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......Despite his brave face, kind heart, and upbeat disposition, even Ali eventually shared his concerns with me. One morning, when we met for work, I asked him about the latest news. “Same old, same old,” he replied, “Kidnappings, killings, rapes. Same old, same old. This is our life now, everyday.”

“The lack of hope for the future is our biggest problem today,” he explained. He went on to say something that also qualified eerily as another version of the “same old, same old.” I had heard similar words from countless Iraqis back in the fall of 2003, as violence and chaos first began to engulf the country. “All we want is to live in peace, and have security, and have a normal life,” he said, “to be able to enjoy the sweetness of life.” This time, however, there wasn’t even a trace of his usual cheer, and not even a hint of gallows humor.

“All Iraq has had these last 10 years is violence, chaos, and suffering. For 13 years before that we were starved and deprived by [U.N. and U.S.] sanctions. Before that, the Kuwait War, and before that, the Iran War. At least I experienced some of my childhood without knowing war. I’ve achieved a job and have my family, but for my daughters, what will they have here in this country? Will they ever get to live without war? I don’t think so.”

http://dahrjamail.net/living-with-no-future-iraq-10-years-later

Über Dahr Jamail Biography

http://dahrjamail.net/about

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....The power elite, especially the liberal elite, has always been willing to sacrifice integrity and truth for power, personal advancement, foundation grants, awards, tenured professorships, columns, book contracts, television appearances, generous lecture fees and social status. They know what they need to say. They know which ideology they have to serve. They know what lies must be told—the biggest being that they take moral stances on issues that aren’t safe and anodyne. They have been at this game a long time. And they will, should their careers require it, happily sell us out again.

Leslie Gelb, in the magazine Foreign Affairs, spelled it out after the invasion of Iraq.

“My initial support for the war was symptomatic of unfortunate tendencies within the foreign policy community, namely the disposition and incentives to support wars to retain political and professional credibility,” he wrote. “We ‘experts’ have a lot to fix about ourselves, even as we ‘perfect’ the media. We must redouble our commitment to independent thought, and embrace, rather than cast aside, opinions and facts that blow the common—often wrong—wisdom apart. Our democracy requires nothing less.” ........

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_treason_of_the_intellectuals_20130331/

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Im letzten Irak-Krieg verschossen die Alliierten hunderte von Tonnen uranhaltiger Munition. Die panzerbrechende Waffe wirkt noch nach Jahren. Um Basra, im Süden des Landes, beträgt die Strahlenbelastung nach Messungen unabhängiger Experten das 20fache des Normalwertes. Vor allem Kinder, die auf den irakischen Panzerwracks spielen, erkranken. Die Zahl der Missbildungen bei Neugeborenen nimmt zu. Eine Reportage über die Spätfolgen des Krieges von Thomas Aders, ARD Kairo.

http://www.daserste.de/information/politik-weltgeschehen/weltspiegel/sendung/swr/2013/irak-uranmunition-100.html

Irak Uranmunition - das strahlende Vermächtnis [ARD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMOkHTj9RXA

Deadly Dust – Todesstaub durch Uranmonition

Diese Dokumentation von Frieder Wagner erzählt von einem Kriegsverbrechen: dem Einsatz der Uranmunition im Irak, im Bosnienkrieg und im Kosovo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OPY-MSLohU

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Der australischer Journalis John Pilger http://johnpilger.com/biography ist für mich einer die Besten Frei Journalist der es gibt .Die video Dokumentation beschreibt wie die Usa und engländer Medien Manipuliert ihre Bevölkerung um konsens für neuer Kriege zu beginnen .
Er Erzhält uns wie die Medien uns Lügen wenn sie über Irak , Afgahfnistan und Palästina Sprechen .

http://vimeo.com/67739294

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Two teams struggle to find an olive under one of the 11 cups displayed on a tray. The traditional game sin-u-serf (tray and cup in Kurdish) is only played during the Muslim fasting month. In one of Iraq’s most violent cities, it is nothing less than a challenge to death.

“Every night we block the entrance of the street with our vehicles to protect ourselves against car bombs and the like. There are also several policemen in plain clothes among us,” says Haukar, the owner of this teahouse in Kirkuk’s northern district Sorja. Around 50 have gathered here to play the game after ending the daylong fast.

Disputed by Arabs and Kurds, this oil rich city 230 km northwest Baghdad remains in limbo between control from Erbil, administrative capital of the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq, and Baghdad.

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/07/kirkuk-plays-dice-with-violence/

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For more than two decades, Iraq has been the subject of a large-scale toxic warfare experiment. Operation Desert Storm, fought in 1991, was the first time in military history that depleted uranium (DU)—a nuclear waste by-product—was systematically employed against both military and civilian targets. US forces used DU on a much larger scale during the war and occupation that started in 2003.

http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/13537/the-toxicity-of-everyday-survival-in-iraq

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Like characters from The Great Gatsby, Britain and the US have arrogantly turned their backs and left a country in ruins

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/26/iraqis-cant-turn-backs-on-deadly-legacy

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Die WHO ablehnen Öffentlich zu machen der Bericht über Krebs und Geburt Verformungen in Iraq die Uranmunition Verursacht macht

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has categorically refused in defiance of its own mandate to share evidence uncovered in Iraq that US military use of Depleted Uranium and other weapons have not only killed many civilians, but continue to result in the birth of deformed babies.

A United Nations that is no longer corrupted by the five Permanent Members of the Security Council is what is needed.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-refuses-to-publish-report-on-cancers-and-birth-defects-in-iraq-caused-by-depleted-uranium-ammunition/5349556

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Nouri al-Maliki is meeting Barack Obama to ask for help 'fighting terrorism' .But it's the regime's own militias that Iraqis fear

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/01/no-more-arms-to-iraq-obama-nouri-al-maliki

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The future of Iraq as a united and independent country is endangered by sectarian Shia-Sunni hostility says Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia religious leader whose Mehdi Army militia fought the US and British armies and who remains a powerful figure in Iraqi politics. He warns of the danger that “the Iraqi people will disintegrate, its government will disintegrate, and it will be easy for external powers to control the country”.

In an interview in the holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south-west of Baghdad – the first interview Mr Sadr has given face-to-face with a Western journalist for almost 10 years – he expressed pessimism about the immediate prospects for Iraq, saying: “The near future is dark.”

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/11/29/an-interview-with-muqtada-al-sadr/

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An intensifying revolt in a Sunni Arab province of Iraq sparked by the Shiite-led government's dispersal of a year-old protest leaves the country at the crossroads between reconciliation and civil war, analysts say.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=663141

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"In Iraq, al-Qaeda launched an offensive to take control of two cities, Fallujah and Ramadi, that U.S. troops sacrificed heavily to clear of terrorists between 2004 and 2008."

And so the new year begins, with a heavy dose of same old, same old. This is the Washington Post editorial page, which Robert Parry dubbed the neocon bullhorn, blaming the al-Qaeda uprising in western Iraq on President Obama's withdrawal of troops from that country, along with his failure to invade Syria last fall, all of which, the editorial charges, adds up to complacency in the face of growing danger and a lack of protection for "vital U.S. interests."

http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18410-lies-stupidity-waste-war-crimes-iraq

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During his visit to Iraq on January 14, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern about the deteriorating security situation. In his joint press conference with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ki-moon urged all political leaders to "address the root causes of the problems", calling for "political cohesion" and "political dialogue, inclusive dialogue".

Ban Ki-moon was immediately rebuffed by al-Maliki, who said: "Talk about dialogue in Al-Anbar is rejected because we do not hold dialogue with al-Qaeda". He seemed to be saying there is no one in the province worth talking to. In doing so, al-Maliki resorted to his usual rhetoric accusing Anbar's population of being 'terrorists', despite the fact that protesters, along with five other provinces, have been peacefully demonstrating since December 2012. His statements were obviously intended to legitimise a sectarian-inspired brutal military campaign against the protestors.

