"Iraq Resolution Gives Wide Powers to U.S. Forces"

Well it is a good time to explore these bogus ideas that the US is proposing for Iraq. Those who are aware of African history and colonialism should be familiar with these ideas that are based on further exploiting the people they consider inferior to them.

Anyhow, read on.... story.news.yahoo.com

-Ayinde

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Tuesday, May 25th, News Update posted:

You Call This 'Sovereignty'?

News Commentary by Matthew Barganier

As violence continued in Iraq, President Bush addressed the nation Monday night about his plans for the June 30 "transfer of power." Bush offered preliminary details about Iraq’s forthcoming sovereignty.

Iraqi "sovereignty" will apparently include a large U.S. military and advisory presence for the indefinite future. No date is set for coalition troops to leave Iraq. www.antiwar.com

US Offers Iraq 'Sovereignty Lite'
The United States and Britain are asking the U.N. Security Council to transfer political and administrative power to Iraq while holding back sovereign power that legitimately belongs to the Iraqi people, say critics of the move proposed Monday. www.antiwar.com

The Geneva Conventions & Moral Authority
"There are always going to be differences of views....The test is what has been decided and what is issued, and then is it adhered to."

That was Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld this past May 13 en route to Iraq. The day prior, Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General (GEN) Richard Myers told Congress that, Abu Ghraib prison notwithstanding, the Geneva Conventions did apply to Iraqi detainees and were being followed by U.S. troops in Iraq (New York Times). Moreover, both men emphasized that interrogation procedures being used in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo had been reviewed by Pentagon and White House lawyers, who declared the techniques conformed to the Conventions. www.counterpunch.org