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t r u t h o u t | It Was Oil, All Along: Jun 29, 6:25am 11 reviews iraq, usa, oil, corruption
http://www.truthout.org/article/it-was-oil-all-along; DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They must be joking. Come on.

Chevron reportedly in talks to tap Iraqs oil: Mar 25, 9:08pm 2 reviews iraq, usa, oil
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/24/BU5PVPNP8.DTL; hmmmm, so this is what the Iraqi invasion was all about. DOH! or should I say DUH. From the page: "For years, the companies have had their eyes on long-term contracts to find and develop new oil fields in Iraq, which is believed to hold the world's third-largest oil reserves. The contracts under discussion are far more limited than that, but they represent an important step in opening Iraq's oil industry to foreign involvement after years of state control. San Ramon's Chevron already has held discussions with the Iraqi Oil Ministry about one of the short-term contracts, according to reports in the Associated Press, Dow Jones, Reuters and United Press International news services. BP, Exxon Mobil, Shell and Total also are pursuing the contracts."

The New York Times & Log In: Mar 22, 12:00am 0 review iraq, usa, war
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/world/middleeast/22policy.html?_r=1&ex=1363...

Five Years Into War, Soldiers Speak: Mar 19, 11:01am 1 review military, iraq, video, war
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031908J.shtml; Wednesday 19 March 2008 "Washington - Today marks the fifth anniversary of the day President Bush announced from the Oval Office the "opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign" to invade Iraq. On that day, he invested the military with a great and grave responsibility. "To all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces now in the Middle East, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you," Bush said. "That trust is well placed." Five years later, more than 200 of those men and women joined last week in Silver Spring, Maryland, to reject that trust, to speak out against that mission and to invest their government with the responsibility to end it. During the Winter Soldier testimonies, they told their own stories of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the realities of life on the ground, not of the Oval Office. They told of the killing of civilians, the destruction of houses and farms, the mishandling of war dead, the use of illegal weapons, the dehumanization of the "enemy" and the pain that war has etched onto their own lives. Over the course of four days, from March 13 to 16, they testified against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They found them guilty. "We were not bad people," testified Cliff Hicks, a 23-year-old Iraq veteran, expressing the sentiment of many of his peers, who spoke of wrestling with guilt, shame and fear. "We were all good people in a bad situation, and we did what we had to do to get through." The event was in some ways a revival of the first Winter Soldier, in 1971, in which more than a hundred Vietnam veterans gathered to mourn their own acts of violence and speak out against the war that perpetuated them. Last week's Winter Soldier comprised the largest-ever gathering of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Like the Vietnam-era veterans, their aim is larger than the sum of their personal testimonies. They hope to play an integral role in ending the occupation, according to Kelly Dougherty, executive director of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), the organization behind the event." follow the link to watch the video & read more.

Iraq invasion was successful endeavor: Cheney| International| Reuters: Mar 18, 1:52am 1 review politics, iraq, usa, war
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0157942120080318?feedType=RSS&f...; BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday declared the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq a "successful endeavor" during a visit to Baghdad, on the same day a woman suicide bomber killed 40 people. "If you look back on those five years it has been a difficult, challenging but nonetheless successful endeavor ... and it has been well worth the effort," Cheney, an architect of the invasion, said after meeting Iraqi leaders." what an idiot. yes, successful for those w/stock in oil futures. dork.

The Iraq Follies: Mar 11, 8:56pm 20 reviews iraq
http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2008/03/the-iraq-follies.html

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 03/10/2008 | Exhaustive review finds no link betwe…: Mar 11, 8:40am 13 reviews iraq
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/29959.html; From the page: "The Pentagon-sponsored study, scheduled for release later this week, did confirm that Saddam's regime provided some support to other terrorist groups, particularly in the Middle East, U.S. officials told McClatchy. However, his security services were directed primarily against Iraqi exiles, Shiite Muslims, Kurds and others he considered enemies of his regime. The new study of the Iraqi regime's archives found no documents indicating a "direct operational link" between Hussein's Iraq and al Qaida before the invasion, according to a U.S. official familiar with the report." Gee, what a surprise.