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| joker 1 |
Pope John Paul II. |
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Leader of the Catholic Church |
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http://www.human-life.ch/programm/aktion/rosenkranz.htm |
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opposes pretty much everything... thank goodness also the war |
http://www.radiovaticano.com/tedesco/speciale/ted_assisi_pace/... |
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“God bless Iraq” |
http://www.dsz-verlag.de/Artikel_03/NZ11_2.html |
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the instigators of the armed attack “must be accountable for their deeds in front of God, their conscience and history” (Vatican-statement) |
http://www.radiovaticano.com/tedesco/speciale/ted_assisi_pace/... |
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“The Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal is “a more serious blow to the United States than Sept. 11” (Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, Foreign Minister of the Vatican) |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,299515,00.html |
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http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20040514.htm |
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Bush exhortation |
http://n-tv.de/5244278.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,302898,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,302705,00.html |
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http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID33339... |
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| joker 2 |
Muammar al-Gaddafi |
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President of Libya |
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http://www.libyen-news.de/muammar_el_gaddafi.htm |
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at the helm of a proselytised rogue state got tired of acquiring WMDs (20.12.03) |
http://www.dw-world.de/german/0,3367,1491_A_1065027,00.html |
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but still remains on the blacklist of the US Government (30.04.04) |
http://www.n24.at/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004043012101924912 |
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received the Austrian Environment Award “Water-Globe 2003” |
http://www.n-tv.de/5215007.html |
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The entire Arabian peninsula is now in effect “an American protectorate” |
http://www.ish.com/___1046183817892.html |
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http://www.sis.gov.eg/league/html/8r.htm |
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| joker 3 |
Fidel Castro |
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President of Cuba |
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http://www.liberalismo.org/articulos/17 |
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http://biografieonline.it/biografia.htm?BioID=244&biografia=Fidel%20Castro |
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“The US wants to overthrow Castro”: |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004050315100434869 |
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a US commission has worked out measures for a speedier regime change in Cuba, the study also contains recommendations for Fidel Castro´s downfall |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004050315100434869 |
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http://www.welt.de/data/2004/05/03/273003.html |
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in 2003 had the highest number of detained journalists on register worldwide |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/17341/1.html |
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affronts the EU as "mafia", that sub-ordinates itself to the USA, because the EU condemned Cuba of the violation of human rights |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004050210441029430 |
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| ace of clubs |
Pervez Musharraf |
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President of Pakistan |
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http://www.index.hu/cikk5/pakisztan |
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seized power with a coup d´etat; at that time still of anti-American disposition |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/info/5374/1.html |
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plays with the nuclear bomb in the border conflict with India |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/12627/1.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 8/2004 (12. Februar 2004), S. 6 |
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refused to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) |
http://ftd.de/pw/in/1075534248074.html?nv=hpm |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004020114510913735 |
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DIE ZEIT, 13/2004 (18. März 2004), S. 65 |
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today he calls the Islamic fundamen-talists - once “useful” to him in the Kashmir conflict and have been supported by him and the USA since the 70´s |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/9778/1.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/12636/1.html |
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a “terroristic minority” |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/9778/1.html |
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since the 11.09.2001 the military re-gime has become “acceptable” again : “President Musharraf is a courageous leader and a friend of the United States.” (George W. Bush) |
http://www.indien-newsletter.de/profilmusharraf.html |
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http://paknews.com/articles.php?id=3&date1=2003-06-26 |
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| king of clubs |
Vladimir Putin |
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President of Russia |
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http://www.faz.net/s/RubFC06D389EE76479E9E76425072B196C3/Doc~... |
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Bush sanctions his war against Chechnya; in return Putin doesn´t interfere in Iraq |
http://www.taz.de/pt/2003/09/29/a0085.nf/textdruck |
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presents his war as an “anti-terror operation” because of the Chechnyan people´s sociopolitical situation |
http://afa.at/globalview/032000/putin.html |
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http://www.wsws.org/de/2003/sep2003/tsch-s09.shtml |
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presidential candidate Iwan Rybkin has mysteriously disappeared for five days |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,286387,00.html |
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and quits afterwards his elec-tion campaign |
http://www.zeit.de/2004/09/Ripkin |
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http://www.aktuell.ru/rumed0010/morenews.php?iditem=218 |
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“Putin plans a totalitarian state.” (Boris Beresowski) |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,289905,00.html |
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| queen of clubs |
The Saudi Royal Family |
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Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdelasis |
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http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/Mideast_Madness/Mugshots_... |
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according to international investi-gators, the Saudis finance inter-national terror |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/eco/17051/1.html |
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eternal friendship with the ruling US oil tycoons: |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/ost/15361/1.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,293632,00.html |
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under Bush Senior US-visas were issued to Bin Laden´s recruits for Afghanistan, “persons who actually didn´t qualify” |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/11159/1.html |
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complaints by the US visa delegate Michael Springman were then dismissed and ignored by the US Government |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/11159/1.html |
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reign over a land of slavery with one of the highest execution rates world-wide |
http://www.das-parlament.de/2004/07-08/Ausland/003.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 21/2004 (13. Mai 2004), S. 1 |
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| jack of clubs |
Al-Qaida |
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Osama Bin Laden and friends |
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http://www.zorka.com/images/humor/binladenbig |
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Bin Laden´s recruits once received terroristic training in the US from the CIA in order to fight the Soviet in Afghanistan |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/11159/1.html |
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it is suspected that Al-Qaida was involved in the Oklahoma attack in 1995 |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,295490,00.html |
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reports [...] suggest that Bin Ladenhas been planning to perpetrate terror attacks in the US since 1997” (06.08.2001, government document) |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,294942,00.html |
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the FBI observed activities, which indicate “preparations for hijacking airplanes or other kinds of attacks” |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,294942,00.html |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041214292841677 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041011523538998 |
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Bush: “Had I known that the enemy was going to use airplanes to kill on that fateful morning, I would have done everything in my power to protect the American people." |
http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004032410025165764 |
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/warningmemo020517.html |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041214292841677 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041011523538998 |
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Did the Taliban want to extradite Bin Ladin? |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,302730,00.html |
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Atta´s problems in planning delayed the terror attacks for months |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304233,00.html |
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| kreuz 10 |
Hosni Mubarak |
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President of Egypt |
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http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/Mideast_Madness/Mugshots_Mid... |
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14.09.2002: strictly against a US attack on Iraq, he nonetheless proclaimed that Bush has opened a door to solve the Iraq conflict |
http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/archiv2002/020914/politik/story548798.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,236529,00.html |
