Really News Archives - September, 2005

September 30, 2005

US Army Ends Probe on Troop Graphic Iraqi Death Photos exchange for porn
Story & Link to Photos HERE  (Warning - very graphic website from Holland)

New Orleans Police turn Violent Against Journalists, confiscate cameras & film
Judge Orders Release of Abu Ghraib photos & video
Katrina No Bid Contractor Gouging Begins on Tax Payers - $2,480 for 2 hours labor & free tarp


Tennessee - Patrick Lee, age 21, dies
after Metro Nashville police beat and used a taser on him 19 times.   The Nashville police department was warned against repeatedly shocking suspects. (article, with video from TN)


Syria Conference
(video) on US led occupation of Iraq, also mentioned Israel involvement and events of Sept 11, 2001

Also Egypt wonders at the US government made connection between 9/11 and Hurricanes Rita and Katrina


PBS on Media coverage of Katrina
.  PBS holds opinionated discussion over media coverage, including denying events happening & attempts to discredit reporting.
Video Log of Katrina Reporting

On Scene reporting by Oprah, letting the victims speak.
(Video) Using - REAL PLAYER

 

September 26 through 28, 2005

Reuters: increasing detention and accidental shootings of journalists, is preventing full coverage of the war reaching the American public U.S. obstructs reporting of Iraq
Also, Pentagon Whitewash of 9/11 & Refusal to let key witnesses testify - See 9/11 Citizens Watch updates
New Orleans Report as of 09/27/05 - City Occupied.  Red Cross money NOT going to those in need


George W Bush has warned that insurgents in Iraq will step up their attacks
ahead of next month's referendum on a new constitution 09/28/05 (plus video) Also female suicide bomber attacks soldiers

US Retracts plans to cut back troops


Videos & Reports from DC United for Peace & Justice Rally
, this past weekend.  Plus Cindy Sheehan & 378 others arrested, civil disobedience sitting on White House side walk 09/26/06 on the street.  Police hold all protestors at a single precinct & detain them on bus for over 12 hours.
ALSO C-SPAN REAL COVERAGE video

House Majority Leader Tom Delay indicted
in Texas (VIDEO). Must appear in Austin on charge. 09/28/05
More from Financial Times, UK

 

September 24, 2005

  Half a Million Demonstrators Surround the White House
September 24, 2005 - Camp Casey Arrives, TRUTH OUT

Photography E. Blumrich, September 24, 2005
 

CSPAN Coverage & Videos on line at The Brad Blog  - Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Cindy Sheehan & George Galloway speak before hundreds of thousands, a Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans Against the War, and survivors from Camp Katrina rally in Washington, DC  & surround the White House

 

September 21, 2005

Senators (both Rep. & Dem) Accuse Pentagon of Obstructing Inquiry on Sept. 11 Plot - 09/22/05
Iraqi Police Protest after Basra Raid
- 09/21/05
Hurricane Rita may be another national disaster - 09/21/05
Judge Sandra O'Connor is willing to delay retirement - 09/21/05
Diebold Election Systems Stock Plummets plays the infamous "blame game" on Katrina - 09/21/05
Pentagon again blocks more 9/11 testimony for Congressional Hearing  - 09/20/05
Halliburton serves contaminated food to troops - 09/20/05


Death toll for US soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan tops 1,900
. Angela Miller, wife of Captain Lowell T. Miller presents a flag to stepdaughters Danielle and Alexandra. Captain Miller was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. - 09/20/05 from Truth Out


Cindy Sheehan & Al Zapalla - Video of rally where the NYPD shut the rally down.  Full Story & Additional Article. 09/19/05

400,000 rations of Katrina Relief food to be burned
by the US. Plus Hurricane Rita upgraded to a Category 4 storm, US invests 1 billion upgrading Middle East bases & More . . 09/21/05
Also Read Article 09/20/05 - British outraged on food ration burning.

Tucker Carlson vs. Bill Maher
on the handling of the emergency of Hurricane Katrina -  (C&L) 09/20/05

 

September 19, 2005

More Journalists murdered in Iraq - New York Times Reporter found bound & shot - 09/19/05
ONE BILLION MISSING in Iraq - 09/19/05, Interim Defense minister charged
FEMA - Mismanagement of Funds ; Pays out Millions for Non-Existent Disasters 09/18/05
MORE HEALTH WARNINGS IN NEW ORLEANS 09/19/05 BBC (plus video)
Eyewitness Account of Current REAL events on the Gulf Coast
Katrina Timeline (who, where & when) 09/07/05


More from the Supreme Court confirmation hearings
of Judge Roberts 09/17/05 (Windows Media Player)


Iraq - Suicide bombers continue
. And as Shia pilgrimage gets underway (video). Middle East Times Article and read regularly updated Iraq News as it occurs. (Windows Media Player)

George Galloway & Christopher Hitchens debate Iraq War
in New York City  09/18/05  Uses REAL Player

 

