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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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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
من هالمال حمل جمال .. إطار الإذعان وإتفاق الهوان
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The above are the Agreements for the "Strategic Framework" and the SOFA in Arabic. But then,
"The Bush administration has adopted a much looser interpretation than the Iraqi government of several key provisions of the pending U.S.-Iraq security agreement, U.S. officials said Tuesday — just hours before the Iraqi parliament was to hold its historic vote.These include a provision that bans the launch of attacks on other countries from Iraq, a requirement to notify the Iraqis in advance of U.S. military operations and the question of Iraqi legal jurisdiction over American troops and military contractors.
Officials in Washington said the administration has withheld the official English translation of the agreement in an effort to suppress a public dispute with the Iraqis until after the Iraqi parliament votes."
U.S. staying silent on its view of Iraq pact until after vote November 25, 2008
Finally, this is the English version of SOFA. We have not had the time yet to compare it with the Arabic version.
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Israel asks Bush to explain its 'special relationship' with U.S. to Obama (Yes. It needs a lot of explaining.)
Wayne Madsen Report -
November 25, 2008 -- Bush reported to be drinking heavy: With less than two months remaining in office, George W. Bush, witnessing a devastating defeat for the Republican Party, worse favorability ratings than those of Richard Nixon at the height of the Watergate scandal, and the most devastating economic situation since the Great Depression, is reported by a number of well-placed sources in Washington as drinking heavily.
After having tried to explain away the collapse of several Wall Street brokerage houses by saying, "Wall Street got drunk," it appears that it is Bush who is suffering from bouts of drunkenness.
According to informed sources who spoke to WMR, Bush was visibly drunk at the recent G-20 economic summit in Washington and at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Chinese President Hu Jintao, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper were among the world leaders who had the chance to witness an inebriated Bush both at the G-20 and APEC summits. [ . . . ]
November 25, 2008 -- Bush reported to be drinking heavy: With less than two months remaining in office, George W. Bush, witnessing a devastating defeat for the Republican Party, worse favorability ratings than those of Richard Nixon at the height of the Watergate scandal, and the most devastating economic situation since the Great Depression, is reported by a number of well-placed sources in Washington as drinking heavily.
After having tried to explain away the collapse of several Wall Street brokerage houses by saying, "Wall Street got drunk," it appears that it is Bush who is suffering from bouts of drunkenness.
According to informed sources who spoke to WMR, Bush was visibly drunk at the recent G-20 economic summit in Washington and at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Chinese President Hu Jintao, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper were among the world leaders who had the chance to witness an inebriated Bush both at the G-20 and APEC summits. [ . . . ]
Israeli retracts calls to kill Ahmadinejad:
An aide to Moshe Ya'alon says calls by the Israeli figure for the assassination of Iran's president have been taken 'out of context'.
An aide to Moshe Ya'alon says calls by the Israeli figure for the assassination of Iran's president have been taken 'out of context'.
Iraq Delays Vote on Security Pact: Iraqi lawmakers gave no immediate explanation for delaying the vote on Wednesday; it had already been postponed from Monday. ...
Much is at stake for the country, which still relies on American forces to fight the remnants of the insurgency ... . (emphasis added)
If the pact fails to win approval, the United States military will have no legal basis to continue operations in Iraq after Dec. 31, when the United Nations resolution governing the foreign military presence expires.
Much is at stake for the country, which still relies on American forces to fight the remnants of the insurgency ... . (emphasis added)
If the pact fails to win approval, the United States military will have no legal basis to continue operations in Iraq after Dec. 31, when the United Nations resolution governing the foreign military presence expires.
Bush Mum on Loose Interpretation of Iraq Pact: ... [T]he Bush Administration reportedly has one last trick up its sleeve: a remarkably loose interpretation of several key clauses. Part of the reason the administration has kept the terms of the deal a closely guarded secret in the US, even refusing to provide Congress with a copy, is to avoid bringing up their fast and loose interpretation of the text before the Iraqi Cabinet has time to push it through parliament with their own more advantageous perspective on the draft.
Citing several anonymous officials, McClatchy reports some of the disputed areas. Though it had already been speculated that the US could effectively bypass the clause on giving Iraq jurisdiction over “off-duty” troops by retroactively declaring any troops who commit crimes “on-duty,” the White House sees the “court procedures” the SOFA calls for the negotiation of taking easily three years: long enough that the SOFA would expire before they’d be put into action.
Beyond that, a provision guaranteeing the US the right of “self defense” is seen as a way to circumvent the explicit ban on using Iraqi soil to attack its neighbors. One of the officials apparently volunteered his concerns that Iran might get wind of the “loophole” and return to their more vociferous opposition to the pact. They also envision the requirement to notify Iraq before any planned operation as requiring only very rough reporting: for instance a plan to attack somewhere in a province sometime in a given month.
