September 23, 2010

Forget a Recession, The Empire is Crumbling

I look around me and I see an Empire in Decline.
The US economy is clearly in a depression... not a recession, not a recovery, bu
t a DEPRESSION. More than 40 million Americans (12%) are on Food stamps. Nearly
one in five of us are unemployed of underemployed. Folks go to Wal-Mart at 11PM
waiting for their government checks to clear at midnight so they can buy baby fo
rmula, milk and other necessities.
Three out of every five Americans are overweight. One in five are obese. Indeed,
there are only two areas (one state, Colorado, and Washington DC) where obesity
rates are under 20%.
Nearly three in four of us don't get enough sleep. Almost one third of us report
having trouble falling asleep EVERY night. And almost half of us report that da
y-time sleepiness interferes with normal activities including work.
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Half of marriages end in divorce. One out of ten married couples report sleeping
alone. The average American watches 28 hours of TV a week (enough to qualify fo
r a part-time job). Two thirds of us eat dinner while watching TV, preferring th
e fake, sensationalized lives of others to engaging with our own families.
The TV and media are filled with foul, ungodly images of sex, violence, and hate
. The most watched shows of the last decade all feature ordinary folks becoming
superstars in lottery-esque competitions (American Idol, Survivor, Who Wants to
be a Millionaire, etc) OR crime sagas detailing the most sordid and disgusting e
lements of society (CSI, Law and Order, etc) OR amoral social dramas in which no
tions of personal responsibility, fidelity, and common decency are unknown (Desp
erate Housewives, the Bachelorette, etc).
Today, brain dead, vapid human beings who have contributed nothing to society ar
e idolized and followed as though they invented the wheel. We've actually got tw
o industries devoted to presenting the illusion and reality of celebrity: Hollyw
ood shows the photo-shopped, CGI-enhanced, scripted version, while the paparazzi
and weekly glossies reveal the drug-addicted, affair-crazed, family breaking, s
oul-less emptiness.
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Xe Neverending Corruption and Crimes of Blackwater
February 11, 2010 - 12:37 | Connecticut Man1
From TPM, we get this little tidbit of news concerning Blackwater, a corporation
so tarnished with corruption, gun running, muder, prostitution and rape of mino
rs and other legal issues that they changed their name to Xe to try and dump the
image they had built for themselves and other mercenary groups:
A lawsuit filed by two former employees of Blackwater charges that
the controversial security contractor defrauded the U.S. government,
including charging it for strippers and prostitutes, the New York Times reports.
Perhaps the most explosive charge in the lawsuit -- filed by a
married couple, Brad and Melan Davis, is that the company put a
Filipino prostitute in Afghanistan on its payroll under the "Morale
Welfare Recreation" category, then billed the government for her salary
and plane tickets.
I think TPM gets this story mostly right... But it seems that Blackwater/Xe may
have actually been double billing for the prostitues' flights, as well as pretty
much anyone else they could book on their privatized fraudulent err farce:
Ms. Davis also asserts that a Filipino prostitute in Afghanistan was
put on the Blackwater payroll under the “Morale Welfare Recreation”
category, and that the company had billed the prostitute’s plane
tickets and monthly salary to the government.
She also said
Blackwater management used a subsidiary company, Greystone Ltd., to
double bill the government for plane tickets between the United States
and Amman, Jordan, which served as a transit point for the company’s
employees in Iraq.
At least these two managed to get back to America to tell their story without ge
tting killed by Xe bosses. From Raw Story back in September, 09:
The mercenary group formerly known as Blackwater International, which
was banned from Iraq by its government after a Baghdad massacre which
killed 17 civilians, will see its contract extended in the country by
the U.S. State Department, according to a published report.
ABC News reporter Kirit Radia notes:
“Sources say the department has agreed to temporarily continue using
the subsidiary known as Presidential Airways to provide helicopter
transport for embassy employees around Iraq until a new contract with
another security company, Dyncorp International, is fully implemented.
Presidential Airways is an arm of U.S. Training Center, which is a
subsidiary of the company Xe, formerly and still commonly known as
Blackwater.”
Controversy has surrounded the private security firm practically
since it was founded, but erupted anew recently when former employees
accused Blackwater’s founder and former CEO of murdering or facilitating the murde
rs of other employees who were preparing to blow the whistle on his alleged crim
inal activities.
The sworn statements also say that founder Erik Prince and
Blackwater executives were involved in illegal weapons smuggling and
had, on numerous occasions, ordered incriminating documents, e-mails,
photos and video destroyed. The former employees described Blackwater
as “having young girls provide oral sex to Enterprise members in the
‘Blackwater Man Camp’ in exchange for one American dollar.” They add
even though Prince frequently visited this camp, he “failed to stop the
ongoing use of prostitutes, including child prostitutes, by his men.”
Some more background on Blackwater and Xe s running tab of disgrace:
The Goods on Blackwater and CIA Lies -- five years later
... big story now or five years ago!
C.I.A. Sought Blackwater’s Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists
by Mary Mazzetti.
Executives from Blackwater, which has generated controversy because of its aggre
ssive tactics ...
Blog entry - carol white
Blackwater Dropping Security
Well, well, Blackwater, after ripping off the United States people with their ex
tremely ... because it s bad for their business bottom line!!
Blackwater Plans Shift From Security Business
AP Interview: Blackwater plans shift from security contracting, blaming its noto
riety in Iraq ...
Blog entry - jimstaro
Afhgan Pakistan War
... In the article Scahill provides information showing Blackwater
(Xe services) continued presence in helping America fight its War on
... port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the
center of a secret program in which they plan targeted ...
