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lip11 asked:


We’ve wasted about $300,000,000,000 (billion) in Iraq so far, and we’re no closer to peace or victory than we were 2 years ago.

Our budget for FY 2006 comes to $3,801/Iraqi. Converted to dinars at the offical exchange rate, this is more than double their per person GDP. It’s like spending $92,468 per person in the U.S. Why not just bribe the whole country?

bikake asked:


You have a B.Sc. degree, and your monthly salary is 5000 ID, 1 kilo of meat/chicken costs at least 1500 ID, a can of soda 1000 ID, a piece of s*it old car for a million ID, a small moderate house for around 15 million ID and you must pay lump sum, There’s no such thing as finance in Iraq!! In the summer the temp. easily reaches 50c=120f and you can’t use a fan or A/C (a new A/C unit was sold for 2 million ID in the nineties!!)due to the daily blackout especially in hottest time of the year! That was the typical life the vast majority of Iraqi people had to endure under the tyranny of Saddam.
Despite the unrest now the situation is improving steadily and the purchasing power has improved significantly especially for the graduated and intellectual Iraqis, Just take a moment and imagine what a horrible life we had and don’t say America did wrong by going to Iraq, Regardless of the WMD excuse!

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GREAT_AMERICAN asked:


The struggle to form a unity government in Iraq continues, but signs of hope are emerging. One of the sticking points continues to be Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, who has so far refused to resign; however, on Sunday the Iraqi Shia Alliance reported it was close to a deal to replace him.
For a little perspective, travel back to the States, to the U.S. Senate and watch the immigration debate in the Senate. We’ve been doing democracy for several centuries now, and we can’t get 100 politicians to agree on one issue. Considering we’re the pros, we could cut the Iraqis a little slack as they continue to get the feel of this democracy-project thing.
There continues to be plenty of good news to be found in Iraq. The Iraqi army continues to take over responsibility for more battle space, al Qaeda continues to take a beating, and rebuilding of the country is progressing. Moreover, the Iraqi economy is improving, and has doubled in the last three years.
News for Pessimistic Generals
The media has given an enormous amount of publicity to former generals who are calling for Rumsfeld to resign, and all but ignore those who remain optimistic about our efforts in Iraq. Colonel William Grimsley commanded the brigade that first took control of Baghdad Airport. Three years on he remains optimistic about the country’s future:
Grimsley, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Combat Brigade Team during the opening days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, said history — not current events — will tell the true story of Iraq’s metamorphosis.
And that story will show how Iraq ultimately emerged from almost 40 years of a regime that ignored the people’s needs and undermined its potential, Grimsley, now a military assistant to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, said during an interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel.
Major Kevin Carter just returned from Iraq, and shares this assessment:
Charter believes not enough attention is being paid to the progress being made by Iraqis in taking control of their country. He said the people of Iraq are grateful Saddam Hussein has been overthrown.
“I was told by an Iraqi that only two things could get rid of Saddam, the United States or Allah. I will never forget that,” Charter said. “An Iraqi officer told me that if we just up and left the country would implode. They are so grateful for us being there and toppling Saddam. Even the Sunnis, who benefited under Saddam, thanked us.”
Before you think I’m just parroting the Pentagon line by quoting only officers, a Marine serving with an Iraqi unit had this to say:
“Everybody hears about all the car bombs in Baghdad and how many people got shot. Those things are reality — I don’t want to downplay them. But there’s a lot of good things happening,” he said.
Despite being the main targets of terrorists and ex-Baathists, Iraqi soldiers remain well motivated:
According to the commanding officer of the local Iraqi-army unit here, the soldiers’ motivation to fight insurgents is steady despite the loss of two of their own comrades. During a memorial service for a fallen soldier, the Iraqi commander of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, assured his soldiers they were performing well and encouraged them to continue to listen and learn from the Marines.
“I want the soldiers to continue to do the job they are doing,” said the commanding officer, who wishes to remain anonymous. “We need the Marines’ support and they are very professional when it comes to training my soldiers.”
