BUSH TEAM WANTED IRAQ WAR FROM START

Declassified documents have revealed that advisors to former US president George W. Bush had focused on justifying a new war on Iraq as soon as he took office.


Official document released on Wednesday shows that a few hours after the 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York, the then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke of attacking Iraq.

Papers posted by the Washington-based National Security Archive show Rumsfeld discussing war plans for Iraq just two months after the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan.

In memos dated November 27, he had listed justifications for the war on Iraq.

Iraqi military action against the US-protected enclave in northern Iraq, discovery of ties between former Iraqi dictator Saddam and 9/11 or recent anthrax attacks and disputes with UN weapons inspections were among the possible scenarios.

The documents released under a Freedom of Information request also show that White house claims of Iraq pursuing a nuclear weapons program based on confiscated aluminum tubes were also fabricated.

It was stated in the two State Department memos to then Secretary of State Colin Powell that "The news was released even before a preliminary assessment of the tubes".

In one of the memos it was written that "The announcement had to be made "in our advantage" and it was important to "get the right story out" about the tubes".

After the invasion, the Iraq Survey Group determined that the best explanation for the tubes' use was to produce conventional 81-mm rockets; no evidence was found of a program to design or develop an 81-mm aluminum rotor uranium centrifuges.

ISRAEL SLAMS OFFER FOR DENUCLEARIZATION

The Israeli nuclear agency has once again criticized efforts by Arab countries to push Tel Aviv into becoming a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).


In a speech delivered on Tuesday, Israeli Atomic Energy Organization Director General Shaul Chorev blasted what he called "continuous ill-motivated efforts to single out and to condemn" Israel.

The Israeli official's reaction came in response to a non-binding resolution, which urges Israel to join a global anti-nuclear arms treaty.

Arab states introduced the resolution at this week's annual assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The "proposed resolution is incompatible with basic principles and norms of international law," Reuters quoted Chorev as saying in his address to the IAEA gathering.

As a staunch supporter of Tel Aviv, Washington has warned Arab countries to withdraw the draft resolution, saying it will jeopardize direct talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

The UN nuclear watchdog has so far refused to ratify any resolutions to condemn Israel's nuclear activities. This is while Israel is widely believed to be the sole possessor of a nuclear arsenal in the Middle East.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano recently reported to the agency's Board of Governors about the Israeli nuclear program, saying that Tel Aviv was restricting the agency from examining its nuclear potentials.

The report called on Israel to join the NPT and "place all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive IAEA safeguards," with no enforcement measure.

Now point to ponder upon here is that why Washington is unable to persuade israel to shut down its ever increasing nuclear proliferation.The only answer to this question is US never wanted and still never wants to disarm israel from nuclear weapons as they heve especially been designed to be used against the Muslims.

On one side US is putting a lot of pressure on Iran to stop its nuclear proliferation and on the other hand has left an unleashed dog to continue with whatever it is doing.We strongly condemn this act of israel

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PENTAGON CENSORS BOOK ON AFGHAN WAR

The Pentagon has censored yet another book written by a former intelligence agent, claiming the book posed a threat to national security.


The author of the book, Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer, is a former intelligence officer who returned to active duty for a 30-month period following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

During the period Shaffer completed two tours of Afghanistan.

The book, called Operation Dark Heart, is a memoir of secret operations carried out by the US in Afghanistan and Pakistan which caused huge devastation in Pakistan and still it is prevailing and highlights the United States' lost chance to win the war against the Taliban.

As many as 100 uncensored copies of the book reached the public before military officials put a halt to its distribution. A censored version of the book, with over 250 passages removed, is now available to readers as a list of 'key characters,' abbreviations and locations were removed in the name of “protecting national security”.

Despite the fact that the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States emphasizes on the right to free speech and press and is an effort to deprive the people of this basic right and liberty, the Pentagon is trying to prevent the uncensored version of the book from reaching the public by offering to buy the entire 10,000 print run.

The Pentagon has even attempted to block Shaffer from speaking to the press by using his status as a reserve officer, according to The Guardian.

However, copies of the uncensored manuscript have been widely circulating and the Pentagon's bid to prevent the book from reaching the public has merely given it more publicity.

According to the New York Times an uncensored copy of the book was sold for over $2,000 on eBay this week.

Moreover, the paper, which says compared both copies, claims most of the "national security" related information were already known to the public and can be found on Wikipedia.