Read: Kolko, 86-150
Recommended:
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How much the U.S. spends
per second on military (see bottom of page) will not include the 100-150
billion suggested for conquering Iraq (some estimate the war and occupation
will take a trillion dollars)
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Carnegie
endowment for International Peace study of the origins of the Policy –with
links to documents –this is the best summary of the current evidence on the
cabal that is ruling U.S. foreign policy
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National Security
Strategy of the United States ; from the Horse’s mouth -- read about the
plans for world dominance through troops stationed across the globe, the
hegemony of market capitalism as U.S. national security strategy
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U.S.
military Space Command’s plans for controlling space (pdf file) U.S. empire
of the space – militarizing space for investment purposes; this document is
surreal, a must-see view into the minds of military-industrial complex; try to
read this as though you were a European or lived in the Middle East, and see if
you think it is benign…
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Operation
Endless Deployment
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Military/World
Supremacy at Heart of U.S. policy –criticism of U.S. policy from the Times
of U.K.
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Hegemony
to Imperium – “frontier again” in U.S. foreign policy
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“The
President’s Real Goal”—article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution The roots of the National Security Strategy
and Iraq crisis
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The
cabal at the center of U.S. foreign policy
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War on
Iraq-Conceived in Israel
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More
on the cabal -tieing it all
together --the policy against Iraq
originates with the end of the Cold War and a plan by a right wing think tank
(whose leaders are now in policy making roles) for U.S. global dominance in a
“unipolar” world order
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“Chicken
Hawks” As Policy Leaders Chicken Hawks are the nickname for officials who
have avoided military service, but take us to war
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The Defense Budget
and Profiteering
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War Resisters’ League
PieChart of the Military Budget and other items to ponder
For background to 9/11
see my “historical
briefing” , which is a country-by-country approach, this can be used as a
basic reference source to keep countries and policy straight and “terrorism page”
· “The
President’s Real Goal”—article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The roots of the National Security
Strategy against Iraq—short synopsis, and how a small group wielded power over
policy
· Where War Comes From: Sprawling
report in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel makes clearthat Bradley Foundation is epicenter
of Neocon warmongering
· The Reason Why by
George McGovern
· Don't look
for a reason All the explanations
for this war are bogus - Bush only invaded Iraq to prove that he could;
Heartbreaking—from the London Guardian
· Iraqi War Victims—warning,
not for the squeamish, but we should force ourselves to look, as this is what
we are “protected” from by mainstream
· Iraq Body Count Civilian deaths in the Iraq war – in the early 20th century, 20% of casualties were civilians. Now, thanks to bombs, it’s 80%. But leaders simply want us to think civilian casualties are a natural cost of war. The U.S.’s bombing strategy makes civilian casualties a certainty, but the media here also goes along with the Pentagon’s plans to suppress footage of bombing’s consequences. How can we win Iraqis hearts and minds when our bombs kill them? First Gulf War, Bombing and sanctions have killed 1 million Iraqis already. Is there a clue to why some don’t trust our expressed concern for them in this fact?
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A short chronology of
Iraq’s history (in relationship to West/U.S.)
– how the U.S. helped create the problem
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A brief
narrative background –oil, CIA and Saddam, intrigue – oversimplified, but
basic facts are there
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Saddam
Key in CIA plot United Press International report based on interviews with
CIA officers
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Interview
with Said Aburish
--a former insider of the
Hussein regime, the go-between for Western Arms dealers and Hussein’s regime,
the low-down on Hussein and the problem of western intervention, including
significant discussion of the CIA’s role in bringing Hussein to power; his
discussion of how Hussein controls enemies suggests the problems of U.S.
attempt to use force
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CIA in Iraq
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Excerpt
from Warrior Dreams—the First “terrorist” scare of the 1980s;
paramilitarism in the Reagan admin.
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Document
summaries from National security archives (Iran-Iraq) (20 years after the
hostages)
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The Arming of
Iraq—lots of government documents exposing Kissinger Associates, Scowcroft,
etc in building up Hussein
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Ron
Paul’s website information on Iraqgate
--Ron Paul is the iconoclastic Republican representative from Texas; his
site has very good information about “Iraqgate”; Iraqgate refers to the
scandal, little remembered in the U.S., in which U.S. banks and arms dealers
bankrolled Iraq’s war against Iran. Of course, Iran-Contra (sale of arms to
Iran, using proceeds to bankroll Nicaraguan contras in their terrorist war) was
simultaneously arming the Iranian side. Some current insiders who helped advise
to go to war were involved in Iraqgate
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U.S Was Key
Supplier to Saddam
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The
Ghost of Rumsfeld Past – the Reagan administration aided Saddam in the
1980s (current Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld even gave Saddam cowboy spurs as a
present from Ronald Reagan!)
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U.S. Sent
chemical Weapons to Iraq—“we have met the enemy?”—
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Naming
Names—which agencies sent the chemical and biological weapons to Saddam
Hussein?
–see Arming of Iraq above
for the funding. U.S. companies sold Iraq more than $1 billion worth of
components for nuclear weapons and diverse missiles, including the infamous
Scud.
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New York Times
story on supplying aid –August 2002—“old news” but the New York Times
catches up; The Pentagon "wasn't so horrified by Iraq's use of gas,"
said one veteran of the program. "It was just another way of killing
people -- whether with a bullet or phosgene, it didn't make any
difference," he said.
