In April 2003 we said:
It's not over till the last GI
leaves
The situation in Iraq continues to
be unstable and very problematic for the US occupation meaning that the
situation there should not be considered to be settled and over. The anti war
movement must now focus on actions to draw attention to human rights abuses and
the general situation of colonialism in Iraq. Extra US troops have been moved
into towns surrounding Baghdad, where people are continuing to resist the
occupation.
Even the Intelligence and Security
Committee hand picked by Blair to oversee the intelligence agencies itself
criticised Blair's `dodgy dossier' including that material was added without
being agreed by MI6.
Fighting the new colonialism
This situation provides an
opportunity to re gain arguments against the war and to put pressure on the
government on the situation in Iraq, and any possible support for future US
wars.
There is definitely further scope
to a. exploit tensions around the failure to find WMD the putative reason for
war and b. draw attention to the situation inside Iraq, colonialist abuses,
human rights attacks, facts emerging of deaths and weapons used etc.
There are many activities planned
in the period ahead both by Stop the War and CND. We hopefully will be able to
publicise these widely.
For up to date information visit
Stop the War coalition
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Reading between the lines: there were
no WMDs - a US financed group of puppets were feeding Bush with lie all along.
(OK so we're not telling you anthing you didn't know already)
From the Independent,19 May 2004
Washington said yesterday that it was to
cease funding the Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, the former exile whose
"intelligence reports" and claims about Americans' likely reception among his
countrymen helped push the Bush administration to war.
Officials said the Pentagon would stop
paying Mr Chalabi's group, the Iraqi National Congress (INC), $340,000
(£192,000) a month at the end of June, when the US is due to return
sovereignty of Iraq.
Entifadh Qanbar, an INC spokesman in
Washington, said: "After 30 June, we expect all funding by US agencies to be
ceased because the Iraqi government will be sovereign."
The decision underlines Washington's
growing frustration and disillusionment with the INC, which for several
years had the ear of the administration as it supported the ousting of
Saddam Hussein. The US either through the CIA or the State Department
has provided tens of millions of dollars to the INC in exchange for
information about Iraq and defectors from the regime. |
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Now they say: It's like Vietnam!http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0417-02.htm
This is just one example of the US media (May
2004) |
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Without comment - coalition fatalities
since 'the war ended'
| Period |
US |
UK
|
Other*
|
Total
|
Avg
|
| 5-2004 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
4.75 |
| 4-2004 |
140 |
0 |
5 |
145 |
4.83
|
| 3-2004 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
52
|
1.68
|
| 2-2004 |
20 |
1 |
2 |
23
|
0.79
|
| 1-2004 |
47 |
5 |
0 |
52
|
1.68
|
| 12-2003 |
40 |
0 |
8 |
48 |
1.55
|
| 11-2003 |
82 |
1 |
27
|
110
|
3.67 |
| 10-2003 |
42 |
1 |
2 |
45
|
1.45 |
| 9-2003 |
31 |
1 |
1
|
33
|
1.1
|
| 8-2003 |
35 |
6
|
2 |
43
|
1.39 |
| 7-2003 |
47 |
1 |
0 |
48
|
1.55
|
| 6-2003 |
30 |
6
|
0 |
36 |
1.2 |
| 5-2003 |
37 |
4 |
0
|
41
|
1.32 |
| 4-2003 |
73 |
6 |
0
|
79
|
2.63
|
| 3-2003 |
65 |
27
|
0 |
92
|
7.67
|
| Total
|
760
|
59 |
47 |
866 |
2.1 |
Source:
http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx.
This was tabulated by us on 4.5.04. This was after 412 days of conflict.The
figures will have worsened, we guess as the mess gets worse.
Each consecutive month since has
become increasingly worse, reaching the stage now of reported mutinies of
soldiers fearful of the outcome of the manouvres they are sent on. |
Poverty is a weapon of mass
destruction
Over the past decade, despite
all the propaganda about globalisation and the opening up of markets, the
reality is that millions of people world-wide have seen their living standards
fall.
The underlying reason for war is
the failure of the US economy and its need to plunder from the rest of the
world using IMF bullying tactics that ensure that the wealth of poor nations
arrives on the shores of USA.
A useful documentation (it is of
some length) is attached here in PDF
format. Please use advisedly. |
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The doctrine of regime change is another way
of phrasing 'new imperialism'. In the 70's and 80's the USA worked via proxy.
For example, the Contras in Nicaragua, Pinochet in Chile and so on. Now there's
no need to use a middle man - USA Direct is the new company. Bush's doctrine
challenges the sovereignty of any nation - if USA doesn't like the regime, it
will oust it. If it does it will keep it in place, however despicable the
regime. |
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