Blog entry - mishima
Blackwater Domestic Operations
... posted a commentary by Holy Juan , with the story that Blackwater has been h
ired by mortgage loan companies to evict homeowners who ... to bring it to your
attention.
The author alleges that Blackwater has begun training their staff on how to pack
age and move items etc. ...
Blog entry - carol white
There are just way too much disaster capitalism angles to pick and choose from w
hen it comes to their own brand of contracting mercenary corruption and crimes t
hat you may as well just search our archives for Blackwater.
Iraq, Rapidly becoming the Forgotten War!! There have been 4,641 coalition death
s -- 4,324 Americans, 2 Australians, 1 Azerbaijani, 179 Britons, 13 Bulgarians,
1 Czech, 7 Danes, 2 Dutch, 2 Estonians, 1 Fijian, 5 Georgians, 1 Hungarian, 33 I
talians, 1 Kazakh, 1 Korean, 3 Latvian, 22 Poles, 3 Romanians, 5 Salvadoran, 4 S
lovaks, 11 Spaniards, 2 Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of June
4 2009, according to a CNN count. { Graphical breakdown of casualties }. The lis
t below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsm
en whose deaths have been reported by their country s governments. The list also
includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department. At least 31,354 U.S. t
roops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in
the war in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Roger L. Adams Jr. 36 120th Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Com
bat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard Jacksonville, North Carolina One of
four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghd
ad, Iraq, on June 29, 2009
Sgt. Juan C. Baldeosingh 30 120th Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Co
mbat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard Newport, North Carolina One of fou
r soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad,
Iraq, on June 29, 2009
Spc. Robert L. Bittiker 39 120th Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Com
bat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard Jacksonville, North Carolina One of
four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghd
ad, Iraq, on June 29, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Edward C. Kramer 39 120th Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Bri
gade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard Wilmington, North Carolina
One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in
Baghdad, Iraq, on June 29, 2009
Sgt. Timothy A. David 28 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division Gladwin, Michigan Died of wounds suffered earlier in
Sadr City, Iraq, when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad, Ir
aq, on June 28, 2009
Spc. Joshua L. Hazlewood 22 614th Automated Cargo Documentation Detachment, Army
Reserve Manvel, Texas Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related inci
dent in Arifjan, Kuwait, on June 25, 2009
Spc. Casey L. Hills 23 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, Army Reserve Sa
lem, Illinois Died of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over in Iraq on J
une 25, 2009
Spc. Chancellor A. Keesling 25 961st Engineer Company, Army Reserve Indianapolis
, Indiana Died of a non-combat related incidentin Baghdad, Iraq, on June 19, 200
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Capt. Kafele H. Sims 32 18th Engineer Brigade Los Angeles, California Died of a
non-combat related incident in Mosul, Iraq, on June 16, 2009
Sgt. Joshua W. Soto 25 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Te
am, 1st Armored Division San Angelo, Texas Died of wounds suffered when a roadsi
de bomb detonated near his vehicle in Iraq on June 16, 2009
Staff Sgt. Edmond L. Lo 23 797th Ordnance Company, 79th Ordnance Battalion Salem
, New Hampshire Killed when a roadside bomb that his explosive ordnance disposal
(EOD) team was acting to neutralize detonated in Samarra City, Iraq, on June 13
, 2009
Lance Cpl. Robert D. Ulmer 22 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Exp
editionary Force Headquarters Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Landisville,
Pennsylvania Died as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq
, on June 5, 2009
Spc. Christopher M. Kurth 23 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd B
rigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Alamogordo, New Mexico Died of wounds s
uffered when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade in Kirkuk, Iraq, on
June 4, 2009
Spc. Charles D. Parrish 23 5th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade Jasper
, Alabama Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank gr
eande in Jalula, Iraq, on June 4, 2009
Sgt. Justin J. Duffy 31 Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airb
orne Division Cozad, Nebraska Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehi
cle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 2, 2009
POW/MIA: Two U.S. soldiers are currently listed as captured or Duty Status -- Wh
ereabouts Unknown as of July 4th, 2009. The information below reflects the name,
an unknown, officially listed as Prisoners of War or Duty Status -- Whereabouts
Unknown by the Pentagon.
Spc. Ahmed K. Altaie 41 Army reservist assigned Provincial Reconstruction Team B
aghdad Ann Arbor, Michigan On October 23, 2006, Altaie was categorized as Duty S
tatus Whereabouts Unknown when he allegedly was kidnapped while on his way to vi
sit family in Baghdad, Iraq. The Pentagon changed his status to missing-captured
on December 11.
Taliban kidnap US soldier in Afghanistan In an unprecedented move, insurgents ab
duct an American soldier in troubled eastern Afghanistan where coalition troops
have lost several grounds to the Taliban. The US military headquarters in Kabul
confirmed that the soldier has been missing from his base since Tuesday. The mil
itary said it would not provide further information about the missing soldier or
the province in which he has gone missing...........

Afghanistan - and The Third Front Pakistan!! There have been 1194 coalition deat
hs -- 713 Americans, 10 Australians, 171 Britons, 120 Canadians, 3 Czech, 24 Dan
es, 19 Dutch, 4 Estonians, 1 Finn, 26 French, 30 Germans, 2 Hungarian, 13 Italia
ns, 3 Latvian, 1 Lithuanian, 4 Norwegians, 9 Poles, 2 Portuguese, 11 Romanians,
1 South Korean, 25 Spaniards, 2 Swedes, 2 NATO/ISAF -- in the war on terror as o
f June 4 2009, according to a CNN count. Below are the names of the soldiers, Ma
rines, airmen and sailors whose deaths have been reported by their country s gov
ernments. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom
or were part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in A
fghanistan. At least 3,023 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according
to the Pentagon.
