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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 01:57 PM
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Sinister Events In A Cynical War (Basra)
Here are questions that are not being asked about the latest twist of a cynical war. Were explosives and a remote-control detonator found in the car of the two SAS special forces men "rescued" from prison in Basra on 19 September? If true, what were they planning to do with them? Why did the British military authorities in Iraq put out an unbelievable version of the circumstances that led up to armoured vehicles smashing down the wall of a prison?

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The Anglo-American goal of "federalism" for Iraq is part of an imperial strategy of provoking divisions in a country where traditionally the communities have overlapped, even inter-married. The Osama-like promotion of al-Zarqawi is integral to this. Like the Scarlet Pimpernel, he is everywhere but nowhere. When the Americans crushed the city of Fallujah last year, the justification for their atrocious behaviour was "getting those guys loyal to al-Zarqawi". But the city's civil and religious authorities denied he was ever there or had anything to do with the resistance.

"He is simply an invention." said the Imam of Baghdad's al-Kazimeya mosque. "Al-Zarqawi was killed in the beginning of the war in the Kurdish north. His family even held a ceremony after his death."
Whether or not this is true, al-Zaqawi's "foreign invasion" serves as Bush's and Blair's last veil for their "war on terror" and botched attempt to control the world's second biggest source of oil.

On 23 September, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, an establishment body, published a report that accused the US of "feeding the myth" of foreign fighters in Iraqi who account for less than 10 per cent of a resistance estimated at 30,000. Of the eight comprehensive studies into the number of Iraqi civilians killed by the "coalition", four put the figure at more than 100,000. Until the British army is withdrawn from where it has no right to be, and those responsible for this monumental act of terrorism are indicted by the International Criminal Court, Britain is shamed.

Pilger - Znet

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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 02:00 PM
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1. "He is simply an invention."
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 02:03 PM
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2. I think a cursory browsing through our history shows that collectively
This country has no shame
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 02:03 PM
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3. As I've said since the ridiculous stories of foreign fighters, zarqawi
aka 'the dead guy' and other utterly absurd foreign fighter myths began to surface, which coincided with rumsfeld's insistence on embedded reporters and the subsquent slaughter of all independent reporters since the beginning of this atrocious genocide...

The only TRUTH in iraq is that the US is the terrorist.

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Dhalgren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 02:09 PM
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4. Correct assessment. Well said...
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