Iraq'd
UNICEF has put out a release asking for donations to help Iraq children:
Childhood in Iraq is more precarious than ever. For example:
A large number of children, estimated in the tens of thousands, have lost parents, siblings and other family members to violence
* At least one in five primary school-age children is unable to go to school
* Only 40 per cent of children have regular access to safe drinking water*
* Some 600,000 children are among the 1.2 million Iraqis displaced over the past two years. Most families are still unable to return home.
Living with so much anxiety and loss has taken a heavy toll on children’s psychological and social well-being. Many are anxious and war-weary, unable to sleep or concentrate at school. More and more have turned to the streets and to work, where they are exposed to the worst forms of abuse and exploitation.
If you are able, please consider making a donation. Meanwhile, a development does not bode well for continued claims of the "surge's" success:
U.S.-allied fighters in a province south of Baghdad have quit working with American troops after two incidents in which U.S. soldiers killed militia members _ the second province where citizen militias have stopped cooperation with the United States.
Citizen brigades in the province of Babil quit work after three members were killed by U.S. forces Friday, a local police spokesman said Saturday.
Another high-profile fatal incident occurred in the same province a little over two weeks ago. Nationwide in that time span, 19 citizen militia members have been killed and 12 wounded by U.S. forces, said the police spokesman, Capt. Muthanna Ahmed.
The action in Babil province follows a strike by citizen brigades members in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, that has gone on for more than a week. The citizen militias allege the local police chief leads a death squad and seek his removal, among other demands.
Also this past week, a leader in another powerful citizens militia warned that U.S. and Shiite-dominated Iraq forces should no longer interfere in its work, suggesting coordinated efforts against insurgents might be coming to an end.
Thank the lying sons of bitches in the Bush administration, the oil companies, and the military/industrial complex for the death and destruction that they are OBLIVIOUS to and protected from.
The best thing we could do for Iraq and the world is to put Bush and Cheeeeeeeeney on trial for war crimes and treason.
never gets better.
DUDE!!!!!!!!!!
That is plain crazy. I know some schools in the USA are tight for money but jeeze, cant the US goverment spit out some kick balls?
While i do feel for this child and others like her, this story is one of thousands told in a war torn country. How much is enough for the war makers and hounds of hell bastids to stop with war? Untill thier own children are some day under such harshship?
Last year's "Al-Qaeda" = this year's "Concerned local citizens" = next year's "Al-Qaeda"...
Ad infinitum...
Failure to ensure security and services for an occupied people is a war crime. No ifs and buts. War crime.
We've had five years of such failure.
Trials, please.
That story kind of makes want to chant the lyrics to a song by the cure,
´´Comon down and meet your maker´´!
sadly i dont think those corrupt pricks will ever dare pick up arms in what they so claim to love and fight hard for! I mean when was the LAST TIME in the DEMO department where a person SEARVED anytime in the military? the ONES running for prez?
Obama needs to stfu already about his change . Change for what obama? so oprah can become your frigging ambastorder to america?
sick and tired of folks on both camp fires using thier only tried and trusted ..aggirvation key´´ that would be ,, race and religion.
ya...it was so much worse under sadaam
christ...biggest fuckup in us history
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Thanks, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney for giving all of these children an environment of hopelessness.
IMPEACH and CONVICT!
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and, may I add, none of this that we see in this video enters the minds of the corporate punditry as to WHY there are those that hate the U.S.A.
No..no..no...we have to have multi-billion dollar data-mining equipment and sophisticated weaponry and the destruction of the U.S. constitution.
We hear the word "blowback" -- but no one considers it in their analysis.
The American way.
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We should also contact the rich, especially those who have rehabilitated themselves from their previous indiscretions and pledged to work hard to help the poor and disadvantaged.
http://tinyurl.com/28vs8e
american tax exempt christianity. start taxing them so we can really help others.
Not to downplay this film but as recently as 5 years ago most schools in DC did not have water due to high levels of lead in the pipes. Books and note paper? I doubt they have that yet. I think it is fair to say Bush has brought American educational standards to Iraq.
Why are so few reporting that the reason the 'surge' appears to be working, is because the US has greatly scaled back their area of operations? It is a classic case of 'circling the wagons'. If you want to show less US casualties, do not go to areas of operations where they are likely to occur. That is what Petraeus has done. It was a very smart political strategy (not to be confused with a smart military strategy). Let's face it, the surge had to succeed, regardless of everything else. It was the administrations 'silver bullet'.
