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The US's occupation of Iraq will see to it that the Lion of Babylon rises again .. سنـُبعـَث ُ من جَديد ، وإلى ضَـيـرِِهِـم
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
Déjà vu
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Update:
Olbermann: Special Comment on Bush Speech January 12, 2007
"... what happened on January 10, 1967 ...
The big news story that night? President Lyndon B. Johnson's State of the Union address.
The topic that dominated all others: Vietnam.
I'm going to guide you to some excerpts of that address -- exactly 40 years ago tonight.
See how it compares to some of the excerpts from President Bush's speech that were just released minutes ago:
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: We have chosen to fight a limited war in Vietnam in an attempt to prevent a larger war--a war almost certain to follow, I believe, if the Communists succeed in overrunning and taking over South Vietnam by aggression and by force. I believe, and I am supported by some authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them later.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Tonight in Iraq, the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in a struggle that will determine the direction of the global war on terror – and our safety here at home. The new strategy I outline tonight will change America's course in Iraq, and help us succeed in the fight against terror.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: I wish I could report to you that the conflict is almost over. This I cannot do. We face more cost, more loss, and more agony. For the end is not yet. I cannot promise you that it will come this year--or come next year. Our adversary still believes, I think, tonight, that he can go on fighting longer than we can, and longer than we and our allies will be prepared to stand up and resist.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Our past efforts to secure Baghdad failed for two principal reasons: There were not enough Iraqi and American troops to secure neighborhoods that had been cleared of terrorists and insurgents. And there were too many restrictions on the troops we did have.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: Our South Vietnamese allies are also being tested tonight. Because they must provide real security to the people living in the countryside. And this means reducing the terrorism and the armed attacks which kidnaped and killed 26,900 civilians in the last 32 months, to levels where they can be successfully controlled by the regular South Vietnamese security forces. It means bringing to the villagers an effective civilian government that they can respect, and that they can rely upon and that they can participate in, and that they can have a personal stake in. We hope that government is now beginning to emerge.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Only the Iraqis can end the sectarian violence and secure their people. And their government has put forward an aggressive plan to do it.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: This forward movement is rooted in the ambitions and the interests of Asian nations themselves. It was precisely this movement that we hoped to accelerate when I spoke at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore in April 1965, and I pledged "a much more massive effort to improve the life of man" in that part of the world, in the hope that we could take some of the funds that we were spending on bullets and bombs and spend it on schools and production.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: A successful strategy for Iraq goes beyond military operations. Ordinary Iraqi citizens must see that military operations are accompanied by visible improvements in their neighborhoods and communities. So America will hold the Iraqi government to the benchmarks it has announced.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: We have chosen to fight a limited war in Vietnam in an attempt to prevent a larger war--a war almost certain to follow, I believe, if the Communists succeed in overrunning and taking over South Vietnam by aggression and by force. I believe, and I am supported by some authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them later.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: The challenge playing out across the broader Middle East is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of our time…In the long run, the most realistic way to protect the American people is to provide a hopeful alternative to the hateful ideology of the enemy – by advancing liberty across a troubled region.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: A time of testing--yes. And a time of transition. The transition is sometimes slow; sometimes unpopular; almost always very painful; and often quite dangerous. But we have lived with danger for a long time before, and we shall live with it for a long time yet to come. We know that "man is born unto trouble." We also know that this Nation was not forged and did not survive and grow and prosper without a great deal of sacrifice from a great many men.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Victory will not look like the ones our fathers and grandfathers achieved. There will be no surrender ceremony on the deck of a battleship…A democratic Iraq will not be perfect. But it will be a country that fights terrorists instead of harboring them – and it will help bring a future of peace and security for our children and grandchildren.
Not much to add here -- the words of Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush pretty much speak for themselves.
Update:
Olbermann: Special Comment on Bush Speech January 12, 2007
"... what happened on January 10, 1967 ...
The big news story that night? President Lyndon B. Johnson's State of the Union address.
The topic that dominated all others: Vietnam.
I'm going to guide you to some excerpts of that address -- exactly 40 years ago tonight.
