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2007-10-18 10:37  How U.S. policy has destabilized the Middle East
(Originally posted at The Motley Patriot and is an update to an article I wrote posted at TalkLeft )I originally posted a diary at TalkLeft entitled, `The Merry-Go-Round of Iraqi Sectarian Violence`, in which I show how U.S. policy in Iraq is fueling the sectarian violence. Given Turkey's recent vote to allow incursions into northern Iraq against the PKK, I thought an update appropriate. So, first, exactly how is the U.S. policy in Iraq fueling the sectarian violence Because we are arming militi …
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2007-10-14 15:19  Re: IRS Says Rich Getting Richer.. .
Mr. "CIA" Bush knew Iraq could be taken militarily but peace would be impossible. There was no honorable exit strategy because of the Shiate -vs- Sunnis -vs- Kurd religious anomosity. Sadaam ruled through terror. He slaughtered thousands of Shiates for...
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2007-10-11 22:16  The Real Meaning of Freedom
by Ron Paul, MD September 6, 2007 œ Man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts. � Ronald Reagan We ve all heard the words democracy and freedom used countless times, especially in the context of our invasion of Iraq. They are used interchangeably in modern political discourse, yet their true meanings are very different. George Orwell wrote about œmeaningless word …
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2007-10-10 04:28  "This is a struggle about power"
Top Iraqis Pull Back From Key U.S. Goal Reconciliation Seen Unattainable Amid Struggle for Power By Joshua Partlow Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, October 8, 2007; Page A01 BAGHDAD -- For much of this year, the U.S. military strategy in Iraq has sought to reduce violence so that politicians could bring about national reconciliation, but several top Iraqi leaders say they have lost faith in that broad goal. Iraqi leaders argue that sectarian animosity is entrenched in the structure of the …
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2007-10-08 22:40  Reconciliation Update
  George Bush might as well get reconciled to certain realities. The evil dictator may be gone from Iraq, but what was Iraq may be gone as well. "I don't think there is something called reconciliation, and there will be no reconciliation as such," said Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, a Kurd. "To me, it is a very inaccurate term. This is a struggle about power." Those unbound from a dictator don't feel bound to Bush's wishes. Things continue to fall apart. The centre cannot hold. But The Surg …
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2007-10-08 07:00  Kurdistan's Dream of Independence
Last month the Economist ran a lengthy article about the Kurdish dream of independence [" Does Independence Beckon " 8 September 2007]. The article begins by noting that for all intents and purposes the Kurdish Regional Government already acts as an independent state. "During a recent voyage around Iraqi Kurdistan, not a single sign or hint that the place is officially part of a federal Iraq was in evidence. Landing at Erbil International Airport (as the Kurds call it, invariably also noting tha …
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2007-10-01 08:29  Tensions Mount with Uneven Iraqi Development
Iraq presents an interesting case study in development. U.S. foreign policy, for many good reasons, is trying to preserve Iraq as a unified country.  In doing so, it has yoked together two very different economic regions (the Kurdish north and the Arab south). Because the Arab south is embroiled in civil strife between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims, its economic develop has been stifled. In the more secure north, economic development has raced ahead. Since a train's engine can go no faster than its ca …
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2007-09-03 17:06  Iraq Oil: The Vultures are Waiting
Monday, September 03, 2007 by Sarah Meyer CIA March 2003 oil map of Iraq The oil majors met at the Iraq Oil, Gas, Petrochemical & Electricity Summit from 2 4 September 2007 in Dubai to discuss œthe future of Iraq s abundant energy resources. � Attending were US puppets, described as œsome of the most important figures from Iraq s energy sector. � Also attending were the waiting vultures, BP, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Lukoil, Statoil, Marathon Oil, Total, Shell, Kuwait National Petroleum, A …
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2007-09-02 16:47  WILL THE FXI SIGN THE RSF PETITION
I hope that The Freedom of Expression Institute will sign the following RSF petition, even though the South African govt is unfortunately "hell-bent" on bolstering up Ahmadinejad's regime: Dear Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran I wish to draw your attention to the case of Adnan Hassanpour and Abdolvahed Botimar, two journalists sentenced to death on 16 July 2007. To the best of our knowledge, these men were only doing their job, as guaranteed by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration o …
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2007-08-31 01:53  katrina vanden heuvel, still wetting herself
Dear Katrina and all, The Nation had me on the cover of its magazine in March 2005 as one of the new faces of the antiwar movement. At the end of 2005, John Nichols of The Nation named me "Progressive of the Year" and has since said that I am a true "Jeffersonian Democrat." The Nation also invited me to its foundation dinner in NYC at the end of 2005, presumably to exploit my popularity to sell tickets. The Nation's editorial staff and other staff also invited me to talk with them about not supp …
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2007-08-31 00:27  Katha Pollitt proves there are no feminists at The Nation
Is there anything more pathetic than Katha Pollitt I'm grabbing this because I went into the members e-mail accounts and this is 1 of the 4 biggest topics. I'll grab it and C.I. won't have to. Katha Pollitt is a tired, disgusting voice. She's flaunted her racism when she, as a White woman, felt she could ridicule the NAACP for making an issue of representation -- an issue that White Pollitt doesn't think is important. Strange considering her dumb ass attack on CODEPINK last year for bird dogging …
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2007-08-27 11:19  Anti-victory goobers - try again
I guess they will have to stick with "the US military is full of fools, and egomaniacs" and "..Bush lied and the military needs to oust him in a coup.." (both to be discussed in a post here in about 6 hours). The "Maliki isn't fit to be dog-catcher" just lost some of its "Big Mo!" Iraq's top Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish political leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key measures seen as vital to fostering national reconciliation. The agreement by the five leaders was …
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2007-08-27 09:39  Iraqi Leadership Agrees to Benchmarks