Prior to it, the WH's running of the war was failing at all points. Bush was hemorrhaging incompetence from every orifice. I can almost hear their desperation to prove that the God guided righteousness of our cause was just and would prevail. They needed a strategy which was guaranteed to succeed.
Anyone that looks at the current state of affairs in Iraq will realize, nothing has improved, especially for the Iraqi people. Remember a time when SH was the enemy, not the people? Remember why we went there in the beginning; WMD, a breeding ground for terrorists, direct links to AQ and 9/11, and an imminent threat to America? People seem to be losing site of that. If McCain tries to use Iraq to promote himself in the general election, it will be too easy to destroy him.
We really helped the Iraqie people out by invading their country, now didn't we? Thanks to the lying, evil, warmongering government of the United States we now have a country torn beyond repair and thousands of children without parents or families. This is one of the saddest times in US history. I totally agree with #12 Biff Limbaugh's idea...
Biff Limbaugh Says: american tax exempt christianity. start taxing them so we can really help others
http://www.democrats.com/
unicef corruption? they won't see one dollar!
Those Iraqis are so tempermental; don't they know it's an honor to be killed by US forces.
Put anyone who is COMPLICIT on trial for Warcrimes and Treason. That would be The Oil Company Execs, the Telcom Execs, the Media Execs and the Military Industrial Complex Execs.
On, and Congress, for being ball-less.
Thats for starters. If you think I'm kidding Read up on the Nuremberg Trials, the Iraqis deserve one of these trials... Only 1 million of them have been killed, but it's the US and 'coalition' behind the genocide now.
Nuremberg, 2010, I hope Gobbels (Rove) and Eichman (Cheney) and The Fuhrer himself (Bush) have good seats.
I'm building my own guillitine for the festivities.
Continued US presence in Iraq is the cancer that breeds hatred.
I see bush is on his push through Africa now, one of his designated stop overs is Rwanda where he will be inspecting the Genocide memorial there. I guess he is just checking out what sort of memorial he wants built in his name ;)
Last year’s “Al-Qaeda” = this year’s “Concerned local citizens” = next year’s “Al-Qaeda”…
Ad infinitum…
It's very simple.
France invades the US, the people there
1) Accept France's occupation without fuss.
2) Debate calmly while France re-writes the American Constitution to allow for them to keep the US as a colony for 100 years and keep all the natural resources of the country as theirs.
3) Fight them all with sticks, stones, broken bottles and pipe bombs, blowing themselves up in the process and anyone who works for or with the French invaders?
Which do you REALLY think the US people would do?
That is what the Iraqis are doing.
Every time I hear these Republican sociopaths tell that fucking lie "the surge is working " I think about all the innocent lives that have been destroyed in our name. The Iraqi people have every right to never forgive us.
Neil @20
The french would be smart....they'd capture or engineer corporate takeovers of all the tv networks and make sure that the airwaves had endless episodes of tmz,access hollywood, american gladiator etc.......
just like now
Nice surge.
F&#k yous go out to John McCain, George Bush, Joe Lieberman and the other liars!
22 Mike the Canuck Says:
" Neil @20
The french would be smart….they’d capture or engineer corporate takeovers of all the tv networks and make sure that the airwaves had endless episodes of tmz,access hollywood, american gladiator etc…….
just like now"
The French would be/are smarter still. What would they want with a failed education and health care system where a student is almost as likely to get shot as learn anything while attending classes? A place where a victim of such an atrocity might go bankrupt in the process of receiving medical care. What would the French want with a population stupid enough to vote Bush into office not once but twice? And worse, if he attained office by fraud what would France want with a population as complacent as we are?
I donate to UNICEF alittle every month and I am consistant....
Been that way for a long time...
I believe in the UN and it's agenda...
I remember someone telling me that before the UN the vast majority of issues that were not settled between states were usually settled on the the battlefield...
Unpaid debts would be more than likely included in that laundry list as an "issue"....
So if you take our looming debt to China as a concern...
Try considering what our options would be without the UN....
(despite it's imperfections)...
25 ticktock
Although unable to contribute financially i also support the UN.
xoites defends Constitution @ 26:
I know what you mean, I have been there my friend...
I think it's cool you support their mission...
I always thought people who were aid workers at those refugee camps all over the world the bravest and caring heros we have on this earth period...
Who was the national figure who recently said "The SPLURGE is working" -- I hope everyone picks up on this terminology.
It really, REALLY sucks to be American sometimes - I'll tell you.
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The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of
putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.
A A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division . Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, what does it mean?
A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528. B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??
Tax his land, Tax his wage, Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat.
Tax his ties, Tax his shirts, Tax his work, Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his booze, Tax his beers, If he cries, Tax his tears.