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04.06.2003: appreciated Bush as a “strong personality”, who could lead the Middle East peace plan to success and end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land |
http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/politik/nahost/objekt.php3?artikel_id=1164832 |
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http://interaktiv.n-tv.de/foren/nachrichten/ausland/FORUM100/thread225403.php |
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| 9 of clubs |
Coalition of the Willing? |
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Alibi-Allies |
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certainly the US does not go to war alone - they have an exquisite assembly of greatly experienced allies on their side, such as: Albania, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbeidjan, Australia, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Great Britain, Hun-gary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Katar, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Nicaragua, The Netherlands, Oman, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi-Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South-Korea, The Czech Republic, Turkey, The Ukraine, Uzbekistan, The United Arab Emirates,... |
http://www.n-tv.de/5236382.html |
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http://media.de.indymedia.org/media/2003/03/43111.pdf |
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but most don´t have to participate in military action; a benevolent handsign in UN conferences should suffice |
Michael Moore, Volle Deckung Mr. Bush, S. 105-109 |
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http://www.de.indymedia.org/2003/03/43112.shtml |
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in most of these countries strong majorities opposed participation in the Iraq war |
Michael Moore, Volle Deckung Mr. Bush, S. 105-109 |
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DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.11 |
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those who have already left the “coalition”: Spain, Honduras, The Dominican Republic... to be continued … |
http://www.n-tv.de/5236380.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,296394,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,296213,00.html |
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| 8 of clubs |
US Army |
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Torture |
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US Major-General Taguba, head of the investigations concerning the torture scandal, confirmed the "systematics of maltreatment” |
http://www.ftd.de/pw/in/1084269306397.html?nv=tn-rs |
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http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,634637,00.html |
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Spiegel Nr. 20/2004, S. 103 |
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http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/iraqis_tortured |
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R2I (Resistance to Interrogation): the name of the technique of interrogation, that is part of the Special Forces training |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,299080,00.html |
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http://www.n-tv.de/5242526.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/17424/1.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,303318,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304629,00.html |
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secretly ordered by Rums-feld |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004051610023293472 |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,302604,00.html |
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Spiegel Nr. 20/2004, S. 108 |
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it was used in Iraq and Commander-in-Chief Sanchez pro-bably attended it |
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/05/23/281847.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,301077,00.html |
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http://tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3295140_TYP6_... |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004052310082819367 |
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http://www.welt.de/data/2004/05/24/282698.html |
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http://www.tagesthemen.de/sendungen/0,1196,OID3300038_... |
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Rumsfeld, self-appointed chief investi-gator: the investigations undermine war efforts in Iraq |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,300607,00.html |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/07/politics.abuse.main |
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one of the indicted, MP Spc. Jeremy Sivits, receives a chief witness deal |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,300607,00.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 21/2004 (13. Mai 2004), S. 1 |
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and assures that the tortures, murders and rapes were committed merely by individuals and not ordered from above |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,300230,00.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.17 |
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Adil Allami, Human Rights laywer: “Iraq has turned into one big Guantanamo.” |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/ost/16921/1.html |
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http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040510fa_fact |
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http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/03/282270.shtml |
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General supposedly consented to extreme interrogation tactics |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,303951,00.html |
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Rumsfeld ordered secret arrests according to request by Tenet |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304596,00.html |
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Rumsfeld consented to brutal invterrogations |
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/06/23/295488.html |
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Video - Rumsfeld consented to brutal invterrogation methods |
http://www.spiegel.de/video/0,4916,2864,00.html |
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Rumsfeld gave the okay for abuse |
http://n-tv.de/5256961.html |
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The White House Papers |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,305622,00.html |
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Janet Karpinski, former director of Abu Ghraib, claimed that General Miller took over the interrogation unit and „guantanomized“ Abu Ghraib |
DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.55 |
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Karpinski on Miller: „He said, they are like dogs, and if you permit at any time that they believe to be more than dogs, then you loose control over them.“ |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304198,00.html |
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Pentagon report: Bush not bound to prohibition against torture, judicial legitimacy for torture? |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,303108,00.html |
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Pentagon report: Bush not bound to prohibition against torture |
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/06/07/288549.html |
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Torture report puts Bush and Ashcroft under pressure |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,303441,00.html |
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They applied „Israeli methods“ that are known to have worked on Arab prisoners... A US-soldier stationed in Heidelberg accused that the torture scandal of Abu Ghraib is being „covered up“. |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,305120,00.html |
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Abu Ghraib: US secret service participates in torture. Furthermore, Staff Sergeant Samuel Provance accused in a taz-interview three members of his unit, which is stationed in Iraq, to have participated in abuse. |
http://www.taz.de/pt/2004/06/25/a0076.nf/text |
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Photos of Iraqis Being Abused by US Personnel |
http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/iraqis_tortured |
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US soldiers abuse journalisist in Iraq |
http://tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3295746_REF1_... |
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Common practice in US prisons – nakedness to humiliate muslims |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,303318,00.html |
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USA operate secret prisons worldwide |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304639,00.html |
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Ghost prisoners and secret prisons |
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/06/18/293291.html |
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Rumsfeld´s „ghost prisoners“ |
http://www.n24.at/politik/ausland/index.php/a2004061808480828135 |
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| 7 of clubs |
ABC weapons of the USA |
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Insanity |
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http://www.learn-line.nrw.de/angebote/agenda21/irak |
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the Bush Administration dismisses the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/14825/1.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/17689/1.html |
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and plans the use of Mini-Nukes against “rogue states”; the development of these weapons was forbidden by US Congress in 1993 |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/12070/1.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 13/2004 (18. März 2004), S. 65 |
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Planet Pentagon, Militärausgaben der sog. Schurkenstaaten |
DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.17 |
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contrary to the Geneva Convention there are still numerous bioweapon laboratories conducting research on killer viruses - even in housing areas |
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,295254,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,291769,00.html |
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already before the beginning of the Iraq war the US Government planned the use of chemical weapons in street fights there |
http://www.jungewelt.de/2003/03-03/001.php |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/13405/1.html |
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uranium ammunition (DU): used in the first Gulf War (1990/1991) and on the Balkan in the late 90´s |
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/17/0,1872,2040721,00.html |
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http://www.umweltfibel.de/lexikon/u/lex_u_uran.htm |
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http://uraniumweaponsconference.de/hintergrund.htm |
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again used in Afghanistan and Iraq |