Sgt. Terry J. Lynch 22 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat T
eam, 10th Mountain Division Shepherd, Montana Died of wounds suffered when a roa
dside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on June 2
9, 2009
Pvt. Steven T. Drees 19 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Comba
t Team, 4th Infantry Division Peshtigo, Wisconsin Died June 28, 2009, at Landstu
hl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained when ins
urgents attacked his unit using small arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade l
auncher in Konar province, Afghanistan, on June 24, 2009
Pfc. Peter K. Cross 20 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division Saginaw, Texas Died of injuries sustained during a
vehicle rolloverat Combat Outpost Carwile, Afghanistan, on June 26, 2009
1st Lt. Brian N. Bradshaw 24 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4
th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Steilacoom, Washington D
ied of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Kheyl,
Afghanistan, on June 25, 2009
Sgt. Ricky D. Jones 26 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Plantersville, Alabama O
ne of two soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by indirect fire in Bagra
m, Afghanistan, on June 21, 2009
Spc. Rodrigo A. Munguia Rivas 27 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Co
mbat Team, 10th Mountain Division Germantown, Maryland One of two soldiers kille
d when their unit was attacked by indirect fire in Bagram, Afghanistan, on June
21, 2009
1st Sgt. John D. Blair 38 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry
Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard Calhoun, Georgia Died of wounds
suffered when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle in Mado Zayi, Afgha
nistan, on June 20, 2009
Command Master Chief Jeffrey J. Garber 43 Deployed aboard the USS Dwight D. Eise
nhower Hemingford, Nebraska Died of non-hostile causes aboard the aircraft carri
er USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 20, 2009
Maj. Sean Birchall 33 IX Company, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards Guildford, Surrey,
England Killed by an explosion during a patrol in Basharan, near Lashkar Gah, i
n Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 19, 2009
Sgt. Paul G. Smith 43 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment, Illinois Army Nation
al Guard Peoria, Illinois One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle was hit
by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on June 19, 2009
Staff Sgt. Joshua A. Melton 26 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, Illinois
Army National Guard Carlyle, Illinois One of two soldiers killed when their vehi
cle was hit by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on June 19, 2009
Pvt. Martin Abildgaard 23 Gardehusarregimentet (Guard Hussar Regiment) Denmark O
ne of three Danish soldiers killed when their Piranha armored vehicle struck a r
oadside bomb north of Gereskh in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 17, 2009
Pfc. Andreas S. Brohus 26 Gardehusarregimentet (Guard Hussar Regiment) Denmark O
ne of three Danish soldiers killed when their Piranha armored vehicle struck a r
oadside bomb north of Gereskh in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 17, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Kevin A. Dupont 52 79th Troop Command Templeton, Massachusetts Di
ed on June 17, 2009, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of wou
nds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Kandau, Afghanist
an on March 8, 2009
Pvt. Mads Lerche Rasmussen 21 Gardehusarregimentet (Guard Hussar Regiment) Denma
rk One of three Danish soldiers killed when their Piranha armored vehicle struck
a roadside bomb north of Gereskh in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 17,
2009
Spc. Jonathan C. O’Neill 22 Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battali
on, 16th Military Police Brigade Zephyrhills, Florida Died on June 15, 2009, at
Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered when a road
side bomb exploded near his vehicle in Paktya, Afghanistan, on June 2
Warrant Officer Allain Tikko 30 Estcoy-8 infantry company, Scoutspataljon Kõpu, Vi
ljandimaa, Estonia Killed when his patrol was attacked outside Patrol Base Pimon
in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 15, 2009
Cpl. Martin Dubé 35 5 Combat Engineer Regiment Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Killed
when a roadside bomb he was attempting to neutralize exploded in Panjwayi distri
ct 12.4 miles (20 km) southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on June 14, 2009
Lt. Paul Mervis 27 2nd Battalion, The Rifles London, England Killed as a result
of an explosion during a deliberate operation near Sangin in Helmand province, A
fghanistan, on June 12, 2009
Pvt. Robert McLaren 20 Kintra, Isle of Mull, Scotland The Black Watch, 3rd Batta
lion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland Killed in an explosion that occurred as he
attempted to move forward during a firefight in southern Afghanistan, on June 11
, 2009
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky L. Richardson Jr. 33 Franklin, Missouri 9th Engine
er Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force
Died while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan, on June
10, 2009
Spc. Eduardo S. Silva 25 563rd Aviation Support Battalion, 159th Combat Aviation
Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Greenfield, California Died of a non-combat re
lated incident at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on June 9, 2009
Pvt. Alexandre Péloquin 20 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment Brownsburg-Chatham,
Quebec, Canada Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a foot patrol in the
Panjwai district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on June 8, 2009
Lance Cpl. Joshua R. Whittle 20 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine D
ivision, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Downey, California Died while supporting
combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 6, 2009
Maj. Rocco M. Barnes 50 Tactical Command Post, 40th Infantry Division, Californi
a Army National Guard Los Angeles, California Died on injuries sustained during
