Chilcot Iraq Inquiry-Secret Talks On Ousting Saddam Hussein Begun In 2001 »
Posted By Mikunited 2 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsBritish and American officials secretly discussed overthrowing Saddam Hussein
two years before the invasion of Iraq, a public inquiry into the war was
told today.
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Daylight2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Noting is going to change but just show the Western world is civilized. All these criminals are still at large and they will live a very happy and comfortable lives with government help and protection. This is just a waste of time and money unless they don't have the idea to prosecute them.
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berkeley2 months, 2 weeks ago
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i was off by one day:
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/04/septembe...
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pc252 months, 2 weeks ago
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why the surprise. the official policy of the Clinton Administration was the removal from power of Saddam Husein
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http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation...
H.R.4655
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Enrolled Bill (Sent to President))
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 - Declares that it should be the policy of the United States to seek to remove the Saddam Hussein regime from power in Iraq and to replace it with a democratic government.
Authorizes the President, after notifying specified congressional committees, to provide to the Iraqi democratic opposition organizations: (1) grant assistance for radio and television broadcasting to Iraq; (2) Department of Defense (DOD) defense articles and services and military education and training (IMET); and (3) humanitarian assistance, with emphasis on addressing the needs of individuals who have fled from areas under the control of the Hussein regime. Prohibits assistance to any group or organization that is engaged in military cooperation with the Hussein regime. Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the President to designate: (1) one or more Iraqi democratic opposition organizations that meet specified criteria as eligible to receive assistance under this Act; and (2) additional such organizations which satisfy the President's criteria.
Urges the President to call upon the United Nations to establish an international criminal tribunal for the purpose of indicting, prosecuting, and imprisoning Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes against humanity, genocide, and other criminal violations of international law.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that once the Saddam Hussein regime is removed from power in Iraq, the United States should support Iraq's transition to democracy by providing humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people and democracy transition assistance to Iraqi parties and movements with democratic goals, including convening Iraq's foreign creditors to develop a multilateral response to the foreign debt incurred by the Hussein regime.
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as always the removal os Saddam under Clinton good, the removal of Saddam under Bush had-
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Natureboy2 months, 2 weeks ago
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The underlying agenda of Klinton was similar to that of the republican administrations that preceded or followed him.
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No surprise.
Just as it is no surprise when our current commander in chief continues to follow in the same militaristic footsteps that Bush did.
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Mikunited2 months, 2 weeks ago
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It was so sad to see Tony Blair become Bush's poodle.He was meant to be leader of the UK "Labour Party" and there he was cuddling up to"W",the pin up demon of the hard right.
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In the Labour Parties constitution it states--"We are a democratic socialist party",What did Blair do?,he took the party so far right,he joined an illegal war,with an administration that was almost as right wing as Attila the Hun!
I'm pleased we have the Chilcot inquiry,but we will only see the "topsoil" revealed.Unfortunately we will not see the then top man,on this side of the Atlantic indited.We will hear the UK conservatives,who backed the Iraq war "right down the line",talk sanctimonious ball, as if they sit on the moral high ground.
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