Comments on: 127 Dead, 500 Wounded in 5 Baghdad Bombings http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/127-dead-500-wounded-in-5-baghdad.html Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GeneralOreo http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/127-dead-500-wounded-in-5-baghdad.html#comment-1141 GeneralOreo Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:37:43 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4827#comment-1141 Curse corporations and corporate media. <br /><br />thank god for independent outlets like CBS. Curse corporations and corporate media.

thank god for independent outlets like CBS.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/127-dead-500-wounded-in-5-baghdad.html#comment-1124 Anonymous Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:13:27 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4827#comment-1124 I agree that the US nationalistic news media spoon feeds the American public whatever the Radical Right wants the public to believe. <br /><br />The news medias' job is simple and easy to the point of ridiculousness. People in the United States are unbelievably stupid and mentally slothful and will accept anything as truth.<br /><br />davr I agree that the US nationalistic news media spoon feeds the American public whatever the Radical Right wants the public to believe.

The news medias' job is simple and easy to the point of ridiculousness. People in the United States are unbelievably stupid and mentally slothful and will accept anything as truth.

davr

]]> By: Da' Buffalo Amongst Wolves http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/127-dead-500-wounded-in-5-baghdad.html#comment-1121 Da' Buffalo Amongst Wolves Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:40:51 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4827#comment-1121 I put this out on your Facebook page yesterday in regard to the spate of bombings in Pakistan and Iraq professor Cole, and I think a wider audience needs to, at least, take the possibility into consideration:<br /><br />In regard to Iraq, and perhaps Pakistan as well, two words come to mind about people who would bomb markets and schools... No matter what their professed religious or political beliefs might be<br /><br />The two words?<br /><br />Operation Gladio:<br /><br />BBC series here: http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=16921<br /><br />"...operated by the CIA and MI6 through NATO, which killed hundreds of innocent Europeans and attempted to blame the deaths on Baader Meinhof, Red Brigades and other left wing groups. Known as 'stay-behinds' these armies were given access to military equipment which was supposed to be used for sabotage after a Soviet invasion. Instead it was used in massacres across mainland Europe as part of a CIA Strategy of Tension. Gladio killing sprees in Belgium and Italy were carried out for the purpose of frightening the national political classes into adopting U.S. (read Western) policies.<br /><br />Considering, with Iraq, that Saddam Hussein was fostered from the beginning by the CIA and was "Our Boy" until near the end of his regime, the logical extension would be that the Baathists, if they are responsible for the recent bombings are those 'stay behinds', even if unwittingly, "...for the purpose of frightening the (Iraqi) national political classes into adopting U.S. (read Western) policies."<br /><br />...and to extend the stay of US troops in the country. I put this out on your Facebook page yesterday in regard to the spate of bombings in Pakistan and Iraq professor Cole, and I think a wider audience needs to, at least, take the possibility into consideration:

In regard to Iraq, and perhaps Pakistan as well, two words come to mind about people who would bomb markets and schools… No matter what their professed religious or political beliefs might be

The two words?

Operation Gladio:

BBC series here: link to informationliberation.com
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"…operated by the CIA and MI6 through NATO, which killed hundreds of innocent Europeans and attempted to blame the deaths on Baader Meinhof, Red Brigades and other left wing groups. Known as 'stay-behinds' these armies were given access to military equipment which was supposed to be used for sabotage after a Soviet invasion. Instead it was used in massacres across mainland Europe as part of a CIA Strategy of Tension. Gladio killing sprees in Belgium and Italy were carried out for the purpose of frightening the national political classes into adopting U.S. (read Western) policies.

Considering, with Iraq, that Saddam Hussein was fostered from the beginning by the CIA and was "Our Boy" until near the end of his regime, the logical extension would be that the Baathists, if they are responsible for the recent bombings are those 'stay behinds', even if unwittingly, "…for the purpose of frightening the (Iraqi) national political classes into adopting U.S. (read Western) policies."

…and to extend the stay of US troops in the country.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/127-dead-500-wounded-in-5-baghdad.html#comment-1120 Anonymous Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:57:22 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4827#comment-1120 The corporate news media in the US keeps Americans VERY distracted from what America is doing overseas and what is happening as a result of what America is doing overseas. Thus, Americans get mostly Tiger, Britney, Angelina news and other fluff news stories. <br /><br />Distract, distract, distract, distract<br /><br />It would be hard to fight and fund 2 wars and threaten a 3rd in Iran if America really knew what was going on. Dumb 'em down !! The corporate news media in the US keeps Americans VERY distracted from what America is doing overseas and what is happening as a result of what America is doing overseas. Thus, Americans get mostly Tiger, Britney, Angelina news and other fluff news stories.

Distract, distract, distract, distract

It would be hard to fight and fund 2 wars and threaten a 3rd in Iran if America really knew what was going on. Dumb 'em down !!

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