Froggie: I am not so convinced. Most of the reporting agencies on an international scale[which follow],put the deathtoll on May 22,at ''at least 42 to 46 killed''. The German DEUTCHEWELLE added ''7 more''of whom two were burned to death on this day raising this death toll to over 50.
ABC
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The Washington Post
The Boston Globe
The New York Times
The Vancouver Sun
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The London Times
The UK TELEGRAPH
The UK GUARDIAN
Agence-France-Presse,ll for May 22,2008,none of which mention ''25 dead''after May 21st.
Chicagos organized crime problem is obvious. As I observed in my previous post,''organized crime is a greater problem[in Iraq,where you can view on NEWSWEEKS companion area in ''NEWS'',an article specifically devoted to ''organized crime''in Mosul as conducted by al Qaeda],and we have that here,in Obamas Chicago''
Yes we do. On Sept.22,2000,an FBI plant in Chicagos LUINA [laborers union],uncovered nearly a dozen rackateering operations taking place in that union branch alone during testimony before the state AGs office and the US Justice Dept.[www.thelaborer.net] This is not all.
The Las Vegas Review Journal May 19,2007:''Chicagos Organized Crime Family: Informant Admits To Involvement In 14 Killings''.
CBS Chicago,Apr.22,2008:''Chicago Gangs Give City Deadly Weekend.32 Shot,2 Stabbed,6 Dead''.[over two weekends ending on Apr.30,over 54 people had been shot or stabbed].
The Chicago Tribune Sept.03,2007''More Than A Dozen People Killed In Weekend Violence''[with another 30 wounded,4 critically].
Chicago Public Radio[NPR] May 17,2008: ''Chicago Murder Rate Up In 2008''.
The police are now militarizing in Chicago. Orders for 9,900 military assault carbines,the M-4, including 1,700 for police cruisers, will eclipse the number of these same weapons in Marine hands in Fallujah,Iraq at this moment. Armoured Personnel Carriers are also on the list. It is expected that this will be the largest militarization of any national city police force in the history of America. Why would they go to this solution?
Bush’s 10 Commandments
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The Israelis and Palestinians shalt have a two-state solution. To Bush's credit, he was the first American president to make this the explicit cornerstone of his policy in the Middle East peace process, and he did that way back in 2001. But having offered his grand pronouncement for peace, he let the process languish and eventually pushed for Palestinian elections ("Thou shall democratize"), which brought Hamas to power. On the shores of the Red Sea this week there was hopeful speculation about some very secret deal in the works between the ineffectual Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and the under-investigation-for-corruption Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, but that sort of thing is less in the realm of politics than of miracles.
Thou shalt not talk to Hamas. "All nations in the region must stand together in confronting Hamas, which is attempting to undermine efforts at peace with acts of terror and violence," said Bush. That's true enough when it comes to the group's gruesome fireworks. But most nations in the region think it's a mistake to isolate the most coherent and powerful force in Palestinian politics. Even France, which has been very supportive of Bush's Middle East policies since President Nicolas Sarkozy took over last year, announced this week that it was indeed in contact with Hamas.
Thou shalt not talk to Iran. The Bush administration has been badly outmaneuvered in Iraq, in nuclear diplomacy and in Lebanon by the regime of an alleged lunatic, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Refusing to talk, under such circumstances, smacks of petulance more than puissance.
Thou shalt not let Iran get nuclear weapons. "To allow the world's leading sponsor of terror to gain the world's deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations," said Bush. "For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon." More ringing phrases that fell flat as Bush waited for reluctant applause. The problem here is that everyone in the region remembers Bush arguing that for the sake of peace he had to go to war in Iraq, and nobody trusts him not to screw up Iran just as badly.
"May God be with you on the journey," Bush concluded, "and the United States of America always will be at your side." At this point, unfortunately, that sounds as much like a threat as a promise.
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