Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control - Middle East, World - The Independent

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Permanent Occupation?
Published 6/5/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Permanent Occupation? This is off-the-beat even for HE, but a story posted today by The Independent 's Patrick Cockburn says that "a secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely , regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November." This sounds like a fairly big deal...no? "The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to The Independent , are likely to have an explosive political effect in Iraq," the story goes on . "Iraqi officials fear that the ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle: Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report
Published 6/12/2008 by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle at Huffington Post Entertainment Blog
... Reporter Patrick Cockburn with The Independent (U.K.) revealed the Bush administration's "secret plan" to keep the U.S. military in Iraq "indefinitely" after the U.N. security mandate authorizing the U.S. military presence in Iraq expires in December. ...