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Christopher King argues that it is likely that the American CIA – or
Israel acting on its behalf – is responsible for recent atrocities in
Iraq, in order to extend and consolidate the occupation, just as it is
probable that the Times Square bomber was, wittingly or otherwise,
acting for the CIA or Israel, to justify the US military intervention in
South Asia.

On 10 May there were more than two dozen bombings and shootings in
Iraq that killed at least 85 people and injured at least 300.These were
coordinated attacks, clearly by the same organization.

The American response to this and other recent attacks is to delay
plans for withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Obama’s election promise was
to withdraw troops from Iraq by May this year. Not only is that
obviously not going to happen but we learned after his election that
“withdrawal” meant leaving 50,000 troops as ‘trainers’ as well as 4,500
special forces and tens of thousands of para-military contractors.

Now, the US is reviewing even the slipped drawdown schedule out of
concern for the security of the Iraqi people. Considering the million
killed by the US and the four to five million refugees created by them I
would not have thought that they would be bothered by fewer than one
hundred dead in a little internal trouble. It might be said to be an
improvement on US outcomes.

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