Genocide in Iraq, Volume II: The Obliteration of a Modern State

by Abdul Haq al-Ani, Tarik al-Ani

Overview

The current horrific malaise in the state of Iraq has its roots in the
US-led destruction of Iraq in 1991, followed by a decade of harsh
US-led international sanctions against the entire Iraqi population
that killed millions — one of the most heinous crimes of the 20th
century.

A second "shock and awe" war of aggression on Iraq in 2003
enabled the US/UK military occupation that ensued. Though based
on fraudulent pretexts and later admitted as an illegal war by then
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the UN provided a veneer of
legitimacy to what in effect would be the obliteration of an
effective and functional modern state, redefining its national
character via the redrafting of state policies and law, even
deliberately sowing seeds that could lead to its future implosion.

Volume II of Genocide in Iraq addresses Bremer's introduction of
the imperialist design for Iraq as part of a wider strategy for the
Middle East. It details the scale of post-2003 destruction and
redesign, showing clearly how every step was intended to change
Iraq irreversibly to a slave state of extreme neoliberal capitalism.
It documents the extent of intentional and ongoing damage as it
relates to killing, torture and displacement, cultural cleansing and
genocide, and ensuing problems in health, child education,
psychological well being, malnutrition, child disabilities, child iabor
and mortality, as well as drug abuse and the impact on women. It
tracks the divestment and disposal of Iraqi oil.

These Nuremberg-level crimes are then reviewed in international
legal context as the crime of aggression, crimes against
humanity,and violations of the most basic of human rights, as it
relates to the right of remedy, in the hope of providing guidance
to Iraqi individuals or governments seeking recourse in future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780986076923
Publisher:	Clarity Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/30/2015
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

is an Iraqi-born, British-trained barrister who served as a
legal adviser on Saddam Hussein's defense to his daughter, Raghad
Saddam Hussein. Called to the Bar in 1996, he holds a PhD in Electronics
Engineering and a PhD in International law. Founding editor of The Arab
Review, he has written widely on culture, politics and religion. He joined the
Ba'ath party while in his his teens, but left it in disappointment a few years
later,prior to the Ba'ath Party assuming power in 1968. He is author of The
Trial of Saddam Hussein.

is an architect by profession, a translator, and a researcher of
Arab/Islamic issues, who has been a strong opponent of the genocidal
sanctions and the wars against Iraq.He has publicly written and talked
about these issues in Finland where he works and lives.
Together, they authored Volume I, Genocide in Iraq: The Case Against
the Security Council and Member States

Read an Excerpt

During the golden years of Iraq's prosperity under the Ba'ath
Government of the 1970s, the government embarked on a plan to provide
drinking water to remote parts of the country. Villages that were not
covered by a fresh water network were provided with compact units that
addressed the needs of the particular village. It is reported that by the
1980s more than 90% of all Iraqis had sustained access to clean drinking
water. Water, like every other necessity of life, was affected by the
blockade–which was the purpose of imposing it. In the 1990s the service
deteriorated due to several factors including the blockade on importing
spare parts and even chlorine. ...
Thus by mid 1990s, the percentage of Iraqis having access
to fresh water dropped to 81%. The situation deteriorated further
when according to the SIGIR "by 2003, this sector had experienced a
devastating decline. Water distribution lines deteriorated from age, and
the corroded system allowed contaminants in, causing a sharp rise in
disease rates." But the SIGIR did not even attempt to explain why the
supply of water had reached such a state by 2003. UNICEF acknowledged
that by 2002 approximately 25% of all children's deaths in Iraq were
caused by waterborne bacteria which were due to the failing supply of
fresh water. Much of the urban network was probably damaged by
bombs and tanks, and there was a lack of spare parts and water treatment
chemicals and facilities.

The SIGIR advises us that the US Government spent over $2.71
billion to rehabilitate and improve Iraq's water and sanitation sector.
Whatever actually happened to that money is not clear but the end results
by 2012 do not have much to show. Let us consider one example. The
Nasiriya water supply project was awarded in April 2004 and completed
in September 2007 at a cost of $277 million. It was designed to serve
some 500,000 people in five surrounding cities. The SIGIR advises that
it was well executed and handed over to Iraqi control. But soon after,
the SIGIR visited the project, met with local people and officials, and
concluded that the system was falling apart and suffering from regular breakdowns due to poor operation and maintenance.207
How is it possible that Iraqis had managed for decades to operate
and maintain their water supply systems, only to
find after 2003 that they could not maintain a small water treatment
plant in Nasiriyah? Is it not because all the skilled people have been killed,
imprisoned or exiled after the invasion?

Editorial Reviews

"A severe but cogently argued and well-documented indictment" — VINAY LAL, Professor of History, UCLA re Vol. I, Genocide in Iraq

"a carefully documented, must-read account of the Zionist-backed US Alliance destruction of Iraq and the killing of millions of Iraqis over the last quarter century" Gideon Polya, Countercurrents

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