You get a better view with socialist resistance The US and Britain say they want a government of 'national unity' for
So, if the December 15 have any chance of achieving the aim of the Iraqi people - of whom 82 per cent want immediate withdrawal of occupying forces from Iraq - the majority of Iraqis will look forward to an independent, unified Iraq. Yes?
Well actually, no. Preliminary results of the elections in December showed that most voters opted for Sunni and Shia religious parties in the 275-seat parliament.
The western press approached the elections by drawing attention to the different electoral lists; Shia, Sunni, Kurd and apparent internal divisions. But not much attention has been paid to the people and institutions that really run the country.
The CIA runs the intelligence service, and wages an increasingly bitter struggle to maintain control of the Defence Ministry. According to recent reports, the British governOn ment has been trving to stall an investigation into the theft of more than $1.3bn (£740m) from the Iraqi Ministry of Defence.
The money disappeared during the administration of friend of the west, former Prime Minister Allawi.
In February 2UU4, mid granted observer status at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In late September 2004, Iraq sent the WTO a formal request for membership.
In November 2005, the World Bank approved $100 installment of a $500m loan to Iraq, the first such loan in 30 years. According to Jubilee Iraq, would be no need to borrow this money if Iraq were not paying more than $100m a month in reparations and with a huge odious debt burden
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in Iraq. still un-cancelled from the Saddam
In November 2004, the Paris Club companies. group of 19 creditor nations agreed to forgive, in stages, up to 80 per cent
the new paper. Name. Phone Address email on $42 billion worth of loans. The relief is contingent upon Iraq reaching an economic stabilization proIn the past, partitioning countries as part of an imperial carve-up has often been accompanied by violence and civil war - look at Ireland, India/Pakistan, Palestine.
Bush's government argues against a timetable of troop withdrawal because of the threat of civil war: but then the State Department endorses
that appears encourage the break up of Iraq by had way of 'federalism', more likely to lead to civil war. By doing so, the US is encouraging its troops to stay put
Iraqi oil policy will allow 64 per cent of Iraq's oil reserves to foreign
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Meanwhile, air raids and bombings by US troops increased in the lead up to the December elections from a monthly average of 35 during the summer to 60 in September and
For more in October and November.
George Bush may claim 'victory' in Iraq, yet the truth is that the opposition to occupation is increasing born instae and outside or frag
The Peace Conference in London in December
delegates from Iran Pakistan, India as well as the US, and it is clear that an international peace movement is encircling the Bush administration.
The international demonstrations on March 18 and 19 are likely to be huge mobilisations against the new tyranny of theft, oppression, and partition upheld by the occupation.
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