Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control

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Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control

Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 40512.html

Anybody know if it's true? the papers usually fairly accurate in it's reporting
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His daddy - Patrick Cockburn's daddy, that is, not the empire-building war criminal's daddy - was famous for printing truths before the outbreak of World War Two. People who want to stop the current outrage take information to him - Patrick Cockburn - knowing he can get them into public discussion while there's still time for the information have an effect, rather like people take information to Seymour Hersh.
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spot;882409 wrote: His daddy - Patrick Cockburn's daddy, that is, not the empire-building war criminal's daddy - was famous for printing truths before the outbreak of World War Two. People who want to stop the current outrage take information to him - Patrick Cockburn - knowing he can get them into public discussion while there's still time for the information have an effect, rather like people take information to Seymour Hersh.


I see what you mean the only other things on this are just other agencies picking up on it-not that a quick five minute trawl shows anyway.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 41407.html

US issues threat to Iraq's $50bn foreign reserves in military deal


If it's true I would have thought it would be getting shouted from the rooftops, kind of lays to rest the theory that invading Iraq was about restoring democracy.
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