Notices tagged with iraq
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@question What are you discussing about #Iraq? (What a coincidence that 'Vend' and 'Iraq' are each other's #ROT13 doubles.)
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"Al-Abadi has abolished the office or rank of 'general commander of the armed forces' This position was created by al-Maliki and is his baby. (Al-Maliki is said to have arranged for the uniformed military to report directly to the PM). Al-Abadi also opposes the appointment of Badr Corps militia leader Hadi al-Amiri as minister of the Interior (i.e. head of internal securi…
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11 years ago in !history: invasion of #Iraq (by an invasion force led by the #US), "the Center for Public Integrity alleges that the #Bush administration made a total of #935 #false statements between 2001 and 2003 about Iraq's alleged threat to the US" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_war_2 #tomorrow
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"in #2003: !Chomsky adds however that this attack (1) will only go ahead if #Iran is perceived as unable to fight back and that this has encouraged Iran to undertake the development of #nuclear weapons just as #Iraq was encouraged to do so by the #Israeli bombing of the Osirak reactor in #1981. (1) If the establishment of a new regime in Iraq is successful he postulates t…
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"It is in #Iraq that the shift in US #policy is best exemplified, where Washington is now arming the Shia and pro-Iranian regime (of Nour al-Maliki) with 36 Lockheed Martin F-16IQ Block 52 #fighters to combat the same Sunni Al Qaeda forces that were, until recently, employed as #its proxies in neighbouring Syria."
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♻ @rms #Iraq bans ten TV channels http://ur1.ca/dvm0u #censorship !secular state #fail