Someone on the 'net went to all this trouble - my humble attempt to elevate
and educate the Bugeaters of RAO:

http://home.columbus.rr.com/lfairban...q.html#Pre-war

How to Lose a War in Ten Days

Look at what we have lost even if the military succeeds in all the
objectives they have set for themselves. The cost in billions of dollars
that could have been used to improve education, rebuild highways provide
health care and job training can never be recouped. The damage done to our
international relations and our image in the world as a proponent of freedom
cannot be easily or quickly undone. The erosion of our faith in elected
leaders, even when they are not the ones that we voted for will not return
any time soon after we have been offered a smorgasbord of ever changing
justification that have too often been shown to be contrived, erroneous or
unjustified.
Read the whole article


News Sources


BBC NEWS | Middle East
INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE. NEWS, COMMENTARY & INSIGHT
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED MAIN PAGE
Robert Fisk
A collection of Articles & Reports by Mr. Robert Fisk + Audio & Video
Pacifica.org - Pacifica Radio Foundation's website; a free speech, listener
sponsored, community radio network.
Iraq Map
Jihad Unspun - A Clear View Of The US War On "Terrorism"
ABCNEWS.com : Extended and Continuing Coverage of Iraq
Haaretz Flash News
War in Iraq
Russian view of the Iraq war.
albawaba.com: middle east news information
World News from Reuters
Khaleej Times Online
Cursor's Al-Jazeera Link
al Jazeera
Iraqi Television
Live . Nu / war
Where is Raed ?
Inside observations from Iraq.
Russian military intel update: War in Iraq
Anti-War Resolutions

One voice for peace New Years resolution
Kennedy to seek new measure on war with Iraq - Jan. 29, 2003
CNN.com - January 29, 2003
House Progressives Suggest War Alternatives (2003-01-28)
WCPN:
Santa Cruz Indymedia -
Resolution opposes Iraq war
Anti War Organizations


Win Without War - A mainstream voice advocating alternatives to preemptive
war against Iraq
Code Pink Columbus
Vietnam Veterans Against the War Homepage
Not in Our Name
Not in Our Name Upcoming Events
National Antiwar Network
History News Network
Bare Witness peace
Media Workers Against War
Target Oil
United for Peace
United in our opposition to war against Iraq.
Janeane Garofalo, Concerned American Citizen and Patriot - A BuzzFlash
Interview
War: Myth & Reality
Forgotten History
Truth About War [intro]
A WORLD UNITED AGAINST WAR!
Scoop: Scoop Links:
U.S. Scorns German Peace Plan on Iraq
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage
National Network to End the War Against Iraq
Student International Forum
The Student International Forum is an organization of students, faculty, and
community members that provides opportunities for critical analysis
Student International Forum Calendar
Columbus Events
Iraq Sanctions
Citizens for Legitimate Government,
Bush Election Coup 2000 2K anti political action liberties peace activist
Campaign To STOP THE WAR Against Iraq



Anti-war Resources
Michael Moore
THE "MYSTERIOUS MICROPHONE" PLOY
post-Oscar speech streaming mp3
post-Oscar speech mp3 for download
Oscar speech streaming mp3
Oscar speech mp3 for download
Pictures

Pictures of Liberated Iraqis Dancing in the Streets
warning, pictures of dead people
rumsfeld Saddam Picture
Woman being arrested
GFP Media Gallery: iraq
girl_no_feet.jpg (JPEG Image, 348x512 pixels)
child with the back of its head blown off
The text was in Arabic, but the picture says it all.
Iraqi Children
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IRAQ-O-METER
Guide to anti-war websites
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports |
Iraq Body Count
US Labor Against the War
Military Families Speak Out
Whoops! Animation
Time machine - what if in the past . . .
antiwar2 Flash animation
Articles
After_the_fall War_News Pre-war History
Chalabi

UN_weapons_inspections
Halabjah

Nizar_al-Khazraji

Powells_false_information
CIA



After the fall
Chalabi


Was the famous clip of the statue coming down staged?
Straight Goods - Canada's independent on-line source of news you can use
Fresh bank scandals hit Iraq's leader in waiting
- War on Iraq - smh.com.au
Financial scandal claims hang over leader in waiting
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | - But allegations of financial
impropriety linger over Mr Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress, the
most important of which concern a $200m (£127m) banking scandal in Jordan.
In 1992, Mr Chalabi was tried in his absence and sentenced by a Jordanian
court to 22 years' jail on 31 charges of embezzlement, theft, misuse of
depositor funds and currency speculation.


Nizar al-Khazraji


Alive
The news emerged after a tapped conversation of Khazraji's sons' mobile
telephones, including one call, ostensibly from Khazraji himself, on 11
April af 17.20.
Nizar al-Khazraji
The media dubbed Khazraji "the poison general." With his face all over
newspapers and television, it didn't take long for witnesses to come forward
with stories of his involvement in the 1988 Anfal campaign, established by
the Iraqi regime to rid the country of Kurds. Close to 200,000 Kurds were
killed - 5,000 when nerve and mustard gas were dropped over the town of
Halabja.
The deep politics of regime removal in Iraq: Overt conquest, covert
operations -Pt 2
According to the New York Times (August 18, 2002), they include Nizar
al-Khazraji, who assisted in the poison gassing of Iran during the late
1980s, aided by the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. Iraqi
National Liberal (INL) is an opposition group made up of other exiled former
Iraqi military officers. According to the Center for Cooperative Research,
the INL has recently attempted to recruit General Nizar al-Kharraji, who is
under investigation in Denmark for the 1988 slaughter of 100,000 Kurds.
Selective Intelligence
The New Yorker - The CIA favours the INA. The State Department looks toward
dissident military figures such as al-Khazraji, whilst the neo-conservative
Pentagon maintains close links with the INC and Chalabi.
CIA's 'brightest prospect' for Iraq presidency missing / Former army chief
facing war crimes trial in Denmark
Photo - April 16, 2003 - But then the Iraqi government launched its
notorious Anfal campaign against civilians. From March 1987 to April 1989,
Iraqi troops forcibly relocated hundreds of thousands of Kurds,
"disappeared" tens of thousands, and killed thousands more.
Al-Khazraji`s family disappears
KurdishMedia News - Daily Kurdish news updates - With the presence of all
the evidence, Kurdish political parties tried to defend the suspected war
criminal.
DU-Missing Iraqi General in Kuwait after CIA aided Denmark escape
Citing a report by the former head of the CIA's counter-terrorism
department, a copy of which was obtained by the paper, Politiken said the US
security services see Khazraji as their preferred successor for Saddam in a
post-war Iraq, a view that is not shared by the Pentagon.
'Missing' Iraqi General Now in Kuwait: Paper
ArabNews: Nizar Al-Khazraji, . . . , is now in Kuwait after escaping from
Denmark last month with the help of the CIA, the Danish daily Politiken
reported yesterday.
Descent Into Anarchy
ArabNews: 11 April 2003 Earlier in the day in the southern city of Najaf,
this correspondent happened on a crowd of Iraqis who had been at the Ali
Mosque, one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines, just half an hour earlier.
They said that former Iraqi Gen. Nizar Al-Khazraji and Islamic scholar Abdul
Majid Al-Khoei had both been executed by Iraqi residents of Najaf. (the
death of Nizar Al-Khazraji was contradicted by later reports)
Najaf Leaders Vie for Control, Power
ArabNews: Exclusive: NAJAF, 10 April 2003 - Hours after the takeover of
Najaf by Nizar Al-Khazraji and the US Special Force soldiers, dozens of
Iraqi citizens were taken into custody.
U.S. Needs to Screen Iraqi Opposition Allies (Human Rights Watch Press
release, New York, November 21, 2002)
Human Rights Watch has extensively documented the attempted genocide of
Iraqi Kurds. In its publication Iraq's Crime of Genocide: The Anfal Campaign
against the Kurds, Human Rights Watch detailed how, from February to
September 1988, Iraqi troops swept through the highlands of Iraqi Kurdistan
rounding up everyone who remained in government-declared "prohibited zones."
More than 100,000 Kurds, mostly men and boys, were trucked to remote sites
and executed.
Kurds embarrassed as Al-Khazraji is supported by PUK, KDP and IMIK in court
KurdishMedia News - Daily Kurdish news updates
IRAQ: Battle to plunder oil resources begins
CIA candidate to lead Iraq assassinated
Reports:
Google Search: Nizar al-Khazraji
Exit Saddam, enter General Khazraji?
Lebanonwire.com | 'The more we object, the less the US seems to listen'
International Justice for the Victims of Halabja
Press Release - Denmark/Iraq:
Iraq war: suspected war criminal at the side of Bush?
27 March 2003 - Al-Khazraji was being held under house arrest in Denmark and
investigated for his role in war crimes. He has been accused of ordering the
poison gas attack on Halabja and also being responsible for the deaths of
tens of thousands of Kurds. Al-Khazraji denies the charges but there is no
doubt that he was the commanding officer of Iraqi forces during a period of
intense Iraqi military action against the Kurds.
pro-US war criminal Nizar Khazraji.
Democratic Underground Forums - Turkey to send troops to Kirkuk
Profile: Nizar al-Khazraji
BBC NEWS | Monitoring | Media reports |