A tip led U.S. troops to a house where forged documents were made:
The two suspected forgers were found at a house where Soldiers seized $2,050 in U.S. currency, more than 500,000 Iraqi Dinars, 125 various forms of identification, fake stamps for the IDs and an AK-47.
Another tip led U.S. troops to a weapons cache at a terrorist training facility:
Found at the site were 19 155 mm artillery rounds and 21 mortar rounds of various calibers.
The site may have been a training site of insurgents. The cache was transported to a secured location for controlled detonation.
320 Iraqis from Anbar Province arrived in Jordan to received training as police officers.
The Iraqi army continues to take over more battle space:
The 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division is assuming control of an area of responsibility that encompasses Balad, Al Duluyah and Yethrib, as well as the smaller villages surrounding these cities.
In addition to taking over battle space, Iraqis continue to take the lead in more security operations. Operation Cobra Strike was lead by soldiers of the 8th Iraqi Army Division. The operation was planned, and conducted by Iraqis, with U.S. soldiers in support.
Iraqi soldiers discovered four weapons caches during an operation in southern Baghdad:
In total, the four weapons caches consisted of seven RPG rounds, three machine guns, 28 70 mm mortar rounds, 38 60mm mortar rounds, landmines, a large bag of homemade explosives, a sniper rifle, grenades, 13 pre-made roadside-bombs, ten rockets, 403 linked rounds of small arms ammunition, three bags of linked ammunition and 5,000 rounds of sniper-rifle rounds.
139 Iraqi soldiers recently graduated from commando school, and are ready to fight:
“The Iraqi people are tired of the terrorists, extremists and instability and this unit fights that … I am very proud that I am part of this special unit that will help stabilize this country,” he said. “The terrorists have had their time. This is our time now.”
39 of 45 planned border forts along the Iran-Iraq border are complete. The border posts are manned by Iraqis.
U.S. troops discovered several significant weapons caches on an island in the Euphrates River:
On April 5, Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered 34 fused 82 mm rounds, five fused 120 mm rounds, 600 82 mm mortar rounds, 23 fused rocket-propelled grenades, five hand grenades, 28 55-gallon drums of TNT, nine 55-gallon sacks of nitrate, two bundles of detonation chord, a penetrator and 5,000 AK-47 rounds.
The next day, Soldiers gathered 1,500 meters of command wire, a mortar sight, a receiver, 54 82mm rounds and a 107mm rocket.
On April 7, MND-B Soldiers discovered the following items on the island: 1,450 18 mm anti-aircraft rounds, 27 125 mm aerial bombs, 30 anti-tank grenades, seven 60 mm mortars, five 82 mm mortars, 25 RPG rounds, 96 sticks of dynamite, 600 mortar primers, 156 hand grenades, three cylindrical containers, a RPG launcher, a rocket (caliber unknown), 37 boosters and a small mortar.
In Mosul, U.S. soldiers discovered a significant amount of materials used to make IEDs.
In Tikrit, a terrorist planting an IED was captured.

In Yusifiyah, several terrorist were killed or captured after their safe house was attacked:
During the assault, five terrorists, three of them wearing ******* vests, were killed; five others, one of whom was wounded, were detained. Two of the ******* bombers were killed before either could detonate his vest, and the third detonated his body bomb killing only himself and injuring no one else.
I mentioned Operation Cowpens last week. The operation ended Friday, and the tally of captured munitions is impressive
US forces killed five suspected insurgents and detained five others in a raid on a house southwest of Baghdad early Sunday in a hunt for an alleged Al Qaeda operative, the US military reported, according to AFP.

In another raid, a senior al Qaeda operative was killed. Abu Umar was the terror groups “ambassador,” and was charged with forming relationships with other groups in Iraq. Umar was an associate of Osama bin Laden. More than 115 top al Qaeda operatives have been killed or captured in Iraq over the last few months.
Al Qaeda in Iraq continues to use unwilling people to carry out attacks. One attacker was identified by the fingerprints found on his hand, which was hand cuffed to the steering wheel of a car used as a bomb. It was the only part of him found.
U.S. military vehicles in Iraq will be getting a new anti-RPG system called Trophy from the Israelis [This item has been corrected since posting. — Ed.]:
The Trophy, unveiled by the IDF a year ago, combines two main systems: a radar built by Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd., detects threats; and a Rafael-designed system destroys incoming threats in flight. Rafael claims that the Trophy can protect armored fighting vehicles against all types of anti-tank rockets and missiles.

