Berto Jongman: The Intelligence Services Are The Real Conspiracy Theorists – The Case For The Iraq War Proves It

The Intelligence Services Are The Real Conspiracy Theorists The Case For The Iraq War Proves It David Shaylor NeonNettle, 20 June 2014 David Shayler is a former intelligence officer with MI5, the UK’s domestic security service.  In 1997, he blew the whistle on MI6 funding Al Qaeda to assassinate Colonel Qadhafi of Libya.  He will …

Robert Steele: NYT Finally Gets It Right – Ghani Transformed Plus Fareed Zakaria on Iran and Maliki Not Signing BSA in Iraq — as Abdulllah will not sign if fraudulently “elected” in Afghanistan

Better late than never.  Ghani won the election — now we need to see if the US Government will stand by our principles and help assure a legitimate count. See also the second headline, for an understanding of how Iran controlled the non-signing of the BSA in Iraq to create this situation. If Abdullah is …

Berto Jongman: Jihadist Gains in Iraq Blindside American Spies

Jihadist Gains in Iraq Blindside American Spies First Crimea, now Iraq. Why does America’s $50 billion intelligence community keep getting taken by surprise? Shane Harris Foreign Policy, 12 June 2014 nited States intelligence agencies were caught by surprise when fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) seized two major Iraqi cities this …

Sunny: KBR & Halliburton Potentially Liable for Iraq Toxic Burn Pits, Court Rules 57 Lawsuits Can Proceed

KBR and Halliburton Can Be Sued For Iraq Toxic Burn Pits, Court Rules by Fatima Hansia, CorpWatch Blog April 17th, 2014 KBR and Halliburton – two major U.S. military contractors – can be sued for the health impacts of trash incineration on U.S. soldiers who served in the war in Iraq, according to a new court decision …

Jim Dean: Iranian Defensive Weapons Update — PSYOP or Not, Iran is Not Iraq —

[ Editors Note:  Once again we see a steady stream of evidence coming out of Iran as to how our wonderfully unbrilliant threatening foreign policy has forced them into a “Manhattan Project” level commitment to increase its domestically manufactured defensive weapons systems. At the top of the list has been missile development following the Russian …

Chris Hedge: The Crucible of Iraq – Best Book from Worst War

The Crucible of Iraq The Corpse Exhibition: And Other Stories of Iraq, by Hassan Blasim, is the most important book to come out of the Iraq War. Blasim, whom I met with last week in Princeton, N.J., has a faultless eye for revealing detail, a ribald black humor and a psychological brilliance that makes every story …