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Top Stories from War on Iraq at AlterNet
October 31st, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq
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>From the editors:
News reports today of the latest U.S. raid into Pakistan, in which unmanned
American drones killed some 27 people in the northwest of the country makes the
latest from Robert Dreyfuss required reading. Coming on the heels of an
unanticipated and deadly attack across the Syrian border, this kind of
cross-border raid by the U.S. is an ominous sign about the direction of our
so-called "War on Terror."
A parallel new Bush doctrine is emerging, in the last days of the
soon-to-be-ancient regime, and it needs to be strangled in its crib. Like the
original Bush doctrine -- the one that Sarah Palin couldn't name, which called
for preventive military action against emerging threats -- this one also casts
international law aside by insisting that the United States has an inherent
right to cross international borders in "hot pursuit" of anyone it doesn't like.
They're already applying it to Pakistan, and this week Syria was the target. Is
Iran next?
With the presidential election days away, the question is as pressing as ever.
As Dreyfuss writes today in The Nation, "There's no doubt that the financial
crisis, job insecurity, and fundamental economic worries are the No. 1 issue in
Tuesday's vote. But that raises a critical question: If Barack Obama is
elected, will he have an antiwar mandate?"
As with the 2006 midterms, the answer should be a resounding "yes." But, as we
saw in the years since, this will not necessarily lead to an end to the war.
Moreover, as recent weeks have shown all too clearly, when we talk about the
"war," we are talking well beyond Iraq. The "War on Terror" puts any country
the U.S. declares "criminal" in our crosshairs. While Obama no doubt represents
a reassuring contrast to John McCain when it comes to military restraint, it
will be up to the American people to stand up and demand an end to a policy of
endless war, not on November 4th -- but on November 5th and beyond.
Happy voting,
Liliana Segura
Editor, War on Iraq Special Coverage
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GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DECEPTIVE, SECRETIVE AND ARTIFICIAL IRAQ-U.S.
NEGOTIATIONS
By Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus
Whatever the U.S.-Iraqi "agreement" ends up looking like, it
is unlikely to have much of an effect on the occupation.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/104889/
DID THE RAID INTO SYRIA SIGNAL THE DEATH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?
By Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation
If standard U.S. military doctrine claims any country can be
declared "criminal" and lose its sovereignty, the answer is
yes.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/105486/
"SERIOUS RISK OF TORTURE" FOR IRAQI PRISONERS FACING TRANSFER BY U.S.
By Ali Gharib, Zainab Mineeia, IPS News
"We're getting out of the detention business," says a U.S.
military spokesman.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/105564/
OIL FOR SOIL: CRISIS GROUP PROPOSES "GRAND BARGAIN" ON IRAQ OIL LAND DISPUTE
Iraq Oil Report
The goal is to de-escalate tensions between Iraq's Kurdistan
Regional Government and the central government in Baghdad.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/105227/
RED CROSS: MILLIONS OF IRAQIS AT RISK FROM CONTAMINATED WATER
By Angela Balakrishnan, The Guardian
Ten liters of bottled water costs 50 cents, but many Iraqis
cannot afford it, drinking water from polluted rivers
instead.
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/105623/
U.S. ON DEADLY ATTACK IN SYRIA: "WE'RE TAKING MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HANDS"
By Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK
The attack, which killed eight, was labeled "terrorist
aggression" by Syria and is an unexpected expansion of the
Iraq war.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/105003/
THE DEVASTATION IN IRAQ IS SYSTEMATIC -- AND IT'S ABOUT TO GET MUCH WORSE
By Michael Schwartz, Tomdispatch.com
Iraq's state of complete disrepair has created a population
in steaming discontent.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/104723/
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AlterNet Blogs:
IRAQI MP TO UN: INVESTIGATE IRAQ'S SECRET PRISONS
Middle East Online
Sunni MP Mohammad Al-Dainy says there are over 400 prisons,
controlled by the Iraqi government and the U.S. military.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/105570/
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CALLS FOR ANTI-TORTURE CLAUSE IN U.S.-IRAQ SECURITY PACT
By Tarah Park, Jurist Legal News and Research
The measure is intended to protect some 17,000 Iraqi
prisoners held by the U.S. military upon their transfer to
Iraqi authorities.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/105563/
NEVER MIND THE SURGE: IRAQIS STILL LEAVING THE COUNTRY IN DROVES
Gulf News
The number of Iraqis willing to leave their country for a
safer haven is reflective of a state of desperation.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/104636/
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