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Sometimes, a war saves people.


José Ramos-Horta


#humanitarianism #pacifism #war #iraq

Fallujah was a Guernica with no Picasso. A city of 300,000 was deprived of water, electricity, and food, emptied of most of its inhabitants who ended up parked in camps. Then came the methodical bombing and recapture of the city block by block. When soldiers occupied the hospital, The New York Times managed to justify this act on grounds that the hospital served as an enemy propaganda center by exaggerating the number of casualties. And by the way, just how many casualties were there? Nobody knows, there is no body count for Iraqis. When estimates are published, even by reputable scientific reviews, they are denounced as exaggerated. Finally, the inhabitants were allowed to return to their devastated city, by way of military checkpoints, and start to sift through the rubble, under the watchful eye of soldiers and biometric controls.


Jean Bricmont


#foreign-policy #france #human-rights #iraq #kosovo-war

I have to be accurate; I don't have to be impartial


John Burns


#balkans #current-events #iraq #journalism #iraq

A few days later, Tuesday quietly crossed our apartment as I read a book and, after a nudge against my arm, put his head on my lap. As always, I immediately checked my mental state, trying to assess what was wrong. I knew a change in my biorhythms had brought Tuesday over, because he was always monitoring me, but I couldn't figure out what it was. Breathing? Okay. Pulse? Normal. Was I glazed or distracted? Was I lost in Iraq? Was a dark period descending? I didn't think so, but I knew something must be wrong, and I was starting to worry...until I looked into Tuesday's eyes. They were staring at me softly from under those big eyebrows, and there was nothing in them but love.


Luis Carlos Montalván


#dog #dog-lover #dogs-loyalty #iraq #iraq-war

We can't have a failure in Iraq, but we also can't be there for the next 10 years because if we are, it's going to become, I think, a failure in and of itself.


Dennis Ross


#because #become #failure #going #i

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.


Donald Rumsfeld


#days #five #force #i #iraq

This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information.


John Scarlett


#information #iraqi #know #line #military

The transfer is a monumental occasion as the Iraqi people take control of their government and their future and forge ahead with creating a society governed by the tenets of life, liberty and freedom.


Jim Gerlach


#control #creating #forge #freedom #future

Yet the march toward freedom is not without its hazards or its casualties and the threats of violence aimed at Iraqis who participate in the election will be dealt with accordingly.


Jim Gerlach


#aimed #casualties #dealt #election #freedom

Iraq is not about oil.


Bobby Ray Inman


#iraq #oil






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