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 Posted - 20/05/2007 : 14:34:43
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Sadly 6 US Young Troops have been Killed
by a roadside bomb.
SkyNews Live.
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camelot
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Posted - 20/05/2007 : 22:56:53
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Hmmm, seems he says he is just too fat...?
Iraq's president heads to U.S. to lose weight
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Tired and battling obesity, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to the United States on Sunday for rest and help in tackling his weight problem.
"I don't have any health problems except my obesity and I will treat it, God willing," the statement quoted Talabani as saying.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070520/wl_nm/iraq_president_dc |
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Posted - 21/05/2007 : 14:34:48
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| Too many visits to mcdonalds |
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Daveb
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Posted - 21/05/2007 : 14:47:56
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"I have nothing to declare but my Giant Huge Ass"
or was that someone else that said that?
(C'mon it was worth a try) |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 12:07:06
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Apparently according to the US the Now war in iraq is the fault of Iran and Syria,
It apparently is in their interest for the US led coaltion to quit iraq?
I would think that it would also be in the interest of the UK and US to quit iraq.
The Chinese will fill the economic vacume rapidly
and massively, quickly improve the civil infrastructure
including rapid investment in the oil industry.
The chinese are modern wizards in civil construction
and know how to accomplish politicly and finacialy,
without military power. |
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 14:23:17
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FUBAR
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 15:36:18
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Did they?
Yes! Advised the crap out the country. Still there advising the people. Maybe Avro is right, the middle east could use a few years with Chinese advisors, a bullet for all........ |
I came into the world with nothing and still have most of it left.. |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 18:28:31
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Earthsea
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 19:14:01
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A grieving father in oxford blames
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Daveb
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 19:49:59
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| If the Chinese go in and set up a military base WWIII will follow very soon. |
We're all doomed!
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long time no see
Earthsea
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 20:04:54
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 20:51:06
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The chinese need oil, they have the oil expertise and are fantastic at civil construction
they will cut a fair trade deal with iraq.
Iraq needs help and it is not comming from the west. |
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Miriam Binder
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 20:55:41
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| What help do you think China is going to give Iraq? |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 21:10:56
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Trade and a vibrant construction knowhow and very enthusiastic proffesionals.
The chinese are actively engaged in mega infrastructure projects anmd could easily
engage in economic exchange with iraq.
Iraq needs infrastructure and it is not getting it from the west.
China will become iraqs major trading partner.
the iraqis have no quarrel with China.
China has over $1 trillion it can draw on, so investment will be easy. |
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Miriam Binder
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 21:13:28
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| China is heavily involved in Africa at the moment. Do you really think they want to get involved in Iraq? |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 21:29:31
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Yes, china needs a lot more oil and china is clever enough not to get involved militarily.
But the US would prefer the Now status quo of diminishing iraq oil supply than to free iraq so that the chinese could politicly and economicly trade with iraq.
By John Calabrese
Iraq could soon emerge as an important new focal point of intensifying Chinese and Japanese commercial diplomacy and energy rivalry, in spite of their extensive overlapping interests and mutually beneficial economic ties....
In 2006, China’s oil imports grew 14.5 percent over the previous year, and the International Energy Agency estimates that China’s petroleum imports are likely to rise fourfold from 2003 to 2030.
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=455
Meanwhile, numerous states in the region have agreed to invest in China's downstream infrastructure as demonstrated in December 2005 when Kuwait signed an agreement to invest in refinery and petrochemical infrastructure in Guangdong province. Also in December, China and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (O.P.E.C.) launched an energy dialogue. In fact, many recent diplomatic initiatives by China toward the Middle East can be seen through the prism of China's growing energy needs. |
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Miriam Binder
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 21:31:44
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| So, how do youpropose China gets involved in Iraq? After all there is a civil war going on there at the moment. Do you really think China will want to get in the middle of that? |
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 21:51:55
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No, the chinese do not suffer the wests impatience, they will wait and they are not geographicly to far away.
http://english.people.com.cn/200307/23/eng20030723_120821.shtml
China on Tuesday called for an early restoration of Iraq's sovereignty and greater role of the United Nations in the reconstruction of Iraq.
