no iraqi links to al qaeda says leaked report

by Irish. Wed Feb 05, 2003 22:38

...the U.S. has been trying to stage coups in Venesuela to overthrow their Democratically elected government-because the stinkin Yanks don't think Venesuelans have the right to ask a fair price for their oil!

by Terry Wed Feb 05, 2003 19:30

As we know Iran is the next target. There is a very good interview with Chomsky,
from which I have selected a short section dealing with Iran and how it will be
setup. It is obvious, the US will help to stir up trouble and then invade Iran to
rescue the Iraqis from the Iranians.

But an even bigger gem is in this, because it refers to the fact that Bush I kept
Saddam in power, just when the Iraqi people were in a real position to overthrow him,
because at that time (as I remember) the US suddenly allowed the Iraqi's to use their
helicopters to crush the rebellion that Bush I actively encouraged. I remember him
on the TV urging the Iraqis to rise up against Saddam. And then suddenly they were
crushed by Saddam because the Iraqi army were allowed use their helicopters again.

The purpose of the exercise was to flush out those most likely to rebel, then kill
them and this ensured no-one would try again for a long long time. The last thing the
US wants is democracy in Iraqi. God forbid, the Iraqis might then want to control their
own oil and get a fair price for it. In Iran in the late 50s a democratically elected
leader who nationalized (BP's) oil was assassinated by the CIA/MI5. The dictator -the Shah
was installed instead. And the rest is history.

From Chomsky interview:

"On the other hand, it's possible it could be what the hawks in Washington hope - a
quick victory, no fighting to speak of, impose a new regime, give it a democratic
façade, make sure the US has big military bases there, and effectively controls the oil.

The chances that they will allow anything approximating real democracy are pretty
slight. There's major problems in the way of that - problems that motivated Bush No 1
to oppose the rebellions in 1991 that could have overthrown Saddam Hussein. After
all, he could have been overthrown then if the US had not authorised Saddam to crush
the rebellions.

One major problem is that roughly 60% of the population is Shi'ite. If there's any form
of democratic government, they're going to have a say, in fact a majority say, in what
the government is. Well they are not pro-Iranian but the chances are that a Shi'ite
majority would join the rest of the region in trying to improve relations with Iran and
reduce the levels of tension generally in the region by re-integrating Iran within it.
There have been moves in that direction among the Arab states and Shi'ite majority in
Iraq is likely to do that. That's the last thing the US wants. Iran is its next target. "

Full article: Chomsky On The Anti War Movement -An Interview, Guardian, Tues 4th Feb 2003
can be found at: http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=51&ItemID=2962