUTS OUT THE PRESS! TO LITTLE OUTCRY!"
"Ehren Watada"
Monday, August 14, 2006
Tell Rumsfeld "Hands off Ehren Watada! Let him go."
"Iraq snapshot" (The Common Ills):
Monday, August 14, 2006, chaos and violence continue in Iraq, we're three days away from the start of Ehren Watada's Article 32 hearing, the US military tries to dispute the Iraqi government and eye witnesses -- and the press plays he said/she said, and the US military is also involved in arguing with itself. (Report card reads: "Does not play well with self or others.")
Some basic facts/dates to start with. On Saturday (though few apparently noticed it), the AP announced their count put the death toll for American troops in Iraq at 2600. Nancy A. Youssef (McClatchy Newspapers) noted that the so-called crackdown in Baghdad has been going on, with no success, since June 14th. Kenneth Janda (Northwestern University) noted in The Chicago Tribune that today makred the 1,245th day that Americans have been in Iraq and contrasts that to the United States' "war against Germany [which] lasted 1,245 days, from Dec. 11, 1941, (when both nations declared war) until May 8, 1945."
"And the war drags on" {Cedric note: I've added the link, C.I. just wrote: "And the war drags on."}
Sunday's violence in Baghdad was reported (yesterday) by CNN as: " Police said the attackers used a rocket, a car bomb, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle and two other devices to attack the neighborhood between 7:30 a.m. (11:30 p.m. Saturday ET) and 8:30 a.m." Sudarsan Raghaven (Washington Post) reported it: "The attacks began when a volley of rockets bombarded a residential apartment building during a nighttime curfew, witnesses and police said. Then, a roadside bomb exploded, followed minutes later by another bomb strapped to a motorcycle." The Guardian of London: "The ministry said the rockets appeared to have been fired from Dora, one of the mostly Sunni Arab districts targeted by US troops in a recent security crackdown. Residents said the assault on Zafraniya lasted for more than an hour." The US is now disputing it was an attack and blaming it on a gas explosion. From AFP: "While the US military blamed an accident on a gas main for the disaster, Iraqi authorities insisted that insurgents had fired rockets into the largely Shiite district of Zafaraniyah and had detonated at least two bombs."
The violence on Sunday came a time when the so-called crackdown has produced no results, when the capital should be as 'secure' as the occupiers can make it and when Shi'ites are calling for neighborhoods to be turned over to militias and not the occupying armies. CBS and AP note: "Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office said in a statement that the attack started with a number of Katyusha rockets falling on a building followed by a car bomb, more rockets on a post office, a motorcycle bomb near a public library and mortar rounds near an Armenian church." They also report that "the al-Sahaba Soldiers" have claimed responsibility for the violence saying that they used "two booby trapped cars and fired mortal shells".
Gas explosion? Possibly, we'll learn that a gas explosion penetrated the Green Zone next?
Australia's ABC reports that the four Australian troops who were wounded in the Green Zone were "injured in an early morning rocket attack". (ABC also notes of the four: "Three have been released from hospital. The fourth, a female, remains in a hospital in a stable condition after suffering lacerations and bruisings.")
When not disputing Iraqi government officials, Iraqi police and eye witnesses, the US Iraq occupation force spent today disputing itself. AFP reports that "the chief spokesman for US-led coalition forces, Major General William Caldwell" insisits at press conferences that Iran is aiding resistance fighters in Iraq by "training and providing weapons . . . in order to carry out violent attacks in the war-torn country." Caldwell uses terms like "we do know" and "verified" (though proof comes far less quickly than words). Despite these statements, Caldwell, in the same press conference that, "There is nothing that we definitively have found to say that there are any Iranians operating within the country of Iraq" which the AP headlines: "No evidence Iran active in Iraq: US general." Does it all seem like the inferences used to (falsely) link 9-11 and Iraq?
While the US military attempts to get a consistent talking point, James Hider (Times of London) reports that British troops are being pulled from "the resitve Shia city of al-Amarah" to "instead patrol the Iranian border to prevent weapons-smuggling in one of the largest redeployments the Army has undertaken in Iraq" (Hider estimates this action will result in "freeing about 1,200 British troops").
And while British troops move to the Iraq-Iran border, Solomon Moore (Los Angeles Times) reports that "[h]undreds of newly recruited police officers in Fallujah failed to show up for work Sunday after insurgents disseminated pamphlets threating officers who stayed on the job." Moore notes the estimate of 100 police officers killed in Falluja in "the last three months."
Bombings?
