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[TruthTalkzIRAQ] Johnson, Kos, Terrorism, Niger, Ledeen, Labour MPs, Chatham House, Greenstock: Polk, thefounder of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies atthe University of Chicago, says, "It was there, inwhat the Greeks called Mesopotamia, that life as weknow it today began: there people first began tospeculate on philosophy and religion, developedconcepts of international trade, made ideas of beautyinto tangible forms, and, above all developed theskill of writing."[2] No other places in the Bibleexcept for Israel have more history and prophecyassociated with them than Babylonia, Shinar (Sumer),and Mesopotamia -- different names for the territorythat the British around the time of World War I beganto call "Iraq," using the old Arab term for the landsof the former Turkish enclave of Mesopotamia (inGreek: "between the [Tigris and Eurphrates]rivers").[3] Most of the early books of Genesis areset in Iraq (see, for instance, Genesis 10:10, 11:31;also Daniel 1-4; II Kings 24).
[Just a Bump in the Beltway] Invasion of Idiots: Polk, the founder of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago, says, "It was there, in what the Greeks called Mesopotamia, that life as we know it today began: there people first began to speculate on philosophy and religion, developed concepts of international trade, made ideas of beauty into tangible forms, and, above all developed the skill of writing."[2] No other places in the Bible except for Israel have more history and prophecy associated with them than Babylonia, Shinar (Sumer), and Mesopotamia -- different names for the territory that the British around the time of World War I began to call "Iraq," using the old Arab term for the lands of the former Turkish enclave of Mesopotamia (in Greek: "between the [Tigris and Eurphrates] rivers").[3] Most of the early books of Genesis are set in Iraq (see, for instance, Genesis 10:10, 11:31; also Daniel 1-4;
[Belmontclub.blogspot.com] Belmont Club: TheBelmont Club post said, "Unless the Oil for Food hearings have come to a complete dead end, Coleman and Levin's examination of Galloway aren't the pointless thrashings of Senators at a loss to respond to the devastating wit of the British MP but tantalizing clues to the direction they wish the investigations to take,"
[Hurryupharry.bloghouse.net] Harry's Place: With the exception of the columns of David Aaronovitch, before he moved to a paper that goes in for a bit more diversity, they have not bothered to seriously address or give space to the parts of the US and British liberal left which did favour the armed overthrow of the Ba’athist dictatorship and they have virtually ignored pro-democracy voices in Iraq and the Middle East.
[Blogmark.mg.co.za] Democratic tyranny, war crimes, passive genocide, holocaust denial ...: Politicization of the Security and Intelligence Services and continuing DENIAL by Coalition governments that the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations have escalated the terrorism threat have seriously increased the terrorism risk for Coalition countries such as Australia. Thus terrorism experts confirm Robert Fisk’s expert testimony about the link between terrorism and Western occupation of Muslim countries.
[Maxspeak.org] Archived Weblog Entry - 01/02/2003: "WHY IRAQ, CONT'D.": My brief economically illiterate summary: the primary motive for war is the fear that other oil nations will follow Iraq and change from dollars to euros for petro-transactions, which could lead to recession. The occupation would reverse this decision and discourage others from doing so.
[Gseis.ucla.edu] Blog Left: Critical Interventions Warblog (war blog, Iraq ...: Thus, we can criticize the obvious co-optation of UN bodies like UNEP -- which also serve to investigate and document the devastation of war upon regions and the use of highly dangerous (and secret) weapons like DU munitions upon civilian populations (as in Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan) -- without denying that their are positive aspects to their work as well. We can recognize that such institutions are staffed by people, many people, each working within differing constraints and for differing purposes -- some of which may be utopian, democratic, egalitarian, and critical of status-quo agendas in the best possible sense.
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