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Iraq« Previous EntriesIraq’s oil-fueled surplus could hit $80 billion, report saysWednesday, August 6th, 2008WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iraq is raking in more money from oil exports than it is spending, amassing a projected four-year budget surplus of up to $80 billion, U.S. auditors reported Tuesday. Leading members of Congress, noting that Washington is paying for reconstruction in Iraq, expressed outrage at the assessment. One called the findings "inexcusable." "We should not be paying for Iraqi projects while Iraqi oil revenues continue to pile up in the ... tagged Iraq and OilGeorge Tenet And White House Admit Iraq Intelligence Chief Told Them Iraq Had No WMDTuesday, August 5th, 2008Ron Suskind was on NPR this morning to discuss his new book The Way of the World, which alleges Iraq's intelligence chief Tahir Jalil Habbush told the US before the war that Iraq had no WMD. NPR asked George Tenet and the White House for comment, and, remarkably enough, they both essentially admitted this was true. SUSKIND: What we now know from this investigation is that a secret ... tagged Iraq and White-HouseSuskind: Bush ordered fake letter linking Iraq to 9/11Tuesday, August 5th, 2008By David Edwards and Nick Juliano | A blockbuster new book from investigative journalist Ron Suskind adds another revelation to the growing canon demonstrating the lengths to which President Bush and members of his administration lied, misled and deceived the American people to pursue its invasion of Iraq. Bush allegedly ordered the CIA to forge a handwritten letter from the head of Iraq's intelligence service to Saddam Hussein that ... tagged Bush and IraqNew Book Claims Bush White House Used Forged Documents In Case For Iraq WarTuesday, August 5th, 2008Haaretz | The Bush administration used forged documents that it presented as evidence of Saddam Hussein's complicity in the September 11 terrorist attacks, and which were later used as a pretext to launch the American invasion of Iraq in March 2003, according to a newly released book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind. In "The Way of the World," Suskind writes that documents cited by the administration allege that Hussein's regime permitted ... tagged IraqDid McCain’s foreign-policy advisor profit from the Iraq war?Monday, August 4th, 2008By Mark Benjamin | As recently as last year, John McCain's senior foreign-policy and national security advisor, a neoconservative who played a leading role in pushing for a U.S. invasion of Iraq, was trying to use his role in promoting the Iraq war to make money off Iraqi oil. In a confidential memo, a company called World Strategic Energy, for which top McCain aide Randy Scheunemann was an executive consultant, ... tagged Iraq and warMore Than 10,000 Detainees Released in IraqSaturday, August 2nd, 2008US military: More than 10,000 detainees freed in Iraq this year, 21,000 still in detention By SELCAN HACAOGLU | ABCNews.com The U.S. military said Saturday it has released more than 10,000 detainees in Iraq so far this year — more than in all of 2007 — as it continues to try phase out its running of Iraqi prisons. The military said about 21,000 people remained in custody, and it is currently ... tagged IraqMilitary censorship of the war in IraqFriday, August 1st, 2008By Naomi Spencer | Five years of bloody US occupation have seen numerous crimes against humanity unfold in Iraq. Millions of Iraqi civilians have been killed and wounded, with millions more made into refugees. Ancient, once-vibrant cities have been destroyed by air raids and chemical weapons. Thousands of Iraqis have imprisoned by the US military in barbaric conditions, and in many cases tortured. In carrying out the occupation, ... tagged Iraq and MilitaryBush Reveals True Reason for War in Push for Iraqi AgreementWednesday, July 30th, 2008Huffington Post | For five years the Bush administration has played wack-a-mole with the American people as to why we are in Iraq, with a new justification quickly spawning after the hollow core of the prior position was exposed. WMD's was followed by fighting Al Qaeda and ultimately bringing democracy to the Middle East. Last week the proverbial mole may have met his maker and exposed the true reason over ... tagged Bush and IraqMILITARY HEAVILY CENSORING PHOTOS OF THE WARMonday, July 28th, 2008By MICHAEL KAMBER and TIM ARANGO BAGHDAD — The case of a freelance photographer in Iraq who was barred from covering the Marines after he posted photos on the Internet of several of them dead has underscored what some journalists say is a growing effort by the American military to control graphic images from the war. Zoriah Miller, the photographer who took images of marines killed in a June 26 suicide ... tagged IraqBritish MPs ‘Misled’ Over Iraq InterrogationMonday, July 28th, 2008MPs and peers have said they may have been misled over UK troops' use of banned interrogation methods in Iraq. Not all troops had known "conditioning" techniques such as hooding and sleep deprivation were banned, the Joint Committee on Human Rights said. The committee had received assurances by a minister and a senior military officer that they did know. The use of such techniques emerged after the death of Iraqi ... tagged Iraq and UK-NewsIraq war’s total cost nearing Vietnam’s price tagSaturday, July 26th, 2008The total cost of the Iraq war is approaching the Vietnam War's expense, a congressional report estimates, while spending for military operations after 9/11 has exceeded it. The new report by the Congressional Research Service estimates the U.S. has spent $648 billion on Iraq war operations, putting it in range with the $686 billion, in 2008 dollars, spent on the Vietnam War, the second most expensive war behind World War II. ... tagged IraqBreaking Iraq and Blaming IranTuesday, July 22nd, 2008By Andrew G. Marshall | In September of 2005, the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra, under British occupation since the 2003 invasion, was the scene of an extraordinarily controversial incident, which has since exposed the anatomy of the Anglo-American “dirty war” in Iraq, and in fact, the relevance to the wider “War on Terror”. On September 19, 2005, two white men, dressed as Arabs, obviously suspicious to the British-trained Iraqi ... tagged Iran and IraqUS forces kill son of top Iraqi officialTuesday, July 22nd, 2008US forces have killed the 17-year-old son of the governor of northern Iraq's Salahuddin province. In a raid on Sunday, the forces shot the boy and another of the governor’s relatives. Governor Hamad al-Qaisi's family have claimed the Americans stormed the family house in the town of Beiji, where the governor's son Hussam and his cousin were staying. They say the soldiers shot dead Hussam in a "barbaric" action that was without cause. A ... tagged IraqIraq eyes U.S. pullout by 2010 amid Obama visitTuesday, July 22nd, 2008Xinhua | The Iraqi government said Monday that it hopes the U.S. combat troops would leave by 2010, raising a clear vision of time line after the two countries have agreed on a vague "time horizon." Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh made the remarks as U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is here on a fact-finding tour. After Obama's meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Dabbagh said Iraq did ... tagged IraqUS soldier who deserted over Iraq is deportedWednesday, July 16th, 2008guardian.co.uk | Canada yesterday deported to the US the first American army deserter fleeing the Iraq war across the US-Canadian border. Robin Long, 25, faces a possible court martial and jail, and even redeployment to Iraq. He joined the army in 2003, after the invasion of Iraq, but became troubled by the war. In 2005 he fled to Canada and applied for refugee status, because the US army wanted him ... tagged Iraq« Previous Entries |
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