US Forces Storm Internet Cafe in Iraq

http://www.uruknet.info/?l=x&p=-6&size=1&hd=0


"In another effort to prevent genuine news and information about the situation in Iraq from reaching the outside world, US forces stormed an Internet café in downtown ar-Ramadi at 9am local time Sunday morning. (Iraqi puppet troops also raided internet cafés in the southern city of al-Hillah...."

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Mmmm....ahh...Democracy!

Move along

Guess too much information about war crimes was getting out for the Gestapo, excuse me, I mean our fine men and women in uniform.

The link is down.

attempts to cover-up the REAL NEWS! One basic element that they refuse to consider, apparently, is that the TRUTH always finds a way to bubble-up to the surface. They can raid until they are blue in the face. Eventually...THE TRUTH WILL BE TOLD!

Peace!

the war is lost, lets move on.

Giuliana Sgrena.

This needs a wide national debate. Are there REALLY that many Americans who believe a U.S. President can launch a unilateral war on a country desperately weakened after years and years of sanctions, and do it in utter secrecy, taking no risks at all, other than to the helpless people who are slaughtered, and expect the surviving military to forbid knowledge of this holocaust everywhere outside the U.S. military, and the U.S. President and his cabinet?

issues? I am sure they have websites and their own papers.

...how much truth have they been reporting since 1992?

This provocative article seems to have provoked some brass to act hastily, unless you believe in coincidence:

From http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=0-ARMYPAPER-674310.php

"March 14, 2005

The blogs of war: Troops offer �the truth� via Web journals

Soldiers are trying to make sure their version of the truth from Iraq gets out.Even though for many, that truth doesn�t include revealing their identities, their online diaries are becoming an increasingly popular way for anyone with an Internet connection to �listen inŽ on the war zone. Web surfers from every walk of life are clicking on these military Web logs, or blogs, seeking a firsthand account of military life.... Some soldiers have found that blogging can have great benefits, and others have discovered the hard way that there can be consequences for posting things their commanders don�t approve of. Nonetheless, the number of soldiers blogging continues to grow. Estimates by blogger-tracking Web sites say hundreds of soldiers are blogging.

THEY ARE WRITING FROM IRAQI INTERNET CAFéS, barracks and anywhere else a soldier can log on to the Web. Many military bloggers say they started their blogs to keep family and friends updated on what they�re doing in Iraq or elsewhere. Soldier bloggers encompass most ranks, jobs and locations. Some blogs feature practical news, photographs and advice. Some are openly political. Some question the war while others cheer it. For some, blogging is a rebellion against mainstream media, which, they say, leave out of their newscasts and publications important stories about the war. ...

Newscasters and newspapers are regularly quoting military blogs. There�s even money to be made. Cademartori was recently paid to write a column on the Iraqi elections for a London newspaper�s Web site. Spc. Colby Buzzell blogged his way through a tour in Iraq. His widely read site, My War, caught the eye of literary agents and publishers. Buzzell, who describes himself as having barely completed high school, was entertaining book offers before his tour ended. He is now off active duty, finishing a book due out in the fall. Several other bloggers are considering similar offers. Most soldier bloggers in Iraq spend their downtime at forward operating bases pounding out prose in Internet cafés for their blogs. Within seconds of posting, that text is available to every Internet user everywhere. But that speed „ and the uncontrollability „ are raising concerns and eyebrows among the brass. ..."

Well, now, isn't THAT special??

No wonder they want to privatize the military! REAL AMERICAN soldiers just might be able to think for themselves before drinking any Kool-Aid that is fed to them! And the soldiers are telling THE TRUTH about this fiasco of a war??

Neocons can't have that, now, can they?

So, what's going to happen when they reinstate the draft this summer, right after they find some lame 9/11 LIHOP reason to go into Iran!??

These neocon buzzards are all completely insane.

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If the only reason for raiding Internet cafes is to stop the telling of what is really happening on the ground, it's horrible. But why should we be surprised? Think how the media has been manipulated in this country. Let's hear it for democracy.