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb10/frieden/themen/DU-Geschosse/queck.html |
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Did the White House know in advance about the impending anthrax-attacks? |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/12693/1.html |
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controversial US missile defense system |
DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.18 |
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Breach of the NPT – American-British nuclear arms partnership |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/17689/1.html |
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| 6 of clubs |
South-Korea & Japan |
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American Hostages |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004012210254171100.jpg |
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the South-Korean government announced to send 3.600 soldiers into the Kurdish areas in northern Iraq; as a result, South-Korea would provide the third largest troop contingent for the occupation coalition - after the USA and Great Britain |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,293726,00.html |
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three Japanese hostages (civilian aid workers), set free in April 2004, suffer after their return home not only from the experience of their imprisonment, but also from their fellow citizens and government representatives, who accuse them of being guilty them-selves |
http://n-tv.de/5236714.html |
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| 5 of clubs |
Islam Karimov
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President of Uzbekistan |
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http://usbekistan.at/publish/de/cat_index_2.shtml |
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US ally Uzbekistan - the antipode of democracy - sponsored by the US Government, because the regime takes action against Al-Qaida |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/irak/17095/1.html |
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the authoritarian ruler is renowned for his disrespect of human rights, his regime mercilessly persecutes even peaceful Muslims |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/irak/17095/1.html |
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“The Uzbek government has arrested and tortured thousands of nonviolent Muslim dissidents who practice their faith outside state-controlled religion.” (Human Rights Watch) |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/irak/17095/1.html |
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http://www.hrw.org/german/press/2004/usbekistan033004de.htm |
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| 4 of clubs |
10.000 ´s |
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Victims of the Bombing in Afghanistan and Iraq |
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http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,252722,00.jpg |
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more than 3.500 civilian victims in the Afghanistan war / 3,500 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan by U.S. Bombs |
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb10/frieden/regionen/Afghanistan/opfer.html |
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AfghanDailyCount |
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mwherold |
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http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mwherold/AfghanDailyCount.xls |
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The Pentagon admits for the first time civilian casualties as a result of a bombing attack in Afghanistan, a warplane mistakenly bombed a habitat area in the capital Kabul. |
http://home.t-online.de/home/boa-muenchen/n0110150.htm |
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Sobering balance after three weeks of war |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,164926,00.html |
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Until now 5.500 Iraqi civilians have died |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,301316,00.html |
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Silent death in Bagdad´s children`s hospitals |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,303060,00.html |
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| 3 of clubs |
Falludja |
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Victim of the Circumstances |
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the Iraqi city is the religious center of resistance against the occupation and hence beleaguered by US troops |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041209324740940 |
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hundreds of civilians have been killed, among them many women, children and older people - Rumsfeld dis-missed these reports as demonic, unfounded and inexcusable |
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/04/15/265234.html?... |
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http://derstandard.at/?id=1630350 |
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US occupation forces encircled Falludja and a US warplane dropped a 1000 kg bomb on the city |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,295999,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,295733,00.html |
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40 people were supposedly killed during a US air attack on a mosque |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,294398,00.html |
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“Occupation Watch“, a US-based human rights organisation, severely criticises the operation of US troops in Falludja: “The situation in Falludja is a catastrophe." |
http://tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185... |
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| 2 of clubs |
Chechnya |
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Victim of the Circumstances |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,218921,00.jpg |
| 1 |
human rights groups criticise Russian offenses against the Chechnyan people, the disappearance of persons and the obstruction of journalists |
http://www.ftd.de/pw/in/1048234724391.html?nv=rs |
| 2 |
according to a report by the German “Frankfurter Rundschau” Russian troops commit war crimes that are covered-up by Moscow |
http://www.hls.sha.bw.schule.de/konflikt/tschetsc/reports/rep1.htm |
| 3 |
since the assassination of President Achmed Kadyrow the power lies in the hands of his son Ramsan, who runs his own death squads and is considered “a torturer by grace of Putin” |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,299792,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,299100,00.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 21/2004 (13. Mai 2004), S. 19 |
| 4 |
“Chechnyan terrorists must be buried in their own shit.” (Vladimir Putin) |
Spiegel Nr. 7/2004, Seite 112 |
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| ace of spades |
Donald Rumsfeld |
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Secretary of Defense of the US |
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| Picture |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/irak/16399/16399_1.jpg |
| 1 |
“And if in any event somebody [...] says something that's not correct, they correct that at the earliest opportunity.” and: |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/info/11895/1.html |
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2002/n02202002_200202206.html |
| 2 |
“The president is correct. Whatever it was he said.” |
http://www.n-tv.de/3180153.html |
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http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Pentagon/dod-... |
| 3 |
hoped for a catastrophe to advance the imperial expansion (RAD) |
http://www.arbeiterfotografie.com/galerie/kein-krieg/hintergrund/... |
| 4 |
right after the 9/11 attacks he said that Iraq must be bombed |
http://n-tv.de/5226580.html |
| 5 |
in the 80´s he worked for Bechtel hand in hand with Saddam Hussein |
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,274163,00.html |
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http://www.jungewelt.de/2003/04-16/006.php |
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http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7577 |
| 6 |
referring to the torture scandal: “It is a pattern and a practice of terrorists to allege abuse.” (04.05.04) |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,298537,00.html |
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http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/05/05/news/opinion/1ed5.txt |
| more |
The „sins“ of Donald Rumsfeld |
http://www.n24.de/politik/hintergrund/?a2004051112325370216 |
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Planet Pentagon |
DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.16 |
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| pik koenig |
Paul Wolfowitz |
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Deputy Defence Secretary of the US |
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| Picture |
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002200/2003/07/28.html |
| 1 |
in the 90´s he developed the “Project for The New American Century" (PNAC) and had already pressured Bill Clinton to overthrow Saddam |
http://www.n-tv.de/3147543.html |
| 2 |
the brain behind the “Masterplan” for the war against Iraq |
http://www.n-tv.de/3147543.html |
| 3 |
and signatory of the RAD 2000, he also just waited for a pretext: |
http://www.arbeiterfotografie.com/galerie/kein-krieg/hintergrund/... |
| 4 |
“Let's look at it simply. The most important difference between North Korea and Iraq is that economically, we just had no choice in Iraq. The country swims on a sea of oil.” |
http://www.freace.de/artikel/jun2003/oel040603.html |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/corrections/story/0,3604,971436,00.html |
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| queen of spades |
Colin Powell |
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Secretary of State of the US |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,grossbild-309446-... |
| 1 |
“UN faces irrelevance if it does not respond to Iraq.“ (05.02.2003) |
http://www.ontheissues.org/Colin_Powell.htm |
| 2 |
05.02.2003: believes devoutly that Iraq hides ABC weapons |
http://www.n-tv.de/3098608.html |
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http://www.n-tv.de/3098655.html |
| 3 |
25.01.2004: doubts that there are any ABC weapons in Iraq |
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/ausland/artikel/441/25416/print.html |
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http://www.rundschau-online.de/kr/page.jsp?ksArtikel.id=10748... |
| 4 |
17.05.2004: Iraq doesn´t possess mobile biological weapons labora-tories and the CIA reports were “in some cases, deliberately mislea-ding” |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,300129,00.html |
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5156653 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004051710532995723 |
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http://n-tv.de/5245341.html |
| 5 |
referring to the torture scandal he said: “Horrible things happen now and then in war.” |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/debatte/0,1518,298744,00.html |
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http://www.fox23.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=96B51774-DB... |
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Spiegel Nr. 20/2004, S. 103 |
