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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
Did you see this news on any of your major news outlets the past days? Jon Stewart has the details (scroll down the following link for the video).
RawStory: "Last week, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the long-delayed Phase II of its report on prewar intelligence, detailing 'administration prewar statements that, on numerous occasions, misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq'.
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart saw this much-delayed release as major news. 'Man was it worth the wait!' he proclaimed."
In the meantime on the front nichts Neues, nothing new:
Time: "While the headline-grabbing weapons in this war have been high-tech wonders, like unmanned drones that drop Hellfire missiles on the enemy below, troops like LeJeune are going into battle with a different kind of weapon, one so stealthy that few Americans even know of its deployment. For the first time in history, a sizable and growing number of U.S. combat troops are taking daily doses of antidepressants to calm nerves strained by repeated and lengthy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The medicines are intended not only to help troops keep their cool but also to enable the already strapped Army to preserve its most precious resource: soldiers on the front lines. Data contained in the Army's fifth Mental Health Advisory Team report indicate that, according to an anonymous survey of U.S. troops taken last fall, about 12% of combat troops in Iraq and 17% of those in Afghanistan are taking prescription antidepressants or sleeping pills to help them cope. Escalating violence in Afghanistan and the more isolated mission have driven troops to rely more on medication there than in Iraq, military officials say."
BBC: "A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq.
For the first time, the extent to which some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding has been researched by the BBC's Panorama using US and Iraqi government sources.
A US gagging order is preventing discussion of the allegations.
The order applies to 70 court cases against some of the top US companies."
The Panorama programme is called Daylight Robbery.
11:39:05 AM 
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"Brown works out how to make the 42 day detention argument add up."
11:26:12 AM
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