The two conceptual innovations incorporated into the Trophy are 360-degree protection of the tank or APC, which eliminates the need for adding armor plating, which can double a tank’s weight, restricting its mobility and maneuverability; and to provide protection from new threats from the side and top in low-intensity combat, compared with frontal threats of the past.
The State Department issued a report on Iraq’s economy. Iraq’s economy as nearly doubled in the last three years. GDP rose by 2.6% last year, and is expected to rise by more than ten percent in 2006.
A carpentry workshop funded by USAID is helping Iraqis earn a living:
The workshop focuses on fostering leadership, independence and financial stability among 18- to 24-year-olds. Profits from sale of furniture and doors made in the carpentry shop are reinvested in the youth center to purchase sports equipment, Internet access and secondary school supplies.
Three new power substations are now online in Najaf. At a cost of $4.8 million per substation, each should provide 25,000 households with electricity.
A ceremony in Baghdad marked the opening of a renovated youth center:
The Youth Center offers programs and training in weightlifting, boxing, wrestling, judo and soccer. During the tour, the guests viewed young Iraqi boxers sparring; wrestlers practicing takedowns; soccer players kicking goals; and weightlifters pumping iron.
The project was financed with funds from the 10th Mountain Division.
Everyday Americans are also helping out in Iraq. Frank Casa of Fairport, New York raised $25,000 to send wheel chairs to disabled residents of Hilla:
Casa has raised more than $25,000 to send desperately needed wheelchairs to Hilla, a city south of Baghdad, ravaged by the blasts of ******* attacks and car bombs. Later this year, he’ll travel to Iraq to help distribute the wheelchairs.
“There are many, many civilians that are caught in desperate straits, that were caught up in this war, and they’re strictly victims,” Casa said. “Not to have mobility is like throwing fuel on the fire.”
The latest weekly reconstruction update is available here. Highlights include:

* A water system is under construction in Fallujah. When completed it will provide 200,000 residents with clean water.
* A firing range is under construction at the police academy in Hillah.
* Renovations are complete on the police station in Kadhimiya.
* The rehabilitation of a sewer pump station is complete in Mansour.
* In Baghdad, construction is complete on three solid waste transfer stations.
* A project to provide 10,000 residents in Basrah is complete.
* Construction of two power stations in Erbil Province is complete.
* Reconstruction is complete on two fire stations in Karbala.
* 13 of 15 school projects are complete in Karbala.
* Construction of new classrooms is now complete in Mosul.
U.S. and Iraqi troops conducted a dental clinic in Amu Shabi:
A smile can light up one’s face… and today, more than 200 Iraqis had a reason to smile.
Iraqi-army troops, along with U.S. Special Forces medics, Civil Affairs and 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Soldiers, traveled to a school in Amu Shabi, Iraq, to provide a Dental Assessment and Care Clinic for local citizens.
A Scottish company has plans to build the first water park in Iraq. This story is pertinent because of the what the company’s sales managers said:
International sales manager Jim Stuart said yesterday: “I am delighted to be involved in this project and it shows that rebuilding in Iraq really is happening.”
Sadly, the newly elected Miss Iraq won’t be attending the opening.
Norway’s DNO will become the first Western company since the invasion to produce oil in Iraq next year. The company has discovered five oil reservoirs in northern Iraq.
Iraqi Air is purchasing two new planes from Airbus.
Iraq is spending $25 million to purchase two new oil tankers.

