*Paul Bremmer* *---* Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich> called him "the largest single disaster in American foreign policy in modern times", stating that he should have been relieved of his duties "no later than" September 2003. [71] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-71>
On May 23, 2003, Bremer issued *Order Number 2*, in effect dissolving the entire former Iraqi army[41] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-41> and putting 400,000 former Iraqi soldiers out of work.[42] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-42> The move was widely criticized for creating a large pool of armed and disgruntled youths for the insurgency <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(Iraq_War)>. Former soldiers took to the streets in mass protests to demand back pay. Many of them threatened violence if their demands were not met.[43] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-43>[44] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-44> It was widely asserted within the White House and the CPA that the order to disband the Iraqi Army had little to no practical effect since it had "self-demobilized" in the face of the oncoming invasion force. This was a contentious claim, however, insofar as the CIA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA> had conducted psychological operations <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations> against the Iraqis, such as dropping leaflets over the Army's positions prior to the invasion. The leaflets ordered the Iraqi Army to abandon their positions, return to their homes, and await further instructions. Bremer was later heavily criticized for officially disbanding the former Iraqi Army. Under Bremer's stewardship the CPA requested $12 billion in cash from the U.S. Treasury <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Treasury>. Under Bremer's stewardship the CPA paid out $12 billion in cash. The external auditors management notes[54] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-54> point out that the CPA didn't perform a cash reconciliation until April 2004, eleven months into Bremer's mandate, when they started their work. Saddam Hussein's ruling Baath Party <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baath_Party> counted among its members a huge majority of Iraq's governmental employees, including educational officials and some teachers. By order of the CPA, these skilled and mostly apolitical people were banned from holding any positions in Iraq's new government and public service. Critics claim these extreme measures, resulting in the firing of thousands of school teachers and removing Ba'ath party members from top government positions, helped create and worsen an atmosphere of discontent among those who did not "fit in" with the socioeconomic profile the Americans wanted to impose. This policy of " de-Ba'thification <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-Ba%27thification>", now widely seen as having created bitter, new divisions in the country, and fuelling the violence that has torn Iraq apart, was reversed in January 2008.[51] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-BBCNews_2008-01-12-51> [52] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-CNN_2008-01-12-52> Bremer was once again warned of the harm his actions would have. According to Woodward, when Garner asserted that none of the ministries would be able to function after this order, Bremer asked the Baghdad station chief for his thoughts. "If you put this out...you will put 50,000 people on the street, underground, and mad at Americans", he replied. Woodward: "And these 50,000 were the most powerful, well-connected elites from all walks of life".[47] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-bob-47> Two days before he left Iraq, Bremer signed "Order 17", which gave everyone associated with the CPA and the American government immunity from Iraqi law. [63] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-63> Since then, violent events in Iraq involving American security companies such as Blackwater <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Worldwide> have resulted triggered great resentment among Iraqi citizens, who view them as private armies acting with impunity. On January 30, 2005, an official report[57] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-57> by Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Inspector_General_for_Iraq_Reconstruction> Stuart Bowen <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Bowen> cited by *Time <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)>* stated that $9 billion for the reconstruction of Iraq might have disappeared in fraud, corruption, and other misbehavior. On one particular salary register, only 602 names among 8,206 could be verified. As another cited example, the Coalition Authority authorized Iraqi officials to postpone declaring the reception of $2.5 billion, which the provisional government had received in spring through the Oil for Food <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_for_Food> program.