Saddam Hanging by telephone

ormer Iraqi President Saddam Hoessein was tried and sentenced to death by hanging. Just before new year, 30th of december 2006, he was hanged by Iraqi officials, of which one videod the event by telephone and send it on the internet.

This fact started a new political proces, which has just begun.

Labels: Iraq, Saddam Hoessein

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Bush policy in Iraq failled

Bi-partisan "bunch of has- beens" advises Bush to reconsider

The Iraq Study Group concludes that radical changes in the US policy towards the Middle East and especially Iraq is necessary.

Read the report, download here

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Ministers reject Iraq terror link

BBC NEWS | "Senior Cabinet ministers have rejected a report's claims that supporting the invasion of Iraq put the UK more at risk from terrorist attack.

The Chatham House and Economic and Social Research Council paper says the Iraq war has boosted al-Qaeda.

UK involvement in operations against Osama Bin Laden's network has also raised the attack risk, it adds.

But Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Defence Secretary John Reid said there had also been attacks before the war.

The report, which comes less than two weeks after the London Tube and bus bombings, said the UK's anti-terrorist efforts had been focused on Northern Ireland."

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Hans Morgenthau and the Iraq war: realism versus neo-conservatism John J Mearsheimer - openDemocracy

Open Democracy |"The renowned American foreign-policy realist Hans Morgenthau (1904-80) opposed the Vietnam war. He would have regarded the neo-conservatives’ adventure in Iraq as equally flawed, says John J Mearsheimer.

Hans Joachim Morgenthau was one of the most important political thinkers of the 20th century and one of the great realist thinkers of all time. Morgenthau, along with almost all realists in the United States – except for Henry Kissinger – opposed the Vietnam war. Their opposition came early, long before it became clear that the war was a lost cause; in fact Morgenthau was warning against American military involvement in Vietnam in the late 1950s."

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Can We Save Iraq? No, but the Iraqis Can

The New York Times | "s there any way this can still work? Is there any plausible scenario for how Iraq can turn into a functioning society?
These are the questions I've been throwing at government officials, military analysts and other wise heads over the past few weeks. Their answers, both uplifting and depressing, suggest that if we are lucky, the near future in Iraq will come in three phases."

David Brooks offers a realistic three fase picture of the best we can hope for in Iraq.

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Wat doen wij (nog) in Irak?

Internationale Spectator | "De huidige Nederlandse politiek inzake Irak begon in september 2002 met een brief van minister De Hoop Scheffer waarin deze meedeelde dat voor een gewapend optreden naar de mening van de Nederlandse regering geen nieuwe resolutie van de Veiligheidsraad noodzakelijk was, al achtte zij deze wel wenselijk.
Dit was een merkwaardige stellingname, alleen al omdat het kabinet-Balkenende I in het geheel niet van plan of bereid was alleen of in groepsverband tot zo'n gewapend optreden over te gaan. Begrijpelijk was zij alleen enigszins in een context waarin de Verenigde Staten steeds dreigender taal jegens Irak waren gaan gebruiken, waarbij in het algemeen over de rol van de Veiligheidsraad werd gezwegen."
Een bijtend commentaar van Bart Tromp in het nieuwe nummer van de Internationale Spectator, die daarmee tegelijk haar geheel vernieuwde en alleen voor abonnees toegankelijke website presenteert.

De maandelijkse columns zijn voor iedereen toegankelijk, zodat we ons allen kunnen laven aan de immer scherpe en gelijkhebberige Tromp.

Labels: Iraq

- posted by DD @ 17:16 Perma Link/Print