See how it compares to some of the excerpts from President Bush's speech that were just released minutes ago:
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: We have chosen to fight a limited war in Vietnam in an attempt to prevent a larger war--a war almost certain to follow, I believe, if the Communists succeed in overrunning and taking over South Vietnam by aggression and by force. I believe, and I am supported by some authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them later.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Tonight in Iraq, the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in a struggle that will determine the direction of the global war on terror – and our safety here at home. The new strategy I outline tonight will change America's course in Iraq, and help us succeed in the fight against terror.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: I wish I could report to you that the conflict is almost over. This I cannot do. We face more cost, more loss, and more agony. For the end is not yet. I cannot promise you that it will come this year--or come next year. Our adversary still believes, I think, tonight, that he can go on fighting longer than we can, and longer than we and our allies will be prepared to stand up and resist.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Our past efforts to secure Baghdad failed for two principal reasons: There were not enough Iraqi and American troops to secure neighborhoods that had been cleared of terrorists and insurgents. And there were too many restrictions on the troops we did have.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: Our South Vietnamese allies are also being tested tonight. Because they must provide real security to the people living in the countryside. And this means reducing the terrorism and the armed attacks which kidnaped and killed 26,900 civilians in the last 32 months, to levels where they can be successfully controlled by the regular South Vietnamese security forces. It means bringing to the villagers an effective civilian government that they can respect, and that they can rely upon and that they can participate in, and that they can have a personal stake in. We hope that government is now beginning to emerge.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Only the Iraqis can end the sectarian violence and secure their people. And their government has put forward an aggressive plan to do it.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: This forward movement is rooted in the ambitions and the interests of Asian nations themselves. It was precisely this movement that we hoped to accelerate when I spoke at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore in April 1965, and I pledged "a much more massive effort to improve the life of man" in that part of the world, in the hope that we could take some of the funds that we were spending on bullets and bombs and spend it on schools and production.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: A successful strategy for Iraq goes beyond military operations. Ordinary Iraqi citizens must see that military operations are accompanied by visible improvements in their neighborhoods and communities. So America will hold the Iraqi government to the benchmarks it has announced.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: We have chosen to fight a limited war in Vietnam in an attempt to prevent a larger war--a war almost certain to follow, I believe, if the Communists succeed in overrunning and taking over South Vietnam by aggression and by force. I believe, and I am supported by some authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them later.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: The challenge playing out across the broader Middle East is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of our time…In the long run, the most realistic way to protect the American people is to provide a hopeful alternative to the hateful ideology of the enemy – by advancing liberty across a troubled region.
LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: A time of testing--yes. And a time of transition. The transition is sometimes slow; sometimes unpopular; almost always very painful; and often quite dangerous. But we have lived with danger for a long time before, and we shall live with it for a long time yet to come. We know that "man is born unto trouble." We also know that this Nation was not forged and did not survive and grow and prosper without a great deal of sacrifice from a great many men.
GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Victory will not look like the ones our fathers and grandfathers achieved. There will be no surrender ceremony on the deck of a battleship…A democratic Iraq will not be perfect. But it will be a country that fights terrorists instead of harboring them – and it will help bring a future of peace and security for our children and grandchildren.
Not much to add here -- the words of Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush pretty much speak for themselves.
Two things, though.
First of all, only 7,917 American troop had died in Vietnam through the end of 1966, or ten days before Johnson's speech. From the beginning of 1967 though the end of the war, an addition 50,285 -- more than six times as many -- Americans would lose their lives.
Also, and we're not endorsing this action by any means, then or now, but it is interesting to note that in that 1967 SOTU, LBJ also called for a 6 percent surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes to pay for the cost of the war. That's a level of responsibility -- and yes, sacrifice -- for war that our current president is unwilling to take."
"E-Day": It was 40 years ago today, January 10, 2006
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Imad,
I hate myself!
I noticed that I was waiting for el Khara's State of the Union address exactly I as I used to do waiting for Saddam addressing the Iraqis.
I nealy cried!
Truely history repeats itself and humans (leaders) never learn from past mistakes.
I saw your site (Iraqi expatriate scientists). How do you find the time for all that? I liked your reply to the man who was telling you Dr. so and so is angry! I salute you.
Love
I hate myself!
I noticed that I was waiting for el Khara's State of the Union address exactly I as I used to do waiting for Saddam addressing the Iraqis.
I nealy cried!
Truely history repeats itself and humans (leaders) never learn from past mistakes.
I saw your site (Iraqi expatriate scientists). How do you find the time for all that? I liked your reply to the man who was telling you Dr. so and so is angry! I salute you.
Love
# posted by 
: January 11, 2007 10:08 AM
: January 11, 2007 10:08 AM
xymphora, What 'surge' really means: I thought there was at least a chance that Bush would dance with the ones who brought him, and reject the latest version of the Zionist Plan for the Middle East. Apparently not. ...
... Just to confirm who is running things, there is a tiny reference in Bush’s speech to more for Israel:
“We will expand intelligence sharing – and deploy Patriot air defence systems to reassure our friends and allies.”
The neocons have been lying in the weeds, pretending to have been soundly defeated by the all-powerful American Establishment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Bush’s speech could have been – and probably was – written by Bill Kristol. The Zionist Plan for the Middle East continues, with the next step ensuring that Iraq breaks up. ...
Full text: Bush address on Iraq
... Just to confirm who is running things, there is a tiny reference in Bush’s speech to more for Israel:
“We will expand intelligence sharing – and deploy Patriot air defence systems to reassure our friends and allies.”
The neocons have been lying in the weeds, pretending to have been soundly defeated by the all-powerful American Establishment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Bush’s speech could have been – and probably was – written by Bill Kristol. The Zionist Plan for the Middle East continues, with the next step ensuring that Iraq breaks up. ...
