Never Forget Iraq...

Combat Stress: Our 'Patriotic Duty' to Support the Troops

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14455

re: Depleted Uranium (DU)

"the Forces, the Iraqi population and the earth was subjected to another lethal experiment which even outdid the unspeakable evil of the Pacific testing, since these weapons are created from the nuclear waste from the nuclear fuel cycle and contain the whole lethal cocktail. 'Nuclear waste with fins on' as one expert described this unprecedented assault on the planet and humanity.."

Children Tortured Before Parents, Raped, all Covered Up

http://www.docudharma.com/diary/14963/children-tortured-before-parents-r...

"They did it brazenly in front of other prisoners. Nothing but a sheet separated the sound of screaming and the torment of children. This is how you create your own insurgency"

That slightly metallic taste in you mouth as your teeth fall out; that's the taste of Freedom!

Canada's secret war in Iraq

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8110

lest we forget...

Inquiry Into the Killing of Iraqi Civilian Begins in London

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/iraq-j23.shtml

"Evidence of torture included close-range bullet wounds, the removal of eyes, and stab wounds. The Iraqis have been asking the high court in London to order an independent public inquiry into claims they were mistreated and that British soldiers may have killed up to 20 captives.."

A 1 Minute Visit to Purgatory

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com

"So imagine for a minute, an army live the above, walking into your cities, raping and torturing your mean, women and children, "smoking you out" if you move in your own streets, run over your cars if you did not move when asked to, "lit you up" if you got too close, shot your taxi drivers for no reason and threw a few others of you off the bridge after interrogation, raped your teenage girls and wives and set their families on fire,

destroyed your homes, walked into your central banks and just robbed your money, stole your museums and destroyed your historical sites - not that you have any - burned your fields, built walls around your neighborhoods, bombed our churches, pissed and spat on your bibles, left your hospitals and schools in shambles, murdered your scientists, professors, doctors, invited Canada with its armed militias to torture and finish off the rest of you,

exiled millions of you, turned millions of your wives into widows and children into orphans, and you into beggars, used DU and white phosphorous and more, and more..

And last but not least, arrested and brutally tortured members of your government and lynched your president -- all on bogus charges.

In your case it will not be bogus charges because you do possess WMDs and you do have links with Al Qaeda - you invented the damn thing.."

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"Ironically, the Canadians indirectely provide more support for us in Iraq than most of those 46 countries that are fully supporting us. It's kind of an odd situation." US Ambassador Paul Cellucci

What Imperialist War Produces

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/colo-j28.shtml

"The atrocities US troops are committing in Iraq and Afghanistan, the inevitable product of neo-colonial war and occupation, are transforming a section of returning veterans into a genuine menace to society.."

US Military Accused of Executing Gay Iraqi Civilians

http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=26487 [10]

"two Iraqi refugees detailed alleged abuses of fellow gay Iraqis

The Closed Door

http://www.malcomlagauche.com/id1.html

"19 years ago, incidents occurred in Iraq and Kuwait that changed the world and thus began the US quest for world domination, an effort that gained momentum and is in full swing today.."

Inept At Both Killing and Coddling Terrorists

http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/674945

"Washington is angry at Baghdad because Iraqi troops recently stormed a camp north of Baghdad belonging to the Mujahideen-e-Khalq"

Very interesting and humorous at the same time. Investigative news journalist Seymour Hersh reported in an interview with NPR [14] one year ago that the Bush war criminals budgeted $400 million dollars for covert operations inside Iran. And that they were training anti-Iran terrorist organizations Jondollah and Mujahid-e-Khalq, both of which have clear track records as terrorists, and even against the US.

This is in addition to Hersh's previous reports that "al-Qa'eda", that CIA database of expendible jehadi assets, have been marauding throughout Iraq and attacking the enemies of their friends in the CIA and US military. ie. theyve launched attacks against the true anti-American insurgents in Iraq. Theyve been waging phony war there, too.

US Seeks to Protect Iran Terror Group

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/04/us-seeks-protection-of-t...

"The US is quietly pressing Iraq not to close a camp that holds more than 3000 members of an Iranian opposition group that served as Saddam Hussein's shock troops in 1991 when he crushed rebellions after the Gulf War and now is vulnerable to Iraqi and Iranian reprisals.."