OUR HEROES

Petty Officer 2nd Class Juan M. Rubio will be awarded the Silver Star later this month for actions in Iraq:
On Jan. 1, 2005, Rubio’s platoon was ambushed on the Euphrates River. The Marines left their boats and pursued the attackers, only to have an explosive set off nearby.
Rubio and three Marines were wounded. Despite having shrapnel wounds in his legs and arms, Rubio belly-crawled to the injured Marines and treated their injuries. He then dragged each of them across open terrain, under fire, to safety behind a wall.
He showed the uninjured Marines how to care for the wounded troops and then began directing covering fire while he helped take the wounded back to the boats.
“Your actions saved lives and you have set an example for future corpsmen and Marines to emulate,” wrote Maj. Gen. R.F. Natonski, who wrote a letter endorsing the medal. “Your service is coveted by each and every Marine in the 1st Marine Division.”
One Marine died that day, Lance Cpl. Brian Parrello. Rubio believes Parrello saved his life.
“He took a big chunk of artillery,” Rubio said. “He absorbed 90 percent of the explosion for me. I owe my life to him.”
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Jewett was awarded the Bronze Star for action in Iraq:
Jewett ran through a hail of gunfire and dragged the injured teammate 20 feet to the protection of a large vehicle, the citation says. He then administered first aid.
Under continuous attack, he supervised the evacuation of his wounded teammate. The Navy said Jewett’s “courageous actions” saved his teammate’s life.
Lance Corporal Carlos Gomez-Perez was awarded the Silver Star this week for his actions in Fallujah:
In the late morning, the platoon came under fire from machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades coming from three directions, according to a citation signed by Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter.
Gomez-Perez first made sure that several injured comrades received medical attention, then moved another downed Marine out of the line of fire, suffering wounds to his shoulder and face in the process.
“Despite his injuries, he again exposed himself to enemy fire and continued to attack the enemy with grenades and by firing his rifle with his uninjured arm,” the citation states. “By his bold leadership, wise judgment and complete dedication to duty, Lance Corporal Gomez-Perez reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.”

Known asked:


Try replacing New Iraqi Dinar currency with US dollar in Iraq.
I think it will reduce socioeconomic hostility in Iraq.
At least for next 10 years.

Chuckles D asked:


Does anyone in their right mind think we are going to divest from Iraq? For all their pandering and posturing, the demoncrats will not be able to push us out of Iraq. they all have too much invested in Iraq.

Cash is king, and in this country, it is God.

It kills me when neo-libs get freaked out about “In God We Trust” on the money. They are not talking about the LORD Our God, but their God, Money.

Muslims and Christians have a history of conflict. During last few decades when USA was sought by the nations of Middle East it was thought that the conflicts will reduce. But USA’s total support for Israel has made US a suspect in the eyes of Muslims around the world. What impact has the Iraq war had on Muslims around the world?

The war on Iraq was started with the stated purpose of finding WMDs. It ended with death of Saddam Hussein. After that the USA decided to have democracy in Iraq. But did not know how to do this. Can one export democracy? USA tried that. It is still trying that. But it is only resulting in war between Shias and Sunnis. As a result both Shias and Sunnis around the world are blaming the USA for deaths of Muslims. USA is getting known as an enemy of Muslims for no good reason.

Muslims all around the world have loyalties that cross the nation boundaries. Muslims empathize with each other. They call for Jihad and are ready to kill those they believe are destroying Islam. Why educated Muslims should confuse about the west is always an enigma for me. What they want from west is unknown to me. If you ask Muslims about what exactly they want from others, you may get confused answers. The right path should be to live peacefully with others. But because some of them believe that west wants to destroy Islam they are waging war.

The correct idea should be for the USA to make a council of Muslim nations and ask them to solve the whole problem in Iraq. But that is easier said then done. The common Muslim thinks differently than the rulers. The rulers around Islamic countries also do not want to dabble in Iraq. Whether the new president can create peace in Iraq will be worth watching. It looks difficult.