Full text: Bush address on Iraq
Chris Floyd, Operation Cannon Fodder: Bush's Grand Delusion: So here's the plan from George W. Bush:
1.We're going to send some more troops, but not enough to make any kind of substantial difference in the disposal of forces on the ground.
2. The Iraqis are going to run their own military units now, but Americans will "back them up" in an escalation of horrific urban warfare against both Sunni and Shiite militias, in crowded civilian neighborhoods. (Just to show where the true balance of these forces will lie, the Americans are committing 20,000 additional troops; the Iraqis have pledged to scrape up 8,000 more somewhere. It looks like the "support" tail will still be wagging the attack dog.)
3. The Iraqis have been given a set of "benchmarks" they have to meet – including the all-important oil law – or else…or else…something or other will happen. (There is a "Plan B" should this new plan fail, Bush officials told the New York Times – but they won't say what it is. No doubt it's resting on the same shelf where Richard Nixon kept his "secret plan" for victory in Vietnam back in 1968.)
4. In any case, should the new plan fail, it was all Nouri al-Maliki's idea anyway.
5. And by the way, Iran is "materially helping" the insurgents kill Americans, so we will be fully justified in launching the military action against them that we are now preparing. (This is the real Plan B, of course; as we noted earlier, the Democrats are already gung-ho for a beat-down of Iran. When the new plan for Iraq goes FUBAR – as go FUBAR it must – the trigger will be pulled on Tehran.)
6. But the main thing is – a lot more Americans and Iraqis are about to die. And if you don't like it, you can lump it.
1.We're going to send some more troops, but not enough to make any kind of substantial difference in the disposal of forces on the ground.
2. The Iraqis are going to run their own military units now, but Americans will "back them up" in an escalation of horrific urban warfare against both Sunni and Shiite militias, in crowded civilian neighborhoods. (Just to show where the true balance of these forces will lie, the Americans are committing 20,000 additional troops; the Iraqis have pledged to scrape up 8,000 more somewhere. It looks like the "support" tail will still be wagging the attack dog.)
3. The Iraqis have been given a set of "benchmarks" they have to meet – including the all-important oil law – or else…or else…something or other will happen. (There is a "Plan B" should this new plan fail, Bush officials told the New York Times – but they won't say what it is. No doubt it's resting on the same shelf where Richard Nixon kept his "secret plan" for victory in Vietnam back in 1968.)
4. In any case, should the new plan fail, it was all Nouri al-Maliki's idea anyway.
5. And by the way, Iran is "materially helping" the insurgents kill Americans, so we will be fully justified in launching the military action against them that we are now preparing. (This is the real Plan B, of course; as we noted earlier, the Democrats are already gung-ho for a beat-down of Iran. When the new plan for Iraq goes FUBAR – as go FUBAR it must – the trigger will be pulled on Tehran.)
6. But the main thing is – a lot more Americans and Iraqis are about to die. And if you don't like it, you can lump it.
Dr. Meir Stieglitz, Israel ON the Brink: Israel is teeming with nuclear incitement. Nuclear incitement breeds nuclear use.
Ismael Hossein-zadeh, Why the US Is Not Leaving Iraq: The spoils of war and devastation in Iraq have been so attractive that an an extremely large number of war profiteers have set up shop in that country in order to participate in the booty: “There are about 100,000 government contractors operating in Iraq, not counting subcontractors, a total that is approaching the size of the U.S. military force there, according to the military's first census of the growing population of civilians operating in the battlefield,” reported The Washington Post in its 5 December 2006 issue.
The fact that powerful beneficiaries of war dividends flourish in an atmosphere of war and international convulsion should not come as a surprise to anyone. What is surprising is that, in the context of the recent US wars of choice, these beneficiaries have also acquired the power of promoting wars, often by manufacturing “external threats to our national interest.” In other words, profit-driven beneficiaries of war have also evolved as war makers, or contributors to war making.
The fact that powerful beneficiaries of war dividends flourish in an atmosphere of war and international convulsion should not come as a surprise to anyone. What is surprising is that, in the context of the recent US wars of choice, these beneficiaries have also acquired the power of promoting wars, often by manufacturing “external threats to our national interest.” In other words, profit-driven beneficiaries of war have also evolved as war makers, or contributors to war making.
Pepe Escobar, Surging toward the holy oil grail
I see the imminent death of 20,000 men,
That, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds ...
O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth."
Hamlet, Act IV; according to White House spin part of reading-adverse President George W Bush's book list during the summer of 2006.
I see the imminent death of 20,000 men,
That, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds ...
O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth."
Hamlet, Act IV; according to White House spin part of reading-adverse President George W Bush's book list during the summer of 2006.
Wayne Madsen, January 11, 2007 -- U.S. attack on Somalia the idea of Christian "neo-Crusaders" in Pentagon. [ . . . ]
This morning, the Bush administration admitted that no "Al Qaeda" suspects had been killed in US attacks on Somalia. However, Ethiopian opposition sources claim "thousands" of Somali civilians, including children, have been killed in the U.S. military campaign.