The question is: Will the siege, bombardment and military onslaught on Fallujah and Ramadi in Anbar province , put an end to the terrorist acts and frequent car explosions taking place in markets, cafes and mosques and in various Iraqi cities? Will the highly publicised US-Iraqi franchised "war on terror" in Anbar put an end to the endemic suffering of Iraqis?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/01/here-list-real-forces-behind-violence-iraq-201411613100570815.html

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These are the ‘best of times’ for the oil giants in Iraq. Production is up, profits are soaring, and big oil is rolling in dough. Here’s the story from the Wall Street Journal:

“Iraq’s oil production surged to its highest level in over 30 years last month, surprising skeptics of the country’s efforts to restore its oil industry after decades of war and neglect.” (Wall Street Journal)

Mission accomplished?

You bet. But for those who still cling to the idea that the US was serious about promoting democracy or removing a vicious dictator or eliminating WMD or any of the other kooky excuses, consider what we’ve learned in the last couple weeks. Here’s the story from Aljazeera:

“While the US military has formally ended its occupation of Iraq, some of the largest western oil companies, ExxonMobil, BP and Shell, remain.

On November 27, 38 months after Royal Dutch Shell announced its pursuit of a massive gas deal in southern Iraq, the oil giant had its contract signed for a $17bn flared gas deal. Three days later, the US-based energy firm Emerson submitted a bid for a contract to operate at Iraq’s giant Zubair oil field, which reportedly holds some eight million barrels of oil.

Earlier this year, Emerson was awarded a contract to provide crude oil metering systems and other technology for a new oil terminal in Basra, currently under construction in the Persian Gulf, and the company is installing control systems in the power stations in Hilla and Kerbala. Iraq’s supergiant Rumaila oil field is already being developed by BP, and the other supergiant reserve, Majnoon oil field, is being developed by Royal Dutch Shell. Both fields are in southern Iraq.” (“Western oil firms remain as US exits Iraq”, Dahr Jamail, Aljazeera.)

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38590.htm

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Beispiel , der Korrupt Maliki Regierung der steht beim 171 Korrupter
Länden von 177 geprüften Staaten durch die Organisation Transparency
International
http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results/
Wo Westliche Könzern betrofenen sind
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/glaxosmithkline-pharmakonzern-prueft-korruptionsvorwuerfe-im-irak-1.1931226
Seiner Sektarier politik der versucht eine sektarier Krieg führen
http://truth-out.org/news/item/5804-rivals-say-maliki-leading-iraq-to-civil-war und
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/08/almaliki-divisive-leadership-window-alqaida-iraq um seiner Korrupter und Autoritär
Regierung Aufmerksamkeit weglenken zu machen
http://www.brussellstribunal.org/article_view.asp?id=1437#.U5hY2Evh9UE . Es gibt mehr als der "Gute" Maliki gegen die "Bösse" al-Qaeda ,
wie in Fallujah gezeigt hat wo al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq
nicht eine große Rolle spiel hat
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/9/as_us_rushes_weapons_to_iraq
sonder der Stammer Gruppen
http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/editorial/fallujah-reflects-malikis-sectarian-politics-in-iraq .
Die westlische Medien haben uns verkauft das al-Qaeda Guppen ,
Fallujah Besetz haben , aber was wären sind Protesten gegen ihren
sektarien und korrupte Politik
http://www.brussellstribunal.org/article_view.asp?id=1405#.U5hn2kvh9UE , und nach der Armee die Fallujah Protesten angegrifen wurden ,
wurde ganz Anbar Region in aufstand gebracht wo die Zivil Bevölkerung
eine Groß Preiss Bezäht hat
http://www.brussellstribunal.org/article_view.asp?id=1449#.U5hwHUvh9UE .
Viele Länden sind Komplize mit der Maliki Politik , ihrer komplize
verschweigung ist Belohnt ....
http://www.brussellstribunal.org/article_view.asp?id=1546#.U5hxvUvh9UE

Die Auslander Einmichung Spiel auch eine große Rolle
http://www.brussellstribunal.org/article_view.asp?id=1419#.U5hj_Evh9UE

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Iraq Militants, Pushing South, Aim at Capital

"As Iraqi government forces crumbled in disarray before the assault, there was speculation that they may have been ordered by their superiors to give up without a fight. One local commander in Salahuddin Province, where Tikrit is located, said in an interview Wednesday: “We received phone calls from high-ranking commanders asking us to give up. I questioned them on this, and they said, ‘This is an order.’ "

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/world/middleeast/iraq.html?_r=0

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" Furthermore, although ISIS is leading the offensive toward Baghdad, large numbers of Sunni Iraqis, including ex-Baathists, have reportedly joined the advance, not in support of the extremist group but motivated by anger toward Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government. "

http://dailystar.com.lb/News/Analysis/2014/Jun-16/260266-isis-iraq-offensive-could-trigger-hezbollah-to-fill-gap-left-in-syria.ashx#axzz34o3ZAwkd

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Understanding the coup in Mosul and its consequences

There is a huge difference between the conspiratorial interpretation of events and the interpretation of an actual conspiracy, which many tend to overlook, namely, that the former is a subjective view that holds everything is a plot by the enemies – where even sand storms that hit Iraq could be a conspiracy – while explaining an actual conspiracy, entails a realistic analysis of causes, effects, and evidence thereof, with the intention of understanding a real conspiracy that has been planned and executed by one side against another. Major conspiracies are not rare throughout history, and some historians have even stated that history is nothing but a long series of plots.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/iraq-understanding-coup-mosul-and-its-consequences

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Iraqi Consultative Meeting Statement - London 11th June 2014

We tried to outline our aims for a future that ensures our people’s security, the unity of the country, and the preservation of its ancient civilization and human values.

http://www.brussellstribunal.org/article_view.asp?id=1563#.U6BQqUvh9UE

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Vor zehn Jahren begann der Krieg im Irak. Ein Jahr später, 2004, lancierten die USA im Irak eine Grossoffensive gegen die Rebellenhochburg Falluja. Wochen lang wurde die Stadt bombardiert.

Neun Jahre nach dem Krieg leben die Bewohner immer noch zwischen Ruinen. Die missgebildeten Kinder kamen nach 2004 zur Welt, als Falluja die grösste Militäroffensive seit der Invasion des Iraks 2003 erduldete. 15'000 Soldaten waren eingeflogen worden, um die rund 2000 irakischen Rebellen zu vernichten. Die US-Luftwaffe warf hunderte Tonnen Bomben ab.

http://vimeo.com/62408912

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Im Zusammenhang mit der drastischen Verschlechterung der Sicherheitssituation im Irak wurde am 13. Juni eine Nachricht mit dem Inhalt verbreitet, dass der schiitische Kleriker Ali Sistani die Menschen im Westen und Norden des Iraks zu den Waffen gerufen hätte, um den sunnitischen Aufstand niederzuschlagen. Allerdings sind diese Berichte haltlos und widersprechen den patriotischen, humanitären und konfessionsfreien Prinzipien, die sich Sistani zu eigen gemacht hat.

http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=12686

Eine Interessant Artikel die sprecht wie Erste diesen freiwillige Dienst gerufen haben und als sie zwischen Iraq und Syrien Grenzen gebracht wurden , wurden sie von den Hochkommandanten einigen von ihnen Verwanten von Maliki Stamm , alein gelassen ....

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/02/world/middleeast/after-retreat-iraqi-soldiers-fault-officers.html?_r=1

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Atheel Nujaifi says main strike force has withdrawn, with rebels linked to Saddam Hussein regime taking over

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/18/new-militant-group-replaces-isis-mosul

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For Americans, it was like the news from nowhere. Years had passed since reporters bothered to head for the country we invaded and blew a hole through back in 2003, the country once known as Iraq that our occupation drove into a never-ending sectarian nightmare. In 2011, the last U.S. combat troops slipped out of the country, their heads “held high,” as President Obama proclaimed at the time, and Iraq ceased to be news for Americans.

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175869/tomgram:_dahr_jamail,_incinerating_iraq/#more

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nach dem ISIS viele Kulturerben in Mosul zerstört hat es begannen einer Wieserstand zwischen Junge Leute und Offizielle gegen dieser zerstörung , sie haben ein Gruppe mit den namme "The Mosul Brigades" gegrund um ISIS am Wüßte zu schicken .