By: CD Mohatta

About the Author:

My twenty-year-old cousin Renda is currently a student at Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad, Iraq. Established in 1227, Mustansiriyah is one of the oldest university in the world. Extremists have targeted this university since the 2003 U.S. and British-led invasion, the most brutal act having taken place on January 16, 2007 when a double bomb attack killed sixty five people, mostly female students, and wounded 138. Though these incidents did not deter Renda from attending classes, they have had a negative impact on the majority of the country’s students. According to a joint Ministry of Interior (MoE) and UNICEF study, 800,000 Iraqi children, 74 percent of which are female, do not attend school.

I met Renda five years ago during my visit to Iraq. She loved school, and told me how she envisioned a great future for herself and her family. She had said, “I know life is hard now. But it will get better. When innocent people suffer, eventually they will rise.” She meant because the country had gone through wars and back then was under sanctions.

I watched as she brushed her hair, put ribbons on her braids, dressed in her blue uniform and carrying her back pack left off for school, walking. That spring night after we had supper, blankets were placed on the front lawn where I, along with Renda’s parents and younger brother, lay under a star filled sky. We shared stories and jokes until the middle of the night when we finally fell asleep. We woke up to the scent of grass and the sounds of birds chirping.

To walk to school or sleep in the front yard is no longer a luxury in Baghdad. All sorts of chaos lurks in the streets, from the insurgents who entered Iraq’s unprotected borders after the invasion, to the thugs who had been in jail during Saddam’s regime, to organized crime and the U.S. military who might mistake an innocent civilian for a bad guy and shoot – or who might just themselves be bad men and women behaving badly towards the Iraqis.

Renda had no idea that in a couple of years, matters would get much worse in Iraq – especially for her as a Christian. Since the invasion, many women have been executed, assaulted, ***** or released only after their families paid considerable ransom money. Serious threats and deadly attacks have forced Christians and Muslims to wear the veil and quit their jobs, and to avoid makeup and education. My friend’s sister-in-law, at the start of the war, was stabbed in the heart simply because she was wearing a cross, which was ripped off her neck and thrown over her body.

Today when you talk to Iraqi women they remember “the good old days” when Saddam was in power and women were able to safely go to work, participate in social activities, take part in politics or stroll outside in the middle of the night. During Saddam’s regime, women were free to choose whether to wear western-style dress and make-up or the black abaya. When I was in Baghdad, I wore the clothes I’d packed from America. No one in the streets blinked an eye.

Yet in October of 2003, at the Conference of the National Association of Women Judges, Mrs. Bush compared the women of Afghanistan to the women of Iraq, stating, “They too lived under an oppressive tyrant.”

Mrs. Bush, once a teacher and librarian, is the daughter-in-law of a former president and a wife of a current one, both of whom have had tremendous involvement with Iraq. Surely she knows that Afghan women and Iraqi women are so different it’s like comparing apples and oranges. Historically, Iraqi women and girls have enjoyed more rights than many of their counterparts in the Middle East.

Mrs. Bush further claimed, “One tragic legacy of Saddam’s rule is an overall adult illiteracy rate of 61 percent. And a staggering 77 percent of women – three out of four – cannot read.”

In December of 1979, the Iraqi government passed legislation requiring the eradication of illiteracy. Many of “literary centers” were run by the General Federation of Iraqi women. By 1987, 75% of the population was literate. In 1986, Iraq became one of the first countries to ratify the convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Under Saddam’s regime, there was compulsory free education in Iraq – universal free schooling up to the highest level. There was also free hospitalization. Iraq created one of the best public health system in the Middle East, earning Saddam an award from UNESCO. Saddam created a western style legal system and abolished the Sharia law courts, except for personal injury claims. Since the U.S.-led invasion, aside from violence, displacement is a contributing factor to student nonattendance.

“Today, I’m proud that this oppression has ended,” Mrs. Bush continued to say.

She is mistaken. The oppression is alive and well, has been since it began in 1991, when more than 142,000 tons of bombs and 350 tons of depleted uranium shells were used in the 43-day military war, thus killing, during and post-war period, over a hundred thousand people. Afterwards, it remained robust as millions of people – mainly young children – died as a direct result of the U.S.-led blockade. The lack of food and medicine, along with the deteroriating sanitry conditions caused one-fifth of the population to starve to death in Iraq (UN FAO report, 1995). Up to 95% of all pregnant women suffered from anemia, thus giving birth to weak, malnourished infants. Every month, according to the 1996 UNICEF report, more than 4,500 children under the age of five died from hunger.