Explosive Allegations: Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder

http://www.alternet.org/rights/141763/explosive_allegations%3A_blackwate...

"Sworn statements filed in Federal Court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam"

From a Teenaged girl in Iraq named 'Sunshine':

http://livesstrong.blogspot.com/2009/08/unfairness-is-better-than-your-m... [17]

"All I have to say is Saddam's unfairness is better than your 'mercy'

Explosive Allegations: Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder

http://www.alternet.org/rights/141763/explosive_allegations%3A_blackwate...

"Sworn statements filed in Federal Court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam"

From a Teenaged girl in Iraq named 'Sunshine':

http://livesstrong.blogspot.com/2009/08/unfairness-is-better-than-your-m... [17]

"All I have to say is Saddam's unfairness is better than your 'mercy'

Errant Home: 18.5 Minutes of Torn Iraqi Soul http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23197.htm

Blackwater Founder's Visions of Christian Supremacy in Iraq

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Blackwater-Founder-s-Visio-by-Kevin-Gos... [20]

"Prince views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe"

America Rapes and Pimps Iraqi Children in the name of Freedom

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2009/08/meric-rpes-nd-pimps-irqi-chil...

"the declarations describe Blackwater as "having young girls provide sex to Enterprise members in the 'Blackwater Man Camp' in exchange for one American dollar. They add even though Prince frequently visited this camp, he 'failed to stop the ongoing use of protstitutes, including child prostitutes, by his men.."

Bush Tortured Children, and America yawns

http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2009/08/09/bush-tortured-... [22]

Inside GI Resistance

http://www.counterpunch.com/lazare08052009.html

"What do you do if you are a soldier being asked to fight a war you do not believe in..?"

Rezoning in the Green Zone

"A series of explosions that targeted government and commercial buildings in Baghdad Wednesday left at least 75 people dead and more than 300 wounded"

The US War Against Iraq: The Destruction of a Civilization

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14870

"The US seven year war and occupation of Iraq is driven by several major political forces and informed by a variety of imperial interests. The most important political force was also the least openly discussed - the Zionist Power Configuration (ZPC)

'Iraq Will Be A Colony of Iran'

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/466084/iraq_will_be_a_colony_of_...

"Needless to say, it's way too late for President Obama to do anything about this, though he ought to keep his promise to involve the international community in a last ditch effort to rebalance Iraqi politics away from dominance by the Shiite religious parties. Still, as I have been writing for years, Iran has the upper hand in Iraq.."

My Country, Misery

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23354.htm

"all of this has conspired to produce a monstrous polity lurching about the global landscape without a heart or a conscience, and eating itself from within for the very same reasons.."

The racist sunni arabs always attack the Shiites of Iraq as "Iranians" and "Persian Zoaoroastrians"! Saddam and his predecessors expelled millions from Iraq under that pretence; people who had lived in Iraq longer than any Sunnis. Not to take into account that Iraq has traditionally been the birth place of Shiism and the most important Shia centre in the world prior to the rise of Safavid in Iran.

To these racists, if the 65% Shia Arab people of Iraq demand their rightful share of country's government, that is "iranian colonization".

Wouldn't it be sectarianism in this instance, as opposed to racism?

It should be, but they make it a race issue, by labeling the shia Arabs "Iranians" or "Persians" as a deragotary term.

Remember that War?

http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2009/08/remember-that-war.html

"Remember that war? Whatever happened to that? I heard a lot of people died. I also heard that there was no end in sight. I don't seem to hear about that war at all anymore.."

Tariq Aziz Sentenced to 22 Years by US puppet court

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_56773.shtml [32]

"The US occupiers have buried Tariq Aziz in one of their filthy prisons in his own land but they will never bury our memories of him standing with integrity before the UN.."

The Truth of Iraq's City of Deformed Babies:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/2009090/twl-the-truth-of-iraq-s-city-of-defor...

"growing numbers of deformed children in Fallujah.."

Related thread [35]

Obama Increasing US Presence in Iraq

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-schwartz/the-obama-administration_...

"Believe it or not, the US administration in Iraq is growing under the leadership of antiwar president Barack Obama.."

