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U.S.-U.K. Genocide Against Iraq 1990-2012 Killed 3.3 Millions


Approximately 3.3 million Iraqis, including 750,000 children, were "exterminated" by economic sanctions and/or illegal wars conducted by the U.S. and Great Britain between 1990 and 2012, an eminent international legal authority says.

The slaughter fits the classic definition of Genocide Convention Article II of, "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part," says Francis Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois, Champaign, and who in 1991 filed a class-action complaint with the UN against President George H.W. Bush.

The U.S. and U.K. "obstinately insisted" that their sanctions remain in place until after the "illegal" Gulf War II aggression perpetrated by President George W. Bush and UK's Tony Blair in March, 2003, "not with a view to easing the over decade-long suffering of the Iraqi people and children" but "to better facilitate the U.S./U.K. unsupervised looting and plundering of the Iraqi economy and oil fields in violation of the international laws of war as well as to the grave detriment of the Iraqi people," Boyle said.

In an address last Nov. 22 to The International Conference on War-affected Children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Boyle tallied the death toll on Iraq by U.S.-U.K. actions as follows:

# The slaughter of 200,000 Iraqis by President Bush in his illegal 1991 Gulf War I.

# The deaths of 1.4 million Iraqis as a result of the illegal 2003 war of aggression ordered by President Bush Jr. and Prime Minister Blair.

# The deaths of 1.7 million Iraqis "as a direct result" of the genocidal sanctions.

Boyle's class-action complaint demanded an end to all economic sanctions against Iraq; criminal proceedings for genocide against President George H.W. Bush; monetary compensation to the children of Iraq and their families for deaths, physical and mental injury; and for shipping massive humanitarian relief supplies to that country.

The "grossly hypocritical" UN refused to terminate the sanctions, Boyle pointed out, even though its own Food and Agricultural Organization's Report estimated that by 1995 the sanctions had killed 560,000 Iraqi children during the previous five years.

Boyle noted that then U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright was interviewed on CBS-TV on May 12, 1996, in response to a question by Leslie Stahl if the price of half a million dead children was worth it, and replied, "we (the U.S. government) think the price is worth it."

Albright's shocking response provides "proof positive of the genocidal intent by the U.S. government against Iraq" under the Genocide Convention, Boyle said, adding that the government of Iraq today could still bring legal action against the U.S. and the U.K. in the International Court of Justice. He said the U.S.-U.K. genocide also violated the municipal legal systems of all civilized nations in the world; the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child; and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and its Additional Protocol 1 of 1977.

Boyle, who was stirred to take action pro bono by Mothers in Iraq after the economic sanctions had been imposed upon them by the Security Council in August, 1990, in response to pressure from the Bush Senior Administration. He is the author of numerous books on international affairs, including " Destroying World Order" (Clarity Press.) #

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Turkey-Qatar-Saudi Arabia triangle in attempts to unsettle Iraq


The former Iranian lawmaker believed Turkey-Qatar-Saudi Arabia triangle to act strongly for inducing unrest in Iraq and added that “the three countries are unhappy with Maliki and his policies for two reasons: first, his close ties with Iran; and these countries believe that Iraq has been too close to Iran in its policies.”

“The second reason is Maliki’s policies on Syria, which they do not see as in line with Arab countries’. Maleki’s policies on Syria and Iran, though, are based on regional circumstances and not some interventionist policies that are taken by the Turkey-Qatar-Saudi Arabia triangle,” he added.

Falahat Pisheh pointed out that some ultra-regional countries are provoking unrest in Iraq, asserting that based on the International Monetary Fund, Iraq is in such situations that if it continued its development the way it does, in 12 years it could be one of the countries with constant growth rate.

“The worst threat for Iraq is disagreement among the elite. For their hostility with Saddam, the previous generation of Iraqi political elite had arrived at a kind of symbiosis where they took parallel measures. But if this generation is gone, the new generation can wreak chaos on Iraq in the future,’ he added.

This political analyst on Iraq asserted that “on one hand the situation in Iraq is disturbing for some players like US. US position is different from that of the triangle. They are concerned that a Salafist government close to al-Qaida is formed in Iraq, similar to what al-Nusra pursues in Syria.”

“Unprecedentedly, US and Iran’s positions have converged in Iraq and both agree that in the present situation, Iraq should avoid unrest,” he asserted.

Falahat Pisheh pointed out that new interventionist bodies have contributed to Iraqi unrest. “Qatar, representing Western countries, Saudi Arabia, representing Wahhabism in the region, and Turkey, representing secularism, do the job and won’t let Iraq settle,” he said.

Iran’s soft policy on Iraq has many supporters

He also provided comments on the role of the Islamic republic of Iran in Iraq. “Islamic Republic of Iran policy was formed since the beginning of developments in Iraq when Saddam Hussein was in power and the Salah al-Din meeting in 2003. Iraqi people would profit from the policy, and Iran had respected public opinion in Iraq the most.”

“For the very reason, Iranian soft policy has found many advocates in Iraq. Now Iraqis do not consider Iran as an interventionist, but Saudi Arabia and other countries,” he said.

He stressed the fact that this soft policy on Iraq must be adopted. “Unfortunately, some countries like Turkey, although benefiting from Iraq up to $13b., provoke unrest in the country. Saudi Arabia and Qatar also follow the same policy. Iran’s policy in Iraq is a moderate one and it should be carried on.”


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