By wmw_admin on October 2, 2010
And what’s the betting that the same route isn’t being followed in Afghanistan?
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By wmw_admin on September 16, 2010
He became famous for his eve of battle address to troops. But asked if he clearly understood the reasons behind the invasion he told BBC Radio 4′s Today programme: ‘Absolutely not. I don’t think anybody had any idea why it was we were going to do this’
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By on September 10, 2010
Even though they’ve have been withdrawn from combat operations the fighting isn’t over. Two U.S. soldiers are killed and 9 others wounded at a base north of Baghdad as an Iraqi soldier goes on the rampage
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By on August 29, 2010
The U.S. led invasion not only toppled Saddam, it also brought disease, widespread unemployment and condemned more than half the population to live in slums
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By Robert Fisk on August 22, 2010
Actually U.S. troops are NOT saying goodbye entirely. Over 50,000 will remain in Iraq making for an army of occupation, whether they engage in combat operations of not
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By on May 24, 2010
Did they have the same speech writer? Or did they get same instructions? Because almost word for word the Australian premier’s speech justifying the invasion of Iraq mirrors that of Canada’s Stephen Harper
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By Xymphora on April 30, 2010
All the speculation over what exactly two British SAS men, dressed as Arabs and laden with explosives, were doing in Basra, has forced the authorities to spell out a new version of events. But like the others, it’s no more than a cover story
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By on April 30, 2010
The last remaining justification for the continued occupation of Iraq is terrorism. Yet here we have two British Special Forces members caught red-handed in Basra with explosives and bomb making materials – the terrorist’s tools of trade!
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By Rigorous Intuition on April 30, 2010
More on the detention of two British soldiers by police in Basra, how they got out of captivity and what made it so imperative that they had to be freed
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By on April 30, 2010
Reporting the detention of the two British soldiers by Iraq police Monday, China’s xinhuanet news agency mentioned a crucial item, ommitted by the western media, which if true casts the whole incident in an entirely new light. This story is developing
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By on April 14, 2010
According to a former top Bush administration official Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld knowingly lied
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By on April 9, 2010
Wikileaks has released classified video footage showing U.S. forces in Baghdad in 2007 repeatedly firing on Iraqi civilians. Among the dead and wounded are a Reuters photographer, his driver and two Iraqi children. Includes video link
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By on February 2, 2010
How ‘balanced’ can the findings of the Chilcot inquiry be? When two of its five members are Jewish, one an active Zionist, and both of whom were strong supporters of Tony Blair and/or the Iraq war, the term ‘whitewash’ springs to mind
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By on January 8, 2010
Maidhc Ó Cathail reveals the remarkable similarities between the Chilcot Inquiry and the 9/11 Commission
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By John Pilger on December 14, 2009
John Pilger reflects on how Tony Blair and his cronies paved the way for the invasion of Iraq and how the corporate media assisted
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By on December 10, 2009
MP’s report claims ‘intelligence’ on Saddam’s WMDs came from back of a taxi
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By on August 18, 2009
Blair and Brown’s real legacy
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By on June 1, 2009
Although Obama is trying to prevent their release, photos of U.S. abuse of Iraqi prisoners reportedly show graphic scenes of rape and brutality. Including sexual assaults on prisoners with truncheons and phosphorescent tubes
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By on May 31, 2009
Press TV talks to Washington journalist Wayne Madsen about photos that have recently surfaced showing rape and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers
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By Robert Fisk on May 5, 2009
And as a result of their lies, writes Robert Fisk, many thousands were slaughtered
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