Iraq
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US moves inciting sectarian warfare throughout the Middle East By James Cogan
The Obama administration is responding to the uprising in Iraq led by the Sunni extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with intrigues and provocations that can lead only to yet more death and destruction in both Iraq and Syria, and risk triggering open war with Iran. Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 22-23 June 2014
23 June 2014 17:39:06 — williambowles.info Kerry in Iraq amid Sunni rebel gains (BBC) Democracy and the debacle in Iraq (The Greanville Post) VIDEO: Iraqi army ‘finds Isis weapons haul’ (BBC) Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 21-22 June 2014
22 June 2014 11:02:37 — williambowles.info Seven killed in air strike in militant-held Iraqi Tikrit (Voice of Russia) Iraqi Hydrocarbon Prize of U.S. Invasion in Danger (4th Media) Lebanonisation of Iraq: An Enterprise Paid for by American Money and Hundreds of Thousands of Lives (4th Media) Continue reading
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Washington escalates intervention in region-wide Middle East war By Bill Van Auken
With nearly 600 Green Beret “advisors” and other US troops in or set to be sent to Iraq over the coming days, the Pentagon announced Friday that it is negotiating rules of engagement that the regime in Baghdad rejected two-and-a-half years ago, before the final pullout of the American military. Continue reading
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The Redrawing of the Map of the Middle East Begins with the Destruction of Iraq By Larry Chin
The mainstream corporate media portrays it as a “terrorist insurgency”of Sunni “extremists” that has, seemingly overnight, overtaken the country. The Obama administration is depicted as having been “caught off guard”. If Iraq is lost, according to these narratives, then all of America’s “gains” will be “squandered”. Continue reading
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How NATO organized invasion of Iraq
In the Iraqi culture, it is not unlikely that a Ba’athist leader (i.e. secular) should decide to avenge himself by objectively supporting a sectarian religious group. The problem is that al-Duri was reported to have died of leukemia in 2005, and no photograph of him has surfaced ever since. He would now be 72 years… Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 20-21 June 2014
21 June 2014 10:56:15 — williambowles.info The Redrawing of the Map of the Middle East Begins with the Destruction of Iraq (SCF) 17 killed in Sunni militant clashes in Iraq’s Kirkul (SCF) Show of force raises Iraq tensions (BBC) Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 19-20 June 2014
20 June 2014 20:44:35 — williambowles.info US Meddling in Iraqi Affairs May Lead to More Civilian Casualties (Global Research) Obama Exploits Iraq Crisis as Pretext for War Against Syria (Global Research) Iraq and the Persistence of American Hegemony (The Greanville Post) Continue reading
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Tony Blair, Phantom of the Opera (and scum of the Earth) goes unpunished By Pepe Escobar
The fact that the Phantom (Tony Blair) keeps getting away with his vast desert of convoluted lies — instead of languishing in some rotten, extraordinary rendition hotel — spells out all we need to know about so-called Western “elites,” of which he’s been a faithful, and handsomely rewarded, servant. Continue reading
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US fired depleted uranium rounds in civilian areas during 2003 Iraq campaign – report
US-led forces in Iraq used depleted uranium weapons in civilian-populated areas during the 2003 military campaign, according to a new Dutch NGO study that also exposes a lack of adequate cleanup efforts by the invading troops. Continue reading
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US-Sponsored Terrorism in Iraq and “Constructive Chaos” in the Middle East By Julie Lévesque
Iraq is once again front page news. And once again the picture that is presented to us in the Western mainstream media is a mixture of half truths, falsehoods, disinformation and propaganda. The mainstream media will not tell you that the US is supporting both sides in the Iraqi conflict. Washington is overtly supporting the… Continue reading
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Global Research: Selected Articles on the situation in Iraq 19 June 2014
19 June 2014 — Global Research IRAQ REPORT | Global Research The Engineered Destruction and Political Fragmentation of Iraq. Towards the Creation of a US Sponsored Islamist Caliphate By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 14, 2014… Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 18-19 June 2014
19 June 2014 19:56:16 — williambowles.info The Democratic Push to Bomb Iraq Again (WashingtonsBlog) US ‘ready to strike’ Iraq insurgents (BBC) Situation in Iraq poses threat to security in Caspian region — Russian expert (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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ISIS “Made in USA”. Iraq “Geopolitical Arsonists” Seek to Burn Region By Tony Cartalucci
When a fire is raging, firefighters are called – not the arsonist who started it, especially if they return to the scene of the crime dragging a barrel of gasoline behind them. Yet, this is precisely what the US proposes – that they – the geopolitical arsonists – be allowed to return to Iraq to… Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 17-18 June 2014
18 June 2014 20:18:41 — williambowles.info US in Iraq: Geopolitical Arsonists Seek to Burn Region (The Greanville Post) VIDEO: Iraq’s special forces ‘ready for ISIS’ (BBC) ‘Deadly danger’: UK and Germany warn of Islamist fighters’ plans to attack in Europe (RT) Continue reading
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US in Iraq: Geopolitical Arsonists Seek to Burn Region By Tony Cartalucci
When a fire is raging, firefighters are called – not the arsonist who started it, especially if they return to the scene of the crime dragging a barrel of gasoline behind them. Yet, this is precisely what the US proposes – that they – the geopolitical arsonists – be allowed to return to Iraq to… Continue reading
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The Truth About US Troops “Sent to Iraq” By Tony Cartalucci
Indeed, nearly 300 troops are being prepared to deploy to Iraq, as they would be to any nation on Earth where a US embassy is located, and may possibly require evacuation. It is in no way an “intervention” or a gesture of “assistance” to the government of a destabilized country. However, in Iraq, Western headlines… Continue reading
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Iraq’s civil war provokes UK political crisis By Julie Hyland
The catastrophe engulfing Iraq—with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) controlling much of its northern and central regions—is as much a crisis for British imperialism as it is for its US ally. Heaping lie upon lie, Blair denounced as “bizarre” the notion “that ‘we’ have caused this”. Calling for renewed intervention against Iraq… Continue reading
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Iraq Witnessing a Popular Revolution, Association of Muslim Scholars
Dr. Sheikh Mohammed Bashar al-Faidhi, spokesman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, said that what is happening in Iraq today is a popular revolution against the policy of oppression, marginalization and exclusion pursued by successive governments under the brutal occupation, including the current Maliki government. Continue reading
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The crisis in Iraq is an uprising, not a sectarian war – expert
Iraq is plunged into a new war – the third one since the US invasion of 2003. Why has the war broken out this time, and what could be its impact on the region? Voice of Russia is discussing these issues with Dr. Meena Singh Roy is Research Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and… Continue reading
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