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chrisfloyd Donating Member (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:59 AM
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What happened in the village of Abu Sifa?
What happened in the village of Abu Sifa, in the rural Al-Isahaqi district north of Baghdad, on the Ides of March? The murk of war – the natural blur of unbuckled event, and its artificial augmentation by professional massagers – shrouds the details of the actual operation. But here is what we know.

http://isahaqi.chris-floyd.com/

And anyone who knows these facts, who sees these facts, and fails to cry out against them – if only in your own heart – will be forever tainted by this same blood.

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Oversea Visitor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 06:54 AM
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1. And so the killing continue
All in the name of Democracy Freedom Liberty
All in the name of a once great nation
Judge by people in this world GUILTY

Fuck you bush
You can hide behind the might of the USA
You can giggle and jerk and joke about all this
You can turn US into whatever is that you want it to become

You Senators and Congressman can all help you
Yeah they all doing a great job in discharging their obligation to the people of your country
But know this, where and how will this end
Can you win.
Evil will end up eating itself

You cannot win
People by nature are good
You cannot win
Good will always win

The silent majority the people of US will one day know the truth
I hope they know it before evil take too deep a root
And they forever lost their soul their right and their freedom
Cause this cannot go on forever
Choas and destruction destroy
Enjoy all this but they destroy
And you shall end up destroying your own country
As you destroy Iraq
Or any country you wish as Commander in Chief of the most powerful military in the world
Yeah you have the power
But your day will come
Cause when the anger of the people explode
Nothing will save the American soldiers in Iraq
Then what are you going to do
What are you going to say
USE YOUR NUKE
Well maybe then we have a BIGGER BIGGER pile of nuclear shit from you
But think where this will put US in
Think and cry for you are a miserable idoit
You never being a success in your life
And even worse
You fail your country
You fail your people
You fail GOD

Your friend is Satan
Maybe you forever rest in his glory



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chrisfloyd Donating Member (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 09:07 AM
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2. Feedback from other viewers.
Feedback from other viewers.


"If you have the ability to comprehend, I would strongly recommend that you click on this (flash movie) link to see what your money is buying in this current war. This is strong medicine and, incidentally, the best and most powerful flash movie I have ever seen.

"I think I'm having a case physical and psychological shock from viewing that Chris Floyd video. Just don't know what to say in the face of that. No amount of reading about these things comes close to what I'm experiencing now."

"My heart just aches when ever I view such images. My God, how inhuman brother can act towards brother.I only know what I'm being told, I want to believe that we have good and moral leaders, but as each day passes and I see that what I'm being told just dosen't add up, I have to ask myself, WHY, my God, why? Let these images be that of families here shown on a daily basis and we would soon experience an outrage, the likes of which have never been seen before. I'm sure there are U.S. Troops who's hearts just break when ever they see this. I for the life of me can't understand what would be worth more than human life, any human life. I'm sorry, I'm at a loss for words."

"why not show this on THE PRIME TIME NEWS AND GET EVERY AMERICAN TO SEE IT?"

"Powerful statement! Shows what happens when you send troops off, falsely telling them they are fighting 'evildoers' who were responsible for 9/11, placing a thirst for revenge in their hearts - when they answered the call of their country honorably, not knowing they were being lied to and given no training in the culture, history, language or any useful thing that would have given them information to act with respect, to see the 'evildoers' as human beings... sent without proper support, planning, body armor and equipment so that they were always on 'edge', unable to understand anyone around them, often shot at, often carbombed,overloaded with fear.... and how the American people were led like sheep and continue to accept lie after lie.. until our own freedom is gone... and we become what we were supposed to be fighting."

"I absolutely loved your piece. I hope that it gets emailed around the world! This war is sickening, but what is perhaps worse is the PITIFUL coverage by the American press. Therefore, it is IMPERATIVE for people such as yourselves to produce videos like this. I am grateful for your efforts and grateful for the delivery system known as the internet. Keep up the good work! The most important thing is that you produced this and are distributing it over the internet. THANK YOU! And good luck."

"I want people to realize that the soldiers are "for the most part" following orders, so don't blame them entirely..THE REAL PEOPLE TO BLAME ARE THE CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP AND THE GENERALS WHO ARE TO AFRAID TO GET FIRED AND NOT COLLECT THEIR PENSIONS THAT SHOULD BE BLAMES..RUMSFELLA, DUBYA,DICK, RICE, AND ALL THE NEO-CONS AND THE DOORMAT CONGRESS THAT ALLOWS IT TO CONTINUE TO THIS DAY..i WILL AND EVERYONE ELSE PLEASE SPREAD THIS VIDEO TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, GET ON YAHOO GROUPS AND SPREAD IT TO EVERYONE...PEACE TO ALL"

"an incisive presentation. Alas, the incident only goes to confirm that certain elements of the military establishment have as a matter of policy and tactics decided to act the part of judge, jury and executioner. Maybe they would think twice if they were subject to the rigours of the ICC (International Criminal Court)!