At the 2004 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, Mrs. Bush again compared Afghan women with those of Iraq. A whole year passed and she hadn’t learned the difference. “As they are making their voices heard, the women of Iraq are also experiencing the freedom that education brings.”

The Iraqi women were the most educated in the Middle East and had more freedom than other women of that region. In the years following the 1991 Gulf War, however, many of the positive steps that had advanced their status in Iraqi society were reversed due to a combination of legal, economic, and political factors. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as a result of the national literacy campaign, as of 1987 approximately 75 percent of Iraqi women were literate; however, by year-end 2000, Iraq had the lowest regional adult literacy levels, with the percentage of literate women at less than 25 percent.

“We have an obligation to help our sisters who face prejudice and injustice. We know that no society can prosper when half of its population is not allowed to contribute to its progress.”

In 2003, Iraqi women’s hopes for freedom and democracy were encouraged by George Bush and Tony Blair’s declarations of a better life with new opportunities. What they received instead were insurgents and religious extremists using rape, acid and assassination to force them into submitting to their extremist beliefs. Every day dozens of women are widowed, and a number of families struggle to cope without a wage-earner. Paid work for women is scarce and leaving home to find work puts women and children at risk.

Once the model of education in the Middle East, twelve years of grueling sanctions and three years of bloody occupation have left Iraq’s system in shambles, a generation of children both traumatized and, it seems, deprived of education. Pretty soon, Mrs. Bush will be able to correctly compare Afghan women’s prior situation with the Iraqi women’s current one.



By: Weam Namou

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said congressional Democrats will stick to demands for some form of accountability from President George W. Bush in any legislation to pay for U.S. military operations in Iraq.

Lawmakers and Bush administration officials were unable to reach a compromise in negotiations last week on a funding measure. Bush and his aides said that there can be no timeline for a U.S. withdrawal in the legislation and each side blames the other for refusing to make concessions.

Lawmakers are trying to craft a measure that provides almost $100 billion for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and Democrats are seeking to impose restrictions on Bush’s strategy. Congressional leaders have pledged to complete the legislation before taking a week-long Memorial Day recess that begins at the end of this week.

White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten said after the last round of negotiations May 18 that the Democrats “seem to be dug in on presenting the same approach” that the president already vetoed.

Pelosi said Democrats have demonstrated they are willing to work with Bush on his priorities, including trade and immigration.

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By: 1Democracy

About the Author:

When I was a child, I often heard that America “raised” Saddam, that he was her son. He was conceived the moment, if not before, he attempted to topple Iraqi President Abdul Kareem Qassim. It was 1959 and President Qassim had barely been in power for a year, but he was already Iraq’s most popular leader and America’s least favorite one. He had carried out anti-American and anti-corporatist policies like nationalizing foreign oil companies in Iraq, withdrawing Iraq from the US-initiated right-wing Baghdad Pact, and decriminalizing the Iraqi Communist Party. He also resurrected a long-standing Iraqi claim to Kuwait.

Saddam’s attempt on President Qassim’s life having failed, he fled to Egypt, where his nursing and rearing began. Hussein repeatedly visited the US Embassy and met with CIA agents interested in the downfall of the Qassim government. After his return to Iraq, in 1963 and with help of the CIA, President Qassim was assassinated, and in the process, thousands of Iraqis were massacred. While the brutalities of the Baathist regime aroused international protests, the United States was among the first nations to recognize the new government, and arms shipment began immediately.

At this point the CIA continued to hold Saddam’s hand and, step-by-step, they and the State Department led him into power. They offered a list of 800 Iraqi communists to the Baathist insurgents – all were killed. Meanwhile, western business interests, such as Mobile, Bechtel and British Petroleum began operations in Iraq. And in 1968, the final Baathist coup brought Ahmad Hassan Al Bakr to power. He placed his cousin, Saddam Hussein, in charge of the State Security apparatus.

