Oh, the hypocrisy of it. The ignoble aims. The distraction. The outrageous lies and excuses. I’m not talking about America’s tweet-from-the-hip preside
Privatised War
Fake news and false flags: How the Pentagon paid a British PR firm $500M for top secret Iraq propaganda
October 2, 2016 by Crofton Black and Abigail Fielding-Smith
Published in: All Stories, Privatised War
THE ORIGINAL DOWNING STREET "MEMO" (PDF) (Plain Text) (Annotated)
MAJOR PLAYERS–who are the people present at this meeting?
THE OTHER DOWNING STREET MEMOS AND DOCUMENTS
"The Downing Street Memo, recently leaked, reveals that President George W. Bush decided to overthrow Saddam Hussein in the summer 2002 and--determined to ensure that U.S. intelligence data supported his policies--fixed the intelligence and facts. What has come to be known as the Downing Street Memos.
Jack Straw’s evidence at the Chilcot enquiry into the Iraq war yesterday [21 Jan 2010], and the discussion that it led to of deadlines and resolutions, tells an interesting and important story about the conduct of international relations and the problems
20 July 2010 Last updated at 22:44 GMT Iraq inquiry: Ex-MI5 boss says war raised terror threat Baroness Manningham-Buller said the Iraq war "undoubtedly increased" the level of terrorist threat. The invasion of Iraq "substantially" increased the terrorist
Declassified letter sent by the former MI5 director general to John Gieve, permanent secretary at the Home Office, a year before Iraq invasion. In it, she wrote that there was 'no credible evidence' to suggest a link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida
Manningham-Buller referred more than once to Sir David Omand, the government's security and intelligence coordinator at the time, who gave evidence to Chilcot earlier this year. MI6 had "over-promised and under-delivered" when it came to Iraq, Omand said.
Tony Blair must be prosecuted, not indulged like his mentor Peter Mandelson. Both have produced self-serving memoirs for which they have been paid fortunes. Blair’s will appear next month and earn him £4.6 million. Now consider Britain’s Proceeds of Crime
"The US military’s use of depleted uranium in Iraq has led to a sharp increase in Leukemia and birth defects in the city of Najaf – and panicked residents are fearing for their health. Cancer is now more common than the flu, a local doctor tells RT."