a vehicle roll-over in Afghanistan on June 4, 2009
Staff Sgt. John C. Beale 39 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance an
d Target Acquisition Squadron, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army N
ational Guard Riverdale, Georgia One of three soldiers killed by a homemade bomb
and small-arms fire near Kapisa, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2009
Maj. Kevin M. Jenrette 37 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance and
Target Acquisition Squadron, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army Nat
ional Guard Lula, Georgia One of three soldiers killed by a homemade bomb and sm
all-arms fire near Kapisa, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2009
Spc. Jeffrey W. Jordan 21 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance and
Target Acquisition Squadron, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army Nat
ional Guard Rome, Georgia One of three soldiers killed by a homemade bomb and sm
all-arms fire near Kapisa, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2009
Spc. Jarrett P. Griemel 20 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade C
ombat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division La Porte, Texas Died of injuries s
uffered from a non-combat related incident at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afg
hanistan, on June 3, 2009
Spc. Roberto A. Hernandez II 21 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Po
lice Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Far Rockaway, New York Died of woun
ds sustained when his mounted patrol was attacked by a homemade bomb and small-a
rms fire in Paktya, Afghanistan on June 2, 2009
Rifleman Cyrus Thatcher 19 Company C, 2nd Battalion, The Rifles Caversham, Readi
ng, England Killed by an explosion during a patrol near Gereshk in Helmand provi
nce, Afghanistan, on June 2, 2009
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Hall 28 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Huntsville, Alabama One of three soldiers k
illed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Nerkh, Afghanistan, o
n June 1, 2009
Sgt. Jasper K. Obakrairur 26 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Hilo, Hawaii Died of wounds suffered when a
roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Nerkh, Afghanistan, on June 1, 2009
Pfc. Matthew D. Ogden 33 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Comb
at Team, 10th Mountain Division Corpus Christi, Texas One of three soldiers kill
ed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Nerkh, Afghanistan, on J
une 1, 2009
Pfc. Matthew W. Wilson 19 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Com
bat Team, 10th Mountain Division Miller, Missouri One of three soldiers killed w
hen a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Nerkh, Afghanistan, on June
1, 2009
The Hidden Casualties Of War: Suicide
Spike in army vet suicides calls for changes The dual wars in Iraq and Afghanist
an have led to a variety of international and national glitches, many of which w
ere predicted before the wars even began. However, one of the more unanticipated
consequences has been a sharp increase in military suicides. John Violanti, a U
B research professor and Vietnam War veteran, is currently preparing a study to
change the way army veterans mental health is examined. Violanti hopes that the
U.S. Army will use the study s method on 3,600 soldiers returning from war in A
ugust, in order help to reduce and keep down the recent spike in suicides among
the veterans..>>>>
Military Suicides: A Billion to Sell a War
If you fit into any of the marketing data published weekly by pollsters, it is m
ore likely you will have watched American Idol than wondered why so many of our
military personnel are committing suicide. If that offends any readers, the opti
on is to stop here.............
Civilian Casulties - Iraq
Just Foreign Policy Issues Over a million {*1,320,110} Iraqis are estimated to h
ave been killed as a result of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation. Learn More
and Take Action» *Estimate, click for explaination
. To
John Hopkins School of Public Health { October 11, 2006 report } puts the count
at 650,000, with a range from 400,000 to 900,000.
Exact Count of Civilian Casulties may never be known, as is the case in every co
nflict, especially an Invasion by another Country. For it is the Innocent Civili
ans and those Defending their Countries {of which All would be counted if this l
and were ever invaded} who suffer the most, during and long after!
Iraq Refugees UNHCR: UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Iraq Situation Filetype: PD
F (116k)
All the Deaths, Maimings and Destruction are the Blood on All Our Hands, No One
can escape the Guilt!

May 2009***April 2009***March 2009***February 2009***January 2009***December 200

8***November 2008***October 2008***September 2008***August 2008***July 2008***Ju
ne 2008***May 2008***April 2008***March 2008***Febuary 2008***January 2008***Dec
ember 2007***November 2007***October 2007***September 2007***August 2007***July
2007***June 2007***May 2007***April 2007***March 2007***Feb. 2007***Jan. 2007***
2006***2005***2004***2003
The War in Iraq Costs, the rolling tabulation, over $684,028,725,531++++ and con
tinually counting!
You can view other Honor Rolls of the Fallen I have posted on my site {links abo
ve}, or from the CNN link at top and the other sources that you might use or kno
w about.

As Of July 4th 2009, There Are 93 Pages w/5 Silent Honor Rolls Each, Number Of
Casulties Varies With Each Silent Honor Roll ; Many now have numbers in the te
ens and twenties, click on graphic.
97 percent of U.S. deaths in Iraq have occurred after George W. Bush declared an
end to "major combat." ”Mission Accomplished!”
The Rand Corporation Terrorism Report the press release here, you can get the fu
ll document here or a summary of the research brief here
The Youngest Detainee at Guantanamo Bay
Mohammed Al Gharani was the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay. Now, seven year
s later, he has returned to Chad, his country of origin, after being freed and i
s adjusting to life without the fear of being brutalised. Al Gharani spoke to Al
Jazeera s Mohammed Vall about his first days of freedom and the abuse he had en
dured at Guantanamo.
Done "In Our Names"!