This morning, the Bush administration admitted that no "Al Qaeda" suspects had been killed in US attacks on Somalia. However, Ethiopian opposition sources claim "thousands" of Somali civilians, including children, have been killed in the U.S. military campaign.
Malcom Lagauche, SOMALIA AND IRAQ SHARE SIMILAR FATES: You may ask, "What does Somalia have to do with Iraq?" The answer is, "Plenty." In 1993, the United States, under the guise of a "humanitarian" mission, invaded and occupied Somalia. As with Iraq, the world's leading military superpower used its weapons to kill innocent people in their own country. Also, the United States demonized Somalia leader Mohamed Aidid much in the same way in which it discredited Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. ...
Robert Parry, The U.S.-Iran-Iraq-Israeli-Syrian War: Without doubt, Bush’s actions in the past two months – reaffirming his determination to succeed in Iraq and warning about a possible regional explosion if he fails – suggest that his future course is an escalation of the conflict, not some “graceful exit.”
Martin Fletcher, The Islamists were the one hope for Somalia: The US has a record of confronting Islamic movements. It backed Israel’s disastrous war against Hezbollah last summer. It never accepted the Palestinians’ election of a Hamas Government. It cold-shouldered Iran even when the relatively moderate Mohammed Khatami was President. In each case it succeeded only in boosting the extremists.
Robert Fisk, Bush's new strategy - the march of folly: "The one endeavour at which Islamic peoples excel is expelling imperial powers by terror and guerrilla war. They drove the Brits out of Palestine and Aden, the French out of Algeria, the Russians out of Afghanistan, the Americans out of Somalia and Beirut, the Israelis out of Lebanon... We have started up the road to empire and over the next hill we will meet those who went before."
Audio, "I'm Scared Out of My Mind" - Live From Iraq: Active Duty Army Sgt. Speaks Out Against War Escalation (Transcript also at link)
Ali al-Mawsawi, Baghdad plunges into darkness: The outage comes as Iraqi forces aided by U.S. troops are battling anti-U.S. rebels in streets just a stone’s throw from the heavily fortified Green Zone where the Americans and Iraqi government have their headquarters.
Pentagon abandons active-duty time limit
Senator Hagel: Bush speech worst blunder since Vietnam
US-Kurdish Standoff in Irbil — and US Evacuation?
Senator Hagel: Bush speech worst blunder since Vietnam
US-Kurdish Standoff in Irbil — and US Evacuation?
Condi: Iraq PM is 'on borrowed time' (...but she is confident he can give Iraq security. Go figure.)
Activists protest decision to send more troops: In New York's Times Square, hundreds of anti-war protesters crammed onto a traffic island, chanting: "Stop the funding, stop the war" as drivers in one of the world's most famous intersections honked in support.
Some demonstrators held signs depicting the president as a monkey. Others sold buttons that said "Peace."
Thursday's protests were cast as a prelude to a bigger gathering starting Jan. 27 in Washington, where demonstrators plan to urge Congress to stand up to Bush, said Hany Khalil, a spokesman of United for Peace and Justice.
Some demonstrators held signs depicting the president as a monkey. Others sold buttons that said "Peace."
Thursday's protests were cast as a prelude to a bigger gathering starting Jan. 27 in Washington, where demonstrators plan to urge Congress to stand up to Bush, said Hany Khalil, a spokesman of United for Peace and Justice.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul Seeks Presidency: He was one of a handful of Republicans to vote in 2002 against giving President Bush the authority to use military force in Iraq, contending that only Congress had the power to declare war. At times, he has voted against funds for the military.
Ron Paul: Next President Of The USA?: Texas Congressman enjoys support across political spectrum, anti-war pro-freedom hero represents America's last hope
Ron Paul: Next President Of The USA?: Texas Congressman enjoys support across political spectrum, anti-war pro-freedom hero represents America's last hope
بوش يبتز العرب بالعراق ويرفض «الابتزاز» السوري الإيراني
فتح الرئيس الاميركي جورج بوش المشهد الاقليمي على احتمالات تنذر بمخاطر متصاعدة، مع تأكيده على استعراض عضلاته في العراق والمنطقة العربية عموما وتلويحه بالعمل على مواجهة النفوذ السوري والايراني من دون استبعاد الخيار العسكري، ما يعكس تمسكه بالعقلية التي تحكم ادارته رغم التخبط الميداني على أرض الواقع في العراق، والسقوط السياسي المدوي في الداخل المتمثل بتصاعد الاعتراضات الديموقراطية والجمهورية على خياراته العراقية.
فتح الرئيس الاميركي جورج بوش المشهد الاقليمي على احتمالات تنذر بمخاطر متصاعدة، مع تأكيده على استعراض عضلاته في العراق والمنطقة العربية عموما وتلويحه بالعمل على مواجهة النفوذ السوري والايراني من دون استبعاد الخيار العسكري، ما يعكس تمسكه بالعقلية التي تحكم ادارته رغم التخبط الميداني على أرض الواقع في العراق، والسقوط السياسي المدوي في الداخل المتمثل بتصاعد الاعتراضات الديموقراطية والجمهورية على خياراته العراقية.