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=717040

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........The peshmerga's withdrawal from Sinjar left tens of thousands of ethnic Yezidis at the mercy of the Islamic State, which considers them devil worshippers, or stranded on a mountain with scant food and water.

Several Yezidis said they had begged the peshmerga to hand over their weapons before they withdrew so they could protect themselves, but were refused.

"There was categorically no order to withdraw from any front," said peshmerga spokesman Hikmat, dismissing statements by some Kurdish officials that the retreat was tactical. "There was negligence."

Hikmat said the field commanders responsible for the area were under investigation. It will take more, however, to restore confidence among Yezidis, who feel betrayed by the peshmerga.

"We used to feel safe, and that the peshmerga had our back," said 31-year-old Yezidi Firas, who fled Sinjar with his family and eventually made it to the Kurdish city of Duhok after escaping from the Mount Sinjar via Syria.

"We trusted them, but they withdrew and destroyed us. How can we trust them anymore?".......

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/13/uk-iraq-security-peshmerga-idUKKBN0GD1N820140813

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VICE http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_%28Magazin%29 hat ein Video Von IS gedreht , ein Gruppen von der Reportärt haben mit ihnen drei Woche geteilt .

https://news.vice.com/video/the-islamic-state-full-length

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Die Bekämpfung des sogenannten „Islamischen Staates“ liegt allein in der Hand der betroffenen Staate

Niemand kann wissen, ob nicht die deutsche Bundesregierung und die anderen Regierungen Europas noch daran gehindert werden können, diese Dummheit zu begehen.

http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=13295

Die geistige Grundlage des islamischen Extremismus

Eine kurze Darstellung der geistigen Grundlage islamischen Extremismus an Beispiel des IS

http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=13269

John McCain, der Dirigent des "arabischen Frühlings" und der Kalif

Jeder hat den Widerspruch derjenigen bemerkt, die vor kurzem das islamische Emirat als "Freiheitskämpfer" in Syrien bezeichneten und sich jetzt über ihre Menschenrechtsverletzungen im Irak empören. Aber wenn diese Rede auch in sich inkonsistent ist, ist sie absolut logisch mit dem strategischen Plan: die gleichen Individuen sollten gestern als Verbündete und heute als Feinde dargestellt werden, auch wenn sie immer noch Washington unterstehen. Thierry Meyssan blättert die Unterseite der Karten der US-Politik mit dem besonderen Fall des Senators John McCain auf, dem Dirigenten des "Arabischen Frühlings" und langjährigen Gesprächspartner des Kalifen Ibrahim.

http://www.voltairenet.org/article185097.html

The Covert Origins of ISIS?

Evidence exposing who put ISIS in power, and how it was done.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39603.htm

Iran, Gulf Arabs dither on Islamic State

http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=13423

Resurgent Iraq?
Weekly Comment, 8-15 August 2014

“Iran Wants Iraq’s New Premier to Start Job Immediately”. “Iranian Leader Hails Breakthrough in Iraq’s Political Deadlock: the Iranian Supreme Leader … on Wednesday … hailed the appointment of Iraq’s new prime minister … God willing, the deadlock will end with the appointment of Iraq’s new prime minister; and the government will be formed to start its work”.

http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=13274

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...It was not a surprise that the small Iraqi minority found itself a target for fanatical Islamic State (IS) militants, who had reportedly carried out unspeakable crimes against Yazidis, driving them to Dohuk, Irbil and other northern Iraqi regions. According to UN and other groups, 40,000 Yazidi had been stranded on Mount Sinjar, awaiting imminent “genocide” if the US and other powers didn’t take action to save them .
The rest of the story was spun from that point on, as the Yazidis - whose very existence was rarely acknowledged in most international media - became a rally cry for US-western intervention in Iraq. The logic for intervention that preceded the latest US bombing campaign of IS targets, which started in mid-June, is similar to what took place in Libya over three years ago. Early 2011, imminent “genocide” awaiting Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi at the hands of Muammar Gaddafi was the rally cry that mobilised western powers to a war that wrought wanton killings and destruction in Libya............
.............When US special forces arrived to the top of Mount Sinjar, they realized that the Yazidis had either been rescued by Kurdish militias, or were already living there. They found less than 5,000 Yazidis there, half of them refugees. The mountain is revered in local legend, as the final resting place of Noah’s ark. It was also the final resting place for the Yazidi genocide story. The finding hardly received much coverage in the media, which used the original claim to create fervour in anticipation for Western intervention in Iraq.
We all know how the first intervention worked out. Not that IS’ brutal tactics in eastern, northern and central Iraq should be tolerated. But a true act of genocide had already taken place in Iraq for nearly two decades, starting with the US war in 1990-91, a decade-long embargo and a most destructive war and occupation starting in 2003. Not once did a major newspaper editorial in the US bestow the term “genocide” on the killing and maiming of millions of Iraqis. In fact, the IS campaign is actually part of a larger Sunni rebellion in Iraq, in response to the US war and Shite-led government oppression over the course of years. That context is hardly relevant in the selective reporting on the current violence in Iraq..........
........The French are also keen on fighting IS. After all, France was one of the two main parties in the Asia Minor (Sykes-Picot) Agreement in 1916, which divided Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire between France and Britain. Major wars and upheavals didn’t alter the old colonial borders imposed on the Arabs since then, as much as the IS, whose numbers are being artfully overstated from 10 thousand up to 31 thousand, according to the CIA. Francois Hollande flew to Baghdad in a reported show of support for Iraq’s new government. In actuality, he was there, ahead of a Paris conference on Iraq, to show a united western front, and that the Obama administration was not alone in this war. France, of course, has its own calculations in Syria and Lebanon, and will find the right moment to cease in its support of the US war.......
.........That same media has also cleverly devalued and branded conflicts, and acts of genocide in ways consistent with US foreign policy agendas. While the Yazidis were purportedly stranded on mount Sinjar, Israel was carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Over 2,150 were killed, mostly civilians, hundreds of them children, and over 11,000 wounded, the vast majority of whom were civilians. Not an alleged 40,000 but a confirmed 520,000 thousand were on the run, and along with the rest of Gaza’s 1.8 million, were entrapped in an open-air prison with no escape. But that was not an act of genocide either, as far as the US-western governments and media were concerned. Worse, they actively defended, and, especially in the case of the US, UK, France and Italy, armed and funded the Israeli aggression. Just as the Israeli army was running out of badly needed ammunition to carry out its war crimes, the US was quick to ship more weapons to Israel. Thanks to US aid and backing, the Gaza genocide was finalised to perfection.

Experience has taught us that not all “acts of genocide” are created equal: Some are fabricated, and others are exaggerated. Some are useful to start wars, and others, no matter how atrocious, are not worth mentioning. Some acts of genocide are branded as wars to liberate, free and democratize. In that case, body count is not important. Other acts of genocide are to be encouraged, defended and financed.

But as far as the US involvement in the Middle East is concerned, the only real genocide is the one that serves the interests of the west, by offering an opportunity for military intervention, followed by political and strategic meddling to re-arrange the region. .........

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/convenient-genocide-another-failed-war-re-arrange-middle-east-607734008

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......
If the so-called Islamic State didn’t exist, many in the region would be keen on creating one........

http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/02/what-if-islamic-state-didnt-exist/

Ich habe dieses Artikel als komentare in Linksunten gepostet
https://linksunten.indymedia.org/de/node/123857#comment-120088

aber sie sagen dass "Your post has been marked as possibly contravening the editorial policy, and will be hidden until a moderator can review it." ...
ich weiss nicht welcher .......

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In transmitting President Richard Nixon's orders for a "massive"
bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, "Anything that
flies on everything that moves". As Barack Obama ignites his seventh
war against the Muslim world since he was awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize, the orchestrated hysteria and lies make one almost nostalgic
for Kissinger's murderous honesty.

As a witness to the human consequences of aerial savagery - including
the beheading of victims, their parts festooning trees and fields - I
am not surprised by the disregard of memory and history, yet again. A
telling example is the rise to power of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge,
who had much in common with today's Islamic

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-01-091014.html

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Lieutenant General Mahdi Gharawi knew an attack was coming.