Soldier Reported Shot and Killed on Baghdad Bridge - from Tampa Bay Online
Saddam alive, plans anti-US resistance
????? ? ?????.War in Iraq
US troops 'encouraged' Iraqi looters
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East |
U.S. Inflames Some Iraqis By Bringing Back Baathists (washingtonpost.com)
Pentagon Expects Long-Term Access to Four Key Bases in Iraq
No WMDs found

US: 'Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction'
DU Post - No Somking Gun
I had been saving the stories as I saw them, and now a few of them I can't
find on the web, but I've been able to find others. Also, there are so many
reports with varying descriptions of locations it's been kind of difficult
to confirm if certain reports are talking about the same place.
Michael Moore Was Right
The Free Press -- Independent News Media - War Against Iraq
"Smoking gun" WMD site in Iraq turns out to contain pesticide
Yahoo! News -
Two Killed in new Iraq demo shooting
Mirror.co.uk - May 1 2003 - IT started when a young boy hurled a sandal at a
US jeep - it ended with two Iraqis dead and 16 seriously injured. I watched
in horror as American troops opened fire on a crowd of 1,000 unarmed people
here yesterday. Many, including children, were cut down by a 20-second burst
of automatic gunfire during a demonstration against the killing of 13
protesters at the Al-Kaahd school on Monday.
US troops gun down Iraqi demonstrators
THE CONTRACTORS - Al Qaeda Iraq connection
The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town
UN official warns about massacre of Iraqi Kurdistan's Arabs
Islamic Republic News Agency ( I R N A )HeadLines News
Online Commentators Abhor Iraq's Power Vacuum (washingtonpost.com)
Another leading "moustache," he says, is former General Nizar Al Khazraji.
Waiting in the wings for president's office
GN Online: Amir Taheri: Another leading "moustache" is former General Nizar
Al Khazraji, who until recently lived in Denmark.
Crony Capitalism Goes To War
Crony Capitalism Goes To War - April 23, 2003 - Our proud democracy's most
select body is the tiny group of contenders invited to bid for capitalism's
crown jewel: The Iraq contract.
Arrested at Pershing Park
DC Indymedia - webcast news Oct 1 '02
Lifting of Sanctions Linked to U.N. Role (washingtonpost.com)
History Up in Smoke
A Clear View On The US War On "Terrorism"
Jihad Unspun -
Anti-American protests intensify in Iraq
Yahoo! News -
Details Given on Contract Halliburton Was Awarded
Scandal-hit US firm wins key contracts
The Observer | International |
DynCorp Disgrace
U.S. Plan For Iraq's Future Is Challenged (washingtonpost.com)
Iraqis Agree on Role for Oil Majors, OPEC
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage Sat April 5, 2003 12:15
PM ET By Richard Mably and Tom Ashby LONDON (Reuters) - Iraqi exiles and
senior U.S. officials agreed on Saturday that international oil companies
should take a leading post-war role in reviving Iraq's oil industry,
delegates to a policy meeting told Reuters.

Democracy is not in the war plans
The Observer | Comment
War News
The Deal
Real History and the Almighty Dollar
CIA's Golden Victory - US Bribed Iraqi Military Leaders
DU - 'CIA's Golden Victory -
Baghdad did not fall -- it was handed over
Salon.com |


Rice actions on Syria disputed
ReliefWeb: Iraq: Unexploded ordnance killing dozens in north
BBC Chief Attacks U.S. Media War Coverage
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage - Thu April 24, 2003
03:22 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the BBC launched a broadside
against American broadcasters on Thursday, accusing them of "unquestioning"
coverage of the Iraq war and blatant patriotism. BBC Director General Greg
Dyke said many U.S. television networks had lacked impartiality during the
conflict and risked losing credibility if they persisted with their stance.
By Merissa Marr LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the BBC launched a broadside
against American broadcasters on Thursday, accusing them of "unquestioning"
coverage of the Iraq war and blatant patriotism.
Americans accused of turning blind eye to killings by Kurds
By Kim Sengupta in Kirkuk - 23 April 2003 -The Kurds, . . . , are being
blamed for a violent campaign of intimidation against the Turkoman
population. Organisations representing the Turkomans say they want British
and European troops to protect them because the Americans are acquiescing in
what is taking place.
Washington's hypocrisy over Iraqi "war crimes"
I would cut Bush to pieces with my teeth - War on Iraq - smh.com.au
Bay of Pigs Meets Black Hawk Down
Whatever happens in the weeks ahead, George W. Bush has "lost" the war in
Iraq. The only question now is how big a price America will pay, both in
terms of battlefield casualties and political hatred swelling around the
world.
one source of reliable information
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | John Sutherland - There is really on one
source of reliable information on this war - and it's coming from Russian
spies
"I Saw Marines Kill Civilians"
Michel Guerrin: Embedded Photographer:
Was the famous clip of the statue coming down staged?
Straight Goods - Canada's independent on-line source of news you can use
OFFENSE AND DEFENSE
The New Yorker: Fact - by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Reports of airport assault premature
New Zealand News - Dialogue - Robert Fisk:
Thousands of Russians volunteer to defend Iraq
Pravda.RU
Strike Finds No Signs of Chem Weapons
ABCNEWS.com :
What the world thinks of war - 10,000 Russian citizens
From Russia (without love, it would seem): Pravda reported March 6 that some
"10,000 Russian citizens have applied for entry visas into Iraq to defend
this country." The impeccable source: Iraq's embassy in Moscow. "The
requests come from young males, some with combat experience."
War watch
MediaGuardian.co.uk | Special reports |
War in Iraq - movement around Basra
du - About that US missile attack in Kurdistan yesterday
Carnage and confusion as US hits Kurd bases. 23/3/2003. ABC News Online



