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from www.alternet.org/waroniraq, July 12th, 2007

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- Joshua Holland

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IS THE UNITED STATES KILLING 10,000 IRAQIS EVERY MONTH? OR IS IT MORE? By Michael Schwartz, After Downing Street
300 Iraqis killed by Americans each day sounds like an impossible figure, but a close look at the reported numbers of violent deaths and rate of armed patrols makes it all too likely.http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/56124/

IRAQ ROUND-UP! By Joshua Holland
The highlights and lowlights of the week that was from the distant reaches of the American Empire.http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/56750/

IRAQI OIL WORKERS' UNION FOUNDER: U.S.-BACKED OIL LAW IS "ROBBERY" By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
The proposed oil law facing the Iraqi cabinet would allow Western oil companies to take about 50% of all production as their share, an "obvious robbery of the Iraqi oil," says oil workers union heavy.http://www.alternet.org/rights/56301/

DEMOCRATS CAN'T WAIT AROUND FOR GOP DEFECTORS TO END THE WAR By Arianna Huffington, HuffingtonPost.com
No matter how many Republicans abandon the president on Iraq, it is Democrats who must seize this moment and take the lead in bringing our troops home.http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/56561/

U.S. FAILING TO HELP IRAQI TRANSLATOR AND FAMILY TARGETED FOR EXECUTION By Maura Stephens, AlterNet
He thought he could rebuild his country by helping the Americans. Now an Iraqi translator and his family have been targeted for execution, and instead of helping, U.S. officials have trapped him in an endless Catch-22.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/56397/

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AlterNet Blogs:

WAR MADE EASY: HOW PRESIDENTS AND PUNDITS KEEP SPINNING US TO DEATH [VIDEO] By Adam Howard, AlterNet
A new film, "War Made Easy" uses archival footage to show the continuity of the propaganda messages that have been used to to justify war from LBJ to George W. Bush. http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/56526/

COLIN POWELL IS FULL OF CRAP By Oliver Willis
Colin Powell was a silent, slithering snake of a man who cheerleaded one of the worst decisions in the history of the United States.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/56419/

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