Oh, say,
can you
see, by
the
dawn's
early
light,
What so
proudly
we hail'd
at the
twilight's
last
gleaming
?
Whose
broad
stripes
and
bright
stars,
thro' the
perilous
fight,
O'er the
ramparts
we
watch'd,
were so
gallantly
streamin
g?
And the
rockets'
red
glare,
the
bombs
bursting
in air,
Gave
proof
thro' the
night
that our
flag was
still
there.
O say,
does
that
star-span
gled
banner
yet wave
O'er the
land of
the free
and the
home of
the
brave?
On the
shore
dimly
seen
thro' the
mists of
the deep,
Where
the foe's
haughty
host in
dread
silence
reposes,
What is
that
which
the
breeze,
o'er the
towering
steep,
As it
fitfully
blows,
half
conceals
, half
discloses
?
Now it
catches
the
gleam of
the
morning's
first
beam,
In full
glory
reflected,
now
shines
on the
stream:
'Tis the
star-span
gled
banner:
O, long
may it
wave
O'er the
land of
the free
and the
home of
the
brave!
And
where is
that
band
who so
vauntingl
y swore
That the
havoc of
war and
the
battle's
confusio
n
A home
and a
country
should
leave us
no more?
Their
blood
has
wash'd
out their
foul
footsteps'
pollution.
No
refuge
could
save the
hireling
and slave
From the
terror of
flight or
the
gloom of
the
grave:
And the
star-span
gled
banner
in
triumph
doth
wave
O'er the
land of
the free
and the
home of
the
brave.
O, thus
be it
ever
when
freemen
shall
stand,
Between
their
lov'd
homes
and the
war's
desolatio
n;
Blest
with
vict'ry
and
peace,
may the
heav'n-re
scued
land
Praise
the
Pow'r
that hath
made
and
preserv'd
us as a
nation!
Then
conquer
we must,
when
our
cause is
just,
And this
be our
motto:
"In God
is our
trust"
And the
star-span
gled
banner
in
triumph
shall
wave
O'er the
land of
the free
and the
home of
the
brave!
xxxxxxxxx
This
land is
your
land,
this land
is my
land
From
Californi
a, to the
New
York
Island
From the
redwood
forest, to
the gulf
stream
waters
This
land was
made for
you and
me
As I was
walking
a ribbon
of
highway
I saw
above
me an
endless
skyway
I saw
below
me a
golden
valley
This
land was
made for
you and
me
Chorus
I've
roamed
and
rambled
and I've
followed
my
footsteps
To the
sparkling
sands of
her
diamond
deserts
And all
around
me a
voice
was
sounding
This
land was
made for
you and
me
Chorus
The sun
comes
shining
as I was
strolling
The
wheat
fields
waving
and the
dust
clouds
rolling
The fog
was
lifting a
voice
come
chanting
This
land was
made for
you and
me
Chorus
As I was
walkin' -
I saw a
sign
there
And that
sign said
- no tress
passin'
But on
the other
side ....
it didn't
say
nothin!
Now that
side was
made for
you and
me!
Chorus
In the
squares
of the
city - In
the
shadow
of the
steeple
Near the
relief
office - I
see my
people
And
some
are
grumblin'
and
some
are
wonderin'
If this
land's
still
made for
you and
me.
can you
see, by
the
dawn's
early
light,
What so
proudly
we hail'd
at the
twilight's
last
gleaming
?
Whose
broad
stripes
and
bright
stars,
thro' the
perilous
fight,
O'er the
ramparts
we
watch'd,
were so
gallantly
streamin
g?
And the
rockets'
red
glare,
the
bombs
bursting
in air,
Gave
proof
thro' the
night
that our
flag was
still
there.
O say,
does
that
star-span
gled
banner
yet wave
O'er the
land of
the free
and the
home of
the
brave?