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| jack of spades |
George Tenet |
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Director of the CIA |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,327731,00.jpg |
| 1 |
Saddam´s recruits, the Mujaheddin and Osama Bin Laden were trained by the CIA to perpetrate acts of terror |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/11159/1.html |
| 2 |
blames the White House for having misconstrued his reports concerning the Iraq: “We never said there was an imminent threat.” |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,285057,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,284979,00.html |
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http://www.cheslog.com/craig/parrhesia/archives/001825.html |
| 3 |
lied in front of the 9/11-committee |
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/04/15/264794.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,295329,00.html |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041510035654016 |
| 4 |
We “knew about Bin Laden´s intention to hit America. But [we] were unable to translate this knowledge into preven-ting the 11 September attacks.” |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,295329,00.html |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2004/04/sec-040... |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041214292841677 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041011523538998 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004061513480112869 |
| 5 |
the US Government took revenge for the disclosure of Bush´s “Uranium lie” and exposed one of his CIA agents |
http://www.n-tv.de/3186327.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,297536,00.html |
| more |
Tenet´s resignation |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,302604,00.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.17 |
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Rumsfeld ordered secret arrests according to request by Tenet |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304596,00.html |
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prisoner abuse – CIA member charged |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304629,00.html |
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CIA insider: worldwide Islamic insurrection – not terrorism |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php/a2004062313024348960 |
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CIA expert - Iraq was a big present for Bin Laden |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,306000,00.html |
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Abu Ghraib: US secret service participates in torture. Furthermore, Staff Sergeant Samuel Provance accused in a taz-interview three members of his unit, which is stationed in Iraq, to have participated in abuse. |
http://www.taz.de/pt/2004/06/25/a0076.nf/text |
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| 10 of spades |
Robert Mueller |
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Director of the FBI |
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| Picture |
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/11/transcripts.mueller |
| 1 |
claims that the 9/11 attacks could have been prevented |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,199029,00.html |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041214292841677 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041011523538998 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004061513480112869 |
| 2 |
investigates against members of the government who criticise the war |
http://www.wsws.org/de/2003/okt2003/fbi-o09.shtml |
| 3 |
30.10.01: FBI desires to introduce torture techniques in order to break the silence of captive terror suspects |
http://www.gsa-essen.de/gsa/wa/wa2001/chronik_0144.pdf |
| 4 |
21.05.04: rejects accusations that FBI agents abused Iraqi prisoners |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,300785,00.html |
| 5 |
deems suicide attacks similar to the Israeli-Palestinian pattern in the US “unavoidable”: There will be “another terrorist attack” in the United States. "We will not be able to stop it. It's something we all live with.” |
http://www.wsws.org/de/2002/mai2002/terr-m30.shtml |
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http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/20/gen.war.on.terror |
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| 9 of spades |
Patriot Act |
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US enabling act |
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| Picture |
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http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-dict.html |
| 1 |
free acquisition of information can count as espionage |
http://www.gazette.de/Archiv/Gazette-Aug03-Jan04/Merk.html |
| 2 |
tightens immigration regulations |
http://www.gazette.de/Archiv/Gazette-Aug03-Jan04/Merk.html |
| 3 |
a state of war can be declared without approval by Congress |
http://www.gazette.de/Archiv/Gazette-Aug03-Jan04/Merk.html |
| 4 |
sanctions house-searches and surveillance without approval by a court of law |
http://www.gazette.de/Archiv/Gazette-Aug03-Jan04/Merk.html |
| 5 |
permits members of the government to keep their financial transactions secret |
http://www.gazette.de/Archiv/Gazette-Aug03-Jan04/Merk.html |
| 6 |
allows US corporations to keep concealed their handling of toxic material, whether biological, chemical or atomic |
http://www.gazette.de/Archiv/Gazette-Aug03-Jan04/Merk.html |
| 7 |
a US Supreme Court justice declares parts of the “Patriot Act" as unconstitutional |
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,283691,00.html |
| more |
Restrictions on basic rights |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,278272,00.html |
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| 8 of spades |
Plan of Attack |
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US Expansion Plans |
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| 1 |
Bob Woodward, amongst others, reported that the attack on Iraq had been decided by Bush long ago |
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,296901,00.html |
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http://www.n-tv.de/5235744.html |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004042011500874435 |
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DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.17 |
| 2 |
”Rebuilding America´s Defenses” (RAD): strategy to permanently preserve the superpower position of the US |
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf |
| 3 |
already one year prior to the attacks this concept defines as clear aim the overthrow of Saddam (and the concomitant access to oil) - develop-ments simply don´t move fast enough : “The process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event." (RAD 2000) |
http://www.arbeiterfotografie.com/galerie/kein-krieg/hintergrund/in... |
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http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf, S. 63 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004061513480112869 |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/17666/1.html |
| 4 |
signed by Wolfowitz, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others: “In no circumstances should America's politics be crippled by the misguided insistence of the Security Council on unanimity.” |
http://www.n-tv.de/3147543.html |
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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/07/1046826528748.html |
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| 7 of spades |
Pentagon |
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Department of Defense of the US |
|
| Picture 1 und 2 |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/17184/1.html |
| 1 |
simulated a plane attack as part of an exercise already in late October 2000 |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/17184/1.html |
| 2 |
Bush: “I am satisfied that I never saw any intelligence that indicated there was going to be an attack on America - - at a time and a place, an attack.” |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/17184/1.html |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4275-2004Apr11.html |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041214292841677 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041011523538998 |
| 3 |
objects to sending an experienced military laywer to the torture prisons in Iraq |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,299062,00.html |
| more |
Employees are prohibited to read the Taguba report |
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,634637,00.html |
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07.05.2004 – The voice recordings of 9/11 air traffic controllers were destroyed |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/17373/1.html |
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Who changed the directives for intercepting hijacked plane on 1st of June 2001? |
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http://www.norad.mil |
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9/11 commission |
http://www.9-11commission.gov |
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Everything investigated, nothing explained, no-one responsible – mission accomplished – The 9/11 commission held its last public hearings; connections of the commission members to energy, arms or media industry; launch of unarmed interceptors |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/17697/1.html |
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Atta´s problems in planning delayed the terror attacks for months |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304233,00.html |
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Military maneuvers were held on September 11th 2001, where planes simulated hijacked civilian planes for practicing purposes |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/17666/1.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/17697/1.html |
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Air defense missed chance to down a terror jet |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304587,00.html |
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Planet Pentagon (Dossier) |
DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.15 ff |
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Secret memo incriminates White House – Ex senator: 9/11 could have been prevented |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041214292841677 |
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Bush knew about terror plan |
http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041011523538998 |
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The preventable catastrophe |
http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004061513480112869 |
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Interview with Ex Pentagon chief |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304436,00.html |
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| 6 of spades |
Rupert Murdoch |
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Media Mogul |
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| Picture |
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http://www.3sat.de/3sat.php?http://www.3sat.de/boerse/magazin/31663 |
| 1 |
John Ellis (Fox-News), a first-degree Bush cousin, was the first reporter who mistakenly declared him as the new president |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/US_election_race/Story/0,2763,399882,00.html |