"How anyone can say that torture keeps Americans safe is beyond me -- unless you
don t count American soldiers as Americans." Matthew Alexander who is writing u
nder a pseudonym for security reasons
"Torture is the tool of the lazy, the stupid, and the pseudo-tough. It’s also perh
aps the greatest recruiting tool that the terrorists have." Major General Paul E
aton
"If we d been born where they were born and taught what they were taught, we wou
ld believe what they believe." A sign inside a church in Northern Ireland, expla
ining the origin of intolerance and hate
"Victory means exit strategy, and it s important for the president to explain to
us what the exit strategy is," - George W. Bush, Texas Gov., 1999
"If ever forgetful of her past and present glory, she will cease to be the land
of the free and the home of the brave." Francis Scott Key 1874
"Patriotism is proud of a country s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencie
s; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their
own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country s
virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtue
s of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, the greatest,
but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is." Sydney J. Harri
s
" What does it matter to the dead, the orphan, and the homeless whether the mad
destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of lib
erty or democracy?" - Mohandas K. Gandhi
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is
constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role
they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume. Noam Chomsky
The Failed Policies will Haunt Us and the World for Decades!!
Average:
Hersh talks about Obama s decision on Afghanistan
November 12, 2009 - 08:52 | Connecticut Man1
They also discuss issues between India
The plan to topple Pakistan’s military? by Ahmed Quraishi
Posted on January 3, 2008 by dandelionsalad
Dandelion Salad
by Ahmed Quraishi
Global Research, December 30, 2007
The New Nation, Pakistan – 2007-12-12
Editor’s note:
The following article in the Asian Times and New Nation, Pakistan was published
several weeks prior to the assassination of Benzir Bhutto.
***
Islamabad – On the evening of September 26, 2006, Pakistani strongman Pervez Musha
rraf walked into the studio of Comedy Central’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the f
irst sitting president anywhere to dare do this political satire show.Stewart of
fered his guest some tea and cookies and played the perfect host by asking, “Is it
good?” before springing a surprise: “Where’s Osama bin Laden?”"I don’t know,” Musharraf re
lied, as the audience enjoyed the rare sight of a strong leader apparently corne
red. “You know where he is?” Musharraf snapped back, “You lead on, we’ll follow you.”
What General Musharraf didn’t know then is that he really was being cornered. Some
of the smiles that greeted him in Washington and back home gave no hint of the
betrayal that awaited him.
As he completed the remaining part of his US visit, his allies in Washington and
elsewhere, as all evidence suggests now, were plotting his downfall. They had d
ecided to take a page from the book of successful “color revolutions” where Western
governments covertly used money, private media, student unions, NGOs and interna
tional pressure to stage coups, basically overthrowing individuals not fitting w
ell with Washington’s agenda.
This recipe proved its success in former Yugoslavia, and more recently in Georgi
a, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
In Pakistan, the target is a president who refuses to play ball with the US on A
fghanistan, China and Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.
To get rid of him, an impressive operation is underway:
. A carefully crafted media blitzkrieg launched early this year assailing the Pa
kistani president from all sides, questioning his power, his role in Washington’s “w
ar on terror” and predicting his downfall.
. Money pumped into the country to pay for organized dissent.
. Willing activists assigned to mobilize and organize accessible social groups.
. A campaign waged on the Internet where tens of mailing lists and “news agencies” h
ave sprung up from nowhere, all demonizing Musharraf and the Pakistani military.
. European- and American-funded Pakistani NGOs taking a temporary leave from the
ir real work to serve as a makeshift anti-government mobilization machine.
. US government agencies directly funding some private Pakistani television netw
orks; the channels go into an open anti-government mode, cashing in on some manu
factured and other real public grievances regarding inflation and corruption.
Some of Musharraf’s shady and corrupt political allies feed this campaign, hoping
to stay in power under a weakened president.
All this groundwork completed and chips were in place when the judicial crisis b
roke out in March. Even Pakistani politicians were surprised at a well-greased a
nd well-organized lawyers’ campaign, complete with flyers, rented cars and buses,
excellent event-management and media outreach.
Currently, students are being recruited and organized into a street movement. Th
e work is ongoing and urban Pakistani students are being cultivated, especially
using popular Internet Web sites and “online hangouts”. The people behind this effor
t are mostly unknown and faceless, limiting themselves to organizing sporadic, s
mall student gatherings in Lahore and Islamabad, complete with banners, placards
and little babies with arm bands for maximum media effect. No major student ass
ociation has announced yet that it is behind these student protests, which is a
very interesting fact glossed over by most journalists covering the story.
Only a few students from affluent schools have responded so far, and it’s not beca
use the Pakistani government’s countermeasures are effective. They’re not. The reaso
n is that social activism attracts people from affluent backgrounds, closely ref
lecting a uniquely Pakistani phenomenon where local non-governmental organizatio
ns are mostly founded and run by rich, Westernized Pakistanis.
All of this may appear to be spur-of-the-moment and Musharraf-specific. But it a
ll really began almost three years ago, when, out of the blue and recycling old
political arguments, Akbar Bugti launched an armed rebellion against the Pakista
ni state, surprising security analysts by using rockets and other military equip
ment that shouldn’t normally be available to a smalltime village thug. Since then,
Islamabad has sat on a pile of evidence that links Bugti’s campaign to money and
ammunition and logistical support from Afghanistan, directly aided by the Karzai
administration and India, with the US turning a blind eye.
For reasons not clear to our analysts yet, Islamabad has kept quiet on Washingto
n’s involvement with anti-Pakistan elements in Afghanistan. But Pakistan did send
an indirect public message to America recently.
“We have indications of Indian involvement with anti-state elements in Pakistan,” de
clared the spokesman of the Pakistan Foreign Office in a regular briefing in Oct
ober. The statement was terse and direct, and the spokesman, Tasnim Aslam, quick
ly moved on to other issues.