On the
shore
dimly
seen
thro' the
mists of
the deep,
Where
the foe's
haughty
host in
dread
silence
reposes,
What is
that
which
the
breeze,
o'er the
towering
steep,
As it
fitfully
blows,
half
conceals
, half
discloses
?
Now it
catches
the
gleam of
the
morning's
first
beam,
In full
glory
reflected,
now
shines
on the
stream:
'Tis the
star-span
gled
banner:
O, long
may it
wave
O'er the
land of
the free
and the
home of
the
brave!
And
where is
that
band
who so
vauntingl
y swore
That the
havoc of
war and
the
battle's
confusio
n
A home
and a
country
should
leave us
no more?
Their
blood
has
wash'd
out their
foul
footsteps'
pollution.
No
refuge
could
save the
hireling
and slave
From the
terror of
flight or
the
gloom of
the
grave:
And the
star-span
gled
banner
in
triumph
doth
wave
O'er the
land of
the free
and the
home of
the
brave.
O, thus
be it
ever
when
freemen
shall
stand,
Between
their
lov'd
homes
and the
war's
desolatio
n;
Blest
with
vict'ry
and
peace,
may the
heav'n-re
scued
land
Praise
the
Pow'r
that hath
made
and
preserv'd
us as a
nation!
Then
conquer
we must,
when
our
cause is
just,
And this
be our
motto:
"In God
is our
trust"
And the
star-span
gled
banner
in
triumph
shall
wave
O'er the
land of
the free
and the
home of
the
brave!
xxxxxxxxx
This
land is
your
land,
this land
is my
land
From
Californi
a, to the
New
York
Island
From the
redwood
forest, to
the gulf
stream
waters
This
land was
made for
you and
me
As I was
walking
a ribbon
of
highway
I saw
above
me an
endless
skyway
I saw
below
me a
golden
valley
This
land was
made for
you and
me
Chorus
I've
roamed
and
rambled
and I've
followed
my
footsteps
To the
sparkling
sands of
her
diamond
deserts
And all
around
me a
voice
was
sounding
This
land was
made for
you and
me
Chorus
The sun
comes
shining
as I was
strolling
The
wheat
fields
waving
and the
dust
clouds
rolling
The fog
was
lifting a
voice
come
chanting
This
land was
made for
you and
me
Chorus
As I was
walkin' -
I saw a
sign
there
And that
sign said
- no tress
passin'
But on
the other
side ....
it didn't
say
nothin!
Now that
side was
made for
you and
me!
Chorus
In the
squares
of the
city - In
the
shadow
of the
steeple
Near the
relief
office - I
see my
people
And
some
are
grumblin'
and
some
are
wonderin'
If this
land's
still
made for
you and
me.
| Journalist Seymour Hersh broke the story in an article in the Vanity Fair magazine, complete with photos. |
| Maj. General Antonio M. Taguba's report on the U.S.-run prison complex near Baghdad found numerous "sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses." |
| Brig. General Janis Karpinski Relieved of her command and demoted to Colonel. |
| When Maj. General Geoffrey D. Miller was warden of the Guantanamo Bay prison, he commanded the use of the torture on prisoners. Summoned to Baghdad in August 2004, he briefed military commanders in Iraq on the interrogation methods used in Cuba, which constitute torture under international law |
| "It violated everything I personally believed in and all I'd been taught about the rules of war." -- Spc. Joseph Darby |
| For many of the Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib, “living conditions now are better in prison than at home. At one point we were concerned that they wouldn’t want to leave.” -Karpinski (Interview December 2003 with the St. Petersburg Times) |
| And Extorting Money from Iraqi Businesses |
| The military announced August 2005, that the 1st Battalion of the 184th Infantry Regiment of the Guard, which is headquartered in Modesto, Calif. was involved in a scheme that may have raised more than $30,000 from Iraqi businesses. The battalion's commander, Lt. Col. Patrick Frey, was suspended and one of the battalion's companies, based in Fullerton, Calif., was removed from patrol duties and restricted to an Army base south of Baghdad. Soldiers from the battalion's Bravo Company, which is based in Dublin, an East Bay suburb of San Francisco, approached several businesses to extort the money to establish a "soldier's fund." The businesses -- a dry cleaner, a convenience store and the like -- catered to U. S. soldiers and were located on the fringe of the U.S. military's operating base inside the Green Zone, the fortified hub of the Iraqi government, U.S. occupation officials, embassies and contractor headquarters. The businesses were told to pay the soldiers "rent." The "protection" money was used to buy, among other things,T-shirts from Rush Limbaugh, satirizing the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Prison (“Gitmo") in Cuba. There are further reports that the scheme has been carried out on at least two other U.S. bases in Iraq, |
"Hey, he's moving... he's still alive...."
