World-News

Democrats sought on Friday to put their new political power to use in shaping the debate over Iraq, promising stepped-up Congressional oversight of the war and a resolution demanding a schedule for reducing the number of troops there.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111106E.shtml

The Pentagon is developing plans that for the first time would send entire National Guard combat brigades back to Iraq for a second tour, the Guard's top general said in the latest sign of how thinly stretched the military has become. The move - which could include brigades from North Carolina, Florida, Arkansas and Indiana - would force the Pentagon to make the first large-scale departure from its previous decision not to deploy reserves for more than a cumulative 24 months in Iraq.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111106Z.shtml

Video Documentary By Channel 4 - UK

'Iraq: The Lost Generation' opens a window onto the hidden world of Iraqi youth, revealing the brutalisation and psychological trauma of living under military occupation. It reveals how the people with whom the future of Iraq rests, are reacting with anger, aggression and, in some cases, violence.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15559.htm

"I think we're looking at a huge scandal. The CPA handed over $8.8bn in cash to the Iraqi government even though that new government had no security or accounting system. "No one can account for it. We don't know who got that money," Mr Waxman said.

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6129612.stm



UN watchdog: $22 mln missing in Iraq contracts

An audit of 15 noncompetitive contracts paid for by U.S. government agencies with Iraqi oil money was unable to account for $22.4 million in funds.

https://tinyurl.com/yhehm9


From Information Clearing House

Bechtel's billions down the drain

The decision of the giant engineering company Bechtel to withdraw from Iraq has left many Iraqis feeling betrayed. In the company's departure, they see the end of remaining hopes for the reconstruction of Iraq.

https://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HK10Ak02.html


From Information Clearing House

"Staying in Iraq is not an option," write George S. McGovern and William R. Polk. "Many Americans who were among the most eager to invade Iraq now urge that we find a way out. These Americans include not only civilian 'strategists' and other 'hawks,' but also senior military commanders and, perhaps most fervently, combat soldiers."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110906C.shtml

The editors of the New York Times write: "... we're still waiting for a sign that Mr. Bush has grasped the urgency of the unfolding disaster in Iraq as anything beyond a political problem. Mr. Rumsfeld's departure is merely the first step. It has to be followed by a major change in policy if American troops can be brought home without leaving a disaster behind."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110906N.shtml



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rumsfeld

British policy in Iraq has been a "rank disaster", a former diplomat told MPs on Wednesday as he pledged to reveal secret evidence about the war.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6200901,00.html



A shameful vote in the House of Commons

On Tuesday 31 October MPs missed an historic opportunity to pass judgement on the Iraq war. The following MPs voted with the government:
https://www.stopwar.org.uk/_Current/Parl31Oct06.htm#VotingWithGovernment


From Information Clearing House

https://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1108-05.htm

Referendum against Iraq War Gaining Ground
https://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1108-07.htm

Iraq Wins the Election, What Now?
https://www.commondreams.org/views06/1108-32.htm