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"Washington threatened to use any means to seize Iraqi assets if we do not support the security pact," Talabani was quoted as saying.

http://tinyurl.com/4hdqvu


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Talabani
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+pact

Nick Turse, AlterNet: "The fact that the US government secretly facilitated dealings between Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts; that the U.S. military - the primary occupation force in Iraq - regularly pays Shell billions of dollars each year; that on the heals of a contract worth hundred of millions of dollars with the US military, Shell just inked a deal with occupied Iraq and set up an office in the US military's secure 'Green Zone' should raise myriad questions about the tangled relationship between the major players in Iraq."

http://www.truthout.org/100308S



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Nick+Turse

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/10/03-1



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karen+DeYoung
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Walter+Pincus

By Cesar Chelala

It is a mystery how the Iraq war was planned and supported for a long time without an effective opposition, despite being one of the worst foreign policy decisions in recent U.S. history. But it becomes less of a puzzle if one applies to the situation some principles of social psychology. In this light, a return to the classic literature is pertinent.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20931.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cesar+Chelala

By Robert Dreyfuss

What does the start of a new civil war in Iraq look like? It looks a lot like this.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20925.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Dreyfuss

http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis124.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/margolis

Während die US-Regierung behauptet, dass die Truppenverstärkung (surge) die Lage im Irak beruhigt habe, erklären US-Wissenschaftler, dass dafür die schon zuvor einsetzenden ethnischen Vertreibungen verantwortlich sind.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28816/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge

Pamela Hess, The Associated Press: "A military interrogation expert, Air Force Col. Steven Kleinman, told Congress on Thursday that prior to the abuses at Abu Ghraib, he witnessed interrogations of Iraqi detainees that he considers violations of the Geneva Conventions."

http://www.truthout.org/092608C



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Abu+Ghraib
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Geneva+Conventions
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pamela+Hess

Norman Solomon, Truthout: "Of course, Katharine Gun was free to have a conscience, as long as it didn't interfere with her work at a British intelligence agency. To the authorities, practically speaking, a conscience was apt to be less tangible than a pixel on a computer screen. But suddenly - one routine morning, while she was scrolling through email at her desk - conscience struck. It changed Katharine Gun's life, and it changed history."

The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War
http://www.truthout.org/092508S



Katharine Gun: The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War

Marcia Mitchell, Truthout: "Pigeons are coming home to roost in the prestigious halls of the United Kingdom's Parliament building. Whether they make it across the Atlantic to the US Capitol is a matter that should be of interest to all Americans. On March 19, Katharine Gun testified before British lawmakers, asking them to commit to a full public inquiry into the decision to invade Iraq. Gun is well-known to Members of Parliament. She was the young British secret service officer who was arrested for leaking an illegal US spy operation against members of the UN Security Council debating the decision for war. The operation, mounted by the NSA, targeted six nations whose vote for a preemptive strike was considered essential to winning broad international support for war."

http://www.truthout.org/040709K



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=National+Security+Agency
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Norman+Solomon
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Marcia+Mitchell

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/24-7



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ann+Wright