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Category Archives: Iraq
Deadliest Year After 2008 in Iraq
Iraq Body Count’s (IBC) visual update yesterday of total numbers of killed civilians in Iraq since 2003 was long overdue. The many reports that 2013 was the deadliest year after 2008 had not been properly illustrated since so-far not confirmed … Continue reading
CIA Assisted Saddam As He Used WMD Against Iran
It is still not clear who actually used chemical weapons near Damascus last week which killed hundreds of civilians, but a new alliance of the willing under commander-in-chief Barack Obama seems to seriously prepare for the next adventure in the … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq, USA
Tagged April Glaspie, CIA, Donald Rumsfeld, Iran-Iraq war, Kuwait, Mohammad Mosaddeq, mustard gas, Operation Ajax, Saddam Hussein, sarin, WikiLeaks, WMD
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Ten Years On
It’s ten years after G.W. Bush and his allies (UK, Australia and a “coalition of the willing”) attacked Iraq and quickly toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime. The war was illegal, weapons of mass destruction have never been found, at least 130,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq, Kuwait, UK, USA
Tagged Bradley Manning, Coalition of the willing, Iraq war, Iraq War Logs, war crimes, WikiLeaks, WMD
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Turkey Shoot
On the night between 26 and 27 of February 1991 a massacre took place on highway 80 in Kuwait. Thousands of Iraqis had been caught in a long convoy while retreating to the Iraqi border. American airplanes had first blasted … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq, Kuwait, USA
Tagged Highway of Death, Jarhead, Operation Desert Storm, Sam MendesNorman Schwarzkopf, Turkey Shoot, war crime
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