[lbo-talk] [Flash! Dog bites man] Use of chemical weapons by the US military in Iraq

Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at gmail.com
Mon Nov 7 14:30:39 PST 2005


On Monday, November 07, 2005 1:45 PM [PDT], Michael Pugliese <michael.098762001 at gmail.com> wrote:


> After the 9th minute is footage of the effects of the chemical
> weapons.In English.
>
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> Date: Nov 7, 2005 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [DemocraticLeft] Use of chemical weapons by the US
> military in Iraq. Vete...
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>
> Some video to check out:
> http://www.rainews24.rai.it/ran24/inchiesta/default_02112005.asp
>
> - Tim

My ProjectCensored newsletter came with this:

(CW in Iraq isn't really news... the corroboration is...)

U.S. Uses Napalm in Iraq Reviewed by Cole Ryan and David Abbott

The U.S. has been secretly using napalm in Iraq despite a 1980 international ban on the use of incendiary weapons by the United Nations. The US never signed the UN protocol banning incendiary weapons and uses semantic deception to cover up the use of napalm by calling the weapons firebombs or Mk-77s. http://electroniciraq.net/news/1928.shtml http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0617-01.htm http://aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=5875 http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1518692,00.html

Oh, also these [Slightly offtopic]

War Profiteering by Defense CEOs Reviewed by Bailey Malone

A report by the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy reveals that CEOs in the US defense industry have seen a 200 percent pay increase since September 11, 2001 - as compared to an average seven percent increase for all CEOs - equal to 431 times what the average worker earns. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0831-02.htm http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12600

Chemical Industry Now a Main Partner in EPA Research Reviewed by Charlene Jones

The Environmental Protection Agency is increasingly relying on joint corporate ventures to conduct research. As a result, the American Chemical Council is the EPA's leading research partner. This arrangement shifts resources from basic public health and environmental research to studies that address the concerns of corporate contributors. http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=596

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