The soldier shot the wounded man in the head.
See the blood splatter on the wall.
See the blood splatter on the wall.
“We had to destroy the town in order to
save it.” -a US soldier
Fallujah, Iraq. As US soldiers prepared
to storm the town of Fallujah, women,
children and the very old were ordered
to leave, lest they get hurt or killed in the
fierce onslaught that awaited the town.
Men, ages 15 to 55 were told they had
to stay. The US mission was to disrupt
the resistance fighters in that town. The
result of this arrangement was that the
whole town became what was called a
"Hot Zone," which meant the soldiers
were instructed to shoot at anyone for
any reason, all inhabitants left were
considered the enemy. There were no
special orders to take prisoners. Here, a
building that had already been fired
upon with resulting casualties was
inspected for the second time. Upon
noticing that one body moved, the
soldier instantly fired at him, point blank.
The man, already bleeding to death,
was unarmed.
save it.” -a US soldier
Fallujah, Iraq. As US soldiers prepared
to storm the town of Fallujah, women,
children and the very old were ordered
to leave, lest they get hurt or killed in the
fierce onslaught that awaited the town.
Men, ages 15 to 55 were told they had
to stay. The US mission was to disrupt
the resistance fighters in that town. The
result of this arrangement was that the
whole town became what was called a
"Hot Zone," which meant the soldiers
were instructed to shoot at anyone for
any reason, all inhabitants left were
considered the enemy. There were no
special orders to take prisoners. Here, a
building that had already been fired
upon with resulting casualties was
inspected for the second time. Upon
noticing that one body moved, the
soldier instantly fired at him, point blank.
The man, already bleeding to death,
was unarmed.
South Korea accused US soldiers of killing or
wounding 400 civilians from the village of No Gun
Ri in July 1950, during the Korean War. The US
Army finally admitted on January 11, 2001, that US
had shot and killed South Korean civilians but
disputed the tally.
wounding 400 civilians from the village of No Gun
Ri in July 1950, during the Korean War. The US
Army finally admitted on January 11, 2001, that US
had shot and killed South Korean civilians but
disputed the tally.
There are five babies in this picture. Can you find them?
On the morning of March 16, 1968, army warrant officer Hugh Thompson, began what he thought would be another routine
mission in Vietnam. He buzzed his scout helicopter low over the jungle in search of Viet Cong soldiers. It was a clear day, and all
was quiet. But when Thompson swung his chopper over the tiny village of My Lai, he saw US soldiers savagely beating and firing
on Vietnamese civilians. Thompson and his two-man crew watched in disbelief as soldiers murdered women and children who
had been pushed into an irrigation ditch. Other GIs set huts ablaze with handgrenades and Zippo lighters. There wasn't an enemy
soldier in sight. [More]
The My Lai massacre would come to be known as one of the darkest moments in US military history. In just four hours, 504
Vietnamese civilians were killed. [From Democracy Now!]
