 | The US and British governments have proclaimed that the June 28th "handover" is a "transfer of sovereignty" to a new Iraqi government. The truth is that the occupation will continue, as will resistance to it in all forms.
Iraq Occupation Focus Factsheet (pdf, 60 KB) |
According to the US and British governments, on 28th June the occupation of Iraq ended and "full sovereignty" passed to a new Iraqi Interim Government (IIG). In reality the IIG - a body chosen by the US and its proxies - is headed by a former CIA asset, its ministries are riddled with US advisers and appointees and, dependent upon US money and military power for its survival, the IIG will possess no meaningful control over the 138,000 US military personnel that will remain in Iraq after the "handover."
Voices in the Wilderness UK Briefing |
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 | In the 1960s Iyad Allawi worked for Saddam Hussein as an assassin. In the 70s he ran Hussein's intelligence services in Europe. In the 90s, having fallen out with Hussein, Allawi headed a CIA-backed organisation responsible for carrying out car bomb attacks on Iraqi civilians.
Iyad Allawi - a biography (pdf, 26 KB)
Produced by Sussex Action for Peace |
Conveniently, the deadline for Iraq's first post-invasion one-person-one-vote election (31 January 2005) falls after November's US Presidential election...the possibility that this election - if it ever takes place - will be meaningful appears remote.
Voices in the Wilderness UK Briefing (pdf, 151 KB) |
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 | Najaf: Bush ignited this insurgency, not Sadr
The United States has launched a war against a large part of the Iraqi people. It is the Bush administration's desire for total domination, not the militancy of Shia insurgents, that has triggered this latest uprising.
JNV Anti-War Briefing August 2004
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Also keep an eye on Occupation Watch for the latest goings-on in Iraq.
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