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Politics : The Iraq War And Beyond II -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Huang who wrote (1838)	9/20/2005 8:50:12 AM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2272

Two persons wearing Arab uniforms opened fire at a police station in Basra. A police patrol followed the attackers and captured them to discover they were two British soldiers. Here are the two while in Iraqi police custody. Reuters appended a note to each photo over the wire: "ATTENTION EDITORS - THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT REQUESTS THAT THE IDENTIFICATION OF THIS MAN IS NOT REVEALED, EITHER VIA PIXELLATION OF THEIR FACES OR BY NOT PUBLISHING THE PHOTOS." rigorousintuition.blogspot.com British forces using tanks broke down the walls of the central jail in the southern city of Basra late Monday and freed two Britons, allegedly undercover commandos, who had been arrested on charges of shooting two Iraqi policemen. apnews1.iwon.com Two British "undercover soldiers" in Arab dress, caught firing upon police from a car laden with explosives. And the British government all but admitting its culpability by breaking them out of prison. Now what's all that about zarqawi the "evildoer"? And why is it that bin laden's whereabouts remain unknown? Sunni/Shia tensions in Iraq being inflamed by WHO? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Christian/Muslim tensions worldwide being inflamed by WHO? Pay no attention to bin laden's history as a CIA asset. Don't even mention the TRILLIONS of dollars worth of oil under Iraq. Don't even connect that with 84 million barrels of oil/day consumed worldwide while 84 million is worldwide max pumping capacity. Don't even think about a dot in a trend...Indonesia, a member of OPEC, is now a net IMPORTER of oil. Or another dot...Saudi Arabia has stated several times over the last year+ that they will raise production by 500,000 barrels per day yet remain at the 9.5 million they were at over a year and a half ago. How many dots are necessary? Cheney's secret energy confab is secret for a reason. The Patriot Act ain't just for terrorists. The invasion of Iraq wasn't a response to terrorism. The "us" versus "them" of people calling themselves 'Muslims' vs people calling themselves 'Christian' has not been pursued for religious reasons. The fear that is constantly being pushed on the world over terrorism is not being pushed as a means to control terrorists. It may very well be that some acts attributed to "evil terrorists" are not what you think. (see top of this post) It is not being said that bin laden is possibly hiding in Iran because getting bin laden is a goal. China and India aren't doing large oil and gas deals all over the world NOW at a frantic pace because they think the price might go down any time soon or that availability will increase in the future. All the big private oil companies don't now sport hyphenated names as a fashion statement. etc...etc...etc...