In late May, Iraqi security forces arrested seven members of militant group Islamic State in Mosul and learned the group planned an offensive on the city in early June. Gharawi, the operational commander of Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital, asked Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's most trusted commanders for reinforcements.

With Iraq's military overstretched, the senior officers scoffed at the request. Diplomats in Baghdad also passed along intelligence of an attack, only to be told that Iraqi Special Forces were in Mosul and could handle any scenario.

On June 4, federal police in Mosul under Gharawi's command cornered Islamic State's military leader in Iraq, who blew himself up rather than surrendering. Gharawi hoped the death might avert an attack. He was wrong.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-mideast-crisis-gharawi-special-report-idUSKCN0I30Z820141014

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Chemical warfare manufacturing equipment – came from Germany, France and Holland. The feed stock for the germ weapons came from a US laboratory in Maryland –approved by the US government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40011.htm

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I served in the Parachute Regiment and the Special Air Service for eight years. I have spoken out about the reality of the war in Iraq on numerous occasions since I left the army but only recently have I learned about another of its cruel legacies; chemically toxic and radioactive depleted uranium (DU).

I was not surprised last week when I heard the UK and US had voted against a United Nations General Assembly Resolution that asked states to provide help to Iraq in dealing with DU contamination and for UN agencies to carry out more research into its potential negative effects on public health and the environment.

https://www.change.org/p/john-kerry-secretary-of-state-sign-the-united-nations-resolution-on-depleted-uranium-weapons

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In a recent report, Amnesty International detailed dozens of tragic stories of women and girls choosing suicide to escape the brutality of the Islamic State group (IS, formerly ISIS), as they rampaged through large swathes of Iraq, capturing women and children, especially from religious minorities, and selling them on for forced marriage and slavery.

http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/features/032c6783-7aa1-414e-906a-16f834868c92

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"The thing was ideal when IS was advancing on Baghdad because Sunnis were killing Shias. That's exactly what we need. - Our best hope right now is to get the Sunnis and Shias fighting each other and let them bleed each other white."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40777.htm

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Recently, Israel stole one of the symbols of Iraqi Jewish heritage, a rare ancient copy of the Torah. The incident went smoothly and quietly, with blatant collusion between Israel, the United States, the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq, and the Jordanian authorities, amid suspicious silence from the Iraqi federal authorities and the Iraqi cultural scene, save for a few objections.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/great-israeli-theft-iraqi-jewish-heritage

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Baghdad's decade-old curfew to be lifted

Announcement on restrictions imposed on the Iraqi capital 10 years ago coincides with three deadly explosions.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/baghdad-decade-curfew-lifted-150205083427385.html

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Execution of Saddam Hussein wasn’t about justice, but about US profits ‘

The way the execution of Saddam Hussein was carried out, in a way that was meant to foment sectarian violence. It was an execution; it was staged in a formal way. It almost resembled the lynching with people from hostile ethnic groups shouting at him. And the fact that the rope is now on sale is just a further confirmation of the fact that the execution of Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with justice rather it was about profits.

Iraq was invaded because it had a state-owned oil company that was in competition with Wall Street banks and oil companies. And Saddam Hussein was executed not because of atrocities that he committed during the Iraq- Iran war, or any other atrocities he committed. He was executed for standing up to Wall Street and standing up to the forces that are really ruling the world, the forces of money and power.

http://rt.com/op-edge/230579-saddam-hussein-execution-rope-auction/

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Dozens of women took part in a sit-in protest on Monday in front of UNRWA's headquarters in Gaza to demand that the international community accelerate the reconstruction of Gaza.

The protest was organized by the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) and also called for an end to the eight-year Israeli blockade on the coastal territory.

http://www.maannews.com/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=759803

Israeli forces respond to Women's Day march with violence

More than 30 Palestinians, mostly women, were injured as Israeli troops forcibly dispersed a peaceful march marking International Women's Day at Qalandiya checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah on Friday.

Israeli soldiers fired tear-gas canisters, stun grenades, rubber-coated bullets, and pepper spray at hundreds of women to prevent them from reaching the checkpoint. Fourteen of the 30 injured were evacuated to hospitals.

http://www.maannews.com/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=759782

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12th Anniversary Of Illegal Iraq Invasion – 2.7 Million Iraqi Dead From Violence Or War-imposed Deprivation

Those with consciences recently marked the 12th anniversary on 19 March 2015 of the illegal and war criminal US, UK and Australian invasion of Iraq in 2003 that was based on false assertions of Iraqi possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction, was conducted in the absence of UN sanction or Iraqi threat to the invading nations, and led to 2.7 million Iraqi deaths from violence (1.5 million) or from violently-imposed deprivation (1.2 million). The West has now commenced its Seventh Iraq War since 1914 in over a century of Western violence in which Iraqi deaths from violence or violently-imposed deprivation have totalled 9 million. However Western Mainstream media have resolutely ignored the carnage, this tragically illustrating the adage “History ignored yields history repeated”

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya230315.htm

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Arson and looting incidents in Tikrit after the Iraqi army recaptured the city last week from fighters with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have highlighted the deep divisions between the Sunni tribes that supported ISIL and the Sunni tribes that opposed it, local and federal security officials said.

Those divisions threaten to tear apart the Sunni community in the areas still under ISIL control, Iraqi officials said.

Hundreds of homes and stores were set ablaze after they were looted by unidentified people last week in Tikrit, one of the biggest Iraqi cities dominated by a Sunni Muslim population. It was seized by ISIL last summer.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/happened-tikrit-isil-fled-150406114857518.html

Im Fadenkreuz des Islamischen Staates - Eine Reise durch den Irak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPwm5jGEiDA

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Prisoners Day is marked every year in solidarity with the more than 6,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/palestinians-clash-israeli-troops-prisoners-day-150417163532396.html

Palestinian prisoners languish in Mideast stalemate

Hadi al-Fakhri was 26 the first time he hugged his father, one of thousands of Palestinians serving time in Israeli prisons for alleged militant activity in the occupied West Bank.

A decade later, more than 30 years into a life sentence, Fakhri's father was freed when more than 1,000 prisoners were swapped for an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas for five years.

The landmark 2011 deal to free Gilad Shalit sparked hope for thousands being held in Israeli prisons.

But more than three years on, with the peace process in tatters and ties with Israel severely strained, Palestinian hopes of seeing their prisoners released look more remote than ever.

http://www.maannews.com/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=760544

Hundreds pray in front of UN office on Prisoner's Day

Hundreds of Palestinians performed Friday prayers in front of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Gaza to mark Palestinian Prisoner's Day.

Protesters demanded the release of the over 6,000 prisoners including men, women, elderly and minors being held by Israeli authorities.

http://www.maannews.com/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=760531

Israeli forces detain nearly 40 from West Bank, Jerusalem in 2 days

Israeli forces detained 18 Palestinians, including two minors, from across the West Bank overnight Tuesday, a prisoners' rights group said.

The detentions come a day after 19 others were arrested in detention raids across the West Bank and in East Jerusalem on Monday.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Center for Studies said that on Tuesday Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians from Ramallah, identified as brothers Muhammad and Hassan Tamim al-Rimawi, brothers Humam and Majdi Munir al-Rimawi, Abd al-Qader al-Barghouthi, Jamal Samih al-Rimawi and Taha Jaber al-Rimawi.

http://www.maannews.com/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=760464

PHOTOS! Prisoner solidarity in Hebron

http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/special-reports/hebron/682-photos-prisoner-solidarity-in-hebron

Factions condemn Israeli jail conditions for Palestinian prisoners

Palestinian political factions on Thursday condemned "aggressive policies" against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, a week after the death of Jaafar Ibrahim Awad, 22.

Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said in a joint statement that conditions within Israeli jails are growing increasingly difficult for Palestinian detainees, noting growing numbers of sick prisoners due to medical negligence by the Israeli Prison Service.

http://www.maannews.com/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=760510

Palestinian Prisoners Day: 'My little brothers are missing my dad'

More than most villages in the occupied West Bank, residents of Beit Ummar know the meaning of Prisoners Day - in a population where 44 percent of men have been imprisoned at some point in their lives.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/small-palestinian-village-and-consequences-imprisonment-815377754

In Pictures: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day protest in Dublin

http://www.ipsc.ie/press-releases/in-pictures-palestinian-prisoners-day-protest-in-dublin

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Many Americans think secret U.S. documents become public after, say, 30 years, but many are hidden indefinitely to conceal inconvenient truths that could enlighten public debate, as Robert Parry discovered in getting a redacted version of a “top secret” paper from 1981 that he had already found in unredacted form.

By Robert Parry

By recently releasing a redacted version of top secret “talking points” that Secretary of State Alexander Haig used to brief President Ronald Reagan about Mideast developments in spring 1981, the U.S. government has inadvertently revealed what it still wants to hide from the public some 34 years later – because I found the full version in congressional files in late 1994 and first wrote about it in early 1996.

The key points that the U.S. government still doesn’t want you to know include that in early 1981 Israel already was supplying U.S. military equipment to Iran for its war with Iraq; that the Saudis had conveyed a “green light” supposedly from President Jimmy Carter to Saddam Hussein to invade Iran in 1980; and that the Saudis agreed to finance arms sales to Pakistan and other states in the region.

https://consortiumnews.com/2015/05/11/failing-to-hide-israel-iran-iraq-secrets/

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A college student told likely GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday that his brother, former President George W. Bush, was to blame for the rise of the Islamic State.

The heated confrontation took place at a town hall meeting in Reno, Nevada, according to The New York Times. Ivy Ziedrich, 19, a student at the University of Nevada, approached the former Florida governor to question him about comments he had made during the event. Bush had argued that the Obama administration's weak foreign policy was responsible for the rise of the terrorist group, also known as ISIS, in the Middle East.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/13/jeb-bush-isis_n_7279970.html

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Iranian officials and Shiite authorities in Najaf reacted in June 2014 to the rapid advances of the Islamic State (IS) and its conquest of Iraqi cities by quickly organizing paramilitary forces. The Quds Force of Iran led by Qasem Soleimani quickly established dozens of paramilitary groups, mostly Shiite ones, to prevent IS from further expanding its forces. And during the past three months, the Shiite paramilitary forces, alongside the Iraqi army, started a series of offensive operations and managed to take back certain important cities. including Ramadi and Tikrit.

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/05/iran-iraq-iraq-basij-forces.html#

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The US administration of Barack Obama - like its neoconservative predecessor - has made military aggression the mainstay of its policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Today, the “War on ISIS” has taken the headlines from the “Global War on Terror,” but the storylines remain the same: massive air assaults; death and destruction for the people under attack; floods of refugees; and desperate humanitarian crises. President Obama continues to hear criticism for his failure to swiftly defeat ISIS. But while crushing ISIS may be the official stated goal, the actual agenda may be a long, drawn-out war to weaken regional powers. We have seen this policy before - with many of the same players - in the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.

In February 1979, the Iranian Revolution overthrew Shah Reza Pahlavi, the ruler of Iran since 1953, when a CIA-orchestrated coup brought him to power. The Islamic Republic of Iran was established by the Revolution under its first Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Once the Shah’s US-friendly regime in Iran was deposed, American administrators sought a new ally in the region. They began to warm their relations with neighbouring Iraq, even though that country was listed with the State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/battling-isis-iran-iraq-war-redux-1538117706

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When the United States government declared its war on Afghanistan in October 2001, thus taking the first step in its so-called ‘war on terror’, following the devastating attacks of September 11 earlier that year, Iran jumped on board.

Then Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, dubbed a reformist, provided substantial assistance in the US effort aimed at defeating the Taliban, an ardent enemy of Iran and Afghan Shia. Indeed, the Taliban’s aggressive policies included an anti-Shia drive, which resulted in a massive refugee problem. Tens of thousands of Afghan Shia sought refuge in Iran.

http://www.ramzybaroud.net/just-politics-iran-like-the-rest-is-not-blameless/

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"If we cannot provide enough electric power for the Iraqis, why don't the families buy private generators?" asked an Iraqi official during a recent press interview. It was similar to the quotation misattributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette two hundred years ago; if the people don't have bread, "Then let them eat cake."

Again, like the French, the Iraqis revolted by igniting the uprising in Basra. This spread around the country and this time the Iraqi leaders could not blame the Yazidis, which they had done in the past when there was activity in Iraq's western cities. Those who gathered in Iraq's Tahrir and other Squares did not belong to a specific sect, race or party. They gathered as Iraqis and expressed their anger at their rulers who have subjected them to decades of failure, with neither justice nor anything as mundane as new building projects. Instead, the leaders conspired in the name of religion to loot the country's wealth and used its resources to satisfy their evil desires and feed their obsession for money and power.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/20246-the-electricity-uprising-in-iraq

Irak: Hitze und Proteste

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/45/45644/1.html

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Four-star General Ray Odierno retired from his position as U.S. Army chief of staff on Friday. Now, less than a week after mustering out, he’s cashing in. The former general has taken a job as a senior adviser to the investment firm JPMorgan Chase.

In a press release posted on JPMorgan’s website on Thursday, the firm announced that Odierno is joining the company in “a senior advisory capacity,” providing “strategic advice and global insights” to CEO Jamie Dimon as well as the company’s board of directors. The announcement also said Odierno “will represent JPMorgan Chase through engagement with clients, government officials and policy makers in the U.S. and internationally.”

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/20/iraq-war-surge-general-ray-odierno-gets-new-job-jp-morgan-chase/

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Just as the wild furies of sectarianism threaten to tear apart West Asia, massive protests on a civic basis took place in Baghdad and Beirut. In both cities, the populations rose up out of frustration over a lack of basic services and corruption. During the hot summer, power cuts plagued Baghdad, even as garbage piled up on the streets of Beirut. In both Iraq and Lebanon, leaders of various sectarian groups lived comfortable lives in their gated zones. The gap between their lavish existence and the privations suffered by ordinary people sent millions of Iraqis and Lebanese onto the streets. In Baghdad, a banner celebrated the street’s ethics, “From Baghdad to Beirut — Not Sunni, Not Shia. Ours is a Civil State.” This was wishful thinking, but it was nonetheless brought to life in the demonstrations.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/14/a-new-tahrir-square-moment/

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Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad and several other cities on Friday, urging the government to deliver on its promised reform package aimed at tackling corruption and improving services.

Iraqis have been staging weekly demonstrations since July. The protest movement that stemmed from exasperation over power cuts in the searing summer heat gradually led to broader demands for political reform.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, with backing from the country's most revered Shiite religious cleric, announced a reform package but change has been slow to materialise and the protests have continued.

With sharp declines in oil prices, unlimited spending on the war against the Islamic State and what is thought to be rampant corruption since 2003, poverty is a growing concern in the country, as MEE's contributor Suadad al-Salhy recently reported.

More than 30 percent of Iraqis living in oil-rich southern provinces and 13 percent living in Baghdad, where shantytowns are increasingly springing up, live in poverty.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/thousands-iraqis-demonstrate-countrys-reforms-move-slowly-305832958

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In April, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sat at a conference table in his Baghdad office with almost two dozen men in combat fatigues. The men were not officers in the Iraqi Army, but representatives of the Shiite paramilitary groups that have led the fight against ISIS. Hadi al-Amiri, one of the most senior militia leaders, delivered a long and forceful monologue on his fighters’ recent victories. Abadi, in a blazer and tie, listened, occasionally jotting down notes, a video of the meeting shows. A few minutes later, Abadi himself praised the fighters.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Oct-22/319740-power-failure-in-baghdad-as-militias-outgun-state.ashx

One Man's Mission: Justice for Iraq

While in Boston in 1994, full-time peace activist Bert Sacks made a decision that changed his life forever.

He decided to seek out a study produced by a group called the Harvard Study Team, which had reported to The Washington Post that the deliberate destruction of Iraq's civilian infrastructure by the US military, along with the US-led economic sanctions against that country, were likely to cause 170,000 Iraqi children to die.

