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In Libya, US Fights With Words as Well as Weapons
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- International military forces are using words as well as weapons to try to weaken the grip of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi and urge his troops to turn against him. They are dropping leaflets targeting government troops as well as flying a U.S. propaganda plane that broadcasts to forces of the North African nation, U.S. military officials said Monday. The message: Refuse to obey Gadhafi's orders, stop fighting, go home to your families. Although each day the Pentagon reports the number of bombs it has dropped in the week-old Libya intervention, it has said little about the ...
Libya and Iraq: Two Ways of Opposing a Tyrant -- but One Stole the Nation's Pride
By Mark I. Pinsky - Politics DailyThe historic anti-authoritarian, pro-democratic uprisings that have swept across North Africa raise an intriguing and troubling question: Absent American intervention, could a similar movement have unseated Iraq's Saddam Hussein? Communism came to Eastern Europe in the kit bag of the Red Army, according to the old glib-but-accurate gibe. This is essentially how the U.S. military installed democracy in Iraq. Related Stories Obama Says U.S. Military Action Possible in Libya, Authorizes Planes for Airlift It didn't have to be that way. In the wake of Operation ...
Persian Gulf War 20 Years Later: Whatever Happened to ... ?
By not in system - AOL NewsTwenty years after the Persian Gulf War ended with the liberation of Kuwait on Feb. 28, 1991, AOL News looks back at some of the conflict's memorable figures. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=986484&pid=986483&uts=1298592275 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf Persian Gulf War: Whatever Happened to ... ? Stuart ...
Aisha Gadhafi: 5 Facts on Moammar Gadhafi's Only Daughter
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsNot so fast. Reports surfaced today that Malta officials denied landing permission to an aircraft that was supposedly transporting Aisha Gadhafi, the daughter of Libya's Col. Moammar Gadhafi. After circling for 20 minutes without the go-ahead to land, the pilots eventually decided to return home. The Libyan government later declined to confirm that Aisha Gadhafi was aboard the aircraft, Al-Jazeera reported. Gadhafi's presence on the airplane may still be the stuff of rumor, but Surge Desk has five facts to help you get to know the dictator's daughter. 1. She joined Saddam Hussein's legal ...
Iraqi Defector 'Curveball' Says He Lied About WMD
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsThe Iraqi defector known as "Curveball," who provided the basis for U.S. claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, has admitted that he lied to intelligence agencies, a published report says. Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi told The Guardian newspaper he made up the stories about Saddam's arsenal because he wanted to hurt the Iraqi regime. "I had the chance to fabricate something to topple the regime," al-Janabi told The Guardian in a series of interviews. "I and my sons are proud of that, and we are proud that we were the reason to give Iraq the margin of democracy." The ...
Rumsfeld Files Reveal Pre-9/11 Focus on Iraq
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsThousands of documents made available by Donald Rumsfeld to coincide with the publication of his memoir today reveal an early focus on Iraq, even before 9/11, and his willingness to consider a variety of options that critics might consider hypocritical but that the former defense secretary regarded as thoroughly rational. "At the right moment, we may want to give Saddam Hussein a way out for his family to live in comfort," Rumsfeld wrote on Sept. 21, 2001, in a one-sentence memo. Rumsfeld's so-called "snowflake" memos -- he issued hundreds of them from 2001 to 2006 -- are now available as ...
Car Bombs Kill Shiite Pilgrims as Violence Increases in Iraq
By not in system - AOL NewsBAGHDAD -- Two car bombs struck Shiite pilgrims Monday in an Iraqi holy city, killing at least 18 people as crowds massed for religious rituals marking the end of a 40-day mourning period for the Islamic sect's most beloved saint. The blasts in Karbala were the latest in nearly a week of attacks that have killed at least 159 people. The uptick in violence has shattered a lengthy period of calm and raised anew concerns about the readiness of Iraqi forces to take over their own security ahead of a full withdrawal by the U.S. military. The first attack occurred about 7 a.m. in a parking lot ...
Tamara Chalabi Writes of Another Iraq Before the War
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- To most Americans, "Iraq" is a war. But for Tamara Chalabi, it is more than "a desert of tanks, screaming women and barefoot children." It is the homeland she never knew, "a modern state, an ancient land, a nation, a word, a song, a river, a grave, a shrine, a statue of a deer." As the last U.S. troops prepare to leave Iraq at the end of the year, Chalabi seeks to reclaim a country "hijacked" by the 2003 invasion in a new book, "Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family." The memoir is "my way of connecting with the country and also my attempt to show ...
Tony Blair Defends Invasion of Iraq at British Inquiry
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON -- At around 8:30 a.m. local time today, some 60 protesters started to muster outside central London's Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, waving placards declaring "Bliar" and "War Criminal." They were waiting for the arrival of the British anti-war movement's No. 1 enemy, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was to give evidence at an official inquiry into the causes and conduct of the Iraq War. But in the eight years since the U.K. joined the U.S.-led invasion, Blair has perfected the art of outfoxing angry Brits. The ex-prime minister was already safely inside the building by ...
Sacha Baron Cohen to Play Saddam Hussein in 'The Dictator'
By not in system - AOL NewsSacha Baren Cohen, the funny man and character actor behind 'Borat' and 'Bruno,' is gearing up to play his most political role to date. The actor will be playing the role of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in an upcoming film titled 'The Dictator.' ...
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