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by John Gleeson

Global Research, April 14, 2007
Winnipeg Sun


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Editor's Note

The following report, which acknowledges that the war on terrorism is a fraud, was published in one of Canada's mainstream daily newspapers, The Winnipeg Sun. Canada's military involvement in Afghanistan largely rests on the shaky premise that Canadian troops are fighting a "war on terrorism".




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Contrary to the "patriots" who try to use the deaths of our soldiers in Afghanistan to stifle debate on Canada's involvement in the War on Terror, I would say that as new evidence presents itself, we would indeed be cowards to ignore it simply because we've lost troops in the field and are therefore blindly committed to the mission.

And new evidence is piling up around us, arguably strong enough to declare the whole War on Terror an undeniable fraud.

Virtually ignored by mainstream media, the Americans showed their hand this year with the new Iraqi oil law, now making its way through Iraq's parliament.

The law -- which tens of thousands of Iraqis marched peacefully against on Monday when they called for the immediate expulsion of U.S. forces -- would transfer control of one of the largest oil reserves on the planet from Baghdad to Big Oil, delivering "the prize" at last that Vice-President Dick Cheney famously talked about in 1999 when he was CEO of Halliburton.

"The key point of the law," wrote Mother Jones' Washington correspondent James Ridgeway on March 1, "is that Iraq's immense oil wealth (115 billion barrels of proven reserves, third in the world after Saudi Arabia and Iran) will be under the iron rule of a fuzzy 'Federal Oil and Gas Council' boasting 'a panel of oil experts from inside and outside Iraq.' That is, nothing less than predominantly U.S. Big Oil executives.

"The law represents no less than institutionalized raping and pillaging of Iraq's oil wealth. It represents the death knell of nationalized Iraqi resources, now replaced by production sharing agreements, which translate into savage privatization and monster profit rates of up to 75% for (basically U.S.) Big Oil. Sixty-five of Iraq's roughly 80 oilfields already known will be offered for Big Oil to exploit."

While the U.S. argues that the oil deal will give Iraqis their shot at "freedom and stability," the International Committee of the Red Cross reported this week that millions of Iraqis are in a "disastrous" situation that continues to deteriorate, with "mothers appealing for someone to pick up the bodies littering the street so their children will be spared the horror of looking at them on their way to school."

Four years after the invasion, it's becoming pretty clear that Iraq has been "pacified" solely for the purpose of economic aggression. Humanitarian considerations are moot. The awful plight of Iraq's one million Christians, who have no place in the new Iraq, underscores this ugly truth.

Afghanistan, meanwhile, has given the U.S. a strategic military beachhead in Central Asia (which "American primacy" advocates called for in the '90s) and it was quietly reported in November that plans are being accelerated for a $3.3-billion natural gas pipeline "to help Afghanistan become an energy bridge in the region."

With many Americans (including academics and former top U.S. government officials) now questioning even the physical facts of 9/11 and seriously disputing the "militant Islam" spin, with the media more brain-dead than it's been in our lifetimes, now is not the time for jingoism and blind faith in the likes of Cheney, George W. Bush and Robert Gates.

Our young men are worth more than that -- aren't they, Mr. Harper?


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"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."
- Revelations 6:8

The "WoT" was always a con.

Terrorists groups emerge each year through disaffection to forms of government.

Bush has put Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden down the watch list.

The "WoT" is a war without end. Any freedoms given up in the short term (supposedly) have been lost for good.

Bush's razzmatazz was nonsensical at the start the Borg mentality of patriotism allowed rights and freedoms to be taken away without a fight all in the name of a War that had no limits. Had it been a war against the Taliban, against Al Qaeda or against Osama Bin Laden then it would have had meaning but against an amorphous non-entity it is Governmental kleptomania of rights

because its more COOLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!

I've found, when in conflict, it can be helpful to consider things from the other point of view. This works best if you can, using imagination, immerse yourself in your opponent’s perspective.

For example:

**blah blah blah**

This is the third time you've posted this message word for word. Please don't post the exact same message more than once.

If anyone is interested in reading this post in full, click here:

http://www.politicalforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=28642

I'm new to this sort of thing.

It won't happen again.

Peace,
Bob

The lack of a creditable investigation of 9-11 has left this nation vulnerable to a takeover by those who engineered 9-11. The explosive and all the themite known to have brought down the twin towers has been concealed by the corporate news media which confirms corporate involvement. The bankers behind these corporations are equally as guilty, along with the present administration.

No wreckage of flight 77 can be found at the pentagon on 9-11. WTC building 7 imploded in the middle of the afternoon without jetliner impact, and two wars are being fought as a result of the murderous theatrical premeditated 9-11 stunt. Osama Ben Laden and the C.I.A. brought down a former superpower through a war similar to the American war in Afghanistan. The Isreali bankers Behind the Federal Reserve who can print money at will were very capable of financing 9-11 and buying off a large portion of governmental officials.

What rational politically astute individual can deny the efforts to ferment an economic coup? American policy is become more like Israeli policy, and America is also now becoming just as hated for Adopting paranoid Israeli police state policies worldwide. Kidnap and torture, being held without charges being made known, this is Israeli not American policy. It’s no secret who and what’s behind the downfall of America. The only question is at what point will American nationalism prevail.

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"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."
- Revelations 6:8

Since when Did my Countrymen EVER care about what Canada had to say. It's also a lot easier to denounce a war then to get involved. They'll denounce it but if we win, they'll take part in the benefit.

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I'll never Forget. To pull You Closer is to Pull You Down. Ignorence can be an envy. Applaud us as the old American Power goes quietly into the night.

The war on terror is a fraud

The war on drugs is a fraud

The war on poverty is a fraud

Every war government wages is a fraud

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer

After bush the retard is gone, victory wont be so far out of reach.

Victory = the end of this fraud of a war.

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America is a melting pot, the people at the bottom get burned while all the scum floats to the top.
- - - Charlie King

We have a conspiracy theory board which is where this belongs for future reference.

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All you need to know about the energy crisis:
ANWR Exploration Republicans: 91% Supported. Democrats: 86% Opposed.
Coal-to-liquid R's: 90% YES. D's: 78% NO.
Oil Shale Exploration R's: 90% YES. D's: 86% NO.
Outer Continental Shelf Exploration R's: 81% YES. D's: 83% NO.
Increased Refinery Capacity R's: 97% YES. D's: 96% NO

SUMMARY: 91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of America’s own oil and gas. 86% of House Democrats have historically voted against.