Unfortunately, that estimate would turn out to be far, far too low, as President Bill Clinton's secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, infamously boasted on national television when she said the price of 500,000 dead Iraqi children was "worth it." Albright went on to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33154-one-man-s-mission-justice-for-iraq

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Families of soldiers killed in Iraq have told of their “revulsion” at Tony Blair’s failure to give a full apology for the war and warned that the Chilcot report will be “a cover-up”.

Mr Blair used a CNN interview to apologise for elements to the Iraq war, prompting immediate accusations that he is attempting to “preemt” the report into the conflict due to be published by Sir John Chilcot.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/11954144/Dead-Iraq-soldier-families-say-they-feel-revulsion-at-Tony-Blair-over-apology-for-war.html

Murdered Iraq Trade Ministry official was about to expose corruption-officials

An Iraqi Trade Ministry media adviser killed last month by a bomb attached to his car had been about to hand over files accusing the ministry of corruption to the country's Integrity Commission, officials in the ministry's legal department told Reuters.

Baghdad's Central Investigative Court for Terrorism and Organised Crime said in a statement that four Trade Ministry security guards confessed to blowing up Trade Minister Milas Mohammed Abdul Kareem's media adviser, Nadhim Naeem.

http://www.trust.org/item/20151026161420-dhfyh/

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The United Nations says 888 people were killed in violence in Iraq in November, up from 714 the previous month.

The U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq says in a statement Tuesday that 489 of those killed in November were civilians, including police. The other 399 were members of Iraqi security forces, including the Kurdish peshmerga, Interior Ministry SWAT forces and militias fighting alongside the Iraqi army.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/888-killed-iraq-violence-november-35506618

Former head of US special forces admits: Islamic State would not exist if Bush didn’t invade Iraq

he former commander of U.S. special forces in Afghanistan and Iraq admitted that strategic blunders by the Bush administration had led to the rise of Islamic State militants.

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn told the German newspaper Der Spiegel that Americans allowed their anger of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to lead them into disastrous military policies that failed to address the root causes of terrorism — and actually helped create new and more brutal terrorists.

The misunderstanding was so great that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who now heads ISIS, was freed in 2004 from a military prison after a U.S. military commission cleared him as harmless.

“We were too dumb,” Flynn said. “We didn’t understand who we had there at that moment. When 9/11 occurred, all the emotions took over, and our response was, ‘Where did those bastards come from? Let’s go kill them. Let’s go get them.’ Instead of asking why they attacked us, we asked where they came from. Then we strategically marched in the wrong direction.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/former-head-of-us-special-forces-admits-islamic-state-would-not-exist-if-bush-didnt-invade-iraq/

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Two unpublished investigations show that the United States has consistently overlooked killings and torture by Iraqi government-sponsored Shi'ite militias.

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/mideast-crisis-iraq-militias/?rpc=401/

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On the front lines of the battle against the Islamic State, suspicion of the United States runs deep. Iraqi fighters say they have all seen the videos purportedly showing U.S. helicopters airdropping weapons to the militants, and many claim they have friends and relatives who have witnessed similar instances of collusion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqis-think-the-us-is-in-cahoots-with-isis-and-it-is-hurting-the-war/2015/12/01/d00968ec-9243-11e5-befa-99ceebcbb272_story.html

From military forces to spying, former Baathists are a powerful factor in the rise and control of Islamic State. A look inside the group's surveillance operation shows how
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/mideast-crisis-iraq-islamicstate/

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In figures it calls "staggering", the United Nations says that almost 19,000 civilians have been killed and more than 36,000 wounded in violence in Iraq since the start of 2014.

In a new joint report published on Tuesday, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights listed a large number of atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/iraq-violence-reports-staggering-civilian-toll-160119124911533.html

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The tomb is in the town of Uzair, which is the Arabic version of the name Ezra, and the shrine has taken on many Islamic aspects. The shrine contains Hebrew scriptures and Jewish symbols, and Quranic verses and Islamic inscriptions. It was turned into an Islamic landmark following the mass exodus of the Jews of Iraq to Israel in the 1950s.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/iraq-tomb-jewish-prohet-ezra-turned-islamic.html#

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At the moment, there are a maximum of 3,870 U.S. military personnel (or 7,740 actual boots on the ground) in Iraq supporting the war against the Islamic State. That’s the “official cap” imposed by the Obama administration, because everyone knows that the president and his top officials are eager to end American wars in the Middle East, not expand them. Of course, that number doesn’t include the other 1,130 American military types (or 2,260 boots) -- give or take we don’t know how many -- who just happen to be there on what’s called... er, um... “temporary deployments,” or are the result of overlap from rotating deployments, but add up to perhaps 5,000 trainers and advisers, or maybe, for all we know, more, including 200 Special Operations forces whose numbers are officially acknowledged by no one but mentioned in press reports. And naturally that 5,000 figure doesn’t include the American private contractors also flowing into Iraq in growing numbers to support the U.S. military because everyone knows that they aren’t either troops or boots on the ground and so don’t get counted. Those are the rules.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176128/tomgram%3A_william_astore%2C_words_about_war_matter/#more

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Thirteen years ago, US occupation forces entered Baghdad, proud of their victory over a country that has been under an unjust and deadly blockade for more than a decade, and boasting about a sneaky victory over a country that was forced to destroy its weapons in compliance with resolutions that appeared to come from the UN but in reality were US-based, and the country did so in order to obtain milk for its children and medicine for the sick.

America came into Iraq and occupied it, ignoring international law, alleging that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction and supports Al-Qaeda which later turned out to be false allegations that aimed at giving a cover to the occupation and its goals of destroying Iraq on the humanitarian and structural levels, bringing it to pieces and robbing it of its wealth.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160420-on-the-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-baghdad-so-we-wont-forget/

Post-war Iraq: 'Everybody is corrupt, from top to bottom. Including me'

A corrupt political class has led a 13-year pillage on public money in the pursuit of power. As oil prices fall, further jeopardising the country’s revenues, there is little hope that governance will improve
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/19/post-war-iraq-corruption-oil-prices-revenues?CMP=share_btn_tw

Endless corruption is leaving Iraq a failed state

Property prices in central Baghdad are as high as London’s, even though Iraq’s national income is down by 70 percent since the collapse of oil prices. Islamic State bombings regularly devastate parts of the capital and still the real estate market booms. Why?

Because there is so much “dirty money” in Iraq that needs to be laundered. If you lack the political clout to get your stolen money out of the country, then the safest course is to put it into residential property. But then that’s not a very safe bet either when the entire pseudo-democratic system bequeathed to Iraq by the U.S. invasion is on the brink of collapse.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/05/10/commentary/world-commentary/endless-corruption-leaving-iraq-failed-state/#.VzYHkKAoq5n

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The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) estimated that a total of 867 Iraqis were killed in violence in the month of May, 468 of them civilians.

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Iraq, Jan Kubis, said the population’s resilience against terrorism was praiseworthy and called on the Iraqi government to do more to help protect civilians from the increased threat of terrorist attacks.
http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/020620161

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The Iraqi government has been urged to investigate allegations that civilians detained during the battle for Falluja have been tortured by Shia militiamen.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36458954

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A total of 738 men and boys remain missing after they were detained by militias backing the Iraqi government offensive to retake Fallujah from ISIS, a U.N. envoy said Friday.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/Jul-15/362257-more-than-700-iraqi-men-and-boys-missing-from-fallujah-un.ashx

Why some Iraqi Shiites are pushing for distance from Iran
Iraq’s Shiites are witnessing a political-religious rift in their stance toward Iran whose development can be traced back to 2003. While some express complete loyalty to the Shiite political regime in Tehran, others object to its regional policies, including toward Iraq, and distance from it.

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/07/iraq-shiite-iran-najaf-qods.html

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Nearly 2,000 soldiers and hundreds of civilians were killed in Iraq in November, the UN said on Thursday, in a "staggering" spike in deaths coinciding with operations to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul.

