DISPATCH FROM DOWN UNDER

I WONDER IF IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE IRAQIS THAT WHERE KILLED;

Marine lieutenant cleared of killing Iraqis:

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

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U.S. uses the magic mantra ‘Zarqawi’ to justify failures :

For many Iraqis the name ‘Saddam Hussein’ has been replaced by ‘Zarqawi’. The only difference is that while they could easily verify the footage, the speeches and sound bites of the former, many of them believe the latter is the product of the U.S. propaganda machine.
http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=editorial\2005-05-31\10392.htm

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UK supplying over 90 per cent of arms transfers to Iraq London:

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

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"Free Sami Al-Arian," says Andy Martin :

The most ridiculous "show trial" since Stalin's purges in Russia in the 1930's has begun in a federal courtroom in Tampa, Florida. The Israeli government, using neo-con extremists in the Bush administration, is placing the Palestinian People on trial for the "crime" of fighting for their freedom.
http://www.politicalgateway.com/main/columns/read.html?col=380

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Them Stars And Swipes:

The US probe on the Iraq 'oil-for-food scam' has exposed its own duplicity
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9071.htm

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