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 John Negroponte Arabic news websites have been reporting that during his recent five day visit to Iraq, US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte ('the Butcher of El Salvador' and former US ambassador to Iraq), threatened the al-Maliki government. He informed al-Maliki that unless he approved the Strategic Security Plan he would be deposed and replaced by a dictator. With its international mandate in Iraq set to expire, the Bush administration insists that the government in Baghdad give the US authority to conduct combat operations and hold battlefield detainees, to maintain permanent bases in Iraq, and to guarantee American troops and civilian contractors immunity from Iraqi law.
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 Yesterday was the 7th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan and the start of the so-called 'War on terror'. War in Afghanistan and then in Iraq was meant to cement US power and influence around the world.
This new century we were told was to be the American century and Bush's neo-conservative project was to 'promoteAmerican global leadership' through a policy of 'military strength and moral clarity'.
The peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq have paid a high price for this
'moral clarity'.
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Last weekend one hundred delegates from the anti
war and peace movements from 16 countries met in Germany to plan protests at
NATO's 60th conference from the 2nd to the 5th April 2009.
The call for the
protests is extremely timely. NATO has become the key vehicle for the US and
its allies to pursue their wars.
The push for NATO expansion was the main cause
of the conflict in Georgia.
NATO is taking the lead in the disastrous
occupation of Afghanistan.
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The war in Afghanistan was supposed to have been won without firing a
shot . Today 120 British soldiers are dead, countless thousands of
Afghan civilians have been killed and millions are refugees. Stop the War
coalition's new pamphlet argues that the war is now unwinnable for NATO
and it is time for them to withdraw.
Introduced by john Pilger, the pamphlet covers the war, womens
rights, the opium boom and the tremendous cost of the war to the Afghan
people and the British Exchequer. It is an invaluable resource to those who
want to learn more about the invasion and its aftermath.
Get your
copy today for only £1 plus 50p p&p. Bulk orders are available:
up to 10 pamphlets cost £1 each, after that they are 50p each. Contact Stop
the War on 020 7278 6694 for single or bulk orders.
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The cost of the Iraq war to Britain is estimated to be as much as £10 billion, and the US government spends $10 billion dollars a month on the conflict.
But the cost is substantially more when hidden costs are taken into account. Who pays for after care for injured soldiers? Pensions and injury payments?
Joseph Stiglitz, leading economist and former head of the World Bank, has estimated that the total cost of the war to the US will be $3
trillion and $6 trillion to the world.
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