Oil
The importance of Iraqi oil to the US
raq owns 11 per cent of international oil reserves, which accounts for more
than 112 billion barrels of oil. Studies by the US Energy Information
Administration put the reserves in excess of 200 billion barrels. An added
attraction is that the cost of pumping Iraqi crude is the cheapest
worldwide.
Former Shell chief 'to run Iraqi oil industry'
April 25, 2003
Money Programme - Oil War
BBC - Business - Programmes -
Fighting Oil Fires, and Creditors
Odd as it may sound, then, the company's fortunes - indeed, its very
existence - seem to depend on a good many Iraqi oil wells being put to the
torch.
Kurd PM: French, Russians to lose Iraq oil
-- The Washington Times
Can Oil Pay for Iraq's Rebuilding? The U.S. Hopes So.
US buys up Iraqi oil to stave off crisis
Guardian Unlimited Observer | Special reports | - January 26, 2003 . . .
Under Secretary at the US Department of Commerce, said war 'would open up
this spigot on Iraqi oil . . .
Texas on the Tigris
NY Times - October 13, 2002 The exercise in doublespeak.
The enemy of my enemy is my customer:
Iraq and the Bush administrations - September 5, 2002 - by Margie
Fortunes of war await Bush's circle after attackson Iraq
Independent Independent - 15 September 2002hen the United Nations relaxed
its sanctions regime in 1998 and permitted Iraq to buy spare parts for its
oil fields, it was Halliburton, under Mr Cheney's leadership, that cleaned
up on the contract to repair war damage and get Saddam Hussein's oil pipes
flowing at full capacity again. Two Halliburton subsidiaries did busines
worth almost $24m (£15m) with the man whom these days Mr Cheney calls a
"murderous dictator" and "the world's worst leader".
Oil firms wait as Iraq crisis unfolds
September 29, 2002 - San Francisco Chronicle. - The world's biggest oil
bonanza in recent memory may be just around the corner, giving U.S. oil
companies huge profits and American consumers cheap gasoline for decades to
come. Iraqi opposition leaders suggest that unless France, Russia and China
support the U.S. line in the Security Council, their oil companies
War talk fuels oil price hike
NY Daily News - Home By LOU DOBBS 08-25-2002 - No matter what anyone tells
you about the United States' policy in the Middle East, it all
Russia fears US oil companies will take over world'ssecond-biggest reserves
Independent News - 26 September 2002 - Under the United Nations'
oil-for-food programme, it exports about one million barrels a day. Since
1998, two subsidiaries of Houston-based Halliburton, the company previously
headed by the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, have done $24m (£15.3m)
of business to repair Iraqi oil pipelines under the UN programme. TheINC's
chairman, Ahmed Chalabi, believes the US should head a consortiumto develop
Iraq's oil.
Iraq energy oil information
Iraqi oil reserves vary widely in quality, with API gravities in the 24o to
42o range. Iraq's main export crudes come from the country's two largest
active fields: Rumaila and Kirkuk. The southern Rumaila field produces three
streams: Basra Regular (normally 34o API, 2.1% sulfur, but apparently
deteriorating); Basra Medium (30o API, 2.6% sulfur); and Basra Heavy
(22o-24o API, 3.4% sulfur). The northern Kirkuk field, first discovered in
1927, normally produces 37o API, 2% sulfur crude, although the API gravity
reportedly has fallen in recent years.
With a friend like this...
Guardian Unlimited Observer | Comment | Nick Cohen: April 7, 2002 America
divides to control. It's a policy that could make even Bush's
Crude Oil Rises on Concern U.S. May Be PlanningIraq Invasion
Bloomberg.com : Energy News
Halliburton in Iraq


Pre-war


Let Us Count the Lies on the Road to War
Myths and misconceptions about Iraq
Spinsanity -
Revealed: How the road to war was paved with lies
By Raymond Whitaker - 27 April 2003 - Intelligence agencies accuse Bush and
Blair of distorting and fabricating evidence in rush to war
Leaked document exposes pro-Israel lobby's manipulation of US public
Annan: US-UK's war on Iraq was illegitimate
Turner Calls Rival Media Mogul Murdoch 'Warmonger'
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage - Fri April 25, 2003
02:49 AM ET
9/11 Was Main Reason for War
ABCNEWS.com : Officials:
Six million march against war
Who Is the CLI?
That CLI is stacked with officials from the Pentagon and the arms industry,
making it a front-group for the war lobby with a clear conflict of interest;
Hollywood declares, hell no, this time we won't go - War on Iraq -
smh.com.au
CitizensAgainstCelebrityPundits.com Apologizes
French Toast
The French had a very good reason not to go along with the US in the War in
Iraq. For over 50 years US oil companies and US policy have "stolen" French
oil properties and contracts which has cost the French trillions of dollars.
Mideast Christians against the war on Iraq and the occupation of Palestine
BETHLEHEM, March 31
Anti-American protests intensify in Iraq
Yahoo! News - Tue Apr 15,11:27 AM ET - Exasperated US military officials
tried to hamper the media from covering new demonstrations in Baghdad on
Tuesday while some 20,000 people in the Shiite Muslim bastion of Nasiriyah
railed against a US-staged meeting on Iraq's future.
Bush's Coalition of the Willing?
March 20, 2003
UN weapons inspections and war justification

WHO LIED TO WHOM?
The New Yorker: Fact: by SEYMOUR M. HERSH - Why did the Administration
endorse a forgery about Iraq's nuclear program?
U.N. Official: Fake Iraq Nuke Papers Were Crude
Reuters | Tue March 25, 2003 09:39 AM ET By Louis Charbonneau VIENNA
(Reuters) - A few hours and a simple internet search was all it took for
U.N. inspectors to realize documents backing U.S. and British claims that
Iraq had revived its nuclear program were crude fakes, a U.N. official said.


Powell's false information

Ex-CIA Officers Questioning Iraq Data
Yahoo! News -
Rockefeller requests FBI investigation of forged Iraq documents
The Charleston Gazette - APNews
Powell's U.N. report apparently contains false information
heraldtribune.com: Southwest Florida's Information Leader
Some Evidence on Iraq Called Fake (washingtonpost.com)
Dossier, cited by Powell, called "a sham"
The Online Beat
Downing St dossier plagiarised
channel4.com - news
COLIN POWELL FAILS TO MAKE THE CASE FOR WAR
TMSFeatures
collecting links refuting Powell's speech..
Democratic Underground Forums -
Europe skeptical of Iraq-ricin link - Feb. 12, 2003
CNN.com -

CIA Questioned Documents Linking Iraq, Uranium Ore
USA lied about Iraq's weapons
Aftenposten Nettutgaven, World
Bush lies as reasons for war
Democratic Underground Forums - Freeps, trolls, and DUers who are eager for
war with Iraq, click here.
U.S., Britain Reworking Iraq Resolution
News From The Associated Press
How did Iraq get its weapons? We sold them
Sunday Herald
Inspectors angered by US claims over Iraqi weapons
Times Online
Showdown at the UN
Asia Times - Oct 17, 2002

'Why war?' needs answer
The Miami Herald | 02/18/2003 |
Transcript of Al Gore's Speech "Iraq and the War On Terrorism"
US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war
This war is brought to you by PNAC
They've won. They got their war against Afghanistan (planned before
September 11). They're getting their war against Iraq (planned slightly
after September 11). After Iraq, they plan to get their wars against Syria,
Lebanon, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
DU PNAC Links
"Is It Not True? Questions On Iraq From A GOP Congressman"
The twenty lies of George W. Bush
Memo to the President: Forgery, Hyperbole, Half-Truth: A Problem
France, Russia and Germany Insist U.S. Acting Illegally if It Attacks Iraq
and Overthrows Saddam Hussein - from Tampa Bay Online
case has not been made for war on Iraq
Offer to exhume U.S. war dead backfires
Bush Sr warning over unilateral action
White House advisors looking for a "way out" of war with Iraq
Capitol Hill Blue Feb 20, 2003, 05:47
Pope: Iraq war must be last resort
CIA Feels Heat on Iraq Data
Huge protests for peace / Tens of thousands in S.F. demand Bush abandon war
plans
Falwell 'sorry' for Mohammedremark
Conservative Christians Biggest Backers of IraqWar
Spying in Iraq: From Fact toAllegation
Tom Flocco - Iraq Has A Lot Of Nerve!
Scoop: UQ Wi October 4, 2002 Will Congress Permit Bush 43 to Place
Soldiers in Harm’s Way, With Questionable Protective Equipment,
Against Same Chemical Weapons that Bush 41 Officials Allowed to be Shipped
Bush, Rumsfeld exaggerate allied support, someofficials say
KRT Wire | 10/04/2002 | However, Turkey, which also has a large Kurdish
population, is concerned that Iraq's Kurds would try to form their own
mini-state and that a war with another Muslim country could aggravate
tensions between Islamists and secularists in Turkey and damage the Turkish
Iraq: In all but name, the war's on
Asia Times - By Marc Erikson - Aug 17, 2002 - Consider this: At the
beginning of this year, when US President George W Bush started talking ever
more in earnest about taking out Saddam Hussein and signed an intelligence
order directing the CIA to undertake a comprehensive, covert program to
topple the Iraqi president, including authority to use lethal force to
capture him, the US and putative ally Britain had approximately 50,000
troops deployed in the region around Iraq. By now, this number has grown to
over 100,000, . . . Several thousand are already in Iraq. They are gradually
closing in and rattling Saddam's cage. In effect, the war has begun.



History



CIA

Please, no more made-in-the-USA monsters
WorldNetDaily:
Former U.S. official says CIA aided Iraqi Baathists
Reuters AlertNet - FEATURE-
Regime Change: How the CIA put Saddam's Party in Power, 1963 [fw]
[Wereldcrisis]
Saddam key in early CIA plot
United Press International: Exclusive:
How the CIA put the Baath in power
A history of Iraq, CIA and Baath party
Said K. Aburish, author of "Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge," who
worked with Saddam in the 1970s, has said that the CIA's role in the coup
against Qassim was "substantial." CIA agents were in touch with army
officers who helped in the coup, operated an electronic command center in
Kuwait to guide the anti-Qassim forces, and supplied the conspirators with
lists of people to be killed.


