Difference between revisions of "Iraq"

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Overview

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Related Pages

2003 US-Iraq War: includes justifications, invasion, occupation; several related pages
1991 Gulf War: The United States under president George H.W. Bush entered Iraq in defense of Kuwait, but stopped short of regime change.

Quotes

Colin Powell said in February 2001, presumably speaking of Saddam Hussein:

He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors.

Condoleezza Rice said in July, 2001, presumably speaking of Saddam Hussein:

We are able to keep arms from him; his military forces have not been rebuilt.

Links

Reference

Filed Links

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Reports

2004-09-30 Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence (CIA) on Iraq’s WMD
uruknet.info: information from occupied Iraq

News

2007-07-03 Iraqi cabinet backs draft oil law
2007-05-04 Iraqis Stone Girl to Death Over Loving Wrong Boy: commentary, with embedded video (paused by default)
2007-03-07 Scores killed as Shiite pilgrims targeted again in Iraq

Analysis

1992-09-29 video Gore criticizes Bush for ignoring Iraq's ties to terrorism: Al Gore criticizes George H.W. Bush for ignoring Iraq's ties to terrorists and disregarding Iraq's attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Gives a good rundown of US-Iraqi relations up to that point, mainly constituting of appeasement in an attempt to get Saddam to stop torturing his people, attacking US military, and seeking to acquire WMDs.

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 ==Related Pages==
-* [[US invasion of Iraq]]
+* '''2003''' [[US-Iraq War]]: includes [[US justifications for invading Iraq|justifications]], [[US invasion of Iraq|invasion]], [[US occupation of Iraq|occupation]]; several related pages
-** [[US justifications for invading Iraq]]
+* '''1991''' [[Gulf War]]: The {{USA}} under president [[George H.W. Bush]] entered Iraq in defense of [[Kuwait]], but stopped short of regime change.
-** '''2002-08-26''' [[MoveOn petition against invading Iraq]]
-** [[Balkans vs. Iraq]]: a comparison of the two military interventions
+==Quotes==
+{{excerpt|text=[[Colin Powell]] said in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7xyd_IRgGs February 2001], presumably speaking of [[Saddam Hussein]]:}}
+He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors.
+{{-excerpt}}
+{{excerpt|text=[[Condoleezza Rice]] said in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7xyd_IRgGs July, 2001], presumably speaking of [[Saddam Hussein]]:}}
+We are able to keep arms from him; his military forces have not been rebuilt.
+{{-excerpt}}
 ==Links==
 ===Reference===
-* {{wikipedia|Iraq}}
+* {{wikipedia}}
+* {{conservapedia}}
+* {{dkosopedia}}
+* {{sourcewatch}}
+* [http://iraq.liveleak.com/ LiveLeak]: videos and news
+===Filed Links===
+{{links.tagged}}
 ===Reports===
 * '''2004-09-30''' [https://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/ Comprehensive Report] of the Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence (CIA) on Iraq’s [[weaponds of mass destruction|WMD]]
 * [http://www.uruknet.de/?p=-6&l=t uruknet.info]: information from occupied Iraq
-===Analysis===
-* '''2007-07-02''' [http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.26435/pub_detail.asp Orderly Humiliation] by Thomas Donnelly: "Operation Phantom Thunder, the first real effect of the Iraq troop surge of the past six months, is improving the battlefield situation in Baghdad and the surrounding towns. But in Washington, those who believe the war is already lost--call it the Clinton-Lugar axis--are mounting a surge of their own. Ground won in Iraq becomes ground lost at home." Discusses the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), which is apparently the dems' answer to the neocon [[Project for a New American Century]].
 ===News===
 * '''2007-07-03''' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6264184.stm Iraqi cabinet backs draft oil law]
 * '''2007-05-04''' [http://ballyblog.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/warning-uncensored-video-iraqis-stone-girl-to-death-over-loving-wrong-boy/ Iraqis Stone Girl to Death Over Loving Wrong Boy]: commentary, with embedded video (paused by default)
 * '''2007-03-07''' [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/ Scores killed as Shiite pilgrims targeted again in Iraq]
+===Analysis===
+* '''1992-09-29 video''' [[youtube:9JE48XHKG64|Gore criticizes Bush for ignoring Iraq's ties to terrorism]]: [[Al Gore]] criticizes [[George H.W. Bush]] for ignoring [[Iraq]]'s ties to terrorists and disregarding Iraq's attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Gives a good rundown of US-Iraqi relations up to that point, mainly constituting of appeasement in an attempt to get Saddam to stop torturing his people, attacking US military, and seeking to acquire WMDs.