This is how a Pakistani official explained Aslam’s statement: “What she was really s
aying is this: We know what the Indians are doing. They’ve sold the Americans on t
he idea that [the Indians] are an authority on Pakistan and can be helpful in Af
ghanistan. The Americans have bought the idea and are in on the plan, giving the
Indians a free hand in Afghanistan. What the Americans don’t know is that we, too
, know the Indians very well. Better still, we know Afghanistan very well. You c
an’t beat us at our own game.”
Bugti’s armed rebellion coincided with the Gwadar project entering its final stage
s. No coincidence here. Bugti’s real job was to scare the Chinese away and scuttle
Chinese President Hu Jintao’s planned visit to Gwadar a few months later to forma
lly launch the port city.
Gwadar is the pinnacle of Sino-Pakistani strategic cooperation. It’s a modern city
that is supposed to link Pakistan, Central Asia, western China with markets in
Mideast and Africa. It’s supposed to have roads stretching all the way to China. I
t’s no coincidence that that country has also earmarked millions of dollars to ren
ovate the Karakoram Highway linking northern Pakistan to western China.
Some reports in the US media, however, have accused Pakistan and China of buildi
ng a naval base in the guise of a commercial seaport directly overlooking intern
ational oil-shipping lanes.
The Indians and some other regional actors are also not comfortable with this pr
oject because they see it as commercial competition.
What Bugti’s regional and international supporters never expected is Pakistan movi
ng firmly and strongly to nip his rebellion in the bud. Even Bugti himself proba
bly never expected the Pakistani state to react in the way it did to his betraya
l of the homeland. He was killed in a military operation where scores of his mer
cenaries surrendered to Pakistan army soldiers.
United States intelligence and their Indian advisors could not cultivate an imme
diate replacement for Bugti. So they moved to Plan B. They supported Abdullah Me
hsud, a Pakistani Taliban fighter held for five years in Guantanamo Bay, and the
n handed him over back to the Afghan government, only to return to his homeland,
Pakistan, to kidnap two Chinese engineers working in Balochistan, one of whom w
as eventually killed during a rescue operation by the Pakistani government.
Islamabad could not tolerate this shadowy figure, who was creating a following a
mong ordinary Pakistanis masquerading as a Taliban while in reality towing a vag
ue agenda. He was eliminated earlier this year by Pakistani security forces whil
e secretly returning from Afghanistan after meeting his handlers there. Again, n
o surprises here.
This is where Pakistani political and military officials finally started smellin
g a rat. All of this was an indication of a bigger problem. There were growing i
ndications that, ever since Islamabad joined Washington’s regional plans, Pakistan
was gradually turning into a “besieged-nation”, heavily targeted by the US media wh
ile being subjected to strategic sabotage and espionage from Afghanistan.Afghani
stan, under America’s watch, has turned into a vast staging ground for sophisticat
ed psychological and military operations to destabilize neighbouring Pakistan.
During the past three years, the heat has gradually been turned up against Pakis
tan and its military along Pakistan’s western regions:
. A shadowy group called the BLA, a Cold War relic, rose from the dead to restar
t a separatist war in southwestern Pakistan.
. Bugti’s death was a blow to neo-BLA, but the shadowy group’s backers didn’t repent.
His grandson, Brahmdagh Bugti, is currently enjoying a safe shelter in the Afgha
n capital, Kabul, where he continues to operate and remote-control his assets in
Pakistan.
. Saboteurs trained in Afghanistan have been inserted into Pakistan to aggravate
extremist passions here, especially after the Red Mosque operation.
. Chinese citizens continue to be targeted by individuals pretending to be Islam
ists, when no known Islamic group has claimed responsibility. . A succession of “r
eligious rebels” with suspicious foreign links have suddenly emerged in Pakistan o
ver the past months claiming to be “Pakistani Taliban”. Some of the names include Ab
dul Rashid Ghazi, Baitullah Mehsud, and now the Maulana of Swat. Some of them ha
ve used, and are using, encrypted communication equipment far superior to what t
he Pakistani military owns.
. Money and weapons have been fed into the religious movements and al-Qaeda remn
ants in the tribal areas.
Exploiting the situation, assets within the Pakistani media started promoting th
e idea that the Pakistani military was killing its own people. The rest of the u
nsuspecting media quickly picked up this message. Some botched US and Pakistani
military operations against al-Qaeda that caused civilian deaths accidentally fe
d this media campaign.This was the perfect timing for the launch of Military, In
c: Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy, a book authored by Ayesha Siddiqa Agha, a c
olumnist for a Pakistani English-language paper and a correspondent for “Jane’s Defe
nce Weekly”, a private intelligence service founded by experts close to British in
telligence.
Ahmed Quraishi is an investigative reporter, currently hosting a weekly politica
l talk show titled Worldview from Islamabad.
Target: Pakistan militaryThe book was launched in Pakistan in early 2007 by Oxfo
rd Press. And, contrary to most reports, it is openly available in Islamabad’s big
gest bookshops. The book portrays the Pakistani military as an institution that
is eating up whatever little resources Pakistan has.
The Pakistani military’s successful financial management, creating alternate finan
cial sources to spend on a vast military machine and build a conventional and nu
clear near-match with a neighboring adversary five times larger – an impressive re
cord for any nation by any standard – was distorted in the book and reduced to a m
ere attempt by the military to control the nation’s economy in the same way it was
controlling its politics.
