A typically informative Al-Jazeera program, this time on Iraq, featuring John Pilger in discussion on America’s “withdrawal” (where troops will stay well beyond 2011):
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Tony Blair on the bloody couch
The latest brilliant Mark Steel column in the Independent that really needs no introduction: I should think when the British Legion appears at the International Court in The Hague, they’ll claim they had no idea the …£4.6m “gift” they received from warlord Mister Tony Blair was blood money from a criminal. “We just thought it…
Blair knew about rendition and embraced it
Following recent revelations in the Guardian about British complicity in torture post 9/11 – here’s a comprehensive map of what happened to whom – this story is getting closer to the centre of power: Tony Blair was aware of the …existence of a secret interrogation policy which …effectively led to British citizens, and others, being…
Britain’s hands are blooded with torture
The British investigation into the previous Blair regime’s complicity in torture and terrorism is becoming clearer by the day. Such studies, while inevitably flawed due to a generally bi-partisan belief in keeping the worst details private, are a far cry from anything undertaken by America or Australia: The true extent of the Labour government’s involvement…
How did David Kelly die?
Here’s a story that requires sun-light. I’ve heard from various sources over the years that Dr David Kelly was probably murdered by either British agents, hired foreign thugs or an intelligence service: The official story of Dr David Kelly is that he took his own life in an Oxfordshire wood by overdosing on painkillers and…
Tony Blair likes to link Middle East “peace” to blood for oil
Does anybody still respect Tony Blair? Tony Blair waged an extraordinary two-year battle to keep secret a lucrative deal with a multinational oil giant which has extensive interests in Iraq. The former Prime Minister tried to keep the public in the dark over his dealings with South Korean oil firm UI Energy Corporation. Mr Blair…
Blair was dying to bomb the streets of Baghdad
How much more sordid can this tale become? Tony Blair‘s secret links to Gulf oil giants were revealed today as fresh details emerged of his “carte blanche” support for George Bush‘s Iraq war. The former prime minister has been in the pay of the Kuwaiti government and a South Korean oil firm for up to…
When Barack Obama goes Down Under
My following article appears in the Huffington Post: The arrival of the new American Ambassador to Australia was breathlessly welcomed by the Australia media pack in late 2009. Jeffrey Bleich, an American lawyer from California, assumed his position in Canberra and was introduced to the country through an interview on the public broadcaster ABC. After…
The Iraq war was illegal and stayed that way
Oh: An invasion of Iraq was discussed within the Government more than two years before military action was taken – with Foreign Office mandarins warning that an invasion would be illegal, that it would claim “considerable casualties” and could lead to the breakdown of Iraq, The Independent can reveal.
When Arabs see Blair, they only see bombs and mayhem
Tony Blair is the Middle East envoy for the Quartet. He should be fired or resign. Here’s why.