الاخ الفاضل د. عماد
لقد سبق لي وان تركت تعليقا" في موقع شلش قبل مع اشعار عباس جيجان لا أعلم ان كان قد وصله أم لا ,والأن انا ارسل له هذه الرسالة واترجاك أن توصها له أن امكن , سواء بنشرها عندك او في موقعه أو بأعلامه بها , انت حر التصرف متفضلا" علي بذلك , اتمنى ان يعاود الكتابة في موقعه , فأنا اؤمن ان الناس بحاجة ماسة لكلماته ستكون الرسالة عبارة عن تعليق كامل
دمت سالما"
لقد سبق لي وان تركت تعليقا" في موقع شلش قبل مع اشعار عباس جيجان لا أعلم ان كان قد وصله أم لا ,والأن انا ارسل له هذه الرسالة واترجاك أن توصها له أن امكن , سواء بنشرها عندك او في موقعه أو بأعلامه بها , انت حر التصرف متفضلا" علي بذلك , اتمنى ان يعاود الكتابة في موقعه , فأنا اؤمن ان الناس بحاجة ماسة لكلماته ستكون الرسالة عبارة عن تعليق كامل
دمت سالما"
رسالة الى شلش العراقي
الله يساعدك شلش, شلونك ؟ ان شاء الله زين , ماعندك الا كل خير ان شاء الله .
دزيتلك قبل هسه تعليق على شعر جيجان الي نزل بمدونتك , ما أعرف وصلك قريته لو لا ؟
بس راح اعيد الحجي من البداية , انا كنت ما اعرفك من كنت عايش بالعراق , ما عرفتك الا شهر ايلول الماضي , عرفتني عليك "فرشته " , انت ما تعرف فرشته بس هي تعرفك وتتابع كل مقالاتك , احنا صح عايشين بلندن بس كلوبنا بالعراق , هي صارلها هنا اكثر من 12 سنة بس عراقية اكثر من جمعيتنا الوطنية بهواي .
أول مقال قريته الك كان عن لص الجادرية وابنه كتكوت الحوزة , من يومها وانا مدمن قرأة ما تكتب .
طالت غيبتك ما نويت ترجع ؟ بقى بالنا يمك , فرشته تكول :أخاف راح بتفجيرات السوق الاخيرة بالثورة ؟يعني هي التفجيرات ما لكت غيرك حتا تاخذه ؟
ساعة أكول اخاف السيد هد عليه المزعطة مالته , كلهم هاذا حرام , يعني قابل انت أعز من الطوبة , اذا هي الطوبة صارت حرام .
وساعة اكول تولوه الارهابيين , كالوا هذا بدعة وكل بدعة ضلالة و علسوه للرجال, ونبقى احنا بالظيم .
مرات اكول اخاف الحكومة سوتها وكطعته عنا , يعني ما كافي الماي و الكهرباء و الامان و الوقود وهواي شغلات ما أتذكرها , انوب هم انت يكطعوك بعد , بس يسويها البخت , الحكومة تريد مصلحة الناس فتسوي كل شي .
ساعة اكول راح للزيارة , هي الزيارات ما تخلص , بس كل الي راحوا يرجعون , بس انت ماكو , ومره اكول هاجر , اي وين رحت ؟ يعني معقولة نسيت؟ حتى الي ينسى يذكروه , معقوله يأست ! انت كنت نتطي للناس امل !
شلش ؛مو لخاطري بس لخاطر هالعراقيين الفقرة , قبل شويه كنت اقرا مقالاتك عن الحل المستحيل والمصالحة الوطنية , وصفك دقيق لصورة الناس , كنت اشوف الالم و التعب بعيونهم , لخاطرهم ارجع , والله الناس محتاجيك .
لخاطر كل الي انكتلوا و عافوا ايتام , ماتكسر الخاطر دمعة ايتامك ؟ يعني هو بخت العراقيين ينحرمون من كلشي , على كولة الملا عبود : الدادة أم البخت خلخالها يدوي ويدش …وانا استادي لو زعل يمعش شعر راسي معش ….هم هاي دنيا وتنكضي وحساب اكو تاليها ؟
مو حقه ملا عبود , اي لخاطر ملا عبود والله عيب تفشله والرجال جايك ويدك بابك , زين لخاطر فرشته , والله تحبك تموت عليك , لحد هسه اذكر رادت تموت من الضحك من انت كتله لأبو اسراء :خو ما جدك نابليون , لخاطيرها فرحها وارجعلنا
يابا اذا تريدها فضل , ارجع وفضلك مغطينا , تريد نتوسل ؟ هذا انا اتوسل بيك , أحسبها كداوة , انا راضيها لنفسي , خلي العالم تكول علي مجدي
والله انا ما اعرف أكتب مثلك وحتى لو أعرف ,الناس تريد شلش العراقي مو
A&Eiraqi
الله عليك اكو واحد يقرا لواحد كل كتاباته كأيبه , بس شسوي غير افرغ الظيم , شلش عاد فضها وارجع تره نشفت ريكي .