In 1979, Saddam Hussein seized power in a palace-coup and by 1980, the incoming Reagan administration, seeing the Islamic revolution in Iran as a threat, encouraged, if not coached, the subsequent Iraqi invasion of Iran with promises of arms, money, and intelligence. In addition to billions of dollars in arms, the Reagan administration provided the Iraqi Regime with chemical and biological weapons, including Brucella Malitensis (a bacteria that can damage major organs; Bacillus Anthracis (cause of anthrax); histoplasma capsulatam (cause of a disease attacking lungs, brain, spinal cord, and heart; clostridium perfringens (a highly toxic bacteria causing systematic illness; clostridium tetani (highly toxigenic substance).

These were given with full US knowledge of the repressive nature of Hussein’s regime, and his support of international terrorists such as Abu Nidal. Back then, Saddam was loved unconditionally, practically patted on the back for what today Busch considers “unaccepted” behavior. For instance, after Iraq used U.S. supplied chemical weapons against Iranian troops and the Kurds, the Reagan administration resumed normal diplomatic relations with Iraq, and removed it from the list of countries that support terrorism.

The Iran/Iraq war stretched on for eight years, claimed over a million lives and bankrupt Iraq. After the war ended in 1988, Kuwait flooded the world oil market, lowering oil prices worldwide. It was rumored that Kuwait not only refused negotiations but assured Iraqis they’ll keep the prices low even if it meant that the Iraqi women will have to ********** themselves for ten dinars. During his court sessions some fifteen years later, Saddam cited this exact statement to the judge, which he claims was made by Kuwaiti officials.

Hussein’s pleas to OPEC ignored, he considered military action against Kuwait. When he informed the US about his plans to invade Kuwait, US Ambassador April Glaspie told him: “We (the United States) have no opinion on your border dispute with Kuwait. James Baker (then Secretary of State) has instructed our official spokesman to emphasize this instruction.” Given this green light to invade Kuwait, Saddam Hussein did so. The Bush administration immediately began preparations for war. Iraq offered to withdraw from Kuwait in exchange for arranging a Middle East peace summit, but was also ignored.

In this invasion, hundred of Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians died. And civilian infrastructure – including power generators and water treatment facilities – were considered to be “Legitimate Military Targets” – although the Geneva Convention, article 54, claims “It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population.”

Afterwards, over 5 million Iraqis had no access to clean water, which resulted in growing epidemics of Cholera, Typhoid, and diarrhea. Understaffed, overflowing hospitals, without power, were unable to provide even the most minimal treatment. And 1.5 million Iraqis died as a direct result of the harshest sanctions regime in world history.

Then, even though there were no links between Iraq and the terrorist who executed the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers, the Bush administration found Saddam to blame and launched a second war against Iraq. Since then they’ve used a number of reasons, like liberations and such, to remain in Iraq, or to excuse their role in that country’s unbelievable downfall.

In four years, the violence and the number of dead bodies found buried or laying in the streets have outnumbered those whom Saddam had murdered in the thirty years he was in power. And Saddam had a mission regarding Iraqi lives – to destroy whoever crossed him politically, whereas both the Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and everything in between have caused aimless massacres for the Iraqis – sort of the way Saddam did with Halabja. All these attacks were done in the name of war against the enemy.

When Saddam dropped poison gas on the Kurdish city of Halabja, which occurred during the Iraq-Iran war, it wasn’t because he was mad. It was because Halabja was then held by Iranian troops and Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga guerillas allied with Tehran. Throughout the war, Iran had supplied Iraqi Kurdish rebels military support.

So all these attacks, whether by the United States against Iraq or Saddam against Halabja and Dejail were done in the name of war against the enemy. Except that Halabja and Dejail happened quickly. The death of Iraqis since 1991 has been slow, painful, degrading, and spreading wildly like an incurable disease. But that’s another story. Back to the parent and child.