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http://www.bushpresident2004.com/foxnews.htm |
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Michael Moore, Stupid White Men, S. 26f |
| 2 |
Murdoch´s tabloid press paved the way for Tony Blair´s ascent to power in 1997 |
http://www.igmedien.de/publikationen/m/2000/03/11.html |
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http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe1.html |
| 3 |
no war without propaganda: Fox News presents the war as adventure holiday |
http://www.das-gibts-doch-nicht.de/seite1566.php |
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http://www.jungewelt.de/2003/10-13/019.php |
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http://www.spindoktor.de/einleitung.html |
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http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/14/0,1872,2040206,00.html |
| 4 |
a Fox reporter: During the war “we expect every American to support our military [or] to shut up. Americans, and indeed our allies, who actively work against our military once the war is underway will be considered enemies of the state by me.” |
http://www.odd-fish.de/privat/archiv/archiv29.html |
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http://www.anotherperspective.org/advoc578.html |
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| 5 of spades |
Richard Perle |
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Former Chairman of the US Defense Policy Board |
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| Picture |
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http://derstandard.at/druck.asp?id=1248142 |
| 1 |
“Thank God for the death of the UN.” |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/14446/1.html |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,918812,00.html |
| 2 |
co-founder of the PNAC (”Project for The New American Century”) and the brain behind the “Rebuild America’s Defenses”-ideology |
http://www.bushnews.com/perle.htm |
| 3 |
he also desired that a terrible event would provide the pretext for imperial expansion and a preemptive war against Iraq |
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf |
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DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.17 |
| 4 |
“American armed forces stationed abroad [...] are the cavalry on the new American frontier.” (RAD 2000) |
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf, S.15 |
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| 4 of spades |
John O´Neill |
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Victim of the Circumstances |
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| Picture |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/press/2103.html |
| 1 |
responsible for the investigations against Bin Laden from 1993 on, the department chief of the FBI resigned in August 2001 due to massive obstructions of his investigations |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/11196/1.html |
| 2 |
became head of security of the World Trade Center and died in the 9/11 attack |
http://www.kalaschnikow.net/de/txt/2001/eussner86.html |
| 3 |
“The biggest hindrance for the investigations against the Islamic terrorists were the interests of the US oil trusts and the role of Saudi-Arabia.” |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/11196/1.html |
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http://www.geocities.com/michwink/911_hints/Mail03_eng.htm |
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| 3 of spades |
Land of the Free |
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Victim of the Circumstances |
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| Picture |
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http://home.snafu.de/hermann.holzhauer/ny.htm |
| 1 |
Democrat representatives in Texas, who abstained from voting in a parlia-mentary session, were persecuted like terrorists by the Homeland Security |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/14982/1.html |
| 2 |
FBI investigates against members of the government that publically slande-red and intimidated a prominent war-critic |
http://www.wsws.org/de/2003/okt2003/fbi-o09.shtml |
| 3 |
2000 Muslim immigrants - some still juveniles - were arrested in an arbitrary fashion as part of an “anti-terror measure” in California already in late 2002 |
http://n24.de/nachrichten/ausland/?a2002122008505854030 |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,228134,00.html |
| 4 |
hundreds had been impri-soned and molested in New York by the end of 2001 |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,300777,00.html |
| 5 |
foreign journalists entering the US are imprisoned and deported |
http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,299380,00.html |
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http://n24.de/boulevard/nus/?a2003112413265618731 |
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| 2 of spades |
Jesselyn Radack |
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Victim of the Circumstances |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,289472,00.html |
| 1 |
former employee of the Department of Defense who considered the inter-rogation of the “American Taliban fighter” John Walker Lindh without a lawyer unethical and illegal1 |
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,289472,00.html |
| 2 |
lost her job and reputation because she dared to voice an opinion critical of Bush´s policies |
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,289472,00.html |
| 3 |
has been trying to get a new job - without success; a solicitor´s office replied that they did not want to fall into disrepute with the Bush Government |
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,289472,00.html |
| 4 |
this is how the Patriot Act works |
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,289472,00.html |
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| ace of hearts |
John Ashcroft |
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Attorney General of the US |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,grossbild-160618-295169,00.html |
| 1 |
Justice´s naked breasts offend his Christian feelings |
http://www.wno.org/newpages/his25.html |
| 2 |
opposed the abolition of racial segregation during the 70´s |
http://www.bueso.de/hessen/ashcroft.html |
| 3 |
today he prohibits demonstrations by homo-sexuals |
http://www.gay.ch/family/verboten.html |
| 4 |
those who don´t buy into his values, don´t deserve humane treatment |
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb10/frieden/zitat/zitat34-40.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 09/2002 (21. Februar 2002) |
| 5 |
abuse is everyday life in US prisons |
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3310004_TYP6... |
| 6 |
“The law is not about forgiveness, it is oftentimes about vengeance.” |
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,druck-289472,00.html |
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http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18386 |
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| king of hearts |
Dick Cheney |
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Vice-President of the US |
|
| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,206707,00.jpg |
| 1 |
one of the signatories of the RAD 2000, he probably also hoped for a big terror attack |
http://www.arbeiterfotografie.com/galerie/kein-krieg/hintergrund/... |
| 2 |
concerning his company Halliburton, which even had business with Saddam Hussein, exist reproaches of corrup-tion, because it received $ 7 B in no-bid contracts in Iraq |
http://www.ontheissues.org/Dick_Cheney.htm |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,302161,00.html |
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/02.03E.Hallib.Iraq.htm |
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http://www.ccmep.org/2003_articles/Iraq/031903_cheneys_... |
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Spiegel Nr. 19/2004, S. 140 |
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http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,304261,00.html |
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in 2000 he collec-ted a “mere” $ 36 million pay-off |
http://www.moveon.org/moveonbulletin/bulletin1.html |
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and still pockets the cash |
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Dick_Cheney |
| 5 |
“We know Saddam Hussein's been absolutely devoted to trying to ac-quire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconsti-tuted nuclear weapons.” |
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Dick_Cheney |
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| queen of hearts |
Condoleezza Rice |
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National Security Advisor of the US |
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http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,293632,00.html |
| 1 |
from 1991 to 2001 member of the board of directors for the Chevron Corporation, which - as a thank you gesture - named a 136.000 tons oil tanker after her |
http://www.n-tv.de/3106338.html |
| 2 |
in front of the 9/11-commission the former FBI-agent Edmonds accused her of lying regarding the acute terror-threat; Edmonds was ordered by court ruling to refrain from giving evidence |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,293663,00.html |
| 3 |
Rice has levelled a charge of racism against those who criticise the war and the US drive to bring Western freedom to the Middle East, “the moral mission of our time” |
http://www.freace.de/artikel/aug2003/rice110803.html |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/... |
| 4 |
Bush is highly impressed: "[Dr. Rice] could explain to me foreign policy matters in a way I can understand." |
http://www.ndrinfo.de/ndrinfo_pages_std/0,2758,OID212018_... |
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/26/10799398... |
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| jack of hearts |
George W. Bush |
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President of the United States |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/archiv/dossiers/0,1518,grossbild-299468-... |
| 1 |
was explicitly warned of a Bin-Laden-terror-attack on 06.08.2001: the FBI had observed preparations, amongst others, for plane-hijackings - one of the targets was also New York |
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/04/10/263292.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,294942,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,294795,00.html |
| 2 |
maintains contacts with the Bin Laden family, who even provided money for his first own oil-company Arbusto |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/15280/3.html |
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http://www.n-tv.de/3106338.html |
| 3 |
feels guided by God for his long-decided crusade |
http://www.ndrinfo.de/ndrinfo_pages_std/0,2758,OID212018_... |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,295911,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,297536,00.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 21/2004 (13. Mai 2004), S. 1 |
| 4 |
“Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?” |
http://www.wdr.de/tv/monitor/beitrag.phtml?bid=454&sid=95 |
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http://christianity.about.com/library/weekly/aa012201.htm |
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| 10 of hearts |
George H.W. Bush |
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President of the US 1989 - 1993 |
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| Picture |
