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By Hans Blix

Responsibility for this spectacular tragedy must lie with those who ignored the facts five years ago.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19582.htm



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Iraq, Five Years In: They Really Don't Care
http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2008/03/iraq-five-years-in-they-really-dont.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell



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by Cliff Kincaid

There were nearly a million Christians in Iraq before the war and about half of them have left the country. Dozens of Christian churches have been attacked, bombed or destroyed and some Christian children have reportedly been crucified by Islamic terrorists. The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Paulos Faraj Rahho, was recently kidnapped and murdered. Some Christians left in Iraq don’t go to church for fear of being targeted for death. Some priests don’t wear clerical garb for the same reason. Pope Benedict XVI has pleaded with Bush to do something about the plight of Iraqi Christians... .

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Philadelphia Inquirer

03/20/08

President Bush sought yesterday to convince a skeptical public that the United States is on the cusp of winning the war in Iraq, arguing in a speech that the recent buildup of U.S. forces has stabilized Iraq and ‘opened the door to a major strategic victory in the war on terror.’ Vice President Cheney said separately that it did not matter whether the public supported a continued U.S. presence in Iraq, and likened Bush’s leadership to that of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. After a reporter cited polls showing that two-thirds of Americans opposed the Iraq war, Cheney responded: ‘So?’

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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At least two Iraqi families of victims killed by Blackwater security guards in September tell ABC News they have refused compensation offered by the company, Aadel Faiq of ABC News reports.

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By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Baghdad

"We came, his friends, me and Hassan and Hadi, and washed him and put him in a shroud. You know I am too emotional I cry very quickly. For six months I didn't talk to anyone, I was just sad and silent.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19576.htm



Five Years of Genocide

By Zuheir Kseibat

In the long night and the epic of forgotten genocide, only Bush hallucinates about victory... All the politicians of Iraq hallucinate about democracy-deception. It is the long night of genocide.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19574.htm



Death, Destruction and Reparations

What Do We Owe Iraq?

One thing we do not owe Iraq is another "public relations coup" but that's what appears to be up ahead as the war de-accelerates. Youngsters maimed by the aggression that Professor Feldman rationalizes will be flown to the U.S. by "humanitarian" aid scams and faith-based Christian charities to massage the collective guilt of America for having slept through the massacre into coughing up big bucks.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19573.htm



There Is No Such Thing As A War For Free

By J. E. Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes

President Bush talked about the enormous financial problems facing Social Security, saying that drastic reforms-even privatization-were needed. Well, for one-sixth of the cost of an Iraq war, one could put Social Security on firm financial footing for at least the next 50 to 75 years.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19575.htm



The Costs of Freedom Monica Benderman

Five years of this war, and no end in sight.

By Monica Benderman

In the last five years, I have come to see the real cost of freedom up close and personal. I have lived it every single day of my life, oftentimes twenty four hours of each day. I lived the days while my husband was stationed in a combat zone and I received no word from him for months on end.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19578.htm



The Ground Truth: The Human Cost Of War

Sometimes the greatest act of courage is to tell the truth.

Video

In the opening scenes of Patricia Foulkrod's powerful documentary, we're introduced to a number of young soldiers who speak candidly and powerfully about the motivations that led them to join the military.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15319.htm



The Real Friends of Terror

Video Documentary Report By Ted Honderich

"Do Americans share with "Bin Laden" some of the moral responsibility for the attack?"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15080.htm



In remembrance of some of our victims

- WARNING - These Pages Depict The Horror And Reality Of "Operation Iraqi Freedom".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2604.htm



The Cost So Far: $12 billion per month?

Given approximately $150 billion spent in FY2008, the burn rate is $12.5 billion per month, which is even higher than the "Hi" estimate.

http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/03/iraq_burn_rate.html



Iraq war drag on economy: Obama

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said the $500 billion cost of the Iraq war is a drag on the U.S. economy and attempted to lay some of the blame for it on Republican rival John McCain.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080320/pl_nm/usa_politics_thursday_dc


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The speech given by Sen. Robert Byrd

Exactly five years ago, on the afternoon of March 19, 2003, mere hours before bombs began falling in Baghdad, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., gave a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate condemning the use of military force in Iraq. As soon as Byrd was finished speaking, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivered a response defending the Bush administration's decision to go to war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19577.htm



There Must Be A Reckoning For This Day Of Infamy

By Seumas Milne

Those who insist that the immolation of Iraq was the consequence of errors in the execution of an otherwise defensible policy are simply evading their own responsibility and culpability.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19579.htm



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Informant: Duane Roberts



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For McClatchy Newspapers, Joseph L. Galloway writes, "Here we are in the final throes of the Bush administration and someone has foolishly let Darth Cheney off his leash again." And, Hannah Allam and Laith Hammoudi report: "Amid tears and wails, mourners in the southern city of Najaf on Tuesday began burying victims from a suicide bombing that killed nearly 50 worshipers and injured dozens of others just before evening prayers Monday in nearby Karbala ... But Vice President Dick Cheney gave an upbeat view of conditions in Iraq as he concluded his unannounced trip to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion."

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In an editorial, The New York Times writes, "It has been five years since the United States invaded Iraq and the world watched in horror as what seemed like a swift victory by modern soldiers and 21st-century weapons became a nightmare of spiraling violence, sectarian warfare, insurgency, roadside bombings and ghastly executions."

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White House admits fault on “Mission Accomplished” banner

Missoula Missoulian

04/30/08

The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in Iraq. Thursday is the fifth anniversary of Bush’s dramatic landing in a Navy jet on an aircraft carrier homebound from the war. The USS Abraham Lincoln had launched thousands of airstrikes on Iraq...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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