Hostile Takeover: Canada's Outsourced War for Iraq's Oil

http://this.org/magazine/2009/09/01/canada-iraq-oil/ [37]

"with little or no scrutiny of their operations either by an indifferent media or a public that believes it won a considerable victory in 2003 by forcing the Liberal government to "stay out" of Iraq, it is unclear what will be the implications, if any, of Canada's minature "mercenary-oil-industrial complex" in Iraq. The war itself has cost upwards of one million Iraqi lives, the country is considered among the most corrupt in the world and the war and occupation are far from over.."

can everyone admit 1 thing

arent we all happy saddam is gone? he was a very bad facist dictator

I am not. His assassination - in blatant disregard of the Geneva Convention - puts all Western people to shame.

 i didnt say killed

i said GONE! lets look at the scenario that he is not in power compared to power

but even his death was after trial, and the nations involved have legal death penalty

If Canada killed him, then it would be illegal

You westerners should be ashamed indeed. After all when he was massacring Iranians, Shias and Kurds, The whole west, the communist bloc and the arab world were all clapping, if not lending a hand. The guy was a hero when he was killing them crazy Iranians, wasn't he?

No shame on our side for helping to hang a mass murderer.

Rape the final Frontier

http://uncensoredarabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2009/10/rape-final-frontier...

"During the 'tyrannical rule of the Dictator' rapists in Iraq were executed. A good deterrent don't you think? I think so too.."

Unless the rapist was Uday. or a republican guard officer. or someone from Saddam's tribe. or ...

I wonder if you'll feel the same when his assassins and their friends are strung up in Baghdad - and Kabul - and other places.

Don't be too gleeful about nooses. Murder and violence tend to reproduce uncontrollably.

Not necessarily. Back then Nazi sympathizers also thought they would some day take revenge on Nuremberg trial judges and prosecutors.  Talk is cheap. Considering that Saddam supporters believe it was Iranians or their agents who executed him, I am quite surprised that you are implicitly condemning my nation to hanging for the execution of one mass murderer. This is quite uncharacteristic. If the Israelis had the right to punish Eichmann, So did we. Although personally I preferred to see Saddam handed over to Iran than executed in Baghdad.

What a bizarre connection. I of course was talking about the murderers of Saddam and their friends - the U.S. and its puppets everywhere - surely you don't think they will escape justice in Kabul and Baghdad one day? Did you read Kabul or Baghdad as being in Iran? Shall I email you a map of the region?

Please be slow to applaud the murder of political leaders by the invaders and their puppet regimes.

I note a difference here between invaders (the US and coalition army) and a government in Baghdad that, in delievring justice to Saddam, carried out the wishes of a large majority of its people. I also don't agree that the current Iraqi government is a "US puppet". It is beseiged by the presence of the US army, but its foreign and domestic policies are not fully aligned with the wishes of the US government. I used to consider Maleki as an Iranian puppet, but he has also shown signs of independence from Iranian influence. The neocon men in Baghdad - like Ayad Alavi and Chelebi - were forced out of the positions of power after a short while after invasion. The US might have won the invasion, but certainly was not able to establish the kind of government neocons wanted.

Glad you approve of the regime in Baghdad and their taste for "justice". Tell me, was the Shah "fully aligned with the wishes of the US government"?

Shah was. Was there any occasion when he did something against their wishes?

I did not say I approve the regime in Baghdad. Just that they are far less of a US puppet than most "independent" Arab regimes of the region, from Saudi to Egypt to Pakistan to Jordan, are. and that's in presence of a large US army in their land. Once that army is gone, I don't see them end up as US allies. Also in my view, they do represent a sizable section of Iraq's population.

I see. So the U.S. invaded Iraq... why? Weapons of mass destruction? Revenge for the humiliation of G. Bush Sr? To bring freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people? They mixed up Osama with Saddam (those durned furrin soundin names)? For the heck of it? And they're going to leave now ("once that army is gone") and wish the Iraqi people good luck with their oil and strategic location?

of course not; but nations with long histories know that invading empires come and go. The US will not be able to stay there forever.

War Crimes Case Filed Against 4 US Presidents and 4 UK Prime Ministers

http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/21292/War_Crimes_Case_Filed_Against_4_U_S_Pr...

"Today the Spanish Senate, acting to confirm a decision already taken under pressure from powerful governments accused of grave crimes, will limit Spain's laws of universal jurisdiction. Yesterday, ahead of the change of law, a legal case was filed at the Audiencia Nacional against four United States presidents and four United Kingdom Prime Ministers for commissioning, condoning, and/or perpetuating multiple war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Iraq.."

