marcosolo, 25. Februar 2004 um 20:34:54 MEZ

Irak - Verletzte angeblich brutal erschossen

V ideo-Aufnahmen zeigen offenbar Gräueltaten amerikanischer Soldaten an Irakern, ein US-General sprach von "unentschuldbaren Morden". Das Filmmaterial dokumentiere, wie GIs auf Verwundete schießen, berichtete das ARD-Magazin "Panorama" vorab am Mittwoch.

Der für die US-Stiftung der Vietnam-Veteranen tätige US-General Robert G. Gard nannte die Vorfälle in der Sendung "unentschuldbare Morde". Der Hamburger Völkerrechtler Stefan Oeter sagte, das Schießen auf Verwundete wäre ein "Kriegsverbrechen".

Einer der beiden dokumentierten Fälle ereignete sich dem Bericht zufolge am 1. Dezember 2003 nördlich von Bagdad. Luftaufnahmen aus der Zielkamera eines Apache-Hubschraubers der 4. US-Infanteriedivision zeigten demnach, wie drei Menschen am Boden "sich nachts neben zwei Fahrzeugen treffen und einen Gegenstand neben die Straße legen, den die Soldaten für eine Waffe halten". Die Hubschrauberbesatzung habe daraufhin den Befehl erhalten, die Menschen zu erschießen. Zwei Menschen seien sofort getötet worden, der dritte habe sich verletzt auf dem Boden gewunden. Ein Soldat habe über Funk gefragt, ob er den Verwundeten auch erschießen solle, woraufhin er den Befehl "Hit him!" ("Erschieß ihn!") erhalten habe.

Der zweite Vorfall wurde am 8. April 2003 von einer Kamera des Fernsehsenders CNN aufgenommen, wie es hieß. Das Filmmaterial zeige eine Einheit der US-Marines, die während der Durchsuchung eines Industriegebiets einen vorher bereits schwer verwundeten Iraker erschießt. Danach sei auf dem Video Jubel der US-Soldaten zu hören.

25.02.04, 17:17 Uhr

 

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marcosolo, 23. Februar 2004 um 20:06:38 MEZ

Resume of George W. Bush

The White House, USA

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

LAW ENFORCEMENT: I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been lost" and is not available.  

MILITARY: I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.

COLLEGE: I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:

I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.

I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.

I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.

With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union.

During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.

I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.

I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history.

With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.

I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.

I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.

I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.

I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.

In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that figure has risen to over 3 million lost jobs by the end of 2003.

I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history.

My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.

I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President.

I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.

My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. history, Enron.

My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.

I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.

I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.

I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.

I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.

I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history.

I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.

I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.

I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.

I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.

I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.

I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).

I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.

I set the the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period.

After taking off the entire month of August, 2001, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.

I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.

I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.

I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.

I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families -- in war time.

In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.

I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.

I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.

I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES:

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view.

All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.

PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004. PLEASE SEND MY RESUME TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW.

 

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marcosolo, 22. Februar 2004 um 16:08:57 MEZ

Osama bin Laden "eingekesselt"

Das verräterische Video

U S-Spezialkräfte haben den Terrorchef angeblich in Pakistan aufgespürt. Er könne nicht mehr entkommen, sagte ein Geheimdienstmitarbeiter.

Mit Hilfe eines Spionagesatelliten hätten die Suchtrupps den Aufenthaltsort des Anführers der El-Kaida-Organisation, Osama bin Laden, ausgemacht, berichtete die britische Zeitung "Sunday Express".

Bin Laden sowie rund 50 seiner Gefolgsleute seien in einem rund 16 Quadratkilometer großen Berggebiet nördlich der Städte Khanozai, Murgha und Quetta nahe der afghanischen Grenze lokalisiert worden. "Er ist eingekesselt", hieß es. Die US-Spezialkräfte seien "absolut zuversichtlich", dass bin Laden nicht entkommen könne.

Wie die Zeitung weiter schrieb, soll sich bin Laden im Januar zu seinem jetzigen Aufenthaltsort begeben haben. Das Toba-Kakar-Gebirge gilt als schwer zugänglich. Der frühere Taliban-Regierungschef Mullah Mohammed Omar gehöre zu seinem Gefolge.

Videobotschaft ausgewertet

Geografen und Bodenexperten hätten außerdem die im vergangenen September ausgestrahlte bislang letzte Videobotschaft des Gesuchten ausgewertet. Danach seien die Bilder der Toba-Kakar-Region zugeordnet worden. Die Zeitung meldete zudem, in der vergangenen Woche habe auch ein "hochrangiges Mitglied" der US-Republikaner dem Blatt anvertraut, dass bin Laden lokalisiert worden sei.

 

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