A 1500 mile land pipeline through afghanistan and iran would flow iraq and iran oil to china |
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camelot
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 22:04:46
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| Yes but the Bush admin , oil companies, and neocon planners all had the pipeline going the other way:) That Iraqi oil must pay the 400 billion plus cost of the war by the way...we in the USA were promised that at the start of the war by Wolfowitz, Cheney, others. And we know they wouild not lie.... |
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Miriam Binder
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Posted - 22/05/2007 : 22:10:49
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| Well, China may well think it can wait till the dust settles before going in ... I wouldn't hold my breath though. At the moment the mess that is Iraq thanks to our intervention is not exactly a plum ripe for the plucking. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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long time no see
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Posted - 23/05/2007 : 07:50:59
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Posted - 24/05/2007 : 11:10:38
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Attacks across Iraq kill nine US troops
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Updated: 2007-05-23 21:16
BAGHDAD - Roadside bombings and gunbattles across Iraq killed nine US servicemen, and US authorities were examining a body found in the Euphrates River south of Baghdad that Iraqi police believe was one of three US soldiers seized in an ambush nearly two weeks ago, officials said Wednesday.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-05/23/content_879053.htm |
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Borninhove
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Posted - 28/05/2007 : 14:01:39
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The Dirty Yanks
talk with Iran
in Iraq-America's Mess.
Dirty? Have they not bathed? Would this comment be directed at all Americans or only those from the northern states? I am intrigued. Could this have any connection to Tony Blair who, as you regularly inform us, is "stinking". Maybe he, like these alleged 'dirty' yanks, is not a great fan of personal hygiene either.
And what about all those Democrats in Congress who went along with the Republicans to pass the funding bill without insisting on a deadline for withdrawal. Are they 'mucky'? Or maybe just a bit grubby? Perhaps a little whiffy?
I await your next cleaniliness-related insult with keen anticipation.
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Posted - 28/05/2007 : 16:06:48
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A grieving father in oxford blames
Blair for his sons death in Iraq.
Did the father encourage his son to join up? |
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long time no see
Earthsea
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Posted - 28/05/2007 : 16:14:53
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Nobody joined up to
Die for Evil Blairs Criminal Invasion.
FACT. |
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Posted - 28/05/2007 : 16:20:23
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| Obviously you have your opinion, and i have mine, and but for the sacrifice America and to a lesser degree, Britain, the world would be a far more dangerous place. |
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/05/2007 : 15:12:57
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1267861,00.html
5 british workers have been taken
4 working for the Canadian Security Firm
and 1 buyer.
Trouble is they were taken by Iraqi Police,
thats what they were dressed as.
Shows how Iraq
is getting no place good - ever.
8 US troops have been killed
in other areas.
Iraq - America's Mess. |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
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Posted - 29/05/2007 : 15:55:43
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Originally posted by jodan
Obviously you have your opinion, and i have mine, and but for the sacrifice America and to a lesser degree, Britain, the world would be a far more dangerous place.
There is no way of going back in time and trying a different route to see if the outcome would have been more or less danger for the West. However the issue of Iraq is without a doubt brought about by lies/prevarication and abuse of power by what are supposedly elected representatives both here and in the US of A.
Blair with the single minded pursuit of his American dream has sold this country for a pat on the head by Shrubby, a lecture circuit after his retirement from office and in the course of that has altered the balance of power within parliament, demeaned the intelligence services, practically single handed destroyed all faith in politics and politicians, put enormous strain on every government service including but not exclusive to service the Armed Forces through the Police, Education, the NHS, immigration, national security and our international status. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Iraq - America's Mess