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…
RT | 31 May 2016 The families of slain British soldiers might sue former UK PM Tony Blair if evidence suggests the equipment provided to the troops during the Iraq War was inadequate, Roger Bacon, father of an army serviceman killed in a roadside bomb blast, told RT. Bereaved relatives of UK servicemen and women…
Daily Mail | 22 May 2016 Tony Blair’s reputation will be seriously damaged by the upcoming Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, according to a senior source who has discussed the report with its authors. The report – which will finally be published on July 6 – will also deliver an ‘absolute brutal’ verdict on…
Scoop | 10 March 2016 By Gary G. Kohls, MD “Gulf War Syndrome refers to the complex of symptoms that affects veterans of the 1990-1991 Gulf War at significantly excess rates. It is characterized by multiple diverse symptoms not explained by established medical diagnoses or standard laboratory tests, symptoms that typically include a combination of…
RT | 30 Jan 2016 US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed that four airstrikes in Syria and Iraq last year “likely” resulted in five dead and eight injured civilians. However, the official figures fall far short of claims made by independent observers. According to CENTCOM, a “preponderance of evidence” suggests that civilian casualties occurred in…
Dissident Voice | 4 Jan 2016 Nothing justifies killing of innocent people. — Tony Blair, CNN, January 15th, 2015 A little over three months short of the thirteenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq (March 20th, 2003) now widely accepted as unlawful even by the former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, it has emerged that…
Aljazeera | 27 Dec 2015 An investigation into the role played by a retired US colonel in Iraq’s US-funded sectarian interrogation units. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ca1HsC6MH0&w=640&h=360] Sparked by Wikileaks’ release of classified US military documents, this investigation uncovers how the Pentagon sent James Steele, a US veteran of the “dirty wars” in Central America, to oversee sectarian…
RT | 17 Dec 2015 The US has urged Turkey to withdraw its “unauthorized” military forces from northern Iraq, calling on Ankara to respect the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. US Vice President Joe Biden has spoken to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi regarding Turkey’s troop deployments. “The Vice President reaffirmed the United States’ commitment…
VT | 4 Dec 2015 Iraqi PM: US Special Forces Deployment Considered Act of War ‘Hostile act:’ Iraqi PM denounces US ground forces deployment on Iraq’s territory Iraq has not requested that any country send ground troops into its territory and will regard any such move as a “hostile act,” the country’s prime minister, Haider…
Press TV | 3 Dec 2015 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV5q77LaeU4&w=640&h=360] The Iraqi prime minister warns that Baghdad would consider any foreign troop deployment to Iraq a act of aggression. Heidar al-Abadi says the government has NOT requested any foreign ground troops from any countries. Abadi on Tuesday also stressed that Iraq does not need foreign ground troops.…