[58] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bremer#cite_note-58> On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 8:23:30 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > *DHS agent witnessed Muslim Brotherhood infiltration * > > Posted By *-NO AUTHOR-* On 06/05/2016 @ 3:34 pm In Front > Page,Politics,U.S. | No Comments > <http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/dhs-agent-witnessed-muslim-brotherhood-infiltration/print/#comments_controls> > > Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett at ISNA’s annual convention in 2009 > (Photo credit: Vince Isner, ISNA) > > *By Paul Bremmer* > > The Islamic Society of North America was named as an unindicted > co-conspirator in the 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial, in which the HLF was > charged with providing material support to Hamas. Yet Valerie Jarrett, > President Barack Obama’s senior adviser, addressed the ISNA annual > convention in 2009 > <https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/07/06/valerie-jarrett-addresses-islamic-society-north-america>, > > months after the trial exposed the Muslim Brotherhood front groups > operating in the U.S. > > The administration surely knew about ISNA’s radical ties, but they failed > to disassociate themselves from the organization, noted recently retired > Department of Homeland Security officer Philip Haney in an interview with > nationally > syndicated talk-host Laura Ingraham <http://www.lauraingraham.com/>. > > “They made a decision to move away from a law enforcement-based policy of > counter-terrorism into what is now referred to as Countering Violent > Extremism (CVE), which is based on an emphasis on civil rights and civil > liberties,” Haney said Friday. > > Ingraham called Haney’s new book about his decade as a DHS whistleblower, > “See > Something, Say Nothing,” > <http://superstore.wnd.com/See-Something-Say-Nothing-Hardcover-Autographed?promocode=MSTORY> > > a must-read “blockbuster.” > > “His new book is just terrific,” she said told her listeners. > > “You have to pick up this book.” > > *Get “See Something, Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the > Government’s Submission to Jihad” now at the WND Superstore! > <http://superstore.wnd.com/See-Something-Say-Nothing-Hardcover-Autographed?promocode=MSTORY>* > > Not only did the Obama administration ignore the guilt of various > individuals and organizations named in the Holy Land Foundation trial, they > actually brought them into the administration to help form national > security policy, Haney charged. > > He said the best proof of this was in the CVE Steering Committee, created > in the spring of 2010. > > “At least six of the individuals on that steering committee were > affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood,” Haney told Ingraham. > > This cozying up to the Muslim Brotherhood came back to bite the > administration in February 2015 when it scheduled a Countering Violent > Extremism summit at the White House. In preparation for the summit, the > administration had designated three U.S. Muslim communities – in Boston, > Minneapolis and Los Angeles – as “model communities.” > > Philip B. Haney > > “A day or two before the pending CVE summit, the leaders of each one of > these so-called ‘model communities’ came out and publicly renounced the > program as being discriminatory, ineffective and stigmatizing,” Haney > recalled. > > “They completely separated themselves from the very program that they had > helped initiate, and then a few months later they did it again in New York > City.” > > Undeterred, the Obama administration took the CVE program global, with a > complete infrastructure based in Europe. Attorney General Loretta Lynch > announced the program was going global at the U.N. in September 2015. > > “However, [CVE] started within the Department of Homeland Security,” Haney > said. “I saw all of it happen because I was active duty the whole time, and > I did my utmost to warn my chain of command that these people are not our > friends.” > > Much of Haney’s work at DHS was focused on compiling information on > individuals and groups affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. He had input > nearly 850 records into Customs and Border Protection’s electronic database. > > In June 2009, Haney received a phone call from his superiors at the Port > of Atlanta. They told him he would be ordered to remove the “linking > information” from all of his Muslim Brotherhood-related files. > > “That means the administration knowingly ordered me to remove information > tied to the Muslim Brotherhood network after the evidence was presented in > the Holy Land trial in November 2008,” Haney told Ingraham. “It wasn’t > accidental, passive or even ignorant; they did it deliberately and > intentionally.” > > Ingraham was effusive in her praise of “See Something, Say Nothing.” > <http://superstore.wnd.com/See-Something-Say-Nothing-Hardcover-Autographed?promocode=MSTORY> > > “This book has got to be read by you; you have to pick up this book,” > Ingraham told her audience. “[Haney] saw it all from the inside, with the > beginning of the apology tour, the Muslim Brotherhood infiltration and the > refusal to say what this is – Islamic jihadism.” > > *See a trailer for “See Something, Say Nothing”:* > > *Get “See Something, Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the > Government’s Submission to Jihad” now at the WND Superstore! > <http://superstore.wnd.com/See-Something-Say-Nothing-Hardcover-Autographed?promocode=MSTORY>* > > URL to article: > *http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/dhs-agent-witnessed-muslim-brotherhood-infiltration/ > > <http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/dhs-agent-witnessed-muslim-brotherhood-infiltration/> > > * > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNjNpcHRuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjUyNTM5Mjg-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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