Ex-top envoy calls Iraqi government a failure

Aram Roston, NBC News Investigative Unit

A principal architect of Iraq’s interim constitution, who resigned in August as one of the country’s top diplomats, has laid out a devastating critique of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the U.S. occupation, telling NBC News that, functionally, "there is no Iraqi government." The diplomat, Feisal Amin Istrabadi, said in his first interview since stepping down as Iraq’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations that "this government has got to go." When he resigned, Istrabadi, a U.S.-born lawyer who lobbied for the U.S. invasion and was the principal legal drafter of Iraq’s interim constitution, said he was leaving because it was time for fresh ideas after having served three years at the United Nations....

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REMEMBER

Western propaganda has labeled these leaders "criminals." It is just the opposite. The criminals are those who tried them in the most ludicrous trial of modern times. The criminals are those who hanged the Iraqi leaders. The criminals are those still in charge in Iraq.

Malcom Lagauche
If you haven’t been keeping score, the individuals in the above photo have either been hanged, or soon will hang, at the hands of the cowards who call themselves the Iraqi government. Just five years ago, these martyrs were running an efficient government in Iraq, despite the embargo still in place. Their Iraq was peaceful. The streets at night in Baghdad were alive with people enjoying life. Street musicians and artists exhibited their talents while patrons ate delicious meals in the many restaurants. Gasoline was readily available and cost about one or two cents to fill up a car. I’m not lying: Baghdad was once like this. It is easy to understand that to today’s Iraqis a peaceful and beautiful Baghdad is so far removed from reality that they can’t comprehend that only five years ago Baghdad residents did not take their lives in their own hands just by opening a door to go to the street. The individuals in the photo kept Iraq free and sovereign...
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