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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: Iraq to be launching pad for more wars |
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Oh, the blood, the carnage! I can't get enough! More, more, more war, war war! I love the smell of depleted uranium in the morning.
US-deal to make Iraq launch pad for wars
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:39:37
An Iraqi lawmaker says a security treaty between the US and his country would let Washington to attack any country from Iraq.
"The Iraqi-US agreement contains several items that impinge upon the sovereignty of Iraq, including the right of the US forces in Iraq to attack any nation and raid any Iraqi house and arrest people without prior permission from the Iraqi government," Khalaf al-Alyan, an Iraqi lawmaker from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), told Aswat al-Iraq on Monday.
The US is trying to convince Iraq to sign two treaties that would provide a legal basis for the long-term presence of US troops in the country after their UN mandate expires on December 31.
"The agreement grants the United States the right to set up a large number of bases in Iraq, ranging between 50 and 58 bases," Alyan added.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has formerly defended the treaty, saying he is 'optimistic' about the deal.
The country's religious and political figures, however consider the treaties as humiliating saying it would turn Iraq into a de facto US colony.
Iraqi officials had earlier pledged that Baghdad would not allow the country be used as a launch-pad for military attacks against other nations.
Analysts, however, believe the treaties wording might oblige the country to give the United States a free hand to use Iraq as a base for waging more wars in the Middle East. |
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Pligganease
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: The deep south...
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| An Iraqi lawmaker says a security treaty between the US and his country would let Washington to attack any country from Iraq. |
Wow. You take this, the same type of agreement the U.S. has with South Korea, Japan, Turkey, Germany, etc. to mean that they are planning wars as we speak.
Moonbatty.
Being able to station troops in a place and mobilize them from that place does not mean that there is the necessity to mobilize them from that place.
Germany is a launchpad for wars! How many? 0
Japan is a launchpad for wars! How many? 0
And so on... |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Iraq to be launching pad for more wars |
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| bacasper wrote: |
Oh, the blood, the carnage! I can't get enough! More, more, more war, war war! I love the smell of depleted uranium in the morning.
US-deal to make Iraq launch pad for wars
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:39:37
An Iraqi lawmaker says a security treaty between the US and his country would let Washington to attack any country from Iraq.
"The Iraqi-US agreement contains several items that impinge upon the sovereignty of Iraq, including the right of the US forces in Iraq to attack any nation and raid any Iraqi house and arrest people without prior permission from the Iraqi government," Khalaf al-Alyan, an Iraqi lawmaker from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), told Aswat al-Iraq on Monday.
The US is trying to convince Iraq to sign two treaties that would provide a legal basis for the long-term presence of US troops in the country after their UN mandate expires on December 31.
"The agreement grants the United States the right to set up a large number of bases in Iraq, ranging between 50 and 58 bases," Alyan added.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has formerly defended the treaty, saying he is 'optimistic' about the deal.
The country's religious and political figures, however consider the treaties as humiliating saying it would turn Iraq into a de facto US colony.
Iraqi officials had earlier pledged that Baghdad would not allow the country be used as a launch-pad for military attacks against other nations.
Analysts, however, believe the treaties wording might oblige the country to give the United States a free hand to use Iraq as a base for waging more wars in the Middle East. |
Well then just tell the Bathists , the Khomeni followers and the Al Qaedists to give up their war. Then there will be no problem. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| The Iranians must be getting a bit nervous. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| nautilus wrote: |
| The Iranians must be getting a bit nervous. |
Is that sarcasm? If not, am I to assume that you agree with the general thesis of the article? |
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doc_ido
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Pligganease wrote: |
| Wow. You take this, the same type of agreement the U.S. has with South Korea, Japan, Turkey, Germany, etc. to mean that they are planning wars as we speak. |
The US did use Germany and Turkey as launchpads into Iraq, so it's not unreasonable to assume they'd do the same should they decide to have a go at Iran or Syria. It used bases in Japan as launchpads during the Korean and Vietnamese wars. What are military bases for, if not to launch military operations from? |
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loose_ends
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:30 am Post subject: Re: Iraq to be launching pad for more wars |
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| bacasper wrote: |
"The Iraqi-US agreement contains several items that impinge upon the sovereignty of Iraq, including the right of the US forces in Iraq to attack any nation and raid any Iraqi house and arrest people without prior permission from the Iraqi government," Khalaf al-Alyan, an Iraqi lawmaker from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), told Aswat al-Iraq on Monday.
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Can they do this in Germany, Japan, and South Korea? |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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The US has bases and troops just about everywhere. And guess what? The US pays the country handsomely, along with offering them other benefits.
Why do you think Japan, Korea, Germany, and other countries deal with the internal problems of having a US troop presence. Its because the US is paying up the ass to keep them there. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:51 am Post subject: Re: Iraq to be launching pad for more wars |
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| bacasper wrote: |
"The Iraqi-US agreement contains several items that impinge upon the sovereignty of Iraq, including the right of the US forces in Iraq to attack any nation and raid any Iraqi house and arrest people without prior permission from the Iraqi government," Khalaf al-Alyan, an Iraqi lawmaker from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), told Aswat al-Iraq on Monday.
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Can they do this in Germany, Japan, and South Korea? |
No. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| America can do what it wants since it considers itself the meanest dog in town. It's when someone challenges them is there a real war. And that will happen someday, because the world is not going to tolerate a country doing just what it pleases when it comes to domination. Iraq does not belong to America nor does anywhere else. Well, this is quite an interesting situation. |
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thiophene
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:40 am Post subject: Re: Iraq to be launching pad for more wars |
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| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| bacasper wrote: |
Oh, the blood, the carnage! I can't get enough! More, more, more war, war war! I love the smell of depleted uranium in the morning.