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· 8 myths of
the Desert Storm
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· William
Kellner, The Persian Gulf TV War (Westview Press, 1992)–entire book is now
on-line; has essential background as well as critical media analysis, context
of U.S. society and the war; if you think you are getting good information from
the Pentagon now, history shows that they calculated ways to make the media a
tool of propaganda, including the infamous lies about the degree to which smart
bombs hit their targets –they claimed 80-90% success rates, but they knew it was
false, and it turns out to be no better than 30%.
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· Bill Blum’s material on the CIA
in Iraq (1990-1991)
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· Operation
Desert Storm-10 years after -what
happened in the aftermath. The evidence that the U.S. has been at war since
1991, bombing for last 4 years. If you want to alienate a population…..
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· Operation Desert
Storm-National Security Archives files—link to research file
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· Shaking Hands
with Saddam Hussein 1980-1984 NSA documents that implicate Rumsfeld, Cheney,
Reagan and their Bechtel connection (see Oil and Iraq section below) – U.S.
Goals Were Access to Oil, Projection of Power, and Protection of Allies
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Allies
Deliberately poisoned Iraq’s water supply in Desert Storm – incredible document, showing war crimes by
U.S. military. This Defense Intelligence Agency document reveals planned
atrocity against the civilian population during Operation Desert Storm ,
resulted in the deaths of 10s of thousands of civilians, and the document shows
this was calculated in exquisite detail. This is illegal under Geneva
convention. Actual
Document This is the story that only 2 papers, the Scotland Herald
and St. Petersberg Times, have covered
Professor Nagy,
who discovered the document, summarizes the findings
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Why the U.S.
did not overthrow Saddam Hussein in Desert Storm - also showing why the people there wouldn’t trust the U.S. to
install a democratic government.
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Depleted Uranium
Education Project Is Gulf War
Syndrome the result of exposure to depleted uranium in U.S weapons?
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Discounted
Casualties: the human cost of Depleted Uranium Weaponry – links to much
information, horrifying but well-evidenced. Depleted uranium weaponry, which
makes the U.S. so powerful, should be outlawed, as its shelf-life is billions
of years, and it is damaging our own troops and makes cities like Basra unliveable.
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Senator
Byrd’s comments on the dangers of a blank check Why hasn’t there been
attention to the fact that this war is illegal under Article I Section 8 of the
Constitution? Doesn’t anybody care?
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Lies about
Al-Qaeda Connection Leaked British intelligence report exposes the truth
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Culture War
With B-2s=Maureen Dowd
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Mark Twain,
Victory of the Loud Little Handful
· · A Political and Military Biography of Colin Powell startling history
· · Iraq Sanctions: Humanitarian Implications and Options for the Future -extensive discussion, in depth
· · Talking Points on Iraq sanctions
· · Background Information on the Iraq Sanctions
· · Iraq Sanctions: A Brief History
· · Other UN Security Resolutions currently being violated by countries other than Iraq
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Behind the Invasion of Iraq –
terrific summary of available information about the oil grab, this is well-documented
- reveals that the US intends to use the invasion of Iraq as a launching pad
for a drastic reshaping of the Middle East, to be followed
by an unprecedented expansion of US power
worldwide. The strategic trend of US foreign policy now points unmistakably
towards global empire. (see the materials in the U.S. National Security
Strategy below, they aren’t hiding much); this also connects the dots to the
U.S. capitalist crisis of overproduction….
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Crude
History Lesson Excellent,
well-documented report on the Bechtel/Rumsfeld-Cheney connection to Iraq, using
National Archives and National Security Archive evidence to demonstrate the
quest for an oil pipeline was the main motivation for courting Saddam Hussein
in the 1980s PDF file
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On Oil and War—from
SEEN website PDF file – brief links to the connection
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War
in Iraq-the Oil Factor
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Asia
Times on Oil & War Part I
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Asia Times
on OPEC in the line of fire –Russia
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The toppling of
Saddam’s statue—media manipulation at its best
U.S.
flag incident pre-planned, flag was from Pentagon
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War is Designed to Test weapons—military industrial complex and this war
Interesting analysis, I don’t agree
with all of it, but great details on the “boys and their toys”
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US Forces' Use of
Depleted Uranium Weapons is 'Illegal'
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The
Coming War With Iraq: Deciphering the
Bush Administration's Motives
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Bloodstained
Path by Dennis Kucinich
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The Plundering
of Iraq’s archaeological heritage
· · "Cakewalk" Bush administration officials and their
hawkish supporters now say they never promised an
easy war
-- but the record shows otherwise.
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NCFPJ website see their Iraq
page, and see information about meetings, actions, etc
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Third
World Traveler page on Iraq
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Nowar Collective
webpage on Iraq analysis, action
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Foreign Policy in Focus Opening page
has links to Iraq and other regions
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John Pilger’s website –
journalist – hard questions and thorough answers; see film excerpts from his
work. Best reporting on the sanctions. You will get the details through links
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Understanding Iraq in Context—Foreign
Policy in Focus- think tank that really thinks; links to many articles about
Iraq
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Common Dreams alternative news. See links to global press sources, wire services, etc.
Fantastic source
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Alternet Analysis that you won’t get in the
mainstream press.
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Z Magazine source for alternative information, carries
all of Robert Fisk and John Pilger’s articles
· · Tom Paine in-depth reports about Iraq, terrorism, foreign policy