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By Sami Ramadani

Ten years on from the shock and awe of the 2003 Bush and Blair war, which followed 13 years of murderous sanctions, and 35 years of Saddamist dictatorship, my tormented land, once a cradle of civilisation, is staring into the abyss.

http://is.gd/irKt32



Cheney s Legacy In Iraq

By Ramzy Baroud

The US and Britain jointly destroyed modern Iraq and no amount of remorse or apology, not that any was offered, to begin with, will alter this fact.

http://is.gd/kt2DFm



Iraq war costs U.S. more than $2 trillion

The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released on Thursday said.

http://is.gd/N6YcvF



Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq ''1,455,590''

The number is shocking and sobering. It is at least 10 times greater than most estimates cited in the US media, yet it is based on a scientific study of violent Iraqi deaths caused by the U.S.-led invasion of March 2003.

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq



Tony Blair and Iraq: The damning evidence

Secret testimony to Chilcot Inquiry by British intelligence shows former PM 'accepted Libya was a bigger threat'.

http://is.gd/44hzzS



Cheney s Halliburton Made $39.5 Billion on Iraq War

Private or publicly listed firms received at least $138 billion of U.S. taxpayer money for government contracts for services that included providing private security, building infrastructure and feeding the troops.

http://is.gd/V7RK4t


From Information Clearing House

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Middle East in Turmoil 10 Years After Iraq Invasion That Officials Said Would Bring Peace

Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers: The role of US intervention in Middle East turmoil, direct in the cases of Iraq and Libya, and through rhetoric in Syria and Egypt, remains an open question.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15132-middle-east-in-turmoil-10-years-after-iraq-invasion-that-officials-said-would-bring-peace



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