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Friday November 05, 2010 06:17 by dara
The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has once again released a flood of classified information, washing away the dominant platitudes of stability in nation-building and revealing the ordinary evil of imperial occupation. Much of the focus is on the Iraqi government and quasi-government’s involvement in the various atrocities; torture by the police, corruption within the paramilitary Sons of Iraq/Awakening Councils and worst of all; mass torture and extrajudicial killings by the Wolf Brigade, the Special Police Commandos of the Interior Ministry. The embattled Al-Maliki has attempted to shift the focus onto the murder of civilians by private contractors, but there is no political element within Iraq that is not culpable for atrocities. Although much of the media has tried to blame the atrocities on local sectarianism, we can find in the leaks much that resonates with previous American interventions. These are the echoes of imperialism. References [1] Reports of detainee abuse can be found here: http://wikileaks.org/search/?q=abuse The Guardian video gives a good overview of the extent http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/oct/23/iraq-...go242 [2] Examples that specifically mention this order can be found at http://wikileaks.org/id/D54FB2FF-2E9D-47EE-A82A-7CA86D4...2C55/ and http://wikileaks.org/id/88029AA5-6833-404A-826A-BD586F8...9FE0/ [3] For instance: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/28/iraq-war-lo...p=239 [4] http://wikileaks.org/id/EF08110E-7344-4605-87FF-FA397EC...F8F3/ [5] http://www.newsweek.com/2005/01/07/the-salvador-option.html [6] pp21, 40, Rathmell et al, ‘Developing Iraq’s Security Sector’, RAND Corporation, 2005. Available at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG365.pdf [7] pp48, ibid. [8] pp39 & 48, ibid [9] See n70, pp49, ibid and Maas, P., ‘The Way of the Commandos’ New York Times, 1 May, 2005. Available online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/magazine/01ARMY.html?...tion= [10] ‘New factor in Iraq: irregular brigades fill the void’, Wall Street Journal, 16 February, 2005. Part of the article is available at: http://www.blackfive.net/main/2005/08/colonel_james_c.html and pp17, Jr. Maj. W. Brooks, ‘Iraqi Ministry of Interior Forces: A Case Study to examine their likely effectiveness when the United States and Coalition Forces Depart’ US Army Master’s Thesis, Kansas 2006. Available at: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=Ge...51281 [11] The Way of the Commandos’, ibid and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gangsofiraq/int....html [12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlacatl_Battalion [13] Chomsky, N., ‘The Crucifixion of El Salvador’. Available at: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Chomsky/ChomOdon_ElSa....html [14] Blum, W., ‘El Salvador 1980-1994: Human Rights, Washington Style’. Available at: http://www3.uakron.edu/worldciv/pascher/salvador.html [15] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali_Cartel#Los_Pepes for references. [16]http://globalresearch.ca/articles/FUL506A.html [17] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Negroponte#Ambassador...85.29 [18] http://globalresearch.ca/articles/FUL506A.html [19] http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_598...shtml [20] The original article is not available online, but has been copied onto a discussion forum: http://www.aliraqi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47636 [21] For a round up of these stories, see Fuller, M., ‘For Iraq, “The Salvador Option” becomes a Reality’, Global Research 2 June 2005. Available at: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/FUL506A.html. A useful letter from Sen. D. Kuchinich includes a round-up of relevant news-stories: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13558.htm [22]Iraqi Ministry of Interior Forces’, ibid. [23] ‘For Iraq, “The Salvador Option” becomes a Reality’, ibid. [24} The Way of the Commandos’, ibid. [25]One of the videos can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKRjrC_d0iA
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Contre la guerre au Kurdistan irakien, contre la traîtrise du PDK Meurtre de Clément Méric : l’enjeu politique du procès en appel Mashriq / Arabia / Iraq | Imperialism / War | en Fri 29 Mar, 05:44 The Rojava Revolution defended the world, now the world will defend the Rojava Revolution! 23:48 Wed 05 Jan 8 comments Embargo, cutting off water sources and air strikes against civilians have been some of the war crimes committed by the fascist Turkish state throughout this year against the revolution in Rojava. Defend Kurdistan : statement for the international delegation 04:38 Fri 18 Jun 0 comments The UCL participated in the European delegation to observe the Turkish war crimes in Iraqi Kurdistan. DEFEND KURDISTAN Against Turkish Occupation 04:28 Fri 18 Jun 0 comments We – nearly 150 politicians, human rights advocates, journalists, academics, members of parliaments, political activists, ecologists, and feminists from all over Europe – have been closely following the dangerous developments resulting from Turkey’s attacks on South Kurdistan (North Iraq) since the 23rd of April 2021. As a result, we have gathered in Erbil today and decided that we must speak out. Freedom for Palestine! 20:02 Fri 14 May 0 comments Only solidarity between the oppressed people of Palestine and the working classes of the world can end the occupation. We call on the international anarchist movement and all working-class rebels to join us in denouncing the Israeli occupation of Palestine and supporting resistance to it. An account on the current events in Palestine 19:50 Wed 12 May 2 comments Last night have shown the result of the accumulation of anger of the youth who are the main victims of the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis. There is a much increase of unemployment which brought the increase of pressure on Palestinians in Jerusalem and the multiethnic cities within Israel, as well as the intensity of police brutality in order to suppress the rallies and other mobilisations. We condemn the Turkish state attack and invasion of the Iraqi Kurdistan 22:46 Thu 25 Jun 0 comments The support and solidarity with innocent people can be done in different ways. It can be through launching complaints, expressing anger and frustration, protests, and demonstrations. The best kind of support and solidarity is boycotting all the goods that are made in Turkey and by Turkish companies wherever they are. Boycotting its media, universities, language colleges and stopping holiday bookings to Turkey. While Turkey has got so many interests in Iraqi Kurdistan the boycott is very effective. Turkey has hundreds of companies plus colleges, shops, factories there, and it is the main country for Kurdish holiday makers. In short Iraqi Kurdistan is one of the main market for the Turkish capitalists and the others. Boycotting Turkey and the Turkish goods can also put pressure on the Kurdistan Reginal Government, KRG, Iraq and the foreign companies to meet people’s demand. Solidarity with Rojava facing war and a global pandemic! 