Back from Iraq, a witness to genocide
AGR Online/ World News - For nearly 11 years, since the beginning of the
Persian Gulf War, Iraq has been under the constant siege of a US/UK-led plan
that has devastated the formerly prosperous Iraqi nation. As a consequence,
an estimated 1.5-2 million Iraqi citizens - most of them children - have
been killed as a result of sustained aerial bombings, a decimated
infrastructure, a poisoned environment, and economic sanctions that have
effectively strangled Iraq's ability to recover.
Kurds. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
The Lies We Are Told About Iraq
rumsfeld Saddam Picture


Halabjah


DU - Many Iraqi Arabs Never Heard of 1988 Gassing of Kurds
Many Iraqi Arabs Never Heard of 1988 Gassing of Kurds - from Tampa Bay
Online
Apr 27, 2003 - Nafeh said he had seen a video of the dead that his Kurdish
friends had shown him, with children and women lying dead in the streets.
"But I don't know if it was a genuine film," Nafeh said, fingering his worry
beads. "People talked, but we didn't hear it from anyone who had seen it
himself. We still have our doubts."
Claims of Saddam's Genocide Far from Proven (by Robin Miller) - Media
Monitors Network
February 11, 2003 - Human Rights Watch,. . . claims. According to its
reports, "at least 50,000 and possibly as many as 100,000 persons, . . .
were killed out of hand between February and September 1988," Pelletiere
also rejects the larger claim that, aside from whatever happened at Halabja,
Reality Checks Needed During War
Buried in that story by freelancer Trevor Rowe was an intriguing piece of
information. Rowe reported the Iraqi forces had attacked Halabja when it
"was occupied by Iranian troops. Five thousand Kurdish civilians were
reportedly killed."
Myths and misconceptions about Iraq
Other less direct evidence also points to the likelihood that it was Iraq,
not Iran, who gassed the Kurds in Halabja. Human Rights Watch obtained a
tape of Ali Hassan al-Majid, the Iraq commander in charge of the campaign,
telling Iraqi politicians in 1987 or 1988 that "I will kill them all [the
Kurds] with chemical weapons!" Moreover, Iraq waged a brutal campaign
against Kurdish civilians in 1987 and 1988, killing at least 50,000,
according to Human Rights Watch. And Physicians for Human Rights has proven
conclusively through chemical analysis of soil samples that Iraq used Sarin
against Kurdish civilians on at least one occasion.
Malaya-The National Newspaper
"In any case, the argument for Iranian culpability neglects the logistics of
the Halabja battle itself. The Iranians, who controlled the town on March 15
.. . .
The Wild Card in a Post-Saddam Iraq
12/15/2002 - Secretary of State Colin Powell was then the national security
adviser who orchestrated Ronald Reagan's decision to give Hussein a pass for
gassing the Kurds.
He Has Gassed His Own People
7-16-02 - What he has neglected to mention is that at the time Saddam did so
the United States did nothing to stop him.
A War Crime or an Act of War? - foi
By Stephen C. Pelletiere The New York Times January 31, 2003 But the truth
is, all we know for certain is that Kurds were bombarded with poison gas
that day at Halabja. We cannot say with any certainty that Iraqi chemical
weapons killed the Kurds. This is not the only distortion in the Halabja
story.
A War Crime Or an Act of War? - abridged
What Happened in Halabjah?
Memo, 4-7-98; To: Chairman Jesse Helms, Senate Foreign Relations As you also
know, I believe there are serious questions regarding our behavior toward
Iraq that go back further. . . . Bob Dole had traveled to Baghdad, met with
Saddam, and found him to be a head of state worthy of support. Even Sen.
Howard Metzenbaum [D-OH], a Jewish liberal and staunch supporter of Israel,
gave him a seal of approval. Iraqi Power and U.S. Security in the Middle
East Excerpt, Chapter 5 U.S. SECURITY AND IRAQI POWER
In Defense of Saddam Hussein;
Memo on the Margin - 12-14-00 - I'm fairly certain the claim that Saddam
Hussein used chemical warfare against Iraqi Kurds was part of the
demonization campaign against Iraq in preparation for the war against that
country by the U.S. and its allies. . . . Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdish
Democratic Party had united and had joined in Iran's war efforts against
Iraq.
Iraq's Use of Nerve Gas
NYTimes.com Review - October 18, 2002 - In March, after a battle during the
Iran-Iraq war at Halabja, we criticized Iraq for ''its extensive unlawful
use of chemical weapons against both military and civilian targets,'' while
noting that Iran also appeared to have used chemical weapons
Google Search: "Iraqi Power and U.S. Security in the Middle East"



Regime change - Sep. 30, 2002
CNN.com -
In Defense of Saddam Hussein; 12-14-00
Memo on the Margin --
BRITISH USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN IRAQ, KILLING KURDS IN THE OLD DAYS
In his recent speech, President Clinton, accused those us who opposed his
war policy of "not remembering the past." Well, here is a piece of the past
that Messrs. Clinton and Blair would prefer that we forget. To my knowledge
Britain has never apologized, or compensated the victims of these war
crimes, and indeed the chief war criminal is still a national hero.
In 1989 Rumsfeld Opposed UN Investigation of Saddam
Jason Leopold: The Bush and Reagan administrations also declined to punish
Iraq when it used poison gas against Iranian soldiers in 1984 and Kurdish
citizens in 1988. Moreover, the U.S. did not oppose the fact that Hussein
bought 45 American helicopters, worth about $200 million, with assurances
they were for civilian use, then transferred them to his military.
The Unseen Gulf War by Peter Turnley - The Digital Journalist
Pictorial essey of Gulf War I
Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein
The Corporations That Supplied Iraq's Weapons Program
The Memory Hole
Who armed Iraq?
U.S. and Western companies played a key role in building Hussein's war
machine. The long list -- including names of large U.S. corporations --
Dupont, Hewlett-Packard, and Honeywell -- was leaked to a German daily, Die
Tageszeitung.
The Torching of the Oil Wells
The Truth Seeker -
Ritter leaves Baghdad after weapons inspections
CNN - - Mar. 10, 1998
Bush Advisers Planned Iraq War Since 1990s
One such think tank, the Project for the New American Century (PNAC),
published a report in September 2000 recommending policies for preserving
and expanding U.S. dominance in world affairs, including an aggressive
policy for deposing Saddam Hussein. Members of this group include Vice
President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, convicted
Iran-Contra perjurer and current National Security Council (NSC) staffer
Elliot Abrams, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and I. Lewis Libby,
Cheney's chief of staff and assistant for national security affairs.




Link Collections

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Bush Lies

Bush Lies, Media Swallows
AlterNet: To cite just two particularly egregious examples, Bush tried to
frighten Americans by claiming that Iraq possesses a fleet of unmanned
aircraft that could be used "for missions targeting the United States."
Previously he insisted that a report by the International Atomic Energy
Agency revealed the Iraqis to be "six months away from developing a weapon."
Both of these statements are false,
Bush's Lies and Simple Truths
Robert Jensen: . . . raq kicked out U.N. weapons inspectors in 1998? That's
a lie. . . . Rumsfeld's declaration that the U.S. had "bulletproof evidence"
of a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda? For a bulletproof story, there
certainly are a lot of holes . . .so-called no-fly zones
Bush Lies...
"President Bush had business ties with Enron and its predecessor companies,
and first met Kenneth Lay, its chairman, sometime in the late 1980s,
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Impeach Bush Now
THE CREDIBILITY GAP
George W Bush -- not a crackhead!
GeorgeWalkerBush.net - Unelected, Commander-in-Thief
Dubya--George W. Bush--Insider Choice for NWO Promotion (INDEX)



Sites
Free Anti-War, Anti-Bush Posters
The Bush Countdown Clock
Protest Bush - Cyber Calendar
May be associated with Democratic Underground.
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A review of alternative theories on current events

