Saturday 7 June 2008

Washington demands permanent bases to repress Iraqis, launch new Middle East wars

by Bill Van Auken from World Socialist Web Site 6 June 2008 The United States is demanding that Iraq grant it the authority to establish 50 permanent military bases scattered across the country, as well as other sweeping powers that would extend the present US military occupation indefinitely and formalize the country’s status as an American semi-colony.

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