The figure increased threefold from October, when tens of thousands of troops launched an assault to retake the Islamic State (IS) group's last major Iraqi bastion of Mosul.

According to the UN mission in Iraq's monthly tally, 1,959 Iraqi forces were killed last month and at least 450 others wounded.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-suffers-thousands-killed-first-month-mosul-assault-139276442

Trinkwasserversorgung für eine halbe Million Einwohner gefährdet

Bis zu 500.000 Einwohner Mosuls sind nach Angaben von Unicef von der Trinkwasserversorgung abgeschnitten. Eine von drei Hauptwasserleitungen sei an einer Stelle zerstört, die in einem Gebiet liege, das unter der Kontrolle von IS-Milizen steht und nicht zugänglich sei.

Über die Ursachen der Zerstörung werden zwei unterschiedliche Spekulationen berichtet: Manche Bewohner machen Luftangriffe der von den USA geführten Koalition verantwortlich, ein Vertreter der Stadtverwaltung glaubt dagegen, dass die IS-Milizen die Versorgung absichtlich gestoppt haben.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Mosul-Trinkwasserversorgung-fuer-eine-halbe-Million-Einwohner-gefaehrdet-3528808.html

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The American military, along with its international partners, will need to remain in Iraq even after the expected defeat of the Islamic State group, outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/04/defense-secretary-ash-carter-says-us-partners-need-to-stay-in-iraq-after-isis-defeat.html

Ich bin die meinung das war eine der Ziel gesucht von der usa ,delhalb ich denke das kein Zufall ist , wie ISIS so mächtig geworden sei , und sie wurden nicht so mächtiger wenn der usa so "Geduld" mit ihren wurden, noch andere Grund warum ISIS so mächtig geworden sei ist der Militärisch-industrieller Komplex https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milit%C3%A4risch-industrieller_Komplex , und wie Gut durch den US-Präsidenten Dwight D. Eisenhower, der in seiner Abschiedsrede vom 17. Januar 1961 von ihnen gewarmt hat .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwSk5Jqoadk

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On Saturday, December 30, 2006, the world awoke to the news of Saddam Hussein's execution.

I learned of the news at 6:30am that morning, when I received a call from CNN's Turkish affiliate in Istanbul to come on the air to discuss his death. 90 minutes later, the TV host concluded the interview by asking, "As an Iraqi, how do you feel after Saddam's execution?"

I paused. Sweat trickled down my face, caked in make-up for the studio interview. I knew that some Iraqis would dance with joy, while others would weep. How did I feel?

"Empty", I responded.

All I wanted was stability and a bright future for my ancestral Iraq. I knew Saddam's execution would not bring that to Iraq, and a decade later, my desires still prove to be elusive.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/saddam-death-gave-birth-saddams-guises-161230124049571.html

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While much of Iraq was celebrating the end of 2016, Nibras, the younger sister of kidnapped Iraqi freelance journalist Afrah Shawqi, was desperately waiting to get any news of her fate.

Afrah, a mother of two young boys, was kidnapped from her home in southern Baghdad by between eight and 15 gunmen late on 26 December. The kidnappers forced Afrah to go with them after they took some money, laptops and mobile phones. They also left with her private car.

Since then, the Iraqi security authorities and her family have given little in the way of information relating to the investigations into the kidnapping.

"Time has stopped since the masked gunmen forced Afrah to leave with them. Our hearts have been hanging on for the mobile phone to ring since then, and we do not know how this nightmare will end," Nibras told Middle East Eye.

"Afra's boys, Yossif [13 years old] and Younis [10 years old], have been asking me about her every few minutes. They ask if she will come back soon. I have no answer to this," Nibras said.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/criminal-kidnappings-become-big-business-baghdad-162081868

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Almost 7,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed throughout 2016 as a result of continued violence and turmoil in the war-ravaged country, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said yesterday.

UNAMI revealed that their data showed that at least 6,878 civilians had been killed last year, and stressed that their figure was “to be considered as the absolute minimum” as they could not acquire reliable civilian death figures in conflict areas around the country.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170104-un-almost-7000-iraqi-civilians-killed-in-2016/

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Violence and military operations claimed the lives of more than 16,000 civilians in Iraq last year, a research group said Thursday, down about 1,000 from the year before.

In its annual report, the London-based Iraq Body Count reported that 16,361 Iraqi civilians died in 2016. The northern province of Ninevah was the worst hit, with 7,431 people killed. The capital, Baghdad, was next with 3,714 civilians killed, the research showed.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2017/Jan-13/389103-over-16000-civilians-killed-in-iraq-in-2016-report.ashx

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Radiation levels in parts of Iraq — including the heavily populated capital — are an environmental disaster that must be investigated and remedied, parliament member Hassan Salem and his Iraqi National Alliance electoral coalition maintain.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/radioactive-contamination-remnants-war-pollution.html

Looting, Destruction by Forces Fighting ISIS

No Apparent Military Necessity for Home Demolitions

Armed forces fighting Islamic State (also known as ISIS) to retake a town and four villages near Mosul looted, damaged, and destroyed homes, Human Rights Watch said today. There was no apparent military necessity for the demolitions, which may amount to war crimes and which took place between November 2016 and February 2017.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/02/16/iraq-looting-destruction-forces-fighting-isis

Who is involved in killing of Baghdad demonstrators?

The use of violence against those who took part in the demonstrations that started Feb. 11 upon the request of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to demand that the electoral commission accused of corruption be overhauled might lead Iraq to a crossroads and a political crisis with dire consequences.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/muqtada-sadr-iraq-reform-baghdad-electoral-commission.html

The truth behind oil theft in Iraq's Basra

On Jan. 15, Iraqi members of parliament, including Sadeq al-Mhanna from the ruling National Alliance, revealed that they are in possession of documents that prove the theft of 300,000 barrels of Basra oil by officials who modified the counters.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/iraq-basra-oil-corruption.html

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A newly declassified report obtained by Fairfax Media reveals Australia's role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq was undertaken solely to enhance our alliance with the US
http://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2017/iraq-dossier/

US coalition 'kills hundreds' of Mosul civilians in one week

Between 250 and 370 civilians killed by US-led air strikes in seven days of fighting, says monitor Airwars
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-led-coalition-already-killed-hundreds-civilians-west-mosul-one-week-march-1271386570

Secret iraq report reveals the real reasons for Australia's 2003 war with Iraq

Why Iraq’s law on Popular Mobilization Units isn't all that popular
As elections draw closer, there's a tug of war in Baghdad over the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a mostly Shiite coalition of militias.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/iraq-election-pmu-shiite-militias-abadi.html