01:27 Sat 18 Apr 0 comments COVID-19, which has quarantined an innumerable number of cities and has paralyzed entire economic sectors, has not yet stopped the continuous dirty war by Turkey and its ally Daesh against the people of the northern region of Syria, who have had to continue to defend themselves without any truce. DAF's statement on Syria War and Refugee Crisis of the State 17:22 Tue 03 Mar 0 comments The long-awaited developments began to happen In Idlib where is the last point of the war and also the last point of the djihadist gangs supported by TAF were stucked. The troops of the TAF were attacked by aerial strike on the night of 27 February to 28 -shortly before the “ultimatum” that T.C gave to the Syrian Army to withdraw from the places it took in Idlip- According to official figures, 34 soldiers died as a result of this airstrike, It was carried out by Syria according to T.C sources. Our solidarity outside of Turkey and Syria is continual boycott of the Turkish Products and Tourism 19:16 Tue 22 Oct 0 comments We are against the war, but we support and defending people against the attacks that they face. We offer our solidarity towards those facing invasion and repression. Solidarity With People In Rojava, Denouncing Turkish State And United States Allies 02:00 Fri 11 Oct 0 comments
The struggle for Palestine Jul 14 0 comments The Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group’s solution to the oppression of the Palestinians is the same as for oppression everywhere. The problems of capitalism can only be solved by workers’ revolution.In Palestine, that means defeating Zionism and replacing it with the No State Solution, a society of libertarian communism that operates on the basis of consistent federalism. Rojava after Rojava Dec 27 0 comments Turkey’s attack on Rojava forced the SDF to choose between its own survival and protecting Kurdish territories, putting the future of the revolution at risk. Requiem for Rojava Dec 21 0 comments The announcement of Trump that the US would immediately stop aerial bombardments and withdraw their diplomatic personnel, while their troops would all withdraw within 3 months, officially signalled the end of the Syrian war, a war which has been portrayed as a “civil war” but one in which all of the world participated. While major powers, such as Russia, France, the UK, and the US, and regional powers such as Iran, Israel and Turkey participated directly, they had their Syrian proxies to fight against one another. The conflict, in the first place, wouldn’t have erupted without the decisive funding and support given by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey and Jordan to a frightful collection of armed jihadist lunatics. The Saudi-Kurdish love affair Dec 07 0 comments As everyone watches in horror and disbelief the unparalleled Saudi atrocities in Yemen and the unspeakable barbaric assassination of the journalist Jamal Kashoggi, the Saudi royals are increasingly isolated in the world. However, in the Middle East, they have made new friends: the Kurdish of Syria. The battle of Idlib Province in Syria is decisive and crucial for the future of Rojava Sep 08 0 comments This article is a brief analysing of the future of Rojava in Syria in Line with the attack of Assad’s forces on Idlib’s Province . The battle of Idlib can be a crucial one for all sides who are involve especially for the regime and the Kurdish in Rojava . There are few scenarios that the Kurdish forces there and its self rule administration are facing . There is also a strong possibility after this battle the Kurdish question there can be on the top of Assad and Russia’s agenda to be resolved either way. more >>The Rojava Revolution defended the world, now the world will defend the Rojava Revolution! Jan 05 8 comments Embargo, cutting off water sources and air strikes against civilians have been some of the war crimes committed by the fascist Turkish state throughout this year against the revolution in Rojava. Defend Kurdistan : statement for the international delegation Jun 18 0 comments The UCL participated in the European delegation to observe the Turkish war crimes in Iraqi Kurdistan. DEFEND KURDISTAN Against Turkish Occupation Jun 18 0 comments We – nearly 150 politicians, human rights advocates, journalists, academics, members of parliaments, political activists, ecologists, and feminists from all over Europe – have been closely following the dangerous developments resulting from Turkey’s attacks on South Kurdistan (North Iraq) since the 23rd of April 2021. As a result, we have gathered in Erbil today and decided that we must speak out. Freedom for Palestine! May 14 0 comments Only solidarity between the oppressed people of Palestine and the working classes of the world can end the occupation. We call on the international anarchist movement and all working-class rebels to join us in denouncing the Israeli occupation of Palestine and supporting resistance to it. We condemn the Turkish state attack and invasion of the Iraqi Kurdistan Jun 25 0 comments The support and solidarity with innocent people can be done in different ways. It can be through launching complaints, expressing anger and frustration, protests, and demonstrations. The best kind of support and solidarity is boycotting all the goods that are made in Turkey and by Turkish companies wherever they are. Boycotting its media, universities, language colleges and stopping holiday bookings to Turkey. While Turkey has got so many interests in Iraqi Kurdistan the boycott is very effective. Turkey has hundreds of companies plus colleges, shops, factories there, and it is the main country for Kurdish holiday makers. In short Iraqi Kurdistan is one of the main market for the Turkish capitalists and the others. Boycotting Turkey and the Turkish goods can also put pressure on the Kurdistan Reginal Government, KRG, Iraq and the foreign companies to meet people’s demand. more >> |