The Real Reason for the Iraq War
• vice.comGreg Palast is a New York Times bestselling author and fearless investigative journalist whose reports appear on BBC Television Newsnight and in The Guardian.
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The Real Reason for the Iraq War
• Lew Rockwell blogIn 1990, Murray Rothbard suggested the Iraq War at that time had the purpose of RAISING the price of oil. The idea was to stop Saddam from cheating on OPEC. Iraq had the capacity to flood the market with oil, break the price, and reap big revenues.
“Liberating Iraqis”, Limb by Limb, Life by Life, Home by Home, Gene by Gene
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Felicity Arbuthno“Why should we hear about body bags and deaths … I mean, it’s not relevant, so why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that …” (Former First Lady, Barbara Bush, Good Morning America, 18th March 2003)
Who Won The Iraq War? China
• http://www.businessinsider.com,On March 20th, 2003, one day after the United States and a "Coalition of the Willing" began its military assault of Iraq, China's Foreign Ministry released a statement condemning the war.
A decade after Iraq invasion, America’s voice in Baghdad has gone from a boom to a whimper
• Washington PostWith no troops on the ground to project force and little money to throw around, the United States has become an increasingly powerless stakeholder in the new Iraq.
The 22-Year Bush War of Aggression on Iraq
• Lewrockwell.comSeveral commentators have been observing the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, but really the U.S. government’s war on Iraq began over 22 years ago.
The US Embassy In Baghdad Cost A Staggering $750 Million [PHOTOS]
• Business InsiderTen years ago this week, Americans woke up to learn that the United States had invaded Iraq.
Huge Drop in Workers at City-Sized US Embassy in Baghdad
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzCost-Cutting to See 10,000 Withdraw This Year
Dying Iraq War Veteran Pens 'Last Letter' To Bush, Cheney On War's 10th Anniversary
• Daily Paul.comHere is an excerpt from dying Irag War veteran Tomas Young to the war criminals Bush and Cheney.
America's Genocidal Iraq War
Stephen LendmanIraq
Iraq War Among World’s Worst Events
• counterpunch.orgEver More Shocked, Never Yet Awed
What We Learned in Iraq
• reason.comTen years ago this week, Americans were about to be introduced to a strange new concept: "catastrophic success."
18 Killed, 37 in Fresh Iraq Attacks
• Antiwar.comAt least 18 Iraqis were killed and 37 more were killed in attacks focused mostly near Baghdad.
Iraq, Ten Years Later: What About the Constitution?
• http://www.newyorker.com, Seymour M. HershIn a few days, we will have a new anniversary to celebrate, or to mourn. The bombing of Baghdad ten years ago this week marked the beginning of another senseless American war fought for reasons that turned out not to exist, driven by wrongheaded, coc
Ray McGovern: My Take
A Last-Second Appeal for Sanity
Ray McGovernTen years ago, the U.S. invasion of Iraq was only hours away, but the case for this unprovoked war was already falling apart with exposure of hyperbole, half-truths and even a forgery. On March 18, 2003, a group of U.S. intelligence veterans pleaded
I Tried to Make the Intelligence Behind the Iraq War Less Bogus
• Wired.comTen years ago this week, the U.S. invaded Iraq, citing intelligence that turned out to be bogus.
Ten Years After the Invasion:
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Nicolas J.S. DaviThe evil unleashed on the people of Iraq has been painstakingly obscured behind a tapestry of lies.
America Destroyed Iraq, War Crimes Remain Unacknowledged and Unpunished
• Global ResearchThe evil unleashed on the people of Iraq has been painstakingly obscured behind a tapestry of lies
The Iraq Disaster Haunts America
• Lewrockwell.comThis month marks the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War.
America's Dirty War in Iraq
Stephen LendmanIraq
Remembering Those Responsible on the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War
• Common DreamsThis March 19 marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Ray McGovern: My Take
An Unheeded Warning on Iraq
Ray McGovernTen years ago, as the clock was ticking down to George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, a campaign of U.S. government lies and exaggerations had convinced many Americans that they were the ones under threat.
31 Killed Across Iraq; Police Fire on Protesters
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret GriffisFriday: 31 Killed, 22 Wounded
Over $8B of the Money You Spent Rebuilding Iraq Was Wasted Outright
• Wired.comThe legacy of all the money the U.S. wasted in Iraq might be summed up with a single quote. “$55 billion could have brought great change in Iraq,” Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki recently told the U.S.’s Iraq auditor
It Looks Like Iraq Has Joined Assad's Side In The Syrian War
• Business InsiderAt least 48 Syrian soldiers and eight Iraqis died on Monday when they were ambushed inside Iraq, The Associated Press reports.
Dozens of Syrian troops killed in Iraq after seeking refuge, raising concerns of war’s spread
• Washington PostDozens of Syrian soldiers who crossed into Iraq for refuge were ambushed with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack that killed 48 of them and heightened concerns that the country could be drawn into Syria’s civil war.
Iraq Security Checkpoints Targeted: 26 Killed, 37 Wounded
• Antiwar.comInsurgents targeted several checkpoints across the country. At least 26 were killed and 37 more were wounded, most of them security personnel, in those and other attacks.
Iraq Parliament Votes to Keep Maliki From Seeking New Term
• nytimes.comIn the bloody aftermath of street protests that turned violent on Friday in Falluja, Iraq’s Parliament passed a law on Saturday intended to prevent Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki from seeking a third term.
UN fund pays out $1.3 billion compensation for Iraq's Kuwait invasion, total tops $40 billion
• APThe U.N. panel that settles claims for damages from victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait has paid out another $1.3 billion — bringing the total so far to $40.1 billion.
Iraq bomb: Many dead in Shia mosque in Tuz Khurmato
• bbc.co.ukAt least 23 people have been killed by a suicide bomber at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi village of Tuz Khurmato, with scores more wounded, police say.
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