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  • Iraq’s US/UK Permanent Bases : Intentional Obfuscation
    6 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Sarah Meyer
    There is Pentagon and US governmental obfuscation surrounding United States permanent bases in Iraq. Whilst Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defence, continues to deny a permanent US presence there, the facts appear to contradict his statements.
    In February 2002, Zoltan Grossman wrote the following cogent perception entitled New US Bases: Side Effects or Causes of War? “Even if this administration pulls combat troops out of Iraq in the future, it intends to keep at least (…)

  • Shooting of British Cameraman by Israeli Soldier Cold-Blooded Murder, Inquest Told The Guardian/UK
    5 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Published on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 by the Guardian / UK Shooting of British Cameraman by Israeli Soldier Cold-Blooded Murder, Inquest Told by Vikram Dodd A military expert yesterday told an inquest that the death of a British journalist who was shot dead by an Israeli soldier was "calculated, cold-blooded murder".
    James Miller, 34, was killed by a single shot in May 2003 in Gaza while making a documentary about the suffering of Palestinian children. No soldier has been disciplined (…)

  • Blair and the Neo-Cons’ Permanent World War
    5 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By now, the manner in which Blair & Co have again hoodwinked Britain into a totally illegal military strike -this time using nuclear weapons- against a peaceful nation should have become frighteningly clear.
    But it hasn’t.
    The Bliar’s low-profile treatment of Iran, added to the contradictory signals sent out by him and others such as Foreign Minister, Jack Straw and John Reid, whose job is better described as the Secretary for War, has worked very well to keep the country in the (…)

  • Ulster thrown into crisis by murder of Sinn Féin spy
    5 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Denis Donaldson, the senior Sinn Féin administrator who had admitted being a British agent for 20 years, was yesterday found shot dead inside the isolated cottage to which he had retreated in Co Donegal. Reports last night suggested his body had been mutilated and his right hand almost severed.
    Suspicions that he had been murdered by dissident republicans cast a shadow over the government’s hopes of reviving the stalled political process. Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime (…)

  • Coalition troops will be there for the long term by Andrew Buncombe (the lndependent/UK)
    4 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Published on Sunday, April 2, 2006 by the lndependent/UK US and UK Forces Establish ’Enduring Bases’ in Iraq Despite talk of withdrawal ’when the job is done’, there are signs that coalition troops will be there for the long term
    by Andrew Buncombe in Washington
    The Pentagon has revealed that coalition forces are spending millions of dollars establishing at least six "enduring" bases in Iraq - raising the prospect that US and UK forces could be involved in a long-term deployment in the (…)

  • A madness for war
    3 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Derrick Z. Jackson
    PRESIDENT BUSH said he invaded Iraq to rid the world of a madman. It is ever more clearer Bush went mad to start it.
    This week, the New York Times reported on a confidential memo about a meeting between Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Jan. 31, 2003. It was just before Secretary of State Colin Powell would go before the United Nations to convince the world of the planetary threat of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and ask for a second UN resolution to (…)

  • Decoding the Great Deceiver
    3 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Tony Blair will never give up his premiership willingly. No matter how much a liability he becomes to his party, the Bliar is far too attached to the power that comes with his job. Besides which, he performs a vital task for the interests of Anglo-US capitalist imperialism. Whereas neither Bush the Chimp or Cheney have the slightest ability to play the international statesman the Bliar is a con salesman par excellence. A con-man who has the knack, whilst talking a heap of shit, to make it (…)

  • "Israel Lobby" Essay Creates Firestorm in US
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    IslamOnline.net
    CAIRO, March 31, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) - An essay by two prominent American professors challenging the pro-Israel lobby in the United States and its sway over the US foreign policy has created a firestorm, drawing immediate anti-Semitism accusations and scathing criticism, a leading British newspaper reported Friday, March 31.
    "Accusations of powerful Jews behind the scenes are part of the most dangerous traditions of modern anti-Semitism," Jeffrey Herf and Andrei (…)

  • Iranian militiamen were brought in by Britain Dominic Kennedy, Times
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    April 1, 2006
    MILITIAMEN from an Iranian-backed force were deliberately recruited by Britain to join the new Iraqi security services after Saddam Hussein was overthrown, the Government has admitted.
    The sectarian Badr organisation, trained in exile by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, is suspected of violently pursuing its own agenda after being allowed to enlist in national units. John Reid, the Defence Secretary, disclosed in a Commons written answer to the Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price that it (…)

  • Trial of Saddam diverts attention from US-UK war crimes
    1 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Show Trial of the Century Trial of Saddam diverts attention from US-UK war crimes
    by Ghali Hassan GlobalResearch.ca
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    Saddam trial is a theatre. It is a Hollywood show to divert attention from the destruction of Iraq and the massive war crimes committed against the Iraqi people. Like the invasion, the “tribunal” is illegal and has no legitimacy in occupied Iraq
    President Saddam Hussein’s “trial” before a U.S.-orchestrated (…)