Celoteh PakNik

An almost 50 years old guy, thinking aloud!

Archive for July, 2007

LA hospital will give out your info “to protect the President”

Posted by PakNik on July 31, 2007

To protect the President

Cedar Sinai hospital will give your info to protect the President. Have a look here

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Army’s ‘Debt Of Service’ Leaves Vets Perplexed

Posted by PakNik on July 31, 2007

Courtesy of Uncle Sam, soldiers returning from Iraq started getting bills for $700 for lost or damaged government property….read more here

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The REAL Threat to Americans

Posted by PakNik on July 27, 2007

What’s really threatening the Americans? Terrorists? Have a look here

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Marine: Beating of Iraqis become routine

Posted by PakNik on July 17, 2007

A Marine corporal testifying in a court-martial said Marines in his unit began routinely beating Iraqis after officers ordered them to “crank up the violence level.”

Cpl. Saul H. Lopezromo testified Saturday at the murder trial of Cpl. Trent D. Thomas.

“We were told to crank up the violence level,” said Lopezromo, testifying for the defense.

When a juror asked for further explanation, Lopezromo said: “We beat people, sir.”

Read this Yahoo News article here

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Exit Iraq to Enter Iran?

Posted by PakNik on July 17, 2007

Yahoo News reported that the US Senate this week will pull its first all-night debate on the Iraq war in advance of a vote on whether to bring home combat troops by next spring, Democrats said Monday.

To quote one of them…..“How many sleepless nights have our soldiers and their families had?” said Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill.”

And then they voted almost unanimously, banging the war drum on Iran

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US Senate unanimously passes threatening measure against Iran?

Posted by PakNik on July 15, 2007

A little publicised amendment to the defence spending bill denouncing Iran for the “murder” of US soldiers in Iraq was proposed by Independent Democrat Joseph Lieberman and passed unanimously in the US Senate on Wednesday. Republicans and Democrats all lined up to support the White House’s unsubstantiated accusations that Tehran is funding, training and arming Iraqi militias, “who are contributing to the destabilisation of Iraq and are responsible for the murder of members of the United States Armed Forces”.

For all their antiwar posturing, not a single Democrat, including the leading presidential contenders Hilary Clinton, Barrack Obama and Joseph Biden, opposed the amendment.

Read more here

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