The timing was interesting. After all, it was hard to defend a military in the e
yes of its own proud people when the chief of the military is ruling the country
, the army is fighting insurgents and extremists who claim to be defending Islam
, grumpy politicians are out of business, and the military’s side businesses, mean
t to feed the nation’s military machine, are doing well compared to the shabby sta
te of the nation’s civilian departments.
A closer look at Siddiqa, the author, revealed disturbing information to Pakista
ni officials. In the months before launching her book, she was a frequent visito
r to India where, as a defense expert, she cultivated important contacts. On her
return, she developed friendship with an female Indian diplomat posted in Islam
abad. Both of these activities – travel to India and ties to Indian diplomats – are
not a crime in Pakistan and don’t raise interest anymore. Pakistanis are hospitabl
e and friendly people and these qualities have been amply displayed to the India
ns during the four-year-old peace process.
What is interesting is that Siddiqa left her car in the house of the said Indian
diplomat during one of her recent trips to London. And, according to a report,
she stayed in London at a place owned by an individual linked to the Indian dipl
omat in Islamabad.
The point is this: Who assigned her to investigate the Pakistani Armed Forces an
d present a distorted image of a proud and efficient Pakistani institution?
From 1988 to 2001, Siddiqa worked in the Pakistan civil service and the Pakistan
i civil bureaucracy. Her responsibilities included dealing with Military Account
s, which come under the Pakistan Ministry of Defense. She had 13 years of experi
ence in dealing with the budgetary matters of the Pakistani military and people
working in this area.
Siddiqa received a year-long fellowship to research and write a book in the US.
There are strong indications that some of her Indian contacts played a role in a
rranging financing for her book project through a paid fellowship. The final man
uscript of her book was vetted at a publishing office in New Delhi.
All of these details are insignificant if detached from the real issue at hand.
And the issue is the demonization of the Pakistani military as an integral part
of the media siege around Pakistan, with the US media leading the way in this ca
mpaign.
Some of the juicy details of this campaign include:
. The attempt by Siddiqa to pit junior officers against senior officers in Pakis
tan Armed Forces by alleging discrimination in the distribution of benefits. Apa
rt from being malicious and unfounded, her argument was carefully designed to ge
nerate frustration and demoralize Pakistani soldiers.
. The US media insisting on handing over Khan to the US so that a final convicti
on against the Pakistani military can be secured.
. Benazir Bhutto demanding after returning to Pakistan that the ISI be restructu
red; and in a press conference during her house arrest in Lahore in November she
went as far as asking Pakistan army officers to revolt against the army chief,
a damning attempt at destroying a professional army from within.
Some of this appears to be eerily similar to the campaign waged against the Paki
stani military in 1999, when, in July that year, an unsigned full-page advertise
ment appeared in major American newspapers with the following headline: “A Modern
Rogue Army With Its Finger On The Nuclear Button.”Until this day, it is not clear
who exactly paid for such an expensive advertisement. But one thing is clear: th
e agenda behind that advertisement is back in action.
Strangely, just a few days before Bhutto’s statements about restructuring the ISI
and her open call to army officers to stage a mutiny against their leadership, t
he conservative US magazine The Weekly Standard interviewed an American security
expert who offered similar ideas:
“A large number of ISI agents who are responsible for helping the Taliban and al-Q
aeda should be thrown in jail or killed. What I think we should do in Pakistan i
s a parallel version of what Iran has run against us in Iraq: giving money [and]
empowering actors. Some of this will involve working with some shady characters
, but the alternative – sending US forces into Pakistan for a sustained bombing ca
mpaign – is worse,” Steve Schippert was quoted as saying a November 2007 issue of We
ekly Standard.
In addition to these media attacks, which security experts call “psychological ope
rations”, the US media and politicians have intensified over the past year their c
ampaign to prepare the international public opinion to accept a western interven
tion in Pakistan along the lines of Iraq and Afghanistan:
Newsweek came up with an entire cover story with a single storyline:
Pakistan is a more dangerous place than Iraq.
. Senior American politicians, Republican and Democrat, have argued that Pakista
n is more dangerous than Iran and merits similar treatment. On October 20 , Sena
tor Joe Biden told ABC News that Washington needs to put soldiers on the ground
in Pakistan and invite the international community to join in. “We should be in th
ere,” he said. “We should be supplying tens of millions of dollars to build new scho
ols to compete with the madrassas. We should be in there building democratic ins
titutions. We should be in there, and get the rest of the world in there, giving
some structure to the emergence of, hopefully, the reemergence of a democratic
process.” . The International Crisis Group (ICG) has recommended gradual sanctions
on Pakistan similar to those imposed on Iran, e.g. slapping travel bans on Paki
stani military officers and seizing Pakistani military assets abroad.
The process of painting Pakistan’s nuclear assets as pure evil lying around waitin
g for some do-gooder to come in and “secure” has reached unprecedented levels, with
the US media again depicting Pakistan as a nation incapable of protecting its nu
clear installations. On October 22, Jane Harman from the US House Intelligence P
anel gave the following statement: “I think the US would be wise – and I trust we ar
e doing this – to have contingency plans [to seize Pakistan s nuclear assets], esp
ecially because should [Musharraf] fall, there are nuclear weapons there.”
The US media has now begun discussing the possibility of Pakistan breaking up an
d the possibility of new states of “Balochistan” and “Pashtunistan” being carved out of
it. Interestingly, one of the first acts of the shady Maulana of Swat, after cap
turing a few towns, was to take down the Pakistani flag from the top of state bu
ildings and replace them with his own party flag.
