Iraq - The US against the Iraqi government (and vice versa)
(WaPo) Iraq will buy $100 million of weapons from the Chinese to equip their security forces, saying the US is too slow to provide.
(Note: This will offer screening for the Chinese weaponry currently being brought in from Iran. There will be no way to tell if a Chinese weapon in militia hands came from this order or through Iran. It's perfect cover for the Iranian transfers, provided by the Iraqi government.)
(AP) "The largest Shiite political coalition in Iraq (UIA) demanded Tuesday that the U.S. military abandon its recruitment of Sunni tribesmen into the Iraqi police force.... the most direct rebuke to a policy that U.S. military officers hold up as one of their most important achievements over the past year."
(FT) "US military officials in Baghdad on Wednesday defended their support of local anti-insurgent volunteer organisations, the day after the country’s largest political bloc attacked the programme as an “adventure” and accused participants of kidnap and murder."
(AFP) "Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday that Blackwater should leave the country because of the mountain of evidence against the under-fire US security firm."
(BBC) Iraqi Kurds sign four oil deals.
(AFP) "The White House on Wednesday declined to criticize four controversial oil deals inked by Iraq's Kurdistan regional government in defiance of criticisms from leaders in Baghdad." (What's going on here?)
(AP) The mayor of Iskandariyah, a Dawa party member was killed by a roadside bomb.
(Note: This will offer screening for the Chinese weaponry currently being brought in from Iran. There will be no way to tell if a Chinese weapon in militia hands came from this order or through Iran. It's perfect cover for the Iranian transfers, provided by the Iraqi government.)
(AP) "The largest Shiite political coalition in Iraq (UIA) demanded Tuesday that the U.S. military abandon its recruitment of Sunni tribesmen into the Iraqi police force.... the most direct rebuke to a policy that U.S. military officers hold up as one of their most important achievements over the past year."
(FT) "US military officials in Baghdad on Wednesday defended their support of local anti-insurgent volunteer organisations, the day after the country’s largest political bloc attacked the programme as an “adventure” and accused participants of kidnap and murder."
(AFP) "Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday that Blackwater should leave the country because of the mountain of evidence against the under-fire US security firm."
(BBC) Iraqi Kurds sign four oil deals.
(AFP) "The White House on Wednesday declined to criticize four controversial oil deals inked by Iraq's Kurdistan regional government in defiance of criticisms from leaders in Baghdad." (What's going on here?)
(AP) The mayor of Iskandariyah, a Dawa party member was killed by a roadside bomb.
posted by mikevotes at
7:48 AM
2 Comments:
So explain to me again what it means when Bush calls Iraq a "sovereign" state?
By
-epm, at 10:55 AM
Sovereign country? With foreign mercenaries killing civilians with impunity and a foreign government arming sectarian militias against the Iraqi government's wishes?
It's worse than the Syria/Lebanon situation a year ago. The words "Lebanon" and "sovereignty" are still pretty much a joke when put together even today.
Who does Bush think he is fooling anymore? Honestly, even his base doesn't believe Iraq is sovereign.
By
Todd Dugdale , at 11:13 PM
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