military machine on earth and its allies. If it wasn't for Iraq, the mad US
Martians would have tried to march on Damascus and Tehran. But who said the
Iraqis have finished with the Americans? There are more surprises in the
offing.
Tomorrow is the start of Iraq inquiry on the war on Iraq under the chairmanship of . I have already submitted to Sir John Chilcot. Although I am sceptical about the government holding an inquiry, but I did send Sir Chilcot the following:
Dear Sir John Chilcot,
Subject: Marching on Baghdad to Israeli drums!
I would like to refer here to BBC Panorama Program prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. One of the former British diplomat was quoted as saying "If the invasion of Iraq ever to take place we will be marching on Baghdad to Israeli drums". I have been following this matter and reached a similar conclusion that the US-UK Jewish lobby was a major player in promoting the war. A large number of US Jews became a fixture on many US TV Channels e.g. Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, David Frum, Bill Cohen, Madeline Albright...etc. It was not a coincidence that Jewish UK attroney General told Blair that the war on Iraq was legal.
I wish that your inquiry will reveal the extent of Jewish involvement in the war on Iraq.
I do Wish you Sir, all the success as your mission is not that easy taking into consideration the number of people involved in the campaign to lie and to deceive the public.
Adnan Darwash, Iraq Occupation Times
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:58 AM on 23rd November 2009
Leaked documents today reveal the extent of tensions between UK military commanders in Iraq and their US allies.
The British chief of staff in Iraq, Colonel J.K. Tanner, branded his American military counterparts as 'a group of Martians' for whom 'dialogue is alien'.
'Despite our so-called "special relationship", I reckon we were treated no differently to the Portuguese,' he added.
British soldiers carry out maintenance work near Basra last month
British soldiers carry out maintenance work near Basra last month. Leaked documents today reveal tensions between UK and US military chiefs in Iraq
The senior UK commander in the country, Major General Andrew Stewart, disclosed how he spent 'a significant amount of my time' 'evading' and 'refusing' orders from his US superiors.
The frank comments came in internal Ministry of Defence interviews with Army figures who had just returned from Operations Telic 2 and 3 - the first year of 'peacekeeping' operations in Iraq, from May 2003 to May 2004.
Transcripts of the discussions, along with 'post operational reports' by British commanders, were obtained by the Daily Telegraph.
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Major General Stewart bluntly stated that 'our ability to influence US policy in Iraq seemed to be minimal'.
He said it was 'incredible' that there was not even a secure communication link between his headquarters in Basra and the US commander, General Rick Sanchez, in Baghdad.
The details emerged on the eve of the first public hearings by the long-awaited Iraq War Inquiry.
The head of the inquiry, retired Whitehall mandarin Sir John Chilcot, pledged to produce a 'full and insightful' account of the decision-making process which took Britain into the conflict.
He said he and his team would not shrink from making criticisms of individuals or organisations if they were justified.
But at the same time he stressed the inquiry was not a court of law set up to determine issues of guilt and innocence.
Their job, he said, was to 'write the narrative in order to learn the lessons for the future'.
To that end, he said that the witness hearings which begin tomorrow in Westminster would forego the 'adversarial ding-dong' of the courtroom in order to try to get 'a naturalness' into the exchanges.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230116/U-S-military-chiefs-Iraq-group-Martians-say-British-officers.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0Xf8a1QHT
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UK plotted Iraq invasion in 2002
Updated at: 0900 PST, Monday, November 23, 2009
LONDON: Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Britain's newspaper published details of private statements made by senior British military figures claiming plans were in place months before the March 2003 invasion, but were so badly drafted they left troops poorly equipped and ill-prepared for the conflict.
The documents � transcripts of interviews from an internal defense ministry review of the conflict � disclose that some planning for the Iraq war had begun in February 2002.
Maj. Gen. Graeme Lamb, then head of Britain's special forces, was quoted as saying he had been "working the war up since early 2002," according to the newspaper.
In July 2002, Blair told lawmakers at a House of Commons committee session that there were no preparations to invade Iraq.
Critics of the war have long insisted that Blair offered then-President George W. Bush an assurance as early as mid-2002 � before British lawmakers voted in 2003 to approve U.K. involvement � that Britain would join the war.
The leaked documents are likely to be supplied to a public inquiry established by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to scrutinize prewar intelligence and postwar planning, and which will hold its first evidence sessions later this week.
Brown appointed ex-civil servant John Chilcot to lead the panel, which will call Blair and the current and former heads of Britain's MI6 intelligence agency � John Sawers and John Scarlett � to give testimony in person.
According to the Sunday daily, military leaders used the defense ministry review to criticize government departments over their failure to plan for reconstruction work once Saddam Hussein had been deposed.
"We got absolutely no advice whatsoever. The lack of involvement by the FCO (Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office), the Home Office and the Department for International Development was appalling," the newspaper quoted Brig. Bill Moore as saying in his statement.
It quoted Lt. Col. M. L. Dunn as reporting that his soldiers "only had five rounds of ammunition each" when the invasion began, and that troops lacked the correct armor and other equipment.
In another statement, Lt. Col. John Power said long-distance radios failed in Iraq's heat and claimed planning was so haphazard that military officials mistakenly sent a container of skis along with desert equipment.
The newspaper said the internal review concludes that a swift military victory was won only because Iraq's forces were so poor. "A more capable enemy would probably have punished (our) shortcomings severely," it quotes a document as saying.
Britain's role in the Iraq conflict � which triggered massive public protests at home � left 179 British soldiers dead.
"Tony Blair consistently denied to Parliament and public that the U.K. government was preparing for war in Iraq, yet these documents show that planning began as far back as 2002," Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party, said Sunday.
The revelations prove Blair took Britain "an illegal and disastrous war on false pretences," Salmond said.
The defense ministry declined to comment Sunday on the leaked documents, but said it "recognizes the importance of identifying and learning lessons from operations."
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