Reuters reports the following: two dead near Khalis from a roadside bomb (three wounded); eight dead in Tal Afar from a mortar round; two dead and four wounded in from two car bombs "in eastern Baghad"; while in the "central Karrada district of Baghdad," one person died and three were wounded from a car bomb; and "on the main road between Baghdad and Baquba" a roadside bomb killed one police recruit and injured ten more. (That's 14 reported dead.)
Shootings?
CBS and AP report that, in Mosul, "three blacksmiths" were shot dead. Reuters reports that "a tribal leader" was killed in Mosul and his son was wounded; "a tribal leader" was also shot dead in Baiji; and in Falluja "a civilian" was shot dead. (That would be six shot dead for a total of 20 reported dead today -- in addition to the rising death toll from Sunday's events in Baghdad.)
In peace news, WBAI's Law & Disorder examined the efforts to surpress and prevent the 2004 peace rallies in NYC timed to coincide with the GOP convention held there.
Heidi Boghosian (host of the program along with Dalia Hashad, Michael Smith and Michael Ratner) noted the internal documents that are only now coming out,
"In one such e-mail, the Parks Department wrote, 'It's very important that we do not permit any big or political events between August 23rd and September 6th, 2004. It's really important for us to keep track of any large events -- over a thousand people -- and any rallies or events that seem sensitive or political in nature'." Those dates were "the period of the RNC" convention in NYC, as guest Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, of the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee, noted. Michael Bloomberg denied involvement but documents released demonstrate "that Mayor Bloomberg was having meetings with the Parks Commissioner, Adrian Benepe, specifically about denial of the permit to the National Council of Arab Americans and ANSWER coalition, that there were meetings taking place where they were talking about that their official position that there would be a ban on rallies at Central Park overall in advance of the RNC, that they were trying to get him in agreement with that position notably because the police department didn't share that position. The police department didn't have a problem with a rally on the Great Lawn of Central Park."
Click here to read the released internal documents. Important in terms of 2004, in terms of Bloomberg (whose denials in depositions are now called into question) and important with the upcoming events surrounding September 21st (International Day of Peace).
In Crawford Texas, Camp Casey III continues. KWTX reports that the Bully Boy went back to DC Sunday but that the camp continues and that Cindy Sheehan ("released from the hospital Sunday") and over 100 people are taking part in today's actions. Deborah Mathews (Lonestar Iconoclast) reports that Sheehan required "a transfusion of four units of blood" while hospitalized this weekend and that chants of "We love you, Cindy!" greeted her return Sunday. As she continues her recovery, Mathews reports, Sheehan will "be at the camp for only an hour or two each day." The Associated Press reports that Sheehan said Sunday, "Even though George Bush isn't here, it's important still to get together and not just how him but show the world that there are Americans who want the violence in the Middle East to stop." In a separate report, the Associated Press notes that Camp Casey actions are to continue in Crawford "through Sept. 3" (at which point, it moves to DC).
Prior to the hospital stay, Sheehan had been taking part in the Troops Home Fast action which is on it's 42nd day and currently has 4,549 participants. It's an ongoing action and people interested can fast for one day at any time, pick a day to fast each week or do a longer fast. (The action will last at least up to September 21st.)
In other peace news, it is three days until the Article 32 hearing begins (August 17th) for Ehren Watada -- the first known commissioned officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq. Courage to Resist and ThankYouLt.org are organizing and trying to get the word out for "a National Day of Education" on August 16th. Melissa Tanji (The Maui News) reports that Bob Watada said of his son's chances the "court of public opinion is going to weigh heavily in favor of Ehren . . . [which] could make a difference". Khurram Saeed (The Journal News) reported Sunday on some actions taking place in Rockland, New York to demonstrate support for Ehren Watada. In addition to that, Tanji reports that: "Ave Dias, of the Maui Peace Action group, said Watada supporters should send postcards, call or fax elected officials such as Rumsfeld to let them know the public's support for the soldier objecting to war in Iraq." Mailing address for Donald Rumsfeld: 1000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1000 and the main number for the Defense Department is (703) 545-6700 -- say "Operator" (or press 3) to speak to an actual person.
For those wanting to demonstrate the need to for public action in support of Watada, organizations (such as ThankYouLt.org) are recommending showing films such as Sir! No Sir! (for more on the documentary, also see "DVD Must See: Sir! No! Sir!").
In Australia, the military inquiry into the April 21st death of Jake Kovco in Baghdad continues. The latest development revolves around Solider 21 (all soldiers testifying are identified by number, not name -- Soldier 21 is "the section commander") who, AAP reports, now denies the statement he gave to investigators that he heard a cry of "Allah Akbar" (God is great) immediately before he heard the gun shot that killed Jake Kovco. Sydney 2GB reports: "He told the inquiry it had become unclear whether he'd in fact heard the comment."