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Die Zahl ziviler Todesopfer bei Luftangriffen der westlichen Anti-IS-Koalition in der Schlacht um Mossul steigt dramatisch an. Wie die Nichtregierungsorganisation Airwars berichtet, sind allein im Januar im Irak und in Syrien mindestens 254 bis 369 Zivilisten durch westliche Bomben ums Leben gekommen, davon mindestens 169 bis 195 in Mossul. Im Februar liegt die Zahl noch höher, außerdem ist die Dunkelziffer hoch. In die Luftangriffe ist die Bundeswehr arbeitsteilig involviert: Während US-amerikanische, britische und französische Flieger bombardieren, liefern deutsche Tornados die Aufklärungsdaten; deutsche Tankflieger gewährleisten die Luftbetankung, deutsche Offiziere sind im taktischen Luftwaffenhauptquartier der Anti-IS-Koalition eingesetzt. Die Bundeswehr ist zudem über Ausbildung und Aufrüstung der kurdischen Peschmerga-Einheiten an der Kriegführung beteiligt. Den Peschmerga werden nicht nur sogenannte ethnische Säuberungen vorgeworfen; wie Menschenrechtsorganisationen berichten, verschleppen sie zudem Kinder und Jugendliche, die sie der Kollaboration mit dem IS verdächtigen, zur Folter in Haftzentren des kurdischen Geheimdienstes Asayîş. All dies hält die Bundesregierung nicht davon ab, die kurdische Regionalregierung und ihre Peschmerga-Truppen privilegiert zu unterstützen - mit Maßnahmen, die weit über den Krieg gegen den IS hinaus reichen.
Hunger
Schon die allgemeinen Bedingungen, unter denen die bis zu 750.000 Zivilisten im umkämpften West-Mossul leben müssen, sind katastrophal. Lebensmittel, Wasser und Brennstoffe gehen zur Neige und sind oft nur noch zu astronomischen Preisen erhältlich. Reis, Mehl und Babynahrung etwa können kaum mehr beschafft werden, seit die Großstadt im Verlauf der Kämpfe faktisch abgeriegelt worden ist; Speiseöl ist zum Beispiel nur für zehn Prozent der Bevölkerung vorhanden. Eltern klagen, wie berichtet wird, sie könnten ihre Kinder nicht mehr ernähren; ein Einwohner wird mit der Aussage zitiert: "Wir fürchten uns nicht mehr vor Raketen und vor dem Pfeifen von Kugeln - wir fürchten den Hunger stärker. Wer einen Sack Mehl oder Reis besitzt, ist reich."[1] Da Kochgas oder Petroleum kaum noch verfügbar sind, verbrennen die in West-Mossul Eingeschlossenen Müll, Plastik oder Möbel, um ihre spärlichen Nahrungsmittel zuzubereiten. Über Strom verfügen die meisten Haushalte nur noch für zwei bis maximal drei Stunden pro Tag.
Zivile Tote
Gleichzeitig schnellt die Zahl der zivilen Todesopfer in die Höhe - auch die Zahl der Zivilisten, die den Luftangriffen der US-geführten Anti-IS-Koalition zum Opfer fallen. Die Organisation Airwars, die die Opfer westlicher Luftangriffe dokumentiert, konstatierte dies bereits Ende letzten Jahres.[2] Jetzt berichtet Airwars, der Januar sei der bislang für Zivilisten tödlichste Monat im Krieg gegen den IS gewesen: Den Bomben der Anti-IS-Koalition seien mindestens 254 bis 369 Unbeteiligte zum Opfer gefallen, mindestens 169 bis 195 allein in Mossul. Die Schwankungen in den Zahlenangaben ergeben sich daraus, dass Airwars numerische Unklarheiten penibel vermerkt. Die Organisation zählt darüber hinaus nur mehrfach bestätigte Opfer, weshalb mit einer signifikanten Dunkelziffer zu rechnen ist. Airwars weist darauf hin, dass Bomben der westlichen Anti-IS-Koalition inzwischen wohl auch Krankenhäuser getroffen haben und zunehmend Kinder den Angriffen zum Opfer fallen. Im Februar sind bei den Bombardements allein in Mossul wohl weit über 300 Zivilisten ums Leben gekommen; Airwars dokumentierte beispielsweise für den 6. Februar 20 bis 42 Opfer westlicher Bombardements, für den 14. Februar 14 bis 16, für den 19. Februar 30 bis 130, für den 20./21. Februar 89 und für den 25./26. Februar 60 tote Zivilisten.[3]
Arbeitsteilig
Die Bundeswehr ist nicht nur allgemein als Teil der Anti-IS-Koalition in die Schlacht um Mossul involviert. Tornados und Tankflugzeuge der deutschen Luftwaffe, die im türkischen Incirlik stationiert sind, tragen mit der Lieferung von Aufklärungsdaten und mit der Betankung von Kampfbombern unmittelbar und konkret zur Kriegführung bei, insbesondere zu den Luftangriffen, die die vorwiegend US-amerikanischen, britischen und französischen Bomber nicht ohne die deutsche Zuarbeit führen könnten. Darüber hinaus sind deutsche Offiziere fest in das alliierte taktische Luftwaffenhauptquartier in Al Udeid (Qatar) sowie in die dortigen Entscheidungsabläufe eingebunden.[4] Genaue Details darüber, zu welchen konkreten Angriffen deutsche Soldaten mit ihren Aktivitäten beitragen, sind aufgrund militärischer Geheimhaltung nicht bekannt.
Folter
Direkt in den Krieg involviert ist die Bundeswehr außerdem durch ihre Unterstützung für die kurdischen Peschmerga. Das ist auch deshalb von Bedeutung, weil Menschenrechtsorganisationen schwere Vorwürfe gegen die Milizionäre der Kurdischen Regionalregierung (KRG) erheben: Die Peschmerga sollen in Gebieten, die sie im Verlauf des Krieges gegen den IS unter ihre Kontrolle bringen konnten, systematisch arabischsprachige Bewohner vertrieben haben. US-Beobachter warfen ihnen bereits im Sommer 2015 gezielte "ethnische Säuberungen" vor (german-foreign-policy.com berichtete [5]). Darüber hinaus bezichtigen Menschenrechtsorganisationen die Peschmerga, Kinder und Jugendliche, die sie verdächtigten, mit dem IS zu kollaborieren, in vielen Fällen in Haftzentren des KRG-Inlandsgeheimdienstes Asayîş verschleppt zu haben. Wie berichtet wird, ist dort Folter an der Tagesordnung. So geben zahlreiche inhaftierte Kinder und Jugendliche an, von Asayîş-Personal mit Plastikschläuchen und Kabeln geschlagen und mit Füßen getreten, mit Zigarettenstummeln verbrannt und mit Elektroschocks gequält worden zu sein. Außerdem sind sie, manche von ihnen monatelang, ohne jede gesetzliche Grundlage und ohne jeden Beistand in den Haftzentren interniert gewesen oder noch interniert; Ende Dezember befanden sich mindestens 183 Kinder und Jugendliche in den Foltereinrichtungen der Asayîş.[6]
Weit über den Krieg hinaus
All dies hält die Bundesregierung nicht davon ab, das Training und die Ausrüstung der Peschmerga weiter voranzutreiben. Als die Schlacht um Mossul begann, teilte die Bundeswehr mit, deutsche Soldaten hätten inzwischen annähernd 3.400 kurdische Milizionäre ausgebildet. Ende 2016 hieß es zudem, man habe den kurdischen Truppen "bislang mehr als 2.600 Tonnen" militärisches Material geliefert. Allein im letzten Quartal 2016 erhielten die Peschmerga zunächst (5. Oktober) 65.000 Schuss für die Pistole P1 und 3.909.600 Schuss für das Sturmgewehr G36, dann (17. November) 1.000 Gewehre G36 und 2.480.000 Patronen Kaliber 7,62 mm x 51, daran anschließend (8. Dezember) 2.520.000 Patronen desselben Kalibers und Ersatzteilpakete für zuvor gelieferte Waffen (Pistole P1, Gewehr G36, Maschinengewehr MG3, Panzerfaust 3), schließlich (13. Dezember) 1.400.000 Patronen Kaliber 7,62 mm x 52 sowie 2.000.000 Patronen Kaliber 5,56 mm x 45. Zwar fanden - und finden - Waffen und Munition zunächst Verwendung im Krieg gegen den IS. Wie aus Berichten der Bundeswehr hervorgeht, reichen die deutschen Pläne für die Peschmerga jedoch viel weiter. So sind deutsche Militärberater zur Zeit damit befasst, dem Peschmerga-Ministerium "Hinweise und Hilfestellungen" zur allgemeinen "Optimierung" seiner inneren Abläufe zu geben: "Unser Ansatz als Beratergruppe ist rein konzeptionell", heißt es; er gehe "weit" über den aktuellen Krieg gegen den IS "hinaus". Letztlich wolle man die Infrastruktur, die für den Krieg gegen den IS errichtet worden sei, "langfristig in die Hände der Peschmerga ... übergeben".[7] Gelingt es der KRG, ihre Abspaltung vom Irak zu verwirklichen, dann baut die Bundeswehr gegenwärtig die Streitkräfte eines künftigen kurdischen Staates auf - ungeachtet ihrer Beteiligung an "ethnischen Säuberungen" und Folter.
http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/de/fulltext/59549

Deutschland versucht weiter verbreiter das die anziger "gute" kurden sind ... Barzani..
und das gleich bleibe wenn über Irak wird gesprochen ....

Die Schlacht um Mosul - Kampf gegen den IS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7yojNN-ufw