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The WMD-Lie was selected
as the justification for the
aggression against Iraq
Apparently now Wolfowitz is boasting that everyone always knew there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction but that it was simply a useful lie.
The CIA has reported that the two seized trailers in Iraq were probably used for producing biological weapons, although other uses are possible, despite the complete absence of any evidence of biological weapons.
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, in an interview with Vanity Fair, states that there was never any evidence of weapons of mass destruction Iraq, but it was selected as the justification for aggression against Iraq for "bureaucratic reasons because it was the one reason everyone could agree on."
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The Seattle Times, Nation & World: Thursday, May 29, 2003, p. A4 |
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Iraqi anger sparked by searches As in the earlier incidents, the violence in Heet appeared to be driven - at least in part - by an exploding fury at living conditions that have plunged the lives of many Iraqis into chaos, including a widespread lawlessness and a lack of essential services such as drinking water, electricity and medical supplies. ... Also yesterday, medical officials and survivors said U.S. soldiers opened fire on a wedding parade earlier this week, killing three teenagers and wounding seven others after the celebrants fired weapons in the air in Samarra, north of Baghdad. ... No trace of biological agent has been found. Also yesterday, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was quoted in the magazine Vanity Fair as saying the decision to cite weapons of mass destruction as the reason to invade Iraq was made for "bureaucratic reasons because it was the one reason everyone could agree on." |
"The war was all
about oil, for the US and Israel"
By pumping Iraq's oil to Israel the
Jewish state might become an oil-exporting country
| Plans to build a
pipeline to siphon oil from newly conquered Iraq to Israel are being
discussed between Washington, Tel Aviv and potential future government
figures in Baghdad. ... Cutting out Syria and solving Israel's energy
crisis at a stroke. ...
US intelligence sources confirmed to The Observer that the project has been discussed. One former senior CIA official said: 'It has long been a dream of a powerful section of the people now driving this administration [of President George W. Bush] and the war in Iraq to safeguard Israel's energy supply as well as that of the United States. 'The Haifa pipeline was something that existed, was resurrected as a dream and is now a viable project - albeit with a lot of building to do.' ... James Akins, a former US ambassador to the region and one of America's leading Arabists, said:'After all, this is a new world order now. This is what things look like particularly if we wipe out Syria. It just goes to show that it is all about oil, for the United States and its ally [Israel].' ... Akins was ambassador to Saudi Arabia before he was fired after a series of conflicts with then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, father of the vision to pipe oil west from Iraq. In 1975, Kissinger signed what forms the basis for the Haifa project: a Memorandum of Understanding whereby the US would guarantee Israel's oil reserves and energy supply in times of crisis. Kissinger was also master of the American plan in the mid-Eighties - when Saddam Hussein was a key US ally - to run an oil pipeline from Iraq to Aqaba in Jordan, opposite the Israeli port of Eilat. The plan was promoted by the now Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and the pipeline was to be built by the Bechtel company, which the Bush administration last week awarded a multi-billion dollar contract for the reconstruction of Iraq. The memorandum has been quietly renewed every five years, with special legislation attached whereby the US stocks a strategic oil reserve for Israel even if it entailed domestic shortages - at a cost of $3 billion (£1.9bn) in 2002 to US taxpayers. |
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The Observer, London, Sunday April 20, 2003 |