mission in Vietnam. He buzzed his scout helicopter low over the jungle in search of Viet Cong soldiers. It was a clear day, and all
was quiet. But when Thompson swung his chopper over the tiny village of My Lai, he saw US soldiers savagely beating and firing
on Vietnamese civilians. Thompson and his two-man crew watched in disbelief as soldiers murdered women and children who
had been pushed into an irrigation ditch. Other GIs set huts ablaze with handgrenades and Zippo lighters. There wasn't an enemy
soldier in sight. [More]
The My Lai massacre would come to be known as one of the darkest moments in US military history. In just four hours, 504
Vietnamese civilians were killed. [From Democracy Now!]
| SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! |
| Yea, that's one wonderful soldier (Sabrina Harman) attempting to sew up a very big gash. (Dog bite?) How does she expect to do this without anesthesia? One soldier has his boot on the patient's chest and the other soldier is sitting on his legs and the patient has his hands tied behind him. |
| Mud or shit? It could easily be either. Torture or humiliation? |
Don't you just love baby pictures?
God bless America,
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Thru the night with a light from
above;
From the mountains, to the
prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Thru the night with a light from
above;
From the mountains, to the
prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with
brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their
country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with
brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and
air
And music-hearted sea!
O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom
beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once
again
Thy whiter jubilee!
AMERICA
My country, 'tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountain side
Let Freedom ring.
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills,
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet Freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of Liberty,
To thee we sing,
Long may our land be bright
With Freedom's holy light,
Protect us by thy might
Great God, our King.
Our glorious Land to-day,
'Neath Education's sway,
Soars upward still.
Its hills of learning fair,
Whose bounties all may share,
Behold them everywhere
On vale and hill!
Thy safeguard, Liberty,
The school shall ever be,
Our Nation's pride!
No tyrant hand shall smite,
While with encircling might
All here are taught the Right
With Truth allied.
Beneath Heaven's gracious will
The stars of progress still
Our course do sway;
In unity sublime
To broader heights we climb,
Triumphant over Time,
God speeds our way!
Grand birthright of our sires,
Our altars and our fires
Keep we still pure!
Our starry flag unfurled,
The hope of all the world,
In peace and light impearled,
God hold secure!
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with
brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their
country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with
brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and
air
And music-hearted sea!
O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom
beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once
again
Thy whiter jubilee!
AMERICA
My country, 'tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountain side
Let Freedom ring.
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills,
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet Freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of Liberty,
To thee we sing,
Long may our land be bright
With Freedom's holy light,
Protect us by thy might
Great God, our King.
Our glorious Land to-day,
'Neath Education's sway,
Soars upward still.
Its hills of learning fair,
Whose bounties all may share,
Behold them everywhere
On vale and hill!
Thy safeguard, Liberty,
The school shall ever be,
Our Nation's pride!
No tyrant hand shall smite,
While with encircling might
All here are taught the Right
With Truth allied.
Beneath Heaven's gracious will
The stars of progress still
Our course do sway;
In unity sublime
To broader heights we climb,
Triumphant over Time,
God speeds our way!
Grand birthright of our sires,
Our altars and our fires
Keep we still pure!
Our starry flag unfurled,
The hope of all the world,
In peace and light impearled,
God hold secure!
| Dipping his nose where it shouldn't be. |
Nagasaki, Japan, after the bomb.
Nagasaki, Japan
Naplam victims, Vietnam
Massacre in Korea, by Pablo Picasso; 1951;
His protest against indiscriminate killing of hundreds
of South Korean civilian refugees by U.S. soldiers at
the height of the Korean War (1950-53).
His protest against indiscriminate killing of hundreds
of South Korean civilian refugees by U.S. soldiers at
the height of the Korean War (1950-53).
