70 PERCENT OF IRAQ'S DOCTORS HAVE FLED THE COUNTRY: DAHR JAMAIL REPORTS

IRAQ:Doctors in Hiding Treat as They Can

Dahr Jamail
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BAGHDAD, Feb 21 (IPS) - Seventy percent of Iraq's doctors are reported to have fled the war-torn country in the face of death threats and kidnappings.

Those who remain live in fear, often in conditions close to house arrest."I was threatened I would be killed because I was working for the Iraqi government at the Medical City," Dr. Thana Hekmaytar told IPS. Baghdad Medical City is the largest medical complex in the country. Dr. Hekmaytar, a head and neck surgeon, has now been practising at the Saint Raphael Hospital in Baghdad for the last five years.

It is difficult now both as woman and as doctor, she says. Most women are now living in repressive conditions because the government is less secular. And that is besides the chaotic conditions around Iraq. "It is particularly difficult for female doctors," Dr. Hekmaytar says.

"Large groups in Iraq only want us to stay at home, and certainly not be professionals." "We've had doctors kidnapped, and so many others have fled," said Khaleb, a senior manager at the hospital who requested that his last name not be used. He named several doctors who had been kidnapped.

This IPS correspondent, he said, was the first media person allowed into the hospital since the U.S. invasion of March 2003.

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COMBAT FOOTAGE OF US AIR FORCE DESTROYING IRAQI INSURGENTS (FANTASTIC VIDEO)

This is a video compilation of various planes from the U.S. Air Force in combat action in Iraq. The video is given special treatment with great music.

TURN UP YOUR SOUND.

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WILD-ASS COMBAT VIDEO: RAW LYRICS IN SONG "DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS" (MUST SEE VIDEO)

Action-packed combat video is enhanced with the song "Down With The Sickness" with lyrics that are very graphic.

TURN UP YOUR SOUND FOR THIS ONE.

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HELLUVA COMBAT VIDEO--WAR WITH NO END---MUSIC "I DON'T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE." (DON''T MISS THIS VIDEO)

This is a helluva combat video of the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The background music of "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" is the perfect accompaniment to this fantastic combat video.

BE SURE TO TURN UP YOU SOUND.

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CNN REPORTS U.S. LED COALITION KILLS 13 AFGHAN CIVILIANS

U.S.-led coalition kills 13 Afghan civilians

Story Highlights
Military operation kills 13 civilians, three militants, U.S. says
Coalition offers condolences, helps identify victims
Weapons and ammunition found at site of attack
Afghan president has expressed dismay, anger over civilian casualties

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/afghanistan.deaths/index.html

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Thirteen people, described by the U.S. military as "noncombatants," were killed in western Afghanistan earlier this week during a coalition operation, the military said Saturday.

"We expressed our deepest condolences to the survivors of the noncombatants who were killed during this operation," said Brig. Gen. Michael Ryan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan.

Three militants also died in Tuesday's operation in the Gozara district of Herat province, the military said.

The killings further inflame Afghans' anger and frustration over the killing of civilians in U.S.-led coalition and NATO operations. Many civilians also die in the crossfire between coalition forces and Taliban militants. Watch the challenge coalition forces face »

Afghan and coalition investigators and international observers this week were in Herat this week. Weapons and ammunition were found at the site of the operation and Afghan soldiers held shuras, or consultative bodies, with village leaders.

VIOLENT COMBAT FOOTAGE FROM IRAQ WAR: MUSIC "KILLIN' ME" BY DROWNING POOL (MUST SEE)

This video is non-stop combat action from the Iraq War. The music is "Killin' Me" by Drowning Pool. Most of the action shows US fighters and helicopters taking out insurgents. Turn up your sound and sit back and enjoy this terrific combat video.

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FRAGILE STATE OF PEACE IN IRAQ WAR--DRAMATIC VIDEO (MUSIC BY MINDFLOW)

The mainstream media would have Americans believe we have "won" the Iraq war, but nothing could be further from the truth because the nation of Iraq and its people are teetering on the brink of another civil war breaking out at anytime.

This video shows the TRUTH about what is happening in Iraq and not the propaganda the right wing media is "selling" to the American public.

Music by MindFlow.


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PINK FLOYD--IRAQ WAR---VIOLENT COMBAT FOOTAGE (GREAT VIDEO)

Pink Floyd provides the music to this dramatic video of the Iraq War. The images are real and some of the footage is very graphic. A great video.

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EXPLOSIVE FOOTAGE OF THE REAL IRAQ WAR (MUST SEE VIDEO)

The people back home in the United States have no idea what our troops are going through in both Iraq and Afghanistan because the media in the United States no longer covers the wars.

This video shows what it is REALLY like in the combat zones of Iraq and Afghanistan.

WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC FOOTAGE.

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VERY GORY VIDEO: TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN TROOPS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (WARNING: WATCH WITH CARE)

This is a sometimes gory tribute to our men and women serving in the United States military in Iraq and Afghanistan. The pictures at times are very gruesome and very graphic.

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