US-deal to make Iraq launch pad for wars
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:39:37
An Iraqi lawmaker says a security treaty between the US and his country would let Washington to attack any country from Iraq.
"The Iraqi-US agreement contains several items that impinge upon the sovereignty of Iraq, including the right of the US forces in Iraq to attack any nation and raid any Iraqi house and arrest people without prior permission from the Iraqi government," Khalaf al-Alyan, an Iraqi lawmaker from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), told Aswat al-Iraq on Monday.
The US is trying to convince Iraq to sign two treaties that would provide a legal basis for the long-term presence of US troops in the country after their UN mandate expires on December 31.
"The agreement grants the United States the right to set up a large number of bases in Iraq, ranging between 50 and 58 bases," Alyan added.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has formerly defended the treaty, saying he is 'optimistic' about the deal.
The country's religious and political figures, however consider the treaties as humiliating saying it would turn Iraq into a de facto US colony.
Iraqi officials had earlier pledged that Baghdad would not allow the country be used as a launch-pad for military attacks against other nations.
Analysts, however, believe the treaties wording might oblige the country to give the United States a free hand to use Iraq as a base for waging more wars in the Middle East. |
Well then just tell the Bathists , the Khomeni followers and the Al Qaedists to give up their war. Then there will be no problem. |
let's exterminate all the men in the world, then there will be no problem.  |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: Iraq to be launching pad for more wars |
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| thiophene wrote: |
| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| bacasper wrote: |
Oh, the blood, the carnage! I can't get enough! More, more, more war, war war! I love the smell of depleted uranium in the morning.
US-deal to make Iraq launch pad for wars
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:39:37
An Iraqi lawmaker says a security treaty between the US and his country would let Washington to attack any country from Iraq.
"The Iraqi-US agreement contains several items that impinge upon the sovereignty of Iraq, including the right of the US forces in Iraq to attack any nation and raid any Iraqi house and arrest people without prior permission from the Iraqi government," Khalaf al-Alyan, an Iraqi lawmaker from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), told Aswat al-Iraq on Monday.
The US is trying to convince Iraq to sign two treaties that would provide a legal basis for the long-term presence of US troops in the country after their UN mandate expires on December 31.
"The agreement grants the United States the right to set up a large number of bases in Iraq, ranging between 50 and 58 bases," Alyan added.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has formerly defended the treaty, saying he is 'optimistic' about the deal.
The country's religious and political figures, however consider the treaties as humiliating saying it would turn Iraq into a de facto US colony.
Iraqi officials had earlier pledged that Baghdad would not allow the country be used as a launch-pad for military attacks against other nations.
Analysts, however, believe the treaties wording might oblige the country to give the United States a free hand to use Iraq as a base for waging more wars in the Middle East. |
Well then just tell the Bathists , the Khomeni followers and the Al Qaedists to give up their war. Then there will be no problem. |
let's exterminate all the men in the world, then there will be no problem. |
Why am I not surprised you see it that way? |
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thiophene
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: Iraq to be launching pad for more wars |
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| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| thiophene wrote: |
| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| bacasper wrote: |
Oh, the blood, the carnage! I can't get enough! More, more, more war, war war! I love the smell of depleted uranium in the morning.
US-deal to make Iraq launch pad for wars
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:39:37
An Iraqi lawmaker says a security treaty between the US and his country would let Washington to attack any country from Iraq.
"The Iraqi-US agreement contains several items that impinge upon the sovereignty of Iraq, including the right of the US forces in Iraq to attack any nation and raid any Iraqi house and arrest people without prior permission from the Iraqi government," Khalaf al-Alyan, an Iraqi lawmaker from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), told Aswat al-Iraq on Monday.
The US is trying to convince Iraq to sign two treaties that would provide a legal basis for the long-term presence of US troops in the country after their UN mandate expires on December 31.
"The agreement grants the United States the right to set up a large number of bases in Iraq, ranging between 50 and 58 bases," Alyan added.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has formerly defended the treaty, saying he is 'optimistic' about the deal.
The country's religious and political figures, however consider the treaties as humiliating saying it would turn Iraq into a de facto US colony.
Iraqi officials had earlier pledged that Baghdad would not allow the country be used as a launch-pad for military attacks against other nations.
Analysts, however, believe the treaties wording might oblige the country to give the United States a free hand to use Iraq as a base for waging more wars in the Middle East. |
Well then just tell the Bathists , the Khomeni followers and the Al Qaedists to give up their war. Then there will be no problem. |
let's exterminate all the men in the world, then there will be no problem. |
Why am I not surprised you see it that way? |
perhaps we are kindred spirits. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Who duuhnn it?
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July 13, 1991
Japanese Translator of Rushdie Book Found Slain
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
OKYO, July 12 -- The Japanese translator of "The Satanic Verses," by Salman Rushdie, was found slain today at a university northeast of Tokyo.
The translator, Hitoshi Igarashi, 44 years old, was an assistant professor of comparative culture who reportedly studied in Iran in the 1970's. The police said he was stabbed several times on Thursday night and left in the hallway outside his office at Tsukuba University.
It is the second time this month that someone involved with the production of the novel by Mr. Rushdie, the Indian-born author condemned to death by the Iranian authorities two years ago, has been assaulted. On July 3, Ettore Capriolo, 61, the Italian translator of "The Satanic Verses," was stabbed in his apartment in Milan... |
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-translator.html |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Such articles, Bacasper, express such simplistic, infantile, and hysterical views of foreign relations and wars, that I would not even know where to begin to express disagreement -- assuming that any audience receptive to such a piece of writing would even be open to hearing it in the first place. |
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