The “chatter” about Musharraf’s eminent fall has also increased dramatically in the ma
inly US media, which has been very generous in marketing theories about how Mush
arraf might “disappear” or be “removed” from the scene. According to some Pakistani anal
ysts, this could be an attempt to prepare the public opinion for a possible assa
ssination of the Pakistani president.
Another worrying thing is how US officials are publicly signaling to the Pakista
nis that Bhutto has their backing as the next leader of the country. Such signal
s from Washington are not only a kiss of death for any public leader in Pakistan
, but the Americans also know that their actions are inviting potential assassin
s to target Bhutto.
If she is killed in this way, there won’t be enough time to find the real culprit,
but what’s certain is that unprecedented international pressure will be placed on
Islamabad while everyone will use their local assets to create maximum internal
chaos in the country. A dress rehearsal of this scenario has already taken plac
e in October when no less than the UN Security Council itself intervened to ask
the international community to “assist” in the investigations into the assassination
attempt on Bhutto on October 18. This generous move was sponsored by the US and
, interestingly, had no input from Pakistan which did not ask for help in invest
igations in the first place.
Some Pakistani security analysts privately say that US “chatter” about Musharraf or
Bhutto getting killed is a serious matter that can’t be easily dismissed. Getting
Bhutto killed can generate the kind of pressure that could result in permanently
putting the Pakistani military on a back foot, giving Washington enough room to
push for installing a new pliant leadership in Islamabad.
Getting Musharraf killed isn’t a bad option either. The unknown Islamists can alwa
ys be blamed, the military will not be able to put another soldier at the top, a
nd circumstances will be created to ensure that either Bhutto or someone like he
r is eased into power.
The US is very serious this time. They cannot let Pakistan get out of their hand
s. They were kicked out of Uzbekistan last year, where they were maintaining bas
es. They are in trouble in Afghanistan and Iraq. Iran continues to be a mess for
them and Russia and China are not making it any easier. Pakistan must be “secured”
at all costs.
This is why most Pakistanis have never seen US diplomats in Pakistan active like
this before. And it’s not just the current US ambassador, who has added one more
address to her other most-frequently-visited address in Karachi, Bhutto’s house. T
he new address is the office of GEO, one of two news channels shut down by Islam
abad for not signing the mandatory code-of-conduct. Thirty-eight other channels
are operating and no one has censored the newspapers. But never mind this. The A
mericans have developed a “thing” for GEO. No solace of course for ARY, the other ba
nned channel.
There’s also Bryan Hunt, the US consul-general in Lahore, who wears the national P
akistani dress, the long shirt and baggy trousers, and is moving around these da
ys issuing tough warnings to the Pakistani government and Musharraf to end emerg
ency rule, resign as army chief and give Bhutto access to power.
Pakistan’s options
So what should Islamabad do in the face of such a structured campaign to bring P
akistan down to its knees and forcibly install a pro-Washington administration?
There is increasing talk in Islamabad these days about Pakistan’s new tough stand
in the face of this malicious campaign.
As a starter, Islamabad blew the wind out of the visit of US Deputy Secretary of
State John Negroponte who came to Pakistan recently “to deliver a tough message” to
the Pakistani president. Musharraf, to his credit, told him he won’t end emergenc
y rule until all objectives are achieved.
These objectives include:
. Cleaning up northern and western parts of the country of all foreign operative
s and their domestic pawns.
. Ensuring that Washington’s plan for regime-change doesn’t succeed. . Purging the P
akistani media of all those elements that were willing or unwilling accomplices
in the plan to destabilize the country.
Musharraf has also told Washington publicly that “Pakistan is more important than
democracy or the constitution”. This is a bold position. This kind of boldness wou
ld have served Musharraf better had it come a little earlier. But even now, his
media management team is unable to make the most out of it.
Washington will not stand by watching as its plan for regime change in Islamabad
goes down the drain. In case the US insists on interfering in Pakistani affairs
, Islamabad, according to sources, is looking at some tough measures:
. Cutting off oil supplies to US military in Afghanistan. Pakistani officials ar
e already enraged at how Afghanistan has turned into a staging ground for sabota
ge in Pakistan. If Islamabad continues to see Washington acting as a bully, Paki
stani officials are seriously considering an announcement where Pakistan, for th
e first time since October 2001, will deny the US use of Pakistani soil and air
space to transport fuel to Afghanistan.
. Reviewing Pakistan’s role in the “war on terror”. Islamabad needs to fight terrorist
s on its border with Afghanistan. But our methods need to be different to Washin
gton’s when it comes to our domestic extremists. This is where Islamabad parts way
s with Washington. Pakistani officials are considering the option of withdrawing
from the war on terror while maintaining Pakistan’s own war against the terrorist
s along Afghanistan’s border.
Talks with the Taliban. Pakistan has no quarrel with Afghanistan’s Taliban. They a
re Kabul’s internal problem. But if reaching out to Afghan Taliban’s Mullah Omar can
have a positive impact on rebellious Pakistani extremists, then this step shoul
d be taken. The South Koreans can talk to the Taliban. Karzai has also called fo
r talks with them. It is time that Islamabad does the same.
The US has been telling everyone in the world that they have paid Pakistan $10 b
illion over the past five years. They might think this gives them the right to d
ecide Pakistan’s destiny. What they don’t tell the world is how Pakistan’s help secure
d for them their biggest footprint ever in energy-rich Central Asia.
If they forget, Islamabad can always remind them by giving them the same treatme
nt that Uzbekistan did last year.
Ahmed Quraishi is an investigative reporter, currently hosting a weekly politica
l talk show titled Worldview from Islamabad.
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