1. Dr. Mahmoud Othman, Member of Iraqi National Assembly
2. Dr. Mustafa Al-Hitti, Member of the Iraqi National Assembly
3. Dr. Hassan Tawfiq Aydinli, ITF Europe Representative
The programme will be repeated 6 more times over Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July 08.
You can watch the programme at the following (GMT) times:
Friday; 18 July 2008: (05:30 pm and 11.30 pm)
Saturday; 19 July 2008: (04.30 am and 08.30 pm)
Sunday; 20 July 2008: (01.30 am and 01.30 pm)
You can watch the programme at the following (Baghdad) times:
Friday; 18 July 2008: (08:30 pm)
Saturday; 19 July 2008: (02:30 am, 07:30 am and 11.30 pm)
Sunday; 20 July 2008: (04.30 am and 04.30 pm)
You can watch the programme at the following (Brussels) times:
Friday; 18 July 2008: (07:30 pm)
Saturday; 19 July 2008: (01:30 am, 06:30 am and 10.30 pm)
Sunday; 20 July 2008: (03.30 am and 03.30 pm)
In addition, about a week after the show is broadcast, it is uploaded on :
www.aljazeera.net/english (in the Programmes section)
Der Spiegel proves al-Maliki Story Correct
July 22, 2008 at 9:25 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Al-Maliki Der Spiegel interview, Juan Cole Comment, US Lies, US War Propaganda
Juan Cole Comment: Der Spiegel Proves al-Maliki Story Correct
In June of this year, 2008, there were 554 according to AP. These are official statistics gathered passively that probably only capture about 10 percent of the true toll.That is, the Iraqi death toll is actually still worse now than the last time Obama was in Iraq! (See the bombings and shootings listed below for Sunday).
The hype around last year’s troop escalation obscures a simple fact: that Obama formed his views about the need for the US to leave Iraq at a time when its security situation was very similar to what it is now! Why a return to the bad situation in late 05 and early 06 should be greeted by the GOP as the veritable coming of the Messiah is beyond me. You have people like Joe Lieberman saying silly things like if it weren’t for the troop escalation, Obama wouldn’t be able to visit Iraq. Uh, he visited it before the troop escalation, just fine.
The troop escalation, which actually allowed the ethnic cleansing of the Sunnis of Baghdad and the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis from the country, has largely been pushed as propaganda by the White House and the AEI. Here’s an example of how their propaganda works.
As is usual with news it does not like, the Bush administration attempted to muddy the waters this weekend regarding the interview of PM Nuri al-Maliki with Der Spiegel in which he expressed approval of Barack Obama’s plan to get US troops out of Iraq within 16 months of next January. Al-Maliki told Der Spiegel in response to a question about how long US troops would be in his country,
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