Flowers, Candles & Tumors:

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/

"This may be news to you, but all kinds of weapons were tested in Iraq, by the demoniacal terrorists called the Americans. Depleted Uranium is the most 'famous' one...Tumors are multiplying in Iraq at a vertiginous rate...sparing none."

Letter to the UN: Deformed Babies in Fallujah

http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=6744&blz=1

"Young women in Fallujah in Iraq are terrified of having children because of the increasing number of babies born grotesquely deformed, with no heads, two heads, a single eye in their foreheads, scaly bodies or missing limbs. In addition, young children in Fallujah are now experiencing hideous cancers and lukaemias. These deformities are now well documented.."

Never forget what the war was all about

Wow.

The Calamity of Iraq's Orphans:

http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/war/11494-calamity-of-iraqs-or...

"According to the Iraq Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs January 2008 Report, 4.5 Million Iraqi children have been made orphans. Of these only 459 orphans are in government care.."

Iraq torture 'worse after Saddam' BBC 2006

And so then the Islamic wing of the CIA had to be imported to Iraq to help deal with the anti-US insurgency. No one expects the inquisition - Monty Python

Trained in India to Fight in Iraq:

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=15877

"It was more or less expected that the US Army will begin using Indian military facilities and experience to train for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.."

Saddam Hussein - his last hours (part 5)

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2009/10/saddam-hussein-his-last-hours...

"Was Saddam hanged or murdered.."

Exxon Mobil-led consortium nets 'supergiant' Iraq oil field

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article...

"An Exxon Mobil led consortium has beaten rival Russian, French and Chinese groups to bag initial rights to develop Iraq's West Qurna field, the Oil Ministry said, adding momentum to Iraq's bid to unlock its oil riches. With reserves of 8.7 billion barrels, West Qurna is among the prized Iraqi fields eyed by Western oil majors.."

Incensed

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2009/11/incensed_08.html [62]

"You can shove your international solidarity up your collective asses...you showed no true solidarity with us."

The Responsibility of the US in Contaminating Iraq with Depleted Uranium

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=15966

"The US and UK administrations have subjected the whole nation of Iraq for decades to torture and slow death through the intentional use of radioacative weapons and the sanctions.[enforced by Canadian war criminals as well] The continuous and intentional use of radioactive weapons is a crime against humanity due to its undifferentiating harmful health effects on civilians in contaminated areas years to come after the military engagements.."

Doctors in Iraq's war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting.

This is such an appalling and hideous feature of modern warfare and is happening in Afghanistan as well as Iraq. If we actually had 'representatives' worthy of the name they should be screaming bloody murder over this!

Help Deformed Children in Fallujah: Petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/hdcif/petition.html

"Young women in Fallujah are terrified of having children..."

No Voice

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-voice.html [66]

"...Why do I have the feeling that I alone am interested in all this...where are the others...?"

Uranium in Iraq

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16098

"Abdul-Haq-Al-Ani's and Jamie Baker's indispensable book spotlights the appalling criminal enterprise now working itself out in Iraq.."

Iraq War Inquiry: Britain [and Canada] Heard US Drumbeat for Invasion Before 9/11

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/24/iraq-war-chilcot-inquiry

Thanks to US Occupation: No Rights for Women in Iraq

http://www.brusselstribunal.org/women241109.htm [69]

Iraq Inquiry's Game Changing Evidence:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/26/iraq-inquiry-christo...

"Sir Christopher Meyer's evidence has surely made it impossible to claim that Iraq was about WMD and not 'regime change'..."

Cultural Cleansing in Iraq:

http://abutamam.blogspot.com/

"Why did the invasion of Iraq result in cultural destruction and killing of intellectuals..?"

Another Carnage in Baghdad...

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2009/12/another-carnage-in-baghdad.ht...

"...Contrary to whatever you may hear from anyone, this latest carnage is the work of the "democratic government" you pieces of shit intalled in Baghdad.."

Normalising the Crime of the Century:

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16476

"The purpose of the Chilcot inquiry is to normalise an epic crime by providing enough of a theatre of guilt to satisfy the media so that the only issue that matters, that of prosecution, is never raised...Like Iraq, Afghanistan is a crime period."

