Iraq Reviews > Iraq Today: War News for Tuesday, June 08, 2010

[Iraq Today] He made this transparently clear by adding a signing statement to the defense appropriation bill, indicating that he would not be bound by the law’s prohibition against expending funds: “(1) To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq,” or “(2) To exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq.”

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[jiaying] Although America or the world's sole military dominance of the ...: terrorist attacks, a common danger causes common action of the international influence of weakened America and moral justification, also make it into the out-of-focus diplomacy in a few years, because of the “war on terror” distraction, let us international leadership gradually to challenge the emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil, in this time, eventually forced quietly, the United States must accept the new situation, China and other emerging powers of the dominant discourse share international half.

[rabble.ca - News for the rest of us] U.S. war resisters: Warriors with conscience | rabble.ca: The experiences of these resisters, just a few of the estimated twenty-eight public cases since July 2009 (an unknown number of soldiers have come to Canada and are living underground) speaks of the very proud and patriotic need to ‘do the right thing', which in this case meant refusing the fight. Canada should be rewarding these warriors of conscience, not punishing them through deportations.

[Argue With Everyone Political Forums] Was The War in Iraq A Good Idea?: That said I support the war now that it is long underway, the middleeastern countries of the world except Isreal would love nothing more than the destruction of the United States. The U.S. must not back down we must be strong, and not bow down to the worlds objection of our actions.

[university information] Mexico Wrongly Accused The U.S. Of Making Iraq Into A Territory ...: And each time it involved an offer to restore the lost territory back to Mexico, assuming of course they US lost the war (see Zimmerman telegram). So what’s happeneing now is what’s called “reconquista”, taking back what they think is theirs through steady migration instead of armies.

[Raw Story] New spy chief who hyped Iraq WMD 'may invade Finland' | Raw Story: According to the New York Times, Clapper, who was then head of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, "said satellite imagery showing a heavy flow of traffic from Iraq into Syria, just before the American invasion in March, led him to believe that illicit .That person, who is either a fantacist or an unrepentant propagandist, is going to oversee all the intelligence activities for the United States.

[Windows Pie] What Legitimate Reasons Did America Have For Invading Iraq ...: Iraq and people in the UN, including relatives of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, were in a major scam with the Iraqi government with its oil for food program. As a response that the embargo was not working, the oil for food program was not working, the UN believed that Iraq could have a nuclear weapon by 2010 (500 tons of enriched uranium was found and secretly shipped out by the U.S. to Canada) and Iraq was shooting at U.S. planes in the no fire zone, Bush decided to act even if it meant doing it alone.

[Dailycensored.com] Dailycensored.com Part 2 of 2- U.S. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ...: The most convenient, and arguably the most accurate, way to gauge non-combatant protection is to look at the death tolls of non-combatants as a result of the wars.  This method also evades running down the long list of individual instances where these principles were not adhered to, but could be dismissed as isolated incidents not reflecting the overall trend.  Non-combatant death estimates from independent sources are all we have to rely on because official death tolls are not taken.  Non-combatant death estimates in Afghanistan as a direct result of the war are between 13,372 and 32,969 and non-combatant death estimates in Iraq are between 100,000, thoroughly documented deaths in the Iraq Body Count (“Iraq Body Count”), and 1,000,000, according to a survey by Opinions Research Business (LaMoreaux).  It is important to note that estimates of the dead in wars have very often been vastly understated, as the public finds out in the aftermath.  I could obtain any reliable estimate for total insurgents killed in Afghanistan.  The military estimates that about 20,000 insurgents have been killed in Iraq as of 2007, other sources estimate 55,000 as of 2009 (“How Many Insurgents Killed In Iraq?”).  It is abundantly clear from these rough estimates that the protections given to non-combatants are insufficient when non-combatant deaths outnumber combatant deaths from 2 to 1 at minimum and 50 to 1 on the higher estimates.  So it is clear that the principles meant to protect non-combatants are not adhered to, in any serious way.

[Sikh Philosophy Network] U.S. is Saving War Memorials in Iraq: JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - In words etched in stone, painted on concrete barriers, scribbled on hospital walls with magic markers, American troops in Iraq have followed a tradition as old as war itself: honoring their dead.Now, as the United States prepares to dramatically decrease its military presence in Iraq this summer, American commanders are trying to decide what to do with the vast collection of plaques, street signs, and painted concrete barriers dedicated to the men and women who shed their blood in this desert country.

[US News] Rangel: Obama "Makes Cheney Look Good.": The boycott was relaxed under the Oil-for-Food Programme, established by the United Nations in 1995 that allowed Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs for ordinary Iraqi citizens. Nevertheless, the liberation of Kuwait had nothing to do with our national security, though it became the pretext for our greatly expanded military presence in the Middle East.

[The Ojai Post] One Trillion Dollars - War Spending in Iraq and Afghanistan - Anti ...: The United States has just tipped the scales in having spent over ONE TRILLION DOLLARS on war since 2001, according to CostOfWar.com. Anti-Flag already wrote a song about it”¦in 2006.