"Sandman" wrote in message
...
Someone on the 'net went to all this trouble - my humble attempt to
elevate
and educate the Bugeaters of RAO:

http://home.columbus.rr.com/lfairban...q.html#Pre-war

How to Lose a War in Ten Days

Look at what we have lost even if the military succeeds in all the
objectives they have set for themselves. The cost in billions of dollars
that could have been used to improve education, rebuild highways provide
health care and job training can never be recouped. The damage done to our
international relations and our image in the world as a proponent of
freedom
cannot be easily or quickly undone. The erosion of our faith in elected
leaders, even when they are not the ones that we voted for will not return
any time soon after we have been offered a smorgasbord of ever changing
justification that have too often been shown to be contrived, erroneous or
unjustified.
Read the whole article


News Sources


BBC NEWS | Middle East
INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE. NEWS, COMMENTARY & INSIGHT
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED MAIN PAGE
Robert Fisk
A collection of Articles & Reports by Mr. Robert Fisk + Audio & Video
Pacifica.org - Pacifica Radio Foundation's website; a free speech,
listener
sponsored, community radio network.
Iraq Map
Jihad Unspun - A Clear View Of The US War On "Terrorism"
ABCNEWS.com : Extended and Continuing Coverage of Iraq
Haaretz Flash News
War in Iraq
Russian view of the Iraq war.
albawaba.com: middle east news information
World News from Reuters
Khaleej Times Online
Cursor's Al-Jazeera Link
al Jazeera
Iraqi Television
Live . Nu / war
Where is Raed ?
Inside observations from Iraq.
Russian military intel update: War in Iraq
Anti-War Resolutions

One voice for peace New Years resolution
Kennedy to seek new measure on war with Iraq - Jan. 29, 2003
CNN.com - January 29, 2003
House Progressives Suggest War Alternatives (2003-01-28)
WCPN:
Santa Cruz Indymedia -
Resolution opposes Iraq war
Anti War Organizations


Win Without War - A mainstream voice advocating alternatives to preemptive
war against Iraq
Code Pink Columbus
Vietnam Veterans Against the War Homepage
Not in Our Name
Not in Our Name Upcoming Events
National Antiwar Network
History News Network
Bare Witness peace
Media Workers Against War
Target Oil
United for Peace
United in our opposition to war against Iraq.
Janeane Garofalo, Concerned American Citizen and Patriot - A BuzzFlash
Interview
War: Myth & Reality
Forgotten History
Truth About War [intro]
A WORLD UNITED AGAINST WAR!
Scoop: Scoop Links:
U.S. Scorns German Peace Plan on Iraq
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage
National Network to End the War Against Iraq
Student International Forum
The Student International Forum is an organization of students, faculty,
and
community members that provides opportunities for critical analysis
Student International Forum Calendar
Columbus Events
Iraq Sanctions
Citizens for Legitimate Government,
Bush Election Coup 2000 2K anti political action liberties peace activist
Campaign To STOP THE WAR Against Iraq



Anti-war Resources
Michael Moore
THE "MYSTERIOUS MICROPHONE" PLOY
post-Oscar speech streaming mp3
post-Oscar speech mp3 for download
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Oscar speech mp3 for download
Pictures

Pictures of Liberated Iraqis Dancing in the Streets
warning, pictures of dead people
rumsfeld Saddam Picture
Woman being arrested
GFP Media Gallery: iraq
girl_no_feet.jpg (JPEG Image, 348x512 pixels)
child with the back of its head blown off
The text was in Arabic, but the picture says it all.
Iraqi Children
fast.h2.jpg (JPEG Image, 576x384 pixels)


IRAQ-O-METER
Guide to anti-war websites
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports |
Iraq Body Count
US Labor Against the War
Military Families Speak Out
Whoops! Animation
Time machine - what if in the past . . .
antiwar2 Flash animation
Articles
After_the_fall War_News Pre-war History
Chalabi

UN_weapons_inspections
Halabjah

Nizar_al-Khazraji

Powells_false_information
CIA



After the fall
Chalabi


Was the famous clip of the statue coming down staged?
Straight Goods - Canada's independent on-line source of news you can use
Fresh bank scandals hit Iraq's leader in waiting
- War on Iraq - smh.com.au
Financial scandal claims hang over leader in waiting
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | - But allegations of financial
impropriety linger over Mr Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress,
the
most important of which concern a $200m (£127m) banking scandal in Jordan.
In 1992, Mr Chalabi was tried in his absence and sentenced by a Jordanian
court to 22 years' jail on 31 charges of embezzlement, theft, misuse of
depositor funds and currency speculation.


Nizar al-Khazraji


Alive
The news emerged after a tapped conversation of Khazraji's sons' mobile
telephones, including one call, ostensibly from Khazraji himself, on 11
April af 17.20.
Nizar al-Khazraji
The media dubbed Khazraji "the poison general." With his face all over
newspapers and television, it didn't take long for witnesses to come
forward
with stories of his involvement in the 1988 Anfal campaign, established by
the Iraqi regime to rid the country of Kurds. Close to 200,000 Kurds were
killed - 5,000 when nerve and mustard gas were dropped over the town of
Halabja.
The deep politics of regime removal in Iraq: Overt conquest, covert
operations -Pt 2
According to the New York Times (August 18, 2002), they include Nizar
al-Khazraji, who assisted in the poison gassing of Iran during the late
1980s, aided by the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. Iraqi
National Liberal (INL) is an opposition group made up of other exiled
former
Iraqi military officers. According to the Center for Cooperative Research,
the INL has recently attempted to recruit General Nizar al-Kharraji, who
is
under investigation in Denmark for the 1988 slaughter of 100,000 Kurds.
Selective Intelligence
The New Yorker - The CIA favours the INA. The State Department looks
toward
dissident military figures such as al-Khazraji, whilst the
neo-conservative
Pentagon maintains close links with the INC and Chalabi.
CIA's 'brightest prospect' for Iraq presidency missing / Former army chief
facing war crimes trial in Denmark
Photo - April 16, 2003 - But then the Iraqi government launched its
notorious Anfal campaign against civilians. From March 1987 to April 1989,
Iraqi troops forcibly relocated hundreds of thousands of Kurds,
"disappeared" tens of thousands, and killed thousands more.
Al-Khazraji`s family disappears
KurdishMedia News - Daily Kurdish news updates - With the presence of all
the evidence, Kurdish political parties tried to defend the suspected war
criminal.
DU-Missing Iraqi General in Kuwait after CIA aided Denmark escape
Citing a report by the former head of the CIA's counter-terrorism
department, a copy of which was obtained by the paper, Politiken said the
US
security services see Khazraji as their preferred successor for Saddam in
a
post-war Iraq, a view that is not shared by the Pentagon.
'Missing' Iraqi General Now in Kuwait: Paper
ArabNews: Nizar Al-Khazraji, . . . , is now in Kuwait after escaping from
Denmark last month with the help of the CIA, the Danish daily Politiken
reported yesterday.
Descent Into Anarchy
ArabNews: 11 April 2003 Earlier in the day in the southern city of Najaf,
this correspondent happened on a crowd of Iraqis who had been at the Ali
Mosque, one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines, just half an hour earlier.
They said that former Iraqi Gen. Nizar Al-Khazraji and Islamic scholar
Abdul
Majid Al-Khoei had both been executed by Iraqi residents of Najaf. (the
death of Nizar Al-Khazraji was contradicted by later reports)
Najaf Leaders Vie for Control, Power
ArabNews: Exclusive: NAJAF, 10 April 2003 - Hours after the takeover of
Najaf by Nizar Al-Khazraji and the US Special Force soldiers, dozens of
Iraqi citizens were taken into custody.
U.S. Needs to Screen Iraqi Opposition Allies (Human Rights Watch Press
release, New York, November 21, 2002)
Human Rights Watch has extensively documented the attempted genocide of
Iraqi Kurds. In its publication Iraq's Crime of Genocide: The Anfal
Campaign
against the Kurds, Human Rights Watch detailed how, from February to
September 1988, Iraqi troops swept through the highlands of Iraqi
Kurdistan
rounding up everyone who remained in government-declared "prohibited
zones."
More than 100,000 Kurds, mostly men and boys, were trucked to remote sites
and executed.
Kurds embarrassed as Al-Khazraji is supported by PUK, KDP and IMIK in
court
KurdishMedia News - Daily Kurdish news updates
IRAQ: Battle to plunder oil resources begins
CIA candidate to lead Iraq assassinated
Reports:
Google Search: Nizar al-Khazraji
Exit Saddam, enter General Khazraji?
Lebanonwire.com | 'The more we object, the less the US seems to listen'
International Justice for the Victims of Halabja
Press Release - Denmark/Iraq:
Iraq war: suspected war criminal at the side of Bush?
27 March 2003 - Al-Khazraji was being held under house arrest in Denmark
and
investigated for his role in war crimes. He has been accused of ordering
the
poison gas attack on Halabja and also being responsible for the deaths of
tens of thousands of Kurds. Al-Khazraji denies the charges but there is no
doubt that he was the commanding officer of Iraqi forces during a period
of
intense Iraqi military action against the Kurds.
pro-US war criminal Nizar Khazraji.
Democratic Underground Forums - Turkey to send troops to Kirkuk
Profile: Nizar al-Khazraji
BBC NEWS | Monitoring | Media reports |