Citing several anonymous officials, McClatchy reports some of the disputed areas. Though it had already been speculated that the US could effectively bypass the clause on giving Iraq jurisdiction over “off-duty” troops by retroactively declaring any troops who commit crimes “on-duty,” the White House sees the “court procedures” the SOFA calls for the negotiation of taking easily three years: long enough that the SOFA would expire before they’d be put into action.
Beyond that, a provision guaranteeing the US the right of “self defense” is seen as a way to circumvent the explicit ban on using Iraqi soil to attack its neighbors. One of the officials apparently volunteered his concerns that Iran might get wind of the “loophole” and return to their more vociferous opposition to the pact. They also envision the requirement to notify Iraq before any planned operation as requiring only very rough reporting: for instance a plan to attack somewhere in a province sometime in a given month.
FROM ABOVE LINK -
"The opposition to this is not about [the security agreement], it's about Maliki," says a senior US official.
(Highly questionable interpretation, regardless of Maliki's standing in Iraq.)
"The opposition to this is not about [the security agreement], it's about Maliki," says a senior US official.
(Highly questionable interpretation, regardless of Maliki's standing in Iraq.)
Director of Al Shifa Hospital to PNN: without power patients expected to die: The director of Gaza’s largest hospital told PNN Tuesday that 90 patients will be “exposed to inevitable death” without electricity. He said that while there are many more people in the hospital, 90 of them cannot last an hour without electricity.
Seventy patients in the hospital are on kidney dialysis, who Dr. Ashour says that without power will die within a week due to poisoning.
The most serious problem, says Dr. Ashour, lies in the lack of natural gas which is expected to run out within two days at the most. "Patients on oxygen will not last more than an hour without it."
Seventy patients in the hospital are on kidney dialysis, who Dr. Ashour says that without power will die within a week due to poisoning.
The most serious problem, says Dr. Ashour, lies in the lack of natural gas which is expected to run out within two days at the most. "Patients on oxygen will not last more than an hour without it."
Terror attacks in Mumbai; 80 dead, over 900 injured
Mossad behind the mass terror attack in Mumbai, India?
BRITS SAY ISRAEL STAGED 1976 ENTEBE HIJACKING
Israel hijack role 'was queried'
THE LAVON AFFAIR: IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF? In 1954, Israeli agents working in Egypt planted bombs in several buildings, including a United States diplomatic facility, and left evidence behind implicating Arabs as the culprits. ...
UN General Assembly President Calls for Boycott of Israel
Mossad behind the mass terror attack in Mumbai, India?
BRITS SAY ISRAEL STAGED 1976 ENTEBE HIJACKING
Israel hijack role 'was queried'
THE LAVON AFFAIR: IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF? In 1954, Israeli agents working in Egypt planted bombs in several buildings, including a United States diplomatic facility, and left evidence behind implicating Arabs as the culprits. ...
UN General Assembly President Calls for Boycott of Israel
AMSI: The Resistance will continue till the exit of the occupiers
[COMMENT by WRM] -
Our kids were supposed to come home end of next month when the UN mandate expired. And, there is no reason for them not to since there never were any weapons of mass destruction and Saddam is now dead anyway.
So, the arm twisting done by the United States to "convince" the Iraqi government to sign the security agreement has one immediate and inevitable consequence. Those groups within Iraq who were waiting patiently for the Americans to leave now know patience will not restore their country to them. They now have no reason to either cooperate with the puppet Iraqi government or to rely on diplomacy. Hence, expect more of our kids to start coming home in body bags.
And as each one rolls off that airplane in the dead of night, ask yourself just what it is they died for.
[COMMENT by WRM] -
Our kids were supposed to come home end of next month when the UN mandate expired. And, there is no reason for them not to since there never were any weapons of mass destruction and Saddam is now dead anyway.
So, the arm twisting done by the United States to "convince" the Iraqi government to sign the security agreement has one immediate and inevitable consequence. Those groups within Iraq who were waiting patiently for the Americans to leave now know patience will not restore their country to them. They now have no reason to either cooperate with the puppet Iraqi government or to rely on diplomacy. Hence, expect more of our kids to start coming home in body bags.
And as each one rolls off that airplane in the dead of night, ask yourself just what it is they died for.
Sadr declares mourning over US pact : Al-Sadr called on his supports on Friday to "put up black flags, organize mourning ceremonies across the country and hold peaceful demonstrations."
Bush wants history to see him as a liberator of millions: "I'd like to be a president (known) as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace," Bush said in excerpts of a recent interview released by the White House Friday.
"I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process. I came to Washington with a set of values, and I'm leaving with the same set of values." (emphasis added)
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"I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process. I came to Washington with a set of values, and I'm leaving with the same set of values." (emphasis added)
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