$25 MILLION REWARD
If you see this man, call 911.
| U.S. Army Spc. Joseph M. Darby, of Corriganville, Md., is credited with alerting officials to the alleged torture of Iraqi prisoners by members of his 372nd Military Police Company. Darby had received a cd of the photos from Cpl. Graner (above) |
| This is Corporal Charles A. Graner, a Marine being all he can be, which in this case is a coward. He has tied the hands of these guys and now is pummeling them. |
| Corporal Charles A. Graner and Specialist Sabrina Harman |
| The difference from a dog bite and being stabbed is a dog rips the meat after piercing the skin. Is this torture or simply humiliating? |
| Is this torture or humiliation? |
| Is this torture or humiliation? |
| We all should have seen it as a sign of things not being right when we first saw prisoners being hooded. It was an odd practice that began the initiation of de-humanizing prisoners and forcing them into obscenities and beatings - and death! |
| Charles A. Graner. Yes, this is one they were too rough with. He's dead. The dead man's name was Manadel Jamadi. He allegedly died in a shower room during interrogation by CIA officers after being brought there by Navy Seal team members. |
| After 50 years of the US Government telling the American public that people in Cuba were being unjustly imprisoned, hidden from inquires, beaten and murdered, finally proof of those accusations came true. The US Government knew it happened because it was the US military that was doing it. |
| There is fierce fighting in town and it is getting closer to your home. You make the decision to send all your women and children out of the area. You put them in a car and tell them to drive away. This car of women and children come upon US soldiers who decide to shoot first then check to see who is inside. All dead. |
| Lynndie England and Charles A. Graner. |
| Lynndie England |
| Lynndie England. This has been referred to as a "collar" or a "strap." Another reference would be NOOSE. |
| We are told in war bad things happen and civilians deaths are to be expected. "Collateral damage," it is called. What is it called when it was not a war and these babies are killed because a jet pilot has been ordered to bomb a house? |
| Although one reason to invade Iraq was because Saddam was a threat to Israel, Israel did not join in the invasion. It did, however, send in soldiers to interrogate prisoners. |
| Perhaps you have watched war movies in which prisoners were taken. The Great Escape is a famous such movie. In any case, NEVER have you seen prisoners handled in THIS WAY! Not even in Vietnam! Tiger cages maybe, but hooded and strapped in transport?! |
| Whenever you go into battle and the "enemy" looks something like this girl, it is time to question the War. |
| If you ever heard stories about World War II you may have heard how the Germans hurried to be "captured" by the Americans because they were afraid of the Russians. What do you think are the odds of surrendering to the Americans in Iraq and not getting killed by them? |
| Electrocution. In the US, deathrow inmates are now given the gas chamber or lethal injection. |
| The Perversion Gulf War |
in...
| A dog handled by a Sgt. Santos A. Cardona bit a detainee on both thighs, severely enough to require stitches and a dog handled by a Michael J. Smith bit an inmate on one of his wrists, but not hard enough to the break the skin, said Pvt. Ivan L. "Chip" Frederick at a military hearing. Frederick also said he heard both Cardona and Smith say they were competing, using their dogs, to see how many detainees they could frighten into urinating on themselves. Smith told investigators in February 2004 that he and Cardona used their unmuzzled dogs to help a military intelligence unit, "psychologically breaking [detainees] down" before interrogations. |
| And why is the US fighting in Iraq? To liberate them, says President Bush. To provide them with an opportunity to become a democratic society. Under Saddam Hussein, two-thirds of the population, the Shiite people, were oppressed. Today, they are free and one of their choices of freedom is to celebrate Ashura Day. |
| VIDEOS |
FROM 9/11 TO IRAQ
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LET THE BODIES HIT
THE FLOOR - ROCK
VIDEO
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VIDEO
SLIDESHOW OF DEATH
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| "I don't know where he is.You know, I just don't spend that much time on him... I truly am not that concerned about him."[President Bush, Press Conference, on the whereabouts of OBL: 3/13/02] |
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| "We were joking around, having some fun..." |
| Lynndie England to Military Investigator Paul Arthur. |
| "We're at war to keep the peace." -Bush |
Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7,
1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. -FBI WANTED LIST
1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. -FBI WANTED LIST
| NOT WANTED FOR 9/11--- NO EVIDENCE SAYS FBI |
"I still stand for TRUTH and JUSTICE,,, but I'm not with "The American Way" these days.. ." -Superman |