Key brief links on the drive for war
Links
to other site’s information on Iraq
See following alternative media links for
excellent information: (see Robert Fisk and John Pilger article in the sources
below, or if you have access to Lexis-Nexus, do a search under their names)
· Common Dreams alternative news. See links to access foreign press sources, wire
services, etc. Fantastic source
· Alternet Analysis that you won’t get in the
mainstream press, this is their Iraq page
· Cursor.org great blog “patrolling the
media” watchdog, with links to many International Press links
· The Faces of War Iraqis are not dancing in the streets
· 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?
My best recommendations
for a brief introduction to what is going on and why
· “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
· A short chronology of Iraq’s
history (in relationship to
West/U.S.) – how the U.S. helped create the problem
· A brief narrative
background –oil, CIA and Saddam, intrigue – oversimplified, but basic facts
are there
· Saddam Key in
CIA plot United Press International report based on interviews with CIA
officers
--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
· Excerpt from Warrior
Dreams—the First “terrorist” scare of the 1980s; paramilitarism in the Reagan
admin.
· Document
summaries from National security archives (Iran-Iraq) (20 years after the
hostages)
· The Arming of Iraq—lots
of government documents exposing Kissinger Associates, Scowcroft, etc in
building up Hussein
· 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
· U.S Was Key Supplier to
Saddam
· 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!)
· U.S. Sent chemical
Weapons to Iraq—“we have met the enemy?”—
· 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.
· 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.
·
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%.
·
Bill
Blum’s material on the CIA in Iraq (1990-1991)
·
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…..
·
Operation
Desert Storm-National Security Archives files—link to research file
·
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
· 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
· 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.
· Depleted Uranium Education
Project Is Gulf War Syndrome the
result of exposure to depleted uranium in U.S weapons?
· 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.
· 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?
· Lies about Al-Qaeda
Connection Leaked British intelligence report exposes the truth
· Culture War With B-2s=Maureen
Dowd
· 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
·
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….
·
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
·
On
Oil and War—from SEEN website PDF file – brief links to the connection
· Asia Times on Oil
& War Part I
· Asia Times on
OPEC in the line of fire –Russia
· 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)
· 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
· 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
· 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…
· Operation Endless
Deployment
· Military/World
Supremacy at Heart of U.S. policy –criticism of U.S. policy from the Times
of U.K.
· Hegemony
to Imperium – “frontier again” in U.S. foreign policy
· “The
President’s Real Goal”—article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution The roots of the National Security Strategy
and Iraq crisis
· The
cabal at the center of U.S. foreign policy
· War on Iraq-Conceived
in Israel
· 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
· “Chicken
Hawks” As Policy Leaders Chicken Hawks are the nickname for officials who
have avoided military service, but take us to war
·
The
Defense Budget and Profiteering
·
War
Resisters’ League PieChart of the Military Budget and other items to ponder
· The toppling of
Saddam’s statue—media manipulation at its best
U.S.
flag incident pre-planned, flag was from Pentagon
· 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”
· US Forces' Use of
Depleted Uranium Weapons is 'Illegal'
· The
Coming War With Iraq: Deciphering the
Bush Administration's Motives
· Bloodstained
Path by Dennis Kucinich
· 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.
· NCFPJ website see their Iraq page,
and see information about meetings, actions, etc
· Third World
Traveler page on Iraq
· Nowar Collective
webpage on Iraq analysis, action
· Foreign Policy in Focus Opening page has links
to Iraq and other regions
· 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
· Understanding Iraq in Context—Foreign
Policy in Focus- think tank that really thinks; links to many articles about
Iraq
· Common Dreams alternative news. See links
to global press sources, wire services, etc. Fantastic source
· Alternet Analysis that you won’t get in the
mainstream press.
· 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