And as Yves Engler and others have pointed out, one in which Canada was very much involved. Watch for the same strategy Pilger analyzes above to be applied also to the detainee issue here..

Iraq Auctions Oil Fields

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BA0HH20091211 [74]

"Royal Dutch Shell and Malaysia's Petronas won the deal for Maynoun, one of the world's largest untapped oil fields, on the second oil contract auction since the 2003 US invasion.."

Outraged Brits Want Blair Prosecuted for War Crimes

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/outraged-brits-blair-prosecuted-war-crimes

"Tony Blair's admission that Britain would have backed the Iraq war even if it did not have weapons of mass destruction, sparked outrage Sunday and calls for his prosecution for war crimes..."

we've got some here in Canada too of course...

Poverty in the New Iraq:

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/01/poverty-in-new-iraq.html

"10 Million Iraqis live in absolute poverty since 2003...10 Million Iraqis represent roughly over 30% of the total population...Something not to lose sight of is that the above developments took root in an already vulnerable terrain, superimposing themselves on a society that was already massacred by 13 years of sanctions of an embargo imposed by the civilized west.."

Remembering Saddam Hussein:

http://www.malcomlagauche.com/id1.html

"On January 1, 2010, I and a few dozen friends commemorated the life of President Saddam Hussein..."

The Anatomy of A Massacre

http://www.al-moharer.net/moh265/lagauche265.htm

"In a few days we will experience the 19th anniversary of the beginning of the first Gulf War. Unfortunately, many people have forgotten..."

Israeli Hand in Iraq's Abu Ghraib Exposed:

http://palestinefreevoice.blogspot.com/2010/01/israeli-hand-in-iraqs-abu...

Jack Straw at the Iraq War Inquiry

http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/news/4864340.Jack_Straw__I_could_have_...

"I could have stopped the Iraq War.."

How's that war crimes trial against BushCo going?

Dutch Inquiry Finds Iraq War Illegal

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jan2010/iraq-j22.shtml

"A Dutch commission of inquiry has concluded that the US led 2003 Iraq war was illegal under international law. The conclusion has far reaching implications. Potentially, it could open up leading politicians and military figures in the US and Britain to prosecution for war crimes.."

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Considering how many countries put soldiers into the illegal war I doubt it.

•  Slovakia [87]: 110 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 12/07)
•  Lithuania [88]: 120 peak (deployed 6/03-withdrawn 08/07)
•  Italy [89]: 3,200 peak (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 11/06)
•  Norway [90]: 150 troops (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 8/06)
•  Hungary [91]: 300 troops (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 3/05)
•  Netherlands [92]: 1,345 troops (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 3/05)
•  Portugal [93]: 128 troops (deployed 11/03-withdrawn 2/05)
•  New Zealand [94]: 61 troops (deployed 9/03-withdrawn 9/04)
•  Thailand [95]: 423 troops (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 8/04)
•  Philippines [96]: 51 troops (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 7/04)
•  Honduras [97]: 368 troops (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 5/04)
•  Dominican Republic [98]: 302 troops (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 5/04)
•  Spain [99]: 1,300 troops (deployed 4/03-withdrawn 4/04)
•  Nicaragua [100]: 230 troops (deployed 9/03-withdrawn 2/04)
•  Iceland [101]: 2 troops (deployed 5/03-withdrawal date unknown)

•  Australia [102]: 2,000 invasion (withdrawn 7/09)
•  United Kingdom [103]: 46,000 invasion (withdrawn 7/09)
•  Romania [104]: 730 peak (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 7/09)
•  El Salvador [105]: 380 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 1/09)
•  Estonia [106]: 40 troops (deployed 6/05-withdrawn 1/09)
•  Bulgaria [107]: 485 peak (deployed 5/03-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Moldova [108]: 24 peak (deployed 9/03-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Albania [109]: 240 troops (deployed 4/03-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Ukraine [110]: 1,650 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Denmark [111]: 545 peak (deployed 4/03-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Czech Republic [112]: 300 peak (deployed 12/03-withdrawn 12/08)
•  South Korea [113]: 3,600 peak (deployed 5/03-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Japan [114]: 600 troops (deployed 1/04-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Tonga [115]: 55 troops (deployed 7/04-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Azerbaijan [116]: 250 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Singapore [117]: 175 offshore (deployed 12/03-withdrawn 12/08)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina [118]: 85 peak (deployed 6/05-withdrawn 11/08)
•  Macedonia [119]: 77 peak (deployed 7/03-withdrawn 11/08)
•  Latvia [120]: 136 peak (deployed 5/03-withdrawn 11/08)
•  Poland [121]: 200 invasion—2,500 peak (withdrawn 10/08)
•  Kazakhstan [122]: 29 troops (deployed 9/03-withdrawn 10/08)
•  Armenia [123]: 46 troops (deployed 1/05-withdrawn 10/08)
•  Mongolia [124]: 180 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 09/08)
•  Georgia [125]: 2,000 peak (deployed 8/03-withdrawn 8/08)

