Free Iraq
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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| Unrevealed Milestones in the Iraqi National Nuclear Program: 1981-1991 | معالم وأحداث غير مكشوفة في البرنامج النووي الوطني العراقي 1981-1991 | 
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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.
Friday, November 21, 2008
ـ"كل عراقي يؤمن بأرضه ويحمل سلاحا بندقية كان او قلماً"ـ
عشتار العراقية
ـ16 تشرين ثاني 2008
.Ishtar, the goddess of fertility and revelry of the Babylonians ......... The Lion is the symbol of Babylon, and represents the goddess Ishtar. Meant not only to symbolise Babylon, but to instill fear in enemies. 
it seems fitting that a single stone lion, albeit poorly preserved, is the only true remainder of Babylon that stands in Iraq today.
it seems fitting that a single stone lion, albeit poorly preserved, is the only true remainder of Babylon that stands in Iraq today. .
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مقال شامل آخر لعشتار العراقية
ـ23 تشرين الثاني 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Has anybody seen this document?
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The Status of Forces Agreement, commonly known as SOFA, is the legal documentation needed for American troops to remain in Iraq past Dec. 31 of this year, the date the United Nations mandate governing their presence expires. SOFA deals strictly with the security aspects of the U.S. presence.
A separate agreement known as the Strategic Framework covers economic, cultural, technical and other issues. It is part of the package of legislation before the Iraqi parliament that includes SOFA.
It was also sent to "parliament".
Via emails:
Dear Dr. Imad
I have referred to this document in my book pages 216 and 219 (in Arabic).
I obtained the document on the 23rd of Oct. and sent a copy to Albadeelaliraqi Site few days later. The site published the document .
Best regards
Fouad Al-Amir, November 18, 2008
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With input from friends, there is this old version in English: Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America November 28, 2007
This is the SOFA in English (Note article 25 on Withdrawal of the United States Forces from Iraq)
This is the Strategic Framework and the SOFA in Arabic October 2008
A clearer one (in Arabic) from Fouad Al-Amir on AlBadeelAlIraqi
The Status of Forces Agreement, commonly known as SOFA, is the legal documentation needed for American troops to remain in Iraq past Dec. 31 of this year, the date the United Nations mandate governing their presence expires. SOFA deals strictly with the security aspects of the U.S. presence.
A separate agreement known as the Strategic Framework covers economic, cultural, technical and other issues. It is part of the package of legislation before the Iraqi parliament that includes SOFA.
It was also sent to "parliament".
Via emails:
Dear Dr. Imad
I have referred to this document in my book pages 216 and 219 (in Arabic).
I obtained the document on the 23rd of Oct. and sent a copy to Albadeelaliraqi Site few days later. The site published the document .
Best regards
Fouad Al-Amir, November 18, 2008
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With input from friends, there is this old version in English: Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America November 28, 2007
This is the SOFA in English (Note article 25 on Withdrawal of the United States Forces from Iraq)
This is the Strategic Framework and the SOFA in Arabic October 2008
A clearer one (in Arabic) from Fouad Al-Amir on AlBadeelAlIraqi
Sunday, November 16, 2008
آراء وملاحظات حول الاتفاقية الأمنية المقترحة
Saturday, November 15, 2008
More clarity (and early warnings) of the financial meltdown
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Further to the previous posting: "The nitty-gritty of the US financial meltdown" Ocotber 7, 2008
Here are some clarifying insights and dismissed forewarnings:
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"It's a form of legalized gambling that allows you to wager on financial outcomes without ever having to actually buy the stocks and bonds and mortgages. It would have been illegal during most of the 20th century, but eight years ago Congress gave Wall Street an exemption and it has turned out to be a very bad idea."
60 Minutes: The bets that brought down Wall St. (12 minutes video) October 27, 2008
And back in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802) 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)
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Further to the previous posting: "The nitty-gritty of the US financial meltdown" Ocotber 7, 2008
Here are some clarifying insights and dismissed forewarnings:
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Peter Schiff Was Right 2006 - 2007 (10 minutes video)
Updates:
Global recession - where did all the money go? January 29, 2009 (Click on Next at bottom of picture, and then Next and watch where the money went...)
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Peter Schiff: CNN Censors Federal Reserve Rant? December 4, 2008 ("I am afraid we lost ..")
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Money IS Debit (47 minutes video .. Well worth it)
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Why Won't The Bail Out Work? (7 minutes video)
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What are Sub-Prime Mortgage Derivatives? (4 minutes video .. technical reasons)
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What are Sub-Prime Mortgage Derivatives? (4 minutes video .. technical reasons)
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Bailout Price Tag: $3.5T So Far, But 'Real' Cost May Be Much Higher November 12, 2008
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"Regulators say they made fateful mistakes" Greenspan 'shocked' that banks couldn't police each other. October 23, 2008
JJ (via email): They admit their incompetence. What, now, is their punishment?"
"It's a form of legalized gambling that allows you to wager on financial outcomes without ever having to actually buy the stocks and bonds and mortgages. It would have been illegal during most of the 20th century, but eight years ago Congress gave Wall Street an exemption and it has turned out to be a very bad idea."
60 Minutes: The bets that brought down Wall St. (12 minutes video) October 27, 2008
And back in 1802:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802) 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)
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Click to enlarge
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Ensuring salaried 'sovereignty'
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""It is somewhat curious," says Mr Chalabi, "that the intelligence service of a country which is sovereign – that no one really knows who is funding it."
In fact there are very few Iraqis who do not believe they have a very clear idea of who funds Iraq's secret police. Its director is General Mohammed Abdullah Shahwani, who once led a failed coup against Saddam Hussein, and was handpicked by the CIA to run the new security organisation soon after the invasion of 2003. He is believed to have been answering to them ever since.
