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Archive for the 'Iraq' Category

Ron Paul’s 2002 Predictions All Come True – Incredible Video!

Posted in Afghanistan, Dictatorship, Dollar's Demise / Hyper-Inflation, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Protests & Civil Unrest, Ron Paul, Sound Money, War Without End on January 11th, 2012

Wow!

Tom Woods destroys establishment foreign policy!

Posted in Dictatorship, Iran, Iraq, Ron Paul, War Without End on September 15th, 2011

Ron Paul was right! 1998-2002 predictions

Posted in Dollar's Demise / Hyper-Inflation, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Money/Economy/Taxes, Ron Paul, Sound Money on August 20th, 2011

June Was Deadliest Month for U.S. in Iraq Since 2008

Posted in Iraq on July 15th, 2011

open quoteThree more American soldiers were killed this week, the United States military announced on Thursday, bringing the combat-related deaths for United States forces in Iraq to a monthly toll not seen since 2008. close quote (Read more from nytimes.com)

Panetta makes 9/11 gaffe in Iraq

Posted in 9/11, Iraq on July 12th, 2011

open quoteNewly appointed US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told American troops in Baghdad on Monday that 9/11 was the reason they were in Iraq, before he was quickly corrected by his spokesman.

“The reason you guys are here is because of 9/11. The US got attacked and 3,000 human beings got killed because of Al-Qaeda,” Panetta told about 150 soldiers at the Camp Victory US base.

“We’ve been fighting as a result of that,” he said.

The administration of former US President George W. Bush had hastily linked Saddam Hussein, the ousted Iraqi dictator, to the 9/11 attacks.

That was one of the justifications for the 2003 US-led invasion, but the argument has since been widely dismissed.close quote (Read more from news.yahoo.com)

I’m not surprised when they say stupid things. I’m surprised on the rare occasions when they don’t.

Missing Iraq cash ‘as high as $18bn’

Posted in Corruption, Iraq on June 20th, 2011

open quoteOsama al-Nujaifi, the Iraqi parliament speaker, has told Al Jazeera that the amount of Iraqi money unaccounted for by the US is $18.7bn – three times more than the reported $6.6bn.

Just before departing for a visit to the US, al-Nujaifi said that he has received a report this week based on information from US and Iraqi auditors that the amount of money withdrawn from a fund from Iraqi oil proceeds, but unaccounted for, is much more than the $6.6bn reported missing last week.

“There is a lot of money missing during the first American administration of Iraqi money in the first year of occupation.

“Iraq’s development fund has lost around $18bn of Iraqi money in these operations – their location is unknown. Also missing are the documents of expenditure.

“I think it will be discussed soon. There should be an answer to where has Iraqi money gone.”

The Bush administration flew in a total of $20bn in cash into the country in 2004. This was money that had come from Iraqi oil sales, surplus funds from the UN oil-for-food programme and seized Iraqi assets.

Officials in Iraq were supposed to give out the money to Iraqi ministries and US contractors, intended for the reconstruction of the country.

‘No trace’

The Los Angeles Times reported last week that Iraqi officials argue that the US government was supposed to safeguard the stash under a 2004 legal agreement it signed with Iraq, hence making Washington responsible for the cash that has disappeared.close quote (Read more from english.aljazeera.net)

US military’s history of backtracking on initial reports

Posted in Afghanistan, Big Media, Iraq on May 6th, 2011

open quoteStories told of Private Jessica Lynch, American footballer Pat Tillman and British aid worker Linda Norgrove were all incorrect.close quote (Read more from guardian.co.uk)

Also, http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts304.html

SA@TAC – Dreading Democracy

Posted in Election / Politicians, Iraq, Protests & Civil Unrest, War Without End on February 15th, 2011

Fake vs. real popular movements — Iraq & Egypt

Posted in Big Media, Iraq, Protests & Civil Unrest on February 14th, 2011

Egypt Protests vs. toppling of Saddam statue

STEPHEN WALT: MAINSTREAMING WAR WITH IRAN

Posted in Big Media, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby on December 17th, 2010

Important article from a few months ago:

open quoteIf you are worried that the United States might be foolish enough to attack Iran, then you might take comfort from Jeffrey Goldberg’s lengthy and alarmist Atlantic article on the subject. Based on a flock of mostly anonymous interviews, Goldberg has concluded that odds are better than 50-50 that Israel will attack Iran sometime next spring. Given his track record as a Middle East analyst — particularly when it comes to the wisdom of using force — you might be justified in viewing that prediction as a sign that war was in fact quite unlikely.

I’ve said plenty already about the reasons why Iran is not a grave threat that justifies preemptive war, and why neither the United States nor Israel should be thinking about a military strike, so I don’t feel compelled to dismantle Goldberg’s restating of the hawks’ case yet again. And I don’t have to, because others have already done so quite ably.

Instead, I’d just like to highlight what’s really going on here.close quote (Read more from veteranstoday.com)

AlJazeera.com vs. CNN.com

Posted in Big Media, Iraq on October 29th, 2010

al jazeera website front page

cnn website front page

See also: wtfcnn.com

Julian Assange walks out of bullshit CNN interview with class and dignity

Posted in Big Media, Iraq on October 25th, 2010

Wikileaks — Iraq Revelations

Posted in Iraq on October 23rd, 2010

WikiLeaks: At Least 109,000 Killed During Iraq War
open quote“The reports detail 109,032 deaths in Iraq, comprised of 66,081 ‘civilians’; 23,984 ‘enemy’ (those labeled as insurgents); 15,196 ‘host nation’ (Iraqi government forces) and 3,771 ‘friendly’ (coalition forces),” WikiLeaks said in a statement regarding the documents’ release. “The majority of the deaths (66,000, over 60 percent) of these are civilian deaths. That is 31 civilians dying every day during the six-year period.”

The new documents covered 2004 through 2009, WikiLeaks said, with the exception of May 2004 and March 2009. close quote (Read more from abcnews.go.com)

WikiLeaks Iraq files reveal torture
open quoteAl Jazeera’s access to leaked documents reveals secret US military order not to investigate Iraqi torture.close quote (Read more from english.aljazeera.net)

Pentagon braces for new Iraq war Wikileaks publication

Posted in Censorship, Iraq on October 20th, 2010

open quoteThe US military has assembled a 120-member team to prepare for the expected publication of some 400,000 Iraq war documents on the Wikileaks website.

The documents are thought to concern battle activity, Iraqi security forces and civilian casualties.

The Pentagon said it wants the documents back to avoid potentially damaging information being released.

The timing is unclear but it would dwarf Wikileaks’ July publication of more than 70,000 Afghan war files.close quote (Read more from bbc.co.uk)

Protecting our Freedom in Iraq

Posted in Dictatorship, Iraq on October 16th, 2010

Fighting for freedom in Iraq

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