Iraq Follow

The Anglo-American occupation of Iraq grows bloodier by the day. The shadow of a massacre is hanging over the city of Najaf, where thousands of Iraqis have rallied to prevent an assault by US forces.

Even a hardened cynic like me has been amazed by the blatant propaganda operation orchestrated by the US and British governments over Iraq.

First came the letters to local papers from grieving relatives. Then, in ones and twos, young deserters began to slip across the border to Canada.

ROSE GENTLE is the mother of 19 year old Gordon Gentle from Pollok in Glasgow, who was killed on 28 June in Iraq.

CAMPAIGNERS are stepping up action to defend Naseh Ghafor, the 20 year old Kurdish refugee who is being threatened with deportation to Iraq.

HUNDREDS OF Iraqis dead. US and British troops under heavy fire. Oil prices shooting up. That’s not a description of the height of the war on Iraq. It has occurred during the last week in the "peace" that we are told reigns.

INDIAN TRUCK drivers who were offered lucrative contracts in Iraq have come away with a low opinion of US troops.

"The war in Iraq was useless. It caused more problems than it solved and it brought terrorism."

Iraq carnage intensifies "THE AMERICAN-appointed ‘government’ controls only parts of Baghdad," reported the veteran journalist Robert Fisk last week. "Ayad Allawi, the ‘prime minister’, is little more than mayor of Baghdad."

TONY BLAIR says 5,000 British troops are poised to intervene in Darfur, western Sudan.

BLAIR’S specially appointed apologist for the war on Iraq found herself in an tight spot on Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday of this week.

He won’t take responsibility for lies that led to Iraq war...