The lengthy relationship between Saddam and the CIA is what makes the Middle East and Europe distrust the United States. Many factors make the world view us as the “bad guys.” For instance, in 1991 when Iraqis rose against Saddam, the United States, afraid that change would put its majority Shi’ites and thus Iran in power, stood by with its forces as the Republican Guard crushed the rebellion. In 1996, the CIA fled and left the INC people in the hands of Saddam as Iraqi tanks moved into the Kurdish-controlled zone to destroy them.

From beginning to end Saddam served his so called parent. Even in his death he was a good son. He was hung by Shi’ites in a ruthless manner that “by chance” was videotaped and distributed on the Internet, giving America’s least favorite Islamic sect the ugliest reputation possible. Now who the hell is going to be sympathetic towards Shi’ites – in other words, Iran – when the Arab world itself found them despicable for killing a man in a manner that completely goes against the teachings of the Quran?



By: Weam Namou

About the Author:

I recently saw an article entitled “Clinton: Iraq War Bush’s

Responsibility”. I very rarely touch on political topics because I feel

politics in general is such rubbish. Not to mention, it effectively creates

the perception of separation and elitism which is totally against every

universal and spiritual principle known to man.

Nevertheless, I read about 2 paragraphs of the article and amazingly,

Clinton and other people actually feel the war in Iraq is Bush’s “fault” and

responsibility. As if Bush elected himself president (twice), flew over to

Iraq, pushed a guy’s shoulder and said, “Hey I’m picking a fight with you so

I can profit a few billion off the oil trade”. Not!

WE created this war. Bush is only the personification (result) of the United

States’ (and the world’s) thoughts of creating war, corruption, and every

other negative event that we encounter in our lives. We created this

reality. We are just as responsible as Bush, the Taliban, Osama and everyone

else who talks about war, thinks about war.and writes about war. Yes, just

the writing of this article contributes to war.

The Law of Attraction states: You attract and bring forth what you think

about and focus on the most. We are the creators of the world we live in.

We, the people of this great nation (or whatever nation you may come from)

have created a burning desire to create war against anyone who may “hurt”

us. So war happens. And war continues to happen as long as it is the focus.

Just recently, Sen. Mitch McConnell said he doubts that a resolution

opposing a troop buildup in Iraq will pass. Vice President **** Cheney said

the administration would proceed with additional troops even if a nonbinding

resolution won Senate approval. Sen. Joe Biden, who’s now running for

President, was just quoted saying, ‘It’s not the American people or the U.S.

Congress who are emboldening the enemy.it’s the failed policy of this

president…’ Wrong! It IS the American people – holding the thought of war

in their minds, talking about war, arguing about war. Let’s not mention the

media’s role in adding to the whole ‘war conversation’.

Even these so-called ‘anti-war’ rallies are only just creating more war.

‘Fighting’ against war is about the most ridiculous oxymoron I’ve heard in a

while. I loved Mother Teresa’s stance on anti-war rallies…She said, I’ll

never attend an anti-war rally, when you decide to have a ‘pro-peace’ rally,

invite me!”

Obviously, Clinton’s and Biden’s comments were just blatant political ploys,

but they are the embodiment of public thought – passing blame. Most people

put blame on other people, events or things for the conditions in their

lives. People blame their bosses, their ex-wives, the government, the

terrorists, technology.even the weather for what’s going on in their lives.

They find any and everything to point the finger at to avoid personal

responsibility.

The world needs to see that creating peace means focusing on finding,

developing and utilizing methods for peace. Really all that needs to happen

to create a successful campaign for peace is people believing that peace is

the answer. Just because a couple of people with particularly “big mouths”

say they don’t want this war, doesn’t mean that the majority is not still

calling out for it. When the Majority “believes” it is time for peace, we

will have it.

There is a common phrase that is perfect to illustrate my point on how to

achieve peace: “First you must believe (in peace) …in order to achieve

(peace)!” Just think about how quickly the world would change if we all

believed in the principles of peace.



By: Antonio Thornton

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