First things first, to contact Donald Rumsfeld:
1000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1000 and the main number for the Defense Department is (703) 545-6700 -- say "Operator" (or press 3) to speak to an actual person.
You may think, "Ehren Watada's hearing starts Thursday" (it does) "so what good will this do? My letter probably won't get to Rumsfeld in time!" Call or write. Do it. This hearing will probably last more than one day and wouldn't it be great if we all wrote Rumsfeld and he had all these letters piled up? Or all these messages? Or both? Maybe you aren't the protesting type? Maybe you need something else? You can call or you can write. You can say a lot or you can just say: "Hands off Ehren Watada! Let him go."
I'm serious, call or write (or both) and say at least that much. Let Rumsfeld know that Ehren Watada has support, that we're out here and we support him.
Don't think you can do it? You think it's easy for him to do what he's doing? Or for his parents to stand by him? They're doing what they need to and you need to do what you need to.
You can be silent and then, after the verdict, wonder what you could have done or what would have happened if you'd done something. Or you can get active right now.
Watada needs our help and our support and it doesn't look like he'll be getting it from independent media. (No Iraq on Democracy Now today other than the headline, did you notice?) (C.I. likes the show still and does listen. When it came on, C.I. said, "I'll change it if you want." Which was silly because it's C.I.'s house and silly because C.I. should be able to listen to whatever. I listened with and criticized throughout. There's no support for Watada on that show and if this continues, I'll be very vocal about my disgust here.) (I also told C.I., "It's your business whether you highlight it at The Common Ills or not." But C.I. says the community wouldn't stand for it -- come on guys and gals, are we that angry still? -- and that The Common Ills is about the community, not about "what I want.")
Are we going to wait for someone to rescue the movement or are we going to rescue ourselves? We can do this. We can make it known that we are behind Ehren Watada, that we support him and that he's not alone.
One more time write Donald Rumsfeld at:
1000 Defense Petnagon,
Washington, DC 20301-1000
and/or call:
the main number for the Defense Department is (703) 545-6700 -- say "Operator" (or press 3) to speak to an actual person.
Say "Hands off Ehren Watada. Let him go." Say more. Speak from your heart, appeal to Rumsfeld's better nature, whatever works for you. But make your voice herad.
Monday, August 14, 2006, chaos and violence continue in Iraq, we're three days away from the start of Ehren Watada's Article 32 hearing, the US military tries to dispute the Iraqi government and eye witnesses -- and the press plays he said/she said, and the US military is also involved in arguing with itself. (Report card reads: "Does not play well with self or others.")
Some basic facts/dates to start with. On Saturday (though few apparently noticed it), the AP announced their count put the death toll for American troops in Iraq at 2600. Nancy A. Youssef (McClatchy Newspapers) noted that the so-called crackdown in Baghdad has been going on, with no success, since June 14th. Kenneth Janda (Northwestern University) noted in The Chicago Tribune that today makred the 1,245th day that Americans have been in Iraq and contrasts that to the United States' "war against Germany [which] lasted 1,245 days, from Dec. 11, 1941, (when both nations declared war) until May 8, 1945."
"And the war drags on" {Cedric note: I've added the link, C.I. just wrote: "And the war drags on."}
Sunday's violence in Baghdad was reported (yesterday) by CNN as: " Police said the attackers used a rocket, a car bomb, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle and two other devices to attack the neighborhood between 7:30 a.m. (11:30 p.m. Saturday ET) and 8:30 a.m." Sudarsan Raghaven (Washington Post) reported it: "The attacks began when a volley of rockets bombarded a residential apartment building during a nighttime curfew, witnesses and police said. Then, a roadside bomb exploded, followed minutes later by another bomb strapped to a motorcycle." The Guardian of London: "The ministry said the rockets appeared to have been fired from Dora, one of the mostly Sunni Arab districts targeted by US troops in a recent security crackdown. Residents said the assault on Zafraniya lasted for more than an hour." The US is now disputing it was an attack and blaming it on a gas explosion. From AFP: "While the US military blamed an accident on a gas main for the disaster, Iraqi authorities insisted that insurgents had fired rockets into the largely Shiite district of Zafaraniyah and had detonated at least two bombs."