[At War] Remembering Iraq - At War Blog - NYTimes.com: At War is a reported blog from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other conflicts in the post-9/11 era. The NYT’s award-winning team provides insight ”” and answers questions ”” about combatants on the faultlines, and civilians caught in the middle.

[Bennymercer's Blog] Iraq Has A Date With Biofuel Production « Bennymercer's Blog: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced approval for an agricultural project that will develop biofuels rot dates.According Reuters, "Iraq the third world oil reserves, but the collapse of the agricultural sector, which has suffered from decades of sanctions, isolation and war, is the largest employer in the country. "The program of the date on biofuel, developed by a company based in UAE is considered a means of encouraging growth in the agricultural sector, which Iraqi officials hope will lead to greater agricultural productivity.Iraqi officials also hope it will revive their once vibrant industry in the export date.

[Joejolly's Weblog] The Neocons, the Geneva Conventions and the United Nations ...: But if the United Nations felt it was wrong for it to go to war with Iraq - why did it stand mute when the “strongest man on earth” did go to war with Iraq. Perhaps I just answered my own question.

[Commentary] Commentary » Blog Archive » Flotsam and Jetsam: Rangel blasted Obama for having stayed in Iraq to continue the war initiated by the preceding administration, accusing the president of being there for oil ”” a refrain leveled often by Democrats against Bush during the Iraq war. If unions and not corporations are the big winners, will Democrats knock off the efforts to curb the Supreme Court's campaign-finance decision in Citizens United?

[Opinionator] Drawing Fire: Last Day - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com: Home Fires features the writing of men and women who have returned from wartime service in the United States military. The project originated in 2007 with a series of personal accounts from five veterans of the Iraq war on their return to American life;

[Pajamas Media] Pajamas Media » Satellite Photos Support Testimony That Iraqi WMD ...: None of this matters, the world community is arrayed against Israel,in some part due to the fool in the White House. We are looking at a second holocaust and the Jewish liberals will be part of it.’Never again’, lasted about sixty five years.

[China Star Restaurant Indianapolis Blog] China Star Restaurant Indianapolis Blog » China Evacuates 600000: Seized from Spain, killed 600,000 Filipinos.CUBA, 1898-1902(-?) Naval, troops/ Seized from Spain, still hold Navy base.PUERTO RICO, 1898(-?) Naval, troops/ Seized from Spain, occupation continues.GUAM, 1898(-?) Naval, troops/ Seized from Spain, still use as base.MINNESOTA, 1898(-?) Troops/ Army battles Chippewa at Leech Lake.NICARAGUA, 1898 - Troops / Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur.SAMOA, 1899(-?) Troops/ Battle over succession to throne.NICARAGUA, 1899 - Troops/ Marines land at port of Bluefields.IDAHO, 1899-1901 - Troops / Army occupies C?ur d'Alene mining region.OKLAHOMA, 1901 - Troops/ Army battles Creek Indian revolt.PANAMA, 1901-14 - Naval, troops/ Broke off from Colombia 1903, annexed Canal Zone 1914-99.HONDURAS, 1903 - Troops/ Marines intervene in revolution.DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1903-04 - Troops. U.S. interests protected in Revolution.KOREA, 1904-05 - Troops/ Marines land in Russo-Japanese War.CUBA, 1906-09 - Troops/ Marines land in democratic election.NICARAGUA, 1907 - Troops/ 'Dollar Diplomacy' protectorate set up.HONDURAS, 1907 - Troops/ Marines land during war with Nicaragua.PANAMA, 1908 - Troops / Marines intervene in election contest.NICARAGUA, 1910 - Troops / Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto.HONDURAS, 1911 - Troops/ U.S. interests protected in civil war.CUBA, 1912 - Troops/ U.S. interests protected in Havana.PANAMA, 1912 - Troops/ Marines land during heated election.HONDURAS, 1912 - Troops/ Marines protect U.S. economic interests.NICARAGUA, 1912-33 - Troops, bombing/ 20-year occupation, fought guerrillas.MEXICO, 1913 - Naval/ Americans evacuated during revolution.DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1914 - Naval/ Fight with rebels over Santo Domingo.COLORADO, 1914 - Troops/ Breaking of miners' strike by Army.MEXICO, 1914-18 - Naval, troops/ Series of interventions against nationalists.HAITI, 1914-34 - Troops, bombing/ 19-year occupation after revolts.DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1916-24 - Troops.

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[War On Terror News] Iraq Joint Focus Instills Hope for Future - War On Terror News: Warhorse Soldiers from 1/14th Cav., are working to cool these flames by participating in tripartite operations intended to develop a relationship between the Kurdish and Iraqi armies. At times, also serving as mediators, the Warhorse Soldiers are responsible for helping foster a new era of cooperation between these two armies that allows them to focus on developing solutions to problems together.

[NewsDaily: Top Headlines] NewsDaily: Lack of water threatens Iraq's long-term stability: In Anbar, a Provincial Reconstruction Team -- a unit set up by the United States to help rebuild Iraq -- has spent over $100 million to build and maintain treatment facilities and expects 97 percent of residents to have clean water by year's end.

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