you forgot Canada..

Iraq War Was Illegal, Top Lawyer Will Tell Chilcot Inquiry

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/24/iraq-chilcot-inquiry-michael-wo...

They Got the Wrong Guys: Iraq executes 'Chemical Ali'

http://www.malcomlagauche.com/id1.html

"Ali Majid got caught up in the propaganda and was dubbed 'Chemical Ali' by the western press...The fact that the US Marines 'concluded' that Iran gassed the Kurds of Halbjah was not the only striking portion of this document. It questioned the number of deaths. Researchers have come forward who state that several hundred bodies were found, not 5,000.

By 2002, various individuals had time to dissect the reality of Halbjah and in the buildup to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, many came forward to challenge the 'he gases his own people' statement. Included in the naysayers were retired CIA analysts, retired military personnel, journalists and others. They uncovered much proof to show that Iran gassed the Halbjah Kurds.."

What is the American Plan for Iraq?

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-is-american-plan-for-ira...

"The American Plan for Iraq so far has given the following - from 2003-Present:

1.5 Million Dead (Lancet Report)

200,000 Reported Missing (official)

at least 2 Million Maimed (official)

5 Million Exiled and Internally Displaced (official)

2 Million Widows (official)

4.5 - 5 Million Orphans (official)

The ongoing silence, the complete silence is worse than the Crime. So what is the American Plan for Iraq?

Pump Oil

Britain: Illegality of Iraq war dominates Chilcot inquiry by Ann Talbot

It sounds like the very unaccountable and non-transparent 9/11 Commission investigation. It's a total farce.

The Open and Shut Case Against Tony Blair

http://stopwar.org.uk/content/view/1713/27/

"If Blair cannot give satisfactory answers to the questions below, there is only one conclusion: he should stand trial for war crimes.."

As Yves Engler and others have pointed out - Canada was also deeply involved in Iraq and had personnel there. Yet there has been no raising of the issue here. Disgusting.

On The Iraqi Resistance

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/02/short-reflections-on-iraqi-re...

"So why has not the Iraqi Resistance received the praise it deserves?

Its resistance to an illegal, vile, savage, barbaric occupation is proven in figures...

So why is she shelved into forgetfulness? Why is she not crowned with bravado like others? And most importantly, why was she left alone for seven years, with zero support from anyone?

Bullshit. The Kurds themselves know better,regardless of how much the racist sunni arabs try to deny their genocidal treatment of Kurds and Shias.

I used to think that way, but with the current situation in Iran where Iraqi-born politicians are running two of the three branches of the government (parliament and judiciary), and a third politician from Iraq (shahroudi) is rumored to be a candidate for supreme leader position, the situation may actually reverse. Kind of poetic justice.

Perhaps if they stop blowing up shia pilgrims they would get more priases:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100205/world/international_us_iraq_vi... [137] Or does the weblogger think this is also the act of "shia death squads"?!

When the 'War on Terror' Becomes Genocide

http://nightslantern.ca/gw.htm

"There is no retraction of a government policy to grossly abuse Muslim suspects and prisoners.."

The Carp of Truth: Jack Straw, Colin Powell and the Smoking Guns of War Crime

http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1922-... [139]

Statement on the Closure of the Legal Case For Iraq in Spain:

http://bikyamasr.com/?p=8453

"We continue to believe that the violent killing of over 1 million people in Iraq since 2003 along with the ongoing US occupation - that carries direct legal responsibility - and the displacement of up to a fifth of the Iraqi population from the terror that occupation has entailed and incited suggests strongly that the claims we put forward ought to be investigated.."

