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Marine Corporal Grant Collins describes what it was like to participate in the war in Iraq. He also describes what it is like to live with giving orders that resulted in the deaths of civilians.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14834.htm

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2102-2334839,00.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell

Mrs Hamilton-Bing said that anger at seeing her son sent to fight a dishonest war had driven her to take action, adding that many other military families shared her views.

https://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1269497.ece


From Information Clearing House

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The second Australian scientist who worked on the fruitless hunt for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction has broken his silence. John Gee has followed Rod Barton in claiming he gave the Government early warning in 2004 that no weapons would be found.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14783.htm

Two Marines have confessed to kidnapping and killing a 52-year-old Iraqi man in Hamandiya, west of Baghdad, a military prosecutor said Wednesday at a preliminary hearing.

https://tinyurl.com/ph6ah


From Information Clearing House

US military leaders in Baghdad have put out for bid a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for extensive monitoring of US and Middle Eastern media in an effort to promote more positive coverage of news from Iraq.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083106D.shtml

08/30/06

Why are American armed forces in Iraq? There are two important reasons: error and empire. Although oil is an important focal element, it proxies for business interests in general, and they proxy for the American system extended under the umbrella of American control and protection, that is, empire. America didn't fight the Spanish-American War, World War I, or the Vietnam War for oil. If we are to understand the Iraq War as part of a longstanding process, oil cannot provide the explanation...

https://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff101.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Peter Galbraith discusses his book. He describes his experiences in Iraq, his impressions of the current situation and the leaders in Iraq & the administration.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14731.htm