انا الي علي كلت كل الي اقدر عليه وبعد تبقى انت وضميرك , بس يرضى ضميرك , عبد العزيز وعصابة العباءة السوداء من صفحة و جماعة الدليمي من صفحة وسروال الكاكا مسعود من كتر وغير ظيم الضاري وربعه ومقتدى والمزعطة مالته , هذولي كلهم يتولون الناس وانت ما ترد عليهم .
بعد بكيفك , الي يناسبك سويه , بس احنا منتظريك
دمت سالما" يا شلش العراقي
اخوك المحب
A&Eiraqi
London 14.01. 1007
الله يساعدك شلش, شلونك ؟ ان شاء الله زين , ماعندك الا كل خير ان شاء الله .
دزيتلك قبل هسه تعليق على شعر جيجان الي نزل بمدونتك , ما أعرف وصلك قريته لو لا ؟
بس راح اعيد الحجي من البداية , انا كنت ما اعرفك من كنت عايش بالعراق , ما عرفتك الا شهر ايلول الماضي , عرفتني عليك "فرشته " , انت ما تعرف فرشته بس هي تعرفك وتتابع كل مقالاتك , احنا صح عايشين بلندن بس كلوبنا بالعراق , هي صارلها هنا اكثر من 12 سنة بس عراقية اكثر من جمعيتنا الوطنية بهواي .
أول مقال قريته الك كان عن لص الجادرية وابنه كتكوت الحوزة , من يومها وانا مدمن قرأة ما تكتب .
طالت غيبتك ما نويت ترجع ؟ بقى بالنا يمك , فرشته تكول :أخاف راح بتفجيرات السوق الاخيرة بالثورة ؟يعني هي التفجيرات ما لكت غيرك حتا تاخذه ؟
ساعة أكول اخاف السيد هد عليه المزعطة مالته , كلهم هاذا حرام , يعني قابل انت أعز من الطوبة , اذا هي الطوبة صارت حرام .
وساعة اكول تولوه الارهابيين , كالوا هذا بدعة وكل بدعة ضلالة و علسوه للرجال, ونبقى احنا بالظيم .
مرات اكول اخاف الحكومة سوتها وكطعته عنا , يعني ما كافي الماي و الكهرباء و الامان و الوقود وهواي شغلات ما أتذكرها , انوب هم انت يكطعوك بعد , بس يسويها البخت , الحكومة تريد مصلحة الناس فتسوي كل شي .
ساعة اكول راح للزيارة , هي الزيارات ما تخلص , بس كل الي راحوا يرجعون , بس انت ماكو , ومره اكول هاجر , اي وين رحت ؟ يعني معقولة نسيت؟ حتى الي ينسى يذكروه , معقوله يأست ! انت كنت نتطي للناس امل !
شلش ؛مو لخاطري بس لخاطر هالعراقيين الفقرة , قبل شويه كنت اقرا مقالاتك عن الحل المستحيل والمصالحة الوطنية , وصفك دقيق لصورة الناس , كنت اشوف الالم و التعب بعيونهم , لخاطرهم ارجع , والله الناس محتاجيك .
لخاطر كل الي انكتلوا و عافوا ايتام , ماتكسر الخاطر دمعة ايتامك ؟ يعني هو بخت العراقيين ينحرمون من كلشي , على كولة الملا عبود : الدادة أم البخت خلخالها يدوي ويدش …وانا استادي لو زعل يمعش شعر راسي معش ….هم هاي دنيا وتنكضي وحساب اكو تاليها ؟
مو حقه ملا عبود , اي لخاطر ملا عبود والله عيب تفشله والرجال جايك ويدك بابك , زين لخاطر فرشته , والله تحبك تموت عليك , لحد هسه اذكر رادت تموت من الضحك من انت كتله لأبو اسراء :خو ما جدك نابليون , لخاطيرها فرحها وارجعلنا
يابا اذا تريدها فضل , ارجع وفضلك مغطينا , تريد نتوسل ؟ هذا انا اتوسل بيك , أحسبها كداوة , انا راضيها لنفسي , خلي العالم تكول علي مجدي
والله انا ما اعرف أكتب مثلك وحتى لو أعرف ,الناس تريد شلش العراقي مو
A&Eiraqi
الله عليك اكو واحد يقرا لواحد كل كتاباته كأيبه , بس شسوي غير افرغ الظيم , شلش عاد فضها وارجع تره نشفت ريكي .
انا الي علي كلت كل الي اقدر عليه وبعد تبقى انت وضميرك , بس يرضى ضميرك , عبد العزيز وعصابة العباءة السوداء من صفحة و جماعة الدليمي من صفحة وسروال الكاكا مسعود من كتر وغير ظيم الضاري وربعه ومقتدى والمزعطة مالته , هذولي كلهم يتولون الناس وانت ما ترد عليهم .
