Annual drug deaths: tobacco: 395,000, alcohol: 125,000, 'legal' drugs: 38,000, illegal drug overdoses: 5,200, marijuana: 0. Considering government subsidies of tobacco, just what is our government protecting us from in the drug war?

- William A. Turnbow

before & after

Purple Hearts

By Roel van Broekhoven

"A photo series that the New York-based Nina Berman made of wounded Iraq veterans led to the making of this documentary. She also wrote the book 'Purple Hearts, Back from Iraq', in which soldiers tell their stories. Documentary filmmaker Roel van Broekhoven crossed the United States to visit the people portrayed in Berman's photos. 

In detail, they recount what happened on the day they got injured; how they arrived back home, blind or legless; how they have to try to forget the war now, in small towns around Alabama and Pittsburgh, or in Washington and L.A. Officially recognised as “heroes,” a Purple Heart on the uniform in the closet, most of these soldiers long to go back to an army that has no use for them anymore. A story that President Bush would probably prefer not to see propagated.

The first one minute, fifty seconds are in Dutch, the remainder is in English"

video
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Is war really necessary?

Tortures & humilliations to iraqi prisioners by british soldiers

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Usage of Depleted Uranium in Iraq

Col Naughton on the issue of the DU weapons:
"In the last war, Iraqi tanks at fairly close ranges - not nose to nose - fired at our tanks and the shot bounced off the heavy armour... and our shot did not bounce off their armour," Col Naughton told the briefing.

"So the result was Iraqi tanks destroyed - US tanks with scrape marks."

He questioned the motives of those who challenged US use of depleted uranium.

"Who's asking the question? The Iraqis tell us 'terrible things happened to our people because you used it last time."

"Why do they want it to go away? They want it to go away because we kicked the crap out of them, OK?"

"I mean, there's no doubt that DU gave us a huge advantage over their tanks. They lost a lot of tanks."

"Their soldiers can't be really amused at the idea of going out in basically the same tanks with some slight improvements and taking on Abrams again."
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US rejects Iraq DU clean-up:
The US says it has no plans to remove the debris left over from depleted uranium (DU) weapons it is using in Iraq.
It says no clean-up is needed, because research shows DU has no long-term effects.
It says a 1990 study suggesting health risks to local people and veterans is out of date.
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Extreme birth deformities caused by DU weapons in Iraq:



















































PLEASE READ!!

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

Masters of War
Bob Dylan

Body exhibition in Beijing

Rumsfeld caught on Video

>here<

Answer to palmpilotboy7

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Imagine
John Lennon

Dead Afghan Child

The Face of War

Death in Iraq

Iraqi policemen executed

>here<

CIA Agent beheaded

>here<
(warning, extremely graphic)

Bush's Administration turns to North Korea

>here<
and
>here<

Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam

Donald Rumsfeld (defence secretary), and John Ashcroft (Attorney General), shaking hands with Saddam Hussein.
Baghdad on December 20, 1983
>here<
>more<

USA attacks United Nations

"(...)'To me the question should not be whether Kofi Annan should be in charge. To me, the larger question is whether he should be in jail.'(...)"
Representative E. Scott Garrett (of Congressional District number 5 of New Jersey)
>here<

Bill Clinton pressured to start war on Iraq

A letter was sent to Bill Clinton, in 1998, by the neoconservatives advising the President so start war on Iraq.
>here<

May they find peace and love in the next world.

USA Plans to Control the World

"The Project for the New American Century is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle; and that too few political leaders today are making the case for global leadership."

From www.newamericancentury.org

The New American Century Statement of Principles
Dick Cheney (USA Vice-President), Donald Rumsfeld (USA Defence Secretary), Paul Wolfowitz (Rumsfeld's deputy), Jeb Bush (George Bush's younger brother), Lewis Libby (Cheney's chief of staff), and ohers signed the document.

"We now know that a blueprint for the creation of a global Pax Americana was drawn up for Dick Cheney (now vice-president), Donald Rumsfeld (defence secretary), Paul Wolfowitz (Rumsfeld's deputy), Jeb Bush (George Bush's younger brother) and Lewis Libby (Cheney's chief of staff). The document, entitled Rebuilding America's Defences [pdf file], was written in September 2000 by the neoconservative think tank, Project for the New American Century (PNAC)."

Michael Meacher (environment minister in British prime minister Tony Blair's cabinet from May 1997 to June 2003)

From www.eces.org

"Fascism should rather be called corporatism, as it is the merging of government and corporate power."
--Benito Mussolini