Soldier Reported Shot and Killed on Baghdad Bridge - from Tampa Bay Online
Saddam alive, plans anti-US resistance
????? ? ?????.War in Iraq
US troops 'encouraged' Iraqi looters
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East |
U.S. Inflames Some Iraqis By Bringing Back Baathists (washingtonpost.com)
Pentagon Expects Long-Term Access to Four Key Bases in Iraq
No WMDs found

US: 'Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction'
DU Post - No Somking Gun
I had been saving the stories as I saw them, and now a few of them I can't
find on the web, but I've been able to find others. Also, there are so
many
reports with varying descriptions of locations it's been kind of difficult
to confirm if certain reports are talking about the same place.
Michael Moore Was Right
The Free Press -- Independent News Media - War Against Iraq
"Smoking gun" WMD site in Iraq turns out to contain pesticide
Yahoo! News -
Two Killed in new Iraq demo shooting
Mirror.co.uk - May 1 2003 - IT started when a young boy hurled a sandal at
a
US jeep - it ended with two Iraqis dead and 16 seriously injured. I
watched
in horror as American troops opened fire on a crowd of 1,000 unarmed
people
here yesterday. Many, including children, were cut down by a 20-second
burst
of automatic gunfire during a demonstration against the killing of 13
protesters at the Al-Kaahd school on Monday.
US troops gun down Iraqi demonstrators
THE CONTRACTORS - Al Qaeda Iraq connection
The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town
UN official warns about massacre of Iraqi Kurdistan's Arabs
Islamic Republic News Agency ( I R N A )HeadLines News
Online Commentators Abhor Iraq's Power Vacuum (washingtonpost.com)
Another leading "moustache," he says, is former General Nizar Al Khazraji.
Waiting in the wings for president's office
GN Online: Amir Taheri: Another leading "moustache" is former General
Nizar
Al Khazraji, who until recently lived in Denmark.
Crony Capitalism Goes To War
Crony Capitalism Goes To War - April 23, 2003 - Our proud democracy's most
select body is the tiny group of contenders invited to bid for
capitalism's
crown jewel: The Iraq contract.
Arrested at Pershing Park
DC Indymedia - webcast news Oct 1 '02
Lifting of Sanctions Linked to U.N. Role (washingtonpost.com)
History Up in Smoke
A Clear View On The US War On "Terrorism"
Jihad Unspun -
Anti-American protests intensify in Iraq
Yahoo! News -
Details Given on Contract Halliburton Was Awarded
Scandal-hit US firm wins key contracts
The Observer | International |
DynCorp Disgrace
U.S. Plan For Iraq's Future Is Challenged (washingtonpost.com)
Iraqis Agree on Role for Oil Majors, OPEC
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage Sat April 5, 2003
12:15
PM ET By Richard Mably and Tom Ashby LONDON (Reuters) - Iraqi exiles and
senior U.S. officials agreed on Saturday that international oil companies
should take a leading post-war role in reviving Iraq's oil industry,
delegates to a policy meeting told Reuters.

Democracy is not in the war plans
The Observer | Comment
War News
The Deal
Real History and the Almighty Dollar
CIA's Golden Victory - US Bribed Iraqi Military Leaders
DU - 'CIA's Golden Victory -
Baghdad did not fall -- it was handed over
Salon.com |


Rice actions on Syria disputed
ReliefWeb: Iraq: Unexploded ordnance killing dozens in north
BBC Chief Attacks U.S. Media War Coverage
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage - Thu April 24, 2003
03:22 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the BBC launched a broadside
against American broadcasters on Thursday, accusing them of
"unquestioning"
coverage of the Iraq war and blatant patriotism. BBC Director General Greg
Dyke said many U.S. television networks had lacked impartiality during the
conflict and risked losing credibility if they persisted with their
stance.
By Merissa Marr LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the BBC launched a
broadside
against American broadcasters on Thursday, accusing them of
"unquestioning"
coverage of the Iraq war and blatant patriotism.
Americans accused of turning blind eye to killings by Kurds
By Kim Sengupta in Kirkuk - 23 April 2003 -The Kurds, . . . , are being
blamed for a violent campaign of intimidation against the Turkoman
population. Organisations representing the Turkomans say they want British
and European troops to protect them because the Americans are acquiescing
in
what is taking place.
Washington's hypocrisy over Iraqi "war crimes"
I would cut Bush to pieces with my teeth - War on Iraq - smh.com.au
Bay of Pigs Meets Black Hawk Down
Whatever happens in the weeks ahead, George W. Bush has "lost" the war in
Iraq. The only question now is how big a price America will pay, both in
terms of battlefield casualties and political hatred swelling around the
world.
one source of reliable information
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | John Sutherland - There is really on
one
source of reliable information on this war - and it's coming from Russian
spies
"I Saw Marines Kill Civilians"
Michel Guerrin: Embedded Photographer:
Was the famous clip of the statue coming down staged?
Straight Goods - Canada's independent on-line source of news you can use
OFFENSE AND DEFENSE
The New Yorker: Fact - by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Reports of airport assault premature
New Zealand News - Dialogue - Robert Fisk:
Thousands of Russians volunteer to defend Iraq
Pravda.RU
Strike Finds No Signs of Chem Weapons
ABCNEWS.com :
What the world thinks of war - 10,000 Russian citizens
From Russia (without love, it would seem): Pravda reported March 6 that
some
"10,000 Russian citizens have applied for entry visas into Iraq to defend
this country." The impeccable source: Iraq's embassy in Moscow. "The
requests come from young males, some with combat experience."
War watch
MediaGuardian.co.uk | Special reports |
War in Iraq - movement around Basra
du - About that US missile attack in Kurdistan yesterday
Carnage and confusion as US hits Kurd bases. 23/3/2003. ABC News Online



Oil
The importance of Iraqi oil to the US
raq owns 11 per cent of international oil reserves, which accounts for
more
than 112 billion barrels of oil. Studies by the US Energy Information
Administration put the reserves in excess of 200 billion barrels. An added
attraction is that the cost of pumping Iraqi crude is the cheapest
worldwide.
Former Shell chief 'to run Iraqi oil industry'
April 25, 2003
Money Programme - Oil War
BBC - Business - Programmes -
Fighting Oil Fires, and Creditors
Odd as it may sound, then, the company's fortunes - indeed, its very
existence - seem to depend on a good many Iraqi oil wells being put to the
torch.
Kurd PM: French, Russians to lose Iraq oil
-- The Washington Times
Can Oil Pay for Iraq's Rebuilding? The U.S. Hopes So.
US buys up Iraqi oil to stave off crisis
Guardian Unlimited Observer | Special reports | - January 26, 2003 . . .
Under Secretary at the US Department of Commerce, said war 'would open up
this spigot on Iraqi oil . . .
Texas on the Tigris
NY Times - October 13, 2002 The exercise in doublespeak.
The enemy of my enemy is my customer:
Iraq and the Bush administrations - September 5, 2002 - by Margie
Fortunes of war await Bush's circle after attackson Iraq
Independent Independent - 15 September 2002hen the United Nations relaxed
its sanctions regime in 1998 and permitted Iraq to buy spare parts for its
oil fields, it was Halliburton, under Mr Cheney's leadership, that cleaned
up on the contract to repair war damage and get Saddam Hussein's oil pipes
flowing at full capacity again. Two Halliburton subsidiaries did business
worth almost $24m (£15m) with the man whom these days Mr Cheney calls a
"murderous dictator" and "the world's worst leader".
Oil firms wait as Iraq crisis unfolds
September 29, 2002 - San Francisco Chronicle. - The world's biggest oil
bonanza in recent memory may be just around the corner, giving U.S. oil
companies huge profits and American consumers cheap gasoline for decades
to
come. Iraqi oposition leaders suggest that unless France, Russia and
China
support the U.S. line in the Security Council, their oil companies
War talk fuels oil price hike
NY Daily News - Home By LOU DOBBS 08-25-2002 - No matter what anyone tells
you about the United States' policy in the Middle East, it all
Russia fears US oil companies will take over world'ssecond-biggest
reserves
Independent News - 26 September 2002 - Under the United Nations'
oil-for-food programme, it exports about one million barrels a day. Since
1998, two subsidiaries of Houston-based Halliburton, the company
previously
headed by the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, have done $24m
(£15.3m)
of business to repair Iraqi oil pipelines under the UN programme. TheINC's
chairman, Ahmed Chalabi, believes the US should head a consortiumto
develop
Iraq's oil.
Iraq energy oil information
Iraqi oil reserves vary widely in quality, with API gravities in the 24o
to
42o range. Iraq's main export crudes come from the country's two largest
active fields: Rumaila and Kirkuk. The southern Rumaila field produces
three
streams: Basra Regular (normally 34o API, 2.1% sulfur, but apparently
deteriorating); Basra Medium (30o API, 2.6% sulfur); and Basra Heavy
(22o-24o API, 3.4% sulfur). The northern Kirkuk field, first discovered in
1927, normally produces 37o API, 2% sulfur crude, although the API gravity
reportedly has fallen in recent years.
With a friend like this...
Guardian Unlimited Observer | Comment | Nick Cohen: April 7, 2002 America
divides to control. It's a policy that could make even Bush's
Crude Oil Rises on Concern U.S. May Be PlanningIraq Invasion
Bloomberg.com : Energy News
Halliburton in Iraq