بعد بكيفك , الي يناسبك سويه , بس احنا منتظريك
دمت سالما" يا شلش العراقي
اخوك المحب
A&Eiraqi
London 14.01. 1007
Dear Dr.Immad
I don't know how to thank you , I'm really greatfull for your help in publishing my letter to Shalash,
I have a hope that he will write again.
Thanks alot
God bless you and every Iraqi
I don't know how to thank you , I'm really greatfull for your help in publishing my letter to Shalash,
I have a hope that he will write again.
Thanks alot
God bless you and every Iraqi
US military strike on Iran seen by April ’07; Sea-launched attack to hit oil, N-sites: Recent statements emanating from the United States indicate the Bush administration’s new strategy for Iraq doesn’t include any proposal to make a compromise or negotiate with Syria or Iran. A reliable source said President Bush recently held a meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice and other assistants in the White House where they discussed the plan to attack Iran in minute detail.
Film of Saddam aides' hanging shown: Tony Blair's official spokesman today said Britain remained opposed to capital punishment, but it was a sovereign choice for Iraq. "Our position on the death penalty is well known. We've made our position known to the Iraqi government," he said.
(Tony Blair, "opposed to capital punishment", is a mendacious, hypocritical war criminal.)
More than 34,000 Iraqis killed last year (Sounds like a very conservative estimate)
Rice receives cautious Saudi backing for Iraq plan
Bush prepares State of the Union address [Tuesday, 23 January]: "President Bush will use the State of the Union to unveil a positive, comprehensive agenda that will improve the daily lives of the American people and explain how our actions in the world will make our nation safer and better," White House counselor Dan Bartlett said.
(The world waits with baited breath.)
(Tony Blair, "opposed to capital punishment", is a mendacious, hypocritical war criminal.)
More than 34,000 Iraqis killed last year (Sounds like a very conservative estimate)
Rice receives cautious Saudi backing for Iraq plan
Bush prepares State of the Union address [Tuesday, 23 January]: "President Bush will use the State of the Union to unveil a positive, comprehensive agenda that will improve the daily lives of the American people and explain how our actions in the world will make our nation safer and better," White House counselor Dan Bartlett said.
(The world waits with baited breath.)
U.S. and Iraqis Are Wrangling Over War Plans: American military officials have spent days huddled in meetings with Iraqi officers in a race to turn blueprints drawn up in Washington into a plan that will work on the ground in Baghdad.
Service members join war protest
Colonel Sam Gardiner, Escalation Against Iran; The Pieces Are Being Put in Place: ... They’ll be in place by the end of February. The United States will be able to escalate military operations against Iran.
The second carrier strike group leaves the U.S. west coast on January 16. It will be joined by naval mine clearing assets from both the United States and the UK. Patriot missile defense systems have also been ordered to deploy to the Gulf.
Colonel Sam Gardiner, Escalation Against Iran; The Pieces Are Being Put in Place: ... They’ll be in place by the end of February. The United States will be able to escalate military operations against Iran.
The second carrier strike group leaves the U.S. west coast on January 16. It will be joined by naval mine clearing assets from both the United States and the UK. Patriot missile defense systems have also been ordered to deploy to the Gulf.
BBC accused of covering up De Menezes shooting: The cousin of the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician said the broadcaster wanted people to "forget" the killing.
Michael T. Klare, The Pentagon as an Energy-Protection Racket: Unlike Islamo-fascism, Energo-fascism will, in time, affect nearly every person on the planet. Either we will be compelled to participate in or finance foreign wars to secure vital supplies of energy, such as the current conflict in Iraq; or we will be at the mercy of those who control the energy spigot ... . This is not simply some future dystopian nightmare, but a potentially all-encompassing reality whose basic features, largely unnoticed, are developing today.
Disease alert after Baghdad sewage system collapses
Baghdad university bombs kill at least 65
Suicide car bomb kills 17 in Baghdad
Baghdad university bombs kill at least 65
Suicide car bomb kills 17 in Baghdad
xymphora, Further reflections on the 'surge'
1. Just as I thought, American legislators are drawing their ‘line in the sand’ at Iran. The ‘Iran talk’ had the desired effect of giving Bush a pass on his Iraq plans, as long as he doesn’t attack Iran. The Democrat trick is to make a big deal about Iran so Bush can get away with his Zionist plan to break up Iraq by increasing the violence levels. ...
2. How many deadlines have we now passed that ‘experts’ assured us would be the certain start of an attack on Iran?
3. For a supposedly important speech, Bush’s ‘surge’ speech was remarkably vague. It is almost impossible to determine what he intends to do (which may in part reflect the fact that his military advisors were unable to tell him what they could do, especially given that there aren’t even enough additional troops for a surge-let). The summary seems to be that the Americans are going to kill a lot more Sunnis, and the Iraqi government is supposed to rein in the Shi’ite militias, by diplomacy or otherwise (something which we know will never happen, but which appears to be a bone thrown to the Saudis). The upshot is that the ultimate position of Iran in Iraqi politics will be strengthened.
