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One If by Land, Two If by FleePosted on Apr 30, 2009
Six years after the disastrous invasion of Iraq, Britain’s armed forces have formally ended their combat mission in the war-torn country. Believing that their role is finished, U.K. government officials handed over control of their base to the U.S.—not Iraqi—military.
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By youraveragejoe, May 3, 2009 at 5:05 pm Link to this comment
“the disastrous invasion of Iraq”
Right, ask most Iraqis.
Report thisBy cyrena, May 2, 2009 at 1:02 am Link to this comment
How is it that the Brits can hand over another country to the US or anybody else. (I know, rhetorical question).
• “It was significant that UK forces handed over their base not to the Iraqis but the Americans. US forces will remain in Basra protecting the important supply route from Kuwait, and helping the Iraqi army and police force.”
Is it the supply route or the oil pipelines?
Still, I see Cheney’s hand in this, and the continuing after-effect of Tony Blair…a prearranged agreement, even after they managed to get their people in there to steal Iraq’s oil. He (Cheney) wants to make sure nothing goes wrong with the part he’s already set up to take, for Halliburton or whomever else he’s in cahoots with.
• “Gordon Brown and Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, marked the end of military operations by signing an agreement on economic and technical co-operation. Brown said after talks at No 10 that Britain wanted to get involved in protecting oil supplies from Iraq, which produces nearly 2m barrels of oil a day.”
See what I mean? It’s about the same thing it’s always been about…IRAQ’S OIL.
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