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Much of Iraqi Oil Remains "Off-Line"
An oil refinery in Basra, Iraq. Oleg Nikishin / GettyWhy Iraq is Still Oil PoorBy Mark Kukis / August 15, 2008 BASRA — Roughly once a week a flotilla of half a dozen or so tankers heaves into the steamy … Continue reading
The First Casualty of War : The Truth
U.S. Marines Invade Manhattan, New York! For more information, visit Iraq Veterans Against the War. Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog
Iraq Report: The US Hegemonic View of the SOFA
Nouri al-MalikiIRAQ: U.S. Officials Admit Worry over a ‘Difficult’ al-MalikiBy Gareth Porter / August 15, 2008 WASHINGTON — U.S. officials privately admit being concerned that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki has become “overconfident” about his government’s ability to manage … Continue reading
Privatizing Iraq Doesn’t Seem to Have Worked
Workers leaving the Diyala State Company for Electrical Industries in Baquba recently. Photo Credit: Ashley Gilbertson for The New York TimesIraq Private Sector Falters; Rolls of Government SoarBy Campbell Robertson / August 10, 2008 BAGHDAD — Hampered by years of … Continue reading
Tape : Order to Forge Iraq-9/11 Letter on White House Stationery
In damning transcript, ex-CIA official says Cheney likely ordered letter linking Hussein to 9/11 attacks By John Byrne / August 8, 2008 A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Bush Administration, Cheney, CIA, Criminal Justice, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Political Corruption
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Sad News About Iraqi Provincial Elections
Iraq parliament fails to pass elections billBy Ned Parker and Said Rifai / August 7, 2008 Iraq lawmakers break for vacation, unable to agree on oil-rich Kirkuk, which the Kurds want to annex to the semiautonomous Kurdish region. BAGHDAD — … Continue reading
Assessing the Success of the Surge
The Guardian’s Ghaith Abdul-Ahad went back to Baghdad to see the effects of last year’s troop escalation (“surge”). He argues that the US military’s blast walls and forcible division of the city into isolated micro-neighborhoods are the cause of the … Continue reading
Another Piece of What Iraq Was Really About
Iraq arms sales request worth over nine billion dollars: PentagonAugust 1, 2008 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Friday it has notified Congress of proposed military sales to Iraq valued at more than nine billion dollars, including helicopters, tanks and armored … Continue reading
McCain, Anthrax and the Afghan Blunder
McCain: Let’s see. Bin Laden? Afghanistan? Yes, let’s invade Iraq. See Video of McCain on Letterman in 2001 below. ‘Barely a month after the 9/11 attacks and while the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan was still underway, McCain was already eyeing … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bin Laden, Campaign Tactics, Iraq, Iraq War, McCain, Presidential Campaign, Terrorism, Video, War on Terror
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Introducing DisneyIraq : The Unhappiest Place on Earth
An American financier is pitching a vast theme park in Baghdad, not out of kindness, but as he says, “for profit.” ‘I’m not here because I think you’re nice people. I think there’s money to be made’By Scott Thill / … Continue reading
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Tagged Amusement Parks, Capitalism, Disneyland, Iraq, Iraq Occupation
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Iraq : Poised to Explode
‘Iraqis are tired of this war’By Charlie Jackson / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2008 See ‘Iraq: Poised to Explode’ by Robert Dreyfuss below Robert Dreyfuss knows a bit about Iraq, but bases much of his analysis on secondary … Continue reading
The Surge Has Worked? Right.
In Vietnam they called it ‘escalation’ By James Abourezk / July 27, 2008 Back in the good old days of the Vietnam War General Westmoreland, Lyndon Johnson and Bob McNamara kept sending more troops into battle, calling it “escalation.” It … Continue reading
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Tagged George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, The Surge, Vietnam
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