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Americans are keenly aware of how many US forces have lost their lives in Iraq, but they woefully underestimate the number of Iraqi civilians who have been killed.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022407C.shtml

In a largely invisible cost of the war in Iraq, nearly 800 civilians working under contract to the Pentagon have been killed and more than 3,300 hurt, according to figures gathered by the Associated Press.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022307S.shtml



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President Bush and his aides in the White House have scoffed at even the slightest suggestion that the U.S. military occupation has anything to do with oil. The President presumably would have us all believe that if Iraq had the world's second-largest supply of bananas instead of petroleum, American troops would still be there.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17157.htm



Oil Grab in Iraq

A new Iraqi law proposes to open the country’s currently nationalized oil system to foreign corporate control. But emblematic of the flawed promotion of “democracy” by the Bush administration, this new law is news to most Iraqi politicians.

https://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4020


From Information Clearing House



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Kenneth Anderson

Do details revealed in a draft oil law explain the need for more troops in Iraq? https://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/KennethAnderson.pdf


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More Attacks, Less Troops In Diyala Province As Military Focuses On Baghdad Crackdown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/23/iraq/main2507079.shtml


From Information Clearing House



Fallujans Defiant Amidst Chaos:

Resistance attacks against U.S. forces have been continuing in Fallujah despite military onslaughts and strong security measures.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17155.htm

British military chiefs had been pushing for much bigger cuts in troop numbers in Iraq than those announced by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/22/1171733953330.html


From Information Clearing House

IRAQ will remain beset by sectarian violence and terrorism even after coalition forces leave it, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson has warned.

https://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/age40.html


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The United Nations is warning that the violence in Iraq is leading to a disastrous refugee crisis in the Middle East. Out of a population of 26 million, nearly two million Iraqis are internally displaced and another two million have fled abroad, according to recent UN estimates.

https://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/2007-02-23-voa39.cfm


From Information Clearing House

By Patrick Cockburn

The partial British military withdrawal from southern Iraq announced by Tony Blair this week follows political and military failure, and is not because of any improvement in local security, say specialists on Iraq.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17152.htm



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