Iraq Snapshot:

http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2010/02/iraq-snapshot_08.html

"Wednesday an Iraqi appeals court ruled that the 500 plus candidates being banned by Iran via the extra-legal Accountability and Justice Committee would be allowed to run.."

Muqtada Al-Sadr and other Shiite Assassins

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/02/shiite-muqtada-al-sadr-other-... [142]

Back In Iraq: Ethnic Cleansing of Christians and More Civilians Killed:

http://firedoglake.com/2010/02/14/back-in-iraq-ethnic-cleansing-and-more...

"While the airwaves are full of the latest faux-victory-in-Afghanistan scheme (complete with the usual 'regrets' that in some minds absolve US forces of responsibility for yet more civilian casualties), Iraq is off the American [and Canadian] radar except for some self-congratulatory claims that we are 'responsibly ending the war in Iraq'. How's this for responsible...?"

VIDEO: Iraq for Sale The showing of this video was banned in the US Congress

This is how Pentagon capitalism actually operates, and it would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic. It was a kleptocracy long ago, and they continue to rob US taxpayers blind. It's no wonder America is so hopelessly bankrupt today.

Update on Iraq's Elections

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/03/update-on-iraqs-elections.htm...

"Overwhelming majority win for the secular nationalist bloc Al Iraqiya in many provinces including Najaf.

This is a huge moral defeat for the Shiite parties and for Maliki in particular...Iraqis across the provinces have shown that they REJECT Shiite sectarianism and Iran and they have also shown what I have been saying for the past 4 years that we are essentially a secular people and a nationalistic one.

This is also a symbolic defeat for Iran and for the American plan, the agenda with which they brutally and criminally occupied us, dividing us along sectarian lines.

The results will no doubt be tampered with...hence that is why I am blogging about the preliminary ones.."

Iraq: Exiled Former Saddam Hussein Aide says Baathist Resistance is 'Ready to Fight'

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/03/syria-exiled-forme...

"Maliki is trying to repress the entire Sunni population of Iraq by disallowing any Sunni candidate with even the remotest link to the Baath Party...By trying to outlaw the Baath Party, he is setting in place a new civil war. But we are ready to fight.."

Probably the real reason the UK backed the USA in the Iraq war. Duh!

Blair's fight to keep his oil cash secret

Tony Blair waged an extraordinary two-year battle to keep secret a lucrative deal with a multinational oil giant which has extensive interests in Iraq.

The former Prime Minister tried to keep the public in the dark over his dealings with South Korean oil firm UI Energy Corporation.

Mr Blair - who has made at least £20million since leaving Downing Street in June 2007 - also went to great efforts to keep hidden a £1million deal advising the ruling royal family in Iraq's neighbour Kuwait.

In an unprecedented move, he persuaded the committee which vets the jobs of former ministers to keep details of both deals from the public for 20 months, claiming it was commercially sensitive. The deals emerged yesterday when the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments finally lost patience with Mr Blair and decided to ignore his objections and publish the details.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1259030/Blairs-fight-oil-cash-se... [148]

I thought this thread would be about the victims of the US led war on Iraq  but after reading some of the many links it's really a pity poor Saddam Hussein and his cronies thread and even denies Saddam's crimes and attacks his victims!   

I'm guessing very few mods have even read the links and there's no rule against posting conspiracy garbage but for a progressive site - this is pretty disgusting, especially to shia muslims or Iranians who might be reading this site

Iraq Invasion: 7th Anniversary - The Criminal Invasion of Mesopotamia

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18249

"This is an Iraqi Holocaust and an Iraqi Genocide....Peace will come when all the world's people wake up and march for an end to conflict and unrestrained national aquisitiveness. On this grim, shameful anniversary, all of the same mind should vow to double their efforts."

International Conference of the Iraqi Political Resistance: Against the Occupation and for the Sovereignty of Iraq

http://www.iraqsolidaridad.org/2010/docs/conference_gijon.html

"Iraq, formerly one of the richest countries on the planet...

The forgotten news from Iraq does not mean that the situation has improved, or that the end of the occupation is near. Inside the country elections have not stirred any hope of an impact on the daily situation which has not ceased to deteriorate from day to day since 2003..."