Pre-war


Let Us Count the Lies on the Road to War
Myths and misconceptions about Iraq
Spinsanity -
Revealed: How the road to war was paved with lies
By Raymond Whitaker - 27 April 2003 - Intelligence agencies accuse Bush
and
Blair of distorting and fabricating evidence in rush to war
Leaked document exposes pro-Israel lobby's manipulation of US public
Annan: US-UK's war on Iraq was illegitimate
Turner Calls Rival Media Mogul Murdoch 'Warmonger'
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage - Fri April 25, 2003
02:49 AM ET
9/11 Was Main Reason for War
ABCNEWS.com : Officials:
Six million march against war
Who Is the CLI?
That CLI is stacked with officials from the Pentagon and the arms
industry,
making it a front-group for the war lobby with a clear conflict of
interest;
Hollywood declares, hell no, this time we won't go - War on Iraq -
smh.com.au
CitizensAgainstCelebrityPundits.com Apologizes
French Toast
The French had a very good reason not to go along with the US in the War
in
Iraq. For over 50 years US oil companies and US policy have "stolen"
French
oil properties and contracts which has cost the French trillions of
dollars.
Mideast Christians against the war on Iraq and the occupation of Palestine
BETHLEHEM, March 31
Anti-American protests intensify in Iraq
Yahoo! News - Tue Apr 15,11:27 AM ET - Exasperated US military officials
tried to hamper the media from covering new demonstrations in Baghdad on
Tuesday while some 20,000 people in the Shiite Muslim bastion of Nasiriyah
railed against a US-staged meeting on Iraq's future.
Bush's Coalition of the Willing?
March 20, 2003
UN weapons inspections and war justification

WHO LIED TO WHOM?
The New Yorker: Fact: by SEYMOUR M. HERSH - Why did the Administration
endorse a forgery about Iraq's nuclear program?
U.N. Official: Fake Iraq Nuke Papers Were Crude
Reuters | Tue March 25, 2003 09:39 AM ET By Louis Charbonneau VIENNA
(Reuters) - A few hours and a simple internet search was all it took for
U.N. inspectors to realize documents backing U.S. and British claims that
Iraq had revived its nuclear program were crude fakes, a U.N. official
said.


Powell's false information

Ex-CIA Officers Questioning Iraq Data
Yahoo! News -
Rockefeller requests FBI investigation of forged Iraq documents
The Charleston Gazette - APNews
Powell's U.N. report apparently contains false information
heraldtribune.com: Southwest Florida's Information Leader
Some Evidence on Iraq Called Fake (washingtonpost.com)
Dossier, cited by Powell, called "a sham"
The Online Beat
Downing St dossier plagiarised
channel4.com - news
COLIN POWELL FAILS TO MAKE THE CASE FOR WAR
TMSFeatures
collecting links refuting Powell's speech..
Democratic Underground Forums -
Europe skeptical of Iraq-ricin link - Feb. 12, 2003
CNN.com -

CIA Questioned Documents Linking Iraq, Uranium Ore
USA lied about Iraq's weapons
Aftenposten Nettutgaven, World
Bush lies as reasons for war
Democratic Underground Forums - Freeps, trolls, and DUers who are eager
for
war with Iraq, click here.
U.S., Britain Reworking Iraq Resolution
News From The Associated Press
How did Iraq get its weapons? We sold them
Sunday Herald
Inspectors angered by US claims over Iraqi weapons
Times Online
Showdown at the UN
Asia Times - Oct 17, 2002

'Why war?' needs answer
The Miami Herald | 02/18/2003 |
Transcript of Al Gore's Speech "Iraq and the War On Terrorism"
US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war
This war is brought to you by PNAC
They've won. They got their war against Afghanistan (planned before
September 11). They're getting their war against Iraq (planned slightly
after September 11). After Iraq, they plan to get their wars against
Syria,
Lebanon, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
DU PNAC Links
"Is It Not True? Questions On Iraq From A GOP Congressman"
The twenty lies of George W. Bush
Memo to the President: Forgery, Hyperbole, Half-Truth: A Problem
France, Russia and Germany Insist U.S. Acting Illegally if It Attacks Iraq
and Overthrows Saddam Hussein - from Tampa Bay Online
case has not been made for war on Iraq
Offer to exhume U.S. war dead backfires
Bush Sr warning over unilateral action
White House advisors looking for a "way out" of war with Iraq
Capitol Hill Blue Feb 20, 2003, 05:47
Pope: Iraq war must be last resort
CIA Feels Heat on Iraq Data
Huge protests for peace / Tens of thousands in S.F. demand Bush abandon
war
plans
Falwell 'sorry' for Mohammedremark
Conservative Christians Biggest Backers of IraqWar
Spying in Iraq: From Fact toAllegation
Tom Flocco - Iraq Has A Lot Of Nerve!
Scoop: UQ Wi October 4, 2002 Will Congress Permit Bush 43 to Place
Soldiers in Harm’s Way, With Questionable Protective Equipment,
Against Same Chemical Weapons that Bush 41 Officials Allowed to be Shipped
Bush, Rumsfeld exaggerate allied support, someofficials say
KRT Wire | 10/04/2002 | However, Turkey, which also has a large Kurdish
population, is concerned that Iraq's Kurds would try to form their own
mini-state and that a war with another Muslim country could aggravate
tensions between Islamists and secularists in Turkey and damage the
Turkish
Iraq: In all but name, the war's on
Asia Times - By Marc Erikson - Aug 17, 2002 - Consider this: At the
beginning of this year, when US President George W Bush started talking
ever
more in earnest about taking out Saddam Hussein and signed an intelligence
order directing the CIA to undertake a comprehensive, covert program to
topple the Iraqi president, including authority to use lethal force to
capture him, the US and putative ally Britain had approximately 50,000
troops deployed in the region around Iraq. By now, this number has grown
to
over 100,000, . . . Several thousand are already in Iraq. They are
gradually
closing in and rattling Saddam's cage. In effect, the war has begun.



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CIA

Please, no more made-in-the-USA monsters
WorldNetDaily:
Former U.S. official says CIA aided Iraqi Baathists
Reuters AlertNet - FEATURE-
Regime Change: How the CIA put Saddam's Party in Power, 1963 [fw]
[Wereldcrisis]
Saddam key in early CIA plot
United Press International: Exclusive:
How the CIA put the Baath in power
A history of Iraq, CIA and Baath party
Said K. Aburish, author of "Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge," who
worked with Saddam in the 1970s, has said that the CIA's role in the coup
against Qassim was "substantial." CIA agents were in touch with army
officers who helped in the coup, operated an electronic command center in
Kuwait to guide the anti-Qassim forces, and supplied the conspirators with
lists of people to be killed.


