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The Sunday Best....
Theo Spark —
The 'Hockey Stick' Scandal My newspaper caved in to Richard Warman, and all I got was this lousy headache Iraq report: Secret papers reveal blunders and concealment Lieutenant Paddy Rice 'luckiest soldier in Afghanistan' after Taliban sniper shooting Royal Navy used 'Spanish flag' for target practice off Gibraltar Afghan governor turned 3,000 men over to Taliban Afghan pullout is ‘election ploy’ by Gordon Brown Barack Obama dream fades as China visit fails to bring change ...
Iraq report: Secret papers reveal blunders and concealment
Op For —
... One may find the following articles which appear in the Daily Telegraph of interest. There are several links to other articles on the British Military and the problems it faces contained therein and I commend those also. ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/22/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Iraq Report: Secret Papers Reveal Blunders and Concealment On the eve of the Chilcot inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the 2003 invasion and its aftermath, The Sunday Telegraph has obtained hundreds of pages of secret Government reports on “lessons learnt” which shed new light on “significant shortcomings” at all levels. They include full transcripts of extraordinarily frank classified interviews in which British Army commanders vent their frustration and anger with ministers and Whitehall officials. ...
Iraq Accuses Baathists; Election Law Still in Limbo; Blair Misled Parliament, Interfered with Military Preparedness
Informed Comment —
... Leaked British documents show that then PM Tony Blair had secretly agreed to go to war against Iraq with George W. Bush and had begun operational planning in February, 2002, but lied to parliament about it, claiming that disarmament was the issue, not regime change. Blair ordered the British military not to engage in proper preparations for the war, since such steps would be observed by parliament and the representatives of the people might get a clue as to what was really going on. He therefore sent his troops, ill-equipped and unprepared, into battle. They also had no ...
It’s always a clean slate for them
Firedoglake —
... It’s always good news for Republicans. And you know what else is? The fact that in Great Britain they actually have an occasional press attempt for accountability that doesn’t end when something else shiny comes along (and also topless women, but that’s really Rupert’s fault). ...
Rising Hegemon — ... It's always good news for Republicans. And you know what else is? The fact that in Great Britain they actually have an occasional press attempt for accountability that doesn't end when something else shiny comes along (and also topless women, but that's really Rupert's fault). ...
Funny How That Works
Firedoglake —
... 1. Evidence mounts, via an investigation in the United Kingdom that the United States was determined to invade Iraq not long after 9/11/2001. Even being told there were no weapons of mass destruction and the ...
