[Peace-discuss] this week's news of the week conversations

[Stuart Levy]

On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 01:29:42AM -0600, Karen Medina wrote:
> Just to let you know some of the news of the week conversations at
> tonight's AWARE meeting:
> * High rate of birth defects in Fallujah, Iraq
> * High rate of birth defects in off-spring of US military who have
> served in Iraq
> * Cost of keeping 1 soldier on the ground in Iraq; Cost of keeping 1
> soldier on the ground in Afghanistan.
> * The falsified suicides of the 3 Gtmo inmates. (June 10, 2006), the
> cover-up of the possible homicides, and the Jan 2010 news the Obama
> administration failed to investigate seriously, and may even have
> continued, the cover-up.

Yes, here's a good current article about that, by Scott Horton:

    http://harpers.org/archive/2010/03/0082865
    "The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle"

    '...  new evidence now emerging may entangle Obama’s young administration
    with crimes that occurred during the George W. Bush presidency, evidence that
    suggests the current administration failed to investigate seriously—and may
    even have continued—a cover-up of the possible homicides of three prisoners at
    Guantánamo in 2006.'

as well as (two months earlier):
    http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006395
    "The Official Response Begins"

    'When a cover-up is exposed, nothing is more telling than the first
    reactions from those who are involved. Do they maintain their stories and face
    potentially aggravated consequences? Or do they simply remain silent? In making
    this choice, they often telegraph the depth of their anxiety and concern.'

> * The suits against Blackwater: everything from suing Prince for
> murder, suit of charging the government for prostitutes, suit of
> selling guns to insurgents, ... Iraq's suit against Blackwater.
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