September 17, 2005

  FEMA, Slow to Respond, Now Stumbling in Hurricane Rescue Effort 09/16/05
President Invokes God for Help in Radio Address/Downtime in Camp David - 09/17/05
Lights Powered on for President to Pass through, then turned off again - 09/16/05
 


Diebold Elections Systems Whistleblower
speaks out about security flaws known by top corporation & US government Officials, and culture of fear created.  Also READ Government documentation on KNOWN issues. Elections can be manipulated. No patch, no fix ignored before 11/2004


More Bombings in Iraq (video)
- Plus Report from inside Iraq, major assault campaign on Tal Afar kills hundreds, un-embedded.  And Understanding Iraqi factions: Part One and Part Two
And Message from Resistance in Iraq, purported to be Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi

US Gives Iran Nuclear Warning


Hurricane Katrina survivors return
BBC more videos.  New Orleans clean up to re-open for business.  Photo Gallery from Washington Post. Toxicity and Environmental Dangers Senior EPA Official speaks out - Toxic New Orleans (comparable to Love Canal):  

Companies tied to White House & Halliburton get No Bid Contracts on Rebuilding New Orleans

 

September 14, 2005

  See Continuing BBC Coverage of the Katrina Disaster
French View of CNN coverage of the US President & Hurricane
(from Watching America)
Less that 700 buses owned by New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, NOT 2,000.  Some broken down.
 


Bush speaks on Hurricane Katrina
and response to emergency. 9/12/05  (see also the Really News Entry for 8/30 below)

Blackwater (also contracted in Iraq), private mercenaries
hired by Louisiana governor & homeland security deployed & patrol New Orleans. Overkill feared.  US tax dollars pay for this private firm.  Again, must WATCH Assoc. Press - GULF RECOVERY video  More from New Orleans INDY Media

9/11 Truth activists from all over the country gathered
on the 4th anniversary of the attacks in NYC for a speak out against the media.  Introduction to why they feel 9/11 Investigations should be reopened & why many are angry.  Video & Video INN World Report (NY International) & eye witness testimony AUDIO 

 

September 9 through 11, 2005

  Path For Peace & Women in Black Vigil - Baltimore, Maryland on 9/11/05  


The US and world remember
September 11, 2005 NZ Video

World Summit on Future of the United Nations heads for chaos
.  9/10/05.  See also previous news w/video on induction of Bush choice for Ambassador to the UN, Colin Powell speaks.

Barrack Obama speaks candidly
on the handling of the crisis in the wake of hurricane Katrina 9/11/05

Images from the Houston Astro Dome
, one arena where survivors from Hurricane Katrina have been sent 09/09/05
Also WATCH AP - GULF RECOVERY video from Feed room - as gov't "peacefully" regains control of New Orleans

 

September 2 through 5, 2005

 


Five Days In - People still waiting for help
at convention center - Truth from BBC (video).  Also, "Has Katrina saved the US Media?" (article)

Conditions in New Orleans
(from NZ Broadband News - (Video
) 09/04/05

Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard
speaks out Must See 09/04/05

Keith Olbermann of MSNBC Commentary
on the Disaster of the Gulf Coast, LA and Federal Response 09/05/05 (C&L)

 

 

Red Cross is DENIED by Homeland Security from Entering The City of New Orleans
Don't believe it?  Call them at 202-303-5551  or visit Red Cross Website FAQ's
LET NON INTERNET USERS KNOW THIS BY USING THIS HANDBILL
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State Goes Shopping, takes in shows in New York

Live Video Coverage from New Orleans - Read Homeland Security Response Plan (was not followed)
Video Web Log of Katrina Aftermath  
(Grateful thanks to Crooks & Liars)

Audio - Citizen Don Bowen & 60 Others Trapped by Government/FEMA


How the Government was warned
and purposefully allowed this to happen.  Know This:  One Third of National Guard is Overseas in Iraq.

 

 

August 31 - Sept 2, 2005

 

Violence Breaks Out In New Orleans- Sniper Fire, Many Trapped in need of Rescue, corpses in open
More on New Orleans Emergency from the Los Angeles Times
BBC Coverage of New Orleans (Article & Video) 09/01/05
Mayor of New Orleans Speaks out on Katrina Catastrophy - Listen, Audio

 

 


Estimated 800 or more killed in Iraq
due to panic & stampede.  Also see BBC video and articleMore (Iraq related) International Association of Journalists calls for investigation into shooting deaths or detention of members of the media.


Coronado, CA -  President Bush on Tuesday
answered growing anti-war protests with a fresh reason for American troops to continue fighting in Iraq; protection of the country's vast oil fields (08/30/05) Assoc. Press

Continued Coverage of New Orleans
, Hurricane aftermath.  BBC coverage video & article
and SHOCK & RUIN video. widespread looting.  President cuts vacation short.

 

  At Public Hearing 8/30/05, ACLU Argues for Release of Photographs and Videos Depicting Detainee Abuse
Two Cuyahoga County elections officials were indicted Tuesday on charges of not handling ballots correctly during the recount of the 2004 presidential election. - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Much more election fraud found in Ohio, in 2004 Presidential Election, Many court cases in progress.