Destroying Educational Institutions or Using them for Military Purposes is a War Crime

http://www.countercurrents.org/adriaensens240310.htm

"Canada welcomes these elections and applauds the Iraqi people for their courage and commitment to a peaceful and democratic state by exercising their fundamental democratic right to vote. Hon Lawrence Cannon, Min. of Foreign Affairs, Canada

Iraq 'Elects' Terrorist

http://www.blogfrommiddleeast.com/?rstart=b&new=64549

'The recent Iraqi elections did provide one positive aspect. They were even more absurd than a Three Stooges episode'

Yes, No, Maybe

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/04/yes-no-maybe.html

"I keep reading articles about the torture that went on and still goes on in Iraq and Afghanistan, Guantanamo and all other shadow prisons...in Eastern Europe, in the Middle East and in Africa...

And the questioning is always, did the americans, canadians, english coalition authorities know about it? Did they all receive direct orders, did they engage and participate in it too, was it a policy, how widespread was it...etc etc..

Bullshit question.

And all act oh so shocked...us the americans, us the canadians, us the english, us the poles, us whoever the fuck it is who is there...Could it be? YES IT CAN BE!

Fuck you and everything you represent. Oh and by the way, the same american filth unit responsible for Abu Ghraib is heading back to Baghdad.."

But they DID NOT LIE about 9/11 just WMD and a long list of other things. It's the one truth the pathological liars and megalomaniacal psychopaths would not betray for the sake of their political integrity. And anyone else with a difference of opinion is just a whacko.

Once Upon A Time...

http://www.malcomlagauche.com/id1.html

'Once upon a time, there was a country called Iraq.."

The Genocide of Arab Sunnis in Iraq

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/04/genocide-of-arab-sunnis-in-ir... [157]

"I have not ceased repeating and I will repeat it again today - there was/is a genocide within a greater genocide in Iraq. The smaller genocide, if one can appropriately call it that - is the genocide against Arab Sunnis...300,000 Arab Sunnis were murdered by the Shiite militias for the year 2006 alone.."

Americans Kill Muslims like Roaches

http://blackagendareport.com/?q=content/americans-kill-muslims-roaches-0 [158]

WikiLeaks Video - The Greater Horror

http://michaelcollinsefn.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/wikileaks-video-the-gr... [159]

"There they are, the people who brought you every bit of action in the Wikileaks video and all of the other horrors flowing from the invasion of Iraq.."

"The current American imperial offensive has all the characteristics of a race war, and is viewed as such by much of the world...

Powerful statements NDPP.  The TRUTH can have that effect.

The TRUTH!

one hopes ...

Howling Wind: The Unrepented Genocide

http://www.chris-floyd.com/articles/1-latest-news/1957-howling-wind-the-...

"The other day I was reading the New York Review of Books in a bookstore cafe. I saw a large ad on the bottom corner of a page ; it began with with this quote in bold capitals: 'WHY IS IT A CRIME FOR ONE MAN TO MURDER ANOTHER BUT NOT FOR A GOVERNMENT TO KILL MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE?'

My first reaction, before I read further, was a feeling of surprise that someone had articulated the case against the Iraq war so clearly..."

Resisting the Occupier

http://nebuchadnezzar-ii.blogspot.com/2010/04/resisting-occupier.html [164]

"Let me be clear from the beginning. I am fond of the Taliban, fond of the Palestine Resistance and it has nothing to do with being a Ba'athist or not. This Resistance is just brave. I mean the Palestinians have been resisting for more than seventy years, and the Afghanis...their country has been occupied three times and three times they fought the occupier fiercely.

I am not going to talk about the Iraq Resistance because it is still a new Resistance and there are a lot of mistakes in the way they organize themselves - plus the biggest mistake that it is only one-sided. It is a Sunni Resistance when the right thing would be that it be an IRAQI resistance..."

Tehran's Coup in Iraq

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/555629/tehran_s_coup_in_iraq_par...

"the influence of the United States is declining sharply, and the overt and covert influence of Iran is getting stronger.."

Freedom Samples - Abu Ghraib's Galore

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/04/freedom-samples-abu-ghraib-ga... [166]

The Truth is Out

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/05/truth-is-out.html

"This article is VERY important...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIqOyvQ3kAA&feature=fvw

Closing for length.