Prof Michel Chossudovsky | 4 June 2017 Amnesty International give humanitarian cover to US and allies support for ISIS Management and Logistical Failure? Quoting a recently declassified US government audit, Amnesty International reports that the US Army “has failed to keep tabs on more than $1 billion worth of arms and other military equipment” channelled to Iraq under…
Common Dreams | 13 July 2016 In Attempt to Dodge Suit, White House Argues Funding War Makes War Legal. U.S. Army captain sued President Obama over legality of sprawling ISIS conflict. A lawsuit filed earlier this year charging President Barack Obama with waging an illegal war against the Islamic State (or ISIS) was met on…
Counter Punch | 8 July 2016 After seven years, the Chilcot report has delivered a damning verdict on Tony Blair’s role in the war on Iraq, but British Prime Ministers playing a destructive role in Iraq is a centuries old practice. Britain has used its military might and commercial prowess to subjugate Iraq and control…
The Guardian | 7 July 2016 Tony Blair says he did not know military action would be disastrous. In truth, he was warned many times Tony Blair is damned. We have seen establishment whitewashes in the past: from Bloody Sunday to Hillsborough, officialdom has repeatedly conspired to smother truth in the interests of the powerful.…
Antiwar | 10 July 2016 Gag Order Seen Worsening Morale After Report on Iraq Disaster The Chilcot Inquiry, a British government report on the illegality of the 2003 US-UK invasion and occupation of Iraq, is a huge issue in Britain, a country which has more than its share of huge issues lately. But while the…
Business Insider | 5 July 2016 LETTERS TO TONY BLAIR: Saddam Hussein’s lawyer wrote these letters as part of a plan for the Iraqi leader to step down before war was declared — but Blair ignored them Between the years of 2003 and 2011, more than 461,000 people died as a result the Iraq war. In the…
RT | 6 July 2016 The long-awaited findings of Sir John Chilcot’s inquiry into the invasion of Iraq by Britain in 2003 were finally published on Wednesday. Follow the reaction to Chilcot’s revelations throughout the day with our LIVE updates here on RT.com It has taken seven years, £10 million (US$ 13 million) and 2.6 million…
The Herald Scotland | 3 July 2016 by Alex Slamond In normal political times Wednesday would see the most dramatic event of the year. Thirteen years after the Iraq war and seven years after the start of his Inquiry, Sir John Chilcot will deliver his findings. In particular for the relatives of the 179 service…
Felicity Arbuthnot | 3 July 2016 The International Criminal Court (ICC) will not prosecute Tony Blair but Parliament could “But then, once in a lifetime the longed for tidal wave of justice can rise up,and hope and history rhyme. Believe that a further shore is reachable from here. Believe in miracles.” (Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013, “The Cure at Troy.”) In an astonishing…
Global Research | 7 June 2016 “It’s really 19th century behavior in the 21st century. You don’t just invade another country on phony pretexts in order to assert your interests.” (John Kerry, “Meet the Press, 2nd March 2014.) If “a week is a long time in politics”, a quote attributed to British Prime Minister Harold Wilson (1964-1970 and…