4. Of course, Americans have neither the technical ability, nor the motivation, to figure out who they are killing before they kill. Sunnis, Shi’ites, they all look the same at the end of a gun.
5. The two big fault lines in Iraq are Sunni vs. Shi’ite, and Kurd vs. Rest of Iraq. The Zionist goal is to have both of these break, but the irony is that the second one is holding the first one together. The Rest of Iraq ... – Sunnis and Shi’ites – doesn’t want the Kurds to get away with stealing the Kirkuk oil fields. They are thus inclined to stick together to keep the whole country together. The Kurds themselves seem to realize that separation means defeat at the hands of the Turks (Iran also wants the Kurds to stay in an Iraqi federation, as a separate Kurdistan will want to annex northern Iran). Despite American/Zionist violence, various pressures continue to hold the country together. [ . . . ]
1. Just as I thought, American legislators are drawing their ‘line in the sand’ at Iran. The ‘Iran talk’ had the desired effect of giving Bush a pass on his Iraq plans, as long as he doesn’t attack Iran. The Democrat trick is to make a big deal about Iran so Bush can get away with his Zionist plan to break up Iraq by increasing the violence levels. ...
2. How many deadlines have we now passed that ‘experts’ assured us would be the certain start of an attack on Iran?
3. For a supposedly important speech, Bush’s ‘surge’ speech was remarkably vague. It is almost impossible to determine what he intends to do (which may in part reflect the fact that his military advisors were unable to tell him what they could do, especially given that there aren’t even enough additional troops for a surge-let). The summary seems to be that the Americans are going to kill a lot more Sunnis, and the Iraqi government is supposed to rein in the Shi’ite militias, by diplomacy or otherwise (something which we know will never happen, but which appears to be a bone thrown to the Saudis). The upshot is that the ultimate position of Iran in Iraqi politics will be strengthened.
4. Of course, Americans have neither the technical ability, nor the motivation, to figure out who they are killing before they kill. Sunnis, Shi’ites, they all look the same at the end of a gun.
5. The two big fault lines in Iraq are Sunni vs. Shi’ite, and Kurd vs. Rest of Iraq. The Zionist goal is to have both of these break, but the irony is that the second one is holding the first one together. The Rest of Iraq ... – Sunnis and Shi’ites – doesn’t want the Kurds to get away with stealing the Kirkuk oil fields. They are thus inclined to stick together to keep the whole country together. The Kurds themselves seem to realize that separation means defeat at the hands of the Turks (Iran also wants the Kurds to stay in an Iraqi federation, as a separate Kurdistan will want to annex northern Iran). Despite American/Zionist violence, various pressures continue to hold the country together. [ . . . ]
“When will this Nightmare End?” ... Bush’s real intention is not security but terrorizing the civilian population into submission. It's a textbook example of military pacification.* As one 55 year old resident of Haifa queried, "Is this the new paradise the Americans said they would give us when they invaded our country?" Then he added, "When is this nightmare going to end"?
Another article which appeared in Azzaman news service, "US Warplanes bomb Baghdad as Street Battles Rage", provides a similar account of US attacks on neighborhoods in the capital:
"US troops are deploying massive air and ground fire against heavily populated residential areas in Baghdad as a prelude to the start of a campaign to retake the city they invaded nearly 4 years ago….The victims have been innocent Iraqis and the city’s rickety infrastructure. Witnesses’ say US bombing has already knocked out several power lines and water mains in these areas."
"The sky is burning," said one witness who refused to be named for fear of revenge.
Nothing the Bush administration says can be trusted. To fully understand current policy in Iraq, one must follow events on the ground, that’s where the truth lies.
The war in Iraq is not an "ideological struggle against Islamic extremism", as Bush avers, but a brutal colonial war aimed at Iraqi civilians; the rest is merely smoke and mirrors.
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* Disgusting beyond all other manipulative & bloody military doublespeak: 'Pacification'.
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Another article which appeared in Azzaman news service, "US Warplanes bomb Baghdad as Street Battles Rage", provides a similar account of US attacks on neighborhoods in the capital:
"US troops are deploying massive air and ground fire against heavily populated residential areas in Baghdad as a prelude to the start of a campaign to retake the city they invaded nearly 4 years ago….The victims have been innocent Iraqis and the city’s rickety infrastructure. Witnesses’ say US bombing has already knocked out several power lines and water mains in these areas."
"The sky is burning," said one witness who refused to be named for fear of revenge.
Nothing the Bush administration says can be trusted. To fully understand current policy in Iraq, one must follow events on the ground, that’s where the truth lies.
The war in Iraq is not an "ideological struggle against Islamic extremism", as Bush avers, but a brutal colonial war aimed at Iraqi civilians; the rest is merely smoke and mirrors.
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* Disgusting beyond all other manipulative & bloody military doublespeak: 'Pacification'.
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