Tax his bills, Tax his gas, Tax his notes, Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers, Tax him more, Tax hi m until he's good and sore.
Tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb, 'Taxes drove me to my doom!'
And when he's gone, We won't relax, We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm it Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Su rcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Su rcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians!'
Oh yea , the splurge is working ,
f/u amer-cia , what a bunch of cowards just like the po-lice here in amer-cia . There will come a day when real Amercians will fight for our own country right here , the sooner the better .
hey #29 CoIntelPro
that was an excelent post dude, who wrote that tax rhyme?
How much money has John McCain donated?
I'm shocked and awed.
When these children grow up they'll tell their children about the great American liberators who came over and burned "ye all that is in the city and slay with the edge of the sword both man and woman, young and old and ox and sheep, and burn the city with fire and all that is therein" (Joshua 7:21-24) ....All in the name of God almighty who is on our side, the right side, the Christian side.
if memory serves, weren't revenues from the country's oil supposed to pay for the invasion and/or rebuilding? so why are we being asked to enable these liars??
I feel very sad for the children in Iraq. They are really innocent. This article reminds me of Allawi's book that I have read:
http://dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=71894&ru=279 , I think I really saw the whole tragedy. So many innocent lives have been destroyed.......
I feel very sad for the children in Iraq. They are really innocent. This article reminds me of Allawi's book that I have read:
dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=71894&ru=279 , I think I really saw the whole tragedy. So many innocent lives have been destroyed.......
When I read here that only 40% of the kids in Iraq have access to drinkable water.
That reminded me of how American soldiers are winning the hearts and minds of the people over there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9yRzoOB1C4
re: * Only 40 per cent of children have regular access to safe drinking water*
I say make Haliburton pay for fixing this.
Biff Limbaugh @ 12:
Wow, that's a rather selective interpretation of the constitutional separation of church and state. If religious organization lose their 501c status, then educational ones will be soon to follow, so be careful of what you wish for. The power to tax is the power to destroy.
Religious organizations are already voluntarily "taxing" themselves to care for the poor to the tune of approximately 25% of their income.
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/Research/giving_fundraising_research.aspx
Educate thyself.
"uncle joe mccarty @ # 7"
"....biggest fuckup in US history."
Definitely , wthout argeument , and Ameicans will foot the bill for many years to come.
Alao this Iraq Adventure must be close to making the top ten fuckups in world history.
This is sad beyond words. Our government has used our armed forces to DESTROY a people, a people who did nothing to us. Our government has continually put greed before humanity, and Christianity before reason. The worst part of all of this for us is that WE ARE OUR GOVERNMENT!
WE must be the ones who initiate change. We can't have a president who believes we will be in Iraq for the next 100 years. We can't have a government that puts the desires of the few above the needs of the many. What will WE do about this? My anger gets stronger every day - I write my representatives and call their offices. I write to the newspapers, I speak out against our government, I protest as much as I can, yet I am a drop in the ocean. We all need to do so much more.
more at my blog...
I don't know why anyone is not noticing how Barbara Bush is sitting so quite besides her husband during his interview in Africa. Shouldn't America also should hold her risponsible for her husband's continuous ignorance about the reality of what he's actions has done to Iraq and it's people and the damage it has done to America's economy. I mean she is supposedly more informed than him surely she knows that his action are not benefiting the American people interest. She's not meddling because she knows the damage her husband is doing instead she choose not to say something about it and she choose to be a cheerleader for him and shielding him because, she wants to protect her pet monkey from criticism. But not telling him makes her unpatriotic and conniver because she enjoys being America's freeloading bitch and therefore she's America's most useless first lady. for all time. Why don't she retire if she wants this because I find it appalling for a first wife to just enjoy the benefit of spending the taxpayers money including her free trip to Africa and show the the American people on TV how blatantly obvious her uselessness is to them. She help him
be the worst president of America. SHAME ON HER!!!
Every last one of us should hang our heads in shame over the atrocity committed in the name of the country we live in. This my friends, is an epic tragedy that has NO happy ending.
Her condition breaks my heart. Her hope gives me hope. I hate this war. And I hate everyone that supports it. Period.
The surge is working! Don't beleive this propoganda! Listen only to the Imperator, Chimpus Maximus, and Supreme Commander David Betrayeus.
Here is a short video about the effects of the depleted uranium munitions we have been using in Iraq during our illegal invasion and occupation:
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m41259&hd=&size=1&l=e
**Warning: This video contains images of babies/children in Iraq who have been born grossly deformed. But I think C&L readers can take it. Not sure the site monitor will be able to though.
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