Iraq stands firm against US threat
Asia Times
by Gareth Porter
10/30/08
The threat by the George W Bush administration to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not ratify a pact to regulate the US presence in the country has fallen on deaf ears. The financial loss will hurt, but more than anything politicians - acutely aware of the country’s history - know what their fate will be if they are perceived as “agents for the Americans’...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JJ31Ak02.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+pact
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
by Gareth Porter
10/30/08
The threat by the George W Bush administration to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not ratify a pact to regulate the US presence in the country has fallen on deaf ears. The financial loss will hurt, but more than anything politicians - acutely aware of the country’s history - know what their fate will be if they are perceived as “agents for the Americans’...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JJ31Ak02.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+pact
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
rudkla - 31. Okt, 08:59