Thank You"
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chrisfloyd Donating Member (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 01:40 PM
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3. I want to strap my 'red-state' sister to a chair
"I want to strap my 'red-state' sister to a chair, with her eyes taped open, so she is forced to watch this -- something my friend Nancy wants to do with the war criminals responsible for this atrocity. I want to scream, "How did THEY deserve this????" I do not, because we no longer speak, and because I already know the answer. My Bush-loving sister would simply repeat what she already told me, three years ago, in her cold-eyed, good German way: "Those people only understand one thing, violence. And violence is what they will get."

Yeah, innocent women and children really need violence. That'll show the terrorists a thing or two. Sure 'enuf.

I am ashamed of my sister, and of every American who thinks like her.

I am ashamed of everyone who (whether out of stupidity or blindness) links 9/11 with Iraq.

I am ashamed of every Senator and Congressperson who voted to send troops to Iraq three long and bloody years ago.

I will never lie down and say the war was okay, like the spinmeisters who claim the war had 'positive outcomes' - like spreading 'democracy' and 'freedom' in the Middle East. What glorious words and meaningless tripe!

That's all I have for today."

http://morganwolf.blogspot.com/2006/03/two-videos.html
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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 01:56 PM
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4. kick. n/t
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countryjake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:00 PM
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5. Oh my god!
Did you create this? In tears and trembling from anger, here.
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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:09 PM
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8. I had to reach for the tissues as well. Very powerful! n/t
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chrisfloyd Donating Member (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:30 PM
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18. Yes
With my webmaster, Richard Kastelein who did the Flash work and design. And of course Peter Gabriel; whose music plays a large part in the presentation.
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countryjake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 07:13 PM
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21. Welcome to DU!
It is a moving presentation and should be seen by all! Thanks for such good work!
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countryjake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:04 PM
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6. Kicking & recommending!
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:08 PM
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7. this is a must see!!!
k & r
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:15 PM
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9. military spokesman's response

http://www.leadingthecharge.com/stories/news-00162749.html

US targets "misinformation" on Iraq family deaths


BAGHDAD - The U.S. military hit back on Wednesday at what it called a "pattern of misinformation" following Iraqi police accusations that its troops shot dead a family of 11 in their home last week.

Responding to comments by police and residents in the town of Ishaqi, north of Baghdad, that U.S. officers had failed to attend a meeting on Wednesday about the incident, Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnson, a senior spokesman, told Reuters:

"There was no meeting scheduled with any Coalition investigators today. There appears to be a distinct pattern of misinformation surrounding this entire incident.

"This is another clear sign of that happening, making allegations for the sake of prompting media reporting and attempting to discredit Coalition operations. This is a pattern we‘ve seen the terrorist-backed insurgency use repeatedly."

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chrisfloyd Donating Member (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:48 PM
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12. From the same article above.
From the same article above.

"We heard a barrage of shooting for 20 minutes and then we heard bombs," said Thiya Hussein, who said his cousin was killed. "After the Americans left we went to the house and found 11 people lying in blood together in one room. Five of them were children. They were bound in plastic handcuffs and shot."

"The baby, Husam, who was six-months-old, was shot dead. A 75-year-old woman was shot in the head," he told Reuters.

Another neighbor, Abbas Abid, said: "The house was damaged and the family was shot and lying in one room.


This is the official police report from Knight Ridder. The roman numbers are the ages of the victims.


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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 03:10 PM
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15. and the US military are calling these US backed Iraqi police officers
terrorists. :-(
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countryjake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:41 PM
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10. One more kick
before lunchtime.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:44 PM
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11. Great work
BTW: Welcome to DU :hi:

I've been reading your reports since I found you on the Moscow Times. Great to have you here.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 03:42 PM
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17. Second this, from a longtime fan. Truth is like water to the very thirsty.
Much needed. K & R
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:54 PM
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13. Recommend! Very powerful, chrisfloyd, and thank you. If this video
doesn't plant the seeds for impeachment, I don't know what will. It makes me feel so ashamed that these people are supposedly acting in our name.
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:58 PM
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14. Chris, terrific work.
I'll be sending a link to your page to a lot of friends.

Recommended.
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 03:17 PM
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16. keep this one kicked
:kick:
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:37 PM
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19. another kick n/t
:kick:
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 06:39 PM
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20. I am unable to watch the video.
I don't have the stomach. But I will give you a K and R.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 07:21 PM
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22. For those who cry war and want more of it
Please watch the video and imagine your child laying there...
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 08:46 PM
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23. Speechless
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ConsAreLiars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 11:34 PM
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24. First: Watch this! Second, If you haven't read Chris Floyd's writings
you have missed some of the most insightful and prescient warnings about what is happening to the real people of America, Iraq, and the whole planet. Google his name, and read. Some of it is on his homepage, http://www.chris-floyd.com/ , but a lot of articles have been too honest to appear in the corporate media - add "Moscow Times" to the Google search to find these , and look at the dates.

And to Chris Floyd, I assume you have been reading DU for a while, so you probably noticed this, but any post you see by H2OMan is quite likely to be very instructive when it comes to pulling back the curtain and exposing a few of the deails about "how things really work." There are many other insightful posters here, of course, but his posts are always worth reading, in my view.
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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 02:17 PM
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25. welcome chrisfloyd. This is brutal, but needs to be seen, thank you.
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