“The US was obliged to turn to the mercenary armies that now flood Iraq for back up–in its 22 September 2007 issue, the Economist estimated the number of men fighting not for any kind of moral or political belief but simply for dollars at 50,000.” – Abdel Bari Atwan, The Secret History of al Qaeda, […]
9/17/2007
In his memoir, The Age of Turbulence, published on September 17, 2007, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan wrote: “I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.” – Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence, Page 463 […]
9/16/2007
“In September [16] 2007, employees of Blackwater USA (currently known as Xe Services LLC), a private contractor hired to provide armed security forces for the U.S., opened fire in Al Watahba Square in Baghdad, a crowded public area, and killed 17 people. In response to the shooting, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to adopt […]
9/16/2007
“America’s elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil. In his long-awaited memoir, to be published tomorrow [September 17, 2007], Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year tenure as head of the US Federal Reserve was widely admired, will also deliver […]
9/16/2007
On September 16, 2007, “employees of [private military security firm] Blackwater who were guarding a convoy just outside the Green Zone [in Baghdad, Iraq] shot and killed at least 17 Iraqis. The Blackwater men said they were responding to an ambush, and the company would back them up, saying they acted in self-defense. But several […]
9/15/2007
“The war in Iraq is rapidly becoming a war of attrition and represents a great drain on the US economy. By September 2007 the cost of the war had reached $452 billion.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Abdel Bari Atwan, The Secret History of al Qaeda, Page 290 […]
9/15/2007
“In September 2007 the former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, acknowledged that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was largely about oil.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Deepak Tripathi, Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan, Page 4 […]
9/15/2007
“Although the officials who did not want to see the truth about Iraq were partially responsible for our prewar blindness, we also suffered from a shortfall of hands-on U.S. intelligence resources in Iraq. We have too few individuals within our intelligence operations who speak languages, understand cultures, and are able to contextualize what we are […]
9/13/2007
In an address to the nation on September 13, 2007, President Bush “portrayed an Iraq where ‘ordinary life is beginning to return’ at long last. ‘The principle guiding my decisions on troop levels in Iraq is *return on success*… The more successful we are, the more American troops can return home.’ He added, ‘Some say […]
9/12/2007
“On September [12] 2007 one of the world’s leading security think-tanks, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) warned that ‘ *core* al Qaeda is proving adaptable and resilient,’ concluding that ‘the threat from Islamist terrorism…looks set to get worse.’ “ – Abdel Bari Atwan, The Secret History of al Qaeda, Page 281 […]