http://occupation.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for occupation en Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:15:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042013 unknown@Netscape.com In an audio report, Koppel points out that in a recent debate Senator Hillary Clinton said that her first priority if elected would be to "bring our troops home." She did not say ALL our troops, Koppel points out, and she does not mean ALL our troops. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:15:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042013ClintoniraqTroopsoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2040885 unknown@Netscape.com "This is a really bad idea, one that will only feed the image of the US as the occupier, the colonial power," says a former official with the American provisional authority. "There's no way long-term military bases are going to be acceptable to a majority of the Iraqi population." Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:17:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040885iraqfordecadespermanentbasesneoconoccupationwarcivilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2037494 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout, but aims for a smaller, longer-term force that would remain in the country for years. One of the guiding principles is that the U.S. should leave Iraq more intellige Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:24:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037494iraqmilitarystrategytrooplevelsoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035113 unknown@Netscape.com When George Bush announced that he favored keeping troops in Iraq for decades, the media apparently didn't think the opinion of Iraqis mattered. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:23:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035113bushiraqmediaoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2034119 unknown@Netscape.com "Forty years ago today was the last day the citizens of Israel were a free people in their own land," wrote Ha'aretz columnist Akiva Eldar on June 4. "It was the last day we lived here without living other peoples' lives." Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:48:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2034119palestineIsraeloccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2027654 unknown@Netscape.com Israel captured and occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank 40 years ago this week. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:25:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2027654IsraelpalestineoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2023950 unknown@Netscape.com Such enthusiasm for a protracted U.S. presence modeled after Korea is grimly ironic. Back in 1964, when "the war in Vietnam was only a small dark cloud on the very distant horizon," President Lyndon Johnson privately told National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy that "getting into another Korea" was the very thing he feared: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:42:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2023950iraqvietnamKorealyndonjohnsonoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2020105 unknown@Netscape.com George Bush likes to call himself a "War President." Okay, he likes to call himself a lot of things, but "War President" seems to be his proudest. So proud he now wants a U.S. military presence in Iraq for the next 50 years. Thu, 31 May 2007 21:25:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020105warbushoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2017870 unknown@Netscape.com President George W. Bush would like to see a lengthy U.S. troop presence in Iraq like the one in South Korea to provide stability but not in a frontline combat role, the White House said on Wednesday. Wed, 30 May 2007 19:47:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2017870bushiraqoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1996966 unknown@Netscape.com Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace uttered a "carefully worded" statement revealing that the Pentagon had no plans to fully withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq if legislation passes Congress mandating troop redeployment Mon, 21 May 2007 23:43:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1996966wariraqoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1964262 unknown@Netscape.com The new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad will be the world's largest and most expensive foreign mission, though it may not be large enough or secure enough to cope with the chaos in Iraq. The $592 million embassy occupies a 104 acre chunk of prime real estate two-thirds the size of Washington's National Mall. Sun, 20 May 2007 03:34:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1964262iraqembassybaghdadU.S.waroccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1846156 unknown@Netscape.com Our invasion and occupation are illegal, being in violation of both international law and our own traditions. We were lied into war. We are still being lied to. We need to get out of Iraq right now. This folly has already cost us 3,300 American lives, $500 billion in tax money, 30,000 wounded... Sat, 12 May 2007 01:37:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1846156iraqwarEmpireoccupationwithdrawalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1826316 unknown@Netscape.com The River Tigris has been a symbol of prosperity in Iraq but since the US-led invasion in 2003, this amazing watercourse has turned into a graveyard of bodies. In addition, the water level is decreasing as pollution increases. After 4 years of war and pollution, the Tigris has been transformed into a stagnant sewer, according to environmentalists. Thu, 10 May 2007 18:08:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1826316iraqriverTigrispollutiondeadbodiesoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1440983 unknown@Netscape.com Conservative bloggers have been cherry-picking news about the protests to describe the turnout as "underwhelming" and "weak" while using this photo as proof that the demonstrations fell far short of their 3,000,000 person goal. A picture of the same location four years ago puts it into perspective. Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:11:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1440983iraqprotestsoccupationphotosNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1383314 unknown@Netscape.com A log of developments from across the country on the fourth anniversary of Baghdad's fall. A total of 25 people were killed or found dead in Iraq on Monday, according to police and morgues. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:23:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1383314iraqwarviolenceU.S.occupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1315450 unknown@Netscape.com Thanks to the Israeli press, people in Israel are informed regularly about their government's mistreatment of the 4.5 million Palestinians under their rule. Most of the information regarding the occupation of Palestine and the oppression of its people is well documented and accurately reported in the Israeli press. But even the most serious offense Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:23:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1315450IsraelipressoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1060206 unknown@Netscape.com It has been four years since the American-led invasion of Iraq and the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime. It was a well-executed military campaign - taking Baghdad in less than three weeks. However, the notion of a quick victory followed by a quick withdrawal did not come to fruition. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:03:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1060206iraqinvasionoccupationgovernmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1055894 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. soldiers rolled into Sadr City primed for a fight with the notorious Mahdi Army militia. Instead of snipers & bombs, the Americans found a vast, crowded slum where years of misery & government neglect have created conditions for the militias to thrive. U.S. Unless things improve the people of Sadr City will quickly tire of the American Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:57:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1055894iraqsadrcityslumpovertyoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/811207 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S.-backed Iraqi cabinet approved oil law that gives foreign companies contracts. Labor unions insist oil production should remain in the hands of Iraqis. "...transferring ownership to the foreign companies would give a further pretext to continue the U.S. occupation on the grounds that those companies will need protection." Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:03:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/811207iraqiraqioiloccupationnewlawNews http://web2announcer.com/go/805111 unknown@Netscape.com Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced HR 1234, a bill to immediately end the United States occupation of Iraq, in the House of Representatives Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:16:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/805111KucinichoccupationwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/400697 unknown@Netscape.com This story by a former Reuters reporter is part of a special report on the exodus from Iraq. The author has requested that her location not be identified. "After losing loved ones and neighbors to the revenge killings and suicide bombings that have become Iraq's daily curse, I knew it was time to seek a safer haven abroad." Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:52:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/400697FormerreutersreporteriraqiExileRefugeeoccupationiraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/100518 unknown@Netscape.com "My son was killed three years, five months, and 15 days ago on the perimeter of an oil refinery. He was the 249th American killed in the Iraq occupation. When he died I was the only person I knew of who had lost a child in Iraq. He had been in Iraq for less than five months, I could not and would not believe that he had been killed..." Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:38:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/100518motherofsoldieramericankillediraqoccupationoilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/84190 unknown@Netscape.com Some health insurers in California refuse to sell health insurance to people in "high-risk" occupations or to those who use certain prescription medications, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:04:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/84190healthinsurancerefusaloccupationmedicationNews