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To: stockman_scott who wrote (32365)12/7/2003 9:39:32 PM
From: lurqer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
BANS PRESS COVERAGE

Behavior like this has a way of backfiring. Unfortunately, there may be a lot of pain, before this travesty is properly addressed.

JMO

lurqer



To: stockman_scott who wrote (32365)12/8/2003 7:18:17 AM
From: Raymond Duray  Respond to of 89467
 
Bush escalates terrorism against Iraqi citizens:

newyorker.com

MOVING TARGETS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Will the counter-insurgency plan in Iraq repeat the mistakes of Vietnam?
Issue of 2003-12-15
Posted 2003-12-08
The Bush Administration has authorized a major escalation of the Special Forces covert war in Iraq. In interviews over the past month, American officials and former officials said that the main target was a hard-core group of Baathists who are believed to be behind much of the underground insurgency against the soldiers of the United States and its allies. A new Special Forces group, designated Task Force 121, has been assembled from Army Delta Force members, Navy seals, and C.I.A. paramilitary operatives, with many additional personnel ordered to report by January. Its highest priority is the neutralization of the Baathist insurgents, by capture or assassination.

Continues.......



To: stockman_scott who wrote (32365)12/8/2003 10:14:49 AM
From: Crocodile  Respond to of 89467
 
At the insistence of State Department's legal office, the courtroom's public gallery will be cleared when Clark is called to testify Dec. 15 and 16 in The Hague. Cameras that normally broadcast the proceedings on closed circuit television and the Internet will be blacked out."

All I can say is that this is absolutely bizarre. There's no excuse for this kind of censorship. None.