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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (3836)	6/11/2005 8:21:50 PM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9838

Speaking of war crimes, I just listened to this audio presentation about depleted uranium and how our own troops were exposed to it. Dennis Kyne is very well spoken. He is a soldier who was there. radio4all.net; Did you know that a doctor who says anything at all about our troops who return home and their condition can be charged with a crime and subject to up to $10,000 fine and 1 year in jail?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (3836)	6/12/2005 8:52:41 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Coalition Transfers Base to Iraqi Army DoD ^ \| June 11, 2005 \| Spc. Brian Schroeder FORWARD OPERATING BASE CONSTITUTION, BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 11, 2005 – A ceremony was held in western Baghdad June 9 to officially transfer the authority of Raider Base from the coalition forces to the Iraqi Army. "This represents a tremendous growth and ability of the Iraqi security forces to assume on their own duties of manning an important outpost," said Lt. Col. Loepoldo Quintas, commander, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. Gen. Aziz Swady, 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division commander and his soldiers were passed the torch of control for Raider Base. Aziz promised the Iraqi people that they will defend the base with their lives. "We will never forget the good that the coalition forces have done for our city and the good you have done to help our country," Aziz said. "To the people of Abu Ghraib and the Iraqi people, we will be faithful soldiers and protect our base." The efforts of the Iraqi Army have had a positive effect on anti-Iraqi attacks in the city of Abu Ghraib. Since the Iraqi 3rd Brigade became a main presence in the area in May, the total number roadside bombs, mortar and rocket attacks have dropped from seven attacks per day to only two per day. Several key targets and insurgents have also been detained. Raider Base was initially established in June 2003 under Quintas' command after the coalition's march to Baghdad that March. The base served as a stopping point for coalition patrols in and out of the city. It was transferred to the 2nd BCT's 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, in November 2004. The base was named in honor of the battalion's 2nd Platoon "Raiders" after unit member Pfc. John Rager died and many other platoon soldiers were wounded July 19, 2003, during an attack on a checkpoint near the base. Quintas, along with three soldiers from the platoon who originally guarded the base, took part in the ceremony. "This is a tribute to all the soldiers -- U.S., Estonian and Iraqi -- who have served at this base," Quintas said. "We are honored to take place in Iraq's history." Located near the Abu Ghraib markets, Raider Base was once the former location of the city's municipal buildings. On Sept. 30, 2004, a malicious terrorist attack from a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device destroyed the main seats of the city government, fire department and police station. Quintas said because of its strategic location, Raider Base has always been a thorn in the side of the enemy. "Though the misfortune of a VBIED destroyed the main municipal building of the city, this base lives on," Quintas said. "The Iraqi Army is here to stay." The U.S. units' colors were lowered, cased and marched off the ceremonial field, leaving the Iraqi flag to fly high above the walls of Raider Base. "Today is a historic day," said Col. Mark A. Milley, 2nd BCT commander. "We gather for this humble ceremony surrounded by mud, dust and the remnances of war. From those ashes, Iraq has risen like a phoenix. The Iraqi colors now stand free and tall."

To: stockman_scott who wrote (3836)	6/13/2005 9:45:51 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Rice takes to stage to aid ailing soprano Seattle Times ^ \| 6/11/05 \| BARRY SCHWEID WASHINGTON — A musician long before she became an academic and then a world-famous diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took to the Kennedy Center concert stage Saturday to accompany a young soprano battling an often-fatal disease. Rice's rare and unpublicized appearance at the piano marked a striking departure from her routine as America's No. 1 diplomat. A pianist from the age of 3 she played a half-dozen selections to accompany Charity Sunshine, a 21-year-old singer who was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension a little more than a year ago. The soprano is a granddaughter of Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., and his wife Annette, who Rice has known for years. The Pulmonary Hypertension Association, formed in 1990, presented the concert to draw attention to the disease from which more than 100,000 people are known to suffer. Largely unknown in the United States until about 10 years ago, it has no known cause or cure, but genetic studies and a search for treatment are under way. Sunshine has persisted in her career and performed with orchestras in Hungary, her grandparents' home before the Holocaust, Denmark and the United States. On Saturday, in a concert entitled, "An Evening of Music, Friendship and Awareness" and hosted by Lantos, she drew the secretary of state to play selections by Verdi, Mozart and Jerome Kern. Eileen Cornett, of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Md., accompanied Sunshine on a half-dozen other pieces. Rice, whose first name is a variation on the Italian musical term "con dolcezza," which is a direction to play with sweetness, learned to read music at the age of 3. As a child she performed, won piano competitions and planned a career as a a concert pianist. But she switched her field of interest to international relations in her junior year at the University of Colorado and went on to be provost at Stanford University, then President Bush's assistant for national security, and now secretary of state. Despite her busy schedule, Rice finds time to enjoy classical music and plays occasionally and privately with friends in a string quartet. In February, on a trip to Europe, she visited a Parisian music school, Conservatoire Hector Berlioz, after a session with French political elite. Rice tapped her toes to keep time as a music teacher led a group of students age 7 to 9 through their scales. She told the youngsters, "It takes a lot of work to learn to read music. You have to practice and practice and practice."