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Though it is largely free of the sectarian wars taking place in Baghdad and its surrounding area, observers say the ethnic faultlines running through the city, which lies atop Iraq's second-largest oilfield, make it a time bomb that could pit Kurd against Arab and draw in neighbours such as Iran and Turkey.

https://tinyurl.com/y2abkk


From Information Clearing House

For all previous U.S. official predictions and timetables for progress in Iraq have proven to be unfounded fantasies with no tangible connection to evolving political and security realities on the ground there. There is no indication that the latest projected "timetables" will be any different.

https://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20061026-054027-3899r


From Information Clearing House

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki continued his open dispute with American officials Thursday, blaming the United States-led coalition for Iraq's chaos and faulting its military strategy.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15419.htm



Iraqi PM, U.S. Envoy Back Timetable

There also was rampant speculation in Baghdad that the United States was preparing to dump al-Maliki, who was the compromise candidate for prime minister from among the dominant Shiite Muslims in parliament. His government has been in power five months.

https://tinyurl.com/yye5oj


From Information Clearing House



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

By Tom Engelhardt

The neocons and other top Bush officials were dazzled by American military power. They believed that, as the leaders of the planet's only "hyperpower," its last imperial superpower, its New Rome, they could do just about anything. Now, having attacked two weak countries, one among the poorest on the planet, and finding that they can achieve nothing they want, they -- and others in Washington -- are sitting around desperately dreaming up further hopeless solutions to the Iraqi catastrophe.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15420.htm

https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2006/11/haditha200611


Informant: Lew Rockwell



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

https://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=9854


Informant: Lew Rockwell



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=655,000

Fiasco Then, Fiasco Now

"Are we now officially out of our minds?" asks Tom Engelhardt. "On Wednesday, at his surprise news conference, the president managed once again not to repudiate the permanent basing of American forces in Iraq. As of now, whatever tactics are changing, whatever supposedly strategic decisions may be made after the elections, the top officials of the Bush administration have by no means made up their minds to leave Iraq."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102706N.shtml

CounterPunch
by Mike Whitney

10/26/06

There are three things wrong with the current policy in Iraq. Occupation, occupation and occupation. Foreign occupation is the reason why over 90% of Iraqis want the Americans to leave their country. It is the reason why nearly 50% of Iraqis believe that it is justifiable to shoot American troops and why nearly 70% of attacks are on occupation forces. Representative John Murtha was correct when he said, 'We are inciting the problem;' our presence is a lightening rod for violence...

https://www.counterpunch.org/whitney10262006.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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

What is our moral responsibility as it becomes clear that our bungled occupation has sunk Iraq into chaos - and that the country is approaching all-out civil war?

https://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/15853341.htm


From Information Clearing House