For all Mr Bush's pious declarations about respecting Iraqi sovereignty, General Shahwani is reported to work primarily for American intelligence. The intelligence service is "not working for the Iraqi government – it's working for the CIA," Hadi al-Ameri, a powerful Shia lawmaker, was quoted as saying three years ago. "I prefer to call it the American Intelligence of Iraq, not the Iraqi Intelligence Service."
The US can quit Iraq, or it can stay. But it can't do both: Iraqis have a clear idea who they believe funds their secret police November 11, 2008
It may be surprisingly "curious" for Al-Chalabi who knows all about the cosy relationship between some of the Iraqi security forces and the US. He himself brought the 'startup team' to Iraq, posing as his own militia. These were several hundred Iraqis trained by the US in Hungary before the war. Many incidents are attributed to Chalabi's 'own militia' acting outside the law and with impunity.
But then again, Hadi al-Ameri is one of Iraq’s most notorious armed-militia leaders who is working in close connection with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He is the head of the "Security and Defence" committee who is widely believed to be under the control of the Badr Organisation and its political face SCIRI. See this two years old posting: "Will the US have to reinvade Iraq to depose him?" November 21, 2006
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For the record, and to avoid Al-Chalabi any more embarrassing curiousities, there are other Bremer appointed high government officials that have been receiving their salaries, for more than five and a half years now, directly from the Americans and the CIA and not from the Iraqi government. They are:
Al-Shahwani................................Al-Shibibi (on the right) ......................Al-Rubaei (second from left)
""It is somewhat curious," says Mr Chalabi, "that the intelligence service of a country which is sovereign – that no one really knows who is funding it."
In fact there are very few Iraqis who do not believe they have a very clear idea of who funds Iraq's secret police. Its director is General Mohammed Abdullah Shahwani, who once led a failed coup against Saddam Hussein, and was handpicked by the CIA to run the new security organisation soon after the invasion of 2003. He is believed to have been answering to them ever since.
For all Mr Bush's pious declarations about respecting Iraqi sovereignty, General Shahwani is reported to work primarily for American intelligence. The intelligence service is "not working for the Iraqi government – it's working for the CIA," Hadi al-Ameri, a powerful Shia lawmaker, was quoted as saying three years ago. "I prefer to call it the American Intelligence of Iraq, not the Iraqi Intelligence Service."
The US can quit Iraq, or it can stay. But it can't do both: Iraqis have a clear idea who they believe funds their secret police November 11, 2008
It may be surprisingly "curious" for Al-Chalabi who knows all about the cosy relationship between some of the Iraqi security forces and the US. He himself brought the 'startup team' to Iraq, posing as his own militia. These were several hundred Iraqis trained by the US in Hungary before the war. Many incidents are attributed to Chalabi's 'own militia' acting outside the law and with impunity.
But then again, Hadi al-Ameri is one of Iraq’s most notorious armed-militia leaders who is working in close connection with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He is the head of the "Security and Defence" committee who is widely believed to be under the control of the Badr Organisation and its political face SCIRI. See this two years old posting: "Will the US have to reinvade Iraq to depose him?" November 21, 2006
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ـ13 تشرين الثاني 2008
.For the record, and to avoid Al-Chalabi any more embarrassing curiousities, there are other Bremer appointed high government officials that have been receiving their salaries, for more than five and a half years now, directly from the Americans and the CIA and not from the Iraqi government. They are:
- The above mentioned head of the "Iraqi" National Intelligene Service - Al-Shawani (see previous posting: The Genocide Option February 05, 2007
- The head of the "Iraqi" Central Bank - Sinan Al-Shibibi
- The presidential advisor - Mowafaq Al-Rubaie
- The head of the High Judicial Council
- The head of the Elections Committee
Al-Shahwani................................Al-Shibibi (on the right) ......................Al-Rubaei (second from left)
Saturday, November 08, 2008
هلا بيك هلا يا شلش العراقي
Friday, November 07, 2008
Shouldering responsibility
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"The Iraqi government is confident that president-elect Barack Obama will not jeopardise Iraq's improving security by hastily withdrawing U.S. troops, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Wednesday.Obama has "reassured us that he would not take any drastic or dramatic decisions," Zebari told BBC television.
"He will consult with the Iraqi government and the U.S. military in the field, but believes strongly that a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq will put more responsibility on the shoulders of the Iraqi government."
Iraq confident Obama won't withdraw troops too quickly Novemner 5, 2008
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In the previous regime, enthusiastic Iraqis used to dance and chant the following in front of Saddam:
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"The Iraqi government is confident that president-elect Barack Obama will not jeopardise Iraq's improving security by hastily withdrawing U.S. troops, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Wednesday.Obama has "reassured us that he would not take any drastic or dramatic decisions," Zebari told BBC television.
"He will consult with the Iraqi government and the U.S. military in the field, but believes strongly that a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq will put more responsibility on the shoulders of the Iraqi government."
Iraq confident Obama won't withdraw troops too quickly Novemner 5, 2008
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In the previous regime, enthusiastic Iraqis used to dance and chant the following in front of Saddam:
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"Bush, Bush Listen well ..... We all love Saddam Hussain"
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Spreading like wildfire on the Iraqi online, a new pun is that the Green Zone"ers" are now clamouring:
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"Bush, Bush Listen well ..... We all love Obama Hussain"
.أهازيج المستأجرين في المنطقة الخضراء:ـ
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بوش بوش لك اسمع زين ... كلنا نحب أوباما حسين
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