Today across the globe, Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan with the feast of Eid al-Fitr.
More than a decade of chaos, deaths and political turmoil in the greater Middle East, George Bush promised an independent state for Palestine by 2005, of course a promise not kept and most likely never intended to.
The blue print for the Assad overthrow in Syria was written, a contingency plan for war … no details of its aftermath.
Yesterday the extension of Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) established in 2003, bombed in the heart of Baghdad with over 250 deaths and multiple casualties of maimed and wounded. There are hundreds of Saddam Hussains in Iraq and across Syria. Did I forget Hillary Clinton’s push for Gaddafi’s overthrow in Libya in 2011? The lady is presumptive candidate for the Democrats as presidential candidate. Even president Obama wants his wonderful policy to brought to fruition under Clinton II.
In the meantime in the former empire of the British Commonwealth, despair with no hope for an economic recovery as the citizens dealt a blow by voting FOR Brexit.
The Tory government rid itself of Eton man David Cameron … hell, he can’t manage a bit of defeat as the results of his referendum by counting the votes made clear.
The Blairites in the parliamentary delegation to the House of Common want to ditch its leader Jeremy Corbyn ahead of the Chilcot report. The Blairites, as did many Democrats in Washington DC voted FOR the Iraq War briefly before the November 2002 mid-term election. Appearances, can’t risk to display any weakness … it’s national security and fear of terror from outside our borders. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Jeremy Corbyn voted AGAINST the war.
The family members of the 179 British deaths and the press are gathered in the Queen Elizabeth II conference center to get a briefing ahead of its official publication at 11:00am London time.
○ Chilcot report live: ‘We just want the truth,’ say families
[UPDATE:] A SCATHING REPORT OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE IN DECISION TO GO TO WAR IN IRAQ
- There was no case to go to war in March 2003;
- Tony Blair unconditional loyality to the U.S. severely criticised;
- Blair’s government could not manage decision making;
- Both U.S. and U.K. failed to meet their responsibility as occupying powers;
- Unprepared in post-conflict Iraq to decure the nation;
- Azores meeting set goals which were not achieved;
- British were humiliated in the southern provinces and Basra.
France and the majority of members in the United Nations Security Council were correct in their assessment there was no case for military intervention, there was still time to continue the policy containment of Saddam Hussein and there was no imminent threat. More than 150,000 Iraqi lives were lost, mostly civilians. The people of the greater Middle East as a consequence of the war are suffering today.
My previous 2 diaries –
○ Labour to Remove Corbyn Ahead of Chilcot’s Iraq Report?
○ Labour MPs and Media Smear Corbyn [w. Update]
David Cameron says international prosecutors have no right to investigate Our Boys for war crimes when Chilcot Inquiry report is released.
David Cameron has slapped down international war crime prosecutors to insist they have no right to drag “brave” British troops into court. The International Criminal Court sparked fury by saying it will comb through the long-awaited Chilcot Report for evidence against Our Boys.
The PM stepped into the row today to tell the Netherlands-based body to butt out of the inquiry’s findings when they are finally published on Wednesday.
Downing Street insisted:
“The ICC is only able to investigate war crimes if a state in unwilling or unable to itself. We
are confident we are able to demonstrate we are already doing that ourselves.It’s worth bearing in mind that you have also had the Iraq Historic Allegations Team looking into a
number of cases, and indeed the majority of those investigated so far have been found to be false.”The PM’s official spokeswoman also insisted the Chilcot report is “not about punishing our soldiers, who served with bravery and dedication”.
Case against Tony Blair over Iraq war a legal impossibility, says QC | The Guardian |
To be continued ….