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Common Dreams Background Iraq Crisis Issue Guide by Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies U.S. History with Iraq, 1980 - 2 August 1990 Commentary Common Dreams News Center April 12, 2003 April 8, 2003 March 30, 2003 March 29, 2003 March 25, 2003 March 24, 2003 U.S. steps up secret surveillance March 23, 2003 March 22, 2003 March 20, 2003 |
Local News and Announcements... Don't miss anything...please scroll downFrom...Occupation Watch Bulletin June 28, 2004 THE SHAM SOVEREIGNTY June 30th will not be a turning point, a new day holding the promise of a bright future in Iraq, notwithstanding the determined dissembling by President Bush and other officials of the US Government. The grim realities of living in a country battered by years of cruel Baathist rule, then a punishing regime of UN sanctions, and now a ruthless occupation will continue for a long time to come. Most of the changes after June 30th will be cosmetic. Patrick Cockburn of The Independent of London writes that the new Interim Iraqi Government (IIG) will have only limited power. The chances that it will succeed are very limited. In a situation dominated by security, or rather the lack of it, the IIG does not have an effective armed force. The pretence of an independent Iraq Rory McCarthy and Jonathan Steele of The Guardian of London note that, far from being able to take over security duties from US troops, up to 30,000 Iraqi police officers are to be sacked before the official transfer of power to the IIG. Many of the new Iraqi recruits are unreliable, while many Iraqi officers either deserted to the insurgents or simply stayed at home during the recent uprisings in Falluja and across the south. Security a shambles ahead of handover Instead of reducing the size of the American occupation force, now numbering 138,000 troops, military planners are preparing for the deployment of additional soldiers: Iraq force may grow by 25,000 Repeating the pattern of past imperial adventures, the US military continues its policy of trying to recruit and train Iraqis to kill other Iraqis on behalf of American domination: Biggest Task for U.S. General Is Training Iraqis to Fight Iraqis Left to the care of the new IIG and its cast of US advisors, plundering of the economy will continue. Naomi Klein notes that "the shameless corporate feeding frenzy in Iraq is fuelling the resistance": The multibillion robbery the US calls reconstruction The costs of the war have been staggering to Iraq, to the United States and to the world. Phyllis Bennis makes a terrifying tally of the totals so far in human costs, security costs, economic costs and social costs: Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War -------------------------------- Email this:  
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