Or What Will the Media Write About Now Despite numerous headlines (like this and this) from several wire services on Sunday which stated that Iraq was a lost cause, the Iraqi leadership agreed to support the benchmarks set by Washington. Every time the media declares Iraq a miserable defeat, reality seems to prove them wrong. The agreement by the five leaders was one of the most significant political developments in Iraq for months and was quickly welcomed by the United States, which hopes such …
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2007-08-27 00:44  Iraqi Political Leadership Announces Consensus On Key Issues
I've detailed the military progress the surge has been making, and the effect it's had as Democratic politicians like Keith Ellison, Dick Durbin, Carl Levin, Hillary Clinton and Brian Baird have been forced to acknowledge its successes. With the exception of Baird - who voted against the war in 2002 and who has been staunchly against it, yet who now advocates giving the surge even more time - most Democrats who have acknowledged the surge's military progress have now switched strategies to focus …
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2007-08-26 21:09  MAJOR POLITICAL PROGRESS TODAY IN IRAQ
Hot off the wires.... Dateline Baghdad, August 27 (Monday).  ABC News/Reuters is reporting ... Iraq's top Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key laws that Washington views as vital to fostering national reconciliation. The agreement was the most significant political development to take place in Iraq for months and was immediately welcomed by the United States, which hopes such moves will ease sectarian violence that has killed tens of …
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2007-08-26 17:53  Iraq Political Scene Turning Around
Now that the political differences in Iraq appear to be working themselves out will the Democrats flip-flop back to complaining about military progress Iraq's top Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish political leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key measures seen as vital to fostering national reconciliation. The agreement by the five leaders was one of the most significant political developments in Iraq for months and was quickly welcomed by the United States, which hopes …
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2007-08-25 22:21  Pigeons Were Overheard in Local Bars Crying 'Coup! Coup!'
The debate around Iraq has descended into nervous repetition. Commentators wait patiently until the British troops can be withdrawn and sent to the 'winnable' war in Afghanistan. Others demand the troops out now. Most of the reasoning for all of the furious op-eds in The Times or The Guardian at the beginning of the war has converged into a 'we should withdraw in a little bit, I guess' mush. Most people suggest that the surge has 'worked'. In many ways it has. Democrats like O'Hanlon and Pollack …
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2007-08-24 14:12  Breaking News: Iranian troops invade northern Iraq after months of shelling, leaflet drop, target Ku …
DOT REVIEW for those returning from summer vacation: March 2006: Then US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announces that Iran's Revolutionary Guard is infiltrating Iraq in order to support the anti-US insurgency May 2006-present: Iranian troops sporadically shell Kurdish targets in northern Iraq June 1, 2007: Turkey deploys additional troops to its frontier with northern Iraq (pictured above); last Turkish incursion occured in 1997 July 19: Visiting Damascus, Iranian Dictator Mahmoud Ahmadineja …
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2007-08-24 11:26  Afaryan
"Afaryan is an art project, where by using digital technology it will be reconstructed an Iranian Upper Afaryan Kurd village. The main themes in the project are the individual persons experiences about their life and roots, but also their personal rela
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2007-08-23 19:21  Nicola Barker: Darkmans
So here it is, the Booker biggie. Much has been written about Darkmans, mainly for its 838-page length, and my concern was for that as well as for Barker's previous form. My dislike of random 'quirkiness' in fiction is so intense as to practically constitute an allergy, and my previous encounters with Barker's books - the prize-winning Wide Open and Five Miles from Outer Hope - had been poisoned by whimsy. Indeed the latter, at about 160 pages, I didn't even manage to finish, so what hope for th …
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2007-08-23 13:30  People Aren t the Same, Wherever You Go
Blake Hounshell observes that, "As we watch official Washington distance itself from Nuri al-Maliki, we would do well to take another look at these prescient words from Pat Lang, who was never fooled by the Iraqi prime minister:" Finding ourselves in the wrong Iraq, Americans have stubbornly insisted that the real Iraqis should behave as our dream Iraqis would surely do. The result has been frustration, disappointment, and finally rage against the œcraziness � of the Iraqis. We are still acting …
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2007-08-23 13:20  Khaleej Times Online - Iraq calls for water treaty to avert crisis
DAMASCUS - Iraq on Thursday called for a water treaty with neighbours that share the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, saying a deal was needed to avoid a crisis. The two great rivers converge in Iraq and are its main water resource. Both flow south from Turkey, the Euphrates first winding through Syria while the Tigris passes straight into northern Iraq. œThe problem is growing and we need an agreement. There is speculation that the next regional war will be about water, but more conflict does not a …
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2007-08-21 11:05  Iraq and the Just War Theory: Why I choose not to support the anti-war movement.
I found this last night, I wrote it at the beginning of the US invasion in 2003 at that time I was opposed to the invasion of Iraq and was considering joining the anti-war movement in Dunedin. I posted it up on a newsgroup to get some answers from peace activists. I have edited it slightly and incorporated some of the responses I made to objections in the ensuing discussion into the main text.My views on permissibility the invasion have since changed. However I stand by what I said here: I was s …
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2007-08-20 14:02  Fighting the Wolves at the Door in Kurdistan
The recent attack against the Yazidi sect in northern Iraq (the worst terrorist attack inside the country since Saddam Hussein was overthrown) put the wolves trying to derail Iraq's economic recovery at Kurdistan's door [see my post Tragedy Knocks on Kurdistan's Door ]. If Kurdistan's economic boom is going to continue, the wolves are going to have to be kept at bay. During my first visit to Kurdistan, the wolves managed to sneak in long enough to set off a truck bomb in very close to the hotel …
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