Back from Iraq, a witness to genocide
AGR Online/ World News - For nearly 11 years, since the beginning of the
Persian Gulf War, Iraq has been under the constant siege of a US/UK-led
plan
that has devastated the formerly prosperous Iraqi nation. As a
consequence,
an estimated 1.5-2 million Iraqi citizens - most of them children - have
been killed as a result of sustained aerial bombings, a decimated
infrastructure, a poisoned environment, and economic sanctions that have
effectively strangled Iraq's ability to recover.
Kurds. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
The Lies We Are Told About Iraq
rumsfeld Saddam Picture


Halabjah


DU - Many Iraqi Arabs Never Heard of 1988 Gassing of Kurds
Many Iraqi Arabs Never Heard of 1988 Gassing of Kurds - from Tampa Bay
Online
Apr 27, 2003 - Nafeh said he had seen a video of the dead that his Kurdish
friends had shown him, with children and women lying dead in the streets.
"But I don't know if it was a genuine film," Nafeh said, fingering his
worry
beads. "People talked, but we didn't hear it from anyone who had seen it
himself. We still have our doubts."
Claims of Saddam's Genocide Far from Proven (by Robin Miller) - Media
Monitors Network
February 11, 2003 - Human Rights Watch,. . . claims. According to its
reports, "at least 50,000 and possibly as many as 100,000 persons, . . .
were killed out of hand between February and September 1988," Pelletiere
also rejects the larger claim that, aside from whatever happened at
Halabja,
Reality Checks Needed During War
Buried in that story by freelancer Trevor Rowe was an intriguing piece of
information. Rowe reported the Iraqi forces had attacked Halabja when it
"was occupied by Iranian troops. Five thousand Kurdish civilians were
reportedly killed."
Myths and misconceptions about Iraq
Other less direct evidence also points to the likelihood that it was Iraq,
not Iran, who gassed the Kurds in Halabja. Human Rights Watch obtained a
tape of Ali Hassan al-Majid, the Iraq commander in charge of the campaign,
telling Iraqi politicians in 1987 or 1988 that "I will kill them all [the
Kurds] with chemical weapons!" Moreover, Iraq waged a brutal campaign
against Kurdish civilians in 1987 and 1988, killing at least 50,000,
according to Human Rights Watch. And Physicians for Human Rights has
proven
conclusively through chemical analysis of soil samples that Iraq used
Sarin
against Kurdish civilians on at least one occasion.
Malaya-The National Newspaper
"In any case, the argument for Iranian culpability neglects the logistics
of
the Halabja battle itself. The Iranians, who controlled the town on March
15
. . .
The Wild Card in a Post-Saddam Iraq
12/15/2002 - Secretary of State Colin Powell was then the national
security
adviser who orchestrated Ronald Reagan's decision to give Hussein a pass
for
gassing the Kurds.
He Has Gassed His Own People
7-16-02 - What he has neglected to mention is that at the time Saddam did
so
the United States did nothing to stop him.
A War Crime or an Act of War? - foi
By Stephen C. Pelletiere The New York Times January 31, 2003 But the truth
is, all we know for certain is that Kurds were bombarded with poison gas
that day at Halabja. We cannot say with any certainty that Iraqi chemical
weapons killed the Kurds. This is not the only distortion in the Halabja
story.
A War Crime Or an Act of War? - abridged
What Happened in Halabjah?
Memo, 4-7-98; To: Chairman Jesse Helms, Senate Foreign Relations As you
also
know, I believe there are serious questions regarding our behavior toward
Iraq that go back further. . . . Bob Dole had traveled to Baghdad, met
with
Saddam, and found him to be a head of state worthy of support. Even Sen.
Howard Metzenbaum [D-OH], a Jewish liberal and staunch supporter of
Israel,
gave him a seal of approval. Iraqi Power and U.S. Security in the Middle
East Excerpt, Chapter 5 U.S. SECURITY AND IRAQI POWER
In Defense of Saddam Hussein;
Memo on the Margin - 12-14-00 - I'm fairly certain the claim that Saddam
Hussein used chemical warfare against Iraqi Kurds was part of the
demonization campaign against Iraq in preparation for the war against that
country by the U.S. and its allies. . . . Union of Kurdistan and the
Kurdish
Democratic Party had united and had joined in Iran's war efforts against
Iraq.
Iraq's Use of Nerve Gas
NYTimes.com Review - October 18, 2002 - In March, after a battle during
the
Iran-Iraq war at Halabja, we criticized Iraq for ''its extensive unlawful
use of chemical weapons against both military and civilian targets,''
while
noting that Iran also appeared to have used chemical weapons
Google Search: "Iraqi Power and U.S. Security in the Middle East"



Regime change - Sep. 30, 2002
CNN.com -
In Defense of Saddam Hussein; 12-14-00
Memo on the Margin --
BRITISH USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN IRAQ, KILLING KURDS IN THE OLD DAYS
In his recent speech, President Clinton, accused those us who opposed his
war policy of "not remembering the past." Well, here is a piece of the
past
that Messrs. Clinton and Blair would prefer that we forget. To my
knowledge
Britain has never apologized, or compensated the victims of these war
crimes, and indeed the chief war criminal is still a national hero.
In 1989 Rumsfeld Opposed UN Investigation of Saddam
Jason Leopold: The Bush and Reagan administrations also declined to punish
Iraq when it used poison gas against Iranian soldiers in 1984 and Kurdish
citizens in 1988. Moreover, the U.S. did not oppose the fact that Hussein
bought 45 American helicopters, worth about $200 million, with assurances
they were for civilian use, then transferred them to his military.
The Unseen Gulf War by Peter Turnley - The Digital Journalist
Pictorial essey of Gulf War I
Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein
The Corporations That Supplied Iraq's Weapons Program
The Memory Hole
Who armed Iraq?
U.S. and Western companies played a key role in building Hussein's war
machine. The long list -- including names of large U.S. corporations --
Dupont, Hewlett-Packard, and Honeywell -- was leaked to a German daily,
Die
Tageszeitung.
The Torching of the Oil Wells
The Truth Seeker -
Ritter leaves Baghdad after weapons inspections
CNN - - Mar. 10, 1998
Bush Advisers Planned Iraq War Since 1990s
One such think tank, the Project for the New American Century (PNAC),
published a report in September 2000 recommending policies for preserving
and expanding U.S. dominance in world affairs, including an aggressive
policy for deposing Saddam Hussein. Members of this group include Vice
President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, convicted
Iran-Contra perjurer and current National Security Council (NSC) staffer
Elliot Abrams, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and I. Lewis Libby,
Cheney's chief of staff and assistant for national security affairs.




Link Collections

LiberalLibra - Iraq links
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Previously he insisted that a report by the International Atomic Energy
Agency revealed the Iraqis to be "six months away from developing a
weapon."
Both of these statements are false,
Bush's Lies and Simple Truths
Robert Jensen: . . . raq kicked out U.N. weapons inspectors in 1998?
That's
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evidence"
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"Sandman" wrote:

Someone on the 'net went to all this trouble - my humble attempt to elevate
and educate the Bugeaters of RAO:

Maybe the link alone would have been sufficient.

Stephen

MINe 109 said:

Maybe the link alone would have been sufficient.

Not if you can imagine yourself actually speaking those thousands of
words. The one thing Sandbrain learned in law school is that a pound
of bombast can sometimes be equal to a ounce of logic.

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MINe 109 said:

Maybe the link alone would have been sufficient.


Not if you can imagine yourself actually speaking those thousands of
words. The one thing Sandbrain learned in law school is that a pound
of bombast can sometimes be equal to a ounce of logic.


Radical libs do not like being succint.
It reminds me of when I was in college. Sen Adlai Stevenson, Jr.
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a seventeen minute unintelligible polemic diatribe disguised as a
question, after which Sen. Stevenson replied with a simple "no".




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How to Lose a War in Ten Days

Look at what we have lost even if the military succeeds in all the

The only thing that really strikes me as odd is how we initially
didn't want to go in and assasinate their leadership, yet that's
exactly what we have done and are likely to do considering our
outstanding "dead or alive anywhere on the planet" 20 million dollar
reward for Sadam.

If we really wanted him gone, why not just send in a few teams of
specialists and be done with it?