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Illegal Occupation of Iraq: US-UK Crimes against Humanity

By Felicity Arbuthnot

I write to draw your attention to just a few of the the chilling events currently taking place in Iraq under the US-UK's despotic, imposed, puppet Prime Minister.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33553.htm



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Gareth Porter, Truthout: After the collapse of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps in the face of the Sunni insurgency of 2004, General David Petraeus led the US war strategy to a dependence on Shi'a militia that inflamed sectarian war - a development that flew beneath the news media s radar. Part 2 of 4.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13122-how-petraeus-quietly-stoked-the-fires-of-sectarian-war-without-getting-burned



Petraeus Rising: Managing the ''War of Perceptions'' in Iraq

Gareth Porter, Truthout: The story of how David Petraeus s much-heralded crowning achievement in Iraq was constructed reveals a series of contradictions that undermine the Petraeus myth. Petraeus took the command in Iraq with so little commitment to the mission that he took the extraordinary precaution of preparing his personal exit strategy if he did not believe he could make a credible case for success.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13310-petraeus-rising-managing-the-war-of-perceptions-in-iraq



A Year After US Troops Withdraw from Iraq, Fog of War Thickens

Andrew Lam, New American Media: In its wake, the Iraq war has left us with more questions than answers.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13307-a-year-after-us-troops-withdraw-from-iraq-fog-of-war-thickens

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Why remember Iraq?

Antiwar.com
by Philip Giraldi

12/13/12

Most Americans would prefer to forget that we are approaching the first anniversary of the expulsion of U.S. military forces from Iraq. The Republican Party, which rallied behind George W. Bush to invade the country and occupy it, has suffered from a short memory relating to that misbegotten war even as it agitates for new and similar military interventions. Much of the silence on the subject is certainly due to the fact that most Democrats and nearly all the media were also on board, though perhaps for reasons that did not completely coincide with the Bush neocons? imperial vision...

http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2012/12/12/why-remember-iraq/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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''People with disabilities caused by the three wars Iraq has suffered are estimated at more than 6 million,'' according to Raad Abdulhusain who heads the rehabilitation of disabled people in the religious province of Najaf.

http://www.azzaman.com/english/?p=471



U.S.-U.K. Genocide Against Iraq 1990-2012 Killed 3.3 Millions

By Sherwood Ross

Approximately 3.3 million Iraqis, including 750,000 children, were ''exterminated'' by economic sanctions and/or illegal wars conducted by the U.S. and Great Britain between 1990 and 2012, an eminent international legal authority says.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33221.htm



Ali Ismail Abbas, Iraqi Boy Hit by American Missile 10 Years Later

The first and last time I saw Ali Abbas was in 2003. Ali, a then-12-year-old boy whose home had been hit by an American missile. His father, mother, brother and 11 other relatives had been killed. A neighbor found Ali in the rubble, improbably still alive.

http://is.gd/0bwugx


From Information Clearing House



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The Victims of Fallujah s Health Crisis Are Stifled by Western Silence
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/26-3

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The Horrors of WMD: US, UK 'Cause Birth Defects in Iraq'

By RT

Between 2007 and 2010 in Fallujah, more than half of all babies surveyed were born with birth defects. also, over 45 percent of all pregnancies surveyed ended in miscarriage.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32740.htm



Fallujah, The Hidden Massacre

Video

Veteran admits: Bodies melted away before us. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10907.htm

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Severe Birth Defects Soar in Post-War Iraq

Julia Kallas, Inter Press Service: A new study confirms what many Iraqi doctors have been saying for years, that there is a virtual epidemic of rare congenital birth defects in cities that suffered bombing and artillery and small arms fire in the US-led attacks and occupations of the country.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12371-severe-birth-defects-soar-in-post-war-iraq

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Is it time to bomb Iraq again?

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

10/30/12

The time might be approaching when the U.S. government will need to invade and bomb Iraq again, with the intent of, once again, achieving regime change and installing a regime that is obedient, submissive, and loyal to the U.S. Empire.

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2012-10-30.asp



Revisiting the Iraq debacle

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

10/31/12

What is the possibility that the U.S. government will make a public show of bringing the Maliki regime into line with the interests of the U.S. Empire? In my opinion, the chance is nil. Why?

http://www.fff.org/blog/index.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/10-4



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By Dennis Kucinich

We must learn from this dark period in American history to ensure that we do not repeat the same mistakes. And we must hold accountable those who misled the American public.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32628.htm



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Die CIA hatte 2006 erläutert, warum sie bei den irakischen Massenvernichtungswaffen daneben lag, jetzt wurde das Dokument sehr teilweise veröffentlicht.

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Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

08/20/12

I wonder how many U.S. soldiers who died in Iraq, or have who lost arms or legs or mental stability from their invasion or occupation of the country, figured that the reason they were making such an enormous sacrifice was so that Iraq could ultimately get to the point where it would be helping Iran secretly avoid the economic sanctions that the U.S. government has placed on Iran.''

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2012-08-20.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Why is Iraq now immune from criticism over appalling human rights record?

Despite at least 96 executions in Iraq this year and well-documented human rights abuses, the world remains silent

http://is.gd/0nZv68



The Iraq War and the Persistent Myth of 'Intelligence Failure'

By Jeremy R. Hammond

There was no such ''intelligence failure''. On the contrary, there was an extremely successful disinformation campaign coordinated by the CIA in furtherance of the government s policy of seeking regime change in Iraq.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32405.htm



Should This Woman Be Jailed By The U.S. For Refusing To Kill?

In the next 48 hours, Kimberly Rivera will have her moment of truth: she will find out whether she will be deported to the US., where she will be immediately jailed for her resistance to the Iraq War.

http://is.gd/hGphvX



A Real American Hero: Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of Four, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq

''My biggest fear is being separated from my children and having to-having to sit in a prison for politically being against the war in Iraq.''

http://is.gd/w1Kkrg


From Information Clearing House

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Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of Four, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq

Amy Goodman and Aaron Mate, Democracy Now!: Private First Class Kimberly Rivera, a conscientious objector and pregnant mother of four, has just been sentenced to military prison for refusing to serve in the Iraq War.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16108-kimberly-rivera-pregnant-mom-of-4-sentenced-to-military-prison-for-refusing-to-serve-in-iraq

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Pregnant Anti-War Soldier Sent to Prison
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/02-2



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Shihab Rattansi, Al Jazeera English: ''In November 2004, the US led an assault on Fallujah ... Iraqi physicians have also long reported a spike in cases involving severe birth defects in Fallujah since 2004. They have reported children born with multiple heads, serious brain damage, missing limbs and with extra fingers and toes.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10670-did-the-us-cause-fallujahs-birth-defects



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/07/25

Baseless Deconstruction: How Your Dollars Became Ghost Towns in Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/17



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