The violence on Sunday came a time when the so-called crackdown has produced no results, when the capital should be as 'secure' as the occupiers can make it and when Shi'ites are calling for neighborhoods to be turned over to militias and not the occupying armies. CBS and AP note: "Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office said in a statement that the attack started with a number of Katyusha rockets falling on a building followed by a car bomb, more rockets on a post office, a motorcycle bomb near a public library and mortar rounds near an Armenian church." They also report that "the al-Sahaba Soldiers" have claimed responsibility for the violence saying that they used "two booby trapped cars and fired mortal shells".
Gas explosion? Possibly, we'll learn that a gas explosion penetrated the Green Zone next?
Australia's ABC reports that the four Australian troops who were wounded in the Green Zone were "injured in an early morning rocket attack". (ABC also notes of the four: "Three have been released from hospital. The fourth, a female, remains in a hospital in a stable condition after suffering lacerations and bruisings.")
When not disputing Iraqi government officials, Iraqi police and eye witnesses, the US Iraq occupation force spent today disputing itself. AFP reports that "the chief spokesman for US-led coalition forces, Major General William Caldwell" insisits at press conferences that Iran is aiding resistance fighters in Iraq by "training and providing weapons . . . in order to carry out violent attacks in the war-torn country." Caldwell uses terms like "we do know" and "verified" (though proof comes far less quickly than words). Despite these statements, Caldwell, in the same press conference that, "There is nothing that we definitively have found to say that there are any Iranians operating within the country of Iraq" which the AP headlines: "No evidence Iran active in Iraq: US general." Does it all seem like the inferences used to (falsely) link 9-11 and Iraq?
While the US military attempts to get a consistent talking point, James Hider (Times of London) reports that British troops are being pulled from "the resitve Shia city of al-Amarah" to "instead patrol the Iranian border to prevent weapons-smuggling in one of the largest redeployments the Army has undertaken in Iraq" (Hider estimates this action will result in "freeing about 1,200 British troops").
And while British troops move to the Iraq-Iran border, Solomon Moore (Los Angeles Times) reports that "[h]undreds of newly recruited police officers in Fallujah failed to show up for work Sunday after insurgents disseminated pamphlets threating officers who stayed on the job." Moore notes the estimate of 100 police officers killed in Falluja in "the last three months."
Bombings?
Reuters reports the following: two dead near Khalis from a roadside bomb (three wounded); eight dead in Tal Afar from a mortar round; two dead and four wounded in from two car bombs "in eastern Baghad"; while in the "central Karrada district of Baghdad," one person died and three were wounded from a car bomb; and "on the main road between Baghdad and Baquba" a roadside bomb killed one police recruit and injured ten more. (That's 14 reported dead.)
Shootings?
CBS and AP report that, in Mosul, "three blacksmiths" were shot dead. Reuters reports that "a tribal leader" was killed in Mosul and his son was wounded; "a tribal leader" was also shot dead in Baiji; and in Falluja "a civilian" was shot dead. (That would be six shot dead for a total of 20 reported dead today -- in addition to the rising death toll from Sunday's events in Baghdad.)
In peace news, WBAI's Law & Disorder examined the efforts to surpress and prevent the 2004 peace rallies in NYC timed to coincide with the GOP convention held there.
Heidi Boghosian (host of the program along with Dalia Hashad, Michael Smith and Michael Ratner) noted the internal documents that are only now coming out,
"In one such e-mail, the Parks Department wrote, 'It's very important that we do not permit any big or political events between August 23rd and September 6th, 2004. It's really important for us to keep track of any large events -- over a thousand people -- and any rallies or events that seem sensitive or political in nature'." Those dates were "the period of the RNC" convention in NYC, as guest Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, of the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee, noted. Michael Bloomberg denied involvement but documents released demonstrate "that Mayor Bloomberg was having meetings with the Parks Commissioner, Adrian Benepe, specifically about denial of the permit to the National Council of Arab Americans and ANSWER coalition, that there were meetings taking place where they were talking about that their official position that there would be a ban on rallies at Central Park overall in advance of the RNC, that they were trying to get him in agreement with that position notably because the police department didn't share that position. The police department didn't have a problem with a rally on the Great Lawn of Central Park."
Click here to read the released internal documents. Important in terms of 2004, in terms of Bloomberg (whose denials in depositions are now called into question) and important with the upcoming events surrounding September 21st (International Day of Peace).