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http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/metrostar/20002001/Notizie... |
| 1 |
his Gulf War also began with a pack of lies |
http://www.humanrights.at/images/news/Peter%20Schmidt... |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/irak/14271/1.html |
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http://www.wsws.org/de/2003/feb2003/irak-f21.shtml |
| 2 |
advisor of the arms supplier The Carlyle Group |
http://www.hossli.com/2001/carlyle.html |
| 3 |
attended a dinner at the National Building Museum on the eve of the 9/11-attack, at which the Bin Laden family was present - all invited by the Carlyle Group |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/15280/3.html |
| 4 |
continues the family tradition as a member of the secret society ‘Skulls and Bones’ that supported and profited from Nazi Germany already in the 1930´s |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/9643/1.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/15280/2.html |
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| 5 |
Barbara Bush: “War is not nice.” |
http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/war |
| more |
The Unauthorized Biography ~ ONLINE! |
http://davidicke.www.50megs.com/icke/magazine/vol... |
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Bush clan profits directly from the exorbitant US military spendings. Little Bush buys out-dated armed personal carriers and daddy skims the profits |
http://www.das-gibts-doch-nicht.de/seite431.php |
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US weapons dealers on a golden high |
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,301736,00.html |
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Family Bush and the Nazi blood money |
http://www.whitehousestinks.com/article/Verschwoerun... |
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literature – amongst others Sutton, Antony C.: America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones. Liberty Press, Billings, Mont., 1986 |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/9643/lit.html#l4 |
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Antony Sutton Interview |
http://www.freedomdomain.com/secretsocieties/suttoninterview.html |
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| 9 of hearts |
US-Corporations |
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Weapons, Oil & Dollars |
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http://www.mackinac.org/images.asp?ID=4148 |
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http://www.qualityflags.com/Item.aspx?DESC=Chevron+Logo... |
| 1 |
money from corporations as The Carlyle Group (arms), Chevron (energy), Halliburton (oil production), Enron (energy), Tom Brown (energy) facilitated Bush´s claim to power |
http://www.moveon.org/moveonbulletin/bulletin1.html |
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http://archiv.greenpeace.de/GP_DOK_3P/BRENNPUN/F0104D2.HTM |
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http://www.n-tv.de/3106338.html |
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http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1028-10.htm |
| 2 |
Bush freed them from the burdens of climate protection and turned them into the actual winners of the war: they (including Bechtel) are the first ones to feed on the resources of Afghanistan und Iraq |
http://archiv.greenpeace.de/GP_DOK_3P/BRENNPUN/F0104D2.HTM |
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http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,245427,00.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/lis/17201/1.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/irak/14364/1.html |
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Spiegel Nr. 19/2004, S. 136 |
| 3 |
now the Pentagon investigates against the Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root |
http://derstandard.at/?id=1653290 |
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http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,287708,00.html |
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Spiegel Nr. 19/2004, S. 141 |
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http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,304261,00.html |
| 4 |
a Halliburton subsidiary broke the trade embargo against Iraq |
http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/02.03E.Hallib.Iraq.htm |
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http://www.ccmep.org/2003_articles/Iraq/031903_cheneys... |
| 5 |
Ex-Enron manager Skilling psychoti-cally goes on a rampage and affronts passersby as FBI-snitches |
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,294936,00.html |
| more |
„Walk around, pretend to be busy!“ - the US ministry of defense accuses Halliburton to waste tax money in Iraq |
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,304261,00.html |
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Torture charge against US corps |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004061114185297679 |
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| 8 of hearts |
Family Bin Laden |
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Friends and Sponsors of the Bush Family |
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http://www.cpamedia.com/politics/binladen_islam_politics... |
| 1 |
close economic ties between the ‘Saudi Bin Laden Group’ and US-Oil-Corps: the Bin Laden family have invested both in Bush senior´s Carlyle Group and in Bush junior´s bankrupt Arbusto |
http://www.linkeseite.de/Texte/diverses/usa185.htm |
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http://www.n-tv.de/3106338.html |
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a brother-in-law of Osama allegedly took part in the WTC-attacks in 1993 |
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,194443,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,295490,00.html |
| 3 |
a couple of days after the 9/11 attacks eleven members of the Bin Laden family left the USA for Saudi-Arabia without hindrance |
http://www.linkeseite.de/Texte/diverses/usa185.htm |
| more |
Saudi Bin Ladin Group wants to build the world´s tallest skyscraper in Dubai |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/arch/17403/1.html |
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| 7 of hearts |
Paul Bremer |
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Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,316675,00.jpg |
| 1 |
his Decree 37 grants extremely low taxation of no more than 15 percent for US-Corporations that invest into Iraqi oil |
http://www.jungle-world.com/seiten/2003/50/2214.php |
| 2 |
Bush´s Executive Order declares a national state of emergency and guarantees them exemption from punishment |
http://www.wdr.de/tv/dokumentation/auftragausgefuehrt.html |
| 3 |
constrains investigations concerning the UN ”oil-for-food” corruption scandal |
http://www.netzeitung.de/spezial/irak/286866.html |
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http://www.taz.de/pt/2004/05/18/a0142.nf/text |
| 4 |
calls for revenge after four para-militaries of the US-firm Blackwater were massacred and their bodies mutilated in Faludja: |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,293872,00.html |
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Spiegel Nr. 19/2004, S. 137 |
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DIE ZEIT, 26/2004 (16. Juni 2004), S.9 |
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Those "will not go unpunished." |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,293605,00.html |
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http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/war/7022984.htm |
| more |
Paul Bremer, the new ‘Gauleiter’ of Iraq |
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3243.htm |
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Members of the Baarth party and Saddam´s soldiers put to power in the Iraqi interim Government by the US |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,296495,00.html |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004041314543445915 |
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http://www.n-tv.de/5237476.html |
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Un special envoy for Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi: US civilian administrator Paul Bremer is currently the "dictator of Iraq" |
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/06/02/286188.html |
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http://tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3321296_TYP... |
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"Paul Bremer is the Berlusconi of Iraq", says Hussein Sinjari |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/irak/17653/1.html |
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| 6 of hearts |
James Woolsey |
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Counselor of George W. Bush |
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| Picture |
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http://www.uebersetzerportal.de/nachrichten/n-archiv/2004/2004-03/2004-03-14.htm |
| 1 |
the former CIA Director claims - without apparent unease - that since the attack on Iraq “We are in World War Four.” |
http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,248835,00.html |
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http://www.rosa-luxemburg-stiftung.de/Bib/Pub/standpunkte/..., S. 2 |
| 2 |
hopes that this war won´t last as long as the Cold War, but is certain that it will last longer than any of both World Wars |
http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,248835,00.html |
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“Our best defence is a good offence.” William Bennent, Woolseys PNAC companion |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,240019,00.html |
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http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/02/woolsey021402.htm |
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| 5 of hearts |
Jessica Lynch |
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Victim of the Circumstances |
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| Picture |
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http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3129284_TYP... |
| 1 |
accidental heroine of the Iraq War |
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3129284_TYP... |
| 2 |
her rescue from captivity in Iraq on 01.04.2003 was staged and filmed with great theatrical effort |
http://www.wdr.de/tv/monitor/beitrag.phtml?bid=487&sid=98 |
| 3 |
subse-quently produced as an NBC Movie Story and exploited for PR purposes |
http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Saving_Jessica_Lynch |
| 4 |
Iraqis treated her like a wounded compatriot rather than a captive: despite blood shortages she received three infusions |
http://www.wdr.de/tv/monitor/beitrag.phtml?bid=487&sid=98 |
| 5 |
“I'm no hero.” |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2003110809135134004 |
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Primetime/US/Jessica_Lynch_031106-1.html |
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| 4 of hearts |
Driven to Kill |
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Victims of the Circumstances |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,331487,00.jpg |
| 1 |
the suicide-rate amongst US-soldiers who have returned home is so high, that the Pentagon initiated an investi-gation |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,287148,00.html |
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http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3132544_TYP... |
| 2 |
