---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The Wisdom Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sep 16, 2007 4:45 PM Subject: Iraq was about oil, deaths put at 1.2 million
*THE WISDOM FUND* http://www.twf.org September 8, 2007 The Washington Post *Iran must pay $2.6 billion for attack that killed 241 soldiers* Glenn Kessler A federal judge yesterday ordered Iran to pay more than $2.6 billion to nearly 1,000 family members and a handful of survivors of a 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Lebanon that killed 241 soldiers. The ruling brought cheers and tears from survivors but faces long odds of being fulfilled. . . . The militant group Hezbollah carried out the suicide bombing on Oct. 23, 1983, but in a ruling in 2003, Lamberth found that Iran was "legally responsible" for supporting Hezbollah with financial and logistical support to carry out the attack. . . . "CONNECT THE DOTS", READ FULL TEXT at http://www.twf.org/News/Y2003/1126-Claims.html --- September 16, 2007 The Observer (UK) *Greenspan admits Iraq was about oil, as deaths put at 1.2 million* Peter Beaumont and Joanna Walters The man once regarded as the world's most powerful banker has bluntly declared that the Iraq war was 'largely' about oil. Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987 and retired last year after serving four presidents, Alan Greenspan has been the leading Republican economist for a generation and his utterings instantly moved world markets. In his long-awaited memoir - out tomorrow in the US - Greenspan, 81, who served as chairman of the US Federal Reserve for almost two decades, writes: 'I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.' In The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, he is also crystal clear on his opinion of his last two bosses, harshly criticising George W Bush for 'abandoning fiscal constraint' and praising Bill Clinton's anti-deficit policies during the Nineties as 'an act of political courage'. He also speaks of Clinton's sharp and 'curious' mind, and 'old-fashioned' caution about the dangers of debt. Greenspan's damning comments about the war come as a survey of Iraqis, which was released last week, claims that up to 1.2 million people may have died because of the conflict in Iraq - lending weight to a 2006 survey in the Lancet that reported similarly high levels. . . . "CONNECT THE DOTS", READ FULL TEXT at http://www.twf.org/News/Y2005/0628-Deaths.html --- In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. SUBSCRIBE to our mailing list at http://www.twf.org/twflist/subscribe.html UNSUBSCRIBE [EMAIL PROTECTED] from our mailing list at http://www.twf.org/twflist/unsubscribe.html