In Crawford Texas, Camp Casey III continues. KWTX reports that the Bully Boy went back to DC Sunday but that the camp continues and that Cindy Sheehan ("released from the hospital Sunday") and over 100 people are taking part in today's actions. Deborah Mathews (Lonestar Iconoclast) reports that Sheehan required "a transfusion of four units of blood" while hospitalized this weekend and that chants of "We love you, Cindy!" greeted her return Sunday. As she continues her recovery, Mathews reports, Sheehan will "be at the camp for only an hour or two each day." The Associated Press reports that Sheehan said Sunday, "Even though George Bush isn't here, it's important still to get together and not just how him but show the world that there are Americans who want the violence in the Middle East to stop." In a separate report, the Associated Press notes that Camp Casey actions are to continue in Crawford "through Sept. 3" (at which point, it moves to DC).
Prior to the hospital stay, Sheehan had been taking part in the Troops Home Fast action which is on it's 42nd day and currently has 4,549 participants. It's an ongoing action and people interested can fast for one day at any time, pick a day to fast each week or do a longer fast. (The action will last at least up to September 21st.)
In other peace news, it is three days until the Article 32 hearing begins (August 17th) for Ehren Watada -- the first known commissioned officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq. Courage to Resist and ThankYouLt.org are organizing and trying to get the word out for "a National Day of Education" on August 16th. Melissa Tanji (The Maui News) reports that Bob Watada said of his son's chances the "court of public opinion is going to weigh heavily in favor of Ehren . . . [which] could make a difference". Khurram Saeed (The Journal News) reported Sunday on some actions taking place in Rockland, New York to demonstrate support for Ehren Watada. In addition to that, Tanji reports that: "Ave Dias, of the Maui Peace Action group, said Watada supporters should send postcards, call or fax elected officials such as Rumsfeld to let them know the public's support for the soldier objecting to war in Iraq." Mailing address for Donald Rumsfeld: 1000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1000 and the main number for the Defense Department is (703) 545-6700 -- say "Operator" (or press 3) to speak to an actual person.
For those wanting to demonstrate the need to for public action in support of Watada, organizations (such as ThankYouLt.org) are recommending showing films such as Sir! No Sir! (for more on the documentary, also see "DVD Must See: Sir! No! Sir!").
In Australia, the military inquiry into the April 21st death of Jake Kovco in Baghdad continues. The latest development revolves around Solider 21 (all soldiers testifying are identified by number, not name -- Soldier 21 is "the section commander") who, AAP reports, now denies the statement he gave to investigators that he heard a cry of "Allah Akbar" (God is great) immediately before he heard the gun shot that killed Jake Kovco. Sydney 2GB reports: "He told the inquiry it had become unclear whether he'd in fact heard the comment."
First things first, to contact Donald Rumsfeld:
1000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1000 and the main number for the Defense Department is (703) 545-6700 -- say "Operator" (or press 3) to speak to an actual person.
You may think, "Ehren Watada's hearing starts Thursday" (it does) "so what good will this do? My letter probably won't get to Rumsfeld in time!" Call or write. Do it. This hearing will probably last more than one day and wouldn't it be great if we all wrote Rumsfeld and he had all these letters piled up? Or all these messages? Or both? Maybe you aren't the protesting type? Maybe you need something else? You can call or you can write. You can say a lot or you can just say: "Hands off Ehren Watada! Let him go."
I'm serious, call or write (or both) and say at least that much. Let Rumsfeld know that Ehren Watada has support, that we're out here and we support him.
Don't think you can do it? You think it's easy for him to do what he's doing? Or for his parents to stand by him? They're doing what they need to and you need to do what you need to.
You can be silent and then, after the verdict, wonder what you could have done or what would have happened if you'd done something. Or you can get active right now.
Watada needs our help and our support and it doesn't look like he'll be getting it from independent media. (No Iraq on Democracy Now today other than the headline, did you notice?) (C.I. likes the show still and does listen. When it came on, C.I. said, "I'll change it if you want." Which was silly because it's C.I.'s house and silly because C.I. should be able to listen to whatever. I listened with and criticized throughout. There's no support for Watada on that show and if this continues, I'll be very vocal about my disgust here.) (I also told C.I., "It's your business whether you highlight it at The Common Ills or not." But C.I. says the community wouldn't stand for it -- come on guys and gals, are we that angry still? -- and that The Common Ills is about the community, not about "what I want.")
Are we going to wait for someone to rescue the movement or are we going to rescue ourselves? We can do this. We can make it known that we are behind Ehren Watada, that we support him and that he's not alone.
One more time write Donald Rumsfeld at:
1000 Defense Petnagon,
Washington, DC 20301-1000
and/or call:
the main number for the Defense Department is (703) 545-6700 -- say "Operator" (or press 3) to speak to an actual person.
Say "Hands off Ehren Watada. Let him go." Say more. Speak from your heart, appeal to Rumsfeld's better nature, whatever works for you. But make your voice herad.
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