many soldiers take their lives already during their assignment |
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3132544_TYP... |
| 3 |
US Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia - on moral grounds opposed to the torture he witnessed in Iraq in seven months - refuses the call of duty and is now court-martialled as deserter |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004051917552810152 |
| 4 |
“I've got to get out of here, and if I can't I'd rather be dead.” |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,287148,00.html |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A52735-2004Feb18 |
| more |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/auf/17263/1.html |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004050217222930475 |
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„receiving the remains“ |
DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.18 |
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| 3 of hearts |
Antje Croton |
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Victim of the Circumstances |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,282986,00.html |
| 1 |
the German resident of New York got caught up in the machinery of the US immigration and terror legislation because of an administrative error |
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,282986,00.html |
| 2 |
the young mother was treated like a criminal and interrogated together with her baby until 2 a.m. on the morning of her birthday |
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,282986,00.html |
| 3 |
she was threatened with a life-long entry ban into the US |
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,282986,00.html |
| 4 |
this brought back bad memories in the former GDR-citizen: “Worse than in East Germany.” |
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,282986,00.html |
| more |
tightened immigration restrictions |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/16039/1.html |
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http://n24.de/boulevard/nus/?a2003112413265618731 |
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| 2 of hearts |
Zaid Safdar |
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Victim of the Circumstances |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,284142,00.html |
| 1 |
the engineer with two college degrees has been living and studying for eleven years in the US |
http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,284142,00.html |
| 2 |
he was arrested because of a marginal error of his university and is now threatened with deportation |
http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,284142,00.html |
| 3 |
13.354 men are awaiting their depor-tation since the US immigration authority was integrated into the Ministry of Home-Defense |
http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,284142,00.html |
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http://n24.de/nachrichten/ausland/?a2002112014515784588 |
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http://n24.de/nachrichten/ausland/?a2003011307415936352 |
| 4 |
foreigners must wait up to a year for a student visa - due to background research - or even better, stay in their home countries |
http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,297498,00.html |
| 5 |
“I'm in utter shock, [...] now I'm seeing a side of the United States that I've never seen before.” |
http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,284142,00.html |
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http://pakpac.net/News_Article.asp?ID=95 |
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| ace of diamonds |
José Maria Aznar |
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Ex-President of Spain |
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| Picture |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,290496,00.html |
| 1 |
planned national preventive attacks |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/16041/1.html |
| 2 |
undermined freedom of press by closing basque newspapers and websites |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/14235/1.html |
| 3 |
and by authorising the torture of journalists |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/14275/1.html |
| 4 |
his judiciary granted immunity to the death squadrons - members of the Guardia Civil - who were convicted of murder |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/11903/1.html |
| 5 |
supported the fascist “Francisco Franco Foundation” with over 100.000 € from national subsidies |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/15501/1.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/15954/1.html |
| 6 |
Those opposed to the war “will remain on the sidelines of history, they don´t count, they are meritless, they don´t decide and they are about to divide the Security Council.” |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/14325/1.html |
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| king of diamonds |
Tony Blair |
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Prime Minister of the UK |
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| Picture |
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http://www.n-tv.de/3172801.html |
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”misunderstood” the Secret Service dossier on weapons in Iraq |
http://www.nachrichten.at/apanews/apap/245706.htm |
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http://www.dw-world.de/german/0,3367,1473_A_1104978,00.html |
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http://www.wsws.org/de/2003/feb2003/doss-f19.shtml |
| 2 |
UN weapons inspector David Kelly commits suicide |
http://www.wsws.org/de/2003/jul2003/kell-j30.shtml |
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http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/29/0,1872,2099453,00.html |
| 3 |
according to the British press, already nine days after the 9/11 attacks he and Bush at a dinner forged a “secret pact” against Iraq |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,293995,00.html |
| 4 |
“[Saddam] has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes.” |
http://www.n-tv.de/3172801.html |
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http://www.number10.gov.uk/files/pdf/iraqdossier.pdf, S. 17 |
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| queen of diamonds |
Silvio Berlusconi |
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Prime Minister of Italy |
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| Picture |
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http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID328... |
| 1 |
Lex Berlusconi was supposed to protect him from judical persecution |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,281674,00.html |
| 2 |
but it was deemed unconstitutional; now he is again indicted, amongst others, for bribing judges |
http://www.n-tv.de/5235048.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,281693,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,284271,00.html |
| 3 |
a new law permits the “one-time torture” of arrested people |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/17410/1.html |
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Spiegel Nr. 19/2004, S. 145 |
| 4 |
in Genua 2001 the police organized maltreated |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/15661/1.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/on/9144/1.html |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/9186/1.html |
| 5 |
Minister Bossi wants to shell refugees |
http://www.politik-forum.at/ptopic,2771.html |
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http://www.freace.de/artikel/jun2003/bossi160603.html |
| 6 |
freshly lifted he storms into war against the will of the Italian people: |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,283190,00.html |
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DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.11 |
| 7 |
“The West will continue to conquer peoples, even if it means a confrontation with another civilisation, Islam, firmly entrenched where it was 1,400 years ago.” |
http://www.studiengesellschaft-friedensforschung.de/da_47.htm |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3041288.stm |
| 8 |
according to Amnesty International the Italian government knew about the torture in Iraq |
http://n-tv.de/5244129.html |
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| jack of diamonds |
John Howard |
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Prime Minister of Australia |
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| Picture |
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http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/05/1606676_comment.php |
| 1 |
fancies to set up a Guantanamo colony in Australia |
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~rocket/articles/lead72.htm |
| 2 |
the Australian armed forces knew about the torture in Abu Ghraib since October 2003 - reports were also passed on to higher levels |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,301662,00.html |
| 3 |
Howard refused to apologize to the Aboriginees for the injustice of the past |
http://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/?id=520344 |
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http://www.gfbv.de/dokus/memoabor.htm |
| 4 |
and regards them as respon-sible for the economic misery of white farmers |
http://www.gfbv.de/dokus/memoabor.htm |
| 5 |
denied the refugee ship ‘Tampa’ to head for an Australian harbour |
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~rocket/articles/lead64.htm |
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http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,153410,00.html |
| 6 |
“We have a right to protect our borders from unwelcome invaders.” |
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~rocket/articles/lead64.htm |
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| 10 of diamonds |
Aleksander Kwasniewski |
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President of Poland |
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| Picture |
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http://www.talkingproud.us/ImagesIntlrelationships/PolandIra... |
| 1 |
US pays Poland 53 million euros for military transport planes - visa liability for Polish citizens remains intact |
http://derstandard.at/?id=1552166 |
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http://www.nzz.ch/2004/01/23/al/page-article9D0UT.html |
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Bush: “I have got no better friend in Europe today.” |
http://www.freitag.de/2003/06/03060601.php |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/829242/posts |
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meanwhile the Polish military speaks out against the agressive US strategy in Iraq |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,299382,00.html |
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according to an investigation commis-sion of the US Army Polish soldiers also abused Iraqis |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,301910,00.html |
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Kwasniewski: “We were taken for a ride." |
http://n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004031816180544999 |
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http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1069242.htm |
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Jack Straw |
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Foreign Secretary of the UK |
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in January 2004 claims that life of Iraqis has altogether improved, the region enjoys more stability than a year ago |
http://www.ftd.de/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pag... |
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DIE ZEIT, 13/2004 (18. März 2004), S. 5 |
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compares the search for weapons in Iraq with the conflict in Northern Ireland, where even after 30 years no weapon arsenals of the IRA could be found |
http://www.jungewelt.de/2004/01-27/003.php |
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oil is the reason for the war against Iraq:The war is necessary to “bolster the security of British and global energy supplies”. |
http://www.wsws.org/de/2003/jan2003/strw-j16.shtml |
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http://www.das-gibts-doch-nicht.de/seite1257.php |
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jan2003/strw-j14.shtml |
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M I 5 / MI 6 |
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British Secret Service |
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Frei nach Spion & Spion |
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gladly respond to the plea of the NSA to help spy out the UN |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,285457,00.html |
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experts for spying out UN delegates and UN General Secretary Kofi Annan |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,288124,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,288042,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,288102,00.html |
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also former chief weapon inspectors Blix and Butler were probably tapped |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,288137,00.html |
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the Secret Service dossier on Iraqi weapons was very “misleading” for Blair |
http://www.nachrichten.at/apanews/apap/245706.htm |
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as a reward the author John Scarlett is promoted to Head of the Foreign Section of the Secret Service MI 6 |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,298709,00.html |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/hutton/keyplayers/story/0... |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3181125.stm |
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British Army |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004051020444567856 |
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investigations about multiple war crimes and torture are underway against British soldiers |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,250862,00.html |
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Spiegel Nr. 19/2004, S. 133 |
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also the SBS and SAS train systematic torture as an interrogation technique |
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/05/10/276215.html |
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Iraqis were often randomly shot during razzias or patrols by the British in Basra, although they neither commit-ted crimes nor were they carrying weapons |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,287471,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,299343,00.html |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004051020444567856 |
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the Department of Defense offered $1000 in compensation to some of the families, but didn´t acknowledge the guilt of their soldiers |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,287471,00.html |
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“[The Americans] view them [the Iraqis] as untermenschen.” Senior British Officer, quoted in the "Daily Telegraph" |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,294939,00.html |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04... |
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Greatbritánamo |
DIE ZEIT, 21/2004 (13. Mai 2004), S. 5 |
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14th June 2004: sexual abuse allegations against British soldiers |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,304174,00.html |
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desecration of corpses in Iraq. Great Britain investigates a report which claims that Britsh soldiers mutilated the corpses of Iraqi civilians |
http://n-tv.de/5256001.html |
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IRA & ETA |
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European Separatists |
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deliver enough “explosive matter” for domestic “retaliation” and intensified repressive action by governments; and also provide the raison d´etre for a whole range of preemptive anti-terror measures worldwide |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,290496,00.html |
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http://www.heute.t-online.de/ZDFheute/artikel/29/0,1367,POL-... |
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http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/17112/1.html |
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John F. Kerry |
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Presidential Candidate in the US |
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the highly decorated war veteran and later opponent of the Vietnam war |
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3132910_TYP... |
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stands behind the American soldiers but also claims that they are “held hostage to our dependency on Middle East oil." |
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3132910_TYP... |
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http://www.lcv.org/Campaigns/Campaigns.cfm?ID=1597&c=4 |
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The race for money: An American website reveales who has transferred how much to which presidential candidate |
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/on/17499/1.html |
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Guantanamo Bay |
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US “torture jail” in Cuba |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3072529.stm |
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approx. 660 prisoners have been detained in Guantanamo since the end of 2001 without being charged |
http://www.taz.de/pt/2003/10/11/a0044.nf/text |
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they live in isolation, receive no legal aid, are denied prisoner of war status |
http://www.taz.de/pt/2003/10/11/a0044.nf/text |
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Spiegel Nr. 20/2004, S. 108 |
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in 18 months 21 prisoners have had 32 suicide attempts |
http://www.taz.de/pt/2003/10/11/a0044.nf/text |
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Amnesty International accuses the US Government of extreme violations of human rights, there are reports about torture |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,289932,00.html |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,299099,00.html |
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http://www.welt.de/data/2004/05/09/275808.html |
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http://www.n-tv.de/5242781.html |
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“rape of rights” |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,187461,00.html |
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even an undercover US training soldier was severely abused |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,301334,00.html |
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http://n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004052509530427221 |
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meanwhile the US Supreme Court looks into the situation of the prisoners |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,273425,00.html |
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http://tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,1185,OID3209300_TYP... |
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„Dad, they arrested me - I don´t know why.” |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,258447,00.html |
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Guantanamo Bay |
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Detained Children |
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there are an estimated dozen youths under the age of 18, and even 13, 14 and 15 year olds, in this camp |
http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2003112810082945702 |
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,245725,00.html |
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news of the teenage detainees has angered Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Red Cross |
http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2003112810082945702 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2978661.stm |
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“Holding children at Guantanamo and interrogating them is a shocking indicator of how cavalier the Bush administration has become about respecting human rights." (Hodgett, Amnesty International) |
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,245725,00.html |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2978661.stm |
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http://www.antiimperialista.com/de/view.shtml?category=4&id=...=+ |
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„Their freedom is blocked from the highest level“ - General Miller “guantanamized” Abu Ghraib |
http://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/?id=517167&p=2&nv=ct... |
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http://derstandard.at/?id=1660916 |
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http://www.arte.fr/de/geschichte-gesellschaft/krieg-gegen-den-terror/... |
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Spiegel Nr. 19/2004, S. 134 |
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Spiegel Nr. 20/2004, S. 103 |
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„Diese Häftlinge müssen wie Hunde behandelt werden. Ihnen darf niemals erlaubt werden, sich wie menschliche Wesen zu fühlen.“ |
DIE ZEIT, 25/2004 (9. Juni 2004), S.56 |
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German Soldiers |
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Victims of the Circumstances |
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on 07.06.2003 four German soldiers were killed in a terror attack in Kabul, another 29 soldiers were wounded in a suicide car-bomb attack |
http://www.bundeskanzler.de/Kanzler-Aktuell-.7718.492037/Anschlag-... |
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n 07.04.2004 two GSG-9-officials were ambushed and killed on their way from the Jordanian capital Amman to Bagdad in a US convoi |
http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004041812550866122 |
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http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/?a2004041717043165431 |
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http://n24.de/politik/inland/index.php?a2004041914115070148# |
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Djabbar Al Kubajsi, President of the "Iraqi Patriotic Coalition", apologised emphatically for the death of the two men: the insurgents mistakenly took the Germans